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Articles in January 2006 issue of Australian Doctor

• AGPAL aims for easier accreditation.(Australian General Practice Accreditation Ltd)(Brief Article)
  by Smith, Paul
• Whistle up the referees.
  by Kron, John
• On the Grapevine Barbecue stoppers.(wine)(Buyers Guide)
  by Hay, Peter
• Top health bureaucrat moves.
• Mix and match for a balanced career.
• In Brief.
• SIDS linked to future premature babies.
• Draft code crackdown on software ads.
• Call to widen flu vax strategy.
• God delivers in mysterious ways.
• Reduced rebates likely for delegated tasks.
  by Smith, Paul
• Adverse drug line fund dries up.(helpline funding)(Brief Article)
  by Sweeney, Claire
• Heaven on the high seas.(Tahiti islands)
  by Boswell, Susie
• Evidence scant on corporate rort claims.
• Quit efforts should target new group.
• Call for federal funding as spinal injuries rise.
• Doubt over PPIs for chronic cough.
• Rewards flow from team effort.
• Rural specialty bid rejected.
• PPI link to diarrhoea bacteria risk.
• In Brief.(Brief Article)
  by Nogrady, Bianca
• Finding ways to cope with work demands.(work life balance)(Brief Article)
  by Smith, Paul
• Retractor Back where I belong!(feedback)(column moved to front section)(Column)
  by Fisher, Malcolm
• New COX-2 and wider subsidy for ezetimibe plan.
• In Brief.
• Screening call for infants of women with hep C.
• Signs of sepsis key to earlier detection of meningococcal.
• AMA's GP body under fire for lack of female voice.
• Didgeridoo plays sleep lullabies.
• In Brief.
• Bending repeat script rule.(pharmaceutical benefits scheme )(Brief Article)
  by Limprecht, Eleanor
• Mind beats matter in sick note push.
  by Jenkins, Rebecca
• Picture perfect.(medical photography)(Column)
• Support is the key for IMGs.(international medical graduates)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Sahari, Shahiron
• General practice faces revolution.
• GP blasts script scutiny as 'sheer madness'.
• Quinolones clapped out: expert.
• Chlamydia alerts aim to up test rate.
• Hanging out for a - recycling bin.
• Two rotavirus vaccines 'safe and effective'.
• Complementary use common in kids.
• Empiricus: our clinical journal commentator.(fish oil effect against atherosclerosis)(low-risk labour had lower neonatal mortality )(drinking age cut increased accidents)
• Brush with fame People in high places.(Letter to the Editor)
• GPs step in to keep A&E services open.(Brief Article)
  by Sweeney, Claire
• Ripe for the picking.(Tasmania Huon Valley travel description)
• Tackling trauma.(trauma insurance)
  by Whittaker, Noel
• Drug therapy aids alcohol abstinence.
• Act now to expand GP workforce or face disaster.
• Crisis looming over supervisor numbers.
• PBS savings plan fails to follow script.
• Low maternal vitamin D ups child's risk.
• High claims GP throw in the towel.
• In Brief.(text messaging sends air pollution alerts in London)(effects of sleep inertia)(magnet therapy has no benefits)
  by Jenkins, Rebecca
• Target rural crisis, not tax.(Letter to the editor)
  by Sahari, Shahiron
• Schedule 8 crackdown.(Brief Article)
  by Smith, Paul
• GPs take patient angst home.(General Practitioners)
  by Limprecht, Eleanor
• New RU486 safety data queried.
  by Jenkins, Rebecca
• Waiting game safe for some hernias.
• Cultural rewards.
• Birth defect risk higher for obese mums.
• PIPs double for GP proceduralists.
• Mixed reaction to decision.(Australian Medical Council report )(Brief Article)
  by SweeneY, Claire
• In Brief.
• Bid to remove biopsy barrier to hep C treatment.
• Putting a number on proof of love.
  by Whitten, Dr David
• Rural posts widened.(Brief Article)
  by Smith, Paul
• Clinical advice is a doctor's domain.
  by Sahari, Shahiron
• Sobering news: there's no cure for a hangover.(Brief Article)
  by Saunders, Cathy
• Obesity linked to renal failure.
• Smoking's last gasp.
• Take a chess lesson.
• Drug companies top most ethical list.
• Small doses.
• Spin bowling on a philosophical pitch.(Column)
  by Whitten, David
• Doctors lobby to regulate skin cancer clinic industry.
• It's time we stopped failing the mentally ill.
• In Brief.(Deborah Carney appeals malpractice decision)(international doctors practicing in Australia)(Brief article)
• Paradise found.(Vanuatu travel )
• Small doses.
• Lupus.(diagnosis and treatment)
  by Murtagh, John