22 April 2000 (Vol 320, Issue 7242)

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Editor's Choice

Of smokers, enthusiasts, and bedbugs

BMJ 2000;320:0.2 (Published 22 April 2000)

Of smokers, enthusiasts, and bedbugs

BMJ 2000;320:0.1 (Published 22 April 2000)

News

Clinton fires latest salvo in Medicare drug benefit war

BMJ 2000;320:1093.1 (Published 22 April 2000)

College recommends new post of healthcare practitioner

BMJ 2000;320:1093.2 (Published 22 April 2000)

Dutch tighten their rules on advertising of alcohol

BMJ 2000;320:1094.1 (Published 22 April 2000)

In brief

BMJ 2000;320:1094.2 (Published 22 April 2000)

FDA committee recommends approval for Viagra rival

BMJ 2000;320:1094.3 (Published 22 April 2000)

Rich countries accused of breaking promises on debt

BMJ 2000;320:1095.1 (Published 22 April 2000)

AIDS patients in South Africa to get free drug

BMJ 2000;320:1095.2 (Published 22 April 2000)

BMA launches review on UK healthcare spending

BMJ 2000;320:1096.1 (Published 22 April 2000)

UK juniors advised to accept new pay offer

BMJ 2000;320:1096.2 (Published 22 April 2000)

Editorials

Smoking and the brain

BMJ 2000;320:1087 (Published 22 April 2000)

Assessing the risk of violence in patients

BMJ 2000;320:1088 (Published 22 April 2000)

Fighting biological warfare

BMJ 2000;320:1089 (Published 22 April 2000)

General practitioners and cancer

BMJ 2000;320:1090 (Published 22 April 2000)

Periodic fevers enter the era of molecular diagnosis

BMJ 2000;320:1091 (Published 22 April 2000)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Is infestation with the common bedbug increasing?

BMJ 2000;320:1141.1 (Published 22 April 2000)

Use of hypericum as antidepressant

BMJ 2000;320:1141.2 (Published 22 April 2000)

Article about Canadian guidelines on proton pump inhibitors was misleading

BMJ 2000;320:1143.1 (Published 22 April 2000)

Doctors and theologians

BMJ 2000;320:1143.2 (Published 22 April 2000)

Caring for marginalised people

BMJ 2000;320:1144 (Published 22 April 2000)

Doctors and complementary medicine

BMJ 2000;320:1145.1 (Published 22 April 2000)

Letters - continued

Surgeons should have to demonstrate competence as pilots do

BMJ 2000;320:1145.2 (Published 22 April 2000)

Deaths attributed to haemochromatosis are rare in Britain

BMJ 2000;320:1146.1 (Published 22 April 2000)

Differences in suicide rates may be even more pronounced

BMJ 2000;320:1146.2 (Published 22 April 2000)

Scottish group is developing guideline for managing pregnant women with epilepsy

BMJ 2000;320:1146.3 (Published 22 April 2000)

Waiting time for cardiac surgery in Scotland is relatively short

BMJ 2000;320:1147.1 (Published 22 April 2000)

More work is needed to explain why patients ask for amputation of healthy limbs

BMJ 2000;320:1147.2 (Published 22 April 2000)

Openness is fine but deferred responsibility is not

BMJ 2000;320:1147.3 (Published 22 April 2000)

Could the GMC institute an appeal procedure?

BMJ 2000;320:1148.1 (Published 22 April 2000)

Unlike GMC, GP did not follow line of political correctness

BMJ 2000;320:1148.2 (Published 22 April 2000)

Drivers who take insulin must tell Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

BMJ 2000;320:1148.3 (Published 22 April 2000)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2000;320:1154 (Published 22 April 2000)

Fillers

Looking first

BMJ 2000;320:1111 (Published 22 April 2000)

A Texan prayer

BMJ 2000;320:1114.2 (Published 22 April 2000)

Damages claimed for antenatal injuries

BMJ 2000;320:1134.2 (Published 22 April 2000)

This Week In the BMJ

Smoking is most prevalent among people of low education

BMJ 2000;320:0.4 (Published 22 April 2000)

Smoking has little net effect on the incidence of severe dementia

BMJ 2000;320:0.3 (Published 22 April 2000)

GPs need to critically appraise evidence before adopting it

BMJ 2000;320:0.7 (Published 22 April 2000)

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring can lead to less drug treatment

BMJ 2000;320:0.8 (Published 22 April 2000)

Violent thoughts are common among psychiatric inpatients but rarely asked about

BMJ 2000;320:0.6 (Published 22 April 2000)

UK clinical guidelines tend to cite UK research

BMJ 2000;320:0.5 (Published 22 April 2000)

Clinical Reviews

Ulcerative colitis

BMJ 2000;320:1119 (Published 22 April 2000)

Renal artery stenosis

BMJ 2000;320:1124 (Published 22 April 2000)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

George W Bush proposes insurance help for the poor

BMJ 2000;320:1096.3 (Published 22 April 2000)

Irish health board tackles waiting lists

BMJ 2000;320:1096.4 (Published 22 April 2000)

Suicide in young men needs multiagency solutions

BMJ 2000;320:1096.5 (Published 22 April 2000)

Papers

Smoking and dementia in male British doctors: prospective study

BMJ 2000;320:1097 (Published 22 April 2000)

Educational differences in smoking: international comparison

BMJ 2000;320:1102 (Published 22 April 2000)

Evaluating “payback” on biomedical research from papers cited in clinical guidelines: applied bibliometric study

BMJ 2000;320:1107 (Published 22 April 2000)

Assessment of aggression in psychiatric admissions: semistructured interview and case note survey

BMJ 2000;320:1112 (Published 22 April 2000)

Worsening of symptoms of multiple sclerosis associated with carbamazepine

BMJ 2000;320:1113.1 (Published 22 April 2000)

Immune complex haemolytic anaemia associated with sulfasalazine

BMJ 2000;320:1113.2 (Published 22 April 2000)

General practice

Decision making, evidence, audit, and education: case study of antibiotic prescribing in general practiceCommentary: What can we learn from narratives of implementing evidence?

BMJ 2000;320:1114.1 (Published 22 April 2000)

Education and debate

Use and interpretation of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: recommendations of the British Hypertension Society

BMJ 2000;320:1128 (Published 22 April 2000)

What is the optimal age for starting lipid lowering treatment? A mathematical model

BMJ 2000;320:1134.1 (Published 22 April 2000)

Books

Inequalities in Health: The Evidence; The Widening Gap: Health Inequalities and Policy in Britain

BMJ 2000;320:1151 (Published 22 April 2000)

Death, Hope and Sex

BMJ 2000;320:1152.1 (Published 22 April 2000)

A BOOK THAT CHANGED ME

Why I am not a Christian

BMJ 2000;320:1152.2 (Published 22 April 2000)

Personal View

Stronger campaign needed to end female genital mutilation

BMJ 2000;320:1153.1 (Published 22 April 2000)

Soundings

The new kids

BMJ 2000;320:1153.2 (Published 22 April 2000)

Corrections

Care of the newborn in the delivery room

BMJ 2000;320:1148.4 (Published 22 April 2000)

How much to do at the accident scene?

BMJ 2000;320:1148.5 (Published 22 April 2000)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Robert CoxZeta Marion Ursula EastesHenry Colin GeldardGrace Edith Harland (née Mellows)John Charles HarlandJohn Howard InskipGriselda Jenner (née Seggie)Jacqueline Vyvienne Keighley (née Burch)Mary LennoxRonald Blackwood PridieCreasy Selabhaya Ratnatu…

BMJ 2000;320:1149 (Published 22 April 2000)