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3 June 2002

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From the Editor's desk: To age or not to age? (MJA 2002; 176: 509)

 

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In This Issue . . . (MJA 2002; 176: 512)

Editorials

 

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Antibiotic guidelines: improved implementation is the challenge
D Ashley R Watson — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 513-514.

 

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Kidney disease: are you at risk?
Alan Cass — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 515-516.

 

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Bushfires, air pollution and asthma
Peter R Lewis and Stephen J Corbett — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 517.

 

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Fire ants in Australia: a new medical and ecological hazard
Keith I McCubbin and John M Weiner — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 518-519.

Notable Cases

 

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Anaphylaxis due to Red Imported Fire Ant sting
Graham O Solley, Cas Vanderwoude and Gregory K Knight — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 521-523.

Research

 

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Ceftriaxone and cefotaxime use in Victorian hospitals
Marion B Robertson, Tony M Korman, Jonathan G A Dartnell, Lisa L Ioannides-Demos, Sue W Kirsa, Julie A V Lord, Liliana Munafo, Graham B Byrnes and on behalf of the Victorian Drug Usage Evaluation Group — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 524-529.

 

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Naltrexone in alcohol dependence: a randomised controlled trial of effectiveness in a standard clinical setting
Noeline C Latt, Stephen Jurd, Jennie Houseman and Sonia E Wutzke — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 530-534.

 

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Exposure to bushfire smoke and asthma: an ecological study
Fay H Johnston, Anne M Kavanagh, David M J S Bowman and Randall K Scott — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 535-539.

Healthcare

 

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Primary care budget holding in the United Kingdom National Health Service: learning from a decade of health service reform
David Wilkin — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 539-542.

The Research Enterprise

 

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Collaborating with industry: choices for Australian medicine and universities
Hamilton Moses III, Abbey Perumpanani and Jon Nicholson — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 543-546.

For Debate

 

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Cervical screening: time to change the policy
James A Dickinson — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 547-550.

MJA Practice Essentials — Infectious Diseases

 

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6: Sexually transmitted infections: new diagnostic approaches and treatments
Francis J Bowden, Sepehr N Tabrizi, Suzanne M Garland and Christopher K Fairley — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 551-557.

Book Reviews

 

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A doctor in the garden: Australian flora and the world of medicine
reviewed by Brian Reid — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 529.

 

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Emergency medicine. Diagnosis and management. 2nd edition
reviewed by Garry J Wilkes — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 529.

Obituary

 

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John St George
Lourdes I St George — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 558.

Snapshot

 

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No room in the womb
Lourdes I St George and John St George — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 558.

Letters

 

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Vitamin D deficiency is common in frail institutionalised older people in northern Sydney
Philip N Sambrook, Ian D Cameron, Robert G Cumming, Stephen R Lord, Jennifer M Schwarz, Anglika Trube and Lynnette M March — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 560.

 

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Perhexiline toxicity related to citalopram use
Karin Nyfort-Hansen — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 560-561.

 

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Cholestasis associated with the use of pravastatin sodium
Robert G Batey and Michelle Harvey — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 561.

 

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Paracetamol recall: a natural experiment influencing analgesic poisoning
David Gunnell
Anthea Steans
Corinne E Balit, Geoffrey K Isbister, Andrew H Dawson — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 561-563.

 

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Treatment failure due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin
Anthony J Grabs and Reginald SA Lord — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 563.

 

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Haemochromatosis: Red Cross Blood Service policy
Margaret L Buring — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 564.

 

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An ecological perspective of cholesterol
Christopher H Cantor — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 564. .

Supplement: Essential role of fats throughout the lifecycle

 

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Summary and recommendations
Robert A Gibson, Maria Makrides and Coral G B Colyer — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11 Suppl): S107-S109.

 

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Background: The renaissance of fat: roles in membrane structure, signal transduction and gene expression
Gareth S Denyer — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11 Suppl): S109-S110.

 

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The role of fats in the lifecycle stages: Pregnancy and the first year of life
Maria Makrides and Robert A Gibson — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11 Suppl): S111-S112.

 

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The role of fats in the lifecycle stages: Toddlers to preschool
Jill L Sherriff — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11 Suppl): S113-S114.

 

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The role of fats in the lifecycle stages: The primary school years
Kay L Gibbons — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11 Suppl): S115-S116.

 

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The role of fats in the lifecycle stages: Adolescence and young adulthood
Linda C Tapsell and Marijka J Batterham — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11 Suppl): S116-S117.

 

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Adulthood — prevention: Cardiovascular disease
Paul J Nestel — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11 Suppl): S118-S119.

 

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Adulthood — prevention: Rheumatoid arthritis
Les G Cleland and Michael J James — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11 Suppl): S119-S120.

 

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Adulthood — prevention: Diabetes
Peter M Clifton — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11 Suppl): S120-S121.

 

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Adulthood — treatment: Cholesterol-lowering with plant sterols
Paul J Nestel — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11 Suppl): S122.

 

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Dietary implications: Advising patients about fat in the diet
Catherine M Saxelby — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11 Suppl): S123-S124.

Columns

 

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In Other Journals . . . (MJA 2002; 176: 559)

  

Cover illustration

Fire ant queen surrounded by workers, brood and eggs. Photo produced by USDA-ARS, courtesy of Robert Pereira and Karen Vail.


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