11 December 1999 (Vol 319, Issue 7224)

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Editor's Choice

Openness: a virtue whose time has come

BMJ 1999;319:0.1 (Published 11 December 1999)

News

Patients dialysed at for-profit centres do worse

BMJ 1999;319:1517.1 (Published 11 December 1999)

United States issues guidelines on embryo cell research

BMJ 1999;319:1517.2 (Published 11 December 1999)

COX 2 inhibitors can affect the stomach lining

BMJ 1999;319:1518.1 (Published 11 December 1999)

Government orders inquiry into removal of children's organs

BMJ 1999;319:1518.2 (Published 11 December 1999)

In brief

BMJ 1999;319:1518.3 (Published 11 December 1999)

Medical errors kill almost 100000 Americans a year

BMJ 1999;319:1519.1 (Published 11 December 1999)

Bristol manager dismissed warnings as “exaggerated”

BMJ 1999;319:1519.2 (Published 11 December 1999)

NHS cancer patients denied supportive treatments

BMJ 1999;319:1520.1 (Published 11 December 1999)

Scotland cracks down on antiabortion harassment

BMJ 1999;319:1520.2 (Published 11 December 1999)

Canadian politicians propose expansion of private health care

BMJ 1999;319:1520.3 (Published 11 December 1999)

US changes trade policy on essential medicines

BMJ 1999;319:1521.1 (Published 11 December 1999)

Zinc supplementation prevents diarrhoea and pneumonia

BMJ 1999;319:1521.2 (Published 11 December 1999)

Report finds persisting poverty and social exclusion

BMJ 1999;319:1522.1 (Published 11 December 1999)

Irish government plans a “junior” consultant grade

BMJ 1999;319:1522.2 (Published 11 December 1999)

Passive smoking more risky for women with a missing gene

BMJ 1999;319:1522.3 (Published 11 December 1999)

Editorials

Coping with winter bed crises

BMJ 1999;319:1511 (Published 11 December 1999)

Screening for familial intracranial aneurysms

BMJ 1999;319:1512 (Published 11 December 1999)

Improving reperfusion after myocardial infarction

BMJ 1999;319:1513 (Published 11 December 1999)

Netprints: the next phase in the evolution of biomedical publishing

BMJ 1999;319:1515 (Published 11 December 1999)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Cancer survival in Britain

BMJ 1999;319:1572 (Published 11 December 1999)

Article on bayesian methods was right

BMJ 1999;319:1573.1 (Published 11 December 1999)

Evidence based palliative care

BMJ 1999;319:1573.2 (Published 11 December 1999)

Spurious asystole with use of manual defibrillators

BMJ 1999;319:1574 (Published 11 December 1999)

Relation of C pneumoniae antibodies to ischaemic heart disease

BMJ 1999;319:1575 (Published 11 December 1999)

Breast feeding and obesity

BMJ 1999;319:1576 (Published 11 December 1999)

Letters - continued

Subspecialist psychiatrists are sometimes selective about whom they will treat

BMJ 1999;319:1577.1 (Published 11 December 1999)

Effectiveness of glucocorticoids in treating croup

BMJ 1999;319:1577.2 (Published 11 December 1999)

Overreaction to the Paddington rail disaster may not be beneficial in the long run

BMJ 1999;319:1578.1 (Published 11 December 1999)

Doctors are still committing genocide

BMJ 1999;319:1578.2 (Published 11 December 1999)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1999;319:1586 (Published 11 December 1999)

Fillers

Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom

BMJ 1999;319:1541.2 (Published 11 December 1999)

Wise advice

BMJ 1999;319:1541.3 (Published 11 December 1999)

On ageing: the optimist

BMJ 1999;319:1541.4 (Published 11 December 1999)

Abandoning babies safely

BMJ 1999;319:1546.1 (Published 11 December 1999)

Getting at the truth

BMJ 1999;319:1546.2 (Published 11 December 1999)

A case of rupture of the heart

BMJ 1999;319:1554.2 (Published 11 December 1999)

William Harvey, hypothermia, and battle injuries

BMJ 1999;319:1561 (Published 11 December 1999)

Understanding of the world

BMJ 1999;319:1569.2 (Published 11 December 1999)

This Week In the BMJ

Nearly half reported hepatic adverse drug reactions are unrelated to incriminated drug

BMJ 1999;319:0.7 (Published 11 December 1999)

Costs outweigh benefits of interferon in multiple sclerosis

BMJ 1999;319:0.3 (Published 11 December 1999)

Hypericum extract improves depression and quality of life

BMJ 1999;319:0.5 (Published 11 December 1999)

Squeezing causes less scarring than phenol ablation in molluscum contagiosum

BMJ 1999;319:0.6 (Published 11 December 1999)

Hospital at home scheme is acceptable alternative to hospital care and is cost effective

BMJ 1999;319:0.4 (Published 11 December 1999)

Alcohol lowers risk of heart disease through effect on lipids and haemostatic factors

BMJ 1999;319:0.2 (Published 11 December 1999)

Clinical Reviews

Functional magnetic resonance imaging in neuropsychiatry

BMJ 1999;319:1551 (Published 11 December 1999)

Hyponatraemic seizures and excessive intake of hypotonic fluids in young children

BMJ 1999;319:1554.1 (Published 11 December 1999)

Complementary medicine and the doctor

BMJ 1999;319:1558 (Published 11 December 1999)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Some people are at very low risk from heart disease

BMJ 1999;319:1522.4 (Published 11 December 1999)

EU bans baby toys containing phthalates

BMJ 1999;319:1522.5 (Published 11 December 1999)

“Canada's research funding agency must support RCTs” - Sackett

BMJ 1999;319:1522.6 (Published 11 December 1999)

Canada releases documents showing secrets of tobacco industry

BMJ 1999;319:1522.7 (Published 11 December 1999)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web] - continued

Mbeki claims that AZT is dangerous

BMJ 1999;319:1522.8 (Published 11 December 1999)

Papers

Moderate alcohol intake and lower risk of coronary heart disease: meta-analysis of effects on lipids and haemostatic factors

BMJ 1999;319:1523 (Published 11 December 1999)

Population based cost utility study of interferon beta-1b in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis

BMJ 1999;319:1529 (Published 11 December 1999)

Hypericum extract versus imipramine or placebo in patients with moderate depression: randomised multicentre study of treatment for eight weeksCommentary: Has hypericum found its place in antidepressant treatment?

BMJ 1999;319:1534 (Published 11 December 1999)

Scarring in molluscum contagiosum: comparison of physical expression and phenol ablation

BMJ 1999;319:1540 (Published 11 December 1999)

Accuracy of hepatic adverse drug reaction reporting in one English health region

BMJ 1999;319:1541.1 (Published 11 December 1999)

General practice

Randomised controlled trial of effectiveness of Leicester hospital at home scheme compared with hospital care

BMJ 1999;319:1542 (Published 11 December 1999)

Economic evaluation of hospital at home versus hospital care: cost minimisation analysis of data from randomised controlled trial

BMJ 1999;319:1547 (Published 11 December 1999)

Education and debate

When can a risk factor be used as a worthwhile screening test?

BMJ 1999;319:1562 (Published 11 December 1999)

Registering clinical trials

BMJ 1999;319:1565 (Published 11 December 1999)

Health and human rights in contemporary humanitarian crises: is Kosovo more important than Sierra Leone?

BMJ 1999;319:1569.1 (Published 11 December 1999)

Books

Sports Medicine Handbook

BMJ 1999;319:1582.1 (Published 11 December 1999)

In the Blood: Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race

BMJ 1999;319:1582.2 (Published 11 December 1999)

Film

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

BMJ 1999;319:1583.1 (Published 11 December 1999)

A BOOK THAT CHANGED ME

Birdsong

BMJ 1999;319:1583.2 (Published 11 December 1999)

TV

Don't Be Ashamed

BMJ 1999;319:1584.1 (Published 11 December 1999)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Open archives

BMJ 1999;319:1584.2 (Published 11 December 1999)

Personal View

Millennium pay

BMJ 1999;319:1585.1 (Published 11 December 1999)

Soundings

Playing the guru

BMJ 1999;319:1585.2 (Published 11 December 1999)

Career focus

The role of the clinical tutor

BMJ 1999;319:S2-7224 (Published 11 December 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3-7224 (Published 11 December 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3a-7224 (Published 11 December 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3b-7224 (Published 11 December 1999)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Anwar AkhtarBrian Douglas BowerTimothy David BrentnallMichael Patrick GoganIan James GordonJoseph GrechMichael Gurnell GreenJohn Bridge LillyRukhsana MajeedDouglas Fraser NicholsonDonald Reginald PrattTrevor Bleddyn Lloyd RobertsSydney RosehillCharles Mi…

BMJ 1999;319:1579 (Published 11 December 1999)