29 August 1998 (Vol 317, Issue 7158)

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Editor's Choice

All this sewering and watering

BMJ 1998;317:0.2 (Published 29 August 1998)

News

Carcinogen in tobacco smoke can be passed to fetus

BMJ 1998;317:555.1 (Published 29 August 1998)

“Millennium bug” is threat to patients

BMJ 1998;317:555.2 (Published 29 August 1998)

In brief

BMJ 1998;317:556.1 (Published 29 August 1998)

HRT may not protect against further heart attacks

BMJ 1998;317:556.2 (Published 29 August 1998)

Israel appoints supreme committee on drugs

BMJ 1998;317:556.3 (Published 29 August 1998)

Tuberculosis controls in Philippines have failed so far

BMJ 1998;317:557.1 (Published 29 August 1998)

Doctors protest against South Africa's registration system

BMJ 1998;317:557.2 (Published 29 August 1998)

β Blockers should be used more widely after myocardial infarction

BMJ 1998;317:558.1 (Published 29 August 1998)

Moves to end cervical screening failures in England

BMJ 1998;317:558.2 (Published 29 August 1998)

Stress disorder is common among prostitutes

BMJ 1998;317:558.3 (Published 29 August 1998)

Editorials

The Public Health Act of 1848

BMJ 1998;317:549 (Published 29 August 1998)

From public health to the health of the public

BMJ 1998;317:550 (Published 29 August 1998)

Providing spectacles in developing countries

BMJ 1998;317:551 (Published 29 August 1998)

Community care for elderly people

BMJ 1998;317:552 (Published 29 August 1998)

The end of triglycerides in cardiovascular risk assessment?

BMJ 1998;317:553 (Published 29 August 1998)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Breast cancer screening: false positive rate is lower in older women

BMJ 1998;317:599.1 (Published 29 August 1998)

Treating chronic fatigue with exercise

BMJ 1998;317:599.2 (Published 29 August 1998)

Adult onset idiopathic hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism may be overdiagnosed

BMJ 1998;317:600 (Published 29 August 1998)

Ultrasound treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome

BMJ 1998;317:601.1 (Published 29 August 1998)

Variations in population health status

BMJ 1998;317:601.2 (Published 29 August 1998)

Letters - continued

Improving pay and working conditions is better than merely rewarding healthcare teams

BMJ 1998;317:602.1 (Published 29 August 1998)

Extra cost of subcutaneous apomorphine would pay for personal nurses

BMJ 1998;317:602.2 (Published 29 August 1998)

Pain is not the only feature of heart attack

BMJ 1998;317:602.3 (Published 29 August 1998)

Training in advanced trauma life support is unnecessary for all senior house officers in accident and emergency

BMJ 1998;317:603.1 (Published 29 August 1998)

Survey of medical students' overdrafts

BMJ 1998;317:603.2 (Published 29 August 1998)

Under half of psychiatrists tell patients their diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

BMJ 1998;317:603.3 (Published 29 August 1998)

Discrepancies exist between general practitioners' clinical work and a guidelines implementation programme

BMJ 1998;317:604.1 (Published 29 August 1998)

Repeat whole cell vaccinations should be avoided after hypotonic-hyporesponsive episodes

BMJ 1998;317:604.2 (Published 29 August 1998)

Clinical Review

Public health

BMJ 1998;317:584.1 (Published 29 August 1998)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1998;317:608 (Published 29 August 1998)

Fillers

Alternative definitions

BMJ 1998;317:583.2 (Published 29 August 1998)

Dragooning a medical congress

BMJ 1998;317:584.2 (Published 29 August 1998)

This Week In the BMJ

White coat hypertension is associated with risk of left ventricular hypertrophy

BMJ 1998;317:0.4 (Published 29 August 1998)

Screening for colorectal cancer with faecal occult blood test is effective

BMJ 1998;317:0.3 (Published 29 August 1998)

Health visitors can manage failure to thrive

BMJ 1998;317:0.5 (Published 29 August 1998)

Revolutionary implications of the 1848 Public Health Act

BMJ 1998;317:0.7 (Published 29 August 1998)

GPs can provide thrombolysis faster than hospitals

BMJ 1998;317:0.6 (Published 29 August 1998)

Article

BMA Notice

BMJ 1998;317:0.8 (Published 29 August 1998)

Editor's Choice [GP]

All this sewering and watering

BMJ 1998;317:0.1 (Published 29 August 1998)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Records mix up causes unnecessary sterilisation

BMJ 1998;317:558.4 (Published 29 August 1998)

Medicine may become “domain of the privileged”

BMJ 1998;317:558.5 (Published 29 August 1998)

Papers

A systematic review of the effects of screening for colorectal cancer using the faecal occult blood test, Hemoccult

BMJ 1998;317:559 (Published 29 August 1998)

Changes in left ventricular structure and function in patients with white coat hypertension: cross sectional survey

BMJ 1998;317:565 (Published 29 August 1998)

Effect of community based management in failure to thrive: randomised controlled trial

BMJ 1998;317:571 (Published 29 August 1998)

Reasons for and outcome of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in patients aged 85 years or more: retrospective study

BMJ 1998;317:575 (Published 29 August 1998)

General practice

Call to needle times after acute myocardial infarction in urban and rural areas in northeast Scotland: prospective observational study

BMJ 1998;317:576 (Published 29 August 1998)

Information in practice

Integrated record keeping as an essential aspect of a primary care led health service

BMJ 1998;317:579 (Published 29 August 1998)

Netlines

BMJ 1998;317:583.1 (Published 29 August 1998)

Education and debate

Revolutions in public health: 1848, and 1998?

BMJ 1998;317:587 (Published 29 August 1998)

Millennium report to Sir Edwin Chadwick

BMJ 1998;317:592 (Published 29 August 1998)

The 1848 Public Health Act and its relevance to improving public health in England now

BMJ 1998;317:596 (Published 29 August 1998)

Soundings

On staying calm

BMJ 1998;317:606.1 (Published 29 August 1998)

Personal View

When is medical evacuation justified?

BMJ 1998;317:606.2 (Published 29 August 1998)

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

Banking on interest

BMJ 1998;317:607 (Published 29 August 1998)

Career focus

Powerful partnerships

BMJ 1998;317:S2-7158 (Published 29 August 1998)

Briefing

BMJ 1998;317:S3-7158 (Published 29 August 1998)

Briefing

BMJ 1998;317:S3a-7158 (Published 29 August 1998)

Briefing

BMJ 1998;317:S3b-7158 (Published 29 August 1998)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

John Richard BernardJohn David CreerHarry JacobsMorus Wyn Lloyd-OwenPaul Preston LockRobert Douglas McIntyre

BMJ 1998;317:605 (Published 29 August 1998)