Medical complications of heroin affect a number of different organ systems. The role of the
addiction specialist is to be aware of these so that early diagnosis and appropriate …

Objective To compare prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody and associated risk
behaviours among Indigenous and non‐Indigenous participants in the Australian Needle …

Background: In early 2001 Australia experienced a dramatic disruption to heroin supply. In
order to investigate the impact of this phenomenon, heroin users were interviewed …

Objective: To determine hepatitus B virus (HBV) vaccine‐induced immunity and infection in
people who inject drugs (PWID) screened for a prospective observational study in Sydney …

Drug use is a prevalent world-wide phenomenon and hepatitis virus infections are
traditionally a major health problem among drug users (DUs). HBV and HCV, and to a lesser …

Lönn et al1 state that a method of laterality analysis used in previous studies of cellular
telephones and brain tumors “assumes that tumors are equally likely to occur on the left and …

BACKGROUND: Feasibility studies are an important component of preparations for field
trials of biomedical prevention interventions, including vaccines. METHODS: We conducted …

This paper analyses developments and debates regarding legal and human rights issues
relevant to the Australian HIV response in the context of treatment as prevention (TasP). A …

This trial of cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) based amphetamine abstinence program
(n= 507) focused on refusal self-efficacy, improved coping, improved problem solving and …

BACKGROUND: Blood donor screening is performed to accomplish several goals, including
donor safety during collection and recipient safety during transfusion. Donors taking certain …