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This week's Editorials

Screening for diabetic retinopathy
Bob Ryder
BMJ  1995;311:207-208
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The boundary between health care and social care
Maggie Pearson, Gerald Wistow
BMJ  1995;311:208-209
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Performance indicators for general practice
F Azeem Majeed, Simon Voss
BMJ  1995;311:209-210
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Reviewers chosen by authors
Alison Tonks
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This week's Letters

Folic acid and the prevention of neural tube defects
Jonathan Reggler
BMJ  1995;311:256
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Chapati flour should be fortified as well
Bobbie Jacobson
BMJ  1995;311:256
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Most pregnant women do not take folic acid
Geoffrey Sharpe, Gavin Young
BMJ  1995;311:256
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Preconceptional supplementation is impractical
Catherine Boon, Sally Hull
BMJ  1995;311:256
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Folate has potential to cause harm
E H Reynolds
BMJ  1995;311:257
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Evidence based medicine
David A Fitzmaurice
BMJ  1995;311:257
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Megatrials are subordinate to medical science
Bruce G Charlton
BMJ  1995;311:257
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Must be applied critically
Malcolm Griffiths
BMJ  1995;311:257
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Many questions cannot be answered by evidence based medicine
Oliver Dearlove, A Sharples, K O'Brien, C Dunkley
BMJ  1995;311:257-258
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No guidance is provided for situations for which evidence is lacking
Glenn W Jones, Stephen M Sagar
BMJ  1995;311:258
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Quality cannot always be quantified
Blair H Smith
BMJ  1995;311:258
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Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice will start publication in September
Andrew Miles
BMJ  1995;311:258-259
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Accurate references are important
A B S Mitchell
BMJ  1995;311:259
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Authors' reply
William Rosenberg, Anna Donald
BMJ  1995;311:259
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Compliance with medication among elderly people
A K Shah
BMJ  1995;311:259
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Author's reply
Catherine Lowe
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Prophylactic aspirin and peptic ulcer bleeding
Gordon R Fryers
BMJ  1995;311:259-260
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Author's reply
Michael Langman
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Treatment of childhood asthma
Liesl Osman, Sue Ross
BMJ  1995;311:260
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Mineralocorticoid effects of high dose hydrocortisone
Naveed A Sattar, Allan Gaw
BMJ  1995;311:260
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Interventions in OXCHECK study waste resources
I U Haq, W W Yeo, P R Jackson, L E Ramsay
BMJ  1995;311:260
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Assessing coronary risk
John S Yudkin
BMJ  1995;311:260-261
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Authors' reply
Steven A Grover, Ilka Lowensteyn, Katja Estrey, Lawrence Joseph, Michal Abrahamowicz, Yvonne Steinert
BMJ  1995;311:261
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Hospital security
Jeffrey Phillips, Michelle Soskin
BMJ  1995;311:261
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Handling scientific fraud
R P Husemeyer
BMJ  1995;311:261-262
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BMJ nurtures spoof publication
Tim Owen
BMJ  1995;311:262
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Clinical fraud is common
Vicky Rippere
BMJ  1995;311:262
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Prospective registration of health care research would help
Iain Chalmers, Muir Gray, Trevor Sheldon
BMJ  1995;311:262
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Serious allegations are hard to believe
R P Ryan
BMJ  1995;311:262
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Author's reply
Stephen Lock
BMJ  1995;311:262
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Osteoporosis
M Azria
BMJ  1995;311:263
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Strategies for reducing coronary risk factors in primary care
A S Wierzbicki, T M Reynolds
BMJ  1995;311:263
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Smuggling of tobacco in Europe
Clive Turner
BMJ  1995;311:263
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Measurement of bone density in osteoporosis
E M Tayler
BMJ  1995;311:263-264
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The future of fundholding
J R Wilkinson
BMJ  1995;311:264
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Rationing
P J Ayres
BMJ  1995;311:264
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Medical profession should develop consensus on health priorities via debates
Iain J Robbe
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Treatment of lupus syndromes
Andrew J Carmichael
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Author's reply
Michael L Snaith
BMJ  1995;311:264-265
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Smoking among secondary schoolchildren
Anne Charlton, David White
BMJ  1995;311:265
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Vaccinations for travellers
Guy Bally
BMJ  1995;311:265
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What happened to care?
C J Burns-Cox
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This week's News

Nicotine is addictive, rules FDA
John Roberts
BMJ  1995;311:211
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Britain's breast cancer services need overhaul
Luisa Dillner
BMJ  1995;311:211-212
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Headlines
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Woman compensated for removal of ovaries
Clare Dyer
BMJ  1995;311:212
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Gynaecologist struck off for catalogue of failures
Owen Dyer
BMJ  1995;311:213
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Consultant suspended after hundreds of errors
Claudia Court
BMJ  1995;311:213-214
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Canadian medical residents strike over fees
Peter Vaughan
BMJ  1995;311:214
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French GPs launch organ donor campaign
Alexander Dorozynski
BMJ  1995;311:214-215
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Israel brings psychiatric care in from cold
Judy Siegelitzovich
BMJ  1995;311:215
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Pressure group pleads for a healthy planet
Claudia Court
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MPs seek to control medical genetics
John Warden
BMJ  1995;311:216
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Senator's bellicosity kindles bigotry
John Roberts
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This week's Papers

Effects of London helicopter emergency medical service on survival after trauma
J P Nicholl, J E Brazier, H A Snooks
BMJ  1995;311:217-222
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Incidence of and mortality from acute upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage in the United Kingdom
T A Rockall, R F A Logan, H B Devlin, T C Northfield
BMJ  1995;311:222-226
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Relation between parasuicide, suicide, psychiatric admissions, and socioeconomic deprivation
David J Gunnell, Tim J Peters, Robert M Kammerling, Jane Brooks
BMJ  1995;311:226-230
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Changing patterns of iron deficiency anaemia in the second year of life
John A James, Gabrielle J Laing, Stuart Logan
BMJ  1995;311:230
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Extent of hepatitis B immunisation among medical and dental students
V Sivarajasingam, J Laszlo, G R Ogden
BMJ  1995;311:231
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Drug points: Hypersensitivity to retinol palmitate injection
W B Shelley, E D Shelley, N Y Talanin
BMJ  1995;311:232
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Drug points: Laryngeal oedema after isosorbide dinitrate spray and sublingual nifedipine
T Silfvast, A Kinnunen, T Varpula
BMJ  1995;311:232
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Drug points: Tinnitus and ciprofloxacin
J Paul, N M Brown
BMJ  1995;311:232
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This week's General practice

Predicting acute maxillary sinusitis in a general practice population
Jens Georg Hansen, Henrik Schmidt, Jorn Rosborg, Elisabeth Lund
BMJ  1995;311:233-236
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Videotaping of general practice consultations: effect on patient satisfaction
L Malcolm Campbell, Frank Sullivan, T Stuart Murray
BMJ  1995;311:236
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This week's Soundings

Malpractice reform
George Dunea
BMJ  1995;311:267
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Guidelines are good for you
Colin Douglas
BMJ  1995;311:267
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This week's Personal views

Drive on
Jo Alexander
BMJ  1995;311:269
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This week's Medicine and books

The Diary of a Breast
Irene M Peat
BMJ  1995;311:270
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Women and the Health Care Industry: An Unhealthy Relationship?
Mary Ann Elston
BMJ  1995;311:270-271
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Making Sense of Computers in General Practice
Mike Pringle
BMJ  1995;311:271
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Clinical Practice Guidelines 1995
Gene Feder
BMJ  1995;311:271
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This week's Education and debate

Fortnightly Review: How to ensure that guidelines are effective
Richard Thomson, Michael Lavender, Rajan Madhok
BMJ  1995;311:237-242
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How To Do It: Make an application for flexible (part time) training
Jacqueline Morrell, Angela Roberts
BMJ  1995;311:242-244
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ABC of Medical Computing: GETTING YOUR THOUGHTS ON PAPER
Nicholas Lee, Andrew Millman
BMJ  1995;311:245-249
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Lesson of the Week: Cocaine and adrenaline paste: a fatal combination?
K E A Nicholson, J E G Rogers
BMJ  1995;311:250-251
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Qualitative Research: Qualitative interviews in medical research
Nicky Britten
BMJ  1995;311:251-253
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This week's Minerva

Minerva
BMJ  1995;311:272
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This week's Fillers

A MEMORABLE PATIENT
John Barlow
BMJ  1995;311:249
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This week's Corrections

Correction
BMJ  1995;311:265
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This week's MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

Messages in the dust
Lynne Low
BMJ  1995;311:268
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It makes your hair curl
Caroline White
BMJ  1995;311:268-269
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This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Minister urges reduction in juniors' working hours • BMA says rabies rules should stay • All career registrars will transfer to specialist registrar grade • Community care is blocking beds, doctors say
Linda Beecham
BMJ  1995;311:266
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This week's RETRACTION

Retraction of article
BMJ  1995;311:231
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