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  • A 100 years ago today – the likely first NZ death from the 1918 influenza pandemic

    … died from pandemic influenza was Robert Gordon Torrance, a 25-year-old soldier located in France. He officially “died … this study for deaths in the preceding year [4].   Shortly after signs of the pandemic were appearing in Western Europe, … rates, possibly related to immunological impacts from infection in a preceding 1889-92 influenza pandemic [11]. The …
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  • Care coordination for cancer cost-effective

    … Professor Tony Blakely Dedicated cancer care coordinators – a clinical nurse specialist charged with navigating patients … analyses about these services is challenging – data are often sparse, and assumptions necessary. In the BODE 3 … and faster receipt should help (e.g. chemotherapy after surgery, which can stir up micro-metastases that the …
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  • The Government’s transport plans work against our health

    … The policies outlined in the draft GPS 2024 are, as a package, likely to worsen the already high levels of … health harms in the short and long term.  Transport is a major determinant of health in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) … physical activity is associated with reductions in cognitive decline (40% reduction), risk for type 2 diabetes …
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  • Ireland leads New Zealand in the battle against obesity

    … the Irish Government is planning on obesity and food – a far cry from the state of play in New Zealand. Which has … 2 nd test match in 2012 where the ABs narrowly won with a drop kick minutes before the end, and the second was late last year in Dublin when the ABs won by a margin of just 2 points. Optimistic Irish rugby fans are …
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  • Parliamentary voting for smokefree over two decades: Implications for future progress

    … Summary  The recent repeal of a key law to reduce the enormous health and economic burden from tobacco in Aotearoa NZ is a health, health equity, and economic tragedy. It occurred … the sale of smoked tobacco products to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009​. Ayes: 76 Labour: 64; Green: 10;  Te …
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  • Social advantage associated with greenhouse emissions from transport in Aotearoa

    … information is essential to design good policy and achieve a fair transition to a low carbon transport system. We found high levels of … by mode of travel and deprivation (NZDep quintile)   Even after adjusting for age, household size, and disability …
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  • Artificially sweetened beverages: What does the latest evidence tell us on health benefits versus harm?

    … brief review* for this blog, the studies that we examined often referred to sweeteners as ‘artificial sweeteners’, and … four weeks to 40 months, showed LES consumption led to a reduced body weight compared to those consuming sugar in … before adjustment for adiposity and 8% (CI: 2% to 15%) after adjustment. An earlier linear dose-response …
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  • The high burden from mental health disorders – but also an opportunity for cost-effective interventions

    … et al ; Degenhardt et al ). These two studies are a valuable contribution to knowledge about health problems and come from a massive international research project. The results should … these were the second most important cause of health loss after coronary heart disease (but for NZ women they were the …
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  • Reducing the risk of Covid-19 transmission through the use of air purifiers

    … carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) levels, which are used as a proxy measurement for ventilation, should stay below 800 … each pass of air through the unit. Air purifier adverts often give a clean air delivery rate (CADR). 4 This is the … This type of system is called an upper room UV and are often used within hospitals. If properly installed, these …
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  • What is happening with vaping among adolescents and young adults in Aotearoa?

    … information   . Figures 1,2 and 5 are reproduced from a recent report by ASH New Zealand, 1 figures 3, 6 and 7 are … only since 2015, when prevalence was relatively low, after which regular and daily vaping increased steadily up to … device using replaceable or refillable ‘pods’ (eg, ‘Juul’) often with high concentration nicotine salt e-liquids emerged …
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