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Volume 195 Issue 10

21 November 2011

Editor's choice

How far have we come in 30 years of IVF?

Annette Katelaris

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 563 Free

Editorials

The power of one and its cost

Robert J Norman

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 564-565

Heavy stimulant use remains a significant health concern for Australia

Rebecca McKetin and Dan I Lubman

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 565-566

No more excuses: fracture liaison services work and are cost-effective

Markus J Seibel

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 566-567

In brief

In brief

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 568-569

From The Cochrane Library: Blunt needles, watching where you’re going, and sweet help for ears

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 569

Perspectives

How to get full, meaningful disclosure

Ray Moynihan

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 571

A to X: the problem of categorisation of drugs in pregnancy — an Australian perspective

Debra S Kennedy

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 572-574

Time to mandate data release and independent audits for all clinical trials

Ian E Haines and George L Gabor Miklos

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 575-577

No evidence of benefit for universal screening with 75 g oral glucose tolerance test in polycystic ovary syndrome

Warrick J Inder

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 578-579

Letters

Accidental ingestion of plastic from takeaway containers — food for thought

Athanasios Sioulas, Dimitrios Polymeros, Ioannis S Papanikolaou and Konstantinos Triantafyllou

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 580

Use of routine health data to complement monitoring of consumer product-related injuries

Kirsten McKenzie, Ruth A Barker, Deborah A Scott and Dave A Strachan

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 580-581

MELAS syndrome in an Indigenous Australian woman

Luke J Conway, Thomas E Robertson, James J McGill and Josh P Hanson

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 581-582 Free

Suicide and self-harm in immigration detention

Robert D Goldney

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 582

Suicide and self-harm in immigration detention

Michael J Dudley, Nicholas G Procter and Louise K Newman

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 582

A case study of a single ethics committee for multicentre trials

Ian N Olver, Sharon J P Falleiro, Marion L Marson and James F Bishop

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 582-583

NHMRC funding for primary care research 2000–2008

Warwick P Anderson

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 583

Hospital and emergency department use in the last year of life: a baseline for future modifications to end-of-life care

John D Paull

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 584

Challenges with maintaining clinical teaching capacity in regional hospitals

Tarun Sen Gupta, Richard B Hays, Torres S Woolley, Isaac Seidl and Andrew Johnson

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 584-585

Implementing US-style anti-fraud laws in the Australian pharmaceutical and health care industries

Alain Braillon

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 585

Clinical focus

Practical Neurology Part 5: Recurrent unresponsive episodes and seizures

Melissa A DeGruyter and Mark J Cook

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 586-591 Free

Research

Assisted reproductive technology: public funding and the voluntary shift to single embryo transfer in Australia

Georgina M Chambers, Peter J Illingworth and Elizabeth A Sullivan

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 594-598 Free

Outcomes from the first assisted reproduction program for HIV-serodiscordant couples in Australia

Michelle L Giles, Shlomi Barak, Gordon Baker, Sepehr Tabrizi, Vicki Greengrass, Harold Bourne, Gary N Clarke, Suellen A Peak, Jennifer F Hoy, Penelope Foster and Rachael L Knight, on behalf of the CVI Study Group

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 599-601 Free

General practitioner referral patterns for women with gynaecological symptoms: a randomised incomplete block study design

Shanthi A Ramanathan, Genevieve Baratiny, Nigel P Stocks, Andrew M Searles and Russell J Redford

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 602-606 Free

Stimulant use and stimulant use disorders in Australia: findings from the National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing

Grant E Sara, Philip M Burgess, Meredith G Harris, Gin S Malhi and Harvey A Whiteford

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 607-609 Free

Ischaemic stroke among young people aged 15 to 50 years in Adelaide, South Australia

Matthew C L Phillips, James M Leyden, Woon K Chong, Tim Kleinig, Philippa Czapran, Andrew Lee, Simon A Koblar and Jim Jannes

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 610-614 Free

Outcomes from the first 2 years of the Australian National Hand Hygiene Initiative

M Lindsay Grayson, Philip L Russo, Marilyn Cruickshank, Jacqui L Bear, Christine A Gee, Clifford F Hughes, Paul D R Johnson, Rebecca McCann, Alison J McMillan, Brett G Mitchell, Christine E Selvey, Robin E Smith and Irene J Wilkinson

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 615-619 Free

Reflections

Out of the shadows — changes in women’s reproductive health

Caroline M de Costa

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 620

Edwin Carlyle (Carl) Wood AC, CBE, MB BS, FRCS, FRCOG, FRACOG

Gabor T Kovacs and John F Leeton

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 621 Free

James Ernest Macken BEc, MB BS, FRACGP, DObstRCOG

Peter L Macken and V John Roche

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 621 Free

The contribution of Australian and New Zealand obstetricians and gynaecologists to modern clinical practice

Jennifer N Lees and Colin A Walsh

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 577

Correction

Assessment and management of polycystic ovary syndrome: summary of an evidence-based guideline

Helena J Teede, Marie L Misso, Amanda A Deeks, Lisa J Moran, Bronwyn G A Stuckey, Jennifer L A Wong, Robert J Norman and Michael F Costello

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): 1

Careers

Delivering a great career

Sophie McNamara

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): C1 Free

Associate Professor John Svigos reflects on his career as an obstetrician-gynaecologist

Sophie McNamara

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): C1 Free

Dr William Milford

Cate Swannell

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): C2 Free

Choosing a practice manager

Linda McSweeny

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (10): C6 Free