BACKGROUND: Non-participation can bias outcome in intervention studies of physical activity.
OBJECTIVES: To compare characteristics, knowledge and attitudes to physical activity in …

A prospective study of mothers' reactions to their babies' symptoms was carried out in
Newcastle upon Tyne. Forty-four mothers kept a health diary about their first infant, recording …

The principles of and experience with a family study and survey undertaken by first‐year
medical students are reported. The family study is based on the observations made by pairs of …

The views of 89 vocational trainees were compared with those of 45 doctors concerned in
schemes of vocational training for general practice. Both groups agreed over most points, …

We present the results of a spectroscopic survey of 675 bright (16.5<b J <18) galaxies in a 6
field centred on the Fornax cluster with the FLAIR-II spectrograph on the UK Schmidt …

Correspondence Page 1 MEDICAL NEWS 539 After becoming a member of the Royal
College of General Practitioners, he closely identified himself with the aims and objects of the …

We present new spectral observations of 303 galaxies brighter than B J = 17.6 in the central
30 deg 2 of the Virgo cluster field. The galaxies were selected from two overlapping samples …

The ability to manipulate dense micrometre-scale objects in fluids is of interest to biosciences
with a view to improving analysis techniques and enabling tissue engineering. A method of …

The Society for the Study of Medical Ethics is an independent and non-partisan organization
for the multidisciplinary study of issues raised by the practice of medicine. The journal of …

Two cases of carcinoma of the stomach presenting during the same month and dying within
four weeks of one another less than one year later are presented. One was treated …