health/medical

84 hours and counting

The Voice of Today's Apathetic Youth - April 30, 2008 - 9:09pm

Semefa has been in hospital since early Sunday morning- that's 3 and a half days- and he's still waiting for his hand to be operated on. Poor bugger. Daddy called tonight and told us to find out what it would take to move him to a private hospital... seeing as Semefa has whatever private health insurance foreign students have to have as part of their visa requirements I suppose it should be possible... I mean, how long can they make him wait at the PA? Read more »

'Sleep driving': just take 1 to absolve personal responsibility

The Voice of Today's Apathetic Youth - April 12, 2008 - 11:55pm

I'm a bit dodgy on the idea that someone can be acquitted of drink driving because they may have been 'sleep driving' due to taking Stilnox. I'm not unconvinced that such a thing could happen, I just don't believe in absolving someone of personal responsibility for something that came about as a result of their mixing alcohol and prescription medication when it specifically says not to do so on the packaging for the medication. Read more »

Plastic surgery disasters- ask your doctor how!

The Voice of Today's Apathetic Youth - April 15, 2008 - 11:56pm

Now I know I've previously stated my personal opposition to cosmetic plastic surgery. But hypothetically, if I was to decide cosmetic surgery was the thing for me and I went to visit a doctor practising this bloody art and s/he had a face that looked like a 'plastic surgery disasters' after-photo, I think I would quite likely run screaming in the opposite direction. Read more »