Volume 186, Issue 5 | The Medical Journal of Australia

From the editor’s desk

New medical school with a clear vision

Martin B Van Der Weyden

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In This Issue

Ruth Armstrong

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 218 Free

Editorials

Australia needs a better system for health care evaluation

Fiona J Stanley and Eric M Meslin

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 220-221

Robotic surgery: will it be evidence-based or just “toys for boys”?

Guy J Maddern

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 221-222

Research

Communicating about patient sexuality and intimacy after cancer: mismatched expectations and unmet needs

Amanda J Hordern and Annette F Street

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 224-227 Free

Antenatal care implications of population-based trends in Down syndrome birth rates by rurality and antenatal care provider, Queensland, 1990–2004

Michael D Coory, Timothy Roselli and Heidi J Carroll

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 230-234 Free

Improving clinical care

The effects of oxygen therapy in patients presenting to an emergency department with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Simon A Joosten, Mariko S Koh, Xiaoning Bu, David Smallwood and Louis B Irving

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 235-238 Free

Revisiting oxygen therapy in patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Iven H Young

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 239

Public health

An outbreak of pulmonary tuberculosis in young Australians

Tony D Merritt, Vitali Sintchenko, Peter Jelfs, Margaret Worthing, Brian Robinson, David N Durrheim and Gwendolyn L Gilbert

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 240-242 Free

Systematic review

Folic acid and risk of twinning: a systematic review of the recent literature, July 1994 to July 2006

Evelyne E Muggli and Jane L Halliday

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 243-248 Free

Viewpoint

Evaluating medicines: let’s use all the evidence

Chris W Kelman, Sallie-Anne Pearson, Richard O Day, C D'Arcy J Holman, Erich V Kliewer and David A Henry

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 249-252 Free

For debate

Drug-eluting coronary stents — a note of caution

Richard W Harper

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 253-255 Free

The profession

Everyone is entitled to a good doctor

Donald H Irvine

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 256-261 Free

Lessons from practice

Cutaneous sinus tracts of dental origin

Roland A Barrowman, Mehdi Rahimi, Mark D Evans, Arun Chandu and Peter Parashos

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 264-265 Free

We need guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome

Sabra M Lane

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 268 Free

Insulin levels, insulin resistance and the use of metformin in polycystic ovary syndrome

Samantha K Hutchison, Sophia Zoungas and Helena J Teede

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 268-269 Free

Insulin levels in polycystic ovary syndrome: a valuable tool

Warren J Kidson

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 269 Free

Identifying insulin resistance is important to prevent development of glucose intolerance and the metabolic syndrome

Chee L Khoo

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 269-270 Free

Insulin measurement is also inappropriate in paediatric obesity

Huy A Tran

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 270 Free

The cost of measuring insulin levels can be justified

Allen E Gale

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 270-271 Free

A picture is worth a thousand words

Chris Strakosch

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 271 Free

Insulin levels in insulin resistance: phantom of the metabolic opera?

Katherine Samaras, Timothy A Welborn, Aidan McElduff, Joseph Proietto, Stephen M Twigg, Paul Zimmet and Lesley V Campbell

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 271-272 Free

Columns

In Other Journals

Tanya Grassi

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