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  • The case for lowering salt levels in processed foods is now even stronger – new research

    … for lowering dietary salt intakes became a bit confused in recent years by studies which suggested that both low … sodium intake in these other studies may be largely due to inaccurate measurement of sodium intake. So the scientific … recommend that governments progress interventions to reduce sodium levels in processed foods. This could …
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  • The need for an expanded national smokefree law – just got more critical

    … released Judicial Review has opened up the question of how “open areas” of buildings (where smoking is permitted in … on smokefree areas. This Judicial Review was in response to an application for a review of the “Open Area Calculator” … for when children (<16 years) are present. This is long overdue for New Zealand when compared to Australia, …
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  • Is NZ a laggard in responding to climate change?: Results of a Global Index

    … and Germanwatch. Basically, the index uses set criteria to assess and rank the climate change response of 58 … climate experts internationally. By this measure, NZ ranks in the bottom half of the OECD for responding to the climate change problem. This blog post looks at some …
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  • The COVID-19 pandemic in Aotearoa/NZ: A brief photo-essay with 10 photos

    … In this photo-essay of the COVID-19 pandemic in Aotearoa/NZ, … action. The distinguishing feature of the NZ response to COVID-19 was that the Government listened to science input and changed direction from the mitigation …
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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 … has been available for some years (“Know Your Numbers”). In this blog we consider if such risk calculators could be … with their GPs to make more informed decisions about how this risk can be reduced. They should not be regarded as …
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  • How to best prioritise Covid-19 Vaccination in Aotearoa/New Zealand

    … New Zealand has begun to roll out its Covid-19 vaccination programme, starting with those working at the border, including in the Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) facilities. … Image by  torstensimon  from  Pixabay … How to best prioritise Covid-19 Vaccination in Aotearoa/New …
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  • Kiwi public health doc reporting back from Victoria (Australia): “Do quarantine well!”

    … medicine specialist in Victoria, as a person who is new to the State, and not part of the formal apparatus, has been … – better than I expected. The conundrum, though, is how does Australia go forward. There are three options: … short-term pain, risk of failure, etc, but also the long-term possibility of a more free way of living. That is …
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  • Daily aspirin for preventing cancer and heart disease – where to from here in NZ?

    … The results indicate a relatively favourable benefit-to-harm ratio (good for preventing various cancers and heart … if the following options were worthwhile: Allowing very long-term prescriptions of low-dose aspirin e.g., for … stages of recruitment for use of a polypill in a trial. How might NZ research funding agencies help? Research funders …
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  • Advance Care Planning – good for patient care and better use of health dollars?

    … the baby boomers die. Expenditure on dying people is going to rise. However Advanced Care Planning can potentially … treatment as a last chance without even giving any idea of how big that chance might be. It even turns out that some … treatment and what the benefit of treatment would be. As long as a clinician’s presumptions that extending life at any …
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  • A fat week – debates about saturated fat that will not go away

    … Professor Tony Blakely I was in Brisbane this week, teaching epidemiological methods to improve the quality and causal inference of our research – … the ratio of things like omega 3 to omega 6 fats; how high the percentage of saturated fat is in the diet – it …
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