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
The latest issue of the New Zealand Medical Journal is out tomorrow
The latest issue of the New Zealand Medical Journal is out tomorrow

Journal of the New Zealand Medical Association Vol 131 No 1468: 19 January 2018
Editorials
Adolescent and young adults with cancer in New Zealand—understudied and underserved
Heidi Watson, Rochelle Moss
Compassion defined: it’s time for doctors to step up
Kate Grundy, Amanda Landers
Articles
The burden of cancer in 25–29 year olds in New Zealand: a case for a wider adolescent and young adult age range?
Kirsten Ballantine, Victoria Utley, Heidi Watson, Michael Sullivan, Ruth Spearing
Compassion from a palliative care perspective
Antonio Fernando, Conor Rea, Phillipa Malpas
Increasing rates of people identifying as transgender presenting to Endocrine Services in the Wellington region
John W Delahunt, Hayley J Denison, Dalice A Sim, Jemima J Bullock, Jeremy D Krebs
The effect of trampoline parks on presentations to the Christchurch Emergency Department
Lloyd Roffe, Scott Pearson, Johnathan Sharr, Michael Ardagh
Type of cows’ milk consumption and relationship to health predictors in New Zealand preschool children
Hajar Mazahery, Carolyn Cairncross, Cathryn Conlon, Lisa Houghton, Jane Coad, Carlos Camargo Jr, Cameron Grant, Pamela von Hurst
Rates of unsuspected thyroid cancer in multinodular thyroid disease
Miriam Karalus, Jade AU Tamatea, Helen M Conaglen, Michael Dray, Goswin Y Meyer-Rochow, John V Conaglen, Marianne S Elston
A systematic review of leadership training for medical students
Oscar Lyons, Bruce Su’a, Michelle Locke, Andrew Hill
Letters
Evaluation of the Report on Euthanasia for the New Zealand Medical Association by Grant Gillett
Jack Havill, Libby Smales, Miles Williams, Frank Kueppers
Publication and authorship challenges experienced by medical students involved in biomedical research
Ibrahim S Al-Busaidi
Research opportunities for medical students: time flies when you’re having fun
Cameron I Wells, Ibrahim S Al-Busaidi
Euthanasia and abortion
Margaret J Sparrow