28 August 1999 (Vol 319, Issue 7209)

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Editor's Choice

Deep learning?

BMJ 1999;319:0.1 (Published 28 August 1999)

Deep learning?

BMJ 1999;319:0.2 (Published 28 August 1999)

News

Study gives reassurance on safety of xenotransplantation

BMJ 1999;319:533.1 (Published 28 August 1999)

Hypothyroidism in pregnancy affects babies' intelligence

BMJ 1999;319:533.2 (Published 28 August 1999)

Canadian doctors' threatened walk out averted

BMJ 1999;319:534.1 (Published 28 August 1999)

Junior doctors step up campaign over pay

BMJ 1999;319:534.2 (Published 28 August 1999)

In brief

BMJ 1999;319:534.3 (Published 28 August 1999)

FDA bans blood donation by people who have lived in UK

BMJ 1999;319:535.1 (Published 28 August 1999)

Hepatitis C infects almost 2% of US population

BMJ 1999;319:535.2 (Published 28 August 1999)

Report calls for elimination of tuberculosis in the US by 2010

BMJ 1999;319:535.3 (Published 28 August 1999)

Overuse of animal antibiotics threatens human health

BMJ 1999;319:536.1 (Published 28 August 1999)

German doctors are unhappy about drugs budget

BMJ 1999;319:536.2 (Published 28 August 1999)

Guidelines ignored on resuscitation decisions

BMJ 1999;319:536.3 (Published 28 August 1999)

Editorials

Managing patients with lung cancer

BMJ 1999;319:527 (Published 28 August 1999)

Learning from differences within the NHS

BMJ 1999;319:528 (Published 28 August 1999)

Epidural anaesthesia and analgesia: better outcome after major surgery?

BMJ 1999;319:530 (Published 28 August 1999)

Hereditary haemochromatosis: to screen or not

BMJ 1999;319:531 (Published 28 August 1999)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Trust wants help in formulating system to recognise performance of salaried GPs

BMJ 1999;319:574.1 (Published 28 August 1999)

Preventing injuries in children

BMJ 1999;319:574.2 (Published 28 August 1999)

Sexual health of homosexual men and women

BMJ 1999;319:575.1 (Published 28 August 1999)

The end of the heparin pump?

BMJ 1999;319:575.2 (Published 28 August 1999)

Number of cases operated on is important in volume-outcome debate for colorectal cancer

BMJ 1999;319:576 (Published 28 August 1999)

Role of antioxidant vitamins in prevention of cardiovascular diseases

BMJ 1999;319:577 (Published 28 August 1999)

CRASH trial is based on problematic meta-analysis

BMJ 1999;319:578.1 (Published 28 August 1999)

Letters - continued

Response to requests for genetic testing is not based on age alone

BMJ 1999;319:578.2 (Published 28 August 1999)

Genealogy certainly matters for multifactorial genetic disease

BMJ 1999;319:578.3 (Published 28 August 1999)

Researchers got it right in estimating numbers of doctors lost from NHS

BMJ 1999;319:579.1 (Published 28 August 1999)

Bilateral cataract extraction can be safely done within 48 hours

BMJ 1999;319:579.2 (Published 28 August 1999)

Pleasing both authors and readers

BMJ 1999;319:579.3 (Published 28 August 1999)

Structuring the discussion of scientific papers

BMJ 1999;319:580 (Published 28 August 1999)

Effect of screening on cervical cancer mortality in England and Wales

BMJ 1999;319:581.1 (Published 28 August 1999)

Having advanced resuscitation facilities at end of marathons does not guarantee survival

BMJ 1999;319:581.2 (Published 28 August 1999)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1999;319:586 (Published 28 August 1999)

Fillers

Training

BMJ 1999;319:546.2 (Published 28 August 1999)

The accordionist

BMJ 1999;319:556 (Published 28 August 1999)

Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom

BMJ 1999;319:572.2 (Published 28 August 1999)

A positive response from the GP

BMJ 1999;319:573 (Published 28 August 1999)

This Week In the BMJ

Drug companies responded poorly to requests for information from doctors in Pakistan

BMJ 1999;319:0.5 (Published 28 August 1999)

Omeprazole but not cisapride is effective against heartburn

BMJ 1999;319:0.7 (Published 28 August 1999)

Severe life events may lower the sex ratio

BMJ 1999;319:0.6 (Published 28 August 1999)

How randomisation superseded alternation in clinical trials

BMJ 1999;319:0.8 (Published 28 August 1999)

Intercalated degrees improve learning skills

BMJ 1999;319:0.4 (Published 28 August 1999)

H pylori may be transmitted from parents to children

BMJ 1999;319:0.3 (Published 28 August 1999)

Clinical Reviews

Anaesthesia

BMJ 1999;319:557 (Published 28 August 1999)

Spontaneous rupture of Achilles tendon: missed presentation of Cushing's syndrome

BMJ 1999;319:560 (Published 28 August 1999)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Missed GP appointments cost NHS money

BMJ 1999;319:536.4 (Published 28 August 1999)

Papers

Familial clustering of Helicobacter pylori infection: population based studyCommentary: Helicobacter pylori—the story so far

BMJ 1999;319:537 (Published 28 August 1999)

Intercalated degrees, learning styles, and career preferences: prospective longitudinal study of UK medical students

BMJ 1999;319:542 (Published 28 August 1999)

Papers - continued

Responses from pharmaceutical companies to doctors' requests for more drug information in Pakistan: postal survey

BMJ 1999;319:547 (Published 28 August 1999)

Severe periconceptional life events and the sex ratio in offspring: follow up study based on five national registers

BMJ 1999;319:548 (Published 28 August 1999)

Fatal erythroderma associated with pentostatin

BMJ 1999;319:549 (Published 28 August 1999)

General practice

Heartburn treatment in primary care: randomised, double blind study for 8 weeks

BMJ 1999;319:550 (Published 28 August 1999)

Doctor-patient relationships in primary care Doctor, help! My child has cancerThe parentThe doctorAppendix

BMJ 1999;319:554 (Published 28 August 1999)

Education and debate

Randomised controlled trials in psychiatry: important but poorly accepted

BMJ 1999;319:562 (Published 28 August 1999)

Randomised controlled trials in cardiovascular medicine: past achievements, future challenges

BMJ 1999;319:564 (Published 28 August 1999)

Contribution of randomised controlled trials to understanding and management of early breast cancer

BMJ 1999;319:568 (Published 28 August 1999)

A change in scientific approach: from alternation to randomised allocation in clinical trials in the 1940s

BMJ 1999;319:572.1 (Published 28 August 1999)

ART

The Time of Our Lives

BMJ 1999;319:583 (Published 28 August 1999)

Book

Surgical Emergencies

BMJ 1999;319:584.1 (Published 28 August 1999)

BOOKCASE

Bookcase

BMJ 1999;319:584.2 (Published 28 August 1999)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Randomised controlled trials

BMJ 1999;319:584.3 (Published 28 August 1999)

Personal View

Self regulation at work: a case study

BMJ 1999;319:585.1 (Published 28 August 1999)

Soundings

Luvvies' guide

BMJ 1999;319:585.2 (Published 28 August 1999)

Career focus

Planning the medical workforce

BMJ 1999;319:S2-7209 (Published 28 August 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3-7209 (Published 28 August 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3a-7209 (Published 28 August 1999)

Corrections

Cardiac surgery audit raises concern over equity of access

BMJ 1999;319:535.4 (Published 28 August 1999)

Gulf war leaves legacy of cancer

BMJ 1999;319:535.5 (Published 28 August 1999)

Heterogeneity of coronary heart disease risk factors in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and European origin populations; cross sectional study

BMJ 1999;319:546.1 (Published 28 August 1999)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Henry Hasted Dale AndersonGeoffrey Robert France BurrowWilliam Robert (“Wilbert”) DickieAaron GilbertPaul Stringer

BMJ 1999;319:582 (Published 28 August 1999)