Volume 179, Issue 3 | The Medical Journal of Australia

From the editor’s desk

Taxing fatness

Martin B Van Der Weyden

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In This Issue

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MJA/Wyeth Award 2002

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Editorials

Screening for genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection: are men the forgotten reservoir?

Marcus Y Chen and Basil Donovan

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 124-125

Helical computed tomography for lung cancer screening

Mark Elwood, Donald A Campbell and Margaret P De Campo

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 125-126

The protection of human genetic information

David Weisbrot and Kerry J Breen

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 127-128

Research

Disability in older Australians: projections for 2006–2031

Lynne C Giles, Maria Crotty and Ian D Cameron

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 130-133 Free

Untreated hypertension among Australian adults: the 1999–2000 Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab)

Esther M Briganti, John J McNeil, Jonathan E Shaw, Paul Z Zimmet, Steven J Chadban, Robert C Atkins and Timothy A Welborn

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 135-139 Free

Public health

Mobile telephone use among Melbourne drivers: a preventable exposure to injury risk

David McD Taylor, Dianne M Bennett, Michael Carter and Devinder Garewal

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 140-142 Free

Indigenous health

Cardiovascular risk among urban Aboriginal people

Peter L Thompson, Pamela J Bradshaw, Margherita Veroni and Edward T Wilkes

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 143-146 Free

Position statement

Aspirin for cardiovascular disease prevention

Joseph Hung, for the Medical Issues Committee of the National Heart Foundation of Australia

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 147-152 Free

For debate

Management of healthcare workers after occupational exposure to hepatitis C virus

Patrick GP Charles, M Lindsay Grayson, Peter W Angus and Joseph J Sasadeusz

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 153-157 Free

Viewpoint

Current priorities for adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Australia

S Rachel Skinner and Martha Hickey

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 158-161 Free

Lessons from practice

Occupational exposure to HIV: response to a system failure

Elizabeth E Cooper and Stephen L Blamey

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 162-163 Free

From bench to bedside

Stem cell therapies: a tale of caution

Edward Byrne and David W Howells

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 164-166 Free

Snapshot

A rare local granulomatous complication of Q fever vaccination

Alan E Mills, Vince Murdolo and Stephen P Webb

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 166 Free

The New Genetics

The specialist neurologist and the “new genetics”

Elizabeth A McCusker

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Letters

Nocardia asteroides pneumonia with bacteraemia

Patricia A Figgis, Allan R Glanville and John L Harkness

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 171-172

Rhabdomyolysis secondary to interaction of fusidic acid and simvastatin

Sam L S Yuen and Bruce McGarity

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 172

Outbreak of influenza-like illness related to air travel

Andrew G Marsden

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 172-173

Reducing inhaled corticosteroids in asthma is just the start

John M Weiner

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 173

A simple intervention to improve hospital antibiotic prescribing

Jill S Butty and Saji S Damodaran

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 175-176

A simple intervention to improve hospital antibiotic prescribing

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 175-176

www.medicalpioneers.com

Stephen C Due

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Debriefing: care and sympathy are not enough

Mai Maddisson

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 176

Columns

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