Issue 8: July 2008

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Table of Contents

Editorial
Editorial

Letters to the editor

Academic Review Articles
Alzheimer’s disease: Vaccination strategies using antibodies against ß-amyloid plaques - a cure? Aaron Ooi

How effective is the Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine? 
Anna Brownson

Choreoathetosis in a patient with diabetes mellitus
Bodhi Wimalasena

Characterisation of ecto-5’-Nucleotidase (CD73) and nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase-8 (NTPDase8) expression in rat cochlea Son T. Pham

Features
Alternative medicine: Not so alternative Kylie Keen

A rural guinea pig: My perspective on the 2007 rural medical immersion programme Rachel Lynskey

Education and training for rural health Pat Farry

Learning medicine at the bedside Participation in clinical research in a rural community;
reflections of medical students’ learning experience Michael Lee et al

The Pukawakawa story
Auckland School of Medicines Northland Regional - Rural Medical Programme
Associate Professor Warwick Bagg

Rural in the south - a student perspective Philip Daniel

Rural in the north - a student perspective Hannah Giles

New Zealand rural general practice network conference 2008: “Working Together,
Doing It Better” Emily Rainsford

The Rhodes Scholarship: One junior doctor’s journey 
Sophie Parker

AMSA conference report. The inaugural exposition celebrating student research
Annie Jo and Simon Fu

Reviews
Book review Kirollos Kamel