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To assess and compare the prevalence of established risk markers for ischaemic heart disease in a sample of Asian and non-Asian men and to relate these observations to preventive strategies.

The objective of the study was to determine practical issues associated with rapid intravenous infusion delivery of volumes up to 100 ml. The study was of an open, randomized, three-way crossover design, and was conducted in 20 healthy volunteers. Each subject was to receive manually delivered infusions of 30, 60 and 100 ml of 0.9% saline solution, with a minimum interval of 30 min between infusions. The infusate was delivered manually using a variety of syringe sizes, and with a target delivery time of 1 min. Resistance determined the rate of manual delivery

Mycoplasma genitaliumis frequently associated with urogenital and rectal infections, with the number of cases of macrolide-resistant and quinolone-resistant M. genitaliuminfection continuing to increase. In this study, we examined the levels of resistance to these two common antibiotic treatments in geographically distinct locations in Queensland, Australia.