surgery being advised in all cases. In the patients with secondary hyperaldosteronism spironolactone produced -little or no change in blood pressure. This finding accords with earlier reports8" showing that some patients with essential hypertension may have a small fall in blood pressure when treated with either spironolactone or a benzothiadiazine or related diuretic. Thus it would seem that p...

Despite many attempts in recent years, gender differences young people’s experiences of education are still very much existence. In this study we explored how impacted secondary education. We conducted five focus groups with N = 35 people (N 11 male) aged 13–14 years from a school low socio-economic status (SES), area England and asked whether there were different expectations for boys girls th...

We compare the clinical course of 74 boys 10–18 years of age with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) treated (40) and not treated (34) with deflazacort. Treated boys were able to rise from supine to standing, climb stairs and walk 10 m without aids, 3–5 years longer than boys not treated. After 10 years of age, treated boys had significantly better pulmonary function than boys not treated and af...