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  • Glass half full: Alcohol’s health benefits for cardiovascular disease still controversial, and likely vary by context

    … than this. Binge drinking is deleterious regardless (e.g. injury), and should be differentiated from ‘average’ … for alcohol-related cancers, of which there are many (e.g. esophageal and breast cancer), but rather increase … is highly health damaging, especially at younger ages (e.g. assaults and car crashes). And it is often a major cause …
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  • Care coordination for cancer cost-effective

    … that cancers with very good survival already (e.g. early stage breast cancer), or very poor survival with little treatment effectiveness (e.g. pancreatic cancer), will benefit less from the addition of … are effective, and faster receipt should help (e.g. chemotherapy after surgery, which can stir up …
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  • Is youth vaping a problem in New Zealand?

    … twice as effective at supporting smokers to quit as NRT (e.g. nicotine patches) combined with behavioural support. 2 … of NPMs, as has occurred in the USA, where NPMs (e.g. JUUL) are the most widely used vaping device by US young … and found the prevalence of vaping increased greatly (e.g. past week use had almost doubled between 2017 and 2018) in …
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  • Mounting complexities in the dietary salt & health relationship

    … to sodium consumption above a reference level of 2.0 g per day (3). This study included a new meta-analysis of 107 … too little and too much being problematic for health (e.g., selenium, vitamin A, and total intake of dietary energy). … (as has already been happening for some foods in NZ e.g., some soup products). The evidence that increased dietary …
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  • NZ compares well with other OECD countries in health & other areas: But scope for improvements

    … progressive policies by NZ society in recent decades e.g., around tobacco control and on-going improvements to the … beverages might be the best place to start (e.g., combined with using the revenue to fund healthy school … has many spill-over impacts on the rest of society (e.g., in terms of crime and social disruption). NZ still does …
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  • Concluding the Public Health Solutions Series 

    … invited blogs on the best public health interventions the G overnment can put in place to reduce pressure on the health …
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  • What does the 2019/20 NZ Health Survey tell us about progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa?

    … account differences due to changes in the demographics (e.g. age structure, ethnicity distributions) of the populations … E-cigarette use is not reported by smoking status (e.g. current, ex, never smoker), which is a major limitation. … higher among 15-17 year olds than in other age groups (e.g. daily use: current smoking = 0.70, the next highest ratio …
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  • Will regular tobacco tax increases get NZ to the tobacco endgame?

    … include: (i) a strong evidence-base for effectiveness (e.g., as reviewed by the agency IARC); (ii) being a typically … sales legal from 2015 from controlled outlets e.g., pharmacies only). This would clearly frame e-cigarettes … happens in NZ – but not often in contested areas e.g., look at NZ’s moribund emissions trading system and what …
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  • The humility of being second to Australia in cancer mortality

    … have enjoyed good improvements in cancer mortality (e.g. see recent PHE blog ), and strong improvements in cancer … cancer early, treatments are generally improving (e.g. for breast and colorectal cancers, but not so much lung … and making good use of ‘medical’ prevention (e.g HPV vaccination that prevents cervical and other cancers). …
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  • Thoughts on NZ Adopting an Aussie Community Health Programme … and Forthcoming Nutrition Policy Events

    … a government and the state from its responsibilities (e.g. on welfare benefits), deflecting the blame and … levers at a national-level that probably matter most, e.g. regulating food marketing, proper nutrient labelling of … approach, and one that considers value for money (e.g., cost-effectiveness) relative to other options such as …
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