25 September 1999 (Vol 319, Issue 7213)

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Editor's Choice

Interpreting competing interests

BMJ 1999;319:0.1 (Published 25 September 1999)

Interpreting competing interests

BMJ 1999;319:0.2 (Published 25 September 1999)

News

Report suggests that NHS is unsustainable in present form

BMJ 1999;319:801.1 (Published 25 September 1999)

Professor accused of covering up mistakes in drug trial

BMJ 1999;319:801.2 (Published 25 September 1999)

UK GPs will be consulted on revalidation proposals

BMJ 1999;319:802.1 (Published 25 September 1999)

Royal College battles for more women surgeons

BMJ 1999;319:802.2 (Published 25 September 1999)

In brief

BMJ 1999;319:802.3 (Published 25 September 1999)

Study identifies why child heart operations go wrong

BMJ 1999;319:803.1 (Published 25 September 1999)

Israel wants to abolish private medicine in public hospitals

BMJ 1999;319:803.2 (Published 25 September 1999)

Report condemns NHS complaints procedure

BMJ 1999;319:804.1 (Published 25 September 1999)

WHO nominates new regional director for Europe

BMJ 1999;319:804.2 (Published 25 September 1999)

Complaints mechanism fails older patients

BMJ 1999;319:804.3 (Published 25 September 1999)

Direct to consumer drug advertising is billion dollar business in US

BMJ 1999;319:805.1 (Published 25 September 1999)

American Medical Association guidelines on direct to consumer advertising

BMJ 1999;319:805.2 (Published 25 September 1999)

AIDS cuts life expectancy insub-Saharan Africa by a quarter

BMJ 1999;319:806.1 (Published 25 September 1999)

AMA sets up “union” for employed doctors

BMJ 1999;319:806.2 (Published 25 September 1999)

Calcium channel blockers affect cognitive function in older people

BMJ 1999;319:806.3 (Published 25 September 1999)

Editorials

The third generation oral contraceptive controversy

BMJ 1999;319:795 (Published 25 September 1999)

Should cases of permanent vegetative state still go to court?

BMJ 1999;319:796 (Published 25 September 1999)

Reconfiguring acute hospital services

BMJ 1999;319:797 (Published 25 September 1999)

Screening for gestational diabetes mellitus

BMJ 1999;319:798 (Published 25 September 1999)

Treatment options for chronic hepatitis

BMJ 1999;319:799 (Published 25 September 1999)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Cancellation of debt must ensure maximum benefit to vulnerable

BMJ 1999;319:849.1 (Published 25 September 1999)

Developing countries cannot afford high fees for speakers

BMJ 1999;319:849.2 (Published 25 September 1999)

Antidepressants for old people

BMJ 1999;319:849.3 (Published 25 September 1999)

Low molecular weight heparins could be important in cancer

BMJ 1999;319:851 (Published 25 September 1999)

Letters - continued

Hypoalbuminaemia and transcapillary pressures have role in nephrotic syndrome

BMJ 1999;319:852.1 (Published 25 September 1999)

Mibefradil was not rushed to market in United States

BMJ 1999;319:852.2 (Published 25 September 1999)

General practitioners' experiences of patients' complaints

BMJ 1999;319:852.3 (Published 25 September 1999)

Prison officers can recognise hidden psychiatric morbidity in prisoners

BMJ 1999;319:853.1 (Published 25 September 1999)

Reducing risk of recurrent coronary heart disease in Cornwall

BMJ 1999;319:853.2 (Published 25 September 1999)

Is recruitment more difficult with a placebo arm in RCTs?

BMJ 1999;319:853.3 (Published 25 September 1999)

Differences in death rates in English hospitals

BMJ 1999;319:854 (Published 25 September 1999)

Competing interests are relevant to lectures approved for PGEA

BMJ 1999;319:855.1 (Published 25 September 1999)

Policy must separate need for hospital beds from demand

BMJ 1999;319:855.2 (Published 25 September 1999)

New epidemiological research in Europe may be thwarted by short term funding

BMJ 1999;319:855.3 (Published 25 September 1999)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1999;319:862 (Published 25 September 1999)

Fillers

Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom

BMJ 1999;319:828.2 (Published 25 September 1999)

Reasons to be thankful

BMJ 1999;319:844 (Published 25 September 1999)

Dangerous lunatics

BMJ 1999;319:845.2 (Published 25 September 1999)

This Week In the BMJ

Evidence for cerebral dysfunction in people after the Camelford water incident

BMJ 1999;319:0.3 (Published 25 September 1999)

Exclusive breast feeding is protective against asthma and atopy in children

BMJ 1999;319:0.5 (Published 25 September 1999)

Near patient tests in primary care are poorly evaluated

BMJ 1999;319:0.7 (Published 25 September 1999)

Alcohol has a negative net effect on young men's health

BMJ 1999;319:0.6 (Published 25 September 1999)

“Exercise on prescription” is a waste of scarce resources

BMJ 1999;319:0.8 (Published 25 September 1999)

Fasting plasma glucose concentration can be used to screen for gestational diabetes

BMJ 1999;319:0.4 (Published 25 September 1999)

Clinical Reviews

Acute otitis media

BMJ 1999;319:833 (Published 25 September 1999)

Users and practitioners of complementary medicine

BMJ 1999;319:836 (Published 25 September 1999)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Smokers who quit still die earlier than those who never smoked

BMJ 1999;319:806.4 (Published 25 September 1999)

Report reveals health inequalities in Wales

BMJ 1999;319:806.5 (Published 25 September 1999)

Papers

Disturbance of cerebral function in people exposed to drinking water contaminated with aluminium sulphate: retrospective study of the Camelford water incident

BMJ 1999;319:807 (Published 25 September 1999)

Papers - continued

Using fasting plasma glucose concentrations to screen for gestational diabetes mellitus: prospective population based study

BMJ 1999;319:812 (Published 25 September 1999)

Association between breast feeding and asthma in 6 year old children: findings of a prospective birth cohort study

BMJ 1999;319:815 (Published 25 September 1999)

Admission for and mortality from primary venous thromboembolism in women of fertile age in Denmark, 1977-95

BMJ 1999;319:820 (Published 25 September 1999)

Association between alcohol consumption and mortality, myocardial infarction, and stroke in 25 year follow up of 49 618 young Swedish men

BMJ 1999;319:821 (Published 25 September 1999)

Helicobacter pylori and childhood recurrent abdominal pain: community based case-control study

BMJ 1999;319:822 (Published 25 September 1999)

General practice

Systematic review of near patient test evaluations in primary care

BMJ 1999;319:824 (Published 25 September 1999)

The Newcastle exercise project: a randomised controlled trial of methods to promote physical activity in primary care

BMJ 1999;319:828.1 (Published 25 September 1999)

Education and debate

Everywhere and nowhere—a Socratic dialogue on the new public health

BMJ 1999;319:839 (Published 25 September 1999)

The permanent vegetative state: practical guidance on diagnosis and management

BMJ 1999;319:841 (Published 25 September 1999)

International trends in the provision and utilisation of hospital care

BMJ 1999;319:845.1 (Published 25 September 1999)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

GPs should be balloted on primary care trustsGMC delays guidelines on confidentialityHealth secretary refuses moratorium on bed closuresHealth department sets up clinical governance teamBMA sets deadline for working time directive

BMJ 1999;319:858 (Published 25 September 1999)

Books

Drug Treatment Systems in an International Perspective: Drugs, Demons, and Delinquents

BMJ 1999;319:859.1 (Published 25 September 1999)

Law Without Enforcement

BMJ 1999;319:859.2 (Published 25 September 1999)

RADIO

Vital Signs

BMJ 1999;319:860.1 (Published 25 September 1999)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Women in surgery

BMJ 1999;319:860.2 (Published 25 September 1999)

Personal View

Peer review: thinking the unthinkable

BMJ 1999;319:861.1 (Published 25 September 1999)

Soundings

Pinot Noir powders

BMJ 1999;319:861.2 (Published 25 September 1999)

Career focus

Developing skills in consulting with the public

BMJ 1999;319:S2-7213 (Published 25 September 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3-7213 (Published 25 September 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3a-7213 (Published 25 September 1999)

Corrections

Nutritional hyperhomocysteinaemia

BMJ 1999;319:800 (Published 25 September 1999)

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

BMJ 1999;319:823 (Published 25 September 1999)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Clarence Walton LilleheiJohn AndrewJohn Aubrey Luther BonnellKenyon Carnarvon BrownStuart Charles KennedyHarold Oliver PhillipsonEphraim Frank SwiftAlfred Butler TaylorMichael Richard Tomlinson

BMJ 1999;319:856 (Published 25 September 1999)