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Articles

MJA Editorial 2013

MJA Editorials 2013

ISSUE EDITORIAL
21 January 2013 Vol.198;1

Where is the next generation of medical educators?

Wendy C Y Hu, Geoffrey J McColl, Jill E Thistlethwaite, Lambert W T Schuwirth and Tim Wilkinson
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 8-9.

Could it be Q fever?

Heather F Gidding and Stephen R Graves
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 9-10.

Healthy competition: a guide to prizes and awards in the MJA

Ruth M Armstrong
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 11.
4 February 2013 Vol.198;2

Improving the uptake of screening for diabetic retinopathy

Jonathon Q Ng and Nigel Morlet
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (2): 69-70.

Secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in Australia: a blueprint for reform

Julie Redfern* and Clara K Chow*, on behalf of the Executive Committee and all participants in the National Secondary Prevention of Coronary Disease Summit, 2011
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (2): 70-71.

Familial hypercholesterolaemia in Australia: new insights and developments

Ian R Hamilton-Craig and Gerald F Watts
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (2): 72-73.
18 February 2013 Vol.198;3

The Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study in Australia

Christine F McDonald and Nicholas Glasgow
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (3): 124-125.

The Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) program: where to from here?

Helena C Britt and Graeme C Miller
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (3): 125-126.

Sustaining Australian research through clinical trials and investigator networks

R John Simes and Steven A R Webb
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (3): 127-128.
4 March 2013 Vol.198;4

Neuroplasticity and pain: what does it all mean?

Philip J Siddall
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (4): 177-178. 

Why e-health is so hard

Enrico Coiera
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (4): 178-179.

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy caused by BK virus?

Bruce J Brew, Catriona A McLean and Eugene O Major
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (4): 179-180.
18 March 2013 Vol.198;5

Gram-negative resistance: can we combat the coming of a new “Red Plague”?

David F M Looke, Thomas Gottlieb, Cheryl A Jones and David L Paterson
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (5): 243-244. 

Updated Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease infection control guidelines: sifting facts from fiction

Ann P Koehler, Eugene Athan and Steven J Collins
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (5): 245-246.

Stroke care in Australia: why is it still the poor cousin of health care?

Tammy C Hoffmann and Richard I Lindley
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (5): 246-247.
1 April 2013 Vol.198;6
Early success for Australia's bowel screening program: let's move it along Ian N Olver and Paul B Grogan
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (6): 300-301.

Improving coordination of care between specialist and general practice for people with chronic pain

Geoffrey K Mitchell
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (6): 301-302. 

Is autism one or multiple disorders?

Andrew J O Whitehouse and Fiona J Stanley
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (6): 302-303. 
15 April 2013 Vol.198;7

Evidence-based policies for the control of influenza

Heath A Kelly and Nicholas Kelley
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (7): 349-350.

Diet and nutrition: the folly of the reductionist approach

Rosemary A Stanton
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (7): 350-351.
6 May 2013 Vol.198;8

Public reporting of surgeons’ performance

Guy J Maddern
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (8): 399-400.

Providing non-technical skills for surgeons

Michael J Hollands
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (8): 400-401.
20 May 2013 Vol.198;9

Clinical staging for mental disorders: a new development in diagnostic practice in mental health

Ian B Hickie, Jan Scott and Patrick D McGorry
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (9): 461-462. 

Suicide risk assessment: where are we now?

Christopher J Ryan and Matthew M Large
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (9): 462-463.

Improved prognosis for borderline personality disorder

Brin F S Grenyer
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (9): 464-465.
3 June 2013 Vol.198;10

Breathe deeply and say “ninety-nine”

Stephen R Leeder
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (10): 517. 

Evidence-based medical workforce planning and education: the MSOD project

Baldeep Kaur, Don M Roberton and Nicholas J Glasgow
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (10): 518-519.

Prevention of peripheral intravenous catheter-related bloodstream infections: the need for a new focus

Claire M Rickard, Joan Webster and E Geoffrey Playford
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (10): 519-520.
17 June 2013 Vol.198;11
 

General practice patients in the emergency department

Gerard J FitzGerald and Ghasem Toloo
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 573-574.

Planned homebirth in Australia

Marc J N C Keirse
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 574-575.

Challenges of transition to adult health services for patients with rare diseases

Yvonne A Zurynski and Elizabeth J Elliott
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 575-576.
 
8 July 2013 Vol.199;1
 
 

Improving the health of First Nations children in Australia

Sandra J Eades and Fiona J Stanley
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (1): 12-13. 
 
22 July 2013 Vol.199;2
 
 

How can we improve access to new (and old) antibiotics in Australia?

Allen C Cheng and Roger L Nation
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (2): 81-82.

Should we screen for lung cancer in Australia?

Mark Hew, Robert G Stirling and Michael J Abramson
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (2): 82-83.

International treatment guidelines for anaemia in chronic kidney disease — what has changed?

Robert J MacGinley and Rowan G Walker
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (2): 84-85.
 
5 August 2013 Vol.199;3
 
 

Developing a global agenda for action on cardiovascular diseases

Stephen R Leeder
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (3): 145-146.

The SNAPSHOT ACS study: getting the big picture on acute coronary syndrome

Peter S MacDonald, Phillip J Newton and Patricia M Davidson
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (3): 147-148.

The impact of industry self-regulation on television marketing of unhealthy food and beverages to Australian children

Lisa G Smithers, Tracy L Merlin and John W Lynch
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (3): 148-149.
 
19 August 2013 Vol.199;4
 
 

Can we avert a diabetes catastrophe in Australia?

Paul Z Zimmet
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (4): 225-226.

The history of insulin: the mystery of diabetes

Stephen R Leeder
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (4): 227.

Hand transplantation

Warren C Breidenbach
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (4): 228-229.
 
2 September 2013 Vol.199;5
 
 

STORM, a new dimension for mammography screening

Nehmat Houssami
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (5): 308-309.

Trauma and tranexamic acid

Russell L Gruen, Ian G Jacobs and Michael C Reade, on behalf of the PATCH-Trauma study investigators*
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (5): 310-311. 
 16 September 2013 Vol.199;6

Doctors, death certificates and reporting to coroners — room for improvement

Stephen M Cordner
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (6): 379-380.

Can professionalism be taught?

Ian M Symonds and Nicholas J Talley
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (6): 380-381.

Pyoderma gangrenosum — a frequently misdiagnosed skin condition

Alan J Cooper and Frank C Powell
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (6): 382-383.
 7 October 2013, Vol 199;7

 

WONCA inauguration speech 2013

Michael R Kidd
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (7): 439.

Novel insights into the pathology of upper gut symptoms: new syndromes, new diseases

Nicholas J Talley and Marjorie M Walker
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (7): 440-441.

The tale of out-of-pocket spending on health care

Jane P Hall
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (7): 442-443.
 14 October 2013 Vol 199;8

 

Patient safety in hospitals — can we measure it?

Neville Board

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (8): 521-522.

Head injury prevention for bicyclists — helmets make a difference

Peter A Cameron, Frank McDermott and Jeffrey V Rosenfeld
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (8): 522-523.
 4 November 2013 Vol 199;9

 

It is time for clinical guidelines to enter the digital age

Ian N Olver and Jutta J Von Dincklage
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (9): 569-570.

Time trends in cancer incidence and mortality

Bruce K Armstrong
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (9): 570-571.
 
 18 November 2013 Vol 199;10

 

Lung cancer: let’s try for prevention and cure

Ian N Olver
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (10): 639-640.

Vitamin D and tuberculosis

A Stewart Truswell
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (10): 641.
 16 December 2013 Vol 199;11

 

Mental health and immigration detention

Gillian Triggs
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (11): 721-722.
 

Rural, urban: the real world for medical education

John D Hamilton
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (11): 722-723.
 

Treatment of snakebite in Australia: gathering the evidence

Mark Little
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (11): 723-724.