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  • Dietary counselling – how effective and cost-effective is it?

    … reviews) on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of dietary counselling as a health intervention. Most studies … necessitating close attention to cost-effectiveness of these interventions relative to more structural changes to … In NZ, dietary counselling is delivered by dietitians, practice nurses, doctors and various allied health workers …
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  • Glass half full: Alcohol’s health benefits for cardiovascular disease still controversial, and likely vary by context

    …   It is ‘well known’ that moderate amounts of alcohol are beneficial to cardiovascular health.  But … blog we will overview the currently dominant understanding of a ‘J-shape’ association of alcohol and death rates. Then we look at a recent (and …
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  • Daily aspirin for preventing cancer and heart disease – where to from here in NZ?

    … review has quantified the estimated benefits and harms of taking regular aspirin for disease prevention. The results … cancers and heart attacks – but also harmful in terms of causing gastric bleeding and one type of stroke). But for some people, the relative size of the …
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  • A Statue of Merit: Dr Margaret Cruickshank and the 1918 influenza pandemic

    … military statues which represent the racist history of the Southern United States. But in this blog we briefly … New Zealand statue that we think characterises some of the best aspects of public monuments: the statue of Dr … Dr Cruickshank was also the first woman to go into general practice in this country. She seemed to have been much loved …
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  • Tobacco industry ‘transformation’ – more smoke and mirrors?

    … Tomorrow’ (Figure 2) – by reducing the health impact of their business through ‘Portfolio transformation’ that … actions . 3 4 Hence, independent and critical assessment of tobacco industry transformation is urgently needed. The … transformation is occurring, and assesses the feasibility of such transformation. Transformation definition We defined …
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  • Monitoring CO2 indoors for improving ventilation as a Covid-19 control tool

    … recognised as a risk factor for the airborne transmission of the virus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes Covid-19. Virus-laden … remain airborne for hours in indoor spaces with low levels of ventilation. In this blog, we discuss how to use carbon … (CO 2 ) measures as a proxy for estimating the level of ventilation in a building and to guide ventilation …
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  • Covid-19 Hospitalisations Now Peaking in Aotearoa NZ – But Key Covid-19 Control Measures Still Need to be Maintained

    … now peaking across the country. To date, the peak burden of hospitalisations and ICU admissions in NZ has been lower … in the Omicron epidemic as it is a more valid indicator of the epidemic peak than are daily case numbers. This is … (RAT) results. The Figure below suggests that the number of people in hospital with a Covid-19 diagnosis peaked for …
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  • Long Covid: High economic burden justifies further preventive efforts

    … likely costing the Australian economy approximately 0.5% of GDP in reduced productivity. In Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) … per year. We need robust local data and economic analyses of productivity losses and other costs such as healthcare use … of around $2 billion NZD.  Implications for policy and practice NZ’s response to the ongoing high baseline of …
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  • A major new study on Kiwi health – can it inform decision-making?

    … by Radio NZ (3’12”)  and TVNZ (4’09”).) The Ministry of Health has just released a major new burden of disease study for 2006, a culmination of a large epidemiological stocktake for New Zealand. The …
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  • Tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food - where the parties stand: Election 2023

    … Summary The results of a Health Coalition Aotearoa survey of political parties on the priority prevention for tobacco, … Implications for public health, covering policy, practice, surveillance, and research Evidence and expert …
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