28 August 1999 (Vol 319, Issue 7209)

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

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

Papers - continued

General practice

Education and debate

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

Obituary