Giving up smoking--are we giving up?
	J Catford, D Nutbeam, M C Woolaway
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1375-1376, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1375-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Why don't the British treat more patients with kidney failure?
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1376-1377, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1376 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Epileptic seizures in general practice.
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1377-1378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1377-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mineral content of the forearms of babies.
	F R Greer, R B Mazess
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1378-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of daily oral omeprazole on 24 hour intragastric acidity.
	P J Prichard, N D Yeomans, G W Mihaly, D B Jones, R A Smallwood, W J Louis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1378-1379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1378-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Parathyroid hormone and 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in the elderly.
	G M Berlyne
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1379 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Standardisation of oral anticoagulant treatment.
	L Poller
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1379-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Substitution of Maloprim for dapsone.
	P D Wilson, S Natarajan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1379-1380, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1379-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Topical minoxidil in the treatment of alopecia areata.
	C M King, B Harrop, V K Dave
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1380, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1380 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: Congenital toxoplasmosis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1380, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1380-d [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: New criteria and classification for diabetes mellitus
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1380, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1380-e [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1382-1385, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1382 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1386-1388, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1386 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1370-1373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1370 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Starting medicine: the basic medical sciences course
	C J Spencer-Jones
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1375, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1375 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Why don't the British treat more patients with kidney failure?
	Elizabeth Ward
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1376, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1376-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Why don't the British treat more patients with kidney failure?
	Lance Cope, Hilary Thomson, Roger Gabriel
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1376-1377, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1376-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acupuncture
	David L S Paine
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1377, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1377 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Adjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer
	Ian E Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1377, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1377-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Epileptic seizures in general practice
	M H Burton, Rhys Williams
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1377-1378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1377-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Epileptic seizures in general practice
	R H Gosling
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1378 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Epileptic seizures in general practice
	James Edeh
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1378-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Parathyroid hormone and 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in the elderly
	R S Briggs, Meryl M Petersen, M R P Hall
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1379-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Topical minoxidil in the treatment of alopecia areata
	S Lewis-Jones, C F H Vickers
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1380, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1380-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Trimming fat or cutting bone?
	James A Ryan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1380, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1380-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Privatisation of hospital laundry service
	R J Rowlatt
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1380, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1380-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: "The Nation's Health"
	R J L Hooper
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1381 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Trimming fat or cutting bone?
	P J E Wilson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1381-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Learning medicine: interviews and offers
	F E Gerstenberg
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1381-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Spinal disease presenting as acute abdominal pain
	J A Daff
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1381-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Names for new disciplines
	H C Seftel
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1381-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Compensation and drug trials
	Margaret Garden
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1381-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: General surgical workload
	M E J Hackett, B C Sommerlad
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1381-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Too much heparin
	Jonathan Holliday
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1381-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Duchenne muscular dystrophy
	S P K Linter
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1381-h [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Personal View
	David E Bradford
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1374, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1374 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Business management for the NHS?
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1321-1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1321 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Searching the literature.
	W F Whimster
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1322-1323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1322 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Alzheimer's disease: recent advances and future prospects.
	J F Deakin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1323-1324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1323 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	AIDS in Europe.
	P Ebbesen, R J Biggar, M Melbye
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1324-1326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1324 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Absorption of glucose from urinary conduits in diabetics and non-diabetics.
	K N Sridhar, C T Samuell, C R Woodhouse
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1327-1329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1327 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hyposensitisation to wasp venom in six hours.
	J C van der Zwan, J Flinterman, I G Jankowski, J A Kerckhaert
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1329-1331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1329 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Renal graft dysfunction during infection with cytomegalovirus: association with IgM lymphocytotoxins and HLA-DR3 and DR7.
	W M Baldwin, 3rd, F H Claas, A van Es, W L Westedt, G van Gemert, M R Daha, L A van Es
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1332-1334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1332 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Comparative trial of rectal indomethacin and cryoanalgesia for control of early postthoracotomy pain.
	D J Keenan, K Cave, L Langdon, R E Lea
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1335-1337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1335 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sex hormones and skin collagen content in postmenopausal women.
	M Brincat, C F Moniz, J W Studd, A J Darby, A Magos, D Cooper
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1337-1338, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1337 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Comparison of injection techniques for shoulder pain: results of a double blind, randomised study.
	G R Hollingworth, R M Ellis, T S Hattersley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1339-1341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1339 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Multiple endocrine neoplasia associated with von Recklinghausen's disease.
	D F Griffiths, G T Williams, E D Williams
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1341-1343, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1341 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Case of ectopic pregnancy after postcoital contraception with ethinyloestradiol-levonorgestrel.
	A A Kubba, J Guillebaud
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1343-1344, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1343 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Superior sagittal sinus thrombosis and essential thrombocythaemia.
	M F Murphy, C R Clarke, R L Brearley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1344, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1344 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Low protein diets in uraemia.
	S E Bennett, G I Russell, J Walls
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1344-1345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1344-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Paget's disease of bone in Ireland.
	F M Detheridge, D J Barker, P B Guyer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1345-1346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1345 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Perforation of a bronchus due to electrical injury.
	C S Bowler, I J Gordon
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1346 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acne vulgaris and hidradenitis suppurativa as presenting features of acromegaly.
	R J Chalmers, R D Ead, M H Beck, P Dewis, D C Anderson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1346-1347, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1346-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Obscure splenomegaly in the tropics that is not the tropical splenomegaly syndrome.
	K M DeCock, S B Lucas, P H Rees, A N Hodgen, R A Jupp, B Slavin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1347-1348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1347 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pericardiocentesis in myocarditis: the protective role of the pericardium in severe heart failure.
	A D Timmis, K Daly, M Monaghan, D E Jewitt
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1348 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psychotropic drugs and accidents in a general practice.
	G A Binnie
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1349-1350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1349 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Adrian.
	C Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1350-1351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1350 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	First five years in practice: the 1960s. Hard times.
	S Jenkins
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1352-1353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1352 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	No "road to Damascus" effect.
	W M Styles
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1354-1356, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1354 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sudden cardiac death in sport.
	R J Northcote, D Ballantyne
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1357-1359, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1357 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of sexually transmitted diseases. Urethral discharge: diagnosis.
	M W Adler
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1360-1362, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1360 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Improving medical meetings. III--Diversify the format of conference sessions.
	D E Richmond, C J Mercer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1363-1364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1363 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Leptospirosis in man, British Isles, 1982.
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1365-1366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1365 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Paratyphoid fever in England and Wales, 1978-82.
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1366 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The Great Hall of BMA House: plans for the '80s.
	J Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1367-1369, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1367 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical curio: self medication with xylazine.
	S Lewis, C L O'Callaghan, P J Toghill
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1369, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1369 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NHS management inquiry. Small, central management board recommended.
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1391-1393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1391 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1389, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1389 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Labour's defence of NHS
	William Russell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1390, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1390 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the JCC: Fall in funded consultant posts
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1983;287:1395-1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6402.1395 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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