13 October 2001 (Vol 323, Issue 7317)

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Editor's Choice

War, normality, and a time for women

BMJ 2001;323:0.1 (Published 13 October 2001)

War, normality, and a time for women

BMJ 2001;323:0.2 (Published 13 October 2001)

News

Three cell cycle scientists win Nobel prize

BMJ 2001;323:823.1 (Published 13 October 2001)

Stop military strikes and ship in aid, doctors say

BMJ 2001;323:823.2 (Published 13 October 2001)

In brief

BMJ 2001;323:824.1 (Published 13 October 2001)

Privy Council reverses GMC decisions to strike off doctors

BMJ 2001;323:824.2 (Published 13 October 2001)

Fall out from terrorism will affect world's poor

BMJ 2001;323:824.3 (Published 13 October 2001)

World Medical Association clarifies rules on placebo controlled trials

BMJ 2001;323:825.1 (Published 13 October 2001)

Government pulls plug on regional research and development funding

BMJ 2001;323:825.2 (Published 13 October 2001)

AIDS in a “state of flux” in Asia, says UN report

BMJ 2001;323:827.4 (Published 13 October 2001)

US doctors say sex selection acceptable for non-medical reasons

BMJ 2001;323:828.1 (Published 13 October 2001)

Drug companies defrauded Medicare of millions

BMJ 2001;323:828.2 (Published 13 October 2001)

Editorials

Dying for a drink

BMJ 2001;323:817 (Published 13 October 2001)

Surveillance for infectious diseases in the European Union

BMJ 2001;323:818 (Published 13 October 2001)

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in adults

BMJ 2001;323:819 (Published 13 October 2001)

Revisiting the Cochrane Collaboration

BMJ 2001;323:821 (Published 13 October 2001)

Reacting to terrorism

BMJ 2001;323:822 (Published 13 October 2001)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Two week rule for cancer referrals

BMJ 2001;323:864 (Published 13 October 2001)

Requests for EEG services in a district general hospital

BMJ 2001;323:865 (Published 13 October 2001)

Eligibility criteria for home treatment of DVT vary

BMJ 2001;323:866.1 (Published 13 October 2001)

Drug laws

BMJ 2001;323:866.2 (Published 13 October 2001)

Adoption

BMJ 2001;323:867.1 (Published 13 October 2001)

Reducing sexually transmitted infections among gay men

BMJ 2001;323:867.2 (Published 13 October 2001)

Universities and tobacco money

BMJ 2001;323:869.1 (Published 13 October 2001)

MMR immunisation

BMJ 2001;323:869.2 (Published 13 October 2001)

Letters - continued

Healthcare professionals must be perceived as caring

BMJ 2001;323:869.3 (Published 13 October 2001)

Neurosis may be increasing

BMJ 2001;323:870.1 (Published 13 October 2001)

Royal Medical Benevolent Fund's Christmas appeal

BMJ 2001;323:870.2 (Published 13 October 2001)

Withdrawal of baclofen may cause acute confusion in elderly patients

BMJ 2001;323:870.3 (Published 13 October 2001)

GPs need guidance on protecting their computers from viruses

BMJ 2001;323:870.4 (Published 13 October 2001)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2001;323:876 (Published 13 October 2001)

Fillers

Effective communication

BMJ 2001;323:837 (Published 13 October 2001)

A gadget that changed my perspective

BMJ 2001;323:845 (Published 13 October 2001)

An expensive lesson

BMJ 2001;323:849 (Published 13 October 2001)

Before sildenafil

BMJ 2001;323:861.2 (Published 13 October 2001)

This Week In the BMJ

Link between bovine spongiform encephalopathy and Creutzfeldt- Jakob disease is unclear

BMJ 2001;323:0.7 (Published 13 October 2001)

Spacer devices are as good as nebulisers in acute asthma

BMJ 2001;323:0.5 (Published 13 October 2001)

Some caution is needed in interpreting Cochrane reviews

BMJ 2001;323:0.3 (Published 13 October 2001)

Most health checks in young children are not evidence based

BMJ 2001;323:0.6 (Published 13 October 2001)

Healthcare professionals do not discuss sexual functioning with women who have ovarian cancer

BMJ 2001;323:0.4 (Published 13 October 2001)

Clinical Reviews

Acute asthma

BMJ 2001;323:841 (Published 13 October 2001)

Evidence based well child care

BMJ 2001;323:846 (Published 13 October 2001)

Dysphagia

BMJ 2001;323:850 (Published 13 October 2001)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

French patients gain access to medical records

BMJ 2001;323:826.1 (Published 13 October 2001)

Rapid treatment of acute HCV infection prevents progression

BMJ 2001;323:826.2 (Published 13 October 2001)

Project launched in India to measure the size of men's penises

BMJ 2001;323:826.3 (Published 13 October 2001)

General Medical Council objects to overarching regulatory body

BMJ 2001;323:826.4 (Published 13 October 2001)

Infertility specialist reported to the General Medical Council

BMJ 2001;323:826.5 (Published 13 October 2001)

Drug companies neglect research into diseases affecting the poor

BMJ 2001;323:827.1 (Published 13 October 2001)

New degree in international health starts in UK

BMJ 2001;323:827.2 (Published 13 October 2001)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] - continued

Websites violate US laws banning treatment claims

BMJ 2001;323:827.3 (Published 13 October 2001)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

GlaxoSmithKline licenses production of generic AIDS drugs in South Africa

BMJ 2001;323:828.3 (Published 13 October 2001)

European evaluation concludes third generation pills are associated with a small increase in risk of venous thromboembolism

BMJ 2001;323:828.4 (Published 13 October 2001)

Health gap between rich and poor in London widens

BMJ 2001;323:828.5 (Published 13 October 2001)

Netherlands aims to tackle health divide

BMJ 2001;323:828.6 (Published 13 October 2001)

AMA promotes benefits of “genetically improved” foods

BMJ 2001;323:828.7 (Published 13 October 2001)

Bayer faces shake up after Lipobay withdrawn

BMJ 2001;323:828.8 (Published 13 October 2001)

Fall out from terrorist attacks will affect world's poor

BMJ 2001;323:828.9 (Published 13 October 2001)

Papers

Quality of Cochrane reviews: assessment of sample from 1998

BMJ 2001;323:829 (Published 13 October 2001)

Use of systematic reviews in clinical practice guidelines: case study of smoking cessation

BMJ 2001;323:833 (Published 13 October 2001)

Communication about sexual problems and sexual concerns in ovarian cancer: qualitative study

BMJ 2001;323:836 (Published 13 October 2001)

Primary care

Vaccination against mumps, measles, and rubella: is there a case for deepening the debate?How safe is MMR vaccine?Validity of the evidenceDealing with uncertaintyGP's response

BMJ 2001;323:838 (Published 13 October 2001)

Education and debate

The case against aggressive treatment of type 2 diabetes: critique of the UK prospective diabetes studyCommentary: UKPDS is well designed and clinically important

BMJ 2001;323:854 (Published 13 October 2001)

New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: the epidemic that never was

BMJ 2001;323:858 (Published 13 October 2001)

Communicable disease outbreaks involving more than one country: systems approach to evaluating the response

BMJ 2001;323:861.1 (Published 13 October 2001)

Books

Combating Teen Smoking: Research and Policy Strategies

BMJ 2001;323:873.1 (Published 13 October 2001)

Houdini's Box: On the Arts of Escape

BMJ 2001;323:873.2 (Published 13 October 2001)

TV

Joined: The World of Siamese Twins

BMJ 2001;323:874.1 (Published 13 October 2001)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Sexuality and cancer

BMJ 2001;323:874.2 (Published 13 October 2001)

Personal View

Measles—a minor childhood illness?

BMJ 2001;323:875.1 (Published 13 October 2001)

Soundings

Deeply moving

BMJ 2001;323:875.2 (Published 13 October 2001)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Lynn PayerRosemary BiggsElizabeth Jane BridgerPatricia Frances de Carteret Coles (née Falle)Margaret Balfour DempsterPamela Jill Marsden (née Coope)Valerie Joyce Metcalf (née Richardson)Roza MerzerMarie-Luise Barbara Seidler

BMJ 2001;323:871 (Published 13 October 2001)