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Volume 200 Issue 3

17 February 2014

In this issue

Policies — clinical and political — for better health

Stephen Leeder

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Highlights from our archives

Highlights from our archives

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Editorials

Cardiology networks: improving the management of acute coronary syndromes

Gerard E Carroll and Peter L Thompson

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A decade of promises in personalised cancer medicine: is the honeymoon over?

Robyn L Ward

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In brief

From the CSIRO

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News

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Perspectives

Time to recognise sexual orientation as a social determinant of health

Jed Horner and Nick J Roberts

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Priorities for a new government: keeping the Medicare promise, thinking beyond services and getting governance right

Stephen J Duckett

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Recent developments in early pregnancy screening: are we getting closer to the Holy Grail?

Stefan C Kane, Fabricio Da Silva Costa and Shaun P Brennecke

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Newborn bloodspot screening: setting the Australian national policy agenda

Susannah J Maxwell and Peter O’Leary

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Letters

Alopecia areata and suicide of children

Rodney D Sinclair

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Surgery for adult obstructive sleep apnoea

Kenneth CM Wong

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Surgery for adult obstructive sleep apnoea

Stuart G MacKay and Edward M Weaver

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Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: new guidelines, technologies and therapies

Duncan J Campbell

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Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: new guidelines, technologies and therapies

Constantine N Aroney

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Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: new guidelines, technologies and therapies

Mark R Nelson and Jennifer A Doust

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The significance of Good medical practice: a code of conduct for doctors in Australia

Ian R Gough

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Infants born in Australia to mothers from countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis: to BCG or not to BCG?

Frank H Beard and Kristine K Macartney

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Infants born in Australia to mothers from countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis: to BCG or not to BCG?

Amanda Gwee, Ranmali Rodrigo, Dan Casalaz, Nicole Ritz and Nigel Curtis

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Acute myopericarditis following intravenous zoledronic acid for the treatment of Paget’s disease

Monique R Watts, Andris H Ellims and David S Eccleston

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Fatal misuse of codeine–ibuprofen analgesics in Victoria, Australia

Brian R McAvoy and Claire L Tobin

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Fatal misuse of codeine–ibuprofen analgesics in Victoria, Australia

Jennifer L Pilgrim and Olaf H Drummer

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Realigning Medicare: further changes in general practitioner consultation delivery rates

Michael J Taylor

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All great leaders must first learn to follow

Erwin Loh

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For debate

Revalidation — what is the problem and what are the possible solutions?

Kerry J Breen

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Research

Impact of a regionalised clinical cardiac support network on mortality among rural patients with myocardial infarction

Philip A Tideman, Rosy Tirimacco, David P Senior, John J Setchell, Luan T Huynh, Rosanna Tavella, Philip E G Aylward and Derek P B Chew

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (3): 157-160 Free

Validation of an accelerated high-sensitivity troponin T assay protocol in an Australian cohort with chest pain

William A Parsonage, Jaimi H Greenslade, Christopher J Hammett, Arvin Lamanna, Jillian R Tate, Jacobus P Ungerer, Kevin Chu, Martin Than, Anthony F T Brown and Louise Cullen

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (3): 161-165 Free

Trends in chlamydia positivity among heterosexual patients from the Victorian Primary Care Network for Sentinel Surveillance, 2007–2011

Megan S C Lim, Carol El-Hayek, Jane L Goller, Christopher K Fairley, Phuong L T Nguyen, Rochelle A Hamilton, Dorothy J Henning, Kathleen M McNamee, Margaret E Hellard and Mark A Stoove

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Chlamydia prevalence in young attenders of rural and regional primary care services in Australia: a cross-sectional survey

Anna H Yeung, Meredith Temple-Smith, Christopher K Fairley, Alaina M Vaisey, Rebecca Guy, Matthew G Law, Nicola Low, Amie L Bingham, Jane Gunn, John Kaldor, Basil Donovan and Jane S Hocking

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Case reports

Transmission of tuberculosis infection in a commercial office

Mohammad Bagherirad, Peter Trevan, Maria Globan, Elaine Tay, Nicola Stephens and Eugene Athan

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Snapshot

Hereditary cause of severe recurrent bowel swelling that requires targeted therapy

Suran L Fernando and Jamma Li

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Reflections

Surgical simulation training: mobile and anywhere

Guilherme N Pena, Meryl Altree, Wendy Babidge and Guy J Maddern

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Poem

The Unseen

Cathy Barber

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Careers

Honour and glory

Cate Swannell

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