02 September 2000 (Vol 321, Issue 7260)

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Editor's Choice

Let speculation run riot

BMJ 2000;321:0.2 (Published 2 September 2000)

Let speculation run riot

BMJ 2000;321:0.1 (Published 2 September 2000)

News

US government to fund human stem cell research

BMJ 2000;321:527.1 (Published 2 September 2000)

UK government approves limited cloning of human embryos

BMJ 2000;321:527.2 (Published 2 September 2000)

Suicides in Japan reach a record high

BMJ 2000;321:528.1 (Published 2 September 2000)

French health costs rising rapidly

BMJ 2000;321:528.2 (Published 2 September 2000)

In brief

BMJ 2000;321:528.3 (Published 2 September 2000)

Siamese twins to be separated against parents' will

BMJ 2000;321:529.1 (Published 2 September 2000)

More “cot deaths” occur in day care than at home

BMJ 2000;321:529.2 (Published 2 September 2000)

Baby's penis reattached after botched circumcision

BMJ 2000;321:529.3 (Published 2 September 2000)

New cytokine treatment for inflammatory bowel disease

BMJ 2000;321:530.1 (Published 2 September 2000)

Dutch waiting lists increase despite £36m campaign

BMJ 2000;321:530.2 (Published 2 September 2000)

UK government approves limited cloning of human embryos

BMJ 2000;321:530.4 (Published 2 September 2000)

Editorials

Chemotherapy for advanced colorectal cancer

BMJ 2000;321:521 (Published 2 September 2000)

How to manage the first episode of schizophrenia

BMJ 2000;321:522 (Published 2 September 2000)

Obesity surgery—another unmet need

BMJ 2000;321:523 (Published 2 September 2000)

The future of research into rotavirus vaccine

BMJ 2000;321:525 (Published 2 September 2000)

A fair way of donating hearts for transplantation

BMJ 2000;321:526 (Published 2 September 2000)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Evaluating “payback” on biomedical research

BMJ 2000;321:566.1 (Published 2 September 2000)

Pragmatic approach is effective in evidence based health care

BMJ 2000;321:566.2 (Published 2 September 2000)

Evidence should be accessible as well as relevant

BMJ 2000;321:567.1 (Published 2 September 2000)

Costs are as important as outcomes

BMJ 2000;321:567.2 (Published 2 September 2000)

Breast cancer screening

BMJ 2000;321:567.3 (Published 2 September 2000)

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

BMJ 2000;321:568 (Published 2 September 2000)

Letters - continued

Generalisations on benefits of aspirin are dangerous

BMJ 2000;321:569.1 (Published 2 September 2000)

Detecting tuberculosis in new arrivals to UK

BMJ 2000;321:569.2 (Published 2 September 2000)

Ulcerative colitis should be investigated differently in children

BMJ 2000;321:570.1 (Published 2 September 2000)

Ending genital mutilation

BMJ 2000;321:570.2 (Published 2 September 2000)

Speed of treatment affects outcome in anaphylaxis

BMJ 2000;321:571.1 (Published 2 September 2000)

Why is speculation so awful?

BMJ 2000;321:571.2 (Published 2 September 2000)

All antihistamines cross blood-brain barrier

BMJ 2000;321:572.1 (Published 2 September 2000)

More public education and more intubationists will prevent prehospital deaths

BMJ 2000;321:572.2 (Published 2 September 2000)

The NHS: last act of a Greek tragedy?

BMJ 2000;321:572.3 (Published 2 September 2000)

Students learn infection control on the job

BMJ 2000;321:573 (Published 2 September 2000)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2000;321:580 (Published 2 September 2000)

Fillers

Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom

BMJ 2000;321:547.2 (Published 2 September 2000)

The power of prayer

BMJ 2000;321:550 (Published 2 September 2000)

Experience not required

BMJ 2000;321:554 (Published 2 September 2000)

Medicine as a Career

BMJ 2000;321:555.2 (Published 2 September 2000)

This Week In the BMJ

Risk of gestational diabetes increases in women whose mothers had diabetes during pregnancy

BMJ 2000;321:0.7 (Published 2 September 2000)

Chemotherapy extends life in advanced colorectal cancer

BMJ 2000;321:0.3 (Published 2 September 2000)

Standard GP search strategies miss many patients with heart disease

BMJ 2000;321:0.6 (Published 2 September 2000)

St John's wort is as effective as imipramine in treating depression

BMJ 2000;321:0.4 (Published 2 September 2000)

Lack of collaboration between UK's private and public health sectors is a lost opportunity

BMJ 2000;321:0.8 (Published 2 September 2000)

Cardiac transplantation is worth while only for the sickest patients

BMJ 2000;321:0.5 (Published 2 September 2000)

Clinical Reviews

Palliative care

BMJ 2000;321:555.1 (Published 2 September 2000)

Dental emergencies

BMJ 2000;321:559 (Published 2 September 2000)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Researchers discover subclinical form of BSE

BMJ 2000;321:530.5 (Published 2 September 2000)

German hospital may face prosecution after publishing a research letter

BMJ 2000;321:530.6 (Published 2 September 2000)

Papers

Palliative chemotherapy for advanced colorectal cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ 2000;321:531 (Published 2 September 2000)

Comparison of St John's wort and imipramine for treating depression: randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2000;321:536 (Published 2 September 2000)

Effect of receiving a heart transplant: analysis of a national cohort entered on to a waiting list, stratified by heart failure severityCommentary: Time for a controlled trial?

BMJ 2000;321:540 (Published 2 September 2000)

Birth characteristics of women who develop gestational diabetes: population based study

BMJ 2000;321:546 (Published 2 September 2000)

Prolonged cholestasis associated with irbesartan

BMJ 2000;321:547.1 (Published 2 September 2000)

General practice

Identifying patients with ischaemic heart disease in general practice: cross sectional study of paper and computerised medical records

BMJ 2000;321:548 (Published 2 September 2000)

Improving quality in the changing world of primary care

BMJ 2000;321:551 (Published 2 September 2000)

Education and debate

Role of private sector in United Kingdom healthcare systemCommentary: Cooperation should be based on what the public wants and needs from its healthcare system

BMJ 2000;321:563 (Published 2 September 2000)

Books

The Evidence-Based Primary Care Handbook

BMJ 2000;321:576.1 (Published 2 September 2000)

The Expressiveness of the Body and the Divergence of Greek and Chinese Medicine

BMJ 2000;321:576.2 (Published 2 September 2000)

The History of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow: Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow, 1599-1858; The History of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow: The Shaping of the Medical Profession, 1858-1999

BMJ 2000;321:577.1 (Published 2 September 2000)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Heart transplantation

BMJ 2000;321:577.2 (Published 2 September 2000)

Ad

O Liberty! what crimes are committed in thy name!

BMJ 2000;321:578 (Published 2 September 2000)

Personal View

Abortion—a hell of a decision

BMJ 2000;321:579.1 (Published 2 September 2000)

Soundings

The turning sky

BMJ 2000;321:579.2 (Published 2 September 2000)

Corrections

Study questions ethics of covert medication

BMJ 2000;321:530.3 (Published 2 September 2000)

ABC of oral health: Dental damage, sequelae, and prevention

BMJ 2000;321:562.1 (Published 2 September 2000)

ABC of oral health: Periodontal disease

BMJ 2000;321:562.2 (Published 2 September 2000)

ABC of oral health: Oral cancer

BMJ 2000;321:562.3 (Published 2 September 2000)

Decision making, evidence, audit, and education: case study of antibiotic prescribing in general practice

BMJ 2000;321:565.1 (Published 2 September 2000)

Risk of acquiring Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from blood transfusions: systematic review of case-control studies

BMJ 2000;321:565.2 (Published 2 September 2000)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

John Lewis EmeryJohn Killen ArmstrongFrancis Austin BrearBronislaw ChudeckiGwilym Kenneth DaviesAldwyn Morgan GeorgePrem SarinRahum ShoulmanLeslie StanklerPatrick Arthur Thorn

BMJ 2000;321:574 (Published 2 September 2000)