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Articles in May 2006 issue of Australian Doctor

• Better off cutting premiums.(new logo for United Medical Protection)(Brief article)
• Steroids don't alter persistent asthma in children.
• It's all over for red clover in hot flushes.
• Doctors in end-of-life accord.
• Looking beyond history.
• Differential diagnosis.
• Compulsory GP clinics mooted for aged homes.
• Mental health training failure.
• Problems made public.
• Red tape among health dept priorities.(Australian Federal Health Department)
  by Hingston, Chris; Smith, Paul
• Reliance on pharma ads criticised.(drug ads in medical journals)(Brief article)
  by Jenkins, Rebecca
• Breast cancer survivors face higher risk of other cancers.
• New asthma therapy approach.
• Medicare gold for primary boss.(Dr Edmund Bateman of Primary Health Care)(Brief article)
  by Ramachandran, Arjun
• Measles shifts from adults to unimmunised kids.
• Computer ad rules criticised.
• Why am I a GP?
• Ooh, baby, why'd you light that fire?
  by Whitten, David
• Breathe easy.(Pocket Guide to Spirometry)(Treatment of Skin Disease)(Sex and Intimacy After Childbirth)(Book review)
  by Cox, Marcela
• GP workforce numbers to remain static until 2012.
• Home is where the art is.
• In My Experience.
• Door closed on wrongful life case.(risk of congenital abnormalities not explained)
  by Anastasopoulos, Christina
• Captain cruises for shipboard romance.
  by Whitten, David
• In Brief.
• Oestrogen ups breast cancer at 15 years.
• No GP invitation to 'supergroup'.(general practitioners inclusion in the National Primary Health Care Partnership)
  by Hingston, Chris; Smith, Paul
• Senate seeks to expand mental health program.
• Bowel screening program cost-effectiveness queried.
• Playing politics.
• In Brief.(calcium twice daily reduces the risk of osteoporotic fractures)(warning against medications containing promethazine)
  by McLean, Brad
• GPs provide aged care solution.
• Nocturnal BP a renal warning.
• Beyond skin deep.
• When life's not worth living.(Letter to the editor)
• Smoking becomes a laughing matter.(Greg Smith poster a popular smoking cessation device)(Brief article)
  by Jenkins, Rebecca
• Incentive could up pneumococcal vax rate.
• Annual flu vaccination a duty of care for GPs.
• Funding affects trial findings.(relationship between funding source and clinical trial outcomes)
  by Jenkins, Rebecca
• Learning from experience.
• In brief.
• Research with restrictions.
• Empiricus: our clinical journal commentator.
  by Hogan, Kathryn
• In Brief.
• Speedy fertility return brings male hormonal contraceptive a step closer.
• Research fraud tarnishing science community's image.
• Divorcing your assets.(binding financial agreement or pre-nuptial agreement)
  by Mazzotta, John
• Peace urged in 'turf war'.(Australian Medical Association and Pharmacy Guild of Australia re changes to health care system)(Brief article)
  by Ferguson, Heather
• Aspirin, dipyridamole dual treatment effective.
• Simple solution to aged care issue.
• Reflux drugs put infants at risk.
• Vice-president nominates for top job.
• Radical action needed to attract GPs to remote areas.
• Bargain breasts.(Brief article)
• Preventive care puts GPs on private funds' payroll.
• Folate push tainted by cancer claim.
• Lease of life.
• Patient harm finding.(patient satisfaction survey)(Survey)(Brief article)
  by Howe, Megan
• A question of beliefs.(extending personal beliefs to medical practice)
• Fiscal accountability binned.(Letter to the editor)
• COX-2s questioned as GI panacea.
• Time to go public.(efficacy of public health spending)
  by Leeder, Stephen
• Scrap aged care panels: ADGP.
• Warning for principals despite corporate tax win.
• New school of thought.
• Red faces all round after disease hoax.(Brief article)
  by Jenkins, Rebecca
• Diabetes control more than HbA1c.
• Wishful thinking: GPs' budget hopes.
• Short and sweet.
• Live and let live.(restraint of trade clauses and new medical practices)
  by McMaster, Terry
• Make your own PDF.(Portable Document Format)(Brief article)
  by Stevenson, Tony
• Put on a happy face or risk losing medical students.(shortage of general practitioners in Australia)(Editorial)
  by Pond, Dimity
• Computer tips Heading for clarity.(changing screens on Medical Director)(Brief article)
  by Gabriel, Bill
• New software drug alerts to tackle errors.
• Rising from the ashes.(aftereffects of wildfire in Junee New South Wales)
  by Sweet, Melissa
• Age no barrier to HPV vax benefit.
• Call for GP supervisors to oversee care teams.
• Big boy back in town.
• In Brief.(physiotherapists creats a DVD to treat cerebral palsy)(use of spirometry in general practice)
  by Jenkins, Rebecca
• HPV vax to cut genital tract disease.