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Glass half full: Alcohol’s health benefits for cardiovascular disease still controversial, and likely vary by context
… regardless (e.g. injury), and should be differentiated from ‘average’ consumption. And the J-shaped graph should not … disability-adjusted life years (DALYs; 5.6% of health loss from all causes). However, alcohol use was estimated to have … So what of this just published major study ? It comes from a study called EPIC – a well-respected and large …
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Can we manage dual use of smoking and vaping more effectively?
… means smokers continue to face serious health risks from coronary heart disease and stroke, even if they manage … substantially reduce their cigarette intake [5]. Evidence from the UK, where researchers have tracked smoking and … and vaping at least once a month. Our participants came from a larger sample of 59 vapers, initially recruited to …
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Media release: Poor ventilation on buses and trains – a fixable risk to health
… Covid-19, according to new research. The latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre details the results of testing on public transport from April to June. The research measured carbon dioxide (CO … about ventilation and how it can help protect us from airborne viruses. “We need to take advantage of that …
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Targeting a new generation – time for a greater focus on smoking uptake prevention?
… cessation services. 6 Whilst these measures are important from a clinical and social justice perspective, they are … Māori. Secondly, minimising smoking uptake is a priority from a societal and public health perspective, and is … data for Māori and Pacific young adults are not available from the New Zealand Health Survey, but in the 2013 census, …
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Establishing Long COVID services in Aotearoa NZ – what can we learn from overseas?
… with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection, usually three months from the onset of COVID-19 and lasting for at least two … for the development of a LC service here. Findings from overseas The overall aim of LC services is to provide an … and level of assessment provided 16 (which is problematic from a health equity perspective). The standard process for …
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Media release: Money down the drain - The high cost of leaking water pipes
… to public health researchers. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre , University of … “Nationally, we’re losing about 20% of reticulated water from leaky pipes. In some centres it can be far more than … one thing to consider but there are other risks that come from leaking pipes. These include water scarcity during …
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Smoke, heat or vapour? Ideas for risk-proportionate regulation to make World Smokefree Day irrelevant by 2025
… nicotine, to create an aerosol.] There is a strong case, from a public health perspective, to introduce a new … of regular smoking among Year 10 Māori children reduced from 18% to 11% and daily smoking from 10.3% to 5.3% [4, 5]. … are ‘very low nicotine content’, as proposed by US Food and Drugs Administration [8]. Aim to minimise …
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Parliamentary voting for smokefree over two decades: Implications for future progress
… key law to reduce the enormous health and economic burden from tobacco in Aotearoa NZ is a health, health equity, and … for the legislation: This includes majority support from the general public , young people , 8 and people who … when part of National-led coalition governments from 2008-2017. Mixed support and opposition: The National …
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Changes in mobility in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: NZ vs other countries and the stories it suggests
… published mobility data across March and April 2020, drawn from its location services datasets, which are normally used … at a given hour. The data are compared with baseline data from a five-week period in January and early February 2020 to … easily avoid retail and recreation activities such as food courts, museums, shopping centres, libraries and movie …
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Lessons learned from a remote blood pressure lowering trial in Aotearoa
… application (app), a tool to help people make lower-salt food choices when shopping for food (Figure 1). The second … to deliver the SaltSwitch intervention and collect data from participants, Wi-Fi enabled BP monitors, and a web-based … Application LESSONS LEARNED We learned a lot of lessons from our trial. We recorded these lessons during research …
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