The conclusion from a meta-analysis of studies of the economic burden of schizophrenia was that the enormous burden is suggestive of the inadequate provision of healthcare services to patients with schizophrenia.
A research-enabled environment can engender intellectual curiosity, positive questioning of routine practice and robust research practices that can lift process and practice in general.
Over the past two decades, there has been a decline in the incidence of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and associated mortality worldwide, including in New Zealand.
As the proportion of the New Zealand population aged 65 years and older increases, there will be a concomitant increase in dementia cases.
Schizophrenia is a chronic and disruptive illness and has been ranked one of the top 25 causes of disability globally.
In 2018 an additional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine was purchased, bringing the Counties Manukau District Health Board (CMDHB) total to three.
Cannabis is the most commonly used illegal drug in New Zealand, even though the unauthorised possession of any amount of cannabis is a crime under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975.
Bisphosphonates, such as zoledronate, are used by approximately 55,000 people per year in New Zealand to prevent the loss of bone density in a range of conditions such as osteoporosis, Paget’s disease of the bone and bone metastases.
Bullous pemphigoid is an autoimmune blistering disorder that typically affects the elderly.
Endogenous endophthalmitis is a rare and potentially blinding condition resulting from infection within the ocular tissues and accounts for 10% of all endophthalmitis cases.
In 2011, Te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa (The New Zealand Government) set the goal to become smokefree by 2025 and have less than 5% of the population smoking daily.
J.H., aged 65, arrived at Queenstown by boat at 7.30 p.m. on 27th April, 1921.