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
Māori clear on where cancer care can be overhauled for sake of whānau
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Māori clear on where cancer care can be overhauled for sake of whānau
Wednesday 11 December 2019, 04:00 AM

The message from Māoridom gathered force in 2019, and the gavel dropped on the health system: guilty of producing unfair inequalities of outcome for Māori and doing little to remedy them. Virginia McMillan reports
One Māori person dies of lung cancer every day in New Zealand, Lung Foundation New Zealand says.
And lung cancer registrations and mortality rate
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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