Listings

Garlic and the healthy heart

Kate Randerson

Heartlines

A flawed policy

David Pollock

Using the Dundee Coronary Risk-Disk

Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe

Understanding atherosclerosis

Adam de Beider

Shareware

Philip Burnard

Back complaints to the hilt

Roger Haynes

Quick ECG interpretation

Lynda Holt

First Aid Manual, 6th edition

Lorenzo Visentin

Nutritional Guidelines for School Meals

Leigh Caws

Information exchange

Figuring out the source

Obituary: Peter Dawson

John Greene

Capable of their own decisions

F Hesford

Putting someone in touch

April Vickery

Midwifery is alive and kicking

Melanie Every

Sold to the cheapest bidder

Margaret Gooch

Still denied the right to vote

Arthur Wright

Health promotion for school children

Jackie Neylon

Rewarding nurses for their performance

James Buchan

Promoting ‘ordinary life principles’

Andy McDermott

The personal tutor: a teacher’s view

Andrew Charnock

Stewards work

Sheelagh Brewer

Lost in the community?

Michael Traynor

Balancing the budget

Christina Potrykus

The suffering goes on

Kevin Weaver

Reducing the risk of air emboli in angiography

Arthritis patients fail to understand medication

Gestational age and later respiratory symptoms

‘Blind spot’ theory for HIV’s damaging power

Link between Leukaemia and eating disorders?

NHS fails elderly patients with fractured femurs

Few complications with long-term PEG feeding

Link between cow’s milk and diabetes disputed

Effects of dural puncture can be long-term

Call to update therapeutic techniques

News and features

Research credibility is in danger

Leg ulcers hamper life style

Negative attitudes to homeless families

Standard setting on wards can improve patient care

Nurses setting good example for the health of the nation

Alex Maibieson, Judith Poclmoiv

Primary nurses are good role models

Cynical view of patients’ charter

News in brief

Basic prescription charges too much for many people

Funding cut for HIV and AIDS

News

Unit closure cuts out jobs and families

Daniel Allen

Russians agree

Good mental health is just a heap of broccoli and pears

News

Haemophilia nurses ask to be warned

Unions support HIV guidance

News

Job swop exercise is valuable

Jury upholds verdict of accidental death in second broadmoor inquest

Community nursing posts for London

John Naish

Fresh controversy at Ashworth

Purchasing principles and ‘internal market awareness’

News

Huge job losses for new trust

News

Redundancies confirmed amid ‘secret society’ bitterness

Survey reveals job crisis for students

Meeting a new era’s demands

Norah Casey