AMJ

Nicholas Lee, CEO and founder of the Jodi Lee Foundation, the AMJ's adopted charity for 2012, presents on the work of the foundation.

The process of manuscript review is a central part of scientific publishing, but has become increasingly the subject of criticism, particularly for being difficult to manage, slow, and time consuming – all of which contribute to delaying publication. This study provides potential constructive strategies to reduce time spent on the review process without sacrificing journal quality.

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Leadership plays a crucial role in many professions, especially in challenging positions such as emergency medical service jobs. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between managers’ leadership styles and emergency medical technicians’ job satisfaction.

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This discussion paper seeks to situate the reader in a world where elite level sports and CAM intersects. It posits that an understanding of the underlying motivation for CAM use and doping is currently lacking and that anti-doping rules need to be repositioned in the context of the emerging phenomenon and prevalence of CAM use.

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Radiotherapy is an effective treatment for head and neck cancers but patients often experience side effects which lead to weight loss. Nutrition intervention in the form of counselling or oral nutrition support (ONS) is frequently needed for these patients. This study identified the need for early dietetic intervention for high nutritional risk groups of head and neck cancer patients to prevent significant weight loss.

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This case report reports the CT findings of duodenal ulcer perforation in a patient with an abscess formed in the anterior abdominal wall, and highlight the importance of CT use in the detection and diagnosis of GI tract perforation.

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Medicon is the annual research conference of The Forum for Medical Students's Research, India. The tripartite focus of the congress is to provide a platform for undergraduate medical students to present their research projects; to promote peer interaction and networking and to provide introductory training modules to the participants. It is held on an annual rotatory basis, such that each year a different medical college in India acts as the host, thereby giving medical students from across the country a chance to attend it at least once.  This year the conference was hosted by Grant Medical College, Mumbai, one of the oldest medical colleges in India. Following is a short report of the Conference and the abstracts of all the papers presented at the conference.

In this letter to the editor, the author comments on a recent case study titled 'Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus versicolor in a patient on mechanical ventilation' by Charles MVP et al. in our November, 2011 issue.

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Access to medicines remains a major problem for people living in developing nations. A variety of factors, such as medicines not being available or licensed for distribution in a particular country, logistic difficulties and difficult terrain, limit access but the high cost of medicines is becoming an important factor restricting access in poor nations. In this booklet Médecins Sans Frontières briefly describe 10 stories that in the year 2011 had either a positive or a negative impact on access to medicines in developing countries.

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