Volume 172 Issue 12

• Investigating Australia's burden of disease Alan D Lopez (MJA 2000; 172: 572-573)
• Australian bat lyssavirus: the public health response to an emerging infection John G Scott (MJA 2000; 172: 573-574)
• Combating the new epidemics of chronic diseases and injuries in the Asia-Pacific region Stephen MacMahon, Robyn Norton (MJA 2000; 172: 574-575)

Conference Report

• Screening for colorectal cancer will save lives Peter A Bampton, Graeme P Young, James St John (MJA 2000; 172: 576-577)

Research

• Lung cancer in New South Wales: current trends and the influence of age and sex Lucy C Morgan, David Grayson, Helen E Peters, Christopher W Clarke, Matthew J Peters (MJA 2000; 172: 578-582)
• Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis in Victoria: 10 years' experience (1989-1998) R John Massie, Margaret Olsen, Judith Glazner, Colin F Robertson, Ivan Francis (MJA 2000; 172: 584-587)
• Hepatitis C prevalence among Australian injecting drug users in the 1970s and profiles of virus genotypes in the 1970s and 1990s Anthony J Freeman, Amany Zekry, L Ross Whybin, Charles E Harvey, Ingrid A van Beek, Sophie L de Kantzow, William D Rawlinson, Clement R Boughton, Peter W Robertson, George Marinos, Andrew R Lloyd (MJA 2000; 172: 588-591)

Public Health

• The Australian Burden of Disease Study: measuring the loss of health from diseases, injuries and risk factors Colin D Mathers, E Theo Vos, Chris E Stevenson, Stephen J Begg (MJA 2000; 172: 592-596)

Notable Cases

• Australian bat lyssavirus infection: a second human case, with a long incubation period Jeffrey N Hanna, Ian K Carney, Greg A Smith, Anthony E G Tannenberg, Joseph E Deverill, John A Botha, Ina L Serafin, Bruce J Harrower, Peter F Fitzpatrick, Jeffrey W Searle (MJA 2000; 172: 597-599)

Position Statement

• Consensus guidelines for warfarin therapy. Recommendations from the Australasian Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis Alex S Gallus, Ross I Baker, Beng H Chong, Paul A Ockelford, Alison M Street, on behalf of the Australasian Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (MJA 2000; 172: 600-605)

Medicine and the Community

• Managed care in the international context Rhonda L Galbally, Chris Borthwick (MJA 2000; 172: 607-608)
• Managed care - managed ethics? Paul A Komesaroff, Craig G Patterson (MJA 2000; 172: 609-611)

Viewpoint

• Tough on drugs - weak on tobacco Simon Chapman (MJA 2000; 172: 612-614)

Rural Health

• Why we should teach undergraduate medical students in rural communities Paul S Worley, David J Prideaux, Roger P Strasser, Chris A Silagy, J Anne Magarey (MJA 2000; 172: 615-617)