17 July 2003 (Vol 327, Issue 7407)

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Editor's Choice

The pleasures of deep reading

BMJ 2003;327:0.7 (Published 17 July 2003)

News

Hospital ratings rise, but ambulance ratings fall

BMJ 2003;327:119 (Published 17 July 2003)

In brief

BMJ 2003;327:120.1 (Published 17 July 2003)

Lords committee warns of gaps in infection control measures

BMJ 2003;327:120.2 (Published 17 July 2003)

Hypertension is increasing in United States

BMJ 2003;327:120.3 (Published 17 July 2003)

New patients' forums are no substitute for community health councils, MPs say

BMJ 2003;327:121.1 (Published 17 July 2003)

Food industry obfuscates healthy eating message

BMJ 2003;327:121.2 (Published 17 July 2003)

Investigators should be trained to “think dirty” about cause of death, Shipman report says

BMJ 2003;327:123.4 (Published 17 July 2003)

HIV testing should not be used to restrict access to UK, report says

BMJ 2003;327:124.1 (Published 17 July 2003)

WHO report calls for free anti-tuberculosis drugs for AIDS patients

BMJ 2003;327:124.2 (Published 17 July 2003)

Editorials

Overconsumption of fluids by athletes

BMJ 2003;327:113 (Published 17 July 2003)

Sharing patient information electronically throughout the NHS

BMJ 2003;327:114 (Published 17 July 2003)

Rhabdomyolysis

BMJ 2003;327:115 (Published 17 July 2003)

Acute psychiatric day hospitals

BMJ 2003;327:116 (Published 17 July 2003)

Immunonutrition

BMJ 2003;327:117 (Published 17 July 2003)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Appraisal makes for effective revalidation (official)

BMJ 2003;327:161.1 (Published 17 July 2003)

Cervical cancer screening: Liquid based cytology may be preferred option for UK screening programme

BMJ 2003;327:161.2 (Published 17 July 2003)

Cervical cancer screening: Liquid based cytology is successful

BMJ 2003;327:161.3 (Published 17 July 2003)

Cervical cancer screening: Paragraph for This week in the BMJ was misleading

BMJ 2003;327:162.1 (Published 17 July 2003)

Cervical cancer screening: Authors' reply

BMJ 2003;327:162.2 (Published 17 July 2003)

Evaluating computerised health information systems: Opportunities were missed

BMJ 2003;327:162.3 (Published 17 July 2003)

Evaluating computerised health information systems: Article contains inaccuracies

BMJ 2003;327:163.1 (Published 17 July 2003)

Evaluating computerised health information systems: Health professionals should be closely involved in implementation

BMJ 2003;327:163.2 (Published 17 July 2003)

Evaluating computerised health information systems: We are still getting information technology wrong

BMJ 2003;327:163.3 (Published 17 July 2003)

Impact of DOTS and DOTS-plus on multidrug resistant TB: DOTS-plus strengthens, not weakens, DOTS programmes

BMJ 2003;327:164.1 (Published 17 July 2003)

Impact of DOTS and DOTS-plus on multidrug resistant TB: Authors' reply

BMJ 2003;327:164.2 (Published 17 July 2003)

TB should be diagnosed before using a fluoroquinolone

BMJ 2003;327:164.3 (Published 17 July 2003)

Comparing cannabis with tobacco: Arithmetic does not add up

BMJ 2003;327:165.1 (Published 17 July 2003)

Comparing cannabis with tobacco: Those who start taking cannabis young have the greatest problems

BMJ 2003;327:165.2 (Published 17 July 2003)

Comparing cannabis with tobacco: Services are needed for acute and chronic effects of cannabis

BMJ 2003;327:165.3 (Published 17 July 2003)

British Heart Foundation speaks out in support of paper

BMJ 2003;327:165.4 (Published 17 July 2003)

Letters - continued

Terminology for our times: Others will have similar examples

BMJ 2003;327:166.1 (Published 17 July 2003)

Terminology for our times: Excluding every diagnosis is not necessary

BMJ 2003;327:166.2 (Published 17 July 2003)

Terminology for our times: Not just imaging is concerned

BMJ 2003;327:166.3 (Published 17 July 2003)

Terminology for our times: “Lucragram” is well known term

BMJ 2003;327:166.4 (Published 17 July 2003)

Teaching materials should enhance the spoken word

BMJ 2003;327:166.5 (Published 17 July 2003)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Belding Scribner

BMJ 2003;327:167.1 (Published 17 July 2003)

David Douglas French

BMJ 2003;327:168.1 (Published 17 July 2003)

David Jenkins

BMJ 2003;327:168.2 (Published 17 July 2003)

John Keith Merritt

BMJ 2003;327:168.3 (Published 17 July 2003)

Peter Royston Rawle

BMJ 2003;327:168.4 (Published 17 July 2003)

Michael Taylor Stather-Dunn

BMJ 2003;327:168.5 (Published 17 July 2003)

John Horatio Swan

BMJ 2003;327:168.6 (Published 17 July 2003)

John Woodall

BMJ 2003;327:168.7 (Published 17 July 2003)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2003;327:172 (Published 17 July 2003)

Fillers

Oral clindamycin for asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis in early pregnancy reduces premature births

BMJ 2003;327:0.6 (Published 17 July 2003)

The prolongation of life

BMJ 2003;327:133 (Published 17 July 2003)

Submitting articles to the BMJ

BMJ 2003;327:153 (Published 17 July 2003)

The wife who commands

BMJ 2003;327:157 (Published 17 July 2003)

Advice

BMJ 2003;327:167.2 (Published 17 July 2003)

This Week In the BMJ

Alzheimer's disease may be prevented with NSAIDs

BMJ 2003;327:0.3 (Published 17 July 2003)

Girls are less likely to survive infancy in India

BMJ 2003;327:0.1 (Published 17 July 2003)

School exam results predict success in medicine

BMJ 2003;327:0.2 (Published 17 July 2003)

First WHO treaty tackles international tobacco control

BMJ 2003;327:0.5 (Published 17 July 2003)

Knee taping reduces symptoms associated with osteoarthritis

BMJ 2003;327:0.4 (Published 17 July 2003)

Clinical Reviews

Cirrhosis: new research provides a basis for rational and targeted treatments

BMJ 2003;327:143 (Published 17 July 2003)

Interaction of spironolactone with ACE inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers: analysis of 44 cases

BMJ 2003;327:147 (Published 17 July 2003)

New developments in percutaneous coronary intervention

BMJ 2003;327:150 (Published 17 July 2003)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Suicide among women prisoners at a record high, report says

BMJ 2003;327:122.1 (Published 17 July 2003)

Supervised drug injecting room trial considered a success

BMJ 2003;327:122.2 (Published 17 July 2003)

AIDS will affect us all eventually, Mandela tells London audience

BMJ 2003;327:122.3 (Published 17 July 2003)

New consent form designed for release of medical records

BMJ 2003;327:122.4 (Published 17 July 2003)

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

Canadian doctors question marijuana for medicinal use

BMJ 2003;327:122.5 (Published 17 July 2003)

Doctor's manslaughter trial halted owing to defendant's health

BMJ 2003;327:123.1 (Published 17 July 2003)

One in three doctors don't tell patients about services they can't have

BMJ 2003;327:123.2 (Published 17 July 2003)

GMC proposes radical changes to registration

BMJ 2003;327:123.3 (Published 17 July 2003)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Trial starts of malaria vaccine in 2000 children in Mozambique

BMJ 2003;327:124.3 (Published 17 July 2003)

US Senate defeats bill to limit malpractice claims

BMJ 2003;327:124.4 (Published 17 July 2003)

EU will fund research on stem cells only from embryos created before June 2002

BMJ 2003;327:124.5 (Published 17 July 2003)

Africa has a right to support from international community in its fight against HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis

BMJ 2003;327:124.6 (Published 17 July 2003)

Doctors' and other health workers' pay negotiations should not be separate

BMJ 2003;327:124.7 (Published 17 July 2003)

Welsh health service faces overwhelming demand for services, says report

BMJ 2003;327:124.8 (Published 17 July 2003)

BMJ family highlights

BMJ family highlights

BMJ 2003;327:125 (Published 17 July 2003)

Papers

Community based retrospective study of sex in infant mortality in India

BMJ 2003;327:126 (Published 17 July 2003)

Effect of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on risk of Alzheimer's disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

BMJ 2003;327:128 (Published 17 July 2003)

Prevalence of five common clinical abnormalities in very elderly people: population based cross sectional study

BMJ 2003;327:131 (Published 17 July 2003)

Longevity and carrying the C282Y mutation for haemochromatosis on the HFE gene: case control study of 492 French centenarians

BMJ 2003;327:132 (Published 17 July 2003)

Mental health of refugee children: comparative study

BMJ 2003;327:134 (Published 17 July 2003)

Primary care

Efficacy of knee tape in the management of osteoarthritis of the knee: blinded randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2003;327:135 (Published 17 July 2003)

Learning in practice

A levels and intelligence as predictors of medical careers in UK doctors: 20 year prospective study

BMJ 2003;327:139 (Published 17 July 2003)

Education and debate

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: development of an evidence based global public health treaty

BMJ 2003;327:154 (Published 17 July 2003)

Separation of anxiety and depressive disorders: blind alley in psychopharmacology and classification of disease

BMJ 2003;327:158 (Published 17 July 2003)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

Caring for Jewish Patients

BMJ 2003;327:169.1 (Published 17 July 2003)

The Miraculous Fever Tree: Malaria, Medicine and the Cure that Changed the World

BMJ 2003;327:169.2 (Published 17 July 2003)

The first world's role in the third world brain drain

BMJ 2003;327:170.1 (Published 17 July 2003)

Intelligence

BMJ 2003;327:170.2 (Published 17 July 2003)

Are HIV positive asylum seekers an unfair burden on the NHS

BMJ 2003;327:171.1 (Published 17 July 2003)

Bullshitting

BMJ 2003;327:171.2 (Published 17 July 2003)

Corrections

Severe acute respiratory syndrome: patients were epidemiologically linked

BMJ 2003;327:160.1 (Published 17 July 2003)

Cost effectiveness analysis of different approaches of screening for familial hypercholesterolaemia

BMJ 2003;327:160.2 (Published 17 July 2003)

Managing pulmonary embolism

BMJ 2003;327:160.3 (Published 17 July 2003)