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Background: Laterality of paired organs involves the function of the eyes, ears, hands and feet. Whilst most people have a right-handed preference, about 10 per cent are left-handed. Similarly, the right eye is usually preferred to the left. Medicine is both taught and practised for those with right hand and eye preference, and left-handed medical students and doctors must negotiate the right-handed world. Objective: This brief review looks at society's attitudes, medical training and the practice of otolaryngology in the UK towards laterality and handedness. Method: Literature review. Results: Studies suggest that left-handers are more versatile and so are more ambidextrous. Conversely, this may result in problems when a right-hander tries to undertake a procedure with the non-dominant hand. Conclusion: Cultures and attitudes are changing towards those who are left-handed. Left-handed surgeons may encounter difficulties in the clinical environment throughout their training. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents several letters to the editor in the periodical 'British Medical Journal, as of July 1992. Prevalence of potential pathogens in the cervical canal; Treatment for allergy; Association of cardiac arrest with flumazenil.

Addresses the frequency of serotonin transporter (SERT) expression among a broad spectrum of B cell malignancy. Potential of both prescribed and recreational psychotropics that selectively target the transporter as anti-tumor therapeutics; Expression of SERT in derived B cell lines of diverse malignant origin; Psychotropic drugs that target SERT.