As the United Nations High Level Meeting on Noncommunicable diseases (NDCs) concludes, some general resolutions have been agreed to – […]
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Combined forces of ‘polypill’ cut down heart disease
An international study involving New Zealand patients and researchers has shown that a pill containing a combination of treatments has […]
Continue readingRadioNZ: Vitamin D no panacea – UK study
A UK study has found that, while vitamin D is essential for good bone health, there is no evidence for […]
Continue readingDr Helen Petousis-Harris: The demonization of fat
From SkepticsNZ: Some of the links between diet and health outcomes in the 1970s were very tenuous. However these have […]
Continue reading‘Cut fat and salt now to save lives’ – UK watchdog
A hard-hitting report from the UK health watchdog group National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) calls on government […]
Continue readingNBR: Short people at greater risk of heart disease
Scientists have found a link between height and heart disease: the shorter we are, the higher our risk, although the […]
Continue readingDom Post: Kiwi processors play down findings on meat ‘risks’
Tim Cronshaw writes in Business Day about recent US research suggesting that processed meat can increase the risk of developing […]
Continue readingNew Research: Heart attack deaths tied to defective gene
University of Otago Christchurch scientists have identified a genetic defect in male patients that nearly doubles the risk of death […]
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