26 January 2002 (Vol 324, Issue 7331)

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Editor's Choice

What did you do in the war against AIDS, granddad?

BMJ 2002;324:0.10 (Published 26 January 2002)

News

Prisoners' treatment is “bordering on torture,” charity says

BMJ 2002;324:187.1 (Published 26 January 2002)

US “boutique medicine” could threaten care for the majority

BMJ 2002;324:187.2 (Published 26 January 2002)

In brief

BMJ 2002;324:188.1 (Published 26 January 2002)

Drug company fined £2.2m for abusing its dominant position

BMJ 2002;324:188.2 (Published 26 January 2002)

High risk infants in Florida to be screened for type 1 diabetes

BMJ 2002;324:188.3 (Published 26 January 2002)

Performance of individual surgeons to be published

BMJ 2002;324:189 (Published 26 January 2002)

Doctor reprimanded for giving antiretroviral drug to baby who was raped

BMJ 2002;324:191.3 (Published 26 January 2002)

Fighting inequalities in AIDS treatment

BMJ 2002;324:192.1 (Published 26 January 2002)

Editorials

AIDS and global justice

BMJ 2002;324:181 (Published 26 January 2002)

Can India avoid being devastated by HIV?

BMJ 2002;324:182 (Published 26 January 2002)

How men's power over women fuels the HIV epidemic

BMJ 2002;324:183 (Published 26 January 2002)

Governments as facilitators or obstacles in the HIV epidemic

BMJ 2002;324:184 (Published 26 January 2002)

Mass orphanhood in the era of HIV/AIDS

BMJ 2002;324:185 (Published 26 January 2002)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Doctors in Guantanamo Bay are at risk of being accessories to torture

BMJ 2002;324:235.1 (Published 26 January 2002)

Non-sexual transmission of HIV has been overlooked in developing countries

BMJ 2002;324:235.2 (Published 26 January 2002)

Adequate quality of HIV drugs must be ensured

BMJ 2002;324:235.3 (Published 26 January 2002)

Therapeutic consultation centres are helpful in developing countries

BMJ 2002;324:236.1 (Published 26 January 2002)

Animal studies and HIV research

BMJ 2002;324:236.2 (Published 26 January 2002)

President Mbeki might have a case on rethinking AIDS

BMJ 2002;324:237.1 (Published 26 January 2002)

Trends in sex differences in mortality from heart disease

BMJ 2002;324:237.2 (Published 26 January 2002)

Diet-heart disease hypothesis is wishful thinking

BMJ 2002;324:238.1 (Published 26 January 2002)

Does the internet harm health?

BMJ 2002;324:238.2 (Published 26 January 2002)

Quinacrine in possible or probable CJD

BMJ 2002;324:239 (Published 26 January 2002)

WMA should not retreat on use of placebos

BMJ 2002;324:240.1 (Published 26 January 2002)

Authorised clinical staff need access to clinical information

BMJ 2002;324:240.2 (Published 26 January 2002)

Surveillance for S aureus bacteraemias is compulsory

BMJ 2002;324:240.3 (Published 26 January 2002)

Latest abolition of limited registration is insulting

BMJ 2002;324:241.1 (Published 26 January 2002)

Doctors' bad press depends on type of newspaper

BMJ 2002;324:241.2 (Published 26 January 2002)

Letters - continued

A “waiting for investigation” index would be useful

BMJ 2002;324:241.3 (Published 26 January 2002)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Helen Rodriguez-Trias

BMJ 2002;324:242.1 (Published 26 January 2002)

Geoffrey Leon Bolt

BMJ 2002;324:242.2 (Published 26 January 2002)

Richard Waywell Burslem

BMJ 2002;324:242.3 (Published 26 January 2002)

Eric Milligan Callander

BMJ 2002;324:242.4 (Published 26 January 2002)

Granville Freeman

BMJ 2002;324:242.5 (Published 26 January 2002)

Margaret Hunter McDiarmid

BMJ 2002;324:242.6 (Published 26 January 2002)

Vulimiri Ramalingaswami

BMJ 2002;324:242.7 (Published 26 January 2002)

Gordon David Rees

BMJ 2002;324:242.8 (Published 26 January 2002)

Isaac Sutton

BMJ 2002;324:242.9 (Published 26 January 2002)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2002;324:248 (Published 26 January 2002)

Fillers

Is the lady doctor a failure?

BMJ 2002;324:201.2 (Published 26 January 2002)

The danger of health books

BMJ 2002;324:201.3 (Published 26 January 2002)

Letter to Georgiana Morpeth, 16 February 1820

BMJ 2002;324:201.4 (Published 26 January 2002)

Rehumanise yourself

BMJ 2002;324:206 (Published 26 January 2002)

Care with case notes

BMJ 2002;324:225 (Published 26 January 2002)

A form of stupidity

BMJ 2002;324:232.2 (Published 26 January 2002)

This Week In the BMJ

Surgical advances prevent deaths in older heart bypass patients

BMJ 2002;324:0.4 (Published 26 January 2002)

HIV prevention strategies lack resources and international commitment

BMJ 2002;324:0.5 (Published 26 January 2002)

Magnetic resonance angiography can select patients for endarterectomy

BMJ 2002;324:0.2 (Published 26 January 2002)

Traditional birth attendants could help prevent perinatal HIV transmission

BMJ 2002;324:0.9 (Published 26 January 2002)

Background conditions explain the rapid progression of HIV in rural Africa

BMJ 2002;324:0.1 (Published 26 January 2002)

Fusidic acid cream is an effective treatment for impetigo

BMJ 2002;324:0.3 (Published 26 January 2002)

Developing an HIV vaccine is within reach

BMJ 2002;324:0.6 (Published 26 January 2002)

Mother to child transmission of HIV is still a huge problem

BMJ 2002;324:0.7 (Published 26 January 2002)

Drug companies should make HIV drugs free to poor countries

BMJ 2002;324:0.8 (Published 26 January 2002)

Clinical Reviews

Reducing heterosexual transmission of HIV in poor countries

BMJ 2002;324:207 (Published 26 January 2002)

The search for an HIV vaccine

BMJ 2002;324:211 (Published 26 January 2002)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

NHS Direct underused by ethnic minorities

BMJ 2002;324:190.1 (Published 26 January 2002)

UK judges reverse decision on cloned embryos

BMJ 2002;324:190.2 (Published 26 January 2002)

WHO to revise its method for ranking health systems

BMJ 2002;324:190.3 (Published 26 January 2002)

Scotland produces plan to tackle binge drinking

BMJ 2002;324:190.4 (Published 26 January 2002)

Advert criticising tobacco product placement is censored

BMJ 2002;324:190.5 (Published 26 January 2002)

Tobacco companies say regulations are unconstitutional

BMJ 2002;324:191.1 (Published 26 January 2002)

NICE may fail to stop “postcode prescribing,” MPs told

BMJ 2002;324:191.2 (Published 26 January 2002)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Argentina running out of medical supplies

BMJ 2002;324:192.2 (Published 26 January 2002)

Surgeon wins court of appeal battle four years after dismissal

BMJ 2002;324:192.3 (Published 26 January 2002)

Obesity causes 30 000 deaths a year, report says

BMJ 2002;324:192.4 (Published 26 January 2002)

Journals demand that authors declare their independence of sponsors

BMJ 2002;324:192.5 (Published 26 January 2002)

Berlin hospital stripped of university status

BMJ 2002;324:192.6 (Published 26 January 2002)

Papers

Progression to symptomatic disease in people infected with HIV-1 in rural Uganda: prospective cohort studyCommentary: Virus, host, or environment?

BMJ 2002;324:193 (Published 26 January 2002)

Use of magnetic resonance angiography to select candidates with recently symptomatic carotid stenosis for surgery: systematic review

BMJ 2002;324:198 (Published 26 January 2002)

Time trends in survival and readmission following coronary artery bypass grafting in Scotland, 1981-96: retrospective observational study

BMJ 2002;324:201.1 (Published 26 January 2002)

Primary care

Fusidic acid cream in the treatment of impetigo in general practice: double blind randomised placebo controlled trial

BMJ 2002;324:203 (Published 26 January 2002)

Education and debate

“We all have AIDS”: case for reducing the cost of HIV drugs to zeroCommentary: The reality of treating HIV and AIDS in poor countriesCommentary: Most South Africans cannot afford anti-HIV drugs

BMJ 2002;324:214 (Published 26 January 2002)

What can we do to reduce mother to child transmission of HIV?

BMJ 2002;324:218 (Published 26 January 2002)

Role of traditional birth attendants in preventing perinatal transmission of HIVCommentary: Involving traditional birth attendants in prevention of HIV transmission needs careful consideration

BMJ 2002;324:222 (Published 26 January 2002)

First trial of the HIV-1 vaccine in Africa: Ugandan experience

BMJ 2002;324:226 (Published 26 January 2002)

How can HIV be prevented in South Africa? A social perspective

BMJ 2002;324:229 (Published 26 January 2002)

The impact of HIV and AIDS on Africa's economic development

BMJ 2002;324:232.1 (Published 26 January 2002)

TV

The Trust

BMJ 2002;324:244 (Published 26 January 2002)

Books

Children of AIDS: Africa's Orphan Crisis

BMJ 2002;324:245.1 (Published 26 January 2002)

Timebomb: The Global Epidemic of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis

BMJ 2002;324:245.2 (Published 26 January 2002)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

AIDS in the digital age

BMJ 2002;324:246 (Published 26 January 2002)

Personal View

The Focus on Women Kampala Declaration: Ugandan women call for action on HIV/AIDS

BMJ 2002;324:247.1 (Published 26 January 2002)

Soundings

No more bed blocking

BMJ 2002;324:247.2 (Published 26 January 2002)