28 October 1995 (Vol 311, Issue 7013)

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News

Controversy rages over new contraceptive data

BMJ 1995;311:1117 (Published 28 October 1995)

Headlines

BMJ 1995;311:1118.1 (Published 28 October 1995)

Men can have free prescriptions at 60

BMJ 1995;311:1118.2 (Published 28 October 1995)

US proposes radical reform of Medicare

BMJ 1995;311:1118.3 (Published 28 October 1995)

UK government will fund research into health variations

BMJ 1995;311:1119.1 (Published 28 October 1995)

South African placentas sold to French drug firm

BMJ 1995;311:1119.2 (Published 28 October 1995)

Russia tries to reduce irradiation deaths

BMJ 1995;311:1120.1 (Published 28 October 1995)

Effect of air pollution on asthma is “small”

BMJ 1995;311:1120.2 (Published 28 October 1995)

Editorials

Advising women on which pill to take

BMJ 1995;311:1111 (Published 28 October 1995)

Third generation oral contraceptive pills

BMJ 1995;311:1112 (Published 28 October 1995)

Endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis

BMJ 1995;311:1113 (Published 28 October 1995)

Hunger strikes

BMJ 1995;311:1114 (Published 28 October 1995)

Management of blood loss in Jehovah's Witnesses

BMJ 1995;311:1115 (Published 28 October 1995)

Letters

Data from transnational study of oral contraceptives have been misused

BMJ 1995;311:1162.1 (Published 28 October 1995)

Medical aspects of fitness to drive

BMJ 1995;311:1162.2 (Published 28 October 1995)

Enabling patients to drive is also important

BMJ 1995;311:1162.3 (Published 28 October 1995)

Assessments should be independent

BMJ 1995;311:1163.1 (Published 28 October 1995)

Rigid rules for hypomanic patients are unfair

BMJ 1995;311:1163.2 (Published 28 October 1995)

DVLA senior medical adviser's reply

BMJ 1995;311:1163.3 (Published 28 October 1995)

Sexual behaviour of men

BMJ 1995;311:1163.4 (Published 28 October 1995)

Survey shows unprotected sex is a common behaviour in bisexual men

BMJ 1995;311:1163.5 (Published 28 October 1995)

Protecting children in cars from tobacco smoke

BMJ 1995;311:1164.1 (Published 28 October 1995)

Obtaining insurance should not depend on mechanism of diagnosis tests

BMJ 1995;311:1164.2 (Published 28 October 1995)

Effects of helicopter service on survival after trauma

BMJ 1995;311:1164.3 (Published 28 October 1995)

Letters - continued

Design of study predisposed to type II error

BMJ 1995;311:1165.1 (Published 28 October 1995)

Helicopters do not care for patients

BMJ 1995;311:1165.2 (Published 28 October 1995)

Miscalculation exaggerated benefits

BMJ 1995;311:1165.3 (Published 28 October 1995)

Dramatic management of trauma may be counter productive

BMJ 1995;311:1165.4 (Published 28 October 1995)

Authors' reply

BMJ 1995;311:1166.1 (Published 28 October 1995)

Mortality associated with wines, beers, and spirits

BMJ 1995;311:1166.2 (Published 28 October 1995)

Inappropriate groups were used to calculate relative risk

BMJ 1995;311:1166.3 (Published 28 October 1995)

Binge drinkers should have been identified separately

BMJ 1995;311:1166.4 (Published 28 October 1995)

Risk function had peculiar properties

BMJ 1995;311:1167.1 (Published 28 October 1995)

Study confounded by lack of correction for social class

BMJ 1995;311:1167.2 (Published 28 October 1995)

Authors' reply

BMJ 1995;311:1167.3 (Published 28 October 1995)

Performance indicators for general practice

BMJ 1995;311:1167.4 (Published 28 October 1995)

Inadequate smears are not always due to poor technique

BMJ 1995;311:1168.1 (Published 28 October 1995)

Factors influencing participation in audit

BMJ 1995;311:1168.2 (Published 28 October 1995)

Authors' reply

BMJ 1995;311:1168.3 (Published 28 October 1995)

Health authorities use panels to gather public opinion

BMJ 1995;311:1168.4 (Published 28 October 1995)

Analgesic effects of sucrose were known to the prophet

BMJ 1995;311:1169.1 (Published 28 October 1995)

BMJ should review its policy on reprints

BMJ 1995;311:1169.2 (Published 28 October 1995)

Concern about “lookback” exercise for hepatitis C

BMJ 1995;311:1169.3 (Published 28 October 1995)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1995;311:1176 (Published 28 October 1995)

Fillers

MYTHOLOGY AND MEDICINE

BMJ 1995;311:1136 (Published 28 October 1995)

WAYS WITH WORDS

BMJ 1995;311:1154 (Published 28 October 1995)

Papers

Community care for severely disabled people on low incomes

BMJ 1995;311:1121 (Published 28 October 1995)

Increased risk of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus at low plasma vitamin E concentrations: a four year follow up study in men

BMJ 1995;311:1124 (Published 28 October 1995)

Papers - continued

A randomised trial of three methods of giving information about prenatal testing

BMJ 1995;311:1127 (Published 28 October 1995)

Sensitivity and specificity of photography and direct ophthalmoscopy in screening for sight threatening eye disease: the Liverpool diabetic eye study

BMJ 1995;311:1131 (Published 28 October 1995)

Prison rites: starting to inject inside

BMJ 1995;311:1135 (Published 28 October 1995)

General practice

Patients' views of priority setting in health care: an interview survey in one practice

BMJ 1995;311:1137 (Published 28 October 1995)

Body fat distribution before pregnancy and gestational diabetes: findings from coronary artery risk development in young adults (CARDIA) study

BMJ 1995;311:1139 (Published 28 October 1995)

Guidance on publishing in the BMJ

BMJ 1995;311:1140 (Published 28 October 1995)

Education and debate

Fortnightly Review: Management of acoustic neuroma

BMJ 1995;311:1141 (Published 28 October 1995)

Estimating sample sizes for binary, ordered categorical, and continuous outcomes in two group comparisons

BMJ 1995;311:1145 (Published 28 October 1995)

ABC of Medical Computing: ADAPTIVE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY

BMJ 1995;311:1149 (Published 28 October 1995)

Counting the costs of children's smoking

BMJ 1995;311:1152 (Published 28 October 1995)

Consulting the public about health service priorities

BMJ 1995;311:1155 (Published 28 October 1995)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Decision on out of hours package endorsedGPs will plan the contract for the futureHealth secretary spells out future for family doctorsRegistrars may withdraw from summative assessmentsCorrection

BMJ 1995;311:1170 (Published 28 October 1995)

Soundings

Audit my shorts

BMJ 1995;311:1171.1 (Published 28 October 1995)

Doctors, one to nine

BMJ 1995;311:1171.2 (Published 28 October 1995)

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

True lies

BMJ 1995;311:1172.1 (Published 28 October 1995)

Clots of trouble

BMJ 1995;311:1172.2 (Published 28 October 1995)

Personal View

Heads they win, tails we lose

BMJ 1995;311:1173 (Published 28 October 1995)

Medicine and books

Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine

BMJ 1995;311:1174.1 (Published 28 October 1995)

Interprofessional Issues in Community and Primary Health Care

BMJ 1995;311:1174.2 (Published 28 October 1995)

Development after Physical Abuse in Early Childhood

BMJ 1995;311:1175.1 (Published 28 October 1995)

Selection

BMJ 1995;311:1175.2 (Published 28 October 1995)

Correction

Correction

BMJ 1995;311:1120.3 (Published 28 October 1995)