The current issue of the official journal of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery - the Malta Medical Journal - has been circulated and is freely available in electronic format at www.mmj-web.org.
The March issue places emphasis on structured primary healthcare - this important subject being dealt with in the editorial, a guest editorial and a submitted article, all three giving a critical analysis on how to improve this service.
Further scientific contributions deal with the use of patient clinical records in research; the pathogenic sequences in coeliac disease; a follow-up study on hypothermia of the newborn; orthodontic malocclusion in Maltese schoolchildren; the association of dystonia and hyperprolactinaemia; and atopic eczema.
The historical contribution in this issue deals with the Mediterranean perspective of congenital malformations.