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  • We need to talk about breast cancer screening (part 2)

    … should stop and the quality and honesty of communication to women must improve. We would also go one step further and … about screening and about the evidence for it. It is also important to realise that evidence moves on. Decisions were … is almost overpoweringly strong and any attempt to reduce screening likely to result in a general outcry and …
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  • Reducing cardiovascular disease deaths from overweight & obesity: Fortunately there are several options

    … Compared to a ‘normal’ body weight (BMI 20-<25), being obese (BMI ≥ … in. This paper finds that blood pressure was the most important mediator, alone explaining 31% of the association … that limit the maximum salt levels in processed foods to reduce the impact of overweight/obesity through the high …
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  • Good news on declining smoking rates, especially for Māori. Is it credible? What next?

    … Smoking rates have fallen in the 2013 Census compared to the 2006 Census (from 20.7% to 15.1% in adults aged 15+). … see these data ). They also fit with marked reductions in youth smoking rates (from school surveys) in the last decade … at bus stops and other transport settings. These actions reduce harm from secondhand smoke exposure, reduce litter …
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  • Can oral tobacco and nicotine products help people to stop smoking?

    … New Zealand. These products could potentially help people to stop smoking by providing a source of nicotine that is … compared to control (RR 1.38 [95% CI 1.05 to 1.82]) but these findings were considered to be at high risk of bias … tobacco products by people who do not smoke (especially youth/rangatahi, given the youth-oriented marketing of these …
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  • Getting through together: ethical values for a pandemic

    … Public health responses to infectious diseases such as COVID-19 require us to draw on … our pandemic response, values should inform the making of important decisions. Good decision-making includes following … quarantine may be deprived of their freedom of movement, but they should not be deprived of other rights. Quarantine …
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  • Calculating cardiovascular risk with online calculators – scope for improvement?

    … It is now possible to readily estimate individual risk of future cardiovascular … the quality of the food supply (e.g., to limit salt (2)). But individual measures are also important – with health workers providing targeted advice on …
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  • Should NZ spend relatively more health resources on improving men’s health?

    … There is no doubt that NZ needs to keep addressing ethnic inequalities in health as an … Report detailed the higher injury burden among male youth (aged 15–24 years) and, to a lesser extent, among young … and these two for Denmark ( first study , second study ). Reduce the maximum allowable salt levels in processed foods …
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  • Alcohol-related harms now available on demand

    … for potential harm that this easy access may contribute to. It also describes some of the regulatory reforms to … fingertips, it is pertinent that action is taken to reduce potential further alcohol-related harm and inequities. … services. 1 Health policy experts have made a range of proposals regarding reform of the NZ   Sale and Supply of …
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  • Potential impact of an Omicron outbreak: A look at the IHME modelling for NZ

    … of cases in hospital might peak at 2,790 (95%CI: 120 to 9,070) in early March 2022. Cumulative additional deaths … high quality and should be considered by NZ policy-makers. But other factors, such as the social and economic disruption from such an Omicron outbreak, should also be important considerations in guiding preparations and …
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  • Health co-benefits need to be adequately considered in the Climate Change Commission’s final advice

    … The Climate Change Commission’s final advice to the Government has been tabled in Parliament. This final … cost of air pollution at $4.28 billion per year in NZ. 11 But the Commission still failed to fully acknowledge the … choices that support low-emissions outcomes is critically important,” 1, p.248 yet there are no policy recommendations …
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