Depression and the menopause
	Myra S Hunter
	BMJ  1996;313:1217-1218 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Pet birds and lung cancer
	John Britton, Sarah Lewis
	BMJ  1996;313:1218-1219 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Non-compliance with oral chemotherapy in childhood leukaemia
	J S Lilleyman, L Lennard
	BMJ  1996;313:1219-1220 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Prehospital emergency care
	Matthew Cooke, Tim Hodgetts, Richard Smith
	BMJ  1996;313:1220-1221 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	A SHOT in the arm for safer blood transfusion
	Lorna M Williamson, Julia Heptonstall, Kate Soldan
	BMJ  1996;313:1221-1222 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Dietary fat and risk of coronary heart disease in men
	Nicolai Worm
	BMJ  1996;313:1258 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Study gives clear message about diet
	Tim Hardman
	BMJ  1996;313:1258 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Population studied was peculiarly healthy and preoccupied with health
	J Munby, D F Weetman
	BMJ  1996;313:1258-1259 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Relative risks should not have been adjusted for body mass index
	Arne Astrup
	BMJ  1996;313:1259 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Authors' reply
	Alberto Ascherio, Eric B Rimm, Walter C Willett
	BMJ  1996;313:1259 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Healthy sexual lifestyle should be emphasised when negative results of HIV tests are given
	Eric Curless
	BMJ  1996;313:1259 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Evidence for the risk of calcium channel blockers in hypertension was selective
	Fahmy W F Hanna, John R Peters, J Alan Rees
	BMJ  1996;313:1259-1260 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Study in London confirms influence of ethnic group on treatment for asthma
	Patricia Sturdy, Jeannette Nash, Yvonne Carter, Chris Griffiths
	BMJ  1996;313:1260 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Schistosomiasis in travellers returning from sub-Saharan Africa
	P Jordan, G Webbe
	BMJ  1996;313:1260 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Authors' reply
	S G Wright, P L Chiodini
	BMJ  1996;313:1260-1261 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Should insurance companies have access to patients' medical records?
	Anisur Rahman
	BMJ  1996;313:1261 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Onus should be on insured person to disclose information
	Kamal R Bishai
	BMJ  1996;313:1261 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Prejudicial records may be destroyed by GP
	M Warrick
	BMJ  1996;313:1261 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	GPs' records may have little diagnostic validity
	Sydney Brandon
	BMJ  1996;313:1261 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Insurance practice inhibits GPs exploring the sexual behaviour of patients
	Paul Thornton
	BMJ  1996;313:1261-1262 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Treatment with clozapine
	Nigel Fisher, Barbara Baigent
	BMJ  1996;313:1262 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Reply from Clozaril Patient Monitoring Service
	D P O'Sullivan, K P Lynch
	BMJ  1996;313:1262 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Physical therapy has little effect on acute low back pain
	Joop Brussen
	BMJ  1996;313:1262-1263 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Use of interferon beta 1b for multiple sclerosis
	Miriam Chellingsworth
	BMJ  1996;313:1263 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Manufacturer defends the drug
	P N Longthorne
	BMJ  1996;313:1263 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Importance of relapses must not be underestimated
	Peter Cardy
	BMJ  1996;313:1263 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Practice in endoscopic cholangiopancreatography in Denmark differs from that in Britain
	John Mansfield, Richard Charnley
	BMJ  1996;313:1263-1264 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Danish data confirm low prevalence of HRT among women prescribed oral corticosteroids
	Charlotte Olesen, Henrik Toft Sorensen, Flemming Hald Steffensen, Gunnar Lauge Nielsen, Jorn Olsen
	BMJ  1996;313:1264 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Investigation is needed into why some patients are not offered cardiac rehabilitation
	Darren Greenwood, Christopher Packham, Kenneth Muir, Richard Madeley
	BMJ  1996;313:1264 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	People will be able to surf across languages for health data on the Internet
	Akira Sekikawa, Ingrid Libman, Lucia Iochida, Ronald E Laporte, Eugene Boostrom
	BMJ  1996;313:1264-1265 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Pancreatitis may occur with a normal amylase concentration in hypertriglyceridaemia
	Pankaj Sharma, Sharon Lim, David James, Robin T Orchard, Morag Horne, Carl A Seymour
	BMJ  1996;313:1265 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Getting a mummy's consent
	C J Meux, G Stegen
	BMJ  1996;313:1265 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	... or was in hieroglyphics
	A Edwards
	BMJ  1996;313:1265 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Persistence sometimes pays off
	Andrew Murphy
	BMJ  1996;313:1265 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	A dead man can't argue
	Jackie Walton
	BMJ  1996;313:1265 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

News

This week's News

	New US rules could overturn Nuremberg Code
	Debbie Josefson
	BMJ  1996;313:1223 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Agreement near on use of human genetic information
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1996;313:1223 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	In Brief
	BMJ  1996;313:1224 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Two more US states approve of cannabis
	Norra Macready
	BMJ  1996;313:1224 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	France votes for health reform
	Alexander Dorozynski
	BMJ  1996;313:1224 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Guidelines tackle tidal wave of obesity
	Hilary Bower
	BMJ  1996;313:1225 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	New ambitions for the NHS
	John Warden
	BMJ  1996;313:1225 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Smoking link to breast cancer refuted
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  1996;313:1226 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	London hospital criticised for isolation facilities
	Martyn Halle
	BMJ  1996;313:1226 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	UK specialists to be allowed to advertise
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  1996;313:1226-1227 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Radiation may prevent restenosis
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  1996;313:1227 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	PHLS fights privatisation
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  1996;313:1227 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Multiple sclerosis linked with trauma in court case
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  1996;313:1228 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	EU confronts tobacco policy contradictions
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  1996;313:1228 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Causality, menopause, and depression: a critical review of the literature
	Louise Nicol-Smith
	BMJ  1996;313:1229-1232 [Abstract] [Full text] [extra: Full reference list] FREE

	Avian exposure and risk of lung cancer in women in Missouri: population based case-control study
	Michael Cr Alavanja, Ross C Brownson, Eric Berger, Jay Lubin, Cecilia Modigh
	BMJ  1996;313:1233-1235 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Pet birds and risk of lung cancer in Sweden: a case-control study
	Cecilia Modigh, Gosta Axelsson, Michael Alavanja, Lars Andersson, Ragnar Rylander
	BMJ  1996;313:1236-1238 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Reducing accident death rates in children and young adults: the contribution of hospital care
	Ian Roberts, Fiona Campbell, Sally Hollis, David Yates
	BMJ  1996;313:1239-1241 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Incidence and recall of influenza in a cohort of Glasgow healthcare workers during the 1993-4 epidemic: results of serum testing and questionnaire
	Alexander G Elder, Barbara O'Donnell, Elizabeth A B McCruden, Ian S Symington, William F Carman
	BMJ  1996;313:1241-1242 [Full text] FREE

	Are British hospitals ready for the next major incident? Analysis of hospital major incident plans
	Simon Carley, Kevin Mackway-Jones
	BMJ  1996;313:1242-1243 [Full text] FREE

	Blood pressure and mortality in healthy old people: the r shaped curve
	John M Starr, Susan Inch, Susan Cross, Ian J Deary, William J MacLennan
	BMJ  1996;313:1243-1244 [Full text] FREE

	Waiting times for and attendance at paediatric ophthalmology outpatient appointments..
	R J C Bowman, H G B Bennett, C A Houston, T C Aitchison, G N Dutton
	BMJ  1996;313:1244 [Full text] FREE

General practice

This week's General practice

	Pharmaceutical trials in general practice: the first 100 protocols. An audit by the clinical research ethics committee of the Royal College of General Practitioners
	Peter Wise, Michael Drury
	BMJ  1996;313:1245-1248 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Worth the agony
	Bernard Dixon
	BMJ  1996;313:1267 [Full text] FREE

	The real obscenities
	Ian Robertson
	BMJ  1996;313:1267 [Full text] FREE

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Clinicians must lead
	Norman Browse
	BMJ  1996;313:1268 [Full text] FREE

	The chartered patient and the damaged doctor
	Stephen Eisenstein
	BMJ  1996;313:1268-1269 [Full text] FREE

	A JOURNAL THAT CHANGED MY PRACTICE
	Steinar Westin
	BMJ  1996;313:1269 [Full text] FREE

Medicine and books

This week's Medicine and books

	Medical Records in Practice: Guidance for General Practitioners
	Philip Heywood
	BMJ  1996;313:1270 [Full text] FREE

	Medical Informatics
	Roderick Neame
	BMJ  1996;313:1270 [Full text] FREE

	Mind, Meaning and Mental Disorder: The Nature of Causal Explanation in Psychology and Psychiatry
	Sean Spence
	BMJ  1996;313:1271 [Full text] FREE

	Selection
	Alex Paton
	BMJ  1996;313:1271 [Full text] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	An Ethical Dilemma: A nurse is suspended
	John M Kellett
	BMJ  1996;313:1249-1250 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	An Ethical Dilemma: Commentary: Treatment was not unethical
	David Griffith, Alison Bell
	BMJ  1996;313:1250 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	An Ethical Dilemma: Commentary: Disciplinary processes should not be used to solve ethical problems
	Jackie Short, Gwen Adshead
	BMJ  1996;313:1251 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Informed choice for users of health services: views on ultrasonography leaflets of women in early pregnancy, midwives, and ultrasonographers
	S Oliver, L Rajan, H Turner, A Oakley, V Entwistle, I Watt, T A Sheldon, J Rosser
	BMJ  1996;313:1251-1253 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Commentary: Evidence based information for women is important
	Mary Newburn, Meg Gready
	BMJ  1996;313:1253-1254 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Commentary: Evidence based practice and antenatal ultrasonography--the need for more studies
	Paul Chamberlain, P A Boyd
	BMJ  1996;313:1254-1255 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Lesson of the Week: Who spots the spots? Diagnosis and treatment of early meningococcal disease in children
	F Andrew I Riordan, Alistair P J Thomson, John A Sills, C Anthony Hart
	BMJ  1996;313:1255-1256 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1996;313:1272 [Full text] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	A doctor, a patient, and a consultation
	Frances Carter
	BMJ  1996;313:1248 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Career focus

This week's Career focus

	Occupational medicine
	David Coggon
	BMJ  1996;313:2 [Full text] FREE

	Briefing: The demise of the regional health authorities had left public ...
	BMJ  1996;313:3 [Full text] FREE

	Briefing: Shift working has been an increasingly common consequence of the ...
	BMJ  1996;313:3a [Full text] FREE

	Briefing: Finding and citing articles on this page is now easier ...
	BMJ  1996;313:3b [Full text] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Editor's choice
	BMJ  1996;313 [Full text] FREE

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	GPs must continue to provide some non-core services • NHS trusts could save (pounds sterling)150m by improving supplies management • Level of provision for long term care must be defined • GMC advises doctors on intimate examinations • GMC wants to improve reporting of conduct cases • Open information is a closed book
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  1996;313:1266 [Full text] FREE

Career focus

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