Comparative Analysis of Women With Notable Subjective Health Indicators Compared With Participants in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health: Cross-Sectional Survey.

Background: At least six communities with unusually good health and longevity have been identified, but their lifestyles aren't adopted widely. Informal evidence suggests that women associated with Universal Medicine (UM), a complementary medicine health care organization in Eastern Australia and the United Kingdom with normal lifestyles, also have several unusual health indicators.

Objective: Our objective was to determine how UM participants compared with women in the Australian population at large on a variety of health indicators.

A Group of 500 Women Whose Health May Depart Notably From the Norm: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Survey.

Background: Longitudinal studies of women's health often seek to identify predictors of good health. Research has shown that following simple guidelines can halve women's mortality. The ongoing Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health (ALSWH) shows that Australian women are getting better at reducing their smoking and alcohol use, and are generally diligent about attending recommended health screenings, but are becoming less successful at dealing with obesity.

Ampicillin dosage and use of prednisolone in treatment of pneumonia: co-operative controlled trial.

A controlled trial was carried out to investigate whether the rate of recovery from pneumonia treated with ampicillin is dose related. Sixty-three patients received 1 g ampicillin daily and 63 received 2 g ampicillin daily for seven or 14 days depending on the rate of response. Twenty patients in each of these groups received, in addition, 20 mg prednisolone daily for seven days.