Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand, second only behind prostate cancer in men and breast cancer in woman. It is the second highest cause of cancer death behind lung cancer, with approximately the same death rate as prostate and breast cancer combined.
Staphylococcus aureus is a common human commensal of the skin and upper respiratory tract, and is an important opportunistic pathogen.
Mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) affect 35,000 people every year in New Zealand.
Liver cirrhosis results from hepatic cell death, nodule formation and irreversible liver scarring.
Injury remains one of the top five contributors to disease burden, accounting for 252 million Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) and 10% of the global burden of disease in 2017.
In those with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and previous coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG), invasive coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are technically more challenging.
There are several approaches to measuring frailty, but most screening tools fit into one, or a combination, of two broad categories: the phenotypic frailty model and the cumulative deficit model.
Acute macular neuroretinopathy (AMN) is a rare disease that typically presents with unilateral central vision loss, most commonly affecting young women in their reproductive years.