08 February 1997 (Vol 314, Issue 7078)

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This Week In the BMJ

Neonatal complications increase the risk of cerebral palsy in very preterm babies

BMJ 1997;314:0.3 (Published 8 February 1997)

Designer drinks are associated with loss of control in teenagers

BMJ 1997;314:0.5 (Published 8 February 1997)

Short term survival after diagnosis of AIDS has improved

BMJ 1997;314:0.4 (Published 8 February 1997)

Simple self administered test detects hazardous drinking

BMJ 1997;314:0.6 (Published 8 February 1997)

Not all childhood seizures develop into progressive disease

BMJ 1997;314:0.2 (Published 8 February 1997)

Editorials

Dietary selenium: time to actIntakes and blood levels falling

BMJ 1997;314:387 (Published 8 February 1997)

Introducing the postoperative care team

BMJ 1997;314:389 (Published 8 February 1997)

Erasing the global divide in health research

BMJ 1997;314:390 (Published 8 February 1997)

Epilepsy: a progressive disease?

BMJ 1997;314:391 (Published 8 February 1997)

Children in cars

BMJ 1997;314:392 (Published 8 February 1997)

Letters

The BMJ's Nuremberg issue

BMJ 1997;314:439 (Published 8 February 1997)

Access to computed tomography in British accident and emergency departments

BMJ 1997;314:440 (Published 8 February 1997)

Who should talk to patients with cancer about genetics?

BMJ 1997;314:441.1 (Published 8 February 1997)

Registering a fetus papyraceus

BMJ 1997;314:441.2 (Published 8 February 1997)

Purchasers should require providers to set standards for pain relief

BMJ 1997;314:442.1 (Published 8 February 1997)

Diagnosing death

BMJ 1997;314:442.2 (Published 8 February 1997)

Office for National Statistics neither conceals nor puts spin on statistics

BMJ 1997;314:443.1 (Published 8 February 1997)

Moderate alcohol consumption has been shown previously to improve insulin sensitivity in men

BMJ 1997;314:443.2 (Published 8 February 1997)

CS gas has been used as chemical restraint in mentally ill person

BMJ 1997;314:444.1 (Published 8 February 1997)

Paramedic skills

BMJ 1997;314:444.2 (Published 8 February 1997)

Meta-analysis of risk of gastrointestinal complications with NSAIDs

BMJ 1997;314:445 (Published 8 February 1997)

Self administered tampons can be used to diagnose sexually transmitted diseases

BMJ 1997;314:446.1 (Published 8 February 1997)

Sailing makes use of tobacco sponsorship

BMJ 1997;314:446.2 (Published 8 February 1997)

News

Doctors complain about treatment of asylum seekers in Britain

BMJ 1997;314:393.1 (Published 8 February 1997)

Shackling of prisoners denounced

BMJ 1997;314:393.2 (Published 8 February 1997)

In brief

BMJ 1997;314:393.3 (Published 8 February 1997)

Changes to mental health care proposed

BMJ 1997;314:393.4 (Published 8 February 1997)

FDA claims legal basis for tobacco control

BMJ 1997;314:393.5 (Published 8 February 1997)

Confusion reigns over official health statistics

BMJ 1997;314:393.6 (Published 8 February 1997)

Government proposes food safety adviser

BMJ 1997;314:393.7 (Published 8 February 1997)

South African court rules against rationing decision

BMJ 1997;314:393.8 (Published 8 February 1997)

US recommends screening for colon cancer

BMJ 1997;314:393.9 (Published 8 February 1997)

Sickle cell disease is poorly managed

BMJ 1997;314:393.10 (Published 8 February 1997)

Italians ban Hib vaccine in BSE scare

BMJ 1997;314:393.11 (Published 8 February 1997)

Evidence supports earlier use of intravenous salbutamol

BMJ 1997;314:393.12 (Published 8 February 1997)

France to investigate leukaemia near nuclear plant

BMJ 1997;314:393.13 (Published 8 February 1997)

Care of Dutch mentally ill prisoners criticised

BMJ 1997;314:393.14 (Published 8 February 1997)

France plans compulsory treatment of sex offenders

BMJ 1997;314:393.15 (Published 8 February 1997)

PHLS will not be privatised

BMJ 1997;314:393.16 (Published 8 February 1997)

US doctors urged to treat stroke fast

BMJ 1997;314:393.17 (Published 8 February 1997)

Patients go hungry in British hospitals

BMJ 1997;314:393.18 (Published 8 February 1997)

The need for independent statistics

BMJ 1997;314:393.19 (Published 8 February 1997)

Focus: Sydney – Aboriginal housing: abandon hope all ye who enter

BMJ 1997;314:393.20 (Published 8 February 1997)

Clinical Reviews

Fortnightly review : the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

BMJ 1997;314:425 (Published 8 February 1997)

ABC of clinical haematology: Macrocytic anaemias

BMJ 1997;314:430 (Published 8 February 1997)

Lesson of the week: microbial keratitis in intensive care

BMJ 1997;314:433 (Published 8 February 1997)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1997;314:452 (Published 8 February 1997)

Medicine and books

January bestsellers: BMJ Bookshop

BMJ 1997;314:0.10 (Published 8 February 1997)

Handbook of Stress, Medicine and Health

BMJ 1997;314:451.1 (Published 8 February 1997)

If You Came this Way

BMJ 1997;314:451.2 (Published 8 February 1997)

Editor's Choice

Learning about alcohol and from Nuremberg

BMJ 1997;314:0.1 (Published 8 February 1997)

Papers

Clinical course of untreated tonic-clonic seizures in childhood: prospective, hospital based study

BMJ 1997;314:401 (Published 8 February 1997)

Neonatal risk factors for cerebral palsy in very preterm babies: case-control study

BMJ 1997;314:404 (Published 8 February 1997)

Survival after diagnosis of AIDS: a prospective observational study of 2625 patients

BMJ 1997;314:409 (Published 8 February 1997)

Young people, alcohol, and designer drinks: quantitative and qualitative study

BMJ 1997;314:414 (Published 8 February 1997)

Impotence after sclerotherapy of haemorrhoids: case reports

BMJ 1997;314:419 (Published 8 February 1997)

General practice

Efficacy of the alcohol use disorders identification test as a screening tool for hazardous alcohol intake and related disorders in primary care: a validity study

BMJ 1997;314:420 (Published 8 February 1997)

Education and debate

Personal paper: the scapegoating of a consultant orthopaedic surgeon

BMJ 1997;314:435 (Published 8 February 1997)

Primary care: opportunities and threats: what the changes mean

BMJ 1997;314:436 (Published 8 February 1997)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

GPs' leaders have “constructive” talks on primary care billTaking forward the new deal on junior doctors' hoursGovernment launches £32m nursing campaignTrusts consulted on new NHS organisationTaxpayers will not pay for doctors' remedial training

BMJ 1997;314:448 (Published 8 February 1997)

Personal Views

First blood and second thoughts

BMJ 1997;314:449.1 (Published 8 February 1997)

I don't have prizes or publications

BMJ 1997;314:449.2 (Published 8 February 1997)

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

Miracle AIDS cure hits the South African press

BMJ 1997;314:450 (Published 8 February 1997)

Career focus

Retiring with ease

BMJ 1997;314:S2-7078 (Published 8 February 1997)

Briefing

BMJ 1997;314:S3-7078 (Published 8 February 1997)

Fillers

One hundred years ago: Found drunk

BMJ 1997;314:0.7 (Published 8 February 1997)

A trip to Halkyn Mountain

BMJ 1997;314:0.9 (Published 8 February 1997)

One hundred years ago: Hospitals at Christmas time

BMJ 1997;314:0.8 (Published 8 February 1997)

Obituary

Ian MunroGeoffrey MatthewsPeter William PriceConstance Dix (“Dixie”) RobertsPeter James Roylance

BMJ 1997;314:447 (Published 8 February 1997)