01 August 1998 (Vol 317, Issue 7154)

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Editor's Choice

Two unlike people

BMJ 1998;317:0.8 (Published 1 August 1998)

News

Independent inquiry ordered into thoracic surgeon

BMJ 1998;317:297.1 (Published 1 August 1998)

UN amends policy on breast feeding

BMJ 1998;317:297.2 (Published 1 August 1998)

In brief

BMJ 1998;317:298.1 (Published 1 August 1998)

Fifty mice cloned by new technique

BMJ 1998;317:298.2 (Published 1 August 1998)

New gene associated with Alzheimer's disease

BMJ 1998;317:299.1 (Published 1 August 1998)

Hereditary cancer link supported

BMJ 1998;317:299.2 (Published 1 August 1998)

Mystery of “7000 extra doctors” explained

BMJ 1998;317:300.1 (Published 1 August 1998)

Extra 1000 medical school places by 2005

BMJ 1998;317:300.2 (Published 1 August 1998)

UK doctors may face revalidation

BMJ 1998;317:300.3 (Published 1 August 1998)

Operating the smokescreen

BMJ 1998;317:301 (Published 1 August 1998)

The “new WHO” commits to making a difference

BMJ 1998;317:302.1 (Published 1 August 1998)

Editorials

Beyond conflict of interestA common problemBuilding a convincing caseWhat should the BMJ be doing?

BMJ 1998;317:291 (Published 1 August 1998)

Older people with schizophrenia: providing services for a neglected group

BMJ 1998;317:293 (Published 1 August 1998)

How can treatment of systemic sclerosis be improved?

BMJ 1998;317:294 (Published 1 August 1998)

Sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer

BMJ 1998;317:295 (Published 1 August 1998)

Change at last at WHO

BMJ 1998;317:296 (Published 1 August 1998)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Consider validity, clinical relevance, and applicability of albumin for critically ill patients

BMJ 1998;317:343.1 (Published 1 August 1998)

Tobacco link with insurance

BMJ 1998;317:343.2 (Published 1 August 1998)

Passive smoking and heart disease

BMJ 1998;317:344 (Published 1 August 1998)

Passive smoking and lung cancer

BMJ 1998;317:346 (Published 1 August 1998)

The hot air on passive smoking

BMJ 1998;317:348 (Published 1 August 1998)

Marketing of breast milk substitutes

BMJ 1998;317:350 (Published 1 August 1998)

Letters - continued

All scientific content of the BMJ should declare authors' conflicts of interest

BMJ 1998;317:351.1 (Published 1 August 1998)

Skrabanek dedicated his life to generating scepticism

BMJ 1998;317:351.2 (Published 1 August 1998)

Di Bella's method of curing cancer is becoming popular in Italy

BMJ 1998;317:352.1 (Published 1 August 1998)

New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is more common in Britain than elsewhere

BMJ 1998;317:352.2 (Published 1 August 1998)

Health authority was never influenced by party political pressure

BMJ 1998;317:352.3 (Published 1 August 1998)

Clinical Review

Polycystic ovarian syndrome: the metabolic syndrome comes to gynaecology

BMJ 1998;317:329.1 (Published 1 August 1998)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1998;317:358 (Published 1 August 1998)

Fillers

Heredity and environment

BMJ 1998;317:327.2 (Published 1 August 1998)

Hogarth's paintings at St. Bartholomew's Hospital

BMJ 1998;317:329.2 (Published 1 August 1998)

Happy ending

BMJ 1998;317:342 (Published 1 August 1998)

This Week In the BMJ

Decline in NHS beds increases pressure on GPs

BMJ 1998;317:0.7 (Published 1 August 1998)

Obesity from childhood to adulthood may lead to the metabolic syndrome

BMJ 1998;317:0.4 (Published 1 August 1998)

Cognitive behaviour therapy reduces psychotic symptoms

BMJ 1998;317:0.2 (Published 1 August 1998)

Deaths from dementia may hide cases of new variant CJD

BMJ 1998;317:0.6 (Published 1 August 1998)

Socioeconomic upheaval has increased mortality in Russia

BMJ 1998;317:0.5 (Published 1 August 1998)

Number needed to screen reveals worthwhile screening programmes

BMJ 1998;317:0.3 (Published 1 August 1998)

Editor's Choice [GP]

Signposting for general practitioners

BMJ 1998;317:0.1 (Published 1 August 1998)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Some encouragement given for research into cannabis

BMJ 1998;317:302.2 (Published 1 August 1998)

Medical negligence awards set to rise

BMJ 1998;317:302.3 (Published 1 August 1998)

Catalonia plans new policy on frozen embryos

BMJ 1998;317:302.4 (Published 1 August 1998)

Ex-ministers to face trial in French “blood scandal”

BMJ 1998;317:302.5 (Published 1 August 1998)

Papers

Randomised controlled trial of intensive cognitive behaviour therapy for patients with chronic schizophrenia

BMJ 1998;317:303 (Published 1 August 1998)

Number needed to screen: development of a statistic for disease screening

BMJ 1998;317:307 (Published 1 August 1998)

Papers - continued

Economic change, crime, and mortality crisis in Russia: regional analysis

BMJ 1998;317:312 (Published 1 August 1998)

Relation between obesity from childhood to adulthood and the metabolic syndrome: population based study

BMJ 1998;317:319 (Published 1 August 1998)

Mortality from dementias and neurodegenerative disorders in people aged 15-64 in England and Wales in 1979-96

BMJ 1998;317:320 (Published 1 August 1998)

Diagnosing fever by touch: observational study

BMJ 1998;317:321 (Published 1 August 1998)

Filler

Equanimity upset

BMJ 1998;317:318 (Published 1 August 1998)

General Practice

The impact on general practitioners of the changing balance of care for elderly people living in institutions

BMJ 1998;317:322 (Published 1 August 1998)

Identification of patients with atrial fibrillation in general practice: a study of screening methods

BMJ 1998;317:327.1 (Published 1 August 1998)

Education and debate

Ethical debateShould industry sponsor research?Tobacco industry research: collaboration, not confrontation, is the best approachTobacco company sponsorship discredits medical but not all researchCondemning the drinks industry rules out potentially useful…

BMJ 1998;317:333 (Published 1 August 1998)

Using research findings in clinical practice

BMJ 1998;317:339 (Published 1 August 1998)

Letter

Influenza vaccination policy and high risk subjects

BMJ 1998;317:349 (Published 1 August 1998)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Medicopolitical digestPrime minister reaffirms review body's independenceQuality document is too centralistGMC consults on consent

BMJ 1998;317:354 (Published 1 August 1998)

Soundings

Is this anyone's brolly?

BMJ 1998;317:355.1 (Published 1 August 1998)

Personal View

Doctors fighting, fleeing, or facing up to death

BMJ 1998;317:355.2 (Published 1 August 1998)

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

A transient frenzy?

BMJ 1998;317:356 (Published 1 August 1998)

Medicine and books

A Damn Bad Business: The NHS Deformed

BMJ 1998;317:357.1 (Published 1 August 1998)

General Practice Under the National Health Service, 1948-1997

BMJ 1998;317:357.2 (Published 1 August 1998)

Career focus

Career development for doctors with a disability

BMJ 1998;317:S2-7154 (Published 1 August 1998)

Briefing

BMJ 1998;317:S3-7154 (Published 1 August 1998)

Briefing

BMJ 1998;317:S3a-7154 (Published 1 August 1998)

Correction

Correction

BMJ 1998;317:298.3 (Published 1 August 1998)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Mohammed Iftikar AkhterMohammed Iftikar AkhterMaurice BergerLindsay Steven CarstairsDesmond Plunkett DunphyDavid GrimeDavid Brian Shaw

BMJ 1998;317:353 (Published 1 August 1998)