07 February 2004 (Vol 328, Issue 7435)

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This Week In the BMJ

Instrumental delivery makes future vaginal delivery more likely

BMJ 2004;328:0.1 (Published 5 February 2004)

Water delivery helps labour progress

BMJ 2004;328:0.2 (Published 5 February 2004)

Occult coeliac disease can be detected in childhood

BMJ 2004;328:0.6 (Published 5 February 2004)

Indian students use tobacco dentifrice

BMJ 2004;328:0.5 (Published 5 February 2004)

Risk of stroke after TIA or minor stroke is unexpectedly high

BMJ 2004;328:0.4 (Published 5 February 2004)

Do in-hospital opportunistic interventions help problem drinking?

BMJ 2004;328:0.3 (Published 5 February 2004)

Editor's Choice

The sudden death of a child

BMJ 2004;328:0.8 (Published 5 February 2004)

Editorials

Secondary prevention for stroke and transient ischaemic attacks

BMJ 2004;328:297 (Published 5 February 2004)

Compulsory screening of immigrants for tuberculosis and HIV

BMJ 2004;328:298 (Published 5 February 2004)

Portable echocardiography

BMJ 2004;328:300 (Published 5 February 2004)

Screening without evidence of efficacy

BMJ 2004;328:301 (Published 5 February 2004)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Long term mortality after starvation during the Leningrad siege: Crucial confounding factor was overlooked

BMJ 2004;328:346.1 (Published 5 February 2004)

Long term mortality after starvation during the Leningrad siege: No evidence that starvation around puberty causes later cardiovascular disease

BMJ 2004;328:346.2 (Published 5 February 2004)

Long term mortality after starvation during the Leningrad siege: Authors' reply

BMJ 2004;328:346.3 (Published 5 February 2004)

Critical care outreach team's effect on patient outcome: Other conclusions are possible

BMJ 2004;328:347.1 (Published 5 February 2004)

Critical care outreach team's effect on patient outcome: More information is needed

BMJ 2004;328:347.2 (Published 5 February 2004)

Critical care outreach team's effect on patient outcome: Authors' reply

BMJ 2004;328:347.3 (Published 5 February 2004)

Treatment of unilateral visual impairment on preschool vision screening: Preschool vision screening should continue, perhaps earlier

BMJ 2004;328:348.1 (Published 5 February 2004)

Treatment of unilateral visual impairment on preschool vision screening: Study leaves questions unanswered

BMJ 2004;328:348.2 (Published 5 February 2004)

Treatment of unilateral visual impairment on preschool vision screening: Mild amblyopia should still be treated

BMJ 2004;328:348.3 (Published 5 February 2004)

Treatment of unilateral visual impairment on preschool vision screening: Author's reply

BMJ 2004;328:348.4 (Published 5 February 2004)

Volunteer counsellors for supporting breast feeding: Support for breast feeding must be proactive

BMJ 2004;328:349.1 (Published 5 February 2004)

Volunteer counsellors for supporting breast feeding: Peer support is worth further investigation

BMJ 2004;328:349.2 (Published 5 February 2004)

American medicine meets the American dream: Moral dimension is important

BMJ 2004;328:349.3 (Published 5 February 2004)

American medicine meets the American dream: Much inequality is self perpetuated

BMJ 2004;328:349.4 (Published 5 February 2004)

Low prices for HIV drugs are only one step forward

BMJ 2004;328:349.5 (Published 5 February 2004)

Older people and the “patient centred” NHS: Choice for mentally ill patients will be even less with new legislation

BMJ 2004;328:350.1 (Published 5 February 2004)

Older people and the “patient centred” NHS:Prioritisation will be for financial reasons rather than by need

BMJ 2004;328:350.2 (Published 5 February 2004)

Older people and the “patient centred” NHS:Proactive support in primary care can avert admissions

BMJ 2004;328:350.3 (Published 5 February 2004)

Cure is better than prevention

BMJ 2004;328:350.4 (Published 5 February 2004)

News

British cancer death rates fell by 12% between 1972 and 2002

BMJ 2004;328:303.1 (Published 5 February 2004)

FDA advisory panel calls for suicide warnings over new antidepressantss

BMJ 2004;328:303.2 (Published 5 February 2004)

News - continued

In brief

BMJ 2004;328:304.1 (Published 5 February 2004)

Patients can be made to have HIV test to protect doctor

BMJ 2004;328:304.2 (Published 5 February 2004)

Quebec will make doctors disclose their HIV status

BMJ 2004;328:304.3 (Published 5 February 2004)

Women are being let down in efforts to stem HIV/AIDS

BMJ 2004;328:305.1 (Published 5 February 2004)

Another HRT trial is stopped early

BMJ 2004;328:305.2 (Published 5 February 2004)

Spanish drug editor wins case brought by Merck, Sharp & Dohme

BMJ 2004;328:307.3 (Published 5 February 2004)

WHO investigates possible human to human transmission of avian flu

BMJ 2004;328:308.1 (Published 5 February 2004)

Ethnic minority groups criticise US report on healthcare disparities

BMJ 2004;328:308.2 (Published 5 February 2004)

Doing as well as thinking

BMJ 2004;328:309 (Published 5 February 2004)

Could joining EU club spell disaster for the new members?

BMJ 2004;328:310.1 (Published 5 February 2004)

Clinical Reviews

Investigating sudden unexpected deaths in infancy and childhood and caring for bereaved families: an integrated multiagency approach

BMJ 2004;328:331 (Published 5 February 2004)

Severe hypocalcaemia after being given intravenous bisphosphonate

BMJ 2004;328:335 (Published 5 February 2004)

Treating nausea and vomiting during pregnancy: case progression

BMJ 2004;328:337 (Published 5 February 2004)

Assessment of dependence and motivation to stop smoking

BMJ 2004;328:338 (Published 5 February 2004)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2004;328:356 (Published 5 February 2004)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Drug company targets US state health officials

BMJ 2004;328:306.1 (Published 5 February 2004)

Israeli team develops new method of in vitro fertilisation

BMJ 2004;328:306.2 (Published 5 February 2004)

BMJ sponsors photography award for medical image

BMJ 2004;328:306.3 (Published 5 February 2004)

Research bodies disappointed by decision to cancel primate research laboratory

BMJ 2004;328:306.4 (Published 5 February 2004)

Traditional rulers in northern Nigeria call for halt to polio vaccination

BMJ 2004;328:306.5 (Published 5 February 2004)

Reducing homocysteine levels does not prevent stroke recurrence

BMJ 2004;328:307.1 (Published 5 February 2004)

Doctors reluctant to work on child protection committees, survey shows

BMJ 2004;328:307.2 (Published 5 February 2004)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

UN criticises developed countries for reneging on promises on sexual health

BMJ 2004;328:310.2 (Published 5 February 2004)

Poor countries lack relevant health information, says Cochrane editor

BMJ 2004;328:310.3 (Published 5 February 2004)

Poliovirus spreads beyond Nigeria after vaccine uptake drops

BMJ 2004;328:310.4 (Published 5 February 2004)

Whistleblower was unfairly dismissed, tribunal finds

BMJ 2004;328:310.5 (Published 5 February 2004)

GMC decision on Egyptian doctor overturned by High Court

BMJ 2004;328:310.6 (Published 5 February 2004)

Teenager seeks to overturn GMC judgment

BMJ 2004;328:310.7 (Published 5 February 2004)

Journal reverses decision on publishing editorial previously rejected by marketing department

BMJ 2004;328:310.8 (Published 5 February 2004)

Europe plans to standardise rules on tissue engineering

BMJ 2004;328:310.9 (Published 5 February 2004)

Papers

Outcome of subsequent pregnancy three years after previous operative delivery in the second stage of labour: cohort study

BMJ 2004;328:311 (Published 5 February 2004)

Randomised controlled trial of labouring in water compared with standard of augmentation for management of dystocia in first stage of labour

BMJ 2004;328:314 (Published 5 February 2004)

Papers - continued

Effectiveness of opportunistic brief interventions for problem drinking in a general hospital setting: systematic review

BMJ 2004;328:318 (Published 5 February 2004)

Population based intervention to change back pain beliefs: three year follow up population survey

BMJ 2004;328:321 (Published 5 February 2004)

Undiagnosed coeliac disease at age seven: population based prospective birth cohort study

BMJ 2004;328:322 (Published 5 February 2004)

Use of tobacco products as dentifrice among adolescents in India: questionnaire study

BMJ 2004;328:323 (Published 5 February 2004)

Blood pressure, haemorrhagic stroke, and ischaemic stroke: the Korean national prospective occupational cohort study

BMJ 2004;328:324 (Published 5 February 2004)

Primary care

Population based study of early risk of stroke after transient ischaemic attack or minor stroke: implications for public education and organisation of services

BMJ 2004;328:326 (Published 5 February 2004)

Scottish general practitioners' willingness to take part in a post-retirement retention scheme: questionnaire survey

BMJ 2004;328:329 (Published 5 February 2004)

Persistent crying in babies

BMJ 2004;328:330 (Published 5 February 2004)

Education and debate

New providers in UK health care

BMJ 2004;328:340 (Published 5 February 2004)

Changing clinical behaviour by making guidelines specific

BMJ 2004;328:343 (Published 5 February 2004)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

Flu: A Medical Mystery

BMJ 2004;328:353.1 (Published 5 February 2004)

Grand Rounds

BMJ 2004;328:353.2 (Published 5 February 2004)

The Oath: A Surgeon Under Fire

BMJ 2004;328:354.1 (Published 5 February 2004)

Constructing RSI: Belief and Desire

BMJ 2004;328:354.2 (Published 5 February 2004)

The strange world of private medicine

BMJ 2004;328:355.1 (Published 5 February 2004)

Dear diary

BMJ 2004;328:355.2 (Published 5 February 2004)

Fillers

Prolonged antithrombotics do not improve unstable coronary syndrome

BMJ 2004;328:0.7 (Published 5 February 2004)

Clamming up

BMJ 2004;328:325 (Published 5 February 2004)

Promoting smoking cessation in general practice

BMJ 2004;328:328 (Published 5 February 2004)

Pepys and blood transfusion?

BMJ 2004;328:334 (Published 5 February 2004)

Expelling patients 1778

BMJ 2004;328:342 (Published 5 February 2004)

A nanny's stamina

BMJ 2004;328:345 (Published 5 February 2004)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Deborah Doniach

BMJ 2004;328:351.1 (Published 5 February 2004)

Alex Cubie

BMJ 2004;328:351.2 (Published 5 February 2004)

Brian James Darby

BMJ 2004;328:352.1 (Published 5 February 2004)

Peter Cardwell Elmes

BMJ 2004;328:352.2 (Published 5 February 2004)

John Hamer

BMJ 2004;328:352.3 (Published 5 February 2004)

Sir Aubrey Gordon “Jack” Leacock

BMJ 2004;328:352.4 (Published 5 February 2004)

John Stuart Lyon

BMJ 2004;328:352.5 (Published 5 February 2004)

Peter Renton

BMJ 2004;328:352.6 (Published 5 February 2004)

Brian Richards

BMJ 2004;328:352.7 (Published 5 February 2004)