We will address health system policy issues relating to the ethical approval process for health research and dissemination as well as the willingness of the health system to incorporate information from published health research into clinical practice.
There has been a global shift in both the public perception of the medicinal value of cannabis and regulation of medicinal cannabis products.
Length of hospital stay (LOS) following an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) hospitalisation has significant clinical, prognostic and cost implications for the patients and healthcare systems.
Māori are more likely than non-Māori to get cancer, and once they have cancer they are less likely to survive it.
Epilepsy is a common neurological condition. The prevalence of epilepsy in developed countries is estimated at between 5–10/1,000 people, with most Western countries reporting a prevalence of about 0.7%.
Cervical cancer is a largely preventable disease. In New Zealand, the commencement of the National Cervical Screening Programme (NCSP) in 1990 initially led to markedly reduced cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates...
Warnings of a globally declining cohort of physician-scientists have appeared in the literature over 15 years ago.
Chronic pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide. It affects one in five New Zealanders and the annual prevalence is rising.
In the last decade, advances in antenatal screening have been made leading to improvement in the detection of critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) in the fetus.
Smoking remains the world’s leading causes of preventable mortality and morbidity. Alongside the human cost are the significant economic costs of smoking.
A 50-year old woman with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on methotrexate therapy (15mg per week) for the preceding two years presented with fever, dry cough and breathlessness of one-week duration.
New Zealand is currently experiencing a significant measles epidemic, initially centred in Auckland, but with increasing numbers appearing elsewhere.
We recently published findings from an ecological study of school sun protection policies.1 In a critique of our publication
Several cases of unilateral renal haematuria have come under my care which are of sufficient interest to warrant publication from several points in their histories and treatment.