From twin to singleton
	Richard L Berkowitz
	BMJ  1996;313:373-374 [Full text]

	Firearm legislation and the Cullen inquiry
	A M Morris
	BMJ  1996;313:374-375 [Full text]

	Teenage drug use
	Donald Reid
	BMJ  1996;313:375 [Full text]

	Intravenous IgG in Guillain-Barre syndrome
	R A C Hughes
	BMJ  1996;313:376-377 [Full text]

	New roles for thalidomide
	R J Powell
	BMJ  1996;313:377-378 [Full text]

	Active management of labour
	J G Thornton
	BMJ  1996;313:378 [Full text]

News

	Doctors may have to countersign gun applications
	John Warden
	BMJ  1996;313:379 [Full text]

	Selective abortions hit the headlines
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1996;313:380 [Full text]

	Quadruple test is available for Down's syndrome
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  1996;313:380 [Full text]

	Internet sees growth of unverified health claims
	Hilary Bower
	BMJ  1996;313:381 [Full text]

	Some of the claims on the Internet
	BMJ  1996;313:381 [Full text]

	Health committee backs cradle to grave care
	John Warden
	BMJ  1996;313:382 [Full text]

	Smoker wins damages against US tobacco company
	Fred B Charatan
	BMJ  1996;313:382 [Full text]

	Health of the Nation could be better
	John Warden
	BMJ  1996;313:382 [Full text]

	Surgery reduces epileptic seizures
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  1996;313:383 [Full text]

	Rise in CJD is not a true increase
	Alison Boulton
	BMJ  1996;313:383 [Full text]

	Doctors call for law change on cannabis
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  1996;313:384 [Full text]

	Gene transfer produces angiogenesis
	Hilary Bower
	BMJ  1996;313:384 [Full text]

	Russia faces demographic crisis
	Miranda Ingram
	BMJ  1996;313:385 [Full text]

	Doctors outraged over redundancy notices
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  1996;313:385 [Full text]

	Too many f words in politics
	BMJ  1996;313:385 [Full text]

	US scientists challenge approval of sweetener
	David Woods
	BMJ  1996;313:386 [Full text]

	High conviction rates are seen in child abuse cases
	Louise Byrne
	BMJ  1996;313:386 [Full text]

Papers

	Do antimicrobials increase the carriage rate of penicillin resistant pneumococci in children? Cross sectional prevalence study
	Vilhjalmur A Arason, Karl G Kristinsson, Johann A Sigurdsson, Gudrun Stefansdottir, Sigvard Molstad, Sigurdur Gudmundsson
	BMJ  1996;313:387-391 [Abstract] [Full text]

	Case-control study of risk of dehydrating diarrhoea in infants in vulnerable period after full weaning
	Sandra Costa Fuchs, Cesar Gomes Victora, Jose Martines
	BMJ  1996;313:391-394 [Abstract] [Full text]

	Drinking, smoking, and illicit drug use among 15 and 16 year olds in the United Kingdom
	Patrick McC Miller, Martin Plant
	BMJ  1996;313:394-397 [Abstract] [Full text]

	Cigarette advertising and onset of smoking in children: questionnaire survey
	David While, Sheila Kelly, Wenyong Huang, Anne Charlton
	BMJ  1996;313:398-399 [Abstract] [Full text]

	Effect of sports sponsorship by tobacco companies on children's experimentation with tobacco
	Sharad G Vaidya, U D Naik, Jayant S Vaidya
	BMJ  1996;313:400 [Full text]

	Designer drinks and drunkenness amongst a sample of Scottish schoolchildren
	Neil McKeganey, Alasdair Forsyth, Marina Barnard, Gordon Hay
	BMJ  1996;313:401 [Full text]

	Frequency of non-fatal heroin overdose: survey of heroin users recruited in non-clinical settings
	Michael Gossop, Paul Griffiths, Beverly Powis, Sara Williamson, John Strang
	BMJ  1996;313:402 [Full text]

	Routine monitoring of all postoperative outcomes at one year: longitudinal study at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
	Rowena M Ryan, Kanayo Maduako, Chris White, Charles A East
	BMJ  1996;313:403 [Full text]

General practice

	Predictive value of ambulatory blood pressure shortly after withdrawal of antihypertensive drugs in primary care patients
	Frank W Beltman, Wilfred F Heesen, Ronald H J Kok, Andries J Smit, Johan F May, Pieter A de Graeff, Tjeerd K Havinga, Frits H Schuurman, Enno van der Veur, Kong I Lie, Betty Meyboom-de Jong
	BMJ  1996;313:404-406 [Abstract] [Full text]

Soundings

	Ebola in Greece?
	Bernard Dixon
	BMJ  1996;313:430 [Full text]

	Tales of the monsoon season
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  1996;313:430 [Full text]

Personal views

	BUPA subscription? That will do nicely
	David Currie
	BMJ  1996;313:431 [Full text]

Medicine and books

	Variation in the Human Genome
	Ian D Young
	BMJ  1996;313:433 [Full text]

	Schizophrenia
	J W G Tiller
	BMJ  1996;313:433 [Full text]

Education and debate

	Fortnightly Review: Neonatal screening for sickle cell disorders: what about the carrier infants?
	Linda Laird, Carol Dezateux, Elizabeth N Anionwu
	BMJ  1996;313:407-411 [Abstract] [Full text]

	Fortnightly Review: How can impact factors be improved?
	Eugene Garfield
	BMJ  1996;313:411-413 [Full text]

	Lesson of the Week: Acute angle closure glaucoma masquerading as systemic illness
	Margaret Dayan, Benjamin Turner, Charles McGhee
	BMJ  1996;313:413-415 [Full text]

	Caring for Older People: Public transport
	T A Roper, G P Mulley
	BMJ  1996;313:415-418 [Full text]

	ABC of Work Related Disorders: Neck and arm disorders
	Mats Hagberg
	BMJ  1996;313:419-422 [Full text]

Letters

	Ecstasy and neurodegeneration
	John Merrill
	BMJ  1996;313:423 [Full text]

	No evidence of neurotoxicity exists
	Nicholas Saunders
	BMJ  1996;313:423 [Full text]

	Tablets often contain substances in addition to, or instead of, ecstasy..
	Adam R Winstock, Leslie A King
	BMJ  1996;313:423-424 [Full text]

	...such as ketamine
	David Shewan, Phil Dalgarno, Leslie A King
	BMJ  1996;313:424 [Full text]

	(gamma)-Hydroxybutyrate is a new recreational drug that may lead to loss of consciousness
	Ian M Stell, John M Ryan
	BMJ  1996;313:424 [Full text]

	Recommendation to avoid all drugs during first trimester is unrealistic
	Andrew E Czeizel
	BMJ  1996;313:424-425 [Full text]

	Medic Alert UK should start new section for patients with a difficult airway
	J B Liban
	BMJ  1996;313:425 [Full text]

	Describing race, ethnicity, and culture in medical research
	David De Bono
	BMJ  1996;313:425 [Full text]

	Self defined ethnicity is unhelpful
	James McAuley, Lorraine De Souza, Vidyut Sharma, Ian Robinson, Chris J Main, A O Frank
	BMJ  1996;313:425-426 [Full text]

	Links need to be maintained with census definitions
	Mark R D Johnson
	BMJ  1996;313:426 [Full text]

	Guidelines will encourage the thinking that underpins racism in medicine
	Ikechukwu Obialo Azuonye
	BMJ  1996;313:426 [Full text]

	Authors' reply
	Kwame McKenzie, Natasha Crowcroft
	BMJ  1996;313:426 [Full text]

	Addison's disease
	C Granger
	BMJ  1996;313:426-427 [Full text]

	Adrenal insufficiency should be excluded before thyroxine replacement is started
	I A Osman, Peter Leslie
	BMJ  1996;313:427 [Full text]

	Hydrocortisone should be started immediately adrenal insufficiency is considered
	Peter Leman
	BMJ  1996;313:427 [Full text]

	N of 1 trials
	Miquel Porta, Francisco Bolumar, Ildefonso Hernandez, Jesus Vioque
	BMJ  1996;313:427 [Full text]

	Placebos should be abandoned
	Wilfrid Treasure
	BMJ  1996;313:427-428 [Full text]

	Blood donation
	E Angela E Robinson
	BMJ  1996;313:428 [Full text]

	Age limit should be reviewed
	R M Archibald
	BMJ  1996;313:428 [Full text]

	Relation of C reactive protein to cardiovascular risk factors
	W A C Sewell, S E Marshall, A G Bird, H M Chapel
	BMJ  1996;313:428 [Full text]

	H pylori and C pneumoniae infections may account for most acute coronary syndromes
	Antonio Aceti, Giorgio Mazzacurati, Alfredo Pennica, Maria A Amendolea, Barbara Zechini, Massimo Trappolini, Mario Puletti
	BMJ  1996;313:428-429 [Full text]

	Drug use in prison
	Sheila M Gore, Shaun Seaman
	BMJ  1996;313:429 [Full text]

	Access to sterile injecting equipment is important
	Clive L Morrison, Alan McGee
	BMJ  1996;313:429 [Full text]

	National crash call number is needed
	Salem A Beshyah, Rebekaf Schiff, Fathi S Al-Jehani
	BMJ  1996;313:429 [Full text]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1996;313:434 [Full text]

Fillers

	ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO
	BMJ  1996;313:406 [Full text]

	An Influential Doctor
	David Gullick
	BMJ  1996;313:418 [Full text]

Career focus

	The core curriculum for senior house officers
	John Wass
	BMJ  1996;313:2 [Full text]

	Briefing: Confusion continues about the transitional arrangements for the introduction of ...
	BMJ  1996;313:3 [Full text]

CHOICE

	Editor's choice
	BMJ  1996;313 [Full text]

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

	Light the blue touchpaper and stand well clear
	Nigel Duncan
	BMJ  1996;313:432 [Full text]

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