Issues
Volume 206 Issue 3
News
Perspectives
National Health Summit on Obesity calls for Australia to take action to stem the pandemic
It is urgent to put measures in place for the bene?t of future generations
Nicholas J Talley
Stress and burnout in intensive care medicine: an Australian perspective
A call for a multilevel response to an evolving challenge
Nicholas Simpson · Cameron I Knott
The obesity epidemic and sugar-sweetened beverages: a taxing time
Government action is essential to improve diet
Stephen Colagiuri
Reducing alcohol-related violence and other harm in Australia
We need to increase alcohol taxation and reduce hours of sale to reduce alcohol-related harms
Wayne D Hall · Megan Weier
Medical education
Streptococcus pyogenes pericarditis in a healthy adult: a common organism in an uncommon site
N/A
Lauren C Giudicatti · Gar-Hing Lee · Claire Italiano · Nik Stoyanov
Murphy’s sign
A common abdominal examination manoeuvre, but a common understanding is elusive
Phillip L Jeans
Reflections
Understanding the language of intensive care physicians
The surgical critical care handbook. Guidelines for care of the surgical patient in the ICU
Richard C Turner
Bill Williams
22 September 1958, Geelong - 12 September 2016, Torquay
Tilman A Ruff · Jim S Rossiter
Editorials
Auditing and standardising care for young people with diabetes: beginning a process to improve outcomes
Clear goals, uniform practices, and expectations influence outcomes for young people with diabetes
Mark A Sperling
Is wearable technology an activity motivator, or a fad that wears thin?
Activity monitors may be useful for encouraging healthier lifestyles in people of all ages
Jo Salmon · Nicola D Ridgers
Research
The Australasian Diabetes Data Network: first national audit of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes
Most Australian children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes are not meeting the HbA1c target
Helen Phelan · Helen Clapin · Loren Bruns · Fergus J Cameron · Andrew M Cotterill · Jennifer J Couper · Elizabeth A Davis · Kim C Donaghue · Craig A Jefferies · Bruce R King · Richard O Sinnott · Elaine B Tham · Jerry K Wales · Timothy W Jones · Maria E Craig
Daily step count and the need for hospital care in subsequent years in a community-based sample of older Australians
An extra 4300 steps each day would save older people one day in hospital for each 3 years of life
Ben D Ewald · Christopher Oldmeadow · John R Attia
Short report
Prolonged tumour growth after treatment of infantile haemangioma with propranolol
Late regrowth may be the result of the same biochemical mechanism that initially proved beneficial
Roderic J Phillips · Catherine M Crock · Anthony J Penington · Philip S Bekhor
Narrative review
Mycobacterium chimaera and cardiac surgery
Contaminated heater-cooler units pose a rare but serious risk, and careful management is required
Andrew J Stewardson · Rhonda L Stuart · Allen C Cheng · Paul DR Johnson
Targeted therapy for chronic respiratory disease: a new paradigm
A promising new approach in treating chronic respiratory diseases
Peter G Gibson · Matthew J Peters · Claire E Wainwright
Letters
Guideline for the diagnosis and management of hypertension in adults — 2016
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Anthony Rodgers · Clara K Chow · Rodney T Jackson · Anushka Patel · Tim Usherwood
Guideline for the diagnosis and management of hypertension in adults — 2016
In reply
Genevieve M Gabb · Arduino A Mangoni · Leonard Arnolda
Behavioural innovation is key to improving the health of one million Australians living with type 2 diabetes
n/a
Paul Zev Zimmet · Judi Moylan · Stephen Colagiuri
Careers
Nation’s top honour for cornea researcher
Professor Keryn Williams tops the list of medical professionals named in this year’s Australia Day Honours
Cate Swannell
News briefs
Cate Swannell
Overcoming negative perceptions among Australian medical students about a career in general practice
David Townsend · Nicola Campbell · Claire Chandler
Beyond ice: rethinking Australia's approach to illicit drugs
Matthew Y Frei · Alex D Wodak
Variation in the costs of surgery: seeking value
David J Hillis · David AK Watters · Lawrie Malisano · Nick Bailey · David Rankin
News briefs
Cate Swannell
Allergen immunotherapy for respiratory allergic disease in Australia in 2016
William B Smith · Frank E Kette
Remote monitoring of medical devices in Australia
Bradley Wilsmore · James Leitch
Setting Medical Research Future Fund priorities: assessing the value of research
Haitham W Tuffaha · Lazaros Andronis · Paul A Scuffham