18 December 1999 (Vol 319, Issue 7225)

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This Week In the BMJ

Shaken martinis may be more effective antioxidants than stirred ones

BMJ 1999;319:0.6 (Published 18 December 1999)

P's predominate in published papers

BMJ 1999;319:0.8 (Published 18 December 1999)

Survey provides no evidence that medical students turn cynical and unaltruistic

BMJ 1999;319:0.4 (Published 18 December 1999)

MRI proves that Leonardo da Vinci got sexual anatomy wrong

BMJ 1999;319:0.5 (Published 18 December 1999)

JAMA covers reflect inappropriate stereotypes of women

BMJ 1999;319:0.7 (Published 18 December 1999)

Paying tribute to Ireland's doctors

BMJ 1999;319:0.3 (Published 18 December 1999)

Editorials

A call to renew

BMJ 1999;319:1587 (Published 18 December 1999)

The NHS as a theological institution

BMJ 1999;319:1588 (Published 18 December 1999)

Medicine and the marginalised

BMJ 1999;319:1589 (Published 18 December 1999)

Absinthe: what's your poison?

BMJ 1999;319:1590 (Published 18 December 1999)

Putting on the style

BMJ 1999;319:1592.1 (Published 18 December 1999)

Editor's Choice

Conflict, coitus, conversation: the eternals

BMJ 1999;319:0.2 (Published 18 December 1999)

Conflict, coitus, conversation: the eternals

BMJ 1999;319:0.1 (Published 18 December 1999)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Scientists try to discover how many genes are necessary to build a living organism

BMJ 1999;319:1592.2 (Published 18 December 1999)

Bristol surgeon regrets not consulting with colleagues over poor results

BMJ 1999;319:1592.3 (Published 18 December 1999)

New test may improve methods for detecting recurrence of colon cancer

BMJ 1999;319:1592.4 (Published 18 December 1999)

Four UK parliaments launch HIV handbook for legislators

BMJ 1999;319:1592.5 (Published 18 December 1999)

Social policy more important for health than medicines, conference told

BMJ 1999;319:1592.6 (Published 18 December 1999)

HMO sues charity over domain name

BMJ 1999;319:1592.7 (Published 18 December 1999)

Bristol whistleblower describes his vision of professional monitoring

BMJ 1999;319:1592.8 (Published 18 December 1999)

Junior doctors call for ballot on industrial action

BMJ 1999;319:1592.9 (Published 18 December 1999)

BMJ set to sign with PubMed Central, JSTOR, and WorldSpace

BMJ 1999;319:1592.10 (Published 18 December 1999)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web] - continued

Doctors suspended in child health inquiry

BMJ 1999;319:1592.11 (Published 18 December 1999)

Papers

Photographic memory, money, and liposuction: survey of medical students' wish lists

BMJ 1999;319:1593 (Published 18 December 1999)

Magnetic resonance imaging of male and female genitals during coitus and female sexual arousal

BMJ 1999;319:1596 (Published 18 December 1999)

Shaken, not stirred: bioanalytical study of the antioxidant activities of martinis

BMJ 1999;319:1600 (Published 18 December 1999)

Babes and boobs? Analysis of JAMA cover artCommentary: An inconclusive study

BMJ 1999;319:1603 (Published 18 December 1999)

Alliteration in medicine: a puzzling profusion of p's

BMJ 1999;319:1605 (Published 18 December 1999)

Short Reports

Questionnaire survey of post-traumatic stress disorder in doctors involved in the Omagh bombing

BMJ 1999;319:1609 (Published 18 December 1999)

The lacing defence: double blind study of thresholds for detecting addition of ethanol to drinks

BMJ 1999;319:1610 (Published 18 December 1999)

Surgeons swear when operating: fact or myth?

BMJ 1999;319:1611 (Published 18 December 1999)

Unsafe sax: cohort study of the impact of too much sax on the mortality of famous jazz musicians

BMJ 1999;319:1612 (Published 18 December 1999)

Whither hospital linen? Two centre observational study of alien hospital linen

BMJ 1999;319:1614 (Published 18 December 1999)

Are there excess Sharons in genitourinary clinics?

BMJ 1999;319:1615 (Published 18 December 1999)

Bangers and cash: multicentre survey of what doctors are drivingCommentary: Report of statistical referee

BMJ 1999;319:1616 (Published 18 December 1999)

Seven alternatives to evidence based medicine

BMJ 1999;319:1618 (Published 18 December 1999)

Education and debate

China's great famine: 40 years later

BMJ 1999;319:1619 (Published 18 December 1999)

The price of coffins: specious arguments by eminent doctors against the dangers of tobacco

BMJ 1999;319:1621 (Published 18 December 1999)

Dwale: an anaesthetic from old England

BMJ 1999;319:1623 (Published 18 December 1999)

Body piercing

BMJ 1999;319:1627 (Published 18 December 1999)

Alternative (complementary) medicine: a cuckoo in the nest of empiricist reed warblersCommentary: A warning to complementary medicine practitioners: get empirical or else

BMJ 1999;319:1629 (Published 18 December 1999)

How work can be made less frustrating and conversation less boring

BMJ 1999;319:1633 (Published 18 December 1999)

DOCTORS IN CONFLICT

Medicine in Ulster in relation to the great famine and “the troubles”

BMJ 1999;319:1636 (Published 18 December 1999)

Conflict in Bosnia 1992-3

BMJ 1999;319:1639 (Published 18 December 1999)

DOCTORS IN CONFLICT - continued

Walcheren 1809: a medical catastrophe

BMJ 1999;319:1642 (Published 18 December 1999)

Case of chronic fatigue syndrome after Crimean war and Indian mutiny

BMJ 1999;319:1645 (Published 18 December 1999)

Personal Views

Paediatrics on the peace line

BMJ 1999;319:1648 (Published 18 December 1999)

Prisoner of war camps—memories of a remarkable evening

BMJ 1999;319:1649 (Published 18 December 1999)

The bottlewasher and the ambassador

BMJ 1999;319:1650 (Published 18 December 1999)

On losing your molecular privacy

BMJ 1999;319:1651 (Published 18 December 1999)

How do you eat an elephant?

BMJ 1999;319:1652 (Published 18 December 1999)

Childhood: a public health issue

BMJ 1999;319:1653 (Published 18 December 1999)

CHRISTMAS QUIZ

Guess the advertAnswers

BMJ 1999;319:1654.1 (Published 18 December 1999)

Cover Note

BMJ 1999;319:1654.2 (Published 18 December 1999)

Career focus

Army general practitioner

BMJ 1999;319:S2-7225 (Published 18 December 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3-7225 (Published 18 December 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3a-7225 (Published 18 December 1999)

Fillers

Fin de siècle countdown

BMJ 1999;319:1595.1 (Published 18 December 1999)

Essential reading matter

BMJ 1999;319:1595.2 (Published 18 December 1999)

Always be prepared

BMJ 1999;319:1617.1 (Published 18 December 1999)

The next village

BMJ 1999;319:1617.2 (Published 18 December 1999)

On ageing: fading memory

BMJ 1999;319:1617.3 (Published 18 December 1999)

Alien babies

BMJ 1999;319:1626 (Published 18 December 1999)

The first legal cremation

BMJ 1999;319:1635 (Published 18 December 1999)