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We are on our summer break and the editorial office is closed until 13 January. In the meantime, please enjoy our Summer Hiatus series, in which our journalists curate an eclectic mix from our news and clinical archives throughout the year, The Conversation and other publications we share content with. Please note the comment function has been turned off while we are away. Happy reading!
This article was first published on 1 July.
From Zach: A quirkier one of mine this year was a story about Shortland Street, which decided to kill a pig in the name of art. No, not really. But the medical advisor and story developer on our longest-running soap, voted The Spinoff’s best New Zealand show of the 21st century in October, did have a tale to tell about bringing xenotransplantation to Kiwi screens for the first time
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
