It Is OK To Eat And Enjoy Chocolate

Here is something that might surprise you. Eating some chocolate (please note some, not truckloads) is good for you. Easter is the time of year when we all indulge our love of chocolate.  Yet at some point before Easter Sunday we will see a humorless health official...

Give Nurses Some Credit

The interactions between humans will be as varied and different as there are varied and different people. Yet those in government and other assorted positions of authority seem to think that they can codify and second-guess the circumstances of every human interaction...

Is The Flu Shot Actually Useful ?

This week on my regular spot on the Paul Murray show on 6PR we spoke about flu vaccinations. Last year there were significant problems with a number of children having febrile convulsions after the vaccine leading to a withdrawal of use in children under five. This...