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Letters

Advertising of fast food to children on Australian television: the impact of industry self-regulation

Lana Hebden, Lesley King, Anne Grunseit, Bridget Kelly and Kathy Chapman

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (8): 453

Is it ethical for medical practitioners to prescribe alternative and complementary treatments that may lack an evidence base?

Paul Gerber

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (8): 450-451

Is it ethical for medical practitioners to prescribe alternative and complementary treatments that may lack an evidence base?

Luis Vitetta, Shoshannah L Beck, Samantha Coulson and Avni Sali

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (8): 450-451

Counting the cost: estimating the number of deaths among recently released prisoners in Australia

Emma L Duncan

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (7): 383

Routine screening for vitamin D deficiency in early pregnancy

Donald S A McLeod, Katherine A Scott, Karin M C Lust and H David McIntyre

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (7): 384-385

Spontaneous chylothorax in a 2-year-old child

Manuel E Soto-Martinez, Vanessa Clifford, Tom Clarnette, Sarath Ranganathan and R John Massie

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (7): 385

Interferon-α-related microscopic polyangiitis in a patient with chronic hepatitis C infection

Stephen Y Oh, Brett E Jones and Suran L Fernando

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (7): 385-386

Individual responsibility for reducing obesity: the unintended consequences of well intended messages

Jessica L Browne, Paul Zimmet and Jane Speight

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (7): 386

Pharmacogenetic screening of Indigenous Australians

Joseph D Tucci

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (7): 386-387 Free

Factors affecting outpatient non-attendance in an Australian children’s hospital

Sean R Downer, Kannan Sethuraman and Devanath Tirupati

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (7): 383

Emergency department website not worth the wait

Alexander M Owen

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (7): 387

Clinical practice guidelines: the need for greater transparency in formulating recommendations

Robert F W Moulds

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (6): 324-325

Prevalence and characteristics of complaint-prone doctors in private practice in Victoria

John A Buntine

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (6): 325

Infant deaths associated with baby slings

Roger W Byard and John D Gilbert

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (6): 321

The German Escherichia coli outbreak — could it happen here?

Martyn D Kirk

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (6): 325-326

Prevalence of osteoporosis in Australian men and women: Geelong Osteoporosis Study

Margaret J Henry, Julie A Pasco, Geoff C Nicholson and Mark A Kotowicz

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (6): 321-322

Public reporting of infection rates as quality indicators

Allen C Cheng, Pauline Bass, Carlos Scheinkestel and Tim Leong

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (6): 326-327

The costs of preschool communication problems

Jemma Skeat, Lisa Gold, Melissa Wake, Obioha C Ukoumunne and Sheena Reilly

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (6): 322-323

Medicine use, heat and thermoregulation in Australian patients

Peter W Tait

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (6): 327

Challenges in postexposure prophylaxis of a vaccinated bat carer

Heidi J Carroll, Bradley J McCall, David Looke and Bruce Fraser

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (6): 323-324

Surgical implications of global warming

Joseph W Smith and Guy J Maddern

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (6): 324

Bipartisan support for Australia’s supervised injecting facility: a decade in the making

Marianne E Jauncey, Ingrid A van Beek, Allison M Salmon and Lisa Maher

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 264

Contrast induced nephropathy in patients with pre-existing renal impairment undergoing invasive coronary procedures — a long-term follow-up

Akash Dhawan, Devang Parikh, Ibrahim Shugman, John French, Hisham Hallani, Clyne Fernandes and Craig P Juergens

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 268-269

Should opioids be used for chronic non-cancer pain?

Mark S Awerbuch

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 264-265

How can Australia do better for Indigenous health?

Lachlan J McIver

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 265-266 Free