03 June 2000 (Vol 320, Issue 7248)

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Editor's Choice

Time to reinvent yourself?

BMJ 2000;320:0.1 (Published 3 June 2000)

Time to reinvent yourself?

BMJ 2000;320:0.2 (Published 3 June 2000)

News

Clinton seeks heavy fines for breaching research ethics

BMJ 2000;320:1491.1 (Published 3 June 2000)

Unusable medicines “dumped” on Venezuela

BMJ 2000;320:1491.2 (Published 3 June 2000)

Asylum seekers in UK receive poor health care

BMJ 2000;320:1492.1 (Published 3 June 2000)

Coffee may lower risk of Parkinson's disease

BMJ 2000;320:1492.2 (Published 3 June 2000)

In brief

BMJ 2000;320:1492.3 (Published 3 June 2000)

Mouth to mouth ventilation does not improve CPR

BMJ 2000;320:1493.1 (Published 3 June 2000)

Prisoners in England and Wales are at risk of bloodborne viruses

BMJ 2000;320:1493.2 (Published 3 June 2000)

Junior doctors accept new pay deal

BMJ 2000;320:1494.1 (Published 3 June 2000)

Romanian junior doctors left without salaries

BMJ 2000;320:1494.2 (Published 3 June 2000)

Irish juniors defer their strike

BMJ 2000;320:1494.3 (Published 3 June 2000)

BMA demands more responsible media attitude on body image

BMJ 2000;320:1495.1 (Published 3 June 2000)

SLE is caused by cell debris

BMJ 2000;320:1495.2 (Published 3 June 2000)

Geographical mobility is predictor of demand on psychiatric services

BMJ 2000;320:1496.1 (Published 3 June 2000)

High insulin levels linked to deaths from breast cancer

BMJ 2000;320:1496.2 (Published 3 June 2000)

Editorials

Adjuvant irradiation for breast cancer

BMJ 2000;320:1485 (Published 3 June 2000)

Stalking: why do people do it?

BMJ 2000;320:1486 (Published 3 June 2000)

HIV risk behaviour in gay men: on the rise?

BMJ 2000;320:1487 (Published 3 June 2000)

New approaches to conversion hysteria

BMJ 2000;320:1488 (Published 3 June 2000)

Revalidation for doctors in the United Kingdom: the end or the beginning?

BMJ 2000;320:1490 (Published 3 June 2000)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Authors' reply to Camelford letters

BMJ 2000;320:1536.1 (Published 3 June 2000)

Drug use has declined among teenagers in United Kingdom

BMJ 2000;320:1536.2 (Published 3 June 2000)

Unconventional approaches to nutritional medicine

BMJ 2000;320:1538.1 (Published 3 June 2000)

Child discipline

BMJ 2000;320:1538.2 (Published 3 June 2000)

Letters - continued

Treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection

BMJ 2000;320:1540 (Published 3 June 2000)

Stool immunoassay for Helicobacter pylori is not specific enough

BMJ 2000;320:1541.1 (Published 3 June 2000)

Health effects of landfill sites

BMJ 2000;320:1541.2 (Published 3 June 2000)

Haemoglobinopathy screening can be carried out in general practice

BMJ 2000;320:1542 (Published 3 June 2000)

Working in other countries

BMJ 2000;320:1543 (Published 3 June 2000)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2000;320:1550 (Published 3 June 2000)

Fillers

A wise physician

BMJ 2000;320:1512.2 (Published 3 June 2000)

Me, the heartsink patient

BMJ 2000;320:1513 (Published 3 June 2000)

We are interdependent

BMJ 2000;320:1514.2 (Published 3 June 2000)

What is humanity?

BMJ 2000;320:1524.2 (Published 3 June 2000)

An old friend

BMJ 2000;320:1529 (Published 3 June 2000)

Triage

BMJ 2000;320:1535 (Published 3 June 2000)

This Week In the BMJ

People who have strokes while in hospital have a poor prognosis

BMJ 2000;320:0.7 (Published 3 June 2000)

Studies of patient satisfaction with telemedicine are inconclusive

BMJ 2000;320:0.8 (Published 3 June 2000)

Troponin T predicts mortality in patients with ischaemic stroke

BMJ 2000;320:0.4 (Published 3 June 2000)

Unsafe sexual practices are increasing among gay men in London

BMJ 2000;320:0.5 (Published 3 June 2000)

Patients prefer enemas to laxatives for bowel preparation

BMJ 2000;320:0.6 (Published 3 June 2000)

HTLV is as prevalent as HIV among UK infants

BMJ 2000;320:0.3 (Published 3 June 2000)

Clinical Reviews

Management of lateral neck masses in adults

BMJ 2000;320:1521 (Published 3 June 2000)

Persistent diarrhoea and occult vipomas in children

BMJ 2000;320:1524.1 (Published 3 June 2000)

Swollen lower limb—2: Lymphoedema

BMJ 2000;320:1527.1 (Published 3 June 2000)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

First genetic medicines available in five years?

BMJ 2000;320:1496.3 (Published 3 June 2000)

Papers

Human T cell leukaemia/lymphoma virus infection in pregnant women in the United Kingdom: population study

BMJ 2000;320:1497 (Published 3 June 2000)

Relation between troponin T concentration and mortality in patients presenting with an acute stroke: observational study

BMJ 2000;320:1502 (Published 3 June 2000)

Single blind, randomised trial of efficacy and acceptability of oral Picolax versus self administered phosphate enema in bowel preparation for flexible sigmoidoscopy screeningCommentary: participants should have been told they were being randomisedCommen…

BMJ 2000;320:1504 (Published 3 June 2000)

Papers - continued

Increase in high risk sexual behaviour among homosexual men, London 1996-8: cross sectional, questionnaire study

BMJ 2000;320:1510 (Published 3 June 2000)

Retrospective case note review of acute and inpatient stroke outcomes

BMJ 2000;320:1511 (Published 3 June 2000)

Preventing dog bites in children: randomised controlled trial of an educational intervention

BMJ 2000;320:1512.1 (Published 3 June 2000)

General practice

Asthma after childhood pneumonia: six year follow up study

BMJ 2000;320:1514.1 (Published 3 June 2000)

Information in practice

Systematic review of studies of patient satisfaction with telemedicine

BMJ 2000;320:1517 (Published 3 June 2000)

Education and debate

Using conjoint analysis to elicit preferences for health care

BMJ 2000;320:1530 (Published 3 June 2000)

Challenges to the health services: the professions

BMJ 2000;320:1533 (Published 3 June 2000)

Books

Breast Cancer: Sharing the Decision

BMJ 2000;320:1545.1 (Published 3 June 2000)

Resuscitation Rules

BMJ 2000;320:1545.2 (Published 3 June 2000)

Peer Review in Health Sciences

BMJ 2000;320:1546.1 (Published 3 June 2000)

ART

Defining Features

BMJ 2000;320:1546.2 (Published 3 June 2000)

WEB

The sum of my parts

BMJ 2000;320:1547.1 (Published 3 June 2000)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Gay sex

BMJ 2000;320:1547.2 (Published 3 June 2000)

Personal Views

One person's innovation is another's experiment

BMJ 2000;320:1548.1 (Published 3 June 2000)

Railway signals passed at danger: psychology matters

BMJ 2000;320:1549.1 (Published 3 June 2000)

NETLINES

NETLINES

BMJ 2000;320:1548.2 (Published 3 June 2000)

Soundings

Choosing socks

BMJ 2000;320:1549.2 (Published 3 June 2000)

Corrections

Letter

BMJ 2000;320:1520.1 (Published 3 June 2000)

Guidelines for managing acute bacterial meningitis

BMJ 2000;320:1520.2 (Published 3 June 2000)

ABC of arterial and venous disease: acute stroke

BMJ 2000;320:1527.2 (Published 3 June 2000)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Dashper James ArkleRobert GilbertEllen (“Mischa”) O'Sullivan (née Walsh)Amar Singh RayanDavid Ward Shedden

BMJ 2000;320:1544 (Published 3 June 2000)