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Editorials

Heart health has an adverse future forecast in New Zealand: an alarm call to action across the continuum

Norman Sharpe

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Reducing salt intake: action beyond the label

Alex Chisholm, Jim Mann

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Original Articles

How low can it go? Projecting ischaemic heart disease mortality in New Zealand to 2015

Martin Tobias, Kerry Sexton, Stewart Mann, Norman Sharpe

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Nutritional information about sodium: is it worth its salt?

Andrew Gilbey, Sarah Fifield

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Secondhand tobacco smoke exposure in New Zealand bars: results prior to implementation of the bar smoking ban

Jeff Fowles, Annemarie Christophersen, Dinusha Fernando, Rod Lea, Alistair Woodward, Stuart Dickson, Matthew Hosking, Richard Berezowski

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Early recognition and early access for acute coronary syndromes in New Zealand: key links in the chain of survival

Helen Tanner, Peter Larsen, Nigel Lever, Duncan Galletly

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New Zealand health professionals do not agree about what defines appropriate attendance at an emergency department

Sandra Richardson, Michael Ardagh, Philip Hider

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Cardiovascular risk factors and their associations with alcohol consumption: are there differences between Māori and non-Māori in Aotearoa (New Zealand)?

Dale Bramley, Joanna Broad, Rod Jackson, Papaarangi Reid, Ricci Harris, Shanthi Ameratunga, Jennie Connor

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Estimated prevalence of cardiovascular disease and distribution of cardiovascular risk in New Zealanders: data for healthcare planners, funders, and providers

Susan Wells, Joanna Broad, Rod Jackson

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Case Reports

Oral angioedema secondary to ACE inhibitors, a frequently overlooked association: case report and review

Miriam Hurst, Marianne Empson

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Foville’s syndrome masquerading as Wernicke’s encephalopathy

Nizam Ahmed, Asifa Riaz, Ashfaq Shuaib, Zaeem Siddiqi

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Special Series

Interferon beta, PHARMAC, and political directives: in the best interests of people with multiple sclerosis?

Harry McNaughton, Nicola Kayes, Kathryn McPherson

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Puerperal abscess of uterus—drainage—recovery

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Medical Image

Differentiate hepatic abscess from simple cyst

Shih-Hung Tsai, Wei-Chou Chung, Shi-Jye Chu, Chin-Pyng Wu, Ning-Chi Wang

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

Outcome measures in the management of chlamydial genital infection in New Zealand

Juliette Pitts-Crick, Susan Bray, Jane Morgan

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Screening for pharyngeal Chlamydia trachomatis in asymptomatic men who have sex with men

Edward Coughlan, Sheryl Young

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Response to the article by Lynn et al: Older patients in the nephrology clinic—should they be referred?

Zoltan Endre

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Memories of Dr Charles Sorrell

Simon Cotton

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Obituary

Sir Brian Gerald Barratt-Boyes

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Notices

Heart Foundation Grants Awarded March 2006

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National Heart Foundation: 2006 Grant Applications

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Book Review

Malaria control in complex emergencies: an inter-agency field handbook

Nick Wilson

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