13 January 2001 (Vol 322, Issue 7278)

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Editor's Choice

Making and breaking news

BMJ 2001;322:0.1 (Published 13 January 2001)

Making and breaking news

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News

New agency set up to identify incompetent doctors

BMJ 2001;322:67 (Published 13 January 2001)

EU harmonises rules for trials

BMJ 2001;322:68.1 (Published 13 January 2001)

Hospitals to spend £200m to prevent spread of vCJD

BMJ 2001;322:68.2 (Published 13 January 2001)

In brief

BMJ 2001;322:68.3 (Published 13 January 2001)

Pilot projects show cancer treatment can be speeded up

BMJ 2001;322:69.1 (Published 13 January 2001)

Pen “amnesty” for doctors who shun drug companies

BMJ 2001;322:69.2 (Published 13 January 2001)

Cholera sweeps through South African province

BMJ 2001;322:71.3 (Published 13 January 2001)

US doctors face curbs on referrals

BMJ 2001;322:72.1 (Published 13 January 2001)

“Health weather forecasts” to be piloted in England

BMJ 2001;322:72.2 (Published 13 January 2001)

Drug delivery system may combat cancer

BMJ 2001;322:72.3 (Published 13 January 2001)

Editorials

Children who kill

BMJ 2001;322:61 (Published 13 January 2001)

Preventing respiratory syncitial virus bronchiolitis

BMJ 2001;322:62 (Published 13 January 2001)

Severe osteogenesis imperfecta: new therapeutic options?

BMJ 2001;322:63 (Published 13 January 2001)

The cost of shoulder pain at work

BMJ 2001;322:64 (Published 13 January 2001)

Dealing with poor clinical performance

BMJ 2001;322:66 (Published 13 January 2001)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Few university students from overseas have been vaccinated against meningococcal infection

BMJ 2001;322:102.1 (Published 13 January 2001)

Do not resuscitate decisions

BMJ 2001;322:102.2 (Published 13 January 2001)

Benign prostatic hyperplasia has precise meaning

BMJ 2001;322:106.1 (Published 13 January 2001)

Future of research into rotavirus vaccine

BMJ 2001;322:106.2 (Published 13 January 2001)

Intranasal midazolam for treating febrile seizures in children

BMJ 2001;322:107 (Published 13 January 2001)

Can we trust elderly donor grafts for corneal transplantation?

BMJ 2001;322:108 (Published 13 January 2001)

Training overseas doctors in the United Kingdom

BMJ 2001;322:109 (Published 13 January 2001)

Letters - continued

Orlistat associated with hypertension

BMJ 2001;322:110 (Published 13 January 2001)

Familial hypercholesterolaemia is underdiagnosed after AMI

BMJ 2001;322:111.1 (Published 13 January 2001)

Psychiatric disorders and risky sexual behaviour

BMJ 2001;322:111.2 (Published 13 January 2001)

Screening for medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency has still not been evaluated

BMJ 2001;322:112 (Published 13 January 2001)

Fillers

On breakfast and randomised trials

BMJ 2001;322:85 (Published 13 January 2001)

Knowledge and wisdom

BMJ 2001;322:98.2 (Published 13 January 2001)

This Week In the BMJ

Health professionals are unsure about second measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination

BMJ 2001;322:0.6 (Published 13 January 2001)

Post-traumatic stress disorder is another example of the medicalisation of life

BMJ 2001;322:0.7 (Published 13 January 2001)

Asking patients about causes of symptoms may help improve detection of mental illness

BMJ 2001;322:0.5 (Published 13 January 2001)

Prophylactic mastectomy may reduce anxiety in women at high risk

BMJ 2001;322:0.4 (Published 13 January 2001)

Ginkgo biloba does not help tinnitus

BMJ 2001;322:0.3 (Published 13 January 2001)

Systematic reviews do not replace good quality studies

BMJ 2001;322:0.8 (Published 13 January 2001)

Clinical Reviews

Geriatric medicine

BMJ 2001;322:86 (Published 13 January 2001)

Pulmonary Wegener's granulomatosis misdiagnosed as malignancy

BMJ 2001;322:89 (Published 13 January 2001)

Gallstone disease

BMJ 2001;322:91 (Published 13 January 2001)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

NHS walk-in centres fail to assess patients properly

BMJ 2001;322:70.1 (Published 13 January 2001)

New courts offer treatment for drug offenders

BMJ 2001;322:70.2 (Published 13 January 2001)

Heart monitoring may detect infections in newborns

BMJ 2001;322:70.3 (Published 13 January 2001)

NHS trusts appointments to be appointed by independent commission

BMJ 2001;322:70.4 (Published 13 January 2001)

Meningitis C rates show steep fall

BMJ 2001;322:70.5 (Published 13 January 2001)

Chlamydia increases risk of cervical cancer

BMJ 2001;322:71.1 (Published 13 January 2001)

Spider venom may prevent atrial fibrillation

BMJ 2001;322:71.2 (Published 13 January 2001)

Papers

Effectiveness of Ginkgo biloba in treating tinnitus: double blind, placebo controlled trial

BMJ 2001;322:73 (Published 13 January 2001)

The psychosocial impact of bilateral prophylactic mastectomy: prospective study using questionnaires and semistructured interviews

BMJ 2001;322:76 (Published 13 January 2001)

Papers - continued

“Patient knows best”—detection of common mental disorders in Santiago, Chile: cross sectional studyCommentary: Clinical practice is as important as diagnosis

BMJ 2001;322:79 (Published 13 January 2001)

Pancreatitis associated with hydroxyurea in combination with didanosine

BMJ 2001;322:81 (Published 13 January 2001)

Primary care

Second dose of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine: questionnaire survey of health professionals

BMJ 2001;322:82 (Published 13 January 2001)

Education and debate

The invention of post-traumatic stress disorder and the social usefulness of a psychiatric category

BMJ 2001;322:95 (Published 13 January 2001)

Systematic reviews from astronomy to zoology: myths and misconceptions

BMJ 2001;322:98.1 (Published 13 January 2001)

TV

On The Edge

BMJ 2001;322:114 (Published 13 January 2001)

Books

The Future of Food

BMJ 2001;322:115.1 (Published 13 January 2001)

Vivisection or science? An Investigation into Testing Drugs and Safeguarding Health

BMJ 2001;322:115.2 (Published 13 January 2001)

PRESS

Wait until the morning after

BMJ 2001;322:116.1 (Published 13 January 2001)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Facing mastectomy

BMJ 2001;322:116.2 (Published 13 January 2001)

Personal View

Deserted

BMJ 2001;322:117.1 (Published 13 January 2001)

Soundings

Au zinc

BMJ 2001;322:117.2 (Published 13 January 2001)

Review

Minerva

BMJ 2001;322:118 (Published 13 January 2001)

Corrections

Association of systolic blood pressure with macrovascular and microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 36): prospective observational study

BMJ 2001;322:90.1 (Published 13 January 2001)

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

BMJ 2001;322:90.2 (Published 13 January 2001)

Suicides rise after Diana's death

BMJ 2001;322:90.3 (Published 13 January 2001)

Atypical antipsychotics

BMJ 2001;322:90.4 (Published 13 January 2001)

Representing infant feeding: content analysis of British media portrayals of bottle feeding and breast feeding

BMJ 2001;322:90.5 (Published 13 January 2001)

BMA approves acupuncture

BMJ 2001;322:90.6 (Published 13 January 2001)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Avedis DonabedianRichard Douglas DoyleIda Eileen Kenyon (née Wilkinson)Clive Terence LandeyThomas Henry TweedyRobert James Spence Wilson

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