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  • The Government’s transport plans work against our health

    … (33%), depression (48%), bone fracture risk (66%), breast cancer risk (20%), coronary heart disease and stroke (25%), and colorectal cancer (19%). 13 However, currently, less than half of adults …
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  • An open letter to Cabinet Ministers from 74 health professors calling for a sugary drinks tax

    … Christchurch Ann Richardson Epidemiology, Wayne Francis Cancer Epidemiology Research Group,   University of … School of Medicine, University of Auckland Diana Sarfati Cancer epidemiology, Department of Public Health, University … Series , 2015 British Medical Association , 2015 World Cancer Research Fund International , 2015 Organisation for …
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  • Reducing salt in food good for health and NZ’s health budget – New research

    … attacks and stroke but also kidney disease and stomach cancer eg, see: this 2015 review [ 11 ]; this 2014 systematic … disease mortality [ 13 ]; this meta-analysis on stomach cancer risk [ 14 ]; and this study on renal cancer risk [ 15 ]. There is also growing evidence of damage …
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  • Low-cost heart-healthy bread for NZ

    … (29.5 million), cardiovascular disease (21.2 million) and cancer (6.7 million) (2). Dietary risk factors are … (although doing both might be optimal for reducing CVD and cancer risk (16)). In a future blog we may expand on some of …
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  • Tobacco Excise Taxes and the Smokefree 2025 Goal: Some Ways Forward

    … disparities in smoking prevalence. 15 Indeed, both the NZ Cancer Society and Hāpai Te Hauora, which holds the national … likelihood of young people starting to smoke. As the NZ Cancer Society has repeatedly stated , it is illogical to … thank Shayne Nahu, Advocacy and Wellbeing Manager, NZ Cancer Society, for his thoughtful and challenging advice. … …
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  • Media release: New Zealanders back action on preventing alcohol harm

    … industry should stay out of policymaking 66%  support cancer warning labels on alcohol products The majority … Alcohol fuels violence and causes at least seven types of cancer. It also causes lifelong brain injury to babies … sexy and essential. But the ads don’t tell us it causes cancer,” says Steve Randerson. “Our children deserve better. …
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  • Where do the parties stand? Addressing Māori health inequity

    … It also referred to action to improve access to cancer treatments, dental care and mental health care.  The … services covered by the public health system, such as cancer treatments, dental care and mental health care. One of … services covered by the public health system, such as cancer treatments, dental care and mental health care. Labour …
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  • Advance Care Planning – good for patient care and better use of health dollars?

    … like a nail”. If you visit a surgeon or oncologist with a cancer they will offer treatment. Sometimes they offer … the last few weeks there have been proposals for a bowel cancer screening programme, for more funding for low cost …
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  • The race to be the first place in Aotearoa to be smokefree

    … businesses, awards have been made by Northland DHB and the Cancer Society to 17 tobacco free retailers, who have chosen … investment of time, people and resources from NGOs (e.g., Cancer Society, Heart Foundation), DHBs and local … https://auckland-northland.cancernz.org.nz/en/reducing-cancer-risk/what-we-are-doing/smokefree-auckland/ …
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  • Weekly deaths declined in NZ’s lockdown – but we still don’t know exactly why

    … from lockdown-related delays in health services, including cancer treatment (as per this US study on cancer surgery [8]). Also, the post-pandemic situation has …
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