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Medical education / Lessons from practice

Meningococcal B septic shock, reactive pericarditis and public health

Gary Louie, Romeo Torres, Anthea L Katelaris, Courtney McGregor, Victor Lai, Robert Stevens, Richard Sullivan and Pamela Konecny

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 150-152 Free

Letters

Ethical implications of changing the eligibility criteria for the proposed National Lung Cancer Screening Program

Jonathon B Ryan

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 187-187

Perspectives

Getting to grips with invasive group A streptococcal infection surveillance in Australia: are we experiencing an epidemic?

Thel K Hla, Jeffrey W Cannon, Asha C Bowen and Rosemary Wyber

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (6): 242-245 Free

Research

Elective spinal surgery in New South Wales adults, 2001–20, by procedure funding type: a cross‐sectional study

Duong Thuy Tran, Adriane M Lewin, Louisa Jorm and Ian A Harris

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 303-309 Free

Research letter

Hepatitis C treatment hesitancy among people with heroin dependence in Australia. A prospective cohort study

Chris Tremonti, Maree Teesson, Christina Marel, Katherine Mills and Paul S Haber

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (5): 227-229 Free

Perspectives

Defibrillator access across Australia: the first step in avoiding a chain of fatality

Elizabeth Paratz, Gregory J Page and Garry LR Jennings

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 146-148 Free

Research

Hospital utilisation in Australia, 1993–2020, with a focus on use by people over 75 years of age: a review of AIHW data

Natasha Reid, Thakeru Gamage, Stephen J Duckett and Leonard C Gray

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): 113-119 Free

Research

The effectiveness of vaccination for preventing hospitalisation with COVID‐19 in regional Queensland: a data linkage study

Nicolas R Smoll, Mahmudul Hassan Al Imam, Connie Shulz, Robert Booy and Gulam Khandaker

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 162-165 Free

Perspectives

Supporting health care providers in cancer screening: the role of the National Cancer Screening Register

Dorota Gertig and John Lee

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): 94-98 Free

Research letter

Consistent mask use and SARS‐CoV‐2 epidemiology: a simulation modelling study

Joshua Szanyi, Samantha Howe, Tim Wilson and Tony Blakely

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (2): 77-79 Free

Research

Insomnia and workplace productivity loss among young working adults: a prospective observational study of clinical sleep disorders in a community cohort

Amy C Reynolds, Pieter Coenen, Bastien Lechat, Leon Straker, Juliana Zabatiero, Kath J Maddison, Robert J Adams and Peter Eastwood

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): 107-112 Free

Letters

Early detection of Murray Valley encephalitis virus activity in Victoria using mosquito surveillance

Maxwell Braddick, Aidan Yuen, Rebecca Feldman and N Deborah Friedman

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (1): 40-41

Narrative review

Current approaches in the recognition and management of eating disorders

Phillipa J Hay, Rebekah Rankin, Lucie Ramjan and Janet Conti

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): 127-134 Free

Research

A brief intervention for improving alcohol literacy and reducing harmful alcohol use by women attending a breast screening service: a randomised controlled trial

Jasmin Grigg, Victoria Manning, Darren Lockie, Michelle Giles, Robin J Bell, Peta Stragalinos, Chloe Bernard, Christopher J Greenwood, Isabelle Volpe, Liam Smith, Peter Bragge and Dan I Lubman

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 511-519 Free

Narrative review

Influenza and pertussis vaccine coverage in pregnancy in Australia, 2016–2021

Jocelynne E McRae, Lisa McHugh, Catherine King, Frank H Beard, Christopher C Blyth, Margie H Danchin, Michelle L Giles, Hassen Mohammed, Nicholas Wood and Kristine Macartney

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 528-541

Editorial

Women, alcohol, and breast cancer: opportunities for promoting better health and reducing risk

Ann M Roche and Jacqueline Bowden

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 509-510

Perspectives

Proposals to waive intellectual property rights for pandemic response products in the World Health Organization pandemic accord need Australia's support

Deborah Gleeson, James Scheibner and Dianne Nicol

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (2): 46-48 Free

Perspectives

Upholding our rights in research: calling for urgent investment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research ethics

Michelle Kennedy and Janine Mohamed

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (1): 9-11 Free

Perspectives

Access to oral COVID‐19 antivirals in the community: are eligibility criteria and systems ensuring equity?

Nicole L Allard, Jose Canevari, Nick Haslett and Benjamin C Cowie

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 438-441 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Locally acquired respiratory diphtheria in Australia

Simon Smith, James Stewart, Joshua Hanson, Julian Harris, Fred JJ Chuang, Gavin Quail, Bryan Hawarden, Roshni Lad, Shannon McNee, Benjamin McCartney, Tonia Marquardt, Ian Wilson, Catherine Tacon and Bernard CS Whitfield

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 446-448 Free

Perspectives

A step in the right direction: the potential role of smartwatches in supporting chronic disease prevention in health care

Graeme Mattison, Oliver J Canfell, Doug Forrester, Chelsea Dobbins, Daniel Smith, David Reid and Clair Sullivan

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (9): 384-388 Free

Perspectives

The impact of climate change on skin health

Austen Anderson, Fiona Bruce, H Peter Soyer, Crystal Williams and Rebecca B Saunderson

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (9): 388-390

Editorials

General practice and melanoma management in Australia: controversies and implications for generalist GP training

Cliff Rosendahl and Simon Clark

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (9): 397-398

Research letters

Bloodstream infection rates in Aboriginal and non‐Aboriginal people in Central Australia, 2014–2018

Alice Coe, Richard J Woodman, Rob Baird and Lloyd Einsiedel

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (9): 415-417 Free

Letter

Reducing the burden of group A streptococcal disease in the Northern Territory: the role of chemoprophylaxis for those at greatest risk

Johanna M Birrell, Bart J Currie and Vicki L Krause

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 380-380