19 April 1997 (Vol 314, Issue 7088)

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This Week In the BMJ

Two drinks daily, five days a week cuts heart attack risk by 60%

BMJ 1997;314:0.3 (Published 19 April 1997)

GPs have positive attitudes towards opiate users but want more training

BMJ 1997;314:0.7 (Published 19 April 1997)

GPs' performance varies when presented with the same problem twice

BMJ 1997;314:0.6 (Published 19 April 1997)

Zinc turbidity test may help detect hepatitis C carriers

BMJ 1997;314:0.5 (Published 19 April 1997)

Organised stroke unit care reduces death and disability

BMJ 1997;314:0.2 (Published 19 April 1997)

Prevalence of heavy drinking is linked to average consumption among light to moderate drinkers

BMJ 1997;314:0.4 (Published 19 April 1997)

Editor's Choice

Tweaking the BMJ redesign and fretting about alcohol

BMJ 1997;314:0.1 (Published 19 April 1997)

Editorials

Endovascular aneurysm repair

BMJ 1997;314:1139 (Published 19 April 1997)

Allocating donor livers

BMJ 1997;314:1140 (Published 19 April 1997)

Safe tissue grafts

BMJ 1997;314:1141 (Published 19 April 1997)

Alcohol policy in the Nordic countries

BMJ 1997;314:1142 (Published 19 April 1997)

Women's autonomy in childbirth

BMJ 1997;314:1143 (Published 19 April 1997)

Letters

Out of hours primary care

BMJ 1997;314:1197 (Published 19 April 1997)

Exhibition of doctors' photographs

BMJ 1997;314:1199.1 (Published 19 April 1997)

Managing a fish induced injury

BMJ 1997;314:1199.2 (Published 19 April 1997)

Childhood leukaemia in US may have risen due to fallout from Chernobyl

BMJ 1997;314:1200.1 (Published 19 April 1997)

How to minimise factitious hyperkalaemia in blood samples from general practice

BMJ 1997;314:1200.2 (Published 19 April 1997)

Do fetuses feel pain?

BMJ 1997;314:1201.1 (Published 19 April 1997)

Some patients may want to retain ownership of tissue removed from them

BMJ 1997;314:1201.2 (Published 19 April 1997)

Social deprivation increases workload in palliative care of terminally ill patients

BMJ 1997;314:1202.1 (Published 19 April 1997)

Bayesian statistics may inform public policy better than significant odds ratios

BMJ 1997;314:1202.2 (Published 19 April 1997)

Benefits Agency always holds consent before approaching healthcare professionals for information

BMJ 1997;314:1202.3 (Published 19 April 1997)

Interpersonal skills are being taught better, but more work is needed

BMJ 1997;314:1203.1 (Published 19 April 1997)

MeSH terms must be used in Medline searches

BMJ 1997;314:1203.2 (Published 19 April 1997)

Letters - continued

Caution is required when using new analgesics by the spinal route in children

BMJ 1997;314:1203.3 (Published 19 April 1997)

News

Research suppressed for seven years by drug company

BMJ 1997;314:1145.1 (Published 19 April 1997)

In brief

BMJ 1997;314:1145.2 (Published 19 April 1997)

Doctors fight US company patent on umbilical cord blood

BMJ 1997;314:1145.3 (Published 19 April 1997)

Sweden is healthiest place to live in world

BMJ 1997;314:1145.4 (Published 19 April 1997)

E coli report calls for better food safety

BMJ 1997;314:1145.5 (Published 19 April 1997)

Malnutrition grips North Korea

BMJ 1997;314:1145.6 (Published 19 April 1997)

On call rota system best for doctors' health

BMJ 1997;314:1145.7 (Published 19 April 1997)

UN condemns female circumcision

BMJ 1997;314:1145.8 (Published 19 April 1997)

Dutch GP in euthanasia case will not go to prison

BMJ 1997;314:1145.9 (Published 19 April 1997)

Health gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginals widening

BMJ 1997;314:1145.10 (Published 19 April 1997)

Leading scientists call for action against malaria

BMJ 1997;314:1145.11 (Published 19 April 1997)

Gene therapy hope for motor neurone disease

BMJ 1997;314:1145.12 (Published 19 April 1997)

Chemokines show potential against HIV

BMJ 1997;314:1145.13 (Published 19 April 1997)

Boycott threat forces French company to abandon RU486

BMJ 1997;314:1145.14 (Published 19 April 1997)

Focus: Westminster – NHS on election back burner

BMJ 1997;314:1145.15 (Published 19 April 1997)

Clinical Reviews

Fortnightly review: Hypothyroidism: screening and subclinical disease

BMJ 1997;314:1175 (Published 19 April 1997)

ABC of clinical haematology: Bone marrow and stem cell transplantation

BMJ 1997;314:1179 (Published 19 April 1997)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1997;314:1210 (Published 19 April 1997)

Papers

Collaborative systematic review of the randomised trials of organised inpatient (stroke unit) care after stroke

BMJ 1997;314:1151 (Published 19 April 1997)

How much alcohol and how often? Population based case-control study of alcohol consumption and risk of a major coronary event

BMJ 1997;314:1159 (Published 19 April 1997)

Ecological analysis of collectivity of alcohol consumption in England: importance of average drinker

BMJ 1997;314:1164 (Published 19 April 1997)

Assessment of the zinc turbidity test and the use of risk factors in detecting asymptomatic hepatitis C virus carriers: population based study

BMJ 1997;314:1169 (Published 19 April 1997)

General practice

Do general practitioners act consistently in real practice when they meet the same patient twice? examination of intradoctor variation using standardised (simulated) patients

BMJ 1997;314:1170 (Published 19 April 1997)

Survey of general practitioners' opinions on treatment of opiate users

BMJ 1997;314:1173 (Published 19 April 1997)

Education and debate

Caesarean section: a treatment for mental disorder? Tameside&Glossop Acute Services Unit v CH (a patient) [1996] 1 FLR 762

BMJ 1997;314:1183 (Published 19 April 1997)

Commentary: Bad medicine and bad law

BMJ 1997;314:1184 (Published 19 April 1997)

Commentary: A decision that stretches the law too far

BMJ 1997;314:1185 (Published 19 April 1997)

Commentary: Is caesarean section a treatment for medical paranoia?

BMJ 1997;314:1187.1 (Published 19 April 1997)

Equity, poverty and health for all

BMJ 1997;314:1187.2 (Published 19 April 1997)

Are placebo run ins justified?

BMJ 1997;314:1191 (Published 19 April 1997)

Commentary: Placebo run ins have some value

BMJ 1997;314:1193 (Published 19 April 1997)

Socioeconomic determinants of health: Health and the life course: why safety nets matter

BMJ 1997;314:1194 (Published 19 April 1997)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Juniors will have role in new GMC proceduresNHS cuts are threatening medical educationTrust chief executives' salaries rise by 6.2%Hippocratic Oath updated

BMJ 1997;314:1206 (Published 19 April 1997)

Soundings

Let's learn more in lectures

BMJ 1997;314:1207.1 (Published 19 April 1997)

Personal View

American domestic violence: will a helpline reduce it?

BMJ 1997;314:1207.2 (Published 19 April 1997)

Medicine and the media

Doctors portrayed as heroes

BMJ 1997;314:1208 (Published 19 April 1997)

Medicine and books

The Aftermath of Road Accidents

BMJ 1997;314:1209.1 (Published 19 April 1997)

Bayesian Methods and Ethics in a Clinical Trial Design

BMJ 1997;314:1209.2 (Published 19 April 1997)

Career focus

Personal financial hygiene for junior doctors

BMJ 1997;314:S2-7088 (Published 19 April 1997)

Briefing

BMJ 1997;314:S3-7088 (Published 19 April 1997)

Briefing

BMJ 1997;314:S3a-7088 (Published 19 April 1997)

Briefing

BMJ 1997;314:S3b-7088 (Published 19 April 1997)

Fillers

One hundred years ago

BMJ 1997;314:0.8 (Published 19 April 1997)

Obituary

Frederick Brown (“Freddie”) CoatesDonald John BrooksbankPatricia Anne Crichton (“Paddy” Russell)Joan Elizabeth (“Liz”) Duncan (née Glassey)George HarrisonGirlie Chilkah Reddy (née Naidoo)Alison Ballenden Semple (née Cruickshank)Sydney Nath…

BMJ 1997;314:1204 (Published 19 April 1997)