This Issue in the Journal

A summary of the original articles featured in this issue of the NZMJ

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Editorials

Screening for prostate cancer

Peter Davidson

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Colonic stents in the palliation of colorectal cancer

Peter Carne, Greg Robertson, Frank Frizelle

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Original Articles

Screening for prostate cancer: a survey of New Zealand general practitioners

John Durham, Melissa Low, Deborah McLeod

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Prostate cancer screening: knowledge, experiences and attitudes of men aged 40-79 years

Bruce Arroll, Salil Pandit, Stephen Buetow

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Smoking behaviour and expectations among Auckland adolescents

Judith McCool, Linda Cameron, Keith Petrie, Elizabeth Robinson

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Nurse-led dyspepsia clinic using the urea breath test for Helicobacter pylori

Alan Fraser, Susan Williamson, Mark Lane, Brian Hollis

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Review Article

OOS or MUD? Time for a cleanup

Peter Dodwell

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Case Report

An uninvestigated case of hypokalaemia with profound weakness and tiredness in New Zealand: Gitelman’s Syndrome

Kamal Solanki , Faisal Qureshi , Cherian Sebastian

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Viewpoint

Obstructive sleep apnoea and risk of motor vehicle accident: a perspective

Nathaniel Marshall, Philippa Gander, Alister Neill

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Case Notes

Recurrent bowel infarction in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

Sarah White, Arend Merrie

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

The Chief Health Officer’s Lecture

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Medical Image

Claudicants at work

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

Less salt in bread: a cost-effective way to reduce New Zealand population blood pressure levels

Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Leanne Young, Carlene Lawes, John Brooks, Carol Pound, Lisa Duizer, Anthony Rodgers

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Capture-recapture method: the gold standard for incidence and prevalence

John Lange, Ronald LaPorte, Evelyn Talbott, Yue-Fang Chang

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The many facets of presentation of hepatocellular carcinoma

Sydney Tang, Chin Pang Chan, Ping Wing Ng

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Book Review

Quantifying quality in primary care, Peter Graves

James Reid

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