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  • Daily aspirin for preventing cancer and heart disease – where to from here in NZ?

    … looks at the issues and considers possible responses by NZ health agencies and research funders.   What is the … – 0.17 deaths caused by aspirin by age 75   What might NZ health agencies do now? A possible first step is for a … NZ specific research. Acknowledgements: The authors thank Dr Linda Cobiac for helpful comments on the draft blog post. …
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  • Embracing downward counterfactual analysis to navigate future cyclones

    … Gabrielle did massive damage around Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). It caused an estimated 1720 injuries, 1 11 deaths, 2 … change mitigation. Author details: Prof Nick Wilson and Dr John Kerr , are with the Department of Public Health, … Otago, Wellington, and Public Health Communication Centre. Dr Ben Payne is with the Joint Centre for Disaster Research, …
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  • Invisible and ignored: Why indoor air quality deserves our attention

    … significant economic costs in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), impacting healthcare expenses, workplace productivity, … Whakaihu Waka, Pōneke | University of Otago, Wellington Dr Caroline Halley , Department of Medicine, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, Pōneke | University of Otago, Wellington Dr Mikael Boulic , School of Built Environment, Massey …
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  • A Smokefree Aotearoa – could making tobacco products available only through community pharmacies help us get there?

    … burden from tobacco smoking in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) is massive – with an estimated 4790 (95% uncertainty … could realise the Smokefree 2025 goal. Associate Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall sponsored the document, which sets out a … adverse impacts. * Author details: Richard Edwards, Janet Hoek, Frederieke Petrović-van der Deen and Nick Wilson …
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  • Reducing nicotine in smoked tobacco products: A pivotal feature of the Smokefree Aotearoa proposals

    … The NZ Government has published a discussion document outlining … 43   Such arguments are misplaced in a context like NZ, where harm-reduced alternative nicotine products like … important measure.   * Author details: Richard Edwards, Janet Hoek and Nick Wilson are members of ASPIRE2025 and the …
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  • Minimum pricing of alcohol: what does the evidence say?

    … researches the public health impacts of alcohol policy in NZ   Last month Justice Minister Collins rejected a minimum … Collins recently rejected minimum pricing of alcohol in NZ. One of the new pieces of evidence is a paper just … the impact of a £0·45 minimum unit price (about 90c NZ) on alcohol consumption by socioeconomic group in England. …
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  • Running into Trouble: COVID-19 in Japan during the Tokyo Olympics

    … blog we look at the situation in Japan, as compared to NZ, and discuss lessons for nations considering hosting large … guidelines were voluntary (unlike Aotearoa New Zealand [NZ] and Australia where mandatory lockdowns have been used … quarantine requirements are not as strict as those used in NZ, which has relied on hotel quarantine for international …
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  • How much of Māori:European mortality inequalities are due to socioeconomic position and tobacco?

    … and accompanying video , we summarize new research using NZ’s linked census-mortality data, blended with innovative … the findings in a seminar. What did we do? We used linked NZ census-mortality data, covering three decades.  This is … rates for Māori females. Question 3: If, counter-to-fact, NZ had been tobacco free, how much  less would current ethnic …
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  • Media release: Call to action over exposure to cancer-causing agents at work

    … considered safe. The survey was commissioned by WorkSafe NZ in 2021 and released this year. Dr Amanda Eng from the Research Centre for Hauora & Health at … exposure in Aotearoa workplaces is unacceptably high . Dr Eng says the data on exposure to work-related carcinogens …
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  • Home modification to reduce falls – appears cost-effective in NZ

    … effectiveness estimates came from a systematic review, and NZ-specific intervention costs were extracted from a NZ trial [ 4 ]. What this new study found In our just … this intervention is very good value-for-money for the NZ health system. (Nevertheless, we note that other BODE 3 …
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