05 May 2001 (Vol 322, Issue 7294)

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Editor's Choice

Fighting both bugs and tobacco companies

BMJ 2001;322:0.1 (Published 5 May 2001)

Fighting both bugs and tobacco companies

BMJ 2001;322:0.2 (Published 5 May 2001)

News

NHS faces medical negligence bill of £2.6bn

BMJ 2001;322:1081.1 (Published 5 May 2001)

Doctors say they are not influenced by drug companies' promotions

BMJ 2001;322:1081.2 (Published 5 May 2001)

In brief

BMJ 2001;322:1082.1 (Published 5 May 2001)

GPs shut surgeries in protest at government targets

BMJ 2001;322:1082.2 (Published 5 May 2001)

UN calls for $10bn to wage war on AIDS

BMJ 2001;322:1082.3 (Published 5 May 2001)

Milburn proposes to decentralise the NHS

BMJ 2001;322:1083.1 (Published 5 May 2001)

US report finds no link between MMR and autism

BMJ 2001;322:1083.2 (Published 5 May 2001)

UK investigates possible human cases of foot and mouth disease

BMJ 2001;322:1085.4 (Published 5 May 2001)

Diplomatic champion of wide public health issues

BMJ 2001;322:1086.1 (Published 5 May 2001)

Editorials

Why are doctors so unhappy?

BMJ 2001;322:1073 (Published 5 May 2001)

Is transmitted drug resistance in HIV on the rise?

BMJ 2001;322:1074 (Published 5 May 2001)

Dysfunctional breathing and asthma

BMJ 2001;322:1075 (Published 5 May 2001)

Newly available treatments for nicotine addiction

BMJ 2001;322:1076 (Published 5 May 2001)

Why Britain needs a nicotine regulation authority

BMJ 2001;322:1077 (Published 5 May 2001)

Milburn's vision of a new NHS

BMJ 2001;322:1078 (Published 5 May 2001)

Understanding the burden of musculoskeletal conditions

BMJ 2001;322:1079 (Published 5 May 2001)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Health professionals' attitudes to MMR vaccine

BMJ 2001;322:1120 (Published 5 May 2001)

Guided self management plans for asthma

BMJ 2001;322:1121 (Published 5 May 2001)

Changes in policy of refusal of blood by Jehovah's Witnesses

BMJ 2001;322:1123 (Published 5 May 2001)

Surveillance for Barrett's oesophagus

BMJ 2001;322:1124 (Published 5 May 2001)

Integrated medicine in the East may differ from that in the West

BMJ 2001;322:1126 (Published 5 May 2001)

Fillers

A magnificent woman

BMJ 2001;322:1097.2 (Published 5 May 2001)

Training anaesthetists

BMJ 2001;322:1103.2 (Published 5 May 2001)

The hidden handicap

BMJ 2001;322:1109 (Published 5 May 2001)

Lateral thinking

BMJ 2001;322:1114 (Published 5 May 2001)

The primary source

BMJ 2001;322:1118.2 (Published 5 May 2001)

This Week In the BMJ

Menarcheal age remains the same

BMJ 2001;322:0.7 (Published 5 May 2001)

Ward computers delay communication of emergency blood results

BMJ 2001;322:0.8 (Published 5 May 2001)

Prevalence of HIV drug resistance is increasing

BMJ 2001;322:0.3 (Published 5 May 2001)

Many asthmatic patients may have poor breathing technique

BMJ 2001;322:0.5 (Published 5 May 2001)

“Near misses” are common during childbirth

BMJ 2001;322:0.4 (Published 5 May 2001)

Prevalence of obesity increases with increasing age in primary school children

BMJ 2001;322:0.6 (Published 5 May 2001)

Clinical Reviews

Effect of increasing age on cataract surgery outcomes in very elderly patients

BMJ 2001;322:1104 (Published 5 May 2001)

What are the elements of good treatment for hypertension?

BMJ 2001;322:1107 (Published 5 May 2001)

Blood pressure measurement

BMJ 2001;322:1110 (Published 5 May 2001)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

BMA threatens to withdraw its support for revalidation

BMJ 2001;322:1084.1 (Published 5 May 2001)

Researchers discover peptide that may reduce rheumatoid arthritis

BMJ 2001;322:1084.2 (Published 5 May 2001)

New vaccine against typhoid could eventually be used for babies

BMJ 2001;322:1084.3 (Published 5 May 2001)

Hospitals release details of retained organs

BMJ 2001;322:1084.4 (Published 5 May 2001)

Orthodox Jews demand university bury its bones

BMJ 2001;322:1084.5 (Published 5 May 2001)

Scientists propose a new theory for the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

BMJ 2001;322:1085.1 (Published 5 May 2001)

English paediatrician to be reinstated

BMJ 2001;322:1085.2 (Published 5 May 2001)

Surgeon awarded libel damages of £175 000

BMJ 2001;322:1085.3 (Published 5 May 2001)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Australian GPs to pay £50 000 for wrong diagnosis

BMJ 2001;322:1086.2 (Published 5 May 2001)

Research on third generation pill remains unpublished

BMJ 2001;322:1086.3 (Published 5 May 2001)

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

Minister expects call for extra beds for Ireland

BMJ 2001;322:1086.4 (Published 5 May 2001)

Papers

Analysis of prevalence of HIV-1 drug resistance in primary infections in the United Kingdom

BMJ 2001;322:1087 (Published 5 May 2001)

Incidence and predictors of severe obstetric morbidity: case-control studyCommentary: Obstetric morbidity data and the need to evaluate thromboembolic disease

BMJ 2001;322:1089 (Published 5 May 2001)

Increasing prevalence of obesity in primary school children: cohort study

BMJ 2001;322:1094 (Published 5 May 2001)

Age of menarche in contemporary British teenagers: survey of girls born between 1982 and 1986

BMJ 2001;322:1095 (Published 5 May 2001)

Validity study of the severity index, a simple measure of urinary incontinence in women

BMJ 2001;322:1096 (Published 5 May 2001)

Primary care

Prevalence of dysfunctional breathing in patients treated for asthma in primary care: cross sectional survey

BMJ 2001;322:1098 (Published 5 May 2001)

Information in practice

Use of computer terminals on wards to access emergency test results: a retrospective audit

BMJ 2001;322:1101 (Published 5 May 2001)

Education and debate

Checklists for improving rigour in qualitative research: a case of the tail wagging the dog?

BMJ 2001;322:1115 (Published 5 May 2001)

For and against: Should Nottingham University give back its tobacco money?ForAgainst

BMJ 2001;322:1118.1 (Published 5 May 2001)

Books

Doctors on the Edge: General Practitioners, Health and Learning in the Inner-City

BMJ 2001;322:1128.1 (Published 5 May 2001)

How to be a Good Enough GP: Surviving and Thriving in the New Primary Care Organisations

BMJ 2001;322:1128.2 (Published 5 May 2001)

A Question of Intent: A Great American Battle with a Deadly Industry

BMJ 2001;322:1129.1 (Published 5 May 2001)

The Tragedy of Childbed Fever

BMJ 2001;322:1129.2 (Published 5 May 2001)

Personal Views

Consent to cancer registrationan unnecessary burden

BMJ 2001;322:1130.1 (Published 5 May 2001)

Internet therapy

BMJ 2001;322:1131.1 (Published 5 May 2001)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Tobacco money

BMJ 2001;322:1130.2 (Published 5 May 2001)

Soundings

Teaching English as a dead language

BMJ 2001;322:1131.2 (Published 5 May 2001)

Review

Minerva

BMJ 2001;322:1132 (Published 5 May 2001)

Corrections

Hepatitis associated with Kava, a herbal remedy for anxiety

BMJ 2001;322:1097.1 (Published 5 May 2001)

Randomised trial of personalised computer based information for patients with schizophrenia

BMJ 2001;322:1103.1 (Published 5 May 2001)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Sidney PappworthThomas Gilchrist SmillieOwen Daniel (Dan) SmithAnthony StorrMichael Newton Whitelaw

BMJ 2001;322:1127 (Published 5 May 2001)