The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners

Volume 30, No. 2, April 2003

NZFP April 2003

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CONTENTS

The metabolic syndrome

The metabolic syndrome as a contributor to morbidity, or: How fat in the gut causes heart attacks
Robyn Toomath

In this issue the CME papers all focus on the theme of the metabolic syndrome and related disorders.

Opinion and Comment

Editorial: The metabolic syndrome
Tony Townsend

Readers Write

Outlook
News & Events from the RNZCGP

Swamp Rat

Original Scientific Papers

Telephone triage reduces out-of-hours work for country doctors
Ian St George; Matthew Cullen; Michelle Branney; Michael Hogan and Lisa Duncan

Patients' and general practitioners' attitudes towards complementary medicine in Wanganui, New Zealand
Marion Taylor

Setting boundaries around the physical disciplining of children in New Zealand
Shane Reti

Continuing Medical Education

The treatment of hypertension in the metabolic syndrome
Carl D Burgess

Thiazolidenediones and the metabolic syndrome
Adrian Scott

Dyslipidaemia and the metabolic syndrome
Raewyn Fisher

Cochrane Corner: What's new in using blood pressure medication
Bruce Arroll

Issues

ADHD in adults
Tony Hanne

Reflections

Reflections
Peter Anyon

Journal Review Service

Journal Review Service: Continuing Medical Education from the Goodfellow Unit