New approaches to treating oesophageal cancer
	S O'Reilly, A Forastiere
	BMJ  1994;308:1249-1250 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Aspirin and pre-eclampsia
	L Beilin
	BMJ  1994;308:1250-1251 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Syncope
	M C Petch
	BMJ  1994;308:1251-1252 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treating dizziness with vestibular rehabilitation
	L Yardley, L Luxon
	BMJ  1994;308:1252-1253 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Antenatal screening for syphilis
	A Nicoll, C Moisley
	BMJ  1994;308:1253-1254 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Alcohol, accidents, and aggression
	N Heather
	BMJ  1994;308:1254 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Chronic fatigue syndrome Role of psychological factors overemphasised
	C Blatch, T Blatt, A Wilson, I Hickie, A Lloyd, D Hadzi-Pavlovic, C Boughton, J Dwyer, D Wakefield, E M Goudsmit, N Anderson, C Tannock, D C Costa, J Brostoff, D O Ho-Yen, A Grant, D O Ho-Yen, M Shanks, N C Abbot, V A Spence, J G Lowe, R C Potts, A H A Hassan, J J F Belch, J S Beck, C Read, S Howes, K Prince, C Shepherd, C Fleming, V Airs, J Broderick, S Woodcock
	BMJ  1994;308:1297-1301 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Conflicts of interest Drug advertising corrupts journals
	S Sussman, S Brandon
	BMJ  1994;308:1301 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Blood pressure and myocardial infarction Low blood pressure can be hazardous
	J M Cruickshank, J Cooer, T S Warrender
	BMJ  1994;308:1301-1302 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Reactive arthritis May develop in patients with HIV infection
	S J Winceslaus, A Lauhio
	BMJ  1994;308:1302-1303 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Women consultants
	A Edwards
	BMJ  1994;308:1303 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cutaneous T cell lymphomas
	N Smith, M Spittle
	BMJ  1994;308:1303 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Original description of Kaposi's sarcoma
	L Breimer
	BMJ  1994;308:1303-1304 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sample size
	I Hill-Smith
	BMJ  1994;308:1304 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Privatisation of pathology services Trust hospital exonerated by district auditor
	R Ewings, S Bulusu
	BMJ  1994;308:1304 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Friday the 13th
	S D Walter
	BMJ  1994;308:1304 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Decisions in US say that doctors can assist suicides
	J Roberts
	BMJ  1994;308:1255 [Extract] [Full text]

	Euthanasia remains illegal in Britain
	J Warden
	BMJ  1994;308:1255-1256 [Extract] [Full text]

	Parliament faces paradox over advertising bans
	J Warden
	BMJ  1994;308:1256 [Extract] [Full text]

	Australians investigate hepatitis C cases
	C Zinn
	BMJ  1994;308:1256-1257 [Extract] [Full text]

	British government looks at effects of wealth on health
	T Delamothe
	BMJ  1994;308:1257 [Extract] [Full text]

	Report criticises French hospitals
	A Dorozynski
	BMJ  1994;308:1257-1258 [Extract] [Full text]

	Paediatrician wins complaints case
	O Dyer
	BMJ  1994;308:1258 [Extract] [Full text]

	Focus: Westminster: Workshop manual for the NHS
	J Warden
	BMJ  1994;308:1258 [Extract] [Full text]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Using patient and general practice characteristics to explain variations in cervical smear uptake rates
	F A Majeed, D G Cook, H R Anderson, S Hilton, S Bunn, C Stones
	BMJ  1994;308:1272-1276 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Doctors with problems in an NHS workforce
	L J Donaldson
	BMJ  1994;308:1277-1282 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treating childhood asthma in Singapore: when West meets East
	G J Connett, B W Lee
	BMJ  1994;308:1282-1284 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Equity issues in the NHS: Who cares about equity in the NHS?
	M Whitehead
	BMJ  1994;308:1284-1287 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Current Issues in Cancer: Cancer chemotherapy: identifying novel anticancer drugs
	J Carmichael
	BMJ  1994;308:1288-1290 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of Sports Medicine: Benefits of exercise in health and disease
	P H Fentem
	BMJ  1994;308:1291-1295 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

VIEWS AND REVIEWS

This week's VIEWS AND REVIEWS

	Optimism and surgeons
	T Smith
	BMJ  1994;308:1305 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Received with thanks
	T Greenhalgh
	BMJ  1994;308:1305 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The true cost of health care in Britain
	B Livesley
	BMJ  1994;308:1306 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The rususcitation game
	L Doyal
	BMJ  1994;308:1306-1307 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	How was it for you?
	J S Allum
	BMJ  1994;308:1307 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Fine Needle Aspiration of Palpable Masses
	M Wolfendale
	BMJ  1994;308:1308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.308.6939.1308 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Benzodiazepine Dependence
	M King
	BMJ  1994;308:1308 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Forensic Psychiatry: Clinical, Legal and Ethical Issues
	P Bowden
	BMJ  1994;308:1309 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Analgesic and NSAID-induced Kidney Disease
	R Wilkinson
	BMJ  1994;308:1309 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1994;308:1310 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Juvenile onset inflammatory bowel disease: height and body mass index in adult life
	A Ferguson, D M Sedgwick
	BMJ  1994;308:1259-1263 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Alcohol and blood pressure: the INTERSALT study
	M G Marmot, P Elliott, M J Shipley, A R Dyer, H U Ueshima, D G Beevers, R Stamler, H Kesteloot, G Rose, J Stamler
	BMJ  1994;308:1263-1267 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cardioprotective effect of hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women: is the evidence biased?
	W F M Potshuma, R G J Westendorp, J P Vandenbroucke
	BMJ  1994;308:1268-1269 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	National trends in birth weight: implications for future adult disease
	C Power
	BMJ  1994;308:1270-1271 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Axillary sweating in clinical assessment of dehydration in ill elderly patients
	D Eaton, P Bannister, G P Mulley, M J Connolly
	BMJ  1994;308:1271 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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