10 August 2002 (Vol 325, Issue 7359)

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Editor's Choice

Surgery: the worthy produce of heaven

BMJ 2002;325:0.10 (Published 10 August 2002)

News

Consultant cleared after writing misleading reference

BMJ 2002;325:295.1 (Published 10 August 2002)

Legionnaires' disease hits north west England

BMJ 2002;325:295.2 (Published 10 August 2002)

Ecstasy is low in league table of major causes of deaths

BMJ 2002;325:296.1 (Published 10 August 2002)

Quebec doctors stage protest over contract changes

BMJ 2002;325:296.2 (Published 10 August 2002)

In brief

BMJ 2002;325:296.3 (Published 10 August 2002)

First team of overseas surgeons arrives in England

BMJ 2002;325:297.1 (Published 10 August 2002)

Dulcet tones of a surgeon's voice may have a hidden meaning

BMJ 2002;325:297.2 (Published 10 August 2002)

Senators call for action on obesity as study quantifies link to heart failure

BMJ 2002;325:298.1 (Published 10 August 2002)

Cochlear implants carry risk of meningitis, agencies warn

BMJ 2002;325:298.2 (Published 10 August 2002)

Editorials

Predicting spontaneous preterm birth

BMJ 2002;325:289 (Published 10 August 2002)

Recruiting overseas doctors

BMJ 2002;325:290 (Published 10 August 2002)

Stroke units

BMJ 2002;325:291 (Published 10 August 2002)

Polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccines

BMJ 2002;325:292 (Published 10 August 2002)

Extending choice in the NHS

BMJ 2002;325:293 (Published 10 August 2002)

Letters

This week's Letters section

New consultant contract marks huge step forward

BMJ 2002;325:334.1 (Published 10 August 2002)

Different sex ratios at birth in Europe and North America

BMJ 2002;325:334.2 (Published 10 August 2002)

Consumer demand for caesarean sections in Brazil

BMJ 2002;325:335 (Published 10 August 2002)

Cost of nitric oxide is exorbitant

BMJ 2002;325:336 (Published 10 August 2002)

Psychological stress and cardiovascular disease

BMJ 2002;325:337 (Published 10 August 2002)

Off label prescribing in children

BMJ 2002;325:338 (Published 10 August 2002)

Why does NICE not recommend laparoscopic herniorraphy?

BMJ 2002;325:339 (Published 10 August 2002)

Another way of screening for familial hypercholesterolaemia

BMJ 2002;325:340.1 (Published 10 August 2002)

Antibiotic prescribing rates in England are falling

BMJ 2002;325:340.2 (Published 10 August 2002)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Edward Stewart Chesser

BMJ 2002;325:341.1 (Published 10 August 2002)

Harry Francis Maurice Finzel

BMJ 2002;325:341.2 (Published 10 August 2002)

Ruth Penlon Mathers

BMJ 2002;325:341.3 (Published 10 August 2002)

David McBrien

BMJ 2002;325:341.4 (Published 10 August 2002)

Stuart Love Morrison

BMJ 2002;325:341.5 (Published 10 August 2002)

Mary Lois (“Molly”) Playfair

BMJ 2002;325:341.6 (Published 10 August 2002)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2002;325:346 (Published 10 August 2002)

Fillers

The medical aspects of the Royal Academy

BMJ 2002;325:312.2 (Published 10 August 2002)

Sleep deprivation

BMJ 2002;325:318 (Published 10 August 2002)

The virtue of surgery

BMJ 2002;325:319.2 (Published 10 August 2002)

A wish

BMJ 2002;325:330.2 (Published 10 August 2002)

This Week In the BMJ

Early membrane rupture is a risk factor for group B sepsis

BMJ 2002;325:0.4 (Published 10 August 2002)

Over-matching can cause bias

BMJ 2002;325:0.7 (Published 10 August 2002)

Deaths from alcoholic liver disease are rising

BMJ 2002;325:0.6 (Published 10 August 2002)

Fibronectin test can predict preterm birth

BMJ 2002;325:0.3 (Published 10 August 2002)

Cognitive function is linked to social background

BMJ 2002;325:0.2 (Published 10 August 2002)

Small lacerations in the hand need not be sutured

BMJ 2002;325:0.1 (Published 10 August 2002)

Plastic surgery moves on

BMJ 2002;325:0.8 (Published 10 August 2002)

Alternatives to emergency (999) calls are needed

BMJ 2002;325:0.9 (Published 10 August 2002)

Screening women for domestic violence is not justified

BMJ 2002;325:0.5 (Published 10 August 2002)

Clinical Reviews

Recent developments in plastic surgery

BMJ 2002;325:319.1 (Published 10 August 2002)

Chronic multiple functional somatic symptoms

BMJ 2002;325:323 (Published 10 August 2002)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Researchers devise system to highlight blood clots during surgery

BMJ 2002;325:298.3 (Published 10 August 2002)

UK smallpox vaccine comes under fire from US

BMJ 2002;325:298.4 (Published 10 August 2002)

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

Risk of breast cancer increases with number of years' smoking

BMJ 2002;325:298.5 (Published 10 August 2002)

Adverse reactions to dietary supplements under investigation by FDA

BMJ 2002;325:298.6 (Published 10 August 2002)

Papers

Suturing versus conservative management of lacerations of the hand: randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2002;325:299 (Published 10 August 2002)

Accuracy of cervicovaginal fetal fibronectin test in predicting risk of spontaneous preterm birth: systematic review

BMJ 2002;325:301 (Published 10 August 2002)

Birth weight, childhood socioeconomic environment, and cognitive development in the 1958 British birth cohort study

BMJ 2002;325:305 (Published 10 August 2002)

Risk factors for early onset neonatal group B streptococcal sepsis: case-control study

BMJ 2002;325:308 (Published 10 August 2002)

Role of endogenous oestrogen in aetiology of coronary heart disease: analysis of age related trends in coronary heart disease and breast cancer in England and Wales and Japa

BMJ 2002;325:311 (Published 10 August 2002)

Mortality from liver disease in the West Midlands, 1993-2000: observational study

BMJ 2002;325:312.1 (Published 10 August 2002)

Primary care

Should health professionals screen women for domestic violence? Systematic review

BMJ 2002;325:314 (Published 10 August 2002)

Education and debate

Removal of radiation dose response effects: an example of over-matching

BMJ 2002;325:327 (Published 10 August 2002)

NHS emergency response to 999 calls: alternatives for cases that are neither life threatening nor serious

BMJ 2002;325:330.1 (Published 10 August 2002)

THEATRE

I'mperfect

BMJ 2002;325:342 (Published 10 August 2002)

Book

You've Been Had!: How the Media and Environmentalists Turned America into a Nation of Hypochondriacs

BMJ 2002;325:343.1 (Published 10 August 2002)

Film

Minority Report

BMJ 2002;325:343.2 (Published 10 August 2002)

TV

Ella and The Mothers

BMJ 2002;325:344.1 (Published 10 August 2002)

NETLINES

Netlines

BMJ 2002;325:344.2 (Published 10 August 2002)

Personal View

Drop the “Dear Doctor” here

BMJ 2002;325:345.1 (Published 10 August 2002)

Soundings

Facilitators and guidelines

BMJ 2002;325:345.2 (Published 10 August 2002)

Corrections

Prolonged erections produced by dihydrocodeine and sildenafil

BMJ 2002;325:304.1 (Published 10 August 2002)

Obituary

BMJ 2002;325:304.2 (Published 10 August 2002)

Exponent of “male menopause” censured by GMC

BMJ 2002;325:304.3 (Published 10 August 2002)

10-minute consultation: Paraesthesia

BMJ 2002;325:304.4 (Published 10 August 2002)

Consumption of seafood and preterm delivery

BMJ 2002;325:304.5 (Published 10 August 2002)