This Week In the BMJ Inhaled steroids are of little benefit in viral associated wheezing in children BMJ 1997; 315 :f (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Health risks linked to drinking beer vary with drinking pattern BMJ 1997; 315 :c (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Short heavy mothers produce heart disease in their sons BMJ 1997; 315 :a (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Recent pregnancy is a poor prognostic factor for breast cancer BMJ 1997; 315 :d (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Smoking increases the risk of hip fracture BMJ 1997; 315 :b (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Serial magnetic resonance imaging helps detect prion disease BMJ 1997; 315 :e (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Editorials The relation between fetal malnutrition and chronic disease in later life BMJ 1997; 315 :825 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission The use of statins: a case of misleading priorities? BMJ 1997; 315 :826 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Genetic diagnosis before implantation BMJ 1997; 315 :828 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Hunger strikes BMJ 1997; 315 :829 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Letters Antibiotics as initial treatment for children with acute otitis media BMJ 1997; 315 :879 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Relative risks are inflated in published literature BMJ 1997; 315 :880 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Study confirms results of systematic review of care in stroke unit BMJ 1997; 315 :881 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Modern treatment for internal haemorrhoids BMJ 1997; 315 :881 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Author preferred to cite substantive references rather than meeting abstracts BMJ 1997; 315 :882 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Effect of deprivation on general practitioners' referral rates BMJ 1997; 315 :882 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Mental health emergencies BMJ 1997; 315 :884 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Data on results of using different antiepileptic drugs do exist BMJ 1997; 315 :885 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Accident and emergency departments should not be considered places of safety BMJ 1997; 315 :886 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Neonatal mortality of low birthweight babies is increased in mothers with higher education BMJ 1997; 315 :886 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Acupuncturists have begun initiative to agree standards to improve safety BMJ 1997; 315 :886 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Caller's telephone number can be permanently withheld BMJ 1997; 315 :886 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission News Agents of new variant CJD and BSE are identical BMJ 1997; 315 :831 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission New study reports that diet is critical to cancer prevention BMJ 1997; 315 :831 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission In brief BMJ 1997; 315 :831 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Gynaecologist admonished for removing ovaries without consent BMJ 1997; 315 :831 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Unsupervised junior surgeons carry out operations BMJ 1997; 315 :831 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Doctors volunteer to be guinea pigs for AIDS vaccine BMJ 1997; 315 :831 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission FDA insists on more women in drug trials BMJ 1997; 315 :831 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission When life saving treatment should be withdrawn in children BMJ 1997; 315 :831 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Government reviews law on “posthumous conceptions” BMJ 1997; 315 :831 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Health care in China is highly inequitable BMJ 1997; 315 :831 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Dutch and Swiss support heroin on prescription BMJ 1997; 315 :831 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Liberal Democrats want coalition to run NHS BMJ 1997; 315 :831 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Gagging clauses outlawed BMJ 1997; 315 :831 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Government waives proposed fees for final year medical students BMJ 1997; 315 :831 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Clinical Reviews Recent advances in endocrine therapy of breast cancer BMJ 1997; 315 :863 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission ABC of palliative care: Difficult pain problems BMJ 1997; 315 :867 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Minerva Minerva BMJ 1997; 315 :892 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Editor's Choice An explanation for the epidemic of coronary artery disease? BMJ 1997; 315 :0 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Papers Mother's weight in pregnancy and coronary heart disease in a cohort of finnish men: follow up study BMJ 1997; 315 :837 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission A meta-analysis of cigarette smoking, bone mineral density and risk of hip fracture: recognition of a major effect BMJ 1997; 315 :841 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Beer binging and mortality: results from the kuopio ischaemic heart disease risk factor study, a prospective population based study BMJ 1997; 315 :846 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Time since childbirth and prognosis in primary breast cancer: population based study BMJ 1997; 315 :851 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Audit of child protection procedures in accident and emergency department to identify children at risk of abuse BMJ 1997; 315 :855 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Cerebral and cerebellar atrophy on serial magnetic resonance imaging in an initially symptom free subject at risk of familial prion disease BMJ 1997; 315 :856 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission General practice Effect of inhaled corticosteroids on episodes of wheezing associated with viral infection in school age children: randomised double blind placebo controlled trial BMJ 1997; 315 :858 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Education and debate Climate change and health: implications for research, monitoring, and policy BMJ 1997; 315 :870 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Resource allocation to health authorities: the quest for an equitable formula in Britain and Sweden BMJ 1997; 315 :875 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST Quality of training must be paramountDevolution must not damage Scottish health serviceGPs' out of hours funding must continueJDC group will look at new deal BMJ 1997; 315 :888 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Soundings Auchendreich says well, yes, maybe BMJ 1997; 315 :889 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Personal Views Vitiligo: an underestimated problem in general practice? BMJ 1997; 315 :889 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Responses I stopped asking doctors for help BMJ 1997; 315 :890 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Medicine and books How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence Based Medicine BMJ 1997; 315 :891 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Rationalizing Medical Work: Decision-Support Techniques and Medical Practices BMJ 1997; 315 :891 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Career focus Working as a deputy in general practice BMJ 1997; 315 :S2-7112 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Briefing BMJ 1997; 315 :S3-7112 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Briefing BMJ 1997; 315 :S3a-7112 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Briefing BMJ 1997; 315 :S3b-7112 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Fillers Endpiece: Hopefully, the last word BMJ 1997; 315 :h (Published 04 October 1997) Permission When I use a word…: Wool gathering BMJ 1997; 315 :g (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Endpiece: Misleading appearances BMJ 1997; 315 :i (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Corrections Young adults with arthritic hips BMJ 1997; 315 :830 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Age related dietary exposure to meat products from British dietary surveys of teenagers and adults in the 1980s and 1990s BMJ 1997; 315 :857 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Obituary John KnoweldenMichael Maurice LibermanGeoffrey Colin SheldonJohn Coulthurst Ward BMJ 1997; 315 :887 (Published 04 October 1997) Permission Back to top PreviousNext