Editor's Choice Editor's choice BMJ 1996; 313 :0; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission News Emergency bed register announced BMJ 1996; 313 :575; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Number of frontline NHS staff has fallen BMJ 1996; 313 :575; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Headlines BMJ 1996; 313 :576; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Patients want ban on operations by doctors with hepatitis B BMJ 1996; 313 :576; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Medical Research Council unit takes tobacco cash BMJ 1996; 313 :577; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission NHS overhauls funding of medical education BMJ 1996; 313 :577; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Computers prescribed to French doctors BMJ 1996; 313 :578; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Scotland has wide health care variations BMJ 1996; 313 :578; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Doctors warned over New Zealand jobs BMJ 1996; 313 :578; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Minerva Minerva BMJ 1996; 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313 :628; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Studies' assumptions are removed from clinical practice BMJ 1996; 313 :622; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission MYMOP, a patient generated measure of outcomes BMJ 1996; 313 :626; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Combining qualitative studies with randomised controlled trials is often useful BMJ 1996; 313 :629; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Comparison groups were not clear in study BMJ 1996; 313 :623; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Rate of completion of forms should have been analysed by age BMJ 1996; 313 :626; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Evidence shows that cyclists should wear helmets BMJ 1996; 313 :629; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Authors' reply BMJ 1996; 313 :623; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Reliability of such instruments needs to be proved BMJ 1996; 313 :626; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Melatonin is available over the counter BMJ 1996; 313 :629; 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BMJ 1996; 313 :608; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Caring for Older People: Ethnic elders BMJ 1996; 313 :610; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Fillers ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO BMJ 1996; 313 :590; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission General practice Influences of practice characteristics on prescribing in fundholding and non-fundholding general practices: an observational study BMJ 1996; 313 :595; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Cervical screening in the inner cities: is the opportunistic approach still worthwhile? BMJ 1996; 313 :600; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission The clinical course of shoulder pain: prospective cohort study in primary care BMJ 1996; 313 :601; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission New referrals, a decreasing phenomenon in 1971-94: analysis of registry data in the Netherlands BMJ 1996; 313 :602; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA Cure or curse? BMJ 1996; 313 :633; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Medicine and books Best books on paediatrics: a personal choice BMJ 1996; 313 :635; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Total Purchasing: A Model for Locality Commissioning BMJ 1996; 313 :634; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Prion Diseases BMJ 1996; 313 :634; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Papers Relation of common allelic variation at vitamin D receptor locus to bone mineral density and postmenopausal bone loss: cross sectional and longitudinal population study BMJ 1996; 313 :586; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Effect of deletion polymorphism of angiotensin converting enzyme gene on progression of diabetic nephropathy during inhibition of angiotensin converting enzyme: observational follow up study BMJ 1996; 313 :591; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Dyschromatopsia (number 97) and rectal bleeding BMJ 1996; 313 :594; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Treatment of menorrhagia during menstruation: randomised controlled trial of ethamsylate, mefenamic acid, and tranexamic acid BMJ 1996; 313 :579; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Category of exposure to HIV and age in the progression to AIDS: longitudinal study of 1199 people with known dates of seroconversion BMJ 1996; 313 :583; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Personal Views Care in the community: a conflict of interests? BMJ 1996; 313 :632; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Why I became a doctor BMJ 1996; 313 :632; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission Soundings Remembering Ruth BMJ 1996; 313 :631; (Published 07 September 1996) Permission