07 August 1999 (Vol 319, Issue 7206)

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Editor's Choice

Neurology for the masses

BMJ 1999;319:0.2 (Published 7 August 1999)

Neurology for the masses

BMJ 1999;319:0.1 (Published 7 August 1999)

News

London hospital orders inquiry into paediatric heart surgery deaths

BMJ 1999;319:335.1 (Published 7 August 1999)

Scientists create human cancer cells

BMJ 1999;319:335.2 (Published 7 August 1999)

US National Institutes of Health updates peer review system

BMJ 1999;319:336.1 (Published 7 August 1999)

US agency to test safety of four herbs

BMJ 1999;319:336.2 (Published 7 August 1999)

In brief

BMJ 1999;319:336.3 (Published 7 August 1999)

Internet sites may encourage suicide

BMJ 1999;319:337.1 (Published 7 August 1999)

Research claiming link between electromagnetic fields and cancer deemed fraudulent

BMJ 1999;319:337.2 (Published 7 August 1999)

United Nations estimates of HIV prevalence in Zambia under attack

BMJ 1999;319:338.1 (Published 7 August 1999)

Blanket ban on treating transsexuals is ruled “unlawful”

BMJ 1999;319:338.2 (Published 7 August 1999)

Editorials

Staying safe during the eclipse

BMJ 1999;319:329 (Published 7 August 1999)

Bullying: the need for an interagency response

BMJ 1999;319:330 (Published 7 August 1999)

Raloxifene as a multifunctional medicine?

BMJ 1999;319:331 (Published 7 August 1999)

Cell adhesion molecules

BMJ 1999;319:332 (Published 7 August 1999)

Lessons from a cyclist

BMJ 1999;319:334 (Published 7 August 1999)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Follow up care in general practice of patients with myocardial infarction and angina

BMJ 1999;319:380 (Published 7 August 1999)

Assessment of mother and fetus in labour

BMJ 1999;319:381.1 (Published 7 August 1999)

Labour care of women with HIV infection

BMJ 1999;319:381.2 (Published 7 August 1999)

Report on future of prison health care will lead to progress in improving this care

BMJ 1999;319:382.1 (Published 7 August 1999)

Managing osteoporosis in older people with fractures

BMJ 1999;319:382.2 (Published 7 August 1999)

Radiosurgery for brain tumours

BMJ 1999;319:383.1 (Published 7 August 1999)

Autoinflation for treatment of glue ear

BMJ 1999;319:383.2 (Published 7 August 1999)

Evidence based budgeting is now necessary

BMJ 1999;319:384.1 (Published 7 August 1999)

Letters - continued

Stories in TV drama series about psychiatry were researched in detail

BMJ 1999;319:384.2 (Published 7 August 1999)

Sex difference in prescription of asthma drugs is smaller than previously found

BMJ 1999;319:385.1 (Published 7 August 1999)

Some patients with colorectal cancer may have been missed by Northern Ireland registry

BMJ 1999;319:385.2 (Published 7 August 1999)

Rating information on the internet can empower users to make informed decisions

BMJ 1999;319:385.3 (Published 7 August 1999)

Mortality associated with oral contraceptive use

BMJ 1999;319:386 (Published 7 August 1999)

DoH seems to have underestimated incidence of venous thromboembolism in users of combined oral contraceptives

BMJ 1999;319:387 (Published 7 August 1999)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1999;319:392 (Published 7 August 1999)

Fillers

Our duty lasts until the end of life

BMJ 1999;319:343.1 (Published 7 August 1999)

Cigarettes are sexy

BMJ 1999;319:343.2 (Published 7 August 1999)

Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom

BMJ 1999;319:354.2 (Published 7 August 1999)

Three different talks

BMJ 1999;319:358.2 (Published 7 August 1999)

A patient's choice

BMJ 1999;319:367 (Published 7 August 1999)

The story of a mother and her son

BMJ 1999;319:371 (Published 7 August 1999)

This Week In the BMJ

Scoring systems may reduce unfair discrimination in selection for medical school

BMJ 1999;319:0.5 (Published 7 August 1999)

Diet during pregnancy in Western women has little influence on fetal growth

BMJ 1999;319:0.3 (Published 7 August 1999)

A mismatch exists between need and service provision in parentally bereaved children

BMJ 1999;319:0.6 (Published 7 August 1999)

Children who are both bullies and are bullied may be at greatest risk of psychological symptoms

BMJ 1999;319:0.4 (Published 7 August 1999)

Family doctors rarely seek answers to questions about patient care

BMJ 1999;319:0.7 (Published 7 August 1999)

Clinical Reviews

Neurology

BMJ 1999;319:362 (Published 7 August 1999)

Mercury poisoning after spillage at home from a sphygmomanometer on loan from hospital

BMJ 1999;319:366 (Published 7 August 1999)

Transport of critically ill patients

BMJ 1999;319:368 (Published 7 August 1999)

Papers

Influence of maternal nutrition on outcome of pregnancy: prospective cohort study

BMJ 1999;319:339 (Published 7 August 1999)

Bullying behaviour and psychosocial health among school students in New South Wales, Australia: cross sectional survey

BMJ 1999;319:344 (Published 7 August 1999)

Bullying, depression, and suicidal ideation in Finnish adolescents: school survey

BMJ 1999;319:348 (Published 7 August 1999)

Papers - continued

Ethnic and sex differences in selection for admission to Nottingham University Medical School

BMJ 1999;319:351 (Published 7 August 1999)

Comparative efficacy of three mumps vaccines during disease outbreak in eastern Switzerland: cohort study

BMJ 1999;319:352 (Published 7 August 1999)

General practice

Psychological disturbance and service provision in parentally bereaved children: prospective case-control study

BMJ 1999;319:354.1 (Published 7 August 1999)

Information in practice

Analysis of questions asked by family doctors regarding patient care

BMJ 1999;319:358.1 (Published 7 August 1999)

Education and debate

Injury surveillance programmes, ethics, and the Data Protection ActSharing data to prevent injuriesPotential problems for tenantsThe legal positionEthical viewpoint

BMJ 1999;319:372 (Published 7 August 1999)

Randomisation methods: concealment

BMJ 1999;319:375 (Published 7 August 1999)

Evaluation of health interventions at area and organisation level

BMJ 1999;319:376 (Published 7 August 1999)

Books

Medicine's 10 Greatest Discoveries

BMJ 1999;319:389.1 (Published 7 August 1999)

The Potential for Health

BMJ 1999;319:389.2 (Published 7 August 1999)

TV

Ethics in a twist

BMJ 1999;319:390.1 (Published 7 August 1999)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Privacy and confidentiality

BMJ 1999;319:390.2 (Published 7 August 1999)

Personal View

Time is such a precious thing

BMJ 1999;319:391.1 (Published 7 August 1999)

Soundings

Shells and sore feet

BMJ 1999;319:391.2 (Published 7 August 1999)

Career focus

Problems in the surgical workforce

BMJ 1999;319:S2-7206 (Published 7 August 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3-7206 (Published 7 August 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3a-7206 (Published 7 August 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3b-7206 (Published 7 August 1999)

Corrections

Risk factors for human hantavirus infection: Franco-Belgian collaborative case-control study during 1995-6 epidemic

BMJ 1999;319:379.1 (Published 7 August 1999)

Annual general meeting of the BMA

BMJ 1999;319:379.2 (Published 7 August 1999)

Obituaries

BMJ 1999;319:379.3 (Published 7 August 1999)

Obituaries

BMJ 1999;319:379.4 (Published 7 August 1999)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Horace Townshend FlemingBetty HargreavesCyril (“Cecil”) Jeffrey LevyDiana Jennie Margaret ListerKate Wilkins

BMJ 1999;319:388 (Published 7 August 1999)