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From the Editor's desk:   Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 97.

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In This Issue . . .   Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 98.

Editorials

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Debating health workforce innovation
Martin B Van Der Weyden — Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 100-101.

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Acute pain management: the evidence grows
Pamela E Macintyre, Stephan A Schug and David A Scott — Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 101-102.

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Australia’s role in promoting achievement of the Millennium Development Goals
Anthony B Zwi and Natalie J Grove — Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 103-104.

Conference Report

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Health Workforce Innovation Conference
Peter M Brooks and Niki Ellis — Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 105-106.

Research

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Zinc and vitamin A supplementation in Indigenous Australian children hospitalised with lower respiratory tract infection: a randomised controlled trial
Anne B Chang, Paul J Torzillo, Naomi C Boyce, Andrew V White, Peter M Stewart, Gavin R Wheaton, David M Purdie, John Wakerman and Patricia C Valery — Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 107-112.

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Clinical outcomes after acute osteoporotic vertebral fractures: a 2-year non-randomised trial comparing percutaneous vertebroplasty with conservative therapy
Terrence H Diamond, Carl Bryant, Lois Browne and William A Clark — Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 113-117.

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Invasive pneumococcal disease in Indigenous people in north Queensland, 1999–2004
Jeffrey N Hanna, Jan L Humphreys and Denise M Murphy — Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 118-121.

Clinical Update

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Early combination disease modifying antirheumatic drug treatment for rheumatoid arthritis
Lynden J Roberts, Leslie G Cleland, Ranjeny Thomas and Susanna M Proudman — Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 122-125.

Occupational Health and Safety

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The Inquiry into the Waterfall train crash: implications for medical examinations of safety-critical workers
Bruce Hocking — Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 126-128.

Diagnostic Dilemmas

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Unilateral limb hypertrophy and shoulder weakness in a 37-year-old woman
Partha P Chakraborty, Dipanjan Bandyopadhyay, Sanjay K Mandal, Subhasis Roy Chowdhury, Ramtanu Banerjee, Shounak Majumdar and Rana Bhattacharji — Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 130-131.

MJA Practice Essentials — Sports Medicine

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4. The use and misuse of performance-enhancing substances in sport
John W Orchard, Peter A Fricker, Susan L White, Louise M Burke and Deborah J Healey — Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 132-136.

Correction

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Doggonit, it’s Christmas
Mervyn D Cobcroft and Charles Pembroke-Corgi — Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 136.

Snapshot

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A tender lump in the neck
Sashidhar Yeluri, Jayshree P Mehta, Siddharth Karanth and Guneesh Dadayal — Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 137.

Letters

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Mifepristone (RU-486) and limits to abortion
David van Gend — Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 139.

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“GP Psych Opinion”: evaluation of a psychiatric consultation service
Philip L P Morris — Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 139.

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Clinicians prescribing exercise: is air pollution a hazard?
Dorothy L Robinson — Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 140.

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The price of health care for Medicare-ineligible asylum seekers in the community
Katina Kardamanidis and Bruce Armstrong — Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 140-141.

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Hospital in the home: what next?
Stephen F Wilson and Nicholas Collins — Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 141-142.

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Safety of hospital in the home
Allen C Cheng, Andrew J Hughes, Julian B Stella and Eugene Athan || Dee A Mangin (née Richards), Les J Toop, Michael J Epton, Graham R B McGeoch, G Ian Town, Simon M H Wynn-Thomas, Robin D Dawson, Michael C Hlavac, Anja M Werno and Paul D Abernethy || Bin Soo Ong, Margaret A Karr, Danie K Y Chan, Anthony Frankel and Qing Shen — Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 142-144.

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Digesting the health sandwich
Stephen F Wilson and Peter McGeorge — Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 144.

Columns

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In Other Journals   Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 138.

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