This Week In the BMJ HRT makes no difference to the types of breast tumour found BMJ 2000; 320 :e (Published 05 February 2000) Permission UK screening programme for haemoglobin disorders fails to reach many couples BMJ 2000; 320 :b (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Immunoassay is promising non-invasive test for H pylori in children BMJ 2000; 320 :d (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Even infants with otitis media do not need antibiotics BMJ 2000; 320 :f (Published 05 February 2000) Permission New definition of general practice is needed to underpin education BMJ 2000; 320 :g (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Hip fractures are profound threat to quality of life BMJ 2000; 320 :c (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Editorials Antenatal corticosteroids to prevent neonatal respiratory distress syndrome BMJ 2000; 320 :325 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses The specialist of the discipline of general practice BMJ 2000; 320 :326 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses On target for health? BMJ 2000; 320 :327 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses Childhood obesity: time for action, not complacency BMJ 2000; 320 :328 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses Doctor as murderer BMJ 2000; 320 :329 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses LettersDownload PDF Zanamivir, influenza, and meningococcal disease BMJ 2000; 320 :378 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses Very old people may not use excessive proportion of hospital budgets BMJ 2000; 320 :378 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Managing patients with lung cancer BMJ 2000; 320 :379 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Responses Consumer involvement in research is essential BMJ 2000; 320 :380 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Morphine induced allodynia in child with brain tumour BMJ 2000; 320 :381 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Competing interests and controversy about third generation oral contraceptives BMJ 2000; 320 :381 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Italian paediatric association has launched code on competing interests BMJ 2000; 320 :382 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Immunisation does not rule out tetanus BMJ 2000; 320 :383 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Not such distant mirrors BMJ 2000; 320 :383 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Responses News Tighter control on GPs to follow doctor's murder convictions BMJ 2000; 320 :331 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses Earlier inquiry found no evidence of criminal activity BMJ 2000; 320 :331 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Surgeon amputated healthy legs BMJ 2000; 320 :332 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses College begins inquiry into removal of wrong kidney BMJ 2000; 320 :332 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission In brief BMJ 2000; 320 :332 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission French health staff strike over budget cuts BMJ 2000; 320 :333 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Women taking combination HRT are at greater risk of breast cancer BMJ 2000; 320 :333 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses PAR2 antagonists—the next generation of anti-inflammatories? BMJ 2000; 320 :334 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses UK lifts ban on frozen eggs BMJ 2000; 320 :334 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Drug company issues warning about flu drug BMJ 2000; 320 :334 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission New advice issued on prevention of sudden infant death BMJ 2000; 320 :335 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses Advertisement breached code of practice BMJ 2000; 320 :335 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Tube feeding bad for patients with dementia BMJ 2000; 320 :335 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses Gene therapy experiments put on “clinical hold” BMJ 2000; 320 :336 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Talks continue on UK juniors' pay BMJ 2000; 320 :336 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Patients, but not doctors, like mediation for settling claims BMJ 2000; 320 :336 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Patients, but not doctors, like mediation for settling claims BMJ 2000; 320 :336 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Clinical Reviews Recent advances in intensive care BMJ 2000; 320 :358 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses Lesson of the week Difficulties in diagnosing acute rheumatic fever—arthritis may be short lived and carditis silent BMJ 2000; 320 :362 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses Non-drug management BMJ 2000; 320 :366 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses Minerva Minerva BMJ 2000; 320 :390 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses Editor's Choice Language is the culprit BMJ 2000; 320 :a (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses Language is the culprit BMJ 2000; 320 :0 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses News extra [these stories appear only on the web] Audit Commission plans changes to its work in the NHS BMJ 2000; 320 :336 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission BMA supports full inquiry into the Shipman case BMJ 2000; 320 :336 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Responses Dutch doctors reject government advice on HIV testing in pregnant asylum seekers BMJ 2000; 320 :336 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Tobacco companies to make their research available on internet BMJ 2000; 320 :336 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Northern Ireland's health minister sparks controversy BMJ 2000; 320 :336 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Responses FDA tells doctors to use heartburn drug as last resort BMJ 2000; 320 :336 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Responses Papers Informed choice in genetic screening for thalassaemia during pregnancy: audit from a national confidential inquiry BMJ 2000; 320 :337 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses Quality of life related to fear of falling and hip fracture in older women: a time trade off studyCommentary: Older people's perspectives on life after hip fractures BMJ 2000; 320 :341 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses Detection of Helicobacter pylori in stool specimens by non-invasive antigen enzyme immunoassay in children: multicentre Italian study BMJ 2000; 320 :347 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses Effect of hormone replacement therapy on the pathological stage of breast cancer: population based, cross sectional study BMJ 2000; 320 :348 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission General practice Primary care based randomised, double blind trial of amoxicillin versus placebo for acute otitis media in children aged under 2 years BMJ 2000; 320 :350 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses General practice—time for a new definition BMJ 2000; 320 :354 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses Education and debate Oral examinations—equal opportunities, ethnicity, and fairness in the MRCGPCommentary: Oral exams—get them right or don't bother BMJ 2000; 320 :370 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses Should journals publish systematic reviews that find no evidence to guide practice? Examples from injury research BMJ 2000; 320 :376 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST BMA criticises benefits agency workRace relations loophole should be closedConsultants advise on changes to referral patternsGPs asked to help spot “elder abuse” BMJ 2000; 320 :386 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Books Diagnosing Cancer in Primary Care BMJ 2000; 320 :387 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Childfree and Sterilised: Women's Decision and Medical Responses BMJ 2000; 320 :387 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission TV Driving Mum Crazy BMJ 2000; 320 :388 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Responses WEBSITE OF THE WEEK Specialists and generalists BMJ 2000; 320 :388 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Responses Personal View MMR, autism, and Adam BMJ 2000; 320 :389 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Soundings Publish and be praised BMJ 2000; 320 :389 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Fillers On ageing: contentment BMJ 2000; 320 :348 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Religion BMJ 2000; 320 :348 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Modern English abusage BMJ 2000; 320 :357 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses For want of a bag of blood BMJ 2000; 320 :365 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission New doctors BMJ 2000; 320 :375 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses A more helpful technique BMJ 2000; 320 :377 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Responses Corrections Increase in congenital rubella occurrence after immunisation in Greece: retrospective survey and systematic review BMJ 2000; 320 :361 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Obituaries BMJ 2000; 320 :361 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission The price of coffins: specious arguments by eminent doctors against the dangers of tobacco BMJ 2000; 320 :361 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission Hypericum extract versus imipramine or placebo in patients with moderate depression: randomised multicentre study of treatment for eight weeks BMJ 2000; 320 :361 (Published 05 February 2000) Permission ObituaryDownload PDF Norman AshtonRobert Gregory HendersonMichael HerzMaurice Wingate PatersonGerald Barcroft RobinsonRobert Joseph SmithWilliam Deane SteelAlistair McElderry TurnbullRoland Charles UrenMichael Treharne WadeKathleen WarinDiane Elizabeth Killcross BMJ 2000; 320 :384 (Published 05 February 2000) PDF Permission Back to top PreviousNext