14 September 2002 (Vol 325, Issue 7364)

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Editor's Choice

Medicine misses three targets

BMJ 2002;325:0.9 (Published 14 September 2002)

News

FDA advisers warn of more deaths if drug is relaunched

BMJ 2002;325:561.1 (Published 14 September 2002)

Doctors fail to see the joke

BMJ 2002;325:561.2 (Published 14 September 2002)

In brief

BMJ 2002;325:562.1 (Published 14 September 2002)

Patent laws are keeping poor countries in poverty

BMJ 2002;325:562.2 (Published 14 September 2002)

Mental health campaigners cancel march because of fears of backlash

BMJ 2002;325:562.3 (Published 14 September 2002)

UK researchers switch off genes that trigger cervical cancer

BMJ 2002;325:563.1 (Published 14 September 2002)

Annual mammography in women in their 40s does not cut death rate

BMJ 2002;325:563.2 (Published 14 September 2002)

US medical schools should consider race in admitting students

BMJ 2002;325:565.3 (Published 14 September 2002)

High carbohydrate diet implicated in pancreatic cancer

BMJ 2002;325:566.1 (Published 14 September 2002)

Organ transplants and blood transfusions may transmit West Nile virus

BMJ 2002;325:566.2 (Published 14 September 2002)

Editorials

Alosetron for irritable bowel syndrome

BMJ 2002;325:555 (Published 14 September 2002)

When medical students go off the rails

BMJ 2002;325:556 (Published 14 September 2002)

Acute compartment syndrome of the leg

BMJ 2002;325:557 (Published 14 September 2002)

Patient education programmes for adults with rheumatoid arthritis

BMJ 2002;325:558 (Published 14 September 2002)

Placebos and standardising new surgical techniques

BMJ 2002;325:560 (Published 14 September 2002)

Letters

This week's Letters section

NHS league tables are more spin than substance

BMJ 2002;325:596.1 (Published 14 September 2002)

Barriers to effective stroke care out of hours need to be broached

BMJ 2002;325:596.2 (Published 14 September 2002)

Cases of congenital rubella may be the tip of the iceberg

BMJ 2002;325:596.3 (Published 14 September 2002)

Aspects of MMR

BMJ 2002;325:597 (Published 14 September 2002)

Systematic review of cost effectiveness in telemedicine

BMJ 2002;325:598.1 (Published 14 September 2002)

Brain death

BMJ 2002;325:598.2 (Published 14 September 2002)

Staphylococci may indeed cause acute dental infections

BMJ 2002;325:599.1 (Published 14 September 2002)

Children are still seen but not heard

BMJ 2002;325:599.2 (Published 14 September 2002)

Recommendations from quality of life scales are not simple

BMJ 2002;325:599.3 (Published 14 September 2002)

Letters - continued

Parents are an untapped resource in sex education

BMJ 2002;325:600.1 (Published 14 September 2002)

Mobile phone text messaging can help young people manage asthma

BMJ 2002;325:600.2 (Published 14 September 2002)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Imrich Friedmann

BMJ 2002;325:601.1 (Published 14 September 2002)

Martin Edward Meakin Herford

BMJ 2002;325:601.2 (Published 14 September 2002)

Kevin Johan Carlson

BMJ 2002;325:601.3 (Published 14 September 2002)

Sidney Greaves

BMJ 2002;325:601.4 (Published 14 September 2002)

Arlwyn Hughes Griffith

BMJ 2002;325:601.5 (Published 14 September 2002)

Matthew Hunter

BMJ 2002;325:601.6 (Published 14 September 2002)

John Macintyre

BMJ 2002;325:601.7 (Published 14 September 2002)

Peter Stuart Tweedy

BMJ 2002;325:601.8 (Published 14 September 2002)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2002;325:606 (Published 14 September 2002)

Fillers

Submitting articles to the BMJ

BMJ 2002;325:579.2 (Published 14 September 2002)

A memorable message

BMJ 2002;325:585 (Published 14 September 2002)

Reassurance

BMJ 2002;325:587.2 (Published 14 September 2002)

This Week In the BMJ

Disabled Gulf veterans have high rates of psychiatric disorder

BMJ 2002;325:0.4 (Published 14 September 2002)

Should doctors drink while on call?

BMJ 2002;325:0.5 (Published 14 September 2002)

Doctors support palliative care for heart failure

BMJ 2002;325:0.6 (Published 14 September 2002)

Efficacy of hepatitis B vaccine wanes with time

BMJ 2002;325:0.2 (Published 14 September 2002)

Insider speaks out against the FDA

BMJ 2002;325:0.8 (Published 14 September 2002)

Cancer rates are no greater in airline pilots

BMJ 2002;325:0.1 (Published 14 September 2002)

Treatments for vulvovaginitis

BMJ 2002;325:0.7 (Published 14 September 2002)

HPV is linked to abnormal cervical smear results

BMJ 2002;325:0.3 (Published 14 September 2002)

Clinical Reviews

Vulvovaginal candidiasis

BMJ 2002;325:586 (Published 14 September 2002)

Interpreting the evidence

BMJ 2002;325:587.1 (Published 14 September 2002)

Chest pain

BMJ 2002;325:588 (Published 14 September 2002)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Patient is reinfected with a different HIV strain

BMJ 2002;325:564.1 (Published 14 September 2002)

Hospital halves use of blood transfusion in hip surgery

BMJ 2002;325:564.2 (Published 14 September 2002)

UK report recommends further research on water fluoridation and health

BMJ 2002;325:564.3 (Published 14 September 2002)

Professor warns of “brain drain” of diabetes researchers from Europe

BMJ 2002;325:564.4 (Published 14 September 2002)

India considers government agency to license infertility clinics

BMJ 2002;325:564.5 (Published 14 September 2002)

Australia proposes peer review of alleged negligence cases

BMJ 2002;325:565.1 (Published 14 September 2002)

New abortion guidelines proposed for Ireland

BMJ 2002;325:565.2 (Published 14 September 2002)

Papers

Incidence of cancer among Nordic airline pilots over five decades: occupational cohort study

BMJ 2002;325:567 (Published 14 September 2002)

Observational study of vaccine efficacy 14 years after trial of hepatitis B vaccination in Gambian children

BMJ 2002;325:569 (Published 14 September 2002)

Type specific persistence of high risk human papillomavirus (HPV) as indicator of high grade cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions in young women: population based prospective follow up study

BMJ 2002;325:572 (Published 14 September 2002)

The mental health of UK Gulf war veterans: phase 2 of a two phase cohort study

BMJ 2002;325:576 (Published 14 September 2002)

Doctors' perceptions of drinking alcohol while on call: questionnaire survey

BMJ 2002;325:579.1 (Published 14 September 2002)

Primary care

Doctors' perceptions of palliative care for heart failure: focus group study

BMJ 2002;325:581 (Published 14 September 2002)

Education and debate

Alosetron: a case study in regulatory capture, or a victory for patients' rights?

BMJ 2002;325:592 (Published 14 September 2002)

Book

Seasonal Patterns of Stress, Immune Function and Disease

BMJ 2002;325:603.1 (Published 14 September 2002)

PRESS

Both sides now

BMJ 2002;325:603.2 (Published 14 September 2002)

Australian media raises alarm over meningitis

BMJ 2002;325:604.1 (Published 14 September 2002)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

MMR

BMJ 2002;325:604.2 (Published 14 September 2002)

Personal View

Soundbites and patient centred care

BMJ 2002;325:605.1 (Published 14 September 2002)

Soundings

She's bleeding again

BMJ 2002;325:605.2 (Published 14 September 2002)

Corrections

Randomised trial of endoscopy with testing for Helicobacter pylori compared with non-invasive H pylori testing alone in the management of dyspepsia

BMJ 2002;325:580.1 (Published 14 September 2002)

Randomised study of long term outcome after epidural versus non-epidural analgesia during labour

BMJ 2002;325:580.2 (Published 14 September 2002)

Sex matters: secular and geographical trends in sex differences in coronary heart disease mortality

BMJ 2002;325:580.3 (Published 14 September 2002)