Review

Drug misuse

1 April 1992

Throughout history the desire to experience an altered state of consciousness can be seen to have been part of the essential nature of man. In all…

Arthritis

1 March 1992

Arthritis is a common and chronic disease with over 200 conditions included in this category. It affects every tenth inhabitant of the world according to the…

Depression

1 March 1992

Depression has been defined as the persistent and sustained feeling that the self is worthless, the world meaningless and the future hopeless. There is a world…

Migraine

1 September 1991

‘Choose something common and you will find little is known about it’ (Henry Head to the young Dr Russell Brain c 1920). Although common (8 per…

Organ Transplantation

1 July 1991

Organ transplantation is one of the most spectacular medical achievements of this century. The first successful human transplant operation took place in Boston, in 1954, when…

Epilepsy: Towards Tomorrow

1 May 1991

Since the publication of the Office of Health Economics’ first booklet on epilepsy in 1971, advances in medical treatment, better seizure control and wider availability of…

Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease: Consensus or Controversy?

1 March 1991

The severe expression of cardiovascular and particularly coronary heart disease in the UK is a proper cause for concern. Analysis of its associations clearly shows the…

Dying with Dignity

1 February 1991

This report from the Office of Health Economics looks at a very important aspect of medical care which is too often ignored. As Jane Griffin points…

Coronary Heart Disease: The Need for Action

1 February 1990

At the start of the 1980s, coronary heart disease (CUD) appeared destined to become the United Kingdom’s ‘disease of the decade’. Comparisons between nations had revealed…