22 June 2002 (Vol 324, Issue 7352)

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Editor's Choice

Neurodegenerative diseases raise profound questions

BMJ 2002;324:0.9 (Published 22 June 2002)

News

Patient safety agency admits problems with its pilot scheme

BMJ 2002;324:1473.1 (Published 22 June 2002)

Government makes U turn on private practice ban

BMJ 2002;324:1473.2 (Published 22 June 2002)

In brief

BMJ 2002;324:1474.1 (Published 22 June 2002)

New England Journal loosens its rules on conflict of interest

BMJ 2002;324:1474.2 (Published 22 June 2002)

Breast is still best even when HIV prevalence is high, experts say

BMJ 2002;324:1474.3 (Published 22 June 2002)

β Blockers protect brain during cardiac surgery

BMJ 2002;324:1475.1 (Published 22 June 2002)

Emotional exhaustion and stress in doctors are linked

BMJ 2002;324:1475.2 (Published 22 June 2002)

RCN general secretary may face “no confidence” vote

BMJ 2002;324:1477.4 (Published 22 June 2002)

An exceptional man

BMJ 2002;324:1478.1 (Published 22 June 2002)

Editorials

Defining neurodegenerative diseases

BMJ 2002;324:1465 (Published 22 June 2002)

Treating neurodegenerative diseases

BMJ 2002;324:1466 (Published 22 June 2002)

Neurodegeneration in the age of molecular biology

BMJ 2002;324:1467 (Published 22 June 2002)

The wall between neurology and psychiatry

BMJ 2002;324:1468 (Published 22 June 2002)

Demystifying neurology

BMJ 2002;324:1469 (Published 22 June 2002)

Iatrogenic stigma of mental illness

BMJ 2002;324:1470 (Published 22 June 2002)

Diagnosing brain death without a neurologist

BMJ 2002;324:1471 (Published 22 June 2002)

Letters

This week's Letters section

All you need is cognitive behaviour therapy?

BMJ 2002;324:1522 (Published 22 June 2002)

The limits of psychiatry

BMJ 2002;324:1523 (Published 22 June 2002)

Renal transplantation

BMJ 2002;324:1524 (Published 22 June 2002)

Africa can solve its own health problems

BMJ 2002;324:1525 (Published 22 June 2002)

More units dedicated to women presenting with miscarriage are needed

BMJ 2002;324:1526.1 (Published 22 June 2002)

Simple dosage guide for suncreams will help users

BMJ 2002;324:1526.2 (Published 22 June 2002)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

David Cordley Bradford

BMJ 2002;324:1527.1 (Published 22 June 2002)

Monty Golin

BMJ 2002;324:1527.2 (Published 22 June 2002)

Denis Kelleher

BMJ 2002;324:1527.3 (Published 22 June 2002)

William Hepburn Russell Lumsden

BMJ 2002;324:1527.4 (Published 22 June 2002)

John Edward Lawson Price

BMJ 2002;324:1527.5 (Published 22 June 2002)

Obituaries - continued

John (“Jake”) Stohlner

BMJ 2002;324:1527.6 (Published 22 June 2002)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2002;324:1532 (Published 22 June 2002)

Fillers

Sean O'Casey on surgeons

BMJ 2002;324:1479.2 (Published 22 June 2002)

My 15 minutes of fame

BMJ 2002;324:1487 (Published 22 June 2002)

By any other name

BMJ 2002;324:1492 (Published 22 June 2002)

Testing a country's prosperity

BMJ 2002;324:1493.2 (Published 22 June 2002)

What we call luck

BMJ 2002;324:1512.2 (Published 22 June 2002)

The classics in preliminary examinations

BMJ 2002;324:1516.2 (Published 22 June 2002)

Masses and masses

BMJ 2002;324:1521 (Published 22 June 2002)

This Week In the BMJ

Clinical features may allow early diagnosis of variant CJD

BMJ 2002;324:0.1 (Published 22 June 2002)

Babywalkers delay infant development

BMJ 2002;324:0.6 (Published 22 June 2002)

Akathisia: better detection is needed

BMJ 2002;324:0.7 (Published 22 June 2002)

NT-proBNP assay can effectively rule out heart failure

BMJ 2002;324:0.5 (Published 22 June 2002)

No excess of epilepsy in prisoners

BMJ 2002;324:0.4 (Published 22 June 2002)

Larger trials needed for Parkinson's disease

BMJ 2002;324:0.8 (Published 22 June 2002)

Etoricoxib is effective in acute gouty arthritis

BMJ 2002;324:0.3 (Published 22 June 2002)

Sleep attacks do exist as an effect of dopamine agents

BMJ 2002;324:0.2 (Published 22 June 2002)

Clinical Reviews

What we need to know about age related memory loss

BMJ 2002;324:1502 (Published 22 June 2002)

Akathisia: overlooked at a cost

BMJ 2002;324:1506 (Published 22 June 2002)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Scientists develop more sensitive grading system for prostate cancer

BMJ 2002;324:1476.1 (Published 22 June 2002)

Summit supports halving of number of hungry by 2015

BMJ 2002;324:1476.2 (Published 22 June 2002)

Doctors go on trial for manslaughter after removing wrong kidney

BMJ 2002;324:1476.3 (Published 22 June 2002)

Report highlights patchy quality of US health care

BMJ 2002;324:1476.4 (Published 22 June 2002)

Doctors' bad behaviour makes nurses quit

BMJ 2002;324:1477.1 (Published 22 June 2002)

Woman sues for not being warned about psychological effects of abortion

BMJ 2002;324:1477.2 (Published 22 June 2002)

South Africa's HIV/AIDS epidemic may be flattening out

BMJ 2002;324:1477.3 (Published 22 June 2002)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Juniors call on consultants to reject new contract

BMJ 2002;324:1478.2 (Published 22 June 2002)

Interns soon lose enthusiasm

BMJ 2002;324:1478.3 (Published 22 June 2002)

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

New online diagnostic tool launched to help doctors

BMJ 2002;324:1478.4 (Published 22 June 2002)

US report blames poor quality control for soaring healthcare costs

BMJ 2002;324:1478.5 (Published 22 June 2002)

Tax tussle to get big tobacco firms to pay for quit programmes

BMJ 2002;324:1478.6 (Published 22 June 2002)

Spanish hospital offers genetic test for familial Alzheimer's

BMJ 2002;324:1478.7 (Published 22 June 2002)

Less than 10% of patients with Alzheimer's disease diagnosed in Hungary

BMJ 2002;324:1478.8 (Published 22 June 2002)

Papers

First hundred cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: retrospective case note review of early psychiatric and neurological features

BMJ 2002;324:1479.1 (Published 22 June 2002)

Sleep attacks in patients taking dopamine agonists: review

BMJ 2002;324:1483 (Published 22 June 2002)

Randomised double blind trial of etoricoxib and indometacin in treatment of acute gouty arthritis

BMJ 2002;324:1488 (Published 22 June 2002)

Comparison of physician outcome measures and patients' perception of benefits of inpatient neurorehabilitation

BMJ 2002;324:1493.1 (Published 22 June 2002)

Locomotor milestones and babywalkers: cross sectional study

BMJ 2002;324:1494 (Published 22 June 2002)

Prevalence of epilepsy in prisoners: systematic review

BMJ 2002;324:1495 (Published 22 June 2002)

Mental health problems of children in the community: 18 month follow up

BMJ 2002;324:1496 (Published 22 June 2002)

Severe myalgia from an interaction between treatments with pantoprazole and methotrexate

BMJ 2002;324:1497 (Published 22 June 2002)

Primary care

Reliability of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide assay in diagnosis of heart failure: cohort study in representative and high risk community populations

BMJ 2002;324:1498 (Published 22 June 2002)

Paraesthesia

BMJ 2002;324:1501 (Published 22 June 2002)

Education and debate

Evaluating drug treatments for Parkinson's disease: how good are the trials?

BMJ 2002;324:1508 (Published 22 June 2002)

Folic acid, ageing, depression, and dementia

BMJ 2002;324:1512.1 (Published 22 June 2002)

Leprosy elimination—a virtual phenomenon or a reality?

BMJ 2002;324:1516.1 (Published 22 June 2002)

Discontinuation of thioridazine in patients with learning disabilities: balancing cardiovascular toxicity with adverse consequences of changing drugs

BMJ 2002;324:1519 (Published 22 June 2002)

Books

The Forgetting. Understanding Alzheimer's: The New Epidemic

BMJ 2002;324:1528.1 (Published 22 June 2002)

Practical Neurology

BMJ 2002;324:1528.2 (Published 22 June 2002)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Neuroimaging

BMJ 2002;324:1529.1 (Published 22 June 2002)

Review

Bookcase

BMJ 2002;324:1529.2 (Published 22 June 2002)

Personal Views

Daughter and doctor: two conflicting roles

BMJ 2002;324:1530.1 (Published 22 June 2002)

Life after Parkinson's

BMJ 2002;324:1531.1 (Published 22 June 2002)

PRESS

Mixed messages on breast cancer

BMJ 2002;324:1530.2 (Published 22 June 2002)

Soundings

Respect: a journalist's guide

BMJ 2002;324:1531.2 (Published 22 June 2002)