Volume 173 Issue 10

Editorials

• Helicobacter pylori: changing patterns of ulcer disease and antibiotic resistance Peter H Katelaris (MJA 2000; 173: 508-509)
• Getting to grips with heroin and other opioid use John B Saunders, Alun H Richards (MJA 2000; 173: 509-510)
• Lessons from the MONICA Project Konrad Jamrozik, Michael Hobbs (MJA 2000; 173: 511-512)
• Domestic violence Beverley Raphael (MJA 2000; 173: 513-514)

Research

• Demographic and endoscopic characteristics of patients with Helicobacter pylori positive and negative peptic ulcer disease Harry H-X Xia, Nghi Phung, Jamshid S Kalantar, Nicholas J Talley (MJA 2000; 173: 515-519)
• Antibiotic resistance in Helicobacter pylori Lindsay C Mollison, Neil Stingemore, Rebecca A Wake, Digby J Cullen, David B McGechie (MJA 2000; 173: 521-523)
• Trends in licit opioid use in Australia, 1984-1998: comparative analysis of international and jurisdictional data Con G Berbatis, V Bruce Sunderland, Max Bulsara, Nicholas Lintzeris (MJA 2000; 173: 524-527)

Public health

• How many dependent heroin users are there in Australia? Wayne D Hall, Joanne E Ross, Michael T Lynskey, Matthew G Law, Louisa J Degenhardt (MJA 2000; 173: 528-531)

Medicine and the community

• What can we do about domestic violence? Danielle Mazza, Joan M Lawrence, Gwenneth L Roberts, Sheila M Knowlden (MJA 2000; 173: 532-535)

Clinical practice

• The rediscovery of methadone for cancer pain management Oyekoya T Ayonrinde, Douglas T Bridge (MJA 2000; 173: 536-540)

New drugs, old drugs

• Forty years of combined oral contraception: the evolution of a revolution Ian S Fraser (MJA 2000; 173: 541-544)

Personal perspective

• Depression: dispirited or spiritually deprived? Craig S Hassed (MJA 2000; 173: 545-547)

Lessons from practice

• Pituitary apoplexy: the importance of citing the differential diagnosis Paul Glendenning, Peter T Pullan, Neville W Knuckey (MJA 2000; 173: 548-549)

EBM in action

• Does cleansing the birth canal at delivery reduce postnatal infection rates? Ornella Clavisi, Sue Shaw, Jeremy N Anderson (MJA 2000; 173: 550-551)