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Research

Long term survival after acute myocardial infarction in Australia and New Zealand, 2009‒2015: a population cohort study

Bora Nadlacki, Dennis Horton, Sadia Hossain, Saranya Hariharaputhiran, Linh Ngo, Anna Ali, Bernadette Aliprandi‐Costa, Chris J Ellis, Robert JT Adams, Renuka Visvanathan and Isuru Ranasinghe

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (11): 519-525 Free

Research

Suicide rates for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: the influence of community level cultural connectedness

Mandy Gibson, Jaimee Stuart, Stuart Leske, Raelene Ward and Robert Tanton

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (11): 514-518 Free

Perspectives

Overdiagnosis of screen‐detected breast cancer

Vivienne Milch, Sanchia Aranda, Karen Canfell, Megan Varlow, David M Roder, David Currow, Cleola Anderiesz and Dorothy Keefe

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (10): 455-456.e1

Research letters

Repeat testing for SARS‐CoV‐2: persistence of viral RNA is common, and clearance is slower in older people

Paulina Stehlik, Kylie Alcorn, Anna Jones, Sanmarie Schlebusch, Andre Wattiaux and David A Henry

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (10): 468-470 Free

Letters

Queensland’s new Human Rights Act and the right to access health services

Michael Levy and Daniel Mogg

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 387-387.e1

Letters

Queensland’s new Human Rights Act and the right to access health services

Claire E Brolan, Erin Cameron and Grazia Catalano

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 387-387.e1

Research letters

Increased dispensing of prescription medications in Australia early in the COVID‐19 pandemic

Mustafa Mian, Subhashaan Sreedharan and Sarah Giles

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (9): 428-429 Free

Editorials

Health for all by 2030 is within our grasp: we must act now

Sandro Demaio

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 363-364 Free

Letters

N95 or P2 respirator fit testing policy in Australia: implementation issues to consider

Anand Ganesan, Jane Parker and Darius Chapman

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 387-387.e1 Free

Letters

Acquisition of COVID‐19 by health care workers: the importance of non‐patient workplace sources

Rebecca J Hogan and Suzanne McEvoy

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (7): 332-332.e1 Free

Editorials

Assessing and modifying cardiovascular risk in people who present to a chest pain clinic with non‐cardiac causes

Johannes T Neumann and Andrew M Tonkin

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (6): 263-264

Letters

Rapid increase in intravenous iron therapy for women of reproductive age in Australia

Pradeep Jayasuriya, Toby Richards and Bernd Froessler

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (6): 285-285.e1

Letters

Rapid increase in intravenous iron therapy for women of reproductive age in Australia

Antonia W Shand and Natasha Nassar

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (6): 285-285.e1

Perspectives

Screening for hydroxychloroquine retinopathy in Australia

Marisse T Sonido, Kristopher Rallah-Baker and Monisha Gupta

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (7): 301-302.e1

Perspectives

COVID‐19 and changes in the National Immunisation Program: a unique opportunity to optimise the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR)

Jane Tuckerman, Christopher C Blyth, Frank H Beard and Margie H Danchin

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (6): 247-249.e1 Free

Perspectives

Dementia prevention: the time to act is now

Terence WH Chong, Helen Macpherson, Mia A Schaumberg, Belinda M Brown, Sharon L Naismith and Genevieve Z Steiner, For the NHMRC National Institute for Dementia Research, Dementia Prevention Special Interest Group*

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (7): 302-304.e1

Perspectives

Principles for setting air quality guidelines to protect human health in Australia

Graeme R Zosky, Stephen Vander Hoorn, Michael J Abramson, Sophie Dwyer, Donna Green, Jane Heyworth, Bin B Jalaludin, Jennifer McCrindle-Fuchs, Rachel Tham and Guy B Marks

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (6): 254-256.e1

Perspectives

Not in my backyard: COVID‐19 vaccine development requires someone to be infected somewhere

George S Heriot and Euzebiusz Jamrozik

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (4): 150-152.e1 Free

Letters

Trends in elasticated strap‐related injuries from Melbourne, Australia, 2007–2018

Philip Rothschild, Peter Meagher and Thomas G Campbell

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (3): 142-142.e1

Letters

Bowel cancer screening in older patients: is it time to reconsider?

Donald J Frommer

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (3): 143-143.e1

Ethics and law

Non‐invasive prenatal testing: clinical utility and ethical concerns about recent advances

Joseph Thomas, James Harraway and David Kirchhoffer

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (4): 168-170.e1

Letters

Time for a clear national COVID‐19 strategy

James M Trauer, Ben J Marais, Romain Ragonnet, Julian Savulescu and Emma S McBryde

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (2): 94-94.e1 Free

Research letter

Complementary medicine use by community‐dwelling older Australians

Aimee Lefevre, Ingrid Hopper, John J McNeil and Alice Owen, for the ALSOP Complementary Medicine Research Group*

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (3): 140-141 Free

Research

Modelling the impact of relaxing COVID‐19 control measures during a period of low viral transmission

Nick Scott, Anna Palmer, Dominic Delport, Romesh Abeysuriya, Robyn M Stuart, Cliff C Kerr, Dina Mistry, Daniel J Klein, Rachel Sacks‐Davis, Katie Heath, Samuel W Hainsworth, Alisa Pedrana, Mark Stoove, David Wilson and Margaret E Hellard

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (2): 79-83 Free

Letters

Maintaining routine vaccination during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Jessica Kaufman and Katie Attwell, the Collaboration on Social Science, Immunisation (COSSI) Working Group

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (2): 93-93.e1 Free