09 December 2000 (Vol 321, Issue 7274)

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Editor's Choice

So many places for learning

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

So many places for learning

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

News

Consultant suspended for research fraud

BMJ 2000;321:1429.1 (Published 9 December 2000)

Drug for irritable bowel syndrome taken off the market

BMJ 2000;321:1429.2 (Published 9 December 2000)

In brief

BMJ 2000;321:1430.1 (Published 9 December 2000)

Antenatal testing reduces vertical transmission of HIV

BMJ 2000;321:1430.2 (Published 9 December 2000)

Statins could be useful in organ transplantation

BMJ 2000;321:1430.3 (Published 9 December 2000)

Milburn to monitor implementation of NICE guidance

BMJ 2000;321:1431.1 (Published 9 December 2000)

Prescription fraud costs Wales £15m a year

BMJ 2000;321:1431.2 (Published 9 December 2000)

Netherlands gives more protection to doctors in euthanasia cases

BMJ 2000;321:1433.3 (Published 9 December 2000)

UK defines action to tackle health in developing countries

BMJ 2000;321:1434.1 (Published 9 December 2000)

GMC decides on a new structure

BMJ 2000;321:1434.2 (Published 9 December 2000)

Editorials

Non-specific effects of vaccines in developing countries

BMJ 2000;321:1423 (Published 9 December 2000)

Does physical activity prevent cancer?

BMJ 2000;321:1424 (Published 9 December 2000)

Age related macular degeneration

BMJ 2000;321:1425 (Published 9 December 2000)

Stem cell research

BMJ 2000;321:1427 (Published 9 December 2000)

Quality improvement reports: a new kind of article

BMJ 2000;321:1428 (Published 9 December 2000)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Schools' experience of league tables should make doctors think again

BMJ 2000;321:1467.1 (Published 9 December 2000)

Male circumcision and HIV prevention

BMJ 2000;321:1467.2 (Published 9 December 2000)

Midwife led debriefing to reduce maternal depression

BMJ 2000;321:1470.1 (Published 9 December 2000)

Survival and reduction in mortality from breast cancer

BMJ 2000;321:1470.2 (Published 9 December 2000)

Aspirin for primary prevention

BMJ 2000;321:1472 (Published 9 December 2000)

Analysis did not account for cluster randomisation

BMJ 2000;321:1473.1 (Published 9 December 2000)

Peterborough hospital has tissue bank on not for profit basis

BMJ 2000;321:1473.2 (Published 9 December 2000)

Letters - continued

Public health service needs to be independent

BMJ 2000;321:1473.3 (Published 9 December 2000)

Clinical Review

Prevention of ischaemic stroke

BMJ 2000;321:1455 (Published 9 December 2000)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2000;321:1480 (Published 9 December 2000)

Fillers

A time honoured practice

BMJ 2000;321:1449.2 (Published 9 December 2000)

Youth, day, old age and night

BMJ 2000;321:1449.3 (Published 9 December 2000)

Putting women in control

BMJ 2000;321:1454.4 (Published 9 December 2000)

It's like standing on a deserted platform

BMJ 2000;321:1459 (Published 9 December 2000)

Effect of multifaceted intervention promoting early switch from intravenous to oral acetaminophen for postoperative pain: controlled, prospective, before and after study

BMJ 2000;321:1460 (Published 9 December 2000)

This Week In the BMJ

Psychological interventions can reduce depressive disorders in community settings

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

It is difficult to apply a moral rule for strangers to family obligations

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

Drug administration can be improved by simple guidelines discussed by all staff affected

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

Vaccines may have non-specific effects in developing countries

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

Galantamine slows functional decline in Alzheimer's disease

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

Diabetic patients with hyper- tension benefit from dual blockade of renin-angiotensin system

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

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Delayed cancer results “due to apathy”

BMJ 2000;321:1432.1 (Published 9 December 2000)

Therapy not effective against all cancers in patients with HIV

BMJ 2000;321:1432.2 (Published 9 December 2000)

Mentally ill people denied choice of drugs

BMJ 2000;321:1432.3 (Published 9 December 2000)

NICE to tackle infertility treatment

BMJ 2000;321:1432.4 (Published 9 December 2000)

US launches plan to tackle childhood obesity

BMJ 2000;321:1432.5 (Published 9 December 2000)

Chile's doctors call for tighter controls on arsenic levels in water

BMJ 2000;321:1432.6 (Published 9 December 2000)

Children's cardiac surgery deaths were preventable

BMJ 2000;321:1433.1 (Published 9 December 2000)

Vaccine protects against Ebola virus

BMJ 2000;321:1433.2 (Published 9 December 2000)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

New approach to treating rheumatoid arthritis shows promise

BMJ 2000;321:1434.3 (Published 9 December 2000)

A new plan for the future of the hospital system

BMJ 2000;321:1434.4 (Published 9 December 2000)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web] - continued

AIDS is largest cause of maternal deaths in South Africa

BMJ 2000;321:1434.5 (Published 9 December 2000)

Papers

Routine vaccinations and child survival: follow up study in Guinea-Bissau, West AfricaCommentary: an unexpected finding that needs confirmation or rejection

BMJ 2000;321:1435 (Published 9 December 2000)

Randomised controlled trial of dual blockade of renin-angiotensin system in patients with hypertension, microalbuminuria, and non-insulin dependent diabetes: the candesartan and lisinopril microalbuminuria (CALM) study

BMJ 2000;321:1440 (Published 9 December 2000)

Renal function—and how to assess it

BMJ 2000;321:1444 (Published 9 December 2000)

Efficacy and safety of galantamine in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease: multicentre randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2000;321:1445 (Published 9 December 2000)

Recurrent generalised urticaria at insulin injection sites

BMJ 2000;321:1449.1 (Published 9 December 2000)

General practice

Problem solving treatment and group psychoeducation for depression: multicentre randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2000;321:1450 (Published 9 December 2000)

Education and debate

Results of genetic testing: when confidentiality conflicts with a duty to warn relativesCase studyAct to resolve conflictView from Dutch general practiceFamily duty is more important than rights

BMJ 2000;321:1464 (Published 9 December 2000)

THEATRE

Cure: A darkly humorous look at life on the edge

BMJ 2000;321:1476.1 (Published 9 December 2000)

Video

The Testimony Archive

BMJ 2000;321:1476.2 (Published 9 December 2000)

Books

Rosalyn Yalow, Nobel Laureate: Her Life and Work in Medicine

BMJ 2000;321:1477.1 (Published 9 December 2000)

The Multi-Agency Approach to Domestic Violence: New Opportunities, Old Challenges

BMJ 2000;321:1477.2 (Published 9 December 2000)

HIT PARADE

Hit parade

BMJ 2000;321:1477.3 (Published 9 December 2000)

PRESS

Fergie and parents' diet dilemmas

BMJ 2000;321:1478.1 (Published 9 December 2000)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Drugs for Alzheimer's disease

BMJ 2000;321:1478.3 (Published 9 December 2000)

Personal View

Charity Spice

BMJ 2000;321:1479.1 (Published 9 December 2000)

Soundings

Auntz

BMJ 2000;321:1479.2 (Published 9 December 2000)

Corrections

Why journals should not publish articles funded by the tobacco industry

BMJ 2000;321:1454.1 (Published 9 December 2000)

Updated New Zealand cardiovascular disease risk-benefit prediction guide

BMJ 2000;321:1454.2 (Published 9 December 2000)

Disease impact number and population impact number: population perspectives to measures of risk and benefit

BMJ 2000;321:1454.3 (Published 9 December 2000)

Website of the week: Flying and health

BMJ 2000;321:1478.2 (Published 9 December 2000)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Clifford Bryan FloydStanley Clucas GawneRaymund Peter HoskinsonMichael Lawrence JohnsonRobert I LevyJohn Wilson MorrisonArchie MacDonald ReviePhilip Sydney SilverFrank Philip WaltDavid Leonard WilliamsRobin David Winch

BMJ 2000;321:1474 (Published 9 December 2000)