Volume 201 Issue 10

“Schoolies” celebrations mark a good time to consider the health behaviour of young people

Tania Janusic

Unexpected safety signals and new data challenge our assumptions

Heath A Kelly MB BS, MPH

A narrow view of young adults’ health issues limits our ability to engage with young people

Melissa S-L Kang MB BS, MCH

Early findings from the 2013 National Drug Strategy Household Survey

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A country doctor confronts the devastating realities of needing specialist care in a distant city

Linda J Samera FRACGP, CertRHPr, MRIH

The government needs to develop better policies now to ensure a future for rural health care

Ian J Kamerman FACRRM, FRACGP, DRANZCOG

Medical tourism: future boon or future bane for Australia’s consumers and health care system?

David Greenfield PhD · Marjorie Pawsey MB BS, DPH

Making the most of rural and remote health research through collaboration

Gordon N F Gregory BA, MPhil

The case for an increase is overstated

Jason M Lindo · Peter Siminski

In reply: The supporting evidence is strong

John W Toumbourou · Kypros Kypri · Sandra C Jones

Some labelling advice barely complies with the recommended limit for preventing acute harm

Genevieve A Cowie · Bruce Bolam

The conflicted and contested scope of sexual health medicine

Graham Neilsen · Jocelyn Klug

Population health implications of the 2012 Queensland health workforce cuts

Patrick Harris

In reply: And varying this by medical school to meet population needs

William R Adam · Julian R Wright · Geoffrey J McColl

Understanding the demographics, career intentions and outcomes for this group can help achieve positive change for Indigenous health

Dana R-M L Slape · Angela E Carberry

There has been progress towards achieving clearer national policies and a way to assess the benefits and harms of screening

Craig A White · Karla Lister

Increasing the national quota of students from rural backgrounds

David Garne · Mark Wilson · Ian G Wilson

The incidence of severe disease is low, but it may present a significant diagnostic challenge

Daniel Lancini · Helen M Faddy BSc(Hons), PhD · Robert Flower PhD · Chris Hogan MB BS, BSc(Hons), FRCPA

The UN and WHO are driving a much-needed approach to prevention of diabetes and other non-communicable diseases

Ruth Colagiuri BEd, GradCertHlthPol · Katie Dain BA, MScIntDevt · Judi Moylan

Alcohol is implicated in more emergency department presentations than we realise

Diana Egerton-Warburton MB BS, FACEM · Andrew Gosbell PhD · Angela Wadsworth BA(Hons) · Daniel M Fatovich MB BS, FACEM, PhD · Drew B Richardson MB BS(Hons), FACEM, MD

Outcomes are worse for trauma patients who present when senior specialist expertise is less available

Biswadev Mitra MHSM, PhD, FACEM · Peter A Cameron MB BS, MD, FACEM · Mark C B Fitzgerald MB BS, FACEM, FRACMA · Stephen Bernard MD, FACEM, FCICM · John Moloney FANZCA, GradCertArts(Writing), GradCertEmergHealth · Dinesh Varma MB BS, FRANZCR · Huyen Tran MB BS, FRCPA, FRACP · Martin Keogh GradDipCCRN, GradDipManagement

Poor pregnancy outcomes associated with maternal obesity differ by Indigenous status

Aaron P Thrift PhD · Leonie K Callaway MB BS, PhD, FRACP

Reassuring findings show the seasonal influenza vaccines recommended for use in young children are safe

Nicholas J Wood MB BS, FRACP PhD · Chris C Blyth MB BS, FRACP · Gabriela A Willis MB BS, BSc(Hons), DCH · Peter Richmond MB BS, FRACP, MRCP(UK) · Michael S Gold MD, FCP, FRACP · Jim P Buttery FRACP, MSc, MD · Nigel Crawford MB BS, FRACP, PhD · Michael Crampton MB BS, FRACGP · J Kevin Yin MB BS, MPH(Hons), PhD · Maria Yui Kwan Chow PhD, MIPH · Kristine Macartney MB BS(Hons), MD, FRACP

A case that highlights the limitations of commonly available drug screens

Kate Sellors BMed, FACEM, GCertClinTox · Alison Jones MD, FRACP, FAACT · Betty Chan MB BS(Hons), PhD, FACEM

Measles is often forgotten in pretravel prophylaxis regimens; people born after 1966 are at particular risk

G Khai Lin Huang MB BS(Hons), BMedSci · Katherine A Bond BSci, MB BS(Hons), DTM · Nicholas H Hewitt MB BS(Hons), FRACP · Paul D R Johnson MB BS, PhD, FRACP

Improving risk assessment through better communication between paramedics, nurses and clinicians

George A Jelinek MD, DipDHM, FACEM · Lyndal C Bugeja PhD · Paresa A Spanos BA LLB · Sandra L Neate MB BS, DA(UK), FACEM · Ruth L Bergman DipAppSc(Nursing), BN(CommunityHealth), MPH · David L Ranson BM BS, LLB, FRCPA

Culturally sensitive integration of medical circumcision could avert adverse effects at traditional male initiation rites

Clement Manineng MB BS, BMSc, · David MacLaren BAppSc, MPH, PhD

Better to be good at feelings than to feel good

Jon N Jureidini MB BS, PhD, FRANZCP

Recovering from multiple sclerosis: real life stories of hope and inspiration

Barbara T Hannon

AM, CMG, KCSG, KM, MB BS, FRCS, FRACS, FACS, FRCOG, FRACOG

James B Roche

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Ching Jou Lim BPharm(Hons) · Megan W-L Kwong MB BS, BMedSci · Rhonda L Stuart MB BS, FRACP, PhD · Kirsty L Buising MPH, MD, FRACP · N Deborah Friedman FRACP, MD, MPH · Noleen J Bennett PhD, MPH · Allen C Cheng FRACP, MPH, PhD · Anton Y Peleg MB BS, PhD, FRACP · Caroline Marshall FRACP, PhD, GradDipClinEpi · David C M Kong BPharm, MPharm, PhD

Professor Helena Teede led an Australian team which wrote the first evidence-based guidelines in the world focused on improving the experience for women with polycystic ovary syndrome. She heads the Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation, bent on greater stakeholder engagement and on improving the patient experience.

Cate Swannell

Thinkable.org is a website for researchers to share their work, engage with a whole new audience, and raise funds for ideas that may struggle to survive the traditional research funding system. Founder Ben McNeil is passionate about giving young, innovative thinkers a chance to follow their ideas

Cate Swannell

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (10 Suppl).