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
A place of the heart: From army shed to hauora HQ
Wednesday 28 February 2018, 12:00 AM

Teresea Olsen at the boardroom table of the Kōkiri Marae Keriana Olsen Trust: “This has never been a job for me. This is something I enjoy doing. I live it. It comes easily to me”
Teresea Olsen QSM has built a major Māori health and social services provider on the foundations laid by her mother, who sought to provide hope and help from makeshift premises in a corner of the Hutt Valley. Virginia McMillan reports. Pictures by Dean Zilwood
When the US military left New Zealand after World War II, a row of their storage sheds stood unused on a street in Seaview, Lower Hutt.
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Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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