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Volume 184 Issue 6

20 March 2006

From the editor’s desk

Coat of convenience

Martin B Van Der Weyden

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In This Issue

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Editorials

Aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in women: does sex matter?

Joseph Hung

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 260-261

Strengthening Australia’s framework for research oversight

Warwick P Anderson, Christopher D Cordner and Kerry J Breen

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 261-263

The weight of evidence suggests that soft drinks are a major issue in childhood and adolescent obesity

Timothy P Gill, Anna M Rangan and Karen L Webb

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 263-264

Research

The psychological health of sole mothers in Australia

Deborah Loxton, Rosemary Mooney and Anne F Young

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 265-268 Free

Management of glioma in Victoria (1998–2000): retrospective cohort study

Mark A Rosenthal, Katharine J Drummond, Michael Dally, Michael Murphy, Lawrence Cher, David Ashley, Vicky Thursfield and Graham G Giles

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 270-273 Free

Medicine and the community

Maternal concern and perceptions of overweight in Australian preschool-aged children

Michele W-C Campbell, Joanne Williams, Anne Hampton and Melissa Wake

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 274-277 Free

Health care

The efficacy of a nurse-led preoperative cataract assessment and postoperative care clinic

Bradley J Kirkwood, Konrad Pesudovs, Paul Latimer and Douglas J Coster

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 278-281 Free

Research enterprise

Evaluation of NHMRC funded research completed in 1992, 1997 and 2003: gains in knowledge, health and wealth

Bronwyn A Kingwell, Gary P Anderson, Meg E Morris, Stephen J Duckett, Elizabeth A Hoole, Jan Rothwell-Short, Lisa R Jackson-Pulver, Levon M Khachigian, David M Roder and Andrew J Wilson, for the National Health and Medical Research Council Evaluations and Outcomes Working Committee

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 282-286 Free

Clinical update

Reducing the cardiovascular disease burden in rheumatoid arthritis

Sharon Van Doornum, Garry L R Jennings and Ian P Wicks

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 287-290 Free

Snapshot

Air in the liver

Ali Mofredj, Harry Toledano and Richard Boutboul

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 291 Free

For debate

Mutual obligation and Indigenous health: thinking through incentives and obligations

Emma Kowal

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 292-293 Free

Notable cases

Middle lobe syndrome as the pulmonary manifestation of primary Sjögren's syndrome

Horng-An Chen, Shinn-Liang Lai, Wei-Kang Kwang, Juhn-Cherng Liu, Chun-Hsiung Chen and De-Feng Huang

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 294-295 Free

MJA Practice Essentials — Sports Medicine

7. Sport for special groups

Carolyn R Broderick, Gregory J Winter and Roger M Allan

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 297-302 Free

Letters

Erythema induratum: a case of mistaken identity

Noel McK Bennett

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 306-307

Erythema induratum: a case of mistaken identity

James B Muir

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Erythema induratum: a case of mistaken identity

Gary Y Chew, Christopher Henderson and John W Quin

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 306-307

Declining iodine content of milk and re-emergence of iodine deficiency in Australia

Mu Li, Kay V Waite, Gary Ma and Creswell J Eastman

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 307

Do women in rural and remote areas need different guidelines for management of low-grade abnormalities found on cervical screening?

Carol Breeze, Caroline M de Costa and Mark Jagusch

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 307-308

Research administration and privacy legislation: dealing with the HIC (Medicare Australia)

Simon R Brice and Marie V Pirotta

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 308-309

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme limitations on macrolides: implications for pertussis management

Kari A J Jarvinen, Bradley J McCall, Clare B Nourse, Joe G McCormack and Martyn H Tilse

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 309

The risks of a “Commonwealth Solution” for mental health

Michael Guy Duke

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 309

Driveway motor vehicle injuries in children: a prospective review of injury circumstances

Andrew J A Holland, Frank I Ross, Patricia Manglick, Fiona E Fahy and Daniel T Cass

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 311

Sports Doctors Australia

Neville R Blomeley

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What’s in a title?

Garry J Walter

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Myasthenia gravis and a rare complication of chemotherapy — clarification and acknowledgement

Christina V T Ng

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 312

Book review

A primer for the Nobel Prize

Martin B Van Der Weyden

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Columns

In Other Journals

Ann Gregory

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