Screening for ovarian cancer. Still controversial, but encouraging.
	N Wald, C Parkes
	BMJ  1993;306:1684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1684 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for ovarian cancer. Other chronic diseases affect serum marker.
	P Tambyah, I Yap, W C Lye
	BMJ  1993;306:1684-1686, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1684-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for ovarian cancer. Multiple markers may outperform CA 125 alone.
	R Bast, R Woolas
	BMJ  1993;306:1684-1685, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1684-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for ovarian cancer. Other malignancies cloud the issue.
	D Clements
	BMJ  1993;306:1685, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1685 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for ovarian cancer. Uptake of screening would be low.
	C D Wolfe, K S Raju
	BMJ  1993;306:1685-1686, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1685-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Appendicectomy in children. No excuse for unnecessary delays.
	R J Morgan
	BMJ  1993;306:1686-1687, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1686 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Appendicectomy in children. Unconvincing message.
	N Williams
	BMJ  1993;306:1686-1687, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1686-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Appendicectomy in children. Retrospective audit won't give the answer.
	N Kellow
	BMJ  1993;306:1686-1687, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1686-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Appendicectomy in children. No time for daytime emergencies.
	M Cade
	BMJ  1993;306:1686-1687, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1686-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Limiting the drugs list. Will halt therapeutic progress.
	M Yarrow
	BMJ  1993;306:1687, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1687-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Limiting the drugs list. The trouble with generic prescribing.
	S E Ellmers
	BMJ  1993;306:1687, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1687-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Limiting the drugs list. Behavioural treatment not drugs for chronic pain.
	C E Pither, J Ralphs
	BMJ  1993;306:1687-1688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1687-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The gall stone debate. Develop the surgery...
	R C Russell
	BMJ  1993;306:1688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1688 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The gall stone debate. ...or investigate the epidemiology?
	T Jørgensen
	BMJ  1993;306:1688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1688-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Women and coronary artery surgery. Fewer women referred for investigation.
	D De Bono
	BMJ  1993;306:1689, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1689 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Women and coronary artery surgery. Health authorities should monitor equity of service.
	A Majeed, A M Pollock
	BMJ  1993;306:1689, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1689-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Women and coronary artery surgery. Glasgow fights poor health in women.
	G McIlwaine, S Laughlin
	BMJ  1993;306:1689-1690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1689-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Women and coronary artery surgery. Cardiovascular responses differ between the sexes.
	J Ginsburg, S Okelo, D Butler
	BMJ  1993;306:1690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1690 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Long term care of elderly people. Medical supervision is vital.
	A Ritch
	BMJ  1993;306:1690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1690-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Long term care of elderly people. US carefully monitors the private sector.
	R D Kennedy
	BMJ  1993;306:1690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1690-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	AIDS in Africa. Inflationary statistics distort the truth.
	C Mbubaegbu
	BMJ  1993;306:1691, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1691 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	AIDS in Africa. HIV is having a profound impact.
	D Mulder, P Smith
	BMJ  1993;306:1691, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1691-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Avoiding coning in childhood meningitis.
	S K Obaro
	BMJ  1993;306:1691-1692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1691-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Provision of acute beds in inner London. Are all Thames regions the same?
	R M Greenhalgh
	BMJ  1993;306:1692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1692-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Screening for ovarian cancer: Authors' reply
	T H Bourne, S Campbell, W P Collins
	BMJ  1993;306:1685, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1685-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for ovarian cancer: Authors' reply
	Ian Jacobs, David Oram
	BMJ  1993;306:1685-1686, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1685-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Appendicectomy in children: Authors' reply
	R Surana, F Quinn, P Puri
	BMJ  1993;306:1687, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1687 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	General Medical Council: Students keen to contribute
	Mark S Bailey
	BMJ  1993;306:1688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1688-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	General Medical Council: Editorial attack misguided
	Tony Keable-Elliott
	BMJ  1993;306:1688-1689, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1688-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Taking a balanced view on triazolam
	Peter McGuffin, Michael C O'Donovan
	BMJ  1993;306:1690-1691, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1690-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mental health in children
	Paul Mcardle, Anne Thompson
	BMJ  1993;306:1691, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1691-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Where credit is due
	Harold Rogers
	BMJ  1993;306:1692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1692 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Keeping up to date
	John R Bennett
	BMJ  1993;306:1692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1692-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Provision of acute beds in inner London: Are all Thames regions the same?: Author's reply
	Brian Jarman
	BMJ  1993;306:1692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1692-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: Cholesterol lowering and mortality: the importance of considering initial level of risk
	BMJ  1993;306:1648, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1648 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: Developing a register of randomised controlled trials in primary care
	BMJ  1993;306:1660, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1660 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: Simple treatment for night terrors
	BMJ  1993;306:1692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1692-d [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: Antenatal screening for Down's syndrome
	BMJ  1993;306:1692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1692-e [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	NOTES
	BMJ  1993;306:i5, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.i5 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	News
	BMJ  1993;306:1631-1636, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1631 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Obituary
	BMJ  1993;306:1682-1683, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1682 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicopolitical Digest
	BMJ  1993;306:1693-1696, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1693 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings
	BMJ  1993;306:1697, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1697 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal view
	Rosamonde Banks
	BMJ  1993;306:1698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1698 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media
	BMJ  1993;306:1699, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1699 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	BMJ  1993;306:1702, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1702 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	BMJ  1993;306:1700-1701, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1700 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Gene therapy begins.
	K Davies, B Williamson
	BMJ  1993;306:1625-1626, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1625 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Long term risks after attempted suicide.
	G Morgan
	BMJ  1993;306:1626-1627, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1626 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management at the MRC.
	R Smith
	BMJ  1993;306:1627-1628, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1627 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Human milk and the preterm baby.
	A F Williams
	BMJ  1993;306:1628-1629, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1628 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health protection and the European Community.
	M Joffe
	BMJ  1993;306:1629-1630, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1629 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	High mortality by natural and unnatural causes: a 10 year follow up study of patients admitted to a poisoning treatment centre after suicide attempts.
	M Nordentoft, L Breum, L K Munck, A G Nordestgaard, A Hunding, P A Laursen Bjaeldager
	BMJ  1993;306:1637-1641, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1637 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Factors associated with suicide after parasuicide in young people.
	K Hawton, J Fagg, S Platt, M Hawkins
	BMJ  1993;306:1641-1644, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1641 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prevention of congenital abnormalities by periconceptional multivitamin supplementation.
	A E Czeizel
	BMJ  1993;306:1645-1648, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1645 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interactions between a general practitioner and representatives of drug companies.
	B O'Mahony
	BMJ  1993;306:1649, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1649 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A national survey of the provision of support services for people with cancer.
	J M Addington-Hall, M W Weir, C Zollman, M B McIllmurray
	BMJ  1993;306:1649-1650, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1649-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Relation between sialic acid concentrations and the haemostatic system in the elderly.
	K Kario, T Matsuo
	BMJ  1993;306:1650-1651, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1650 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effectiveness of programme for reducing cardiovascular risk for men in one general practice.
	R L Gibbins, M Riley, P Brimble
	BMJ  1993;306:1652-1656, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1652 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiovascular risk and attitudes to lifestyle: what do patients think?
	C Silagy, J Muir, A Coulter, M Thorogood, L Roe
	BMJ  1993;306:1657-1660, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1657 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management of septic shock.
	J D Edwards
	BMJ  1993;306:1661-1664, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1661 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Extradural haematoma in a child after an apparently mild head injury.
	P A Nee, B M Phillips, C M Bannister
	BMJ  1993;306:1665-1666, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1665 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personality and fatal diseases.
	A J Pelosi, L Appleby
	BMJ  1993;306:1666-1667, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1666 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prescriptions for medical research. I--Management within the Medical Research Council.
	R Gillett, J Harrow
	BMJ  1993;306:1668-1672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1668 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prescriptions for medical research II--Is medical research well served by peer review?
	R Gillett
	BMJ  1993;306:1672-1675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1672 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of one to seven. Bronchial asthma.
	H B Valman
	BMJ  1993;306:1676-1681, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1676 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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