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  • The humility of being second to Australia in cancer mortality

    … Journal showing that New Zealand has higher death rates from cancer than Australia that cannot be explained by higher … with Australia suggests we could do better. We know from various research and ‘on the ground’ feedback from … improve patient journeys, erase inequalities, and remove (as much as possible) regional variations by lifting …
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  • Lime E-Scooters – Avoiding a collision course with public health?

    … states: “ Serving cities is at the core of Lime’s mission. From electric scooters to smart bikes, our dock-free smart … will reduce traffic congestion as people will switch from driving cars or motorcycles and instead use a Lime … ) and their density deters people who would normally walk from doing so.  Given New Zealand’s high obesity levels and …
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  • Public Health at the Movies: A Selection of 35 Top Movies

    … have been made freely available to students and staff from our medical school library (University of Otago, … the most inspiring movies in the collection. Nutrition and food systems With the obesity epidemic and the high burden of … Truth (2006), and Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006). From a NZ perspective on the topic, Hot Air is very …
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  • Engaging online simulator of measles outbreaks (& how NZ needs to do better in eliminating measles)

    …   Check out this very clever simulator from The Guardian US Interactive Team . Press the “run … the effect of chance. For a community to be really safe from a measles outbreak it pays to have a very high level of … lower coverage may be sufficient to protect a population from spread of disease. The herd immunity issue is why health …
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  • Adaptation important but don’t give up on mitigation—what the new IPCC report means for Aotearoa

    … Summary The latest report from the IPCC finds extreme weather events are more common … impacts of climate change. The latest synthesis report from the IPCC, published today , summarises the state of … and loss of property and income, human health and food security, with adverse effects on gender and social …
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  • Carcinogen exposure in Aotearoa workplaces is unacceptably high

    … automatically apply exposure assessment rules developed from the scientific literature and expert opinion. The NZCS … according to Statistics New Zealand population counts from the 2018 Census. 2 Further details on sampling can be … distribution of Māori, which we know is different from that of non-Māori. 3 What is to be done? Despite these …
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  • Smart party pill law makes tobacco & alcohol regulation look pathetic

    … importance may not be the modest health gains that result from controlling the availability of party pills. Rather its main impact could come from exposing serious inconsistencies in New Zealand’s … in the new Act include: approved products cannot be sold from dairies, convenience stores, supermarkets, garages, …
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  • Strengthening Omicron mitigation strategies in Early Childhood Education settings

    … In general, young children experience less severe illness from Covid-19 compared to older age groups, with data … Māori and Pasifika children and their whānau, and children from low socioeconomic households. In addition, co-infection … ECE building types and ages vary substantially, ranging from converted houses to office space to purpose built …
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  • Can CT screening for lung cancer in New Zealand be cost-effective?

    … three annual LDCT scans has been shown to reduce mortality from lung cancer (by ~20%) and overall mortality (by ~7%) … And similarly, despite the positive efficacy findings from the NLST(1), the authors of the NLST study state: … the table below highlights the (wide) range of findings from various recent studies. Table 1 Summary of various …
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  • We need to talk about breast cancer screening (part 2)

    … There is disagreement about the validity of evidence from the individual randomised controlled trials (RCTs), … effectiveness and about the level of over-diagnosis from screening. In some cases researchers are looking at the … have been a variety of responses to this issue, ranging from the UK Independent Review , which recommended that the …
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