22 February 2003 (Vol 326, Issue 7386)

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Editor's Choice

What are journals good at?

BMJ 2003;326:0.7 (Published 22 February 2003)

News

Editors call for responsibility in publishing “dangerous” research

BMJ 2003;326:411.1 (Published 22 February 2003)

GMC may be open to accusations of racial bias

BMJ 2003;326:411.2 (Published 22 February 2003)

In brief

BMJ 2003;326:412.1 (Published 22 February 2003)

WHO accused of watering down tobacco treaty

BMJ 2003;326:412.2 (Published 22 February 2003)

NICE to start assessing diagnostic and treatment procedures

BMJ 2003;326:412.3 (Published 22 February 2003)

Anti-Glaxo campaign heats up in United States

BMJ 2003;326:413.1 (Published 22 February 2003)

Italian police investigate GSK Italy for bribery

BMJ 2003;326:413.2 (Published 22 February 2003)

ACE inhibitors are better first choice than diuretics for elderly patients, study says

BMJ 2003;326:415.3 (Published 22 February 2003)

Pneumonia causes panic in Guangdong province

BMJ 2003;326:416.1 (Published 22 February 2003)

New Yorkers are given details on doctors' volume of work

BMJ 2003;326:416.2 (Published 22 February 2003)

Editorials

Ottawa ankle rules for the injured ankle

BMJ 2003;326:405 (Published 22 February 2003)

Should psychiatrists protect the public?

BMJ 2003;326:406 (Published 22 February 2003)

Patients choosing their hospital

BMJ 2003;326:407 (Published 22 February 2003)

Fewer new drugs from the pharmaceutical industry

BMJ 2003;326:408 (Published 22 February 2003)

Zinc deficiency

BMJ 2003;326:409 (Published 22 February 2003)

Letters

This week's Letters section

New BMJ policy on economic evaluations

BMJ 2003;326:445 (Published 22 February 2003)

Self help smoking cessation in pregnancy

BMJ 2003;326:446 (Published 22 February 2003)

WHO advocates investment in global infrastructure for outbreaks such as smallpox

BMJ 2003;326:447.1 (Published 22 February 2003)

Polyspecific snake antivenom may help in antivenom crisis

BMJ 2003;326:447.2 (Published 22 February 2003)

Randomised controlled trial for twin delivery

BMJ 2003;326:448.1 (Published 22 February 2003)

Thrombolysis with recombinant streptokinase in Cuba

BMJ 2003;326:448.2 (Published 22 February 2003)

Checklists for myocardial infarction should be precise

BMJ 2003;326:448.3 (Published 22 February 2003)

Copying letters to patients

BMJ 2003;326:449.1 (Published 22 February 2003)

Employing users who turn back into patients is difficult

BMJ 2003;326:449.2 (Published 22 February 2003)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Soromini Kallichurum

BMJ 2003;326:450.1 (Published 22 February 2003)

Rupert Jackson

BMJ 2003;326:450.2 (Published 22 February 2003)

Obituaries - continued

Koloman Kropach

BMJ 2003;326:450.3 (Published 22 February 2003)

Alasdair Burnett Matheson

BMJ 2003;326:450.4 (Published 22 February 2003)

Isobel Jean McLarty

BMJ 2003;326:450.5 (Published 22 February 2003)

Thomas Ariba Ogada

BMJ 2003;326:450.6 (Published 22 February 2003)

John Jackson Pollock

BMJ 2003;326:450.7 (Published 22 February 2003)

Desmond Smith

BMJ 2003;326:450.8 (Published 22 February 2003)

Mary Marguerite (“Peggy”) Szekely (née Lynch)

BMJ 2003;326:450.9 (Published 22 February 2003)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2003;326:456 (Published 22 February 2003)

Fillers

Non-contrast computed tomography is preferable for evaluating asymptomatic microhaematuria

BMJ 2003;326:0.8 (Published 22 February 2003)

Reality

BMJ 2003;326:424.2 (Published 22 February 2003)

Every knock

BMJ 2003;326:440.2 (Published 22 February 2003)

This Week In the BMJ

Ottawa ankle rules effectively exclude fractures

BMJ 2003;326:0.1 (Published 22 February 2003)

Teacher doesn't know best

BMJ 2003;326:0.5 (Published 22 February 2003)

Too much coffee during pregnancy risks stillbirth

BMJ 2003;326:0.3 (Published 22 February 2003)

Viagra swells diagnosis rates for erectile dysfunction

BMJ 2003;326:0.2 (Published 22 February 2003)

Epistaxis: not to be overlooked in bleeding in cirrhosis

BMJ 2003;326:0.6 (Published 22 February 2003)

Women with diabetes should avoid HRT

BMJ 2003;326:0.4 (Published 22 February 2003)

Clinical Reviews

Investigation and management of chronic dysphagia

BMJ 2003;326:433 (Published 22 February 2003)

Teaching large groups

BMJ 2003;326:437 (Published 22 February 2003)

Epistaxis: an overlooked cause of massive haematemesis in cirrhosis

BMJ 2003;326:440.1 (Published 22 February 2003)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Junior doctor is cleared of manslaughter after feeding tube error

BMJ 2003;326:414.1 (Published 22 February 2003)

WHO faces funding controversy over new food fund

BMJ 2003;326:414.2 (Published 22 February 2003)

Health community joins anti war march in London

BMJ 2003;326:414.3 (Published 22 February 2003)

AIDS vaccine trial begins in Uganda

BMJ 2003;326:414.4 (Published 22 February 2003)

Dutch health service is asked to draw up smallpox contingency plans

BMJ 2003;326:414.5 (Published 22 February 2003)

EU parliament calls for tougher rules on breast implants

BMJ 2003;326:414.6 (Published 22 February 2003)

US court rules that insane prisoners can be executed

BMJ 2003;326:415.1 (Published 22 February 2003)

Privy Council again overturns GMC ruling

BMJ 2003;326:415.2 (Published 22 February 2003)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Top scientist warns of “sickness” in US health system

BMJ 2003;326:416.3 (Published 22 February 2003)

Heart disease prevention should not be left to professionals

BMJ 2003;326:416.4 (Published 22 February 2003)

Society should accept that euthanasia is a “personal decision,” report says

BMJ 2003;326:416.5 (Published 22 February 2003)

New method for naming genetic diseases is proposed

BMJ 2003;326:416.6 (Published 22 February 2003)

Milburn accused of trying to minimise effect of Audit Commission report

BMJ 2003;326:416.7 (Published 22 February 2003)

Welsh patients are having to wait longer than English patients for surgery

BMJ 2003;326:416.8 (Published 22 February 2003)

Whistle blowing consultant suspended again

BMJ 2003;326:416.9 (Published 22 February 2003)

Papers

Accuracy of Ottawa ankle rules to exclude fractures of the ankle and mid-foot: systematic review

BMJ 2003;326:417 (Published 22 February 2003)

Maternal consumption of coffee during pregnancy and stillbirth and infant death in first year of life: prospective study

BMJ 2003;326:420 (Published 22 February 2003)

Longitudinal study of childhood wheezy bronchitis and asthma: outcome at age 42

BMJ 2003;326:422 (Published 22 February 2003)

Spontaneous loss of early pregnancy and risk of ischaemic heart disease in later life: retrospective cohort study

BMJ 2003;326:423 (Published 22 February 2003)

Incidence of erectile dysfunction and characteristics of patients before and after the introduction of sildenafil in the United Kingdom: cross sectional study with comparison patients

BMJ 2003;326:424.1 (Published 22 February 2003)

Primary care

Relation between hormone replacement therapy and ischaemic heart disease in women: prospective observational study

BMJ 2003;326:426 (Published 22 February 2003)

Learning in practice

Pilot study of the roles of personality, references, and personal statements in relation to performance over the five years of a medical degreeCommentary: How to derive causes from correlations in educational studies

BMJ 2003;326:429 (Published 22 February 2003)

Education and debate

Strategies for preventing heroin overdose

BMJ 2003;326:442 (Published 22 February 2003)

Books

When Smoke Ran Like Water: Tales of Environmental Deception and the Battle Against Pollution

BMJ 2003;326:452.1 (Published 22 February 2003)

Hansen's Disease: The Shared Paradigm

BMJ 2003;326:452.2 (Published 22 February 2003)

THEATRE

Mr Placebo

BMJ 2003;326:453.1 (Published 22 February 2003)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Personality types

BMJ 2003;326:453.2 (Published 22 February 2003)

HIT PARADE

Hit parade

BMJ 2003;326:453.3 (Published 22 February 2003)

Magazine

Magazine's HIV claim rekindles “gay plague” row

BMJ 2003;326:454 (Published 22 February 2003)

Personal View

Alternative prescribing and negligence

BMJ 2003;326:455.1 (Published 22 February 2003)

Soundings

Dying we live

BMJ 2003;326:455.2 (Published 22 February 2003)

Corrections

Drug points

BMJ 2003;326:432.1 (Published 22 February 2003)

Application of Framingham risk estimates to ethnic minorities in United Kingdom and implications for primary prevention of heart disease in general practice: cross sectional population based study

BMJ 2003;326:432.2 (Published 22 February 2003)