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  • Hearing loss & social isolation – the silent burden

    … hearing loss is a large direct cause of disability and is associated with increased risk of social isolation, depression and anxiety. Māori are at risk of greater unmet needs in hearing health care in … fatigue experienced due to increased listening effort; a common report from those who are hearing impaired (12). …
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  • Robust vaccine surveillance shows safety – we need to communicate this better

    … meet high effectiveness and safety standards before they are offered to the public and continue to maintain a good … the public and potentially exacerbating health inequities. What this Briefing adds Vaccine safety surveillance is now a … hospitalisation and primary care (less serious and more common). Can participate in global studies to increase power …
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  • The growing burden of dementia in Aotearoa: Scope for prevention

    … incomplete answer. These risks often begin early in life, are linked to social disadvantage, and are more common in areas with higher poverty. A broader … norms and reduce risk at a population level. 9   What this Briefing adds Lifestyle factors and potentially …
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  • Potential health co-benefits from eradicating rats, stoats and possums in NZ towns and cities

    … (if bovine tuberculosis is eradicated nationally). But what about the spin-offs for public health? This blog starts … explore this issue and provisionally concludes that there are many potential health benefits from the eradication or … health (22)). Ibid regarding mice.** Reduced fires associated with rodent damage Rats can gnaw through …
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  • How much of Māori:European mortality inequalities are due to socioeconomic position and tobacco?

    … need to know how much of ethnic inequalities in health are due to socioeconomic position and tobacco smoking, but … research using NZ’s linked census-mortality data, blended with innovative new ‘counterfactual’ methods to determine … questions are surprisingly hard to answer. Why? Because of what would generally be termed “correlation is not causation” …
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  • Artificially sweetened beverages: What does the latest evidence tell us on health benefits versus harm?

    … swap to artificially sweetened beverages (ASBs). But there are multiple concerns about potential health risks of ASBs – … Association of ASBs with chronic disease outcomes What about research which is focused on longer term chronic … found that high compared to low consumption of ASBs was associated with metabolic syndrome in cross-sectional (two …
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  • Long COVID Staff Clinic: Caring for carers in Taranaki

    … more than 12 weeks after their acute infection 1 . Some are referring to it as a new epidemic 2 . Health care workers … and breathlessness many months after their infection 3 . Common ongoing symptoms of Long COVID include fatigue or … on the health and wellbeing of healthcare workers.” 21 What is new in this Briefing An innovative Long COVID clinic …
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  • What does the novel coronavirus epidemic mean for New Zealand?

    … on the current coronavirus situation. It also explores what New Zealand might do in response to protect both its own … Pacific Island nations where the major transport links are through New Zealand airports. The emerging coronavirus … Some coronaviruses have adapted to humans by becoming a common winter infection (one of many respiratory viruses …
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  • The maths and ethics of minimising COVID-19 deaths in NZ

    … is rapidly ratcheting up its control measures to deal with the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. But in our view at least, there is still insufficient clarity about what strategy it is taking. Is it going for eradication (as … this Endgame A. And it appears this is what most countries are pursuing – but often without clear articulation. Daley …
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  • Tobacco industry interference: Is the new Government meeting its international obligations?

    … and open to public scrutiny. The tobacco industry, associated front groups, and others sympathetic to industry … , these claims may come to be accepted even when they are inconsistent with robust, independent research. It is … smokefree laws would force tobacco onto the black market. “What is now going to happen is all those dairy owners as part …
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