30 August 2003 (Vol 327, Issue 7413)

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Editor's Choice

Champions and betrayers of public health

BMJ 2003;327:0.7 (Published 28 August 2003)

News

Chirac announces investigation into heat wave's death toll

BMJ 2003;327:465.1 (Published 28 August 2003)

“Terminal sedation” different from euthanasia, Dutch ministers agree

BMJ 2003;327:465.2 (Published 28 August 2003)

In brief

BMJ 2003;327:466.1 (Published 28 August 2003)

US pacemaker manufacturer faces British lawsuit

BMJ 2003;327:466.2 (Published 28 August 2003)

WHO relaunches polio campaign

BMJ 2003;327:466.3 (Published 28 August 2003)

Scotland's drinking laws set for reform to stem alcohol problems

BMJ 2003;327:467.1 (Published 28 August 2003)

Statins may reduce risk of depression

BMJ 2003;327:467.2 (Published 28 August 2003)

South Korean WHO veteran has tough act to follow

BMJ 2003;327:468.1 (Published 28 August 2003)

Editorials

Constipation and its management

BMJ 2003;327:459 (Published 28 August 2003)

General practitioners with special clinical interests

BMJ 2003;327:460 (Published 28 August 2003)

Treatment of lysosomal storage disorders

BMJ 2003;327:462 (Published 28 August 2003)

The increasing number of older patients with renal disease

BMJ 2003;327:463 (Published 28 August 2003)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Study was flawed from outset

BMJ 2003;327:501.1 (Published 28 August 2003)

Wider evidence needs to be interpreted

BMJ 2003;327:501.2 (Published 28 August 2003)

Paper does not diminish conclusion of previous reports

BMJ 2003;327:501.3 (Published 28 August 2003)

Inverse correlation of smoking and education should have raised suspicion

BMJ 2003;327:502.1 (Published 28 August 2003)

Secondhand smoke does cause respiratory disease

BMJ 2003;327:502.2 (Published 28 August 2003)

Doubts about effectiveness of age adjustment

BMJ 2003;327:502.3 (Published 28 August 2003)

Tobacco industry publishes disinformation

BMJ 2003;327:502.4 (Published 28 August 2003)

Peer review and press release

BMJ 2003;327:503.1 (Published 28 August 2003)

Agreeing the limits of conflicts of interest

BMJ 2003;327:503.2 (Published 28 August 2003)

Background must be examined

BMJ 2003;327:503.3 (Published 28 August 2003)

Letters - continued

Authors' reply

BMJ 2003;327:504 (Published 28 August 2003)

Summary of rapid responses

BMJ 2003;327:505.1 (Published 28 August 2003)

Comment from the editor

BMJ 2003;327:505.2 (Published 28 August 2003)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Macdonald Arthur Charrett

BMJ 2003;327:506.1 (Published 28 August 2003)

Robert Patrick Hickey

BMJ 2003;327:506.2 (Published 28 August 2003)

Anthony Pemberton

BMJ 2003;327:506.3 (Published 28 August 2003)

Robert Evan Owen Williams

BMJ 2003;327:506.4 (Published 28 August 2003)

James Henderson Williamson

BMJ 2003;327:506.5 (Published 28 August 2003)

This Week In the BMJ

Prison environment worsens mental health

BMJ 2003;327:0.5 (Published 28 August 2003)

Bisphosphonates reduce skeletal morbidity in cancer patients

BMJ 2003;327:0.1 (Published 28 August 2003)

Relative age in the school year influences mental health

BMJ 2003;327:0.2 (Published 28 August 2003)

Diagnosing autism can be done early

BMJ 2003;327:0.4 (Published 28 August 2003)

Ordinary activity is as good as exercises or relaxation for neck pain

BMJ 2003;327:0.3 (Published 28 August 2003)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2003;327:510 (Published 28 August 2003)

Fillers

Diuretics should be first line treatment for hypertension

BMJ 2003;327:0.6 (Published 28 August 2003)

A warning

BMJ 2003;327:477 (Published 28 August 2003)

Two memorable physicians

BMJ 2003;327:479 (Published 28 August 2003)

Essential freedom

BMJ 2003;327:483.1 (Published 28 August 2003)

Bella and the blood sample

BMJ 2003;327:497 (Published 28 August 2003)

Clinical Reviews

Diagnosis of autism

BMJ 2003;327:488 (Published 28 August 2003)

Making a diagnosis

BMJ 2003;327:494 (Published 28 August 2003)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Blood pressure readings may be wrong for overweight patients

BMJ 2003;327:468.2 (Published 28 August 2003)

Light boxes can help older people with dementia

BMJ 2003;327:468.3 (Published 28 August 2003)

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

Women who drink wine get pregnant more quickly

BMJ 2003;327:468.4 (Published 28 August 2003)

Global consulting firm calls for revolution in drug marketing

BMJ 2003;327:468.5 (Published 28 August 2003)

US advertising campaign begins for alternative to sildenafil

BMJ 2003;327:468.6 (Published 28 August 2003)

Psychiatric patient awarded compensation after doctors failed to detain him

BMJ 2003;327:468.7 (Published 28 August 2003)

Papers

Systematic review of role of bisphosphonates on skeletal morbidity in metastatic cancer

BMJ 2003;327:469 (Published 28 August 2003)

Child psychiatric disorder and relative age within school year: cross sectional survey of large population sample

BMJ 2003;327:472 (Published 28 August 2003)

Effectiveness of dynamic muscle training, relaxation training, or ordinary activity for chronic neck pain: randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2003;327:475 (Published 28 August 2003)

Children and young people who die from cancer: epidemiology and place of death in England (1995-9)

BMJ 2003;327:478 (Published 28 August 2003)

Primary care

Influence of environmental factors on mental health within prisons: focus group study

BMJ 2003;327:480 (Published 28 August 2003)

Information in practice

Conducting clinical trials over the internet: feasibility study

BMJ 2003;327:484 (Published 28 August 2003)

Education and debate

Is opportunistic disease prevention in the consultation ethically justifiable?

BMJ 2003;327:498 (Published 28 August 2003)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

One Man's Medicine

BMJ 2003;327:507 (Published 28 August 2003)

Netlines

BMJ 2003;327:508.1 (Published 28 August 2003)

Staying Alive: A Family Memoir

BMJ 2003;327:508.2 (Published 28 August 2003)

The Visit of the Royal Physician

BMJ 2003;327:508.3 (Published 28 August 2003)

Contrasts

BMJ 2003;327:509.1 (Published 28 August 2003)

Growing algorithms from seed

BMJ 2003;327:509.2 (Published 28 August 2003)

Corrections

This week in the BMJ: Paperless records are better than traditional system

BMJ 2003;327:483.2 (Published 28 August 2003)

Professor is replaced as lead scientist while GMC investigates his research

BMJ 2003;327:483.3 (Published 28 August 2003)

Why do children have chronic abdominal pain, and what happens to them when they grow up? Population based cohort study

BMJ 2003;327:500.1 (Published 28 August 2003)

Sexual health

BMJ 2003;327:500.2 (Published 28 August 2003)

Rhabdomyolysis

BMJ 2003;327:500.3 (Published 28 August 2003)