ADHD (April 2000)Managing and assessing children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) requires input from a number of people involved with the child's care. Dr Sara A El-Neil and Dr Mark Beattie outline its management [full text]
Stop patients smoking (March 2000)Now more than ever, the Government is adamant about helping the nation to stop smoking. GPs play a very important role in assissting in this process, as Dr Rob Hicks explains [full text]
Circumcision debate (exclusive to the website; uploaded in March 2000)
Male circumcision: a paediatric surgeon's perspective
Male circumcision: a Jewish perspective
Male circumcision: a Muslim's perspective
Male circumcision: the case against
Four steps to sleep (Jan/Feb 2000)Professor Malcolm Lader discusses a stepwise approach to the clinical managmenet of insomnia [full text]
The transition to CFC-free inhalers (December 1999)With the Y2K deadline nearly behind us, Dr Grevile Newson-Smith and Sian Watkin discuss the issues involved in the transition to CFC-free inhalers, which must be complete by 2003 [full text]
Contraception in later life (November 1999)Shelly Mehigan outlines special considerations when choosing a contraceptive method for women over 40 years [full text]
Alcohol addiction (October 1999)Dr Rob Hicks discusses the role of GPs in identifying and managing patients addicted to alcohol [full text]
Bulimia (September 1999)Dr Suki Greaves discusses bulimia nervosa, an eating disorder which has become increasingly prevalent and which needs a multifactorial management approach. This is followed by a commentary on the stigma of eating disorders by Professor Simon Gowers [full text]
Shoot the sun! (July/August 1999). As people prepare to dash to the West country to view the total eclipse, Family Medicine throws a challenge your way. And the prizes are excellent. . . [full text]
Malaria (July/August 1999). Dr Mike Townend discusses the management of malaria, including special considerations for women and children, and the plethora of non-drug and drug prophylactic interventions available [full text]
Stop press (June 1999): MMR & IBD. Whilst the healthcare profession struggles to claw back the number of parents immunising their children against measles, mumps and rubella, the tabloids put another spanner in the works. Family Medicine reports [full text]
Stopping antidepressants (June 1999). It is a positive step when a patient is ready to stop taking antidepressants, but as Dr Cosmo Hallström warns, this should not happen abruptly [full text]
Stop press (May 1999): Viagra made more widely available. Secretary of State for Health, Frank Dobson, announces new rules for prescribing Viagra and other drug treatments for impotence. Family Medicine reports [full text]
Couples in conflict (April 1999). Liz Scott discusses how to manage couples with relationship conflicts[full text]
Is it hay fever? (April 1999). Dr Mike Townend distinguishes between hay fever and allergic rhinits and discusses treatment options for the former [full text]
Is complementary/alternative medicine safe? (March 1999). Complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) is popular but is it safe? Following last month's article, Professor Edzard Ernst and Dr Adriane Fugh-Berman assess the evidence on acupuncture, homeopathy, and chiropractic. [full text]
What's the alternative?. (Jan/Feb 1999) Harriett Ainley looks at the growing interest in complementary/alternative medicine and discusses what needs to be done before it can be used with greater confidence to complement conventinal medicine[full text]
Complementary medicine (Jan/Feb 1999). In the first of a two-part article on complementary medicine, Professor Edzard Ernst and Dr Adriane Fugh-Berman assess the evidence to support acupuncture, homeopathy and chiropractic[full text]
Which pill? (Jan/Feb 1999). Dr David Delvin discusses how to match oral contraceptives to patients[full text]
The Cochrane library (Jan/Feb 1999). In the first article of Family Medicine's new series 'Evidence in practice'. Ruth Frankish discusses the Cochrane Library, an electronic bible of systematic reviews[full text]
SIDS (October1998). In the first of a two-part article, Ms Jeanine Young and Professor Peter Fleming assess the risk factors which lead to sudden infant death [full text]
SIDS (September 1998). In the second part or their article about SIDS, Jeanine Young and Professor Peter Fleming look at risk factors other than those specific to night time [full text]