Postmenopausal osteoporosis is an important public health problem in developed countries. Preventive treatment might effect a large reduction in the incidence, but this needs to be applied selectively to those women at increased risk. Loss of bone density results in an ...

The recent report of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Britain's health care reforms1 has been welcomed by the secretary of state for health as “the most authoritative assessment of the reforms produced so far.”2 The report is largely e...

On four occasions over a period of four years samples of adult blood to which known amounts of fetal blood had been added were distributed to 8-12 different laboratories taking part in clinical trials organized by an M.R.C. Working Party. Estimates were made of the prop...

Definitive diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is complex. David Coghill believes the condition is undertreated, but Harvey Markovitch argues that current uncertainties about diagnosis and treatment mean doctors should be cautious

Heart rate variability and the changes in heart rate and blood pressure which occur on standing were measured in 21 diabetics. These simple measures distinguished four groups of patients, with loss of parasympathetic activity being commoner than loss of sympathetic acti...

EDITOR—Fairhead and Rothwell report substantial underinvestigation in routine clinical practice in elderly patients with transient ischaemic attack and stroke.1 We found that brain imaging was performed only in a small proportion …