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December 2003
In Depth
A condom a day keeps doctor away
A real lifesaver
Back to basics
Benefits in DIY tax reform
Celebrate our diversity, but speak with one voice
Dark secrets of an odd couple
Even better than the real thing?
Free beer too good to pass up
Impotency clinic concern
Invisible patients
Just can’t take it seriously
Lock and loll
Our clinical commentator
Pause for thought
Pedal power trip
Reading PDFs easy as ABC
Stick with super
Strike out
Training twists and turns
Avoiding legal landmines
Belief would be a miracle
GP optional in DIY counselling
Hindsight not helpful
Hospital horrors highlight pros of general practice
Minuses of MedicarePlus
Our clinical commentator
Party practice
Playing politics
Practise as usual
Return to sender
Target practice
Damned if we do, or don’t
Outback and beyond
Paradise found — again********* UNDERSET 2 LINES *********
Taking a swing at old age
Capers in Capri
Death of a salesman’s conquest
Follow your heart
Global food, global risk
GP utopia just a fiction
Inside information********* UNDERSET 1 LINES *********
Keeping patients on track
Minister’s ‘Brady Bunch’ world is recipe for trouble
Our clinical commentator
Peachy keen
Plea for justice
Poles apart
Sex, lights and videotape
Sleepless in adolescence
Support for quality care
Taking control
The last word on Word
Work in progress
News
‘Visionary leader’ rewarded for contribution
‘Wrongful birth’ may be no more
Aboriginal health a national priority
Access to kids’ records under fire
ADRAC issues warnings
Ask and you shall receive
Australian Doctor’s awards success
Caesarean doubles future stillbirths
Calls for new ADGP identity
Come fly with me, but without CPAP
Deeble slams new package
Drug companies point the finger
GPs face hike in indemnity fees
GPs justified in overriding drug alerts
GPs prescribing fewer medications
Hormone linked to apathy
Jury out on division fundholding
Metformin safety confirmed
Migraine drug can handle the truth
Ministers move on after-hours care
News briefs
Paperwork burden set to be reduced
Paracetamol reduces cancer pain
Phelps wins first round
Positive patient outlook sparks negative reaction
RACGP program on trial
Rapid weight loss given nod
Regional GPs support reforms
Warning on GPs’ UMP voice
Abbott blasts Medicare ‘corrupters’
Added danger in ecstasy use
After-hours clinic sees GP hours soar
AMA pulls support for vax book
Antibiotics rarely help strep throat
Call for doctors to join PNG project
Call for stricter drug promotion
Chemo disturbs sleep
Clarification
Dementia guide targets community care
Democrats stall on safety net
Echinacea no good for kids’ colds
Fallout over Implanon premium increase
Govt may still fund all vaccinations
GPs say HIC is ‘unfair’ and ‘biased’
High gap doesn’t equal low bulk-billing
Impotence clinic head vows to plough on
Latham faces GP critics in electorate
Levy refund may arrive this week
Lipid-lowering drugs cut breast cancer risk
Long and short of the matter: Size does count
Low profits hit new drug development
New hope for hep C patients
Part-timers set to win under reforms
Patients may be hit with higher fees
Psych tests could identify future rural GPs
Roster guide to be developed
Threshold for starting BP treatment slashed
Virtual screening a winner
News briefs
Expert questions study linking reduced antibiotics and deaths
Indemnity reforms disappoint
2003 in review - The year that was
Analysis
Caution urged on cholesterol
Chocolate a weighty issue
Diabetes combo effective
Hepatitis C triples risk of type 2 diabetes
IBNR levy causes rift on reform panel
Insurance horror stories identified by the indemnity panel
Islanders hope for non-swell season
Item number confusion over Implanon
Parents reassured vaccines are safe
Part-time doctors ahead in new subsidy plan
Premium hikes spark outrage
Researchers refute miracle hangover cures
Retirement secure under new proposal
Single national insurer remains a future option
Snapshot of main proposals: premiums, claims, cover, levy
Tibolone linked to increased polyp risk
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