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The Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre (HIIRC) is your source of knowledge to improve New Zealand’s health care system. Sponsored by the Ministry of Health, HIIRC has been developed to support performance and quality improvement efforts.
Important note: This site is no longer being actively maintained and is presented here as an online archive. While it still contains a wealth of useful information, visitors who want to receive the latest health information should register to receive the fortnightly email Digest. This will link you directly to articles of interest in the key areas covered by this site. You can register for the Digest here.
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NZ Literature Abstract
Cardiovascular complications of calcium supplements
posted by WM Admin on 2015-02-25 13:33:50.116
"There is longstanding concern that calcium supplements might increase cardiovascular risk in patients with renal impairment". The authors discuss recent…
NZ Literature Abstract
Reduced primary care respiratory infection visits following pregnancy and infancy vitamin D supplementation: A randomised-controlled trial
posted by WM Admin on 2014-10-09 12:38:01.961
This randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted in New Zealand to investigate the vitamin D dose needed to achieve normal…
NZ Literature Abstract
Differences in overlapping meta-analyses of vitamin D supplements and falls
posted by Research Admin on 2014-08-13 13:50:52.47
An Endocrine Society meta-analysis reported that vitamin D with calcium reduced the risk of falls, whereas vitamin D monotherapy had…
Research Review
Geriatrics and Bone Health Research Review 1
posted by WM Admin on 2014-07-04 10:14:50.008
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NZ Literature Abstracts
- Growing Up in New Zealand: A longitudinal study of New Zealand children and their families. Report 1: Before we are born
- Differences between self-reported and verified adverse cardiovascular events in a randomised clinical trial
- Reduced primary care respiratory infection visits following pregnancy and infancy vitamin D supplementation: A randomised-controlled trial
- Vitamin D supplementation and falls: A trial sequential meta-analysis
- Cardiovascular complications of calcium supplements
