07 June 2003 (Vol 326, Issue 7401)

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Editor's Choice

Head lice: boring for doctors, important to patients

BMJ 2003;326:0.8 (Published 5 June 2003)

News

Short term measures to meet NHS targets cannot be sustained

BMJ 2003;326:1229.1 (Published 5 June 2003)

EU agrees deal on cheaper drugs for developing world

BMJ 2003;326:1229.2 (Published 5 June 2003)

In brief

BMJ 2003;326:1230.1 (Published 5 June 2003)

Ballot on GP contract opens

BMJ 2003;326:1230.2 (Published 5 June 2003)

Governors resist Bush plan to rein in Medicaid costs

BMJ 2003;326:1230.3 (Published 5 June 2003)

Prostate specific antigen test must be repeated before biopsy

BMJ 2003;326:1231.1 (Published 5 June 2003)

Doctors should abandon ties and avoid nose rings

BMJ 2003;326:1231.2 (Published 5 June 2003)

Waiting times for breast cancer test results have risen in past two years

BMJ 2003;326:1233.4 (Published 5 June 2003)

Independent panel finds alteplase beneficial for acute stroke patients

BMJ 2003;326:1234.1 (Published 5 June 2003)

Editorials

Preventing and treating influenza

BMJ 2003;326:1223 (Published 5 June 2003)

Editorial misconduct

BMJ 2003;326:1224 (Published 5 June 2003)

Impartial careers advice for doctors and medical students

BMJ 2003;326:1225 (Published 5 June 2003)

Extending the boundaries of transplantation

BMJ 2003;326:1226 (Published 5 June 2003)

What do you think of the BMJ's POEMs?

BMJ 2003;326:1228 (Published 5 June 2003)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Mortality associated with foodborne bacterial gastrointestinal infections : Statistical method is worth examining

BMJ 2003;326:1265.1 (Published 5 June 2003)

Mortality associated with foodborne bacterial gastrointestinal infections : Case selection and clinical data are important

BMJ 2003;326:1265.2 (Published 5 June 2003)

Mortality associated with foodborne bacterial gastrointestinal infections : Mechanism needs to be explained

BMJ 2003;326:1265.3 (Published 5 June 2003)

Mortality associated with foodborne bacterial gastrointestinal infections : Authors' reply

BMJ 2003;326:1266.1 (Published 5 June 2003)

Mortality in Swedish women with cosmetic breast implants : Study found increased risk of suicides and cancer deaths

BMJ 2003;326:1266.2 (Published 5 June 2003)

Mortality in Swedish women with cosmetic breast implants : Body dysmorphic disorder should be considered

BMJ 2003;326:1266.3 (Published 5 June 2003)

“Evidence of absence” can be important

BMJ 2003;326:1267.1 (Published 5 June 2003)

Routine telephone review of asthma : Measurement of quality dimensions causes concern

BMJ 2003;326:1267.2 (Published 5 June 2003)

Routine telephone review of asthma: Further investigation is required

BMJ 2003;326:1267.3 (Published 5 June 2003)

Routine telephone review of asthma: Authors' reply

BMJ 2003;326:1267.4 (Published 5 June 2003)

Letters - continued

Consumption of coffee during pregnancy: Article raises more questions than it answers

BMJ 2003;326:1268.1 (Published 5 June 2003)

Consumption of coffee during pregnancy: Authors should adjust for history of drug abuse

BMJ 2003;326:1268.2 (Published 5 June 2003)

Consumption of coffee during pregnancy: Data do not support claim

BMJ 2003;326:1268.3 (Published 5 June 2003)

Consumption of coffee during pregnancy: Authors' reply

BMJ 2003;326:1269.1 (Published 5 June 2003)

Doctors as servants of patients: Long term patients are underused resource

BMJ 2003;326:1269.2 (Published 5 June 2003)

Doctors as servants of patients: Surely we can do better than this

BMJ 2003;326:1269.3 (Published 5 June 2003)

Doctors as servants of patients: Modesty may be deceptive

BMJ 2003;326:1269.4 (Published 5 June 2003)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Gerald Charles Joseph Bennett

BMJ 2003;326:1270.1 (Published 5 June 2003)

Michael John Davies

BMJ 2003;326:1270.2 (Published 5 June 2003)

Kantilal Chaturbhai Patel

BMJ 2003;326:1270.3 (Published 5 June 2003)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2003;326:1274 (Published 5 June 2003)

Fillers

Azithromycin doesn't prevent recurrent acute coronary syndromes

BMJ 2003;326:0.7 (Published 5 June 2003)

The three stages of a man's life

BMJ 2003;326:1242 (Published 5 June 2003)

Polypharmacy remains an issue in elderly patients

BMJ 2003;326:1251 (Published 5 June 2003)

Using patients for teaching can enhance their lives

BMJ 2003;326:1255 (Published 5 June 2003)

Clinical Reviews

Treating head lice

BMJ 2003;326:1256 (Published 5 June 2003)

How to advise a patient when over the counter products have failed

BMJ 2003;326:1257 (Published 5 June 2003)

Information for patients: removal of lice and eggs by combing

BMJ 2003;326:1258.1 (Published 5 June 2003)

A parent's story: “I felt lost and hysterical”

BMJ 2003;326:1258.2 (Published 5 June 2003)

Acute coronary syndrome: unstable angina and non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction

BMJ 2003;326:1259 (Published 5 June 2003)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Spread of SARS slows

BMJ 2003;326:1232.1 (Published 5 June 2003)

Canadian government is attacked for plan to legalise marijuana

BMJ 2003;326:1232.2 (Published 5 June 2003)

Latest HRT trial results show risk of dementia

BMJ 2003;326:1232.3 (Published 5 June 2003)

Head of ME association is sacked

BMJ 2003;326:1232.4 (Published 5 June 2003)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] - continued

Smoke free areas do not harm profits, survey shows

BMJ 2003;326:1232.5 (Published 5 June 2003)

Schering-Plough is accused of overcharging and of obstructing justice

BMJ 2003;326:1233.1 (Published 5 June 2003)

Court rules food and hydration are treatment

BMJ 2003;326:1233.2 (Published 5 June 2003)

Bush legislates for $15bn to be spent on AIDS

BMJ 2003;326:1233.3 (Published 5 June 2003)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Ministry of Defence accused of contravening inoculation guidelines

BMJ 2003;326:1234.2 (Published 5 June 2003)

Mental health diseases are an economic burden on patients, says report

BMJ 2003;326:1234.3 (Published 5 June 2003)

India agrees to help Nigeria tackle the import of fake drugs

BMJ 2003;326:1234.4 (Published 5 June 2003)

Papers

Effectiveness of neuraminidase inhibitors in treatment and prevention of influenza A and B: systematic review and meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials

BMJ 2003;326:1235 (Published 5 June 2003)

We need to determine who benefits most from flu treatments

BMJ 2003;326:1239 (Published 5 June 2003)

Social factors and increase in mortality in Russia in the 1990s: prospective cohort study

BMJ 2003;326:1240 (Published 5 June 2003)

Instrument for objective assessment of appropriateness of surgical bed occupancy: validation study

BMJ 2003;326:1243 (Published 5 June 2003)

Representation of South Asian people in randomised clinical trials: analysis of trials' data

BMJ 2003;326:1244 (Published 5 June 2003)

Average energy intake among pregnant women carrying a boy compared with a girl

BMJ 2003;326:1245 (Published 5 June 2003)

Primary care

Meta-analysis of data on costs from trials of counselling in primary care: using individual patient data to overcome sample size limitations in economic analyses

BMJ 2003;326:1247 (Published 5 June 2003)

Quantitative ultrasound and risk factor enquiry as predictors of postmenopausal osteoporosis: comparative study in primary care

BMJ 2003;326:1250 (Published 5 June 2003)

Quality Improvement Report

Opportunistic screening for Chlamydia at a community based contraceptive service for young people

BMJ 2003;326:1252 (Published 5 June 2003)

Education and debate

Pitfalls of editorial miscommunication

BMJ 2003;326:1262 (Published 5 June 2003)

Reviews

The Theatre of Life and Death

BMJ 2003;326:1271.1 (Published 5 June 2003)

Federal Bodysnatchers and the New Guinea Virus: Tales of Parasites, People, and Politics

BMJ 2003;326:1271.2 (Published 5 June 2003)

MMR: more scrutiny, please

BMJ 2003;326:1272.1 (Published 5 June 2003)

Chlamydia

BMJ 2003;326:1272.2 (Published 5 June 2003)

VOMIT (victims of modern imaging technology)—an acronym for our times

BMJ 2003;326:1273.1 (Published 5 June 2003)

Young doctors, old lawyers

BMJ 2003;326:1273.2 (Published 5 June 2003)