New Zealand Trade Balance Actual -323M (Forecast -, Previous -1,234.0M)
(Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New Zealand Imports Actual 6.26B (Forecast -, Previous 7.23B)
(Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Falls at home: hospital admissions in a health region of Aotearoa New Zealand - Simpkins C, Soysa IB, Christey G.
AIM: To report on the descriptive epidemiology and costs of trauma admissions to the Te Manawa Taki Trauma System (TMT) hospitals in Aotearoa New Zealand following falls at home. METHODS: A retrospective, observational study was conducted using dat... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Ban or Restrict? Quandary Facing Governments as Vaping Entices Teens Worldwide
By Ulysses DorotheoBANGKOK, Thailand, Jan 26 2024 (IPS) A hot debate on electronic smoking devices is expected to engage governments, scheduled to meet in Panama from 5-10 February for the tenth session of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). The WHO FCTC, the first health treaty, was developed to address the global tobacco epidemic and to ensure that governments are supported in implementing comprehensive and effective tobacco control strategies. Earlier in 2016, the governments during COP8 made a decision to either prohibit or restrict the manufacture, importati...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ulysses Dorotheo Tags: Featured Global Headlines Health Human Rights IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

‘Head South’ Review: A Mild-Mannered Tribute To A Formative New Zealand Punk Epoch
Joining a long line of filmmakers who’ve fictionalized their comings-of-age in one regional punk scene or another, veteran New Zealand writer-director Jonathan Ogilvie turns the clock back to 1979 Christchurch in “Head South.” Its protagonist is the classic shy but would-be rebellious teen boy…#newzealand #jonathanogilvie #rotterdam #edoxenbould #middleearthrecords #jacksonbliss #angus #stuartoscarphillips #martoncsokas #publicimageltd (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Review article: Pre-hospital trauma guidelines and access to lifesaving interventions in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand - Andrews T, Meadley B, Gabbe B, Beck B, Dicker B, Cameron P.
The centralisation of trauma services in western countries has led to an improvement in patient outcomes. Effective trauma systems include a pre-hospital trauma system. Delivery of high-level pre-hospital trauma care must include identification of potentia... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Live animal transport regulations not ‘ fit for purpose ’ , major international study finds
A ‘ fitness check ’ of regulations in five countries meant to protect animals during transportation, has deemed that they all fall short of fully protecting animals during transport. Findings from this interdisciplinary work involving the Universities of Bristol, Essex and British Columbia (Canada) which compared animal transport rules designed to protect the billions of livestock that are transported on lengthy journeys in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, EU (including UK) and US, highlights serious failures. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - January 24, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: International, Research; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol Veterinary School; Press Release Source Type: news

United States and United Kingdom, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Netherlands, and New Zealand, conducted additional strikes on Monday against …
(Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

UK Government Statement: US and UK, with Support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Netherlands, and New Zealand, Conduct Additional Strikes against Eight …
(Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Cooling New Zealand Inflation Turns Attention to Rate-Cut Timing
Consumer prices rose 0.5% in the fourth quarter of last year, and by 4.7% from the same period a year earlier, in line with forecasts, Stats NZ said .#statsnz (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly set to face new challenger in weight-loss race
Danish biotech group Zealand Pharma is developing an alternative obesity treatment to compete with big rivals (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - January 23, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Should Canada ban future generations from smoking?
Ottawa Public Health is recommending the federal government consider a New Zealand-style generational smoking ban, which sought to prevent anyone born after 2008 from ever buying tobacco products in their lifetime. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - January 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New Zealand's Services Sector Activity Now In Sharp Contraction
Negative comments centered on seasonal factors, cost of living and an overall economic slowdown, the survey showed. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

'Concussion conversations' promotes collaborative care in rural New Zealand - Marshall A.
Background Providing a health service in a rural area comes with its challenges: limited medical resources, reliance on ambulance and rescue helicopter services and, especially in New Zealand, a stoic rugby culture with a fear of missing the next big ga... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Rural and Agricultural Issues Source Type: news

RSNA issues joint statement on use of AI in radiology
The RSNA and four other radiology societies have issued a joint statement on the development and use of AI in radiology. The statement is a collaborative effort between the RSNA, the American College of Radiology (ACR), the Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR), the European Society of Radiology (ESR), and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR). It was written by a team led by ESR president Adrian Brady, MD, and published January 22 in the RSNA journal, Radiology: Artificial Intelligence. The paper "defines the potential practical problems and ethical issues surrounding the incorporat...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 22, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news