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In This Issue . . .   Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 2.

Editorials

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): “missing the wood for the trees”
Peter J Collignon — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 3-4.

Research

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What’s hanging around your neck? Pathogenic bacteria on identity badges and lanyards
Despina Kotsanas, Carmel Scott, Elizabeth E Gillespie, Tony M Korman and Rhonda L Stuart — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 5-8.

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Written advice can provide a safe and acceptable alternative to new patient assessment for selected referrals to haematologists
Peter S Ganly, Helen Keeman, Ruth L Spearing, Mark P Smith, Nigel Patton, Eileen G Merriman and Steve S Gibbons — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 9-12.

Pharmaceuticals and Prescribing

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Do advertisements in clinical software influence prescribing?
Peter R Mansfield — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 13-14.

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The effect of advertising in clinical software on general practitioners’ prescribing behaviour
Joan Henderson, Graeme Miller, Ying Pan and Helena Britt — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 15-20.

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Commercialism, choice and consumer protection: regulation of complementary medicines in Australia
Ken J Harvey, Viola S Korczak, Loretta J Marron and David B Newgreen — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 21-25.

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Paying for costly pharmaceuticals: regulation of new drugs in Australia, England and New Zealand
James P Raftery — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 26-28.

Health Care

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Does Enhanced Primary Care enhance primary care? Policy-induced dilemmas for allied health professionals
Michele M Foster, Geoffrey Mitchell, Terry Haines, Sean Tweedy, Petrea Cornwell and Jennifer Fleming — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 29-32.

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National health reform needs strategic investment in health services research
Jane P Hall and Rosalie C Viney — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 33-35.

Public Health

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Burden of disease and injury in Australia in the new millennium: measuring health loss from diseases, injuries and risk factors
Stephen J Begg, Theo Vos, Bridget Barker, Lucy Stanley and Alan D Lopez — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 36-40.

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Chikungunya virus infection in travellers to Australia
Douglas F Johnson, Julian D Druce, Scott Chapman, Ashwin Swaminathan, Josh Wolf, Jack S Richards, Tony Korman, Chris Birch and Michael J Richards — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 41-43.

For Debate

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Should Australia lift its ban on low nitrosamine smokeless tobacco products?
Coral E Gartner and Wayne D Hall — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 44-46.

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Repealing Australia’s ban on smokeless tobacco? Hasten slowly — Commentary
Simon Chapman — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 47-49.

Clinical Update

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The clinical utility of ultrasonography for rotator cuff disease, shoulder impingement syndrome and subacromial bursitis
Mark S Awerbuch — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 50-53.

Notable Cases

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γ-Hydroxybutyrate poisoning from toy beads
Naren Gunja, Evelyn Doyle, Kevin Carpenter, Olivia T Chan, Simon Gilmore, Gary Browne and Andis Graudins — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 54-56.

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Nurofen Plus misuse: an emerging cause of perforated gastric ulcer
Martin J Dutch — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 56-57.

Letters

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Toxic levels of mercury in Chinese infants eating fish congee
Stephen J Corbett and Christopher C S Poon — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 59-60.

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Prostate cancer screening and bacteraemia
Francis J Bowden, Jan Roberts and Peter J Collignon — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 60.

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Fatal community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia after influenza
Steven Y C Tong, Nicholas M Anstey, Gary D Lum, Rachael A Lilliebridge, Dianne P Stephens and Bart J Currie — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 61.

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals: time for a culture change
Keith V Woollard || John K Ferguson and Helen Van Gessel || Luke F Chen, Deverick J Anderson, Keith S Kaye and Daniel J Sexton || Peter J Collignon, M Lindsay Grayson and Paul D R Johnson — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 61-64.

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Acupuncture for persistent allergic rhinitis: a randomised, sham-controlled trial
Edzard Ernst || Charlie C L Xue and David F Story — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 64.

Book Reviews

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Exposing Bundaberg’s Dr Death
David Molloy — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 25.

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Fighting for your health
Rob Roseby — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 57.

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