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Beyond BMI: How should we be diagnosing obesity? – Expert Reaction

Beyond BMI: How should we be diagnosing obesity? – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 15 January 2025

Healthcare systems around the world should rethink how they diagnose obesity, according to an international expert group that says current […]

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Long COVID in New Zealand – Expert Q&A

Long COVID in New Zealand – Expert Q&A

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 29 April 202129 April 2021

New Zealand has been praised for its initial COVID-19 pandemic response, but what do we know about long-term health effects and how […]

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Pacific origins for Brazil Zika outbreak? – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 13 April 201603 May 2017

The current Zika outbreak in Brazil may have had its origins in Polynesia, says new research speculating the virus was […]

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Bowel cancer screening – in the news

In the News  |  Published: 21 August 201528 March 2016

The release of a major report on bowel cancer this week has re-ignited debate over nationwide screening for the disease. […]

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Medical tourism increasing spread of superbug gene

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 11 August 201012 August 2010

A gene that confers resistance to nearly all existing antibiotics has been found in bacteria in India, Pakistan and the […]

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