23 March 2002 (Vol 324, Issue 7339)

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Editor's Choice

Stroke: physical and financial pathology

BMJ 2002;324:0.9 (Published 23 March 2002)

News

German doctors face investigation in drugs scandal

BMJ 2002;324:693.1 (Published 23 March 2002)

Woman at centre of Southall case faces prison sentence

BMJ 2002;324:693.2 (Published 23 March 2002)

In brief

BMJ 2002;324:694.1 (Published 23 March 2002)

Intermediate care offers no “quick fix” solution

BMJ 2002;324:694.2 (Published 23 March 2002)

Mentally ill mother escapes death penalty but faces life imprisonment

BMJ 2002;324:694.3 (Published 23 March 2002)

Controversial immunologist faces court case

BMJ 2002;324:695.1 (Published 23 March 2002)

WHO insists screening can cut breast cancer rates

BMJ 2002;324:695.2 (Published 23 March 2002)

Ban on tobacco advertising moves a step closer

BMJ 2002;324:697.3 (Published 23 March 2002)

Influx of fake drugs to Nigeria worries health experts

BMJ 2002;324:698.1 (Published 23 March 2002)

WHO calls for safety of health workers in Palestinian territories

BMJ 2002;324:698.2 (Published 23 March 2002)

Public sector must develop drugs for neglected diseases

BMJ 2002;324:698.3 (Published 23 March 2002)

Editorials

Preventing stroke

BMJ 2002;324:687 (Published 23 March 2002)

Africa can solve its own health problems

BMJ 2002;324:688 (Published 23 March 2002)

New treatments for varicose veins

BMJ 2002;324:689 (Published 23 March 2002)

Modern worries, new technology, and medicine

BMJ 2002;324:690 (Published 23 March 2002)

Air pollution and short term mortality

BMJ 2002;324:691 (Published 23 March 2002)

Letters

This week's Letters section

MMR vaccine uptake may be lower than reported because of manipulation of target groups

BMJ 2002;324:733.1 (Published 23 March 2002)

MMR vaccine debate

BMJ 2002;324:733.2 (Published 23 March 2002)

Physician assistants

BMJ 2002;324:735 (Published 23 March 2002)

European working time directive for doctors in training

BMJ 2002;324:736 (Published 23 March 2002)

Improving outcomes in depression

BMJ 2002;324:737.1 (Published 23 March 2002)

The future of rehabilitation

BMJ 2002;324:737.2 (Published 23 March 2002)

Risky drinking by both sexes should be tackled

BMJ 2002;324:738.1 (Published 23 March 2002)

Time has come for mandatory unit labelling

BMJ 2002;324:738.2 (Published 23 March 2002)

Child outpatient non-attendance may indicate welfare concerns

BMJ 2002;324:739.1 (Published 23 March 2002)

Hospitals must not be closed without considering all factors

BMJ 2002;324:739.2 (Published 23 March 2002)

Death after inserting Hickman line was probably avoidable

BMJ 2002;324:739.3 (Published 23 March 2002)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Leonard Anthony Price

BMJ 2002;324:740.1 (Published 23 March 2002)

John Edmond O'Donovan

BMJ 2002;324:740.2 (Published 23 March 2002)

Richard William Aspinall

BMJ 2002;324:740.3 (Published 23 March 2002)

Fiona Melville Bennett

BMJ 2002;324:740.4 (Published 23 March 2002)

Kenneth Moir Chalmers

BMJ 2002;324:740.5 (Published 23 March 2002)

Alastair Valence Dunlop

BMJ 2002;324:740.6 (Published 23 March 2002)

Steven Tarquin Goulding

BMJ 2002;324:740.7 (Published 23 March 2002)

Donald James Grubb

BMJ 2002;324:740.8 (Published 23 March 2002)

John McEwen Potter

BMJ 2002;324:740.9 (Published 23 March 2002)

Charles Walter Alban Searle

BMJ 2002;324:740.10 (Published 23 March 2002)

John Winton Tanner

BMJ 2002;324:740.11 (Published 23 March 2002)

Peter Yates

BMJ 2002;324:740.12 (Published 23 March 2002)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2002;324:746 (Published 23 March 2002)

Fillers

Old age: contrasting attitudes

BMJ 2002;324:709.2 (Published 23 March 2002)

No other medicine but only hope

BMJ 2002;324:713 (Published 23 March 2002)

His own way

BMJ 2002;324:718 (Published 23 March 2002)

Hospital chapels

BMJ 2002;324:719.2 (Published 23 March 2002)

The BMJ as recreational reading

BMJ 2002;324:732 (Published 23 March 2002)

This Week In the BMJ

Decision theory in clinical diagnosis should be evidence based

BMJ 2002;324:0.8 (Published 23 March 2002)

Prolonged use of ramipril prevents stroke

BMJ 2002;324:0.1 (Published 23 March 2002)

American Heart Association did not declare interest in alteplase

BMJ 2002;324:0.7 (Published 23 March 2002)

Finding evidence based answers to clinical questions is difficult

BMJ 2002;324:0.5 (Published 23 March 2002)

Hospitals fall short of national service framework standards

BMJ 2002;324:0.4 (Published 23 March 2002)

Chemoprevention with naturally occurring agents shows promise

BMJ 2002;324:0.6 (Published 23 March 2002)

Glycaemic control is better with continuous insulin infusion than injections

BMJ 2002;324:0.3 (Published 23 March 2002)

Amount of research does not match disease burden in sub-Saharan Africa

BMJ 2002;324:0.2 (Published 23 March 2002)

Clinical Reviews

Cancer chemoprevention

BMJ 2002;324:714 (Published 23 March 2002)

Broad complex tachycardia—Part I

BMJ 2002;324:719.1 (Published 23 March 2002)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Adult stem cells may not be able to differentiate into other cell types

BMJ 2002;324:696.1 (Published 23 March 2002)

ACE inhibitors may reduce muscle loss

BMJ 2002;324:696.2 (Published 23 March 2002)

Emergency services to plan for a bioterrorist attack

BMJ 2002;324:696.3 (Published 23 March 2002)

Aspirin protects men over 60 from prostate cancer, study says

BMJ 2002;324:696.4 (Published 23 March 2002)

Sunlight prevents cancer, study says

BMJ 2002;324:696.5 (Published 23 March 2002)

EU to tighten rules on vitamin pills

BMJ 2002;324:697.1 (Published 23 March 2002)

European surveillance shows north-south divide in resistant bacteria

BMJ 2002;324:697.2 (Published 23 March 2002)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Eye drops are better for amblyopia than patches, says study

BMJ 2002;324:698.4 (Published 23 March 2002)

Psychologists allowed to prescribe drugs for mental illness

BMJ 2002;324:698.5 (Published 23 March 2002)

US doctors launch campaign on malpractice claims

BMJ 2002;324:698.6 (Published 23 March 2002)

Papers

Use of ramipril in preventing stroke: double blind randomised trial

BMJ 2002;324:699 (Published 23 March 2002)

Relation between burden of disease and randomised evidence in sub-Saharan Africa: survey of research

BMJ 2002;324:702 (Published 23 March 2002)

Glycaemic control with continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion compared with intensive insulin injections in patients with type 1 diabetes: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

BMJ 2002;324:705 (Published 23 March 2002)

National service framework for coronary heart disease: audit of English hospitals

BMJ 2002;324:709.1 (Published 23 March 2002)

Primary care

Obstacles to answering doctors' questions about patient care with evidence: qualitative study

BMJ 2002;324:710 (Published 23 March 2002)

Education and debate

Alteplase for stroke: money and optimistic claims buttress the “brain attack” campaignCommentary: Who pays the guideline writers?Commentary: Thrombolysis in stroke: it works!

BMJ 2002;324:723 (Published 23 March 2002)

Clinical problem solving and diagnostic decision making: selective review of the cognitive literature

BMJ 2002;324:729 (Published 23 March 2002)

Books

Handbook of Women's Health: An Evidence-Based Approach

BMJ 2002;324:742.1 (Published 23 March 2002)

Health Anxiety: Clinical and Research Perspectives on Hypochondriasis and Related Conditions

BMJ 2002;324:742.2 (Published 23 March 2002)

Book: Big Shot: Passion, Politics, and the Struggle for an AIDS Vaccine

BMJ 2002;324:743.1 (Published 23 March 2002)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Interactive patient simulators

BMJ 2002;324:743.2 (Published 23 March 2002)

HIT PARADE

Hit parade

BMJ 2002;324:743.3 (Published 23 March 2002)

TV

The Anatomists

BMJ 2002;324:744 (Published 23 March 2002)

Personal View

Pilgrimage medicine

BMJ 2002;324:745.1 (Published 23 March 2002)

Soundings

Imaginary conversations

BMJ 2002;324:745.2 (Published 23 March 2002)