14 March 1998 (Vol 316, Issue 7134)

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Editor's Choice

Education, loss, and diagnostic acumen

BMJ 1998;316:0.1 (Published 14 March 1998)

News

Infarction risk found with calcium channel blocker

BMJ 1998;316:797.1 (Published 14 March 1998)

In brief

BMJ 1998;316:797.2 (Published 14 March 1998)

Report fuels confusion over red meat and cancer

BMJ 1998;316:797.3 (Published 14 March 1998)

Autologous bone marrow transplantation reduces relapse in acute myeloid leukaemia

BMJ 1998;316:797.4 (Published 14 March 1998)

Appeal overturns link between multiple sclerosis and whiplash

BMJ 1998;316:797.5 (Published 14 March 1998)

Melanoma vaccines show promise

BMJ 1998;316:797.6 (Published 14 March 1998)

AIDS drug scandal in South Africa continues

BMJ 1998;316:797.7 (Published 14 March 1998)

High death rates defended by paediatric cardiologist

BMJ 1998;316:797.8 (Published 14 March 1998)

Celebrities influence the public

BMJ 1998;316:797.9 (Published 14 March 1998)

In brief

BMJ 1998;316:797.10 (Published 14 March 1998)

Pheromones regulate ovulation

BMJ 1998;316:797.11 (Published 14 March 1998)

Active management reduces bleeding in third stage of labour

BMJ 1998;316:797.12 (Published 14 March 1998)

Scottish hospitals fail to follow guidelines on ovarian cancer

BMJ 1998;316:797.13 (Published 14 March 1998)

Proposed US tobacco deal is not enough

BMJ 1998;316:797.14 (Published 14 March 1998)

Defence union will not back libel actions

BMJ 1998;316:797.15 (Published 14 March 1998)

Legal aid to be kept for medical negligence cases

BMJ 1998;316:797.16 (Published 14 March 1998)

Award scheme discriminates against ethnic minority doctors

BMJ 1998;316:797.17 (Published 14 March 1998)

Editorials

Corticosteroids in rheumatoid arthritis

BMJ 1998;316:789 (Published 14 March 1998)

Proteases as prognostic markers in cancer

BMJ 1998;316:790 (Published 14 March 1998)

Interrupting the sympathetic outflow in causalgia and reflex sympathetic dystrophy

BMJ 1998;316:792 (Published 14 March 1998)

Refugee children

BMJ 1998;316:793 (Published 14 March 1998)

Electronic preprints: what should the BMJ do?

BMJ 1998;316:794 (Published 14 March 1998)

Editorials - continued

Europe's health research: getting the right balance

BMJ 1998;316:795 (Published 14 March 1998)

Putting the rest cure to rest—again

BMJ 1998;316:796.1 (Published 14 March 1998)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Effectiveness and cost effectiveness of compression bandages should be shown

BMJ 1998;316:860.1 (Published 14 March 1998)

Claim for major advance in treatment of perforated peptic ulcer seems premature

BMJ 1998;316:860.2 (Published 14 March 1998)

Debate over screening for gestational diabetes

BMJ 1998;316:861.1 (Published 14 March 1998)

Health status instruments should satisfy full range of methodological criteria

BMJ 1998;316:861.2 (Published 14 March 1998)

Effect on mortality of switching from cigarettes to pipes or cigars

BMJ 1998;316:862 (Published 14 March 1998)

Fact that no SHO post was given five years' approval is worrying

BMJ 1998;316:864.1 (Published 14 March 1998)

BUPA and the tobacco industry

BMJ 1998;316:864.2 (Published 14 March 1998)

Community based programmes can help to manage tuberculosis more effectively

BMJ 1998;316:864.3 (Published 14 March 1998)

Cognitive dysfunction after concussion

BMJ 1998;316:865.1 (Published 14 March 1998)

Determining prognosis after acute myocardial infarction in the thrombolytic era

BMJ 1998;316:865.2 (Published 14 March 1998)

Number of unexplained symptoms and diseases is decreasing

BMJ 1998;316:866.1 (Published 14 March 1998)

The caring doctor is an oxymoron

BMJ 1998;316:866.2 (Published 14 March 1998)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1998;316:872 (Published 14 March 1998)

Fillers

One hundred years ago: Wanted: brains

BMJ 1998;316:832.2 (Published 14 March 1998)

A memorable letter: The ethos of drug safety monitoring

BMJ 1998;316:837 (Published 14 March 1998)

Endpiece: Alternative definitions

BMJ 1998;316:838.2 (Published 14 March 1998)

When I use a word …: Medical Greek

BMJ 1998;316:845 (Published 14 March 1998)

Fifty years ago: The new NHS: Statement by the B.M.A. Council to every member of the medical profession

BMJ 1998;316:856.2 (Published 14 March 1998)

A memorable patient: The man who was too weak to work on Monday

BMJ 1998;316:871 (Published 14 March 1998)

Clinical Reviews

Fortnightly review: Secondary prevention in acute myocardial infarction

BMJ 1998;316:838.1 (Published 14 March 1998)

ABC of allergies: Summer hay fever

BMJ 1998;316:843 (Published 14 March 1998)

Papers

The effects of postnatal health education for mothers on infant care and family planning practices in Nepal: a randomised controlled trial

BMJ 1998;316:805 (Published 14 March 1998)

Meta-analysis of short term low dose prednisolone versus placebo and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in rheumatoid arthritis

BMJ 1998;316:811 (Published 14 March 1998)

Effects of the Heartbeat Wales programme over five years on behavioural risks for cardiovascular disease: quasi-experimental comparison of results from Wales and a matched reference area

BMJ 1998;316:818 (Published 14 March 1998)

Risk factors for coronary artery disease in non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus: United Kingdom prospective diabetes study (UKPDS: 23)

BMJ 1998;316:823 (Published 14 March 1998)

Association between plasma concentrations of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and survival in patients with colorectal cancer

BMJ 1998;316:829 (Published 14 March 1998)

How much does relapse after one year erode effectiveness of smoking cessation treatments? Long term follow up of randomised trial of nicotine nasal spray

BMJ 1998;316:830 (Published 14 March 1998)

Management of deliberate self poisoning in adults in four teaching hospitals: descriptive study

BMJ 1998;316:831 (Published 14 March 1998)

Survival rates from interval cancer in NHS breast screening programme

BMJ 1998;316:832.1 (Published 14 March 1998)

General practice

Contribution of parental blood pressures to association between low birth weight and adult high blood pressure: cross sectional study

BMJ 1998;316:834 (Published 14 March 1998)

Education and debate

Personal paper: Risk of diabetic nephropathy in potential living related kidney donors

BMJ 1998;316:846 (Published 14 March 1998)

Management of metastatic melanoma during pregnancyCommentary: Pregnancy should not have affected treatment for melanomaCommentary: Self interest is not the sole legitimate basis for making decisionsCommentary: Management of the patient

BMJ 1998;316:848 (Published 14 March 1998)

The new genetics: Genetic testing and public policy

BMJ 1998;316:852 (Published 14 March 1998)

Coping with loss: Bereavement in adult life

BMJ 1998;316:856.1 (Published 14 March 1998)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

The profession must work to improve standardsPeers defeat government over student grantsCollege introduces evaluation programmeViews sought on public health function

BMJ 1998;316:869 (Published 14 March 1998)

Soundings

To change your mind

BMJ 1998;316:870.1 (Published 14 March 1998)

Personal View

The seven ages of my BMJ

BMJ 1998;316:870.2 (Published 14 March 1998)

Career focus

New approaches to selecting medical staff

BMJ 1998;316:S2-7134 (Published 14 March 1998)

Corrections

MMR vaccination and autism 1998

BMJ 1998;316:796.2 (Published 14 March 1998)

Case-control study of risk of cerebral sinus thrombosis in oral contraceptive users who are carriers of hereditary prothrombotic conditions

BMJ 1998;316:822 (Published 14 March 1998)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Hastings Kamuzu BandaLambert Ulrich (“Bertie”) CammReginald Sydney (“Reggie”) Murley

BMJ 1998;316:868 (Published 14 March 1998)