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1 month ago | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Fiona Cassie |Zach Thompson |Orna McGinn
+Opinion In print Upfront Help! I’m drowning in tick-box exercises and black-hole dreaming GPs, who must juggle patient care with endless policy consultations, are frustrated by “tick-box” exercises that ignore clinical insight [Image: artisteer on iStock] As trust in health leadership erodes, it’s time for meaningful, bipartisan dialogue on New Zealand’s long-term health strategy, argues Orna McGinn Believing that clinical leadership depends on having “skin in the game”, I continue to see...
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1 month ago | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Barbara Fountain |Alan Perrott |Zach Thompson
, Aotearoa has the worst child mental wellbeing and highest youth suicide rate of 36 OECD and EU countries, according to a new UNICEF report. Suicide is
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2 months ago | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Zach Thompson |Martin Johnston |Gabrielle Baker
FREE READ Respiratory physician Lutz Beckert considers chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management, including the prevention of COPD, the importance of smoking cessation and pulmonary rehabilitation, and the lifesaving potential of addressing treatable traits. He also discusses the logic of inhaler therapy, moving from single therapy to dual and triple therapy when indicated, as well as other aspects of management
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Mar 26, 2025 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Patrice Dougan |Martin Johnston |Alan Perrott |Zach Thompson
Respiratory physician Lutz Beckert considers chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management, including the prevention of COPD, the importance of smoking cessation and pulmonary rehabilitation, and the lifesaving potential of addressing treatable traits. He also discusses the logic of inhaler therapy, moving from single therapy to dual and triple therapy when indicated, as well as other aspects of management
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Feb 6, 2025 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Stephen Forbes |Zach Thompson
Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Zach Thompson |Stephen Forbes
+News Whooping cough epidemic: 80% of babies with infection in 2025 hospitalised Low vaccination coverage is likely to prolong the current whooping cough epidemic [Image: Meredith Newlove on the Public Health Image Library, Canva composite] Eight of the 10 whooping cough cases recorded in babies, aged zero to five months, in 2025 have resulted in hospitalisations, according to ESR data.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Stephen Forbes |Zach Thompson
+News Whooping cough cases down but epidemic ongoing – Michael Baker Low vaccination coverage is likely to prolong the current whooping cough epidemic [Image: Meredith Newlove on the Public Health Image Library, Canva composite] “Not only is our coverage continuing to fall, the inequalities and inequities are very large.”Whooping cough cases have decreased, with 91 across the motu for the week ending 17 January, according to ESR data.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Fiona Cassie |Zach Thompson |Patrice Dougan
In these complex times of resource constraints, high workloads and burnout, having joy in your work can build hope, empathy, resilience and optimism. It can fuel the energy you need to get through each day and help build your compassion, which in turn benefits your patients. In this article, specialist GP Jo Scott-Jones shares his findings on what brings joy to GPs, with the hope that you too will search out joy and build it up in the team you work with
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Zach Thompson |Stephen Forbes |Fiona Cassie |Patrice Dougan
Cameron Schauer and Jason Robertson describe the symptoms, aetiology, subtypes and consequences of reflux. They also discuss the investigations used for diagnosis, investigating those with alarm features and evaluating success of treatment. Finally, they examine multimodal treatment, including lifestyle, pharmacological and surgical interventions
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Zach Thompson |Stephen Forbes
+News Whooping cough cases double in a week: ESR update The Southern region continues to have the highest number of cases, jumping from 12 to 33 [Image: Meredith Newlove on the Public Health Image Library, Canva composite] Nationwide, whooping cough cases more than doubled between 22 and 29 November, from 77 to 156, according to the latest data from ESR.
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