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Articles

MJA Editorials 2009

ISSUE EDITORIAL
January 5 2009

Current management of pre-eclampsia
Mark A Brown and Sandra A Lowe —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (1): 3-4.

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Disproportionate burdens: the multidimensional impacts of climate change on the health of Indigenous Australians
Donna Green, Ursula King and Joe Morrison —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (1): 4-5.

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Access to eMJA: 2009
Martin B Van Der Weyden —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (1): 5.

Jan.19

In the wake of the Garling inquiry into New South Wales public hospitals: a change of cultures?
Martin B Van Der Weyden —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 51-52.

Feb.2

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Lipid abnormalities in children: should we be doing more?
Julian G Ayer, David R Sullivan and Gary F Sholler —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (3): 107-108.

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Risks of proton-pump inhibitors: what every doctor should know
Nicholas J Talley —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (3): 109-110.

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The quality of medication information in Australia: the need for more clinical expertise and accountability
Jim R Stockigt —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (3): 110-111.

Feb.16

The medical care of people with psychosis
Timothy J R Lambert —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (4): 171-172.

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Clinical research in the United Kingdom: a new era
Edward Byrne —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (4): 172-173.

March 2


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Quality of prescribing decision support in primary care: still a work in progress
Farah Magrabi and Enrico W Coiera —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (5): 227-228.

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Cannabis use in remote Indigenous communities in Australia: endemic yet neglected
K S Kylie Lee, Katherine M Conigrave, George C Patton and Alan R Clough —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (5): 228-229.

March 16

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After the fires: looking to the future using the lessons from the past
Alexander C McFarlane and Beverley Raphael —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (6): 291-292.

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Water recycling — forwards or backwards for public health?
Karin S Leder, Joanne E O’Toole and Martha I Sinclair —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (6): 293-294.

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The “alcopops” tax: heading in the right direction
Tanya N Chikritzhs, Paul M Dietze, Steven J Allsop, Michael M Daube, Wayne D Hall and Kypros Kypri —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (6): 294-295

April 6

Cycling and health: an opportunity for positive change?
Adrian E Bauman and Chris Rissel —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (7): 347-348.

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Making sense of differing bowel cancer screening guidelines
Hooi C Ee and John K Olynyk —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (7): 348-349.

April 20


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Eating disorders in younger children: current issues and unanswered questions
Phillipa J Hay —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (8): 403-404.

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Coeliac disease: to screen or not to screen, that is the question
John M Duggan and Anne E Duggan —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (8): 404-405.

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Liaison between public hospital staff and the pharmaceutical industry: guidance from the NSW Therapeutic Advisory Group
Diana H Shipp and Gordon Mallarkey —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (8): 406-407.

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Doctors and the pharmaceutical industry: time for a national policy?
Martin B Van Der Weyden —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (8): 407-408.


May 4

Private obstetric intervention: good, bad or whatever?
Andrew F Pesce —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 467-468.

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How safe are anticholinergics in patients with COPD?
Mark J Hew, Piersante Sestini and Louis B Irving —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 468-469.

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Expanding indications for pacing in chronic heart failure
Henry Krum and Prashanthan Sanders —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 470-471.


May 18


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A healed and healthy country: understanding healing for Indigenous Australians
Tamara Mackean —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 522-523.


June 1


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Disorders of sex development: current understanding and continuing controversy
Garry L Warne and Jacqueline K Hewitt —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): 612-613.

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Should aspirin be used for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in people with diabetes?
Robyn L Woods, Andrew M Tonkin, Mark R Nelson, Helena C Britt and Christopher M Reid —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): 614-615.

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Dealing with multisystem disease in people with a developmental disability


June 15

Duration of anticoagulant therapy for venous thromboembolism
Nina C Raju, Jack Hirsh and John W Eikelboom —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (12): 659-660.

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Is Clostridium difficile a threat to Australia’s biosecurity?
Thomas V Riley —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (12): 661-662.

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National alcohol policy after “alcopops”: what next?
Steven J Skov, on behalf of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Alcohol Advisory Group —
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (12): 662-663.


July 6


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New treatments and outcomes in peritoneal carcinomatosis
Terence C Chua, Winston Liauw and David L Morris —
Med J Aust 2009; 191 (1): 3-4.

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Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis — toward a new horizon
Stephen A Cole and Helen F Savoia —
Med J Aust 2009; 191 (1): 5-6.

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A conversation about health care safety and quality
Christopher J Baggoley, Imogen E Curtis, Nicola J Dunbar and Christine M Jorm —
Med J Aust 2009; 191 (1): 7-8.


July 20

Darwinian evolution and general practice
Martin B Van Der Weyden —
Med J Aust 2009; 191 (2): 51-52.

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Promoting evidence-based non-drug interventions: time for a non-pharmacopoeia?
Paul P Glasziou —
Med J Aust 2009; 191 (2): 52-53.


August 3

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Rapid impact of rotavirus vaccination in the United States: implications for Australia
Kristine K Macartney and Margaret A Burgess —
Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 131-132.

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The new age of pharmacovigilance
Kathlyn J Ronaldson —
Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 132-134.

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Testosterone for low libido in postmenopausal women not using systemic oestrogen therapy
Susan R Davis —
Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 134-135.


17 August 2009 Vol.191;4
(1)Clinical importance of effective supervision in postgraduate medical education
(2)Asthma in older adults:a holistic,person-centred and problem-oriented approach

(3)Evidence-based uncertainty: recent trial results on prostate-specific antigen testing and prostate cancer mortality


7 September 2009 Vol.191;5
(1)From medical school to medical practice: a national tracking system to underpin planning for a sustainable working force in Australia
(2)Child protection and the health professional: mandatory responding is our duty

(3)Translational research and rational therapy: structural barriers in Australia



21 September 2009 Vol.191;6
(1)Maximising the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cardiovascular disease prevention in general population
(2)Improving the management of chronic non-malignant pain and reducing problems associated with prescription opioids


5 October 2009 Vol.191;7
(1)Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemias: time to act
(2)Systemic sclerosis: new hope for an unyielding disease

(3)Reforming Australian healthcare


19 October 2009 Vol.191;8
(1)The National Hand Hygiene Initiative
(2)Adding weight to preconception care

(3)Managemnt of waiting lists need sound data


2 November 2009 Vol.191;9
(1)Uniform formal for disclosure of competing interests in ICMJE journals
(2)Vertobroplasty appears no better than placebo for painful osteoporotic spinal fractures, and has potential to cause harm

(3)Can prior vaccinations against certain infections confer protection against developing melanoma?

(4)Circardian rhythms: keeping pace with developments


16 November 2009 Vol.191;10
(1)The role of general practitioners in managing and treating hepatitis C
(2)Building health literacy in Australia

(3)Optimising the therapeutic use of oxygen in Australia


7/21 December 2009 Vol.191;11/12
(1)Let's drink and eat to our obese economic heroes
(2)Climate change and human health: recognising the really inconvenient truth