03 May 1997(vol 314, issue 7090)

This Week In the BMJ

• Social factors influence colic

  BMJ 1997; 314 :f (Published 03 May 1997)

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• What is a healthy body weight?

  BMJ 1997; 314 :c (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Relation between H pylori and cardiovascular disease remains puzzling

  BMJ 1997; 314 :d (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Steroid injection or manipulation is better for shoulder complaints than physiotherapy

  BMJ 1997; 314 :e (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Heat probe helps in managing gastric ulcers with spurting haemorrhage

  BMJ 1997; 314 :b (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Hyperglycaemia independently predicts poor survival after stroke

  BMJ 1997; 314 :a (Published 03 May 1997)

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Editorials

• Contour control, survival, and quality of life

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1291 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• The future of Britain's high security hospitals

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1292 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• New challenge for palliative care

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1294 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Domestic violence and pregnancy

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• Patently confused

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Letters

• Introducing the postoperative care team

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• Why people stay healthy

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• Exploitative collaborative research must be discouraged

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1347 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Persistent fever in pulmonary tuberculosis

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1347 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Public scare has not deterred Finnish teenagers from using oral contraceptives

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1348 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Sight tests to detect glaucoma

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1348 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Systemic lupus erythematosus complicated by antiphospholipid antibody syndrome

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1349 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• The tobacco industry and scientific publications

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1350 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• More intensive care unit beds are needed

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1351 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Submucosal haemorrhage—or ruptured nodule in a multinodular goitre?

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1351 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Journals and the internet

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1351 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Regulations on registration of a fetus papyraceus need to be revised

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1352 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Risk of lung cancer needs to be studied in younger patients who keep pet birds

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1353 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• CS gas is not a chemical means of restraining a person

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1353 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Talk works—if the patient is willing

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News

• Cuban refugees injured themselves to get into the United States

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1297 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• In brief

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1297 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Japan to allow organ transplants

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1297 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Heart transplant pioneer cleared

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1297 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Hay fever drug to become prescription only

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1297 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• US endorses testing for cystic fibrosis in pregnant women

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1297 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Call for European cooperation in research

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1297 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• GP reveals patients' secrets in pub

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1297 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• HIV transmitted by bone graft

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1297 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Understanding customers' needs is the key to improvement

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1297 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Quality can be raised and costs reduced in hospital care

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1297 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Leaders need to be able to manage change

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1297 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Protest over sale of national mental hospital in the Philippines

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1297 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Focus: Sydney — Confusion over radiation risk from phone towers

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1297 (Published 03 May 1997)

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Clinical Reviews

• Fortnightly review: Polymyalgia rheumatica and temporal arteritis: diagnosis and management

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1329 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• ABC of clinical haematology: Haematological emergencies

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1333 (Published 03 May 1997)

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Minerva

• Minerva

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1358 (Published 03 May 1997)

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Editor's Choice

• Are you normal?

  BMJ 1997; 314 :0 (Published 03 May 1997)

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Papers

• Is hyperglycaemia an independent predictor of poor outcome after acute stroke? Results of a long term follow up study

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1303 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Randomised comparison between adrenaline injection alone and adrenaline injection plus heat probe treatment for actively bleeding ulcers

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1307 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Body weight: implications for the prevention of coronary heart disease, stroke, and diabetes mellitus in a cohort study of middle aged men

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1311 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Prospective study of Helicobacter pylori seropositivity and cardiovascular diseases in a general elderly population

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1317 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Helicobacter pylori infection and coagulation in healthy people

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1318 (Published 03 May 1997)

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General practice

• Comparison of physiotherapy, manipulation, and corticosteroid injection for treating shoulder complaints in general practice: randomised, single blind study

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1320 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• The social origins of infantile colic: questionnaire study covering 76 747 infants

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1325 (Published 03 May 1997)

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Education and debate

• What will a primary care led NHS mean for GP workload? the problem of the lack of an evidence base

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1337 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Socioeconomic determinants of health: Community marginalisation and the diffusion of disease and disorder in the United States

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1341 (Published 03 May 1997)

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Soundings

• Night of the gatekeeper

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1355 (Published 03 May 1997)

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Personal View

• Don't shoot me—I'm only the pharmacist

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1355 (Published 03 May 1997)

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MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

• Bone marrow transplant raises issues of privacy

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1356 (Published 03 May 1997)

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Medicine and books

• Breaking Bad News

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1357 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Neurological Investigations

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Career focus

• Getting on in (and off on) medical politics …

  BMJ 1997; 314 :S2-7090 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Briefing

  BMJ 1997; 314 :S3-7090 (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Briefing

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• Briefing

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Fillers

• A memorable book: From magic to science

  BMJ 1997; 314 :h (Published 03 May 1997)

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• Any questions: Why does rebound abdominal pain occur after anti-ulcer drugs are stopped?

  BMJ 1997; 314 :i (Published 03 May 1997)

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Obituary

• John BirchClifford James CobbeRalph John Chevallier CobboldRichard Butler DobsonAndrew Atholl DuncanAnup Kumar DuttRalph Emery

  BMJ 1997; 314 :1354 (Published 03 May 1997)

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