09 September 2000 (Vol 321, Issue 7261)

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This Week In the BMJ

Regular jogging is not associated with increased mortality in men

BMJ 2000;321:0.6 (Published 9 September 2000)

NHS patient information should be launched on the internet, not on NHSnet

BMJ 2000;321:0.8 (Published 9 September 2000)

Evidence based medicine is not fully implemented in postgraduate exams

BMJ 2000;321:0.7 (Published 9 September 2000)

Doctors communicate poorly with patients who have heart failure

BMJ 2000;321:0.5 (Published 9 September 2000)

Surgery reduces risk of fracture in primary hyperparathyroidism

BMJ 2000;321:0.4 (Published 9 September 2000)

Postnatal social support doesn't improve women's health

BMJ 2000;321:0.3 (Published 9 September 2000)

Editorials

A revolution in drug discovery

BMJ 2000;321:581 (Published 9 September 2000)

How to treat haemorrhoids

BMJ 2000;321:582 (Published 9 September 2000)

Mental health services for people with learning disabilities

BMJ 2000;321:583 (Published 9 September 2000)

Expandable metal stents in malignant colorectal obstruction

BMJ 2000;321:584 (Published 9 September 2000)

Why we need a broad perspective on meta-analysis

BMJ 2000;321:585 (Published 9 September 2000)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Information needs of patients with cancer

BMJ 2000;321:632 (Published 9 September 2000)

Breaking down barriers for refugee doctors

BMJ 2000;321:633 (Published 9 September 2000)

National service framework for coronary heart disease

BMJ 2000;321:634 (Published 9 September 2000)

Brain stem death

BMJ 2000;321:635.1 (Published 9 September 2000)

Doctors are unsympathetic to colleagues who are psychologically vulnerable

BMJ 2000;321:635.2 (Published 9 September 2000)

Assessing aggression in psychiatric inpatients

BMJ 2000;321:636.1 (Published 9 September 2000)

In China, suicide in young women is a problem too

BMJ 2000;321:636.2 (Published 9 September 2000)

Optimal age for starting lipid lowering treatment

BMJ 2000;321:637 (Published 9 September 2000)

Anticoagulation for patients with atrial fibrillation

BMJ 2000;321:638 (Published 9 September 2000)

Action on Cataracts should influence surgical training

BMJ 2000;321:639 (Published 9 September 2000)

News

US patients may gain access to doctors' disciplinary data

BMJ 2000;321:587.1 (Published 9 September 2000)

Patients' group to publish names of negligent doctors

BMJ 2000;321:587.2 (Published 9 September 2000)

Indian doctors not accountable, says consumer report

BMJ 2000;321:588.1 (Published 9 September 2000)

News - continued

Israeli doctors angry at change to complaints' procedures

BMJ 2000;321:588.2 (Published 9 September 2000)

In brief

BMJ 2000;321:588.3 (Published 9 September 2000)

Parents of Siamese twins appeal against separation

BMJ 2000;321:589.1 (Published 9 September 2000)

Short, sharp bouts of exercise good for the heart

BMJ 2000;321:589.2 (Published 9 September 2000)

Calcium channel blockers inferior to cheaper drugs

BMJ 2000;321:590.1 (Published 9 September 2000)

Time expired materials “contributed to 26 deaths”

BMJ 2000;321:590.2 (Published 9 September 2000)

Baby food industry lobbies WHO on breast feeding advice

BMJ 2000;321:591.1 (Published 9 September 2000)

HIV vaccine trials begin in Oxford

BMJ 2000;321:591.2 (Published 9 September 2000)

International charity offers health as well as loans

BMJ 2000;321:592.1 (Published 9 September 2000)

Israeli doctors angry at change to complaints' procedures

BMJ 2000;321:592.3 (Published 9 September 2000)

Clinical Reviews

Improving the care of patients with genital herpes

BMJ 2000;321:619 (Published 9 September 2000)

Breast cancer—epidemiology, risk factors, and genetics

BMJ 2000;321:624 (Published 9 September 2000)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2000;321:646 (Published 9 September 2000)

Editor's Choice

Doctors: the long march to accountability

BMJ 2000;321:0.1 (Published 9 September 2000)

Doctors: the long march to accountability

BMJ 2000;321:0.2 (Published 9 September 2000)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Patients may gain access to doctors' disciplinary data

BMJ 2000;321:592.2 (Published 9 September 2000)

Salaries restored to Romanian junior doctors

BMJ 2000;321:592.4 (Published 9 September 2000)

Papers

Costs and effectiveness of community postnatal support workers: randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2000;321:593 (Published 9 September 2000)

Cohort study of risk of fracture before and after surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism

BMJ 2000;321:598 (Published 9 September 2000)

Mortality in joggers: population based study of 4658 men

BMJ 2000;321:602 (Published 9 September 2000)

Is evidence based medicine neglected by royal college examinations? A descriptive study of their syllabuses

BMJ 2000;321:603.1 (Published 9 September 2000)

General practice

Knowledge and communication difficulties for patients with chronic heart failure: qualitative study

BMJ 2000;321:605 (Published 9 September 2000)

Accountability for clinical governance: developing collective responsibility for quality in primary care

BMJ 2000;321:608.1 (Published 9 September 2000)

Information in practice

Using the internet to access confidential patient records: a case study

BMJ 2000;321:612 (Published 9 September 2000)

Computers in clinical practice: applying experience from child psychiatry

BMJ 2000;321:615 (Published 9 September 2000)

CyberTranscriber—the virtual medical secretary on your desk

BMJ 2000;321:618.1 (Published 9 September 2000)

Education and debate

Screening for genital chlamydial infection

BMJ 2000;321:629 (Published 9 September 2000)

Books

HIV, Health and your Community: A Guide for Action

BMJ 2000;321:642.1 (Published 9 September 2000)

International Consensus on the Diabetic Foot

BMJ 2000;321:642.2 (Published 9 September 2000)

THEATRE

The Antipodes, or The World Turned Upside Down

BMJ 2000;321:643.1 (Published 9 September 2000)

NETLINES

NETLINES

BMJ 2000;321:643.2 (Published 9 September 2000)

Ad

Not another magic bullet

BMJ 2000;321:644.1 (Published 9 September 2000)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Jogging

BMJ 2000;321:644.2 (Published 9 September 2000)

Personal View

My Addison's disease

BMJ 2000;321:645.1 (Published 9 September 2000)

Soundings

Chekhov's bottle

BMJ 2000;321:645.2 (Published 9 September 2000)

Fillers

Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom

BMJ 2000;321:603.2 (Published 9 September 2000)

Advice from an American comedian

BMJ 2000;321:608.2 (Published 9 September 2000)

Say cee

BMJ 2000;321:611 (Published 9 September 2000)

Marxian philosophy

BMJ 2000;321:618.2 (Published 9 September 2000)

Corrections

Revolutionary delivery and management of information

BMJ 2000;321:623.1 (Published 9 September 2000)

ABC of complementary medicine: Massage therapies

BMJ 2000;321:623.2 (Published 9 September 2000)

Effect of restrictions on smoking at home, at school, and in public places on teenage smoking: cross sectional study

BMJ 2000;321:623.3 (Published 9 September 2000)

Obituary

BMJ 2000;321:623.4 (Published 9 September 2000)

Improving the debate on cannabis

BMJ 2000;321:623.5 (Published 9 September 2000)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Denis Vernon CarpyJohn Henry CoulsonOtho William Strangman FitzGeraldEdward Brodie FrenchMichael Stewart Rees HuttRobert George MilneDaniel McVicker MorrisonJames Eric RankineJohn Barry SalesKathleen Mary Vernon (née Henderson)

BMJ 2000;321:640 (Published 9 September 2000)