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Perspective 9 Dec 2024

Stroke in young women: the need for targeted prevention and treatment strategies

Cheryl Carcel, Kylie Tastula and Amanda Henry

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (11): 571-572 Free

Editorial 18 Nov 2024

Cerebral palsy in Australia: optimism and challenges

Rod W Hunt

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (10): 529-530 Free

Research 18 Nov 2024

Cerebral palsy in Australia: birth prevalence, 1995–2016, and differences by residential remoteness: a population-based register study

Hayley Smithers‐Sheedy, Emma Waight, Shona Goldsmith, Sue Reid, Catherine Gibson, Heather Scott, Linda Watson, Megan Auld, Fiona Kay, Clare Wiltshire, Gina Hinwood, Annabel Webb, Tanya Martin, Nadia Badawi and Sarah McIntyre, the ACPR Group

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (10): 533-539 Free

Perspective 4 Nov 2024

The national Cardiovascular Health Leadership Research Forum: a new data‐driven model placing research at the centre of improving patient outcomes

Gemma A Figtree, Kerry Doyle, Lee Nedkoff, Dominique A Cadilhac and Jason Kovacic, For the Cardiovascular National Health Leaders Research Forum Writing Group

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (9): 452-456 Free

Editorial 21 Oct 2024

Harming those we intend to help: hospital‐acquired complications in patients with dementia

Emily H Gordon and Ruth E Hubbard

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (8): 420-421 Free

Research 21 Oct 2024

The likelihood of hospital‐acquired complications in older people with dementia: a matched cohort study

Danielle Ní Chróinín, Vicki Deane, Rinsy Pulikotil Zachariah, Katrina Stott, Bernadette Shepherd, Margaret Perkins, Leesa Giang, Rozina Shekhar, Vaulina Vueti, Mandana Mayahi‐Neysi, Amy Montgomery, Kaye Rolls and Steven A Frost

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (8): 422-425 Free

Perspective 25 Sep 2024

30/60/90 National stroke targets and stroke unit access for all Australians: it's about time

Timothy J Kleinig and Lisa Murphy, For the 30/60/90 National Stroke Targets Taskforce

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (8): 402-406 Free

Research 1 Jul 2024

First stroke incidence, causes, treatments, and outcomes for Aboriginal Peoples in South Australia and the Northern Territory: a pilot prospective study

Angela Dos Santos (Gumbaynggirr, Kwiamble), Edmund Cheong, Anna H Balabanski, Kendall Goldsmith, Luke Burchill (Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung), James Burrow, Stephen Brady, Ferdous Alam, Mark Parsons, Judith M Katzenellenbogen, Amanda G Thrift, Timothy J Kleinig and Alex Brown (Wadi Wadi)

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (1): 39-46 Free

Perspective 1 Jul 2024

Contextualising the benefits and risks of anti‐amyloid therapy for patients with Alzheimer disease and their care team

Oneil G Bhalala, Jane Thompson, Rosie Watson and Nawaf Yassi

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (2): 78-82 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice 17 Jun 2024

Botulism: a mimic for brainstem strokes and Miller Fisher syndrome

Chris Kwan, Anthony Elias, Katherine Todd, Celia Bradford, Joshua Smith, Indira Datta, Jimmy Ng, Katie Kelleway, Jessica Butler, Sarah Webb and Michal Lubomski

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (11): 554-556 Free

Letters 20 May 2024

Cough in Children and Adults: Diagnosis, Assessment and Management (CICADA). Summary of an updated position statement on chronic cough in Australia

David A Prentice

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 492-492 Free

Perspectives 22 Apr 2024

Should voluntary assisted dying in Victoria be extended to encompass people with dementia?

Paul A Komesaroff, Michael Chapman, Geetanjali Lamba, Ian H Kerridge, Cameron L Stewart, Alex Holmes, Sophie Lewis and Jennifer Philip

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 452-454 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice 15 Apr 2024

Minimising harm: avoiding intubation for psychogenic non‐epileptic seizures

Stephen Bacchi, Santosh Verghese and Mark Slee

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (7): 364-365 Free

Ethics and law 8 Apr 2024

Mainstreaming genomic testing: pre‐test counselling and informed consent

Michaela Cormack, Kathryn B Irving, Fiona Cunningham and Andrew P Fennell

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (8): 403-406 Free

Reflection 11 Dec 2023

Brain injury community: seeking action on Royal Commission findings

Bruce Powell and Joshua Powell

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (1): 20-21 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice 11 Dec 2023

A thorny case of spastic paralysis

Travis Lines, Aadith Ashok, Sadid F Khan and Michael J Loftus

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (11): 526-527

Consensus statement 18 Sep 2023

Consensus statement for the management of incidentally found brain white matter hyperintensities in general medical practice

Thomas P Ottavi, Elizabeth Pepper, Grant Bateman, Mark Fiorentino and Amy Brodtmann

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (6): 278-284 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice 18 Sep 2023

Fallibility and flaviviruses: a diagnostic lesson in Japanese encephalitis

Kate Proudmore, Vicki L Krause, Bart J Currie and Rob Baird

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (6): 253-254

Research 28 Aug 2023

Non‐invasive ventilation for people with neuromuscular disorders in Australia and New Zealand: a qualitative study of clinician perspectives

Meredith A Perry, Bernadette Jones, Hemakumar Devan, Alister Neill, Amanda Piper and Tristram Ingham

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (6): 270-274 Free

Research 21 Aug 2023

Hospitalisations and in‐hospital deaths following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury in Australia, 2015–20: a registry data analysis for the Australian Traumatic Brain Injury National Data (ATBIND) project

Gerard M O'Reilly, Kate Curtis, Biswadev Mitra, Yesul Kim, Afsana Afroz, Kate Hunter, Courtney Ryder, Delia V Hendrie, Nick Rushworth, Jin Tee, Shane D'Angelo, Emma Solly, Oashe Bhattacharya, Mark C Fitzgerald, Gerard M O'Reilly, Kate Curtis, Biswadev Mitra, Yesul Kim, Afsana Afroz, Kate Hunter, Courtney Ryder, Delia V Hendrie, Nick Rushworth, Jin Tee, Shane D'Angelo, Emma Solly, Oashe Bhattacharya and Mark C Fitzgerald

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 316-324 Free

Narrative review 21 Aug 2023