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  • Slight drop in youth vaping but stark ethnic disparities remain

    … disallowing disposable vapes later this year, may help to reduce the number of young people taking up vaping. However these measures will do little to help those already addicted. More action is needed to … smoked regularly, a finding also reflected in results from the ITC Youth and Young Adult Tobacco and Vaping Survey …
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  • Can CT screening for lung cancer in New Zealand be cost-effective?

    … lung cancer mortality. So why aren’t countries rushing to introduce a screening programme? Because there is still … at a late stage, when the disease is advanced, has spread to other parts of the body, and is that much harder to treat. … three annual LDCT scans has been shown to reduce mortality from lung cancer (by ~20%) and overall mortality (by ~7%) …
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  • Action needed to halt New Zealand’s obesity epidemic: Themes from Big Food Symposium

    … health experts and delegates met on Monday this week to consider how to address New Zealand’s (NZ’s) increasing obesity … at this Big Food Symposium believe obesity rates will stay high and possibly continue to climb. This blog explores …
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  • A Statue of Merit: Dr Margaret Cruickshank and the 1918 influenza pandemic

    … in Charlottesville. The controversy has also started to involve some memorials to US doctors whose activities can be regarded as unethical . … “in a farewell speech she was praised for her freedom from pretence, her capacity for loyal friendship, and her …
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  • Monitoring and forecasting the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand including the successful impact of the lockdown

    … In this blog, we introduce our modelling approach to estimating the transmissibility of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, … across the globe in early 2020, there was a clear need to find a modelling approach that could be used by … The  generation interval  describes the time duration from the onset of infectiousness in a primary case to the …
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  • Sustained Resilience: the impact of nuclear war on New Zealand and how to mitigate catastrophe

    … Efforts to prevent nuclear war should be greatly intensified – but we … by nuclear war could shift the state of NZ society from one of flourishing to one of mere survival. We detail … the possibilities of such challenges. We need to calculate how many can be fed. En masse arrivals may be unlikely in a …
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  • An Official Inquiry into the Covid-19 Pandemic Response – It’s Time and it’s Vital

    … of the Covid-19 pandemic response. In this blog we explain how it is now time to announce the process and timetable for such an official … apportioning blame for past decisions. Indeed, findings from the inquiry could help with bolstering preparations for …
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  • Alcohol-related harms now available on demand

    … through online on-demand delivery – within two hours from ordering. This Briefing summarises the evidence for potential harm that this easy access may contribute to. It also describes some of the regulatory reforms to … process requiring that they show their procedures and how these will be followed. Another proposal is to tighten …
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  • Establishing Long COVID services in Aotearoa NZ – what can we learn from overseas?

    … many countries are establishing dedicated health services to support people with the condition. In this blog, we … with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection, usually three months from the onset of COVID-19 and lasting for at least two … able to adapt to the changing context of COVID-19, LC and how the NZ population is responding to LC is paramount. …
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  • Home modification to reduce falls – appears cost-effective in NZ

    … study on a home safety and modification programme to prevent falls in older people. This work suggests that … Commission [ 1 ] (see also this HQSC online guidance to health workers on preventing falls in multiple different … In our model the intervention effectiveness estimates came from a systematic review, and NZ-specific intervention costs …
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