14 March 1998(vol 316, issue 7134)

This Week In the BMJ

• Prednisolone can be used for short term intermittent control of rheumatoid arthritis

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

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• Mothers of small babies have high blood pressure

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

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• Postnatal health education in Nepal has little impact

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

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• Doubt remains over effectiveness of community health promotion

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

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• Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 values predict survival in colorectal cancer

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

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• Five modifiable risk factors for coronary artery disease exist in type 2 diabetes

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

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Editorials

• Corticosteroids in rheumatoid arthritis

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

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• Proteases as prognostic markers in cancer

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• Interrupting the sympathetic outflow in causalgia and reflex sympathetic dystrophy

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

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• Refugee children

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• Electronic preprints: what should the BMJ do?

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

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• Europe's health research: getting the right balance

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• Putting the rest cure to rest—again

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Letters

• Effectiveness and cost effectiveness of compression bandages should be shown

  BMJ 1998; 316 :860 (Published 14 March 1998)

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

  BMJ 1998; 316 :860 (Published 14 March 1998)

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• Debate over screening for gestational diabetes

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• Health status instruments should satisfy full range of methodological criteria

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• Effect on mortality of switching from cigarettes to pipes or cigars

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

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

  BMJ 1998; 316 :864 (Published 14 March 1998)

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• BUPA and the tobacco industry

  BMJ 1998; 316 :864 (Published 14 March 1998)

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• Community based programmes can help to manage tuberculosis more effectively

  BMJ 1998; 316 :864 (Published 14 March 1998)

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• Cognitive dysfunction after concussion

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• Determining prognosis after acute myocardial infarction in the thrombolytic era

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• Number of unexplained symptoms and diseases is decreasing

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• The caring doctor is an oxymoron

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News

• Infarction risk found with calcium channel blocker

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• In brief

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• Report fuels confusion over red meat and cancer

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• Autologous bone marrow transplantation reduces relapse in acute myeloid leukaemia

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• Appeal overturns link between multiple sclerosis and whiplash

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• Melanoma vaccines show promise

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• AIDS drug scandal in South Africa continues

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• High death rates defended by paediatric cardiologist

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• Celebrities influence the public

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• In brief

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• Pheromones regulate ovulation

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• Active management reduces bleeding in third stage of labour

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• Scottish hospitals fail to follow guidelines on ovarian cancer

  BMJ 1998; 316 :797 (Published 14 March 1998)

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• Proposed US tobacco deal is not enough

  BMJ 1998; 316 :797 (Published 14 March 1998)

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• Defence union will not back libel actions

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• Legal aid to be kept for medical negligence cases

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• Award scheme discriminates against ethnic minority doctors

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Clinical Reviews

• Fortnightly review: Secondary prevention in acute myocardial infarction

  BMJ 1998; 316 :838 (Published 14 March 1998)

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• ABC of allergies: Summer hay fever

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

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Minerva

• Minerva

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Editor's Choice

• Education, loss, and diagnostic acumen

  BMJ 1998; 316 :0 (Published 14 March 1998)

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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)

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• 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)

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• 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)

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

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

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• 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)

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

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• Survival rates from interval cancer in NHS breast screening programme

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General practice

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

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Education and debate

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

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

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• 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)

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• The new genetics: Genetic testing and public policy

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

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• Coping with loss: Bereavement in adult life

  BMJ 1998; 316 :856 (Published 14 March 1998)

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MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

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

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Soundings

• To change your mind

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Personal View

• The seven ages of my BMJ

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Career focus

• New approaches to selecting medical staff

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Fillers

• One hundred years ago: Wanted: brains

  BMJ 1998; 316 :832 (Published 14 March 1998)

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• A memorable letter: The ethos of drug safety monitoring

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

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• Endpiece: Alternative definitions

  BMJ 1998; 316 :838 (Published 14 March 1998)

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• When I use a word …: Medical Greek

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

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

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

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Corrections

• MMR vaccination and autism 1998

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

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Obituary

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

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

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