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I I I I I I I Immediate coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction Stuart D Pringle, Nicholas A Boon 1490 Tinnitus: its causes, diagnosis, and treatment Linda M Luzon . 1491 Sickle cell disease: the case for coordinated information Allison Streetly, Moira Dick, Mark Layton 1492 At last a strategy for British science Richard Smith 1493 NSAIDs and `postoperative pain Dermot F Murphy 1494 Providing citizens' advice in general practice Simon Ennals N>`)`' ll ~ti1h~.C - INTERNATIONAL News 1495-1502 Insurers and HIV • Britain's science strategy - Indian vaccination scandal • Bogus British professor • ~ NHS needs less staff • Prison suicide • EC health ministers meet - Deep sleep reprieve - Labour and the s GMC • Oregon and public opinion I I I BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL No 6891 VOLUME 306 Editorials 14" Papers ~ General Practice 1503 ~ Asbestos and lung cancer in Glasgow and west of Scotland Helene De Vos Irvine, Douglas W Lamont, David J Hole, Charles R Gillis 1506 A prospective study of alcohol consumption and bone mineral density Troy L Holbrook, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor 1509 Risk assessment adjusted for gestational age in maternal serum screening for Down's syndrome Jason Gardosi, Max Mongeili 1512 Use of dipsticks for routine analysis of urine from children.vith acute abdominal pain M N Woodward, D M Griffiths 1512 Invasive procedures in children receiving intensive care David P Southall, Bernadette C Cronin, Hans Hartmann, Cathy Harrison-Sewell, Martin P Samuels 1514 Association between availability of non-prescription N agonist inhalers and under treatment of asthma Peter Gibson, David Henry, Lynn Francis, Duncan Cruickshank, Fiona Dupea, Nick Higgianbotbam, Richard Henry, David Sutherland  1518 Cidxess' ad.ice in generai practice Jim A G Paris, David Player ~ Education & Debate I I I 1521 Rationiag in practice: the case of in vitro fertilisatioa Sharon Redmayne, Rudolf Klein 1524 The New NHS: The Second Year• West SuffoUc: a.e.r laadscape Jane Smith 1527 Graad Rotmds-Gtn's Hospital: Thallium poisonins David Moore, Ivan House, Alison Dixon 1530 Lesson of tite Week: Systemic thrombolysis causing haemorrhage arotmd a prosthetic abdominal aottic Sraft Nick J M London, Bryan Williams, Andrew Stein 1532 ABC of Skep Dnoedez:: Sleep probkms in patients with medical dlness Colin M Shapiro, Gerald M Devins, M R G Hussain 1536-1554 Obhuart • Lettera - Medicopolitical Digest - Sonndiats • Personal View • Medicine and the Media.• Medicine and Books • Minerva •(ia dueil ooalaaf) ~ BAITISH MEDICAL ASSOQAT[ON TAVISi'OC1C SQUMIE LONDON WCIH 9JR WEEXLY ISSN ®lS94iM ASTM CODF2J. tM)OAF 306 (M91) 14N-1554 (1993)

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ANY QUESTIONS Is rhen cny evidence rhat a blockes lulp peopk to jeve up citasute smokirr$? There do not seem to be any published studies that have examined whether 0 blockers help people who are tryft to stop smoldtsg. The rationale for any possible effect is not clear. While symptoms such as anxiety and restlessness form paut of the nkotiae withdrawal syndrome, their manifestadon is mainly in terms of self report of affective state rather than more somatic signs such as tremor or palpitations. There are reports that S blockers may reduce the risk of death after acute myocardial infarction in cigarette smokers but no indication that this benefit might be achieved through facilitating cessation.'-wmrtr.. l,utvts,lmpericl Caxur Reuarch Fwtd.l.aRdoie I Ja6i SM. TJley BG Psas L Smula LR Goldsma S. Elfeca of opreae vewlq rd P~'aP~~I a wm.as ot swu iayooedW a~fareoou. M Ic.+r I4vo;0:me. I BMJ voLUnaE 306 1513 5xTNE 1993