Issue Summary
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NZDep is a small area index of relative socioeconomic deprivation based on census data. Ethnicity graphs for NZDep illustrate how socioeconomic advantage and disadvantage are distributed throughout our society.
Exploring Pasifika wellbeing: findings from a large cluster randomised controlled trial of a mobile health intervention programme | OPEN ACCESS
In New Zealand, obesity, prediabetes and T2DM are serious non-communicable (NCD) diseases that have an impact on overall health and wellbeing.
Thyroid ultrasound and nodule malignancy risk: a “real world” assessment of ultrasound reporting and agreement of ultrasound-based malignancy risk estimates with cytology and histology findings
Thyroid nodules are ubiquitous in modern medical practice, either discovered through palpation or as an incidental finding on radiological examinations.
Cataract surgery in New Zealand: access to surgery, surgical intervention rates and visual acuity | OPEN ACCESS
Cataracts are the leading cause of vision impairment and blindness in the world. In developed countries, cataract surgery is one of the most commonly performed elective surgical procedures.
Trends in the diagnosis of high-grade cervical abnormalities in young women in the post-vaccination era
In 2008, the quadrivalent HPV vaccine (containing HPV virus-like particles of types 6, 11, 16 and 18) was introduced to the New Zealand National Immunisation Schedule.
The case for a bicultural dementia prevalence study in Aotearoa New Zealand
As the world’s population ages, the prevalence of dementia is projected to increase from the current 50 million to 130 million in 2050. The present cost of dementia is over one trillion US dollars and is expected to double in 10 years.
Nurse prescribing in New Zealand—the difference in levels of prescribing explained
New Zealand has been late in implementing nurse prescribing. Towards the end of the 20th century non-medical prescribing was introduced into many westernised countries, notably in the UK, where nurses have been prescribing for decades.
A rare presentation of Eagle syndrome
Eagle syndrome was first described by Otolaryngologist Watt W Eagle in 1937 as a set of symptoms associated with an elongated styloid process.
Multi-territory infarcts caused by intracranial giant cell arteritis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common form of vasculitis in adults. It is characterised by a pan-arteritis of medium to large-sized arteries.
Physician heal thyself: observations on trigeminal neuralgia
In 2008, age 76 years, I developed left sided lancinating facial pains, perhaps three quarters to one second apart and in three- to four-second epochs, followed by a pause of a few seconds until the next paroxysm. Any speech, oral stimulation or merely a change in facial expression was sufficient to trigger pain—I dared not grimace.
Richard Keith Pears
Richard Keith Pears, the middle son of Doris and James Pears was born on 26 June 1932 at the Lumsden Maternity Hospital.
Hidden Dangers
Everyone familiar with medical literature is aware of the, fact that surgeons who operate upon the genital organs of either sex are liable to attack, but this is particularly so in the case of males. Like most men in practice in one locality for many years, several such cases have come under my observation, both in my own practice and that of others. For the benefit of some of the junior members I may relate a few incidents that occurred to myself.
Proceedings of the Health Research Society of Canterbury’s Emerging Researcher Awards 2019
