Mechanisms underlying chronic back pain
	M I V Jayson
	BMJ  1994;309:681-682 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Preventing blindness worldwide
	A R Potter
	BMJ  1994;309:682-683 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Acronymophilia
	T O Cheng
	BMJ  1994;309:683-684 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	The MONICA project comes of age
	R Bonita
	BMJ  1994;309:684-685 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	How to lose the fight against AIDS among gay men
	R Stall
	BMJ  1994;309:685-686 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Global public health and the information superhighway Epidemiologists are using the internet
	M White, T Ostbye, M Smith, R Jones, S Kinn, J Sarangi, G Evans, R E LaPorte, S Akazawa, E Boostrom, M Campos, T Gamboa, R Gooch, H Lee, I Libman, E Marler, K Roko, F Sauer, N Tajima, W Wiebe
	BMJ  1994;309:736-737 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Necrotising fasciitis Use of skin flaps needs experience
	N Mercer, H Cox
	BMJ  1994;309:737-738 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Controlling the NHS drugs budget Recommendations may not help
	C M Harris, I W Marshall, J Gaffin
	BMJ  1994;309:738 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Low dose thiazide diuretic Is not available for prescribing
	A Fraser, D J Webb, N Poulter, P Sever, L Chang, P M Bell
	BMJ  1994;309:738-739 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	NHS reforms A conspiracy exists
	J T Hart, P Draper
	BMJ  1994;309:739 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Deterioration of the NHS
	R Bosanquet
	BMJ  1994;309:739-740 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Topical steroids for ocular disease
	N Rowson
	BMJ  1994;309:740 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Over the counter sales of steroid cream and ointment
	M Wilcock
	BMJ  1994;309:740 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Increasing the accessibility of data
	C J Kalman
	BMJ  1994;309:740 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Towards a knowledge based health service May lead to more red tape
	B G Charlton, K Perrett, P Silcocks, R A Dixon, J Munro
	BMJ  1994;309:740-741 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Methods of assessing medical treatments
	A Fontaine, P Durieux
	BMJ  1994;309:741 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Conducting clinical research in the new NHS
	E Rous
	BMJ  1994;309:741 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Thalidomide may not be a mutagen
	M Kida
	BMJ  1994;309:741 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Education and training for general practice Royal college lacks necessary mandate
	B D Keighley, B D M Williams, D P Gray
	BMJ  1994;309:741-742 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Emergency transport for neonates after home deliveries
	C Sullivan, A Leslie, T Stephenson
	BMJ  1994;309:742 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Long term use of hypnotics and anxiolytics May not result in increased tolerance
	K E Logan, S M Lawrie, M King
	BMJ  1994;309:742-743 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Enterovirus hypothesis for motor neurone disease
	N R Swanson, S A Fox, F L Mastaglia
	BMJ  1994;309:743 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Decompression sickness Role of patent foramen ovale is limited
	S Cross, K Jennings, L Thomson, J J W Sykes
	BMJ  1994;309:743-744 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Management of cervical dyskaryosis
	W P Soutter
	BMJ  1994;309:744 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Summary boxes in papers must be accurate
	D P B Miles
	BMJ  1994;309:744 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Airline's magazine promotes tobacco products
	M White
	BMJ  1994;309:744 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Osler, not George Bernard Shaw
	A Wright
	BMJ  1994;309:744 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

News

This week's News

	Population conference finalises action plan
	M Gulens
	BMJ  1994;309:687 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Antiabortion laws take hold in US
	J Roberts
	BMJ  1994;309:687-688 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	NHS research needs separate funds, says task force
	L Dillner
	BMJ  1994;309:688 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	No confidence votes unsettle NHS trusts
	C Court
	BMJ  1994;309:689 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Dutch insurer ordered to fund Belgian transplant
	T Sheldon
	BMJ  1994;309:689-690 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Drug company settles over antibiotic claim
	F B Charatan
	BMJ  1994;309:690 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Focus: Brussels: Public health: is high profile the best profile?
	R Watson
	BMJ  1994;309:690 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Progressive loss of bone in the femoral neck in elderly people: longitudinal findings from the Dubbo osteoporosis epidemiology study
	G Jones, T Nguyen, P Sambrook, P J Kelly, J A Eisman
	BMJ  1994;309:691-695 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Population study of tender point counts and pain as evidence of fibromyalgia
	P Croft, J Schollum, A Silman
	BMJ  1994;309:696-699 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Childhood antecedents of schizophrenia and affective illness: social adjustment at ages 7 and 11
	D J Done, T J Crow, E C Johnstone, A Sacker
	BMJ  1994;309:699-703 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Evaluation of government's compaign to reduce risk of cot death
	C M H Hiley, C Morley
	BMJ  1994;309:703-704 [Full text] FREE

General practice

This week's General practice

	Evaluating care of patients reporting pain in fundholding practices
	J G R Howie, D J Heaney, M Maxwell
	BMJ  1994;309:705-710 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Fortnightly Review: The therapeutic use of bisphosphonates
	J E Compston
	BMJ  1994;309:711-715 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Controversies in Management: Urologists must grasp the future
	R S Kirby
	BMJ  1994;309:716-717 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Controversies in Management: Alternatives are still unproved
	M C Bishop
	BMJ  1994;309:717-718 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Systematic Reviews: Some examples
	P Knipschild
	BMJ  1994;309:719-721 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	ABC of Breast Diseases : Symptoms Assessment and Guidelines for Referral
	J M Dixon, R E Mansel
	BMJ  1994;309:722-726 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Interpreting the results of observational research: chance is not such a fine thing
	P Brennan, P Croft
	BMJ  1994;309:727-730 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Some observations on attempts to measure appropriateness of care
	N R Hicks
	BMJ  1994;309:730-733 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

VIEWS AND REVIEWS

This week's VIEWS AND REVIEWS

	In praise of disagreeable news
	G Dunea
	BMJ  1994;309:745 [Full text] FREE

	Telecommunications
	J Hollis-Triantafillou
	BMJ  1994;309:745 [Full text] FREE

	Good news - or not?
	P Cardy, C Hall
	BMJ  1994;309:746-747 [Full text] FREE

	Who cares for those who care?
	P Thomas
	BMJ  1994;309:747 [Full text] FREE

	A.D.A.M. (Animated Dissection of Anatomy for Medicine). CD-ROM program
	F Kristmundsdottir
	BMJ  1994;309:748 [Full text] FREE

	World Summit on Medical Education: The Changing Medical Profession (Medical Education, 28, Suppl 1)
	Z-J Playdon
	BMJ  1994;309:749 [Full text] FREE

	Consensus in Clinical Nutrition
	D J A Jenkins
	BMJ  1994;309:749 [Full text] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1994;309:750 [Full text] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: Active management of labour: current knowledge and research issues
	BMJ  1994;309:704 [Full text] FREE

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