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That old chestnut again – does any alcohol consumption reduce cardiovascular disease risk? More evidence for “no”.
… taxation even more justified. In this blog, we explain and critique this latest study in the British Medical … (a relative risk of 0.98, 95% confidence interval 0.90 to 1.07), but did show an association among drinkers (0.86, 0.78 … nothing else. Thus, the genetic variable has no influence or association with ‘outcome phenotype’ (e.g. coronary heart …
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Health system costs in NZ: variation by sex, age & proximity to death
… published on NZ health system cost estimates by sex, age and proximity to death. Such work is only possible due to … understand whether this is due to costs proximal to death or due to heavy burden of disease at older ages we used … 40–44 years, when the costs increase almost 5 fold from $1,025 to $5,600. Interestingly, this pattern is consistent …
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Fast-track Approvals Bill a threat to public health, warn researchers
… track, circumventing legal protections for the environment and threatening public health. In the latest Briefing from … researchers highlight the connection between environmental and human health and review Ministers’ comments to identify … more frequent and intense flooding. “It’s not appropriate or responsible for a Bill to allow a small number of …
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Media release: Tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food - where the parties stand: Election 2023
… Tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food are responsible for almost a third of … Public Health Communication Centre - Junk food, alcohol and tobacco - where the parties stand: Election 2023 . The … for many years apart from the recent amendment to the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 which gave communities greater …
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Resource: Promoting respiratory infection safety in the workplace - A protocol
… involving department staff, students, collaborators, and research participants. It is expected that these … will reduce transmission of Covid-19, influenza, RSV, and other infections spread by the respiratory route, … can track where and when it’s being used. Any comments or questions, please contact the lead author, Assoc Prof …
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The need for an expanded national smokefree law – just got more critical
… this blog post we consider the implications of this ruling and why it heightens the need for an expanded national law on … three NGOs, the Cancer Society, the Salvation Army Trust and The Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand ( see the … an “internal area” stipulates an area that is “completely or substantially enclosed”. The words “substantially …
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Chewing the fat on a saturated fat tax
… article we published last week generated plenty of debate [1] (some thoughtful, some distortionary), and in particular debate on the complexities of taxing food. … that, yes, such tax packages have to be well designed (and more research would be helpful), but nevertheless that …
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Media release: Our fourth wave of Covid-19 and why we should care
… Zealand is clearly experiencing a fourth wave of Covid-19 and health authorities should be reminding us about the … there could be up to 12,000 hospitalisations and more than 1,000 deaths this year from Covid-19. This fourth wave is … such as general practices and emergency departments or community sites such as schools.” The Briefing authors are …
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Media release: New Zealand urged to boost pandemic preparedness as bird flu spreads in US cattle
… has sparked concerns globally as it continues to adapt and infect new hosts, including recent cases in cattle. While … underscores the urgent need for New Zealand to review and enhance its pandemic response strategies, say the authors … key learnings from past responses. Effective public health and social measures, and timely access to testing, vaccines, …
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Media release: NZ could eliminate the deadly meningococcal disease
… Communication Centre, University of Otago epidemiologist and Associate Professor Amanda Kvalsvig and colleagues look at how NZ could be permanently free of this disease and its significant risk of death and disability. Dr Kvalsvig …
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