Increasing use of assays for TSH with improved sensitivity as a first‐line test of thyroid function
has raised questions regarding prevalence and clinical significance of abnormal results, …

Examination of thyroxine usage in a study in the United States of America revealed that many
patients were prescribed thyroxine for non-thyroid indications, such as obesity and fatigue. …

It is suggested that while the policy of restricting the amount of oxygen in incubators has
diminished the number of cases of retrolental fibroplasia (RLF) in the UK, it has concurrently …

Study objective: To quantify mortality attributable to influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
infection in children. Design and methods: Comparison of death rates (all cause and …

BACKGROUND Seasonal variations in asthma are widely recognised. This study was
undertaken to investigate the relative differences in seasonal patterns by age as they impact on …

We investigated age- and gender-specific incidence of shingles reported in a large sentinel
practice network monitoring a defined population over the years 1994–2001. In total, 5915 …

The hypothesis that the detrimental effect on the decline of the death rate in the first days of
life might have been caused by relative deprivation of administered oxygen from 1951 …

The combination of chronic gastric and duodenal ulcers or ulcer scars was found in 157
hospital patients during a period of eight years. Cases suffering from prepyloric gastric ulcer …

… of the infants was studied in the body plethysmograph (Cross, 1949) and gas mixtures were
administered as required through a suitable mask (Cross & Warner, 1951). With this mask, …

OBJECTIVE We determined the effect of subclinical hyperthyroidism (defined as low circulating
TSH with normal serum free T4) and subclinical hypothyroidism (raised serum TSH with …