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Stephen Forbes took a look through the candidate lists for Labour, National, the Greens, ACT, Te Pāti Māori, New Zealand First and TOP, searching for familiar names and anyone connected to the health system standing for Parliament who is not a current or previous MP. It was a tricky job and some parties didn’t come to the party. But in the end he uncovered a small number of people with health sector connections taking a chance at the ballot box
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
