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A suite of dedicated pre-clinical surgical workshops provided to medical students at Bond University was perceived by the students as beneficial in enhancing their preparation for the off-campus surgical rotation and wider hospital experience. This is an important finding, as previous studies have indicated that medical students often feel underprepared for the surgical rotation.

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Dr. Casimir Funk, the “father of the vitamin”, initiated substantial advances in the world of nutrients beginning in 1912, and anticipated many other findings in biochemistry, leading to the establishment of the vitamin industry. Funk’s legacy was the assertion that vitamins are inherent in food, and that have a single action that is relevant to a specific disease.

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Patient decision aids (PDAs) help to support patients in making an informed and value-based decision. Despite advancement in decision support technologies over the past 30 years, most PDAs are still inaccessible and few address individual needs. Health innovation may provide a solution to bridge these gaps.

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Nepal has an organised pharmacovigilance system which incorporates adverse drug reaction (ADRs) from hospitals and tertiary care centres but not from the community. Involvement of pharmacists in community pharmacy will help in ADR reporting and, monitoring at community level and will help in promoting medication safety in the community.

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The authors report a case of acute post-traumatic endophthalmitis following a penetrating injury caused by an unusual organism, Brevibacterium casei.

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The authors report a five-year-old child with massive pleural effusion and empyema secondary to Mycoplasma pneumonia infection. This rare source of infection should be considered in young patients where resolution of symptoms from pneumonia is delayed.

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Authors describe a case of a woman with genetically confirmed Lamin C deficiency with preserved left ventricular function in whom an implantable defibrillator was inserted and within a month of implantation was used to terminate symptomatic ventricular tachycardia.

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A 70 year old female presented with a history suggestive of right-sided heart failure of two months duration. There was no eosinophilia. Chest X-ray showed cardiomegaly. Echocardiogram showed dilated right atrium and obliteration of the apex of the right ventricle. A diagnosis of Right ventricular Endomyocardial fibrosis was made. She was treated with diuretics and anticoagulants and she improved.

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Although sepsis is one of the major ailments in neonates, atypical presentations of neonatal sepsis in Down’s syndrome patients are underreported. Authors highlight the atypical presentation of Klebsiella sepsis and the importance of early antibiogram in such cases.

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Global Tuberculosis Report 2012

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