This Issue in the Journal

A summary of the original articles featured in this issue

[full text] [PDF]  

PDF of the full contents of this issue of the NZMJ

[PDF]  

Editorials

The health benefits of alcohol: yeah right

Jennie Connor

[full text] [PDF]  

Is this clinical trial fully registered? A statement from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors

Catherine De Angelis, Jeffrey Drazen, Frank Frizelle, Charlotte Haug, John Hoey, Richard Horton, Sheldon Kotzin, Christine Laine, Ana Marusic, John Overbeke, Torben Schroeder, Harold Sox, Martin Van Der Weyden

[full text] [PDF]  

Original Articles

New Zealand Pacific peoples' drinking style: too much or nothing at all?

John Huakau, Lanuola Asiasiga, Michael Ford, Megan Pledger, Sally Casswell, Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni, Ieti Lima

[full text] [PDF] [abstract] 

Raised plasma homocysteine levels in alcoholism: increasing the risk of heart disease and dementia?

Geoffrey Robinson, Seshasayee Narasimhan, Mark Weatherall, Richard Beasley

[full text] [PDF] [abstract] 

Pacific women’s decisions about exercise adoption: utilising the stage-of-exercise-adoption model

Denise Kingi, Andy Towers, Renée Seebeck, Ross Flett

[full text] [PDF] [abstract] 

Factors affecting antenatal care attendance by mothers of Pacific infants living in New Zealand

Pamela Low, Janis Paterson, Trecia Wouldes, Sarnia Carter, Maynard Williams, Teuila Percival

[full text] [PDF] [abstract] 

Soil-transmitted helminth infection, skin infection, anaemia, and growth retardation in schoolchildren of Taveuni Island, Fiji

Mark Thomas, Graeme Woodfield, Christine Moses, Geoffrey Amos

[full text] [PDF] [abstract] 

Talking about TB: multicultural diversity and tuberculosis services in Waikato, New Zealand

Clif van der Oest, Richard Chenhall, Dell Hood, Paul Kelly

[full text] [PDF] [abstract] 

Smoking cessation using mobile phone text messaging is as effective in Maori as non-Maori

Dale Bramley, Tania Riddell, Robyn Whittaker, Tim Corbett, Ruey-Bin Lin, Mary Wills, Mark Jones, Anthony Rodgers

[full text] [PDF] [abstract] 

Case Reports

Cushing's syndrome due to adrenal carcinoma

Patrick Gladding, Tim King, Andrew Grey

[full text] [PDF] [abstract] 

Malignant hypertension secondary to cortisol-secreting adrenal tumour

Shao-Wen Weng, Cheng-Hsu Yang, Wan-Ting Huang, Mien-Cheng Chen, Pei-Wen Wang

[full text] [PDF] [abstract] 

Viewpoint

The New Zealand Suicide Prevention Strategy consultation round: an open submission to the Ministry of Health

Sunny Collings

[full text] [PDF]  

Special Series

PHARMAC and tobacco control in New Zealand: Government policy ‘up in smoke’

Shaun Holt, Matire Harwood, Sarah Aldington, Richard Beasley

[full text] [PDF] [abstract] 

100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Important note on the use of adrenalin in hay fever

[full text] [PDF]  

Medical Image

Acute Nephralgia

Mohan Rao, Sagar Nigwekar

[full text] [PDF]  

Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

[full text] [PDF]  

Letters

Doctor-bashing

Ross Howie

[full text] [PDF]  

No-fault medical misadventure law ends finger-pointing

Richard Braddell

[full text] [PDF]  

The New Zealand Government’s 2005 Budget: missed opportunities for significant public health progress

Nick Wilson, George Thomson, Peter Crampton, Tim Rochford

[full text] [PDF]  

The New Zealand Government’s energy policies need to consider public health benefits

Nick Wilson, Cath Wallace, Barry Weeber

[full text] [PDF]  

Regarding Pippa MacKay’s editorial: the NZMA Chairman’s response

Ross Boswell

[full text] [PDF]  

Acute mountain sickness and driving at high altitude: caution is required due to the sudden onset of dysfunction

Derry Seddon

[full text] [PDF]  

Obituaries

Rex Earl Wright-St Clair

[full text] [PDF]  

James Verney Cable

[full text] [PDF]  

John Wilfred Logan

[full text] [PDF]  

Notices

Christian Healthcare Trust Study Award in Geriatric Care

[full text] [PDF]  

University of Otago Faculty of Medicine / Freemasons Postgraduate Fellowships in Paediatrics and Child Health for 2006

[full text] [PDF]  

Special offer: CD ROM of the New Zealand Medical Journal

[full text] [PDF]  

Medical Benevolent Fund

[full text] [PDF]  

Book Review

The New Zealand Dementia Guide (Chris Perkins)

Brennan Edwardes

[full text] [PDF]