Asthma is one of the most common diseases in the world, resulting in a substantial burden of
disease. Although rates of deaths due to asthma worldwide have reduced greatly over the …

The stepwise approach to pharmacological treatment in adult asthma mandates that asthma
treatment is progressively stepped up to achieve symptom control and reduce the risk of …

Background Whether blood eosinophil counts and exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) are
associated with important outcomes in mild asthma is unclear. In this prespecified subgroup …

Context Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life in patients with incurable illness.
Medicinal cannabis (MC) has been used in the palliative care setting to address multiple …

Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) causes important negative effects on quality of life. Endometriosis
is the most common cause of CPP in females, and diagnostic delay is over six years …

Objective To compare New Zealand medical grade kanuka honey with topical aciclovir for
the treatment of herpes simplex labialis. Design Prospective parallel randomised controlled …

Objective To characterise the self-isolating household units (bubbles) during the COVID-19
Alert Level 4 lockdown in New Zealand. Design, setting and participants In this cross …

A stepwise approach to the pharmacological treatment of asthma is a key feature of current
asthma guidelines [1–4]. Through algorithms, treatment intensity is “stepped up” to obtain …

Background The stepwise approach to long-term asthma management, which traditionally
incorporates short-acting β2-agonist reliever therapy, has been a core feature of asthma …

Background Type 2 biomarkers that predict both likelihood of future severe exacerbations
and response to mAb therapy in asthma would be useful clinically in identifying patients both …