13 February 1999 (Vol 318, Issue 7181)

Editor's Choice

Early life and adult disease

BMJ 1999;318:0.1 (Published 13 February 1999)

News

Antiabortionists ordered to pay $108m for threats of violence

BMJ 1999;318:415.1 (Published 13 February 1999)

Educated adults have fewer sex problems in the US

BMJ 1999;318:415.2 (Published 13 February 1999)

In brief

BMJ 1999;318:416.1 (Published 13 February 1999)

US medical association reaches agreement with sacked editor

BMJ 1999;318:416.2 (Published 13 February 1999)

NICE to sort clinical “wheat from chaff”

BMJ 1999;318:416.3 (Published 13 February 1999)

Antibiotics may prevent heart attacks

BMJ 1999;318:417.1 (Published 13 February 1999)

Advertising Standards Authority finds against Nestlé

BMJ 1999;318:417.2 (Published 13 February 1999)

Rush for primary care groups

BMJ 1999;318:417.3 (Published 13 February 1999)

US debates treatment of marginally viable babies

BMJ 1999;318:418.1 (Published 13 February 1999)

European court upholds UK ban on Halcion

BMJ 1999;318:418.2 (Published 13 February 1999)

Edinburgh university fined forlack of safety checks

BMJ 1999;318:418.3 (Published 13 February 1999)

Consultant physicians should be appraised annually

BMJ 1999;318:419.1 (Published 13 February 1999)

Former French ministers on trial over blood

BMJ 1999;318:419.2 (Published 13 February 1999)

Spain cuts waiting times for surgery

BMJ 1999;318:419.3 (Published 13 February 1999)

Mild cervical dysplasia often reverts to normal

BMJ 1999;318:420.1 (Published 13 February 1999)

UN study reports Asian economic crisis has hit women's health

BMJ 1999;318:420.2 (Published 13 February 1999)

Testicular cancer increases in Ontario

BMJ 1999;318:420.3 (Published 13 February 1999)

Editorials

Renal transplantation from living donors

BMJ 1999;318:409 (Published 13 February 1999)

Delivering inhaled corticosteroids to patients

BMJ 1999;318:410 (Published 13 February 1999)

Radiosurgery for brain tumours

BMJ 1999;318:411 (Published 13 February 1999)

Points for pain: waiting list priority scoring systems

BMJ 1999;318:412 (Published 13 February 1999)

Breast implants: evidence based patient choice and litigation

BMJ 1999;318:414 (Published 13 February 1999)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Meta-analysis of diabetes care in general practice

BMJ 1999;318:460 (Published 13 February 1999)

Letters - continued

Evidence based patient information

BMJ 1999;318:461 (Published 13 February 1999)

Diagnosing serious child abuse

BMJ 1999;318:462 (Published 13 February 1999)

Vitamin B-6

BMJ 1999;318:463 (Published 13 February 1999)

Albumin controversy continues

BMJ 1999;318:464.1 (Published 13 February 1999)

Beyond conflict of interest

BMJ 1999;318:464.2 (Published 13 February 1999)

Labour's health policy is having paradoxical effect in Iberian countries

BMJ 1999;318:466 (Published 13 February 1999)

Early regrafting after primary liver transplantation carries increased risk of death

BMJ 1999;318:467.1 (Published 13 February 1999)

Community health services must be considered in proposals for integrated records

BMJ 1999;318:467.2 (Published 13 February 1999)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1999;318:474 (Published 13 February 1999)

Fillers

What is research?

BMJ 1999;318:434.2 (Published 13 February 1999)

A half mixed compound?

BMJ 1999;318:435 (Published 13 February 1999)

The inventor of matches

BMJ 1999;318:449.2 (Published 13 February 1999)

High altitude medicine

BMJ 1999;318:455 (Published 13 February 1999)

The plague returns

BMJ 1999;318:456.2 (Published 13 February 1999)

This Week In the BMJ

Clinical Reviews

Oncology

BMJ 1999;318:445 (Published 13 February 1999)

Haemochromatosis and exercise related joint pains

BMJ 1999;318:449.1 (Published 13 February 1999)

Homosexual men and women

BMJ 1999;318:452 (Published 13 February 1999)

Editor's Choice [GP]

Early life and adult disease

BMJ 1999;318:0.2 (Published 13 February 1999)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

UK beef bone ban to stay

BMJ 1999;318:420.4 (Published 13 February 1999)

Australia to investigate accusation of racism in accreditation of surgeons

BMJ 1999;318:420.5 (Published 13 February 1999)

Papers

General practice

Education and debate

MULTIMEDIA

Review

Reviews

BMJ 1999;318:472.3 (Published 13 February 1999)

Personal View

The emperor has no clothes on

BMJ 1999;318:473.1 (Published 13 February 1999)

Soundings

Snow in Chicago

BMJ 1999;318:473.2 (Published 13 February 1999)

Career focus

Making friends with RITA

BMJ 1999;318:S2-7181 (Published 13 February 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;318:S3-7181 (Published 13 February 1999)

Obituary