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

NZMJ, volume 131, number 1478, 13 July
Editorial 1
Transplant ethical considerations: response from the trenches
Stephen Munn
Editorial 2
The Zero Carbon Bill and the health of New Zealanders—help shape this crucial health law now
Andrea Forde, Liz Springford, Scott Metcalfe
Articles
Comparing methamphetamine, MDMA, cocaine, codeine and methadone use between the Auckland region and four Australian states using wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE)
Chris Wilkins, Foon Yin Lai, Jake O’Brien, Phong Thai, Jochen F Mueller
Trends in ischaemic heart disease: patterns of hospitalisation and mortality rates differ by ethnicity (ANZACS-QI 21)
Corina Grey, Rod Jackson, Susan Wells, Billy Wu, Katrina Poppe, Matire Harwood, Gerhard Sundborn, Andrew J Kerr
Chromoendoscopy versus standard colonoscopy for detection of nonpolypoid dysplasia in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Anurag Sekra, Cameron Schauer, Lucy Mills, Alain C Vandal, Toby Rose, Dinesh Lal, Ravinder Ogra
Institutional gastroenteritis outbreaks and time to notify public health services
Sarie M Sariningsih, Tui Shadbolt, Jill McKenzie, Julie Collins-Emerson, Jackie Benschop
Pregabalin misuse: preventing potential problems in New Zealand
Rhys Ponton
Clinical Correspondence
Traumatic haemorrhagic lumbar synovial facet cyst presenting as bilateral foot drop: a case report
Caitlin Bodian, Jordan Davis, Alastair Hadlow
Letters
On-call goes with the territory!
Stephen Main
Evaluation of the rapid molecular diagnostic test for the New Zealand Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rangipo strain in a clinical setting
Claire V Mulholland, Duncan Thorpe, Ray T Cursons, Noel Karalus, Yang Fong, Vickery L Arcus, Gregory M Cook, Htin Lin Aung
Poor female representation at surgical conference
Joy R Rudland
Response to: A systematic review of leadership training for medical students
Dominic Jaikaransingh, Harry V M Spiers, Hugo Layard Horsfall
Why did so many women develop cancer? Part 3
Ronald Jones
Methuselah
Mortality and morbidity in acutely ill adults treated with liberal versus conservative oxygen therapy
Research letter
Applying the Reason Model to enhance health record research in the age of ‘big data’
Rajan Ragupathy, Vithya Yogarajan
Viewpoint
New Zealand transplant patients and organ transplantation in China: some ethical considerations
Phillipa Malpas