27 February 1999 (Vol 318, Issue 7183)

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Editor's Choice

If in doubt, start an inquiry

BMJ 1999;318:0.1 (Published 27 February 1999)

News

Government sets up inquiry into ventilation trial

BMJ 1999;318:553.1 (Published 27 February 1999)

GMC advises doctors on seeking consent

BMJ 1999;318:553.2 (Published 27 February 1999)

In brief

BMJ 1999;318:554.1 (Published 27 February 1999)

Sacked editor takes new post

BMJ 1999;318:554.2 (Published 27 February 1999)

Newborns prescribed drugs only tested in adults

BMJ 1999;318:554.3 (Published 27 February 1999)

Scientists try new strategy to eradicate dengue fever

BMJ 1999;318:555.1 (Published 27 February 1999)

New guidelines for mild hypertension published

BMJ 1999;318:555.2 (Published 27 February 1999)

Primary care trusts will have wide powers

BMJ 1999;318:555.3 (Published 27 February 1999)

Quebec faces severe pressure on casualty departments

BMJ 1999;318:556.1 (Published 27 February 1999)

Price of some drugs in Hungary to rise 30%for patients

BMJ 1999;318:556.2 (Published 27 February 1999)

Abuse of OTC drugs rising in South Asia

BMJ 1999;318:556.3 (Published 27 February 1999)

New malaria vaccine shows promise

BMJ 1999;318:557.1 (Published 27 February 1999)

Scottish white paper aims to tackle health divide

BMJ 1999;318:557.2 (Published 27 February 1999)

Staphylococcus resistant to vancomycin emerges

BMJ 1999;318:557.3 (Published 27 February 1999)

“Unprecedented” row delays second phase of BSE inquiry

BMJ 1999;318:558 (Published 27 February 1999)

Editorials

The paradoxes of genetically modified foods

BMJ 1999;318:547 (Published 27 February 1999)

Infection and preterm delivery

BMJ 1999;318:548 (Published 27 February 1999)

Public health psychiatry or crime prevention?

BMJ 1999;318:549 (Published 27 February 1999)

Effect of vitamin A and βcarotene supplementation on women's health

BMJ 1999;318:551 (Published 27 February 1999)

Countering poor training within the NHS

BMJ 1999;318:552 (Published 27 February 1999)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Increased risk of irritable bowel syndrome after bacterial gastroenteritis: cohort study

BMJ 1999;318:565 (Published 27 February 1999)

Cross sectional study of social variation in use of an out of hours patient transport service

BMJ 1999;318:566 (Published 27 February 1999)

Call to needle times after acute myocardial infarction

BMJ 1999;318:597 (Published 27 February 1999)

Advertising by pharmaceutical companies in eBMJ

BMJ 1999;318:598 (Published 27 February 1999)

Sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer

BMJ 1999;318:599 (Published 27 February 1999)

Women remain confused about breast cancer

BMJ 1999;318:600.1 (Published 27 February 1999)

Multiple test procedures other than Bonferroni's deserve wider use

BMJ 1999;318:600.2 (Published 27 February 1999)

Letters - continued

Inequalities in health

BMJ 1999;318:601.1 (Published 27 February 1999)

Avoiding the consequences of deep vein thrombosis

BMJ 1999;318:601.2 (Published 27 February 1999)

Communicating risk reductions

BMJ 1999;318:602 (Published 27 February 1999)

Portable camping stoves continue to cause burns

BMJ 1999;318:604.1 (Published 27 February 1999)

White paper on tobacco takes a laudable stance

BMJ 1999;318:604.2 (Published 27 February 1999)

Paying for nicotine replacement therapy is cheaper than smoking <20 cigarettes a day

BMJ 1999;318:604.3 (Published 27 February 1999)

Appearance of the hymen in adolescents is not well documented

BMJ 1999;318:605.1 (Published 27 February 1999)

Role of conventional ovarian screening is questioned

BMJ 1999;318:605.2 (Published 27 February 1999)

Perinatal death associated with planned home birth in Australia

BMJ 1999;318:605.3 (Published 27 February 1999)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1999;318:614 (Published 27 February 1999)

Fillers

The bicycle and diseases of women

BMJ 1999;318:568.2 (Published 27 February 1999)

There's nothing really new

BMJ 1999;318:580 (Published 27 February 1999)

A happy coincidence

BMJ 1999;318:584.1 (Published 27 February 1999)

Our own way

BMJ 1999;318:584.2 (Published 27 February 1999)

Unerring trust

BMJ 1999;318:592 (Published 27 February 1999)

Patients not protocols

BMJ 1999;318:596 (Published 27 February 1999)

BMA NOTICES

BMJ 1999;318:609.2 (Published 27 February 1999)

This Week In the BMJ

Screening of children returning from living in the tropics is worth while

BMJ 1999;318:0.8 (Published 27 February 1999)

Gastroenteritis greatly increases risk of irritable bowel syndrome

BMJ 1999;318:0.5 (Published 27 February 1999)

Impaired fertility and testicular cancer share common causes

BMJ 1999;318:0.3 (Published 27 February 1999)

In consultations male doctors communicate like women

BMJ 1999;318:0.6 (Published 27 February 1999)

Vitamin A or βcarotene reduces mortality related to pregnancy in Nepal

BMJ 1999;318:0.7 (Published 27 February 1999)

Chinese herbal creams may contain steroids

BMJ 1999;318:0.4 (Published 27 February 1999)

Clinical Reviews

Genetically modified foods

BMJ 1999;318:581 (Published 27 February 1999)

Restrictive-constrictive heart failure masquerading as liver disease

BMJ 1999;318:585 (Published 27 February 1999)

Sexual problems associated with infertility, pregnancy, and ageing

BMJ 1999;318:587 (Published 27 February 1999)

Editor's Choice [GP]

If in doubt, start an inquiry

BMJ 1999;318:0.2 (Published 27 February 1999)

Papers

Risk of testicular cancer in subfertile men: case-control study

BMJ 1999;318:559 (Published 27 February 1999)

Analysis of Chinese herbal creams prescribed for dermatological conditions

BMJ 1999;318:563 (Published 27 February 1999)

Trend analysis of socioeconomic differentials in deaths from injury in childhood in Scotland, 1981-95

BMJ 1999;318:567 (Published 27 February 1999)

Routine screening of children returning home from the tropics: retrospective study

BMJ 1999;318:568.1 (Published 27 February 1999)

General practice

Double blind, cluster randomised trial of low dose supplementation with vitamin A or βcarotene on mortality related to pregnancy in Nepal

BMJ 1999;318:570 (Published 27 February 1999)

Descriptive study of cooperative language in primary care consultations by male and female doctors

BMJ 1999;318:576 (Published 27 February 1999)

Influence of symptoms of anxiety on treatment of depression in later life in primary care: questionnaire survey

BMJ 1999;318:579 (Published 27 February 1999)

Education and debate

Health, health promotion, and homelessness

BMJ 1999;318:590 (Published 27 February 1999)

Developing guidelines

BMJ 1999;318:593 (Published 27 February 1999)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Medicopolitical digestConsultants object to government's actionBMA seeks amendments to Health BillCasualty departments to get faceliftCampaign will raise awareness about suicide

BMJ 1999;318:609.1 (Published 27 February 1999)

MULTIMEDIA

Publishing Your Medical Research Paper: What They Don't Teach You in Medical School

BMJ 1999;318:610.1 (Published 27 February 1999)

Electronic DTB, eBNF/eMeReC

BMJ 1999;318:610.2 (Published 27 February 1999)

Hot potato

BMJ 1999;318:611.1 (Published 27 February 1999)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

BMJ 1999;318:611.2 (Published 27 February 1999)

Netlines

BMJ 1999;318:612.1 (Published 27 February 1999)

Personal Views

A sacrificial lamb

BMJ 1999;318:612.2 (Published 27 February 1999)

Conferences should be held where the problems are

BMJ 1999;318:613.1 (Published 27 February 1999)

Soundings

Smug

BMJ 1999;318:613.2 (Published 27 February 1999)

Career focus

Choosing a house job

BMJ 1999;318:S2-7183 (Published 27 February 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;318:S3-7183 (Published 27 February 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;318:S3a-7183 (Published 27 February 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;318:S3b-7183 (Published 27 February 1999)

Corrections

Recent advances: Neurosurgery

BMJ 1999;318:562.1 (Published 27 February 1999)

Obituary

BMJ 1999;318:562.2 (Published 27 February 1999)

Smoking cessation: evidence based recommendations for the healthcare system

BMJ 1999;318:562.3 (Published 27 February 1999)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Charles Nathaniel (“Natty”) ArmstrongCharles Richard BerkinGeorge Duncan CampbellJohn William CarterDavid Alfred DaviesHumphrey William ElcockChristopher Rupert Bailey HoleEdward Brian LewisWilliam Weir MarshallJohn Ross MilneColin George MitchellJos…

BMJ 1999;318:607 (Published 27 February 1999)