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  • That old chestnut again – does any alcohol consumption reduce cardiovascular disease risk? More evidence for “no”.

    … topic at PHE Blog in early 2014 . In the last few weeks a large ‘Mendelian randomisation’ study (like a genetically determined RCT of alcohol consumption – a study … of the intermediate phenotype with outcome phenotype can still be confounded (as shown). So what? This study …
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  • Modifying homes to prevent falls is very cost-effective: New NZ study

    … A just published modelling study by the BODE 3 Team has … is generally effective and cost-effective, policy-makers can have reasonable confidence that this is a good … quality control of provision. It could be prudent to start with just homes in which a 65+ year-old resident has …
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  • Health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 response: NZ compared to OECD countries

    … being -6.1% for NZ and -6.3% for the OECD. Nevertheless, a fuller accounting of health, economic and equity impacts … are lifted. Despite NZ’s health success there is still a need to improve border controls (eg, with a “traffic light” … as unauthorised mixing or failing to wear PPE) since the start of August. 23 There remains scope for NZ to use more …
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  • Note to the Havelock North Inquiry – Think Big

    … to NZ’s drinking water” is the headline on the cover of a recent New Zealand Listener. It refers to the outbreak in … August in Havelock North, in which more than 5000 people, a third of the population, became acutely ill after … Inquiry. It certainly is alarming that so many people can become sick so quickly due to a failure in the supply of …
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  • We need rapid progress on digital solutions to help eliminate COVID-19 from New Zealand

    … benefits for the collective effort against COVID-19 and can also strengthen our preparedness for future pandemics. … response. On 2 April, the World Health Organization hosted a high-level meeting between technology and health experts, … of the pandemic virus, we need to identify people as they start to develop symptoms, or even the precursors to visible …
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  • The Island Bay cycleway – Terribly important and nothing new

    … This is a sensible move to make the city safer and more attractive … unfolded previously in other places. In essence, this is a debate about the best use of a limited common resource. In … barriers in Times Square ) that are easy to install, can be assessed rapidly, and if need be, taken down rapidly. …
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  • A major new study on Kiwi health – can it inform decision-making?

    … TVNZ (4’09”).) The Ministry of Health has just released a major new burden of disease study for 2006, a culmination … how far we fall short of ‘ideal’ health.  Comparisons can then be made between types of people, diseases and over … if not definitively.  You can have a very cost effective, simple, acceptable and feasible intervention, but if it is …
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  • Why don’t we make rental housing safer?

    … arrangements that favour the framing of home injury as a product of individual behaviour and culpability rather than … that do exist, remain ineffectively enforced. The home can be a site of multiple hazards leading to the risk of … in the rental sector between owner and occupier, which can influence the presence of harmful housing environments, …
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  • NZ’s COVID-19 response compared to selected other jurisdictions: Australia, Taiwan and the United States

    … in NZ has involved comparing NZ’s COVID-19 response with a range of other jurisdictions, especially: Australia, Taiwan … 100 days with no community transmission (Queensland too can probably be added to this list if the source of infection … facilities outside of cities (eg, at military bases that can accept international flights such as Ōhakea air base …
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  • Alcohol and suicide: The facts

    … use often exacerbates mental health problems and is a well-known risk factor for suicide. Health experts are … and aggression. 2 Alcohol is a depressant, and its use can impair decision making and result in feelings of despair … marketing restrictions, drink-driving countermeasures) can be effective at reducing youth suicide rates. 9 Another …
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