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  • Government struggling with evidence: HTPs, addiction levels, and Smokefree 2025

    … prevalence, it should re-introduce denicotinisation, a measure supported by Health Minister Dr Shane Reti, and … Minister’s recommendation, which drew on arguments from a mystery document 1 and “ independent advice ” that did not … are less dependent on nicotine, quit. However, the data show a significant decline in cigarettes smoked per day over …
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  • Media release: Time for single shot HPV vaccine schedule to prevent cancer in NZ

    … Switching to a recommended single dose schedule for the human … cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand. The call to change from a two-dose vaccination program to a single shot comes from … While most individuals clear the virus naturally, it can cause warts and, more rarely various cancers, …
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  • We need to talk about breast cancer screening (part 1)

    … should we be screening for breast cancer at all? This is a big deal, given that most developed countries have invested … widely cautioning against breast cancer screening, show that if you look only at the three best quality trials … that when we identify a breast cancer through screening we can’t always tell if it is a cancer that is going to cause a …
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  • The long shadow of Cyclone Gabrielle: Brief review at 12 months

    …   Summary A year ago Cyclone Gabrielle struck Aotearoa New Zealand and … economic damage (farmland and tourism sites). There is a need for much more central and local government investment … to flooding, slips and sea level rise. Introduction It is a year since Cyclone Gabrielle’s catastrophic deluge caused a …
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  • BMI keeps on going up – and reflections on the Diabesity Symposium

    … in BMI is linear, relentless increasing; no sign of a plateau, yet. Given this trend, The Diabesity Crisis … estimated from the total population. The adult NZ graphs show a persistent, monotonic and linear increase over the … Evidence that intense early childhood interventions can reduce child obesity – but as soon as the intervention …
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  • What can we learn from Healthy Housing Initiatives? New evidence from the Wellington Well Homes scheme

    … to health and that improving housing conditions can promote good health.  New Zealand research has shown how … that could be related to poor housing conditions –  make a lot of sense. Since  2013, HHIs have been rolled out in … heaters, draught-stoppers, and mould-cleaning kits that can help make the home warmer or drier. If relevant they may …
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  • Casting a long shadow: Infection drives stomach cancer inequalities in Māori and Pacific peoples

    … borne by Māori and Pacific peoples in NZ. We also discuss a possible next step which could be for one DHB to pilot a ‘test and treat’ screening programme that seems likely to … and child poverty have marked implications and can cast a very long shadow. Preventing children getting …
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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 … coordinators frees up other staff to do other things as we show in a publication last week in the NZ Medical Journal. … should help (e.g. chemotherapy after surgery, which can stir up micro-metastases that the chemotherapy then mops …
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  • Preventing diabetes: What does the latest modelling evidence tell us about health gains and cost savings?

    … affecting the fetus [2]. People with diabetes have a substantially increased death rates and high morbidity (ie, … alive in 2011 [7]. What does the new NZ modelling show? The modelling work indicated that health-adjusted life … type 2 diabetes and shows the maximum cost the programme can be for overall cost savings to remain. For example, if …
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  • New proposals to limit youth vaping from Labour: Do they go far enough?

    … Summary The Labour Party has released a factsheet outlining plans to “crack down” on youth vaping. … 1 explained: [I vape] like every 10 minutes at home… I can't go without the nicotine. I think school's probably the hardest time because I have to [wait] an hour before I can leave, hide and vape… I'll just think about it… I need to …
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