08 November 2003 (Vol 327, Issue 7423)

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Editor's Choice

Claims and counter claims

BMJ 2003;327:0.8 (Published 6 November 2003)

News

Swifter action on suspensions could save £14m

BMJ 2003;327:1065.1 (Published 6 November 2003)

Furore erupts over NIH “hit list”

BMJ 2003;327:1065.2 (Published 6 November 2003)

In brief

BMJ 2003;327:1066.1 (Published 6 November 2003)

Study shows that oral steroids are no more effective than placebo for viral wheeze in children

BMJ 2003;327:1066.2 (Published 6 November 2003)

Three quarters of Russia's prisoners have serious diseases

BMJ 2003;327:1066.3 (Published 6 November 2003)

WHO approves combination pills for HIV/AIDS

BMJ 2003;327:1067.1 (Published 6 November 2003)

Reach for the moon

BMJ 2003;327:1067.2 (Published 6 November 2003)

US food industry ensures that consumers are not told to eat less

BMJ 2003;327:1067.3 (Published 6 November 2003)

Researcher from study alleging link between MMR and autism warns of measles epidemic

BMJ 2003;327:1069.4 (Published 6 November 2003)

Mr Nice Guy

BMJ 2003;327:1070.1 (Published 6 November 2003)

Editorials

Preventing diabetes in south Asians

BMJ 2003;327:1059 (Published 6 November 2003)

Aspirin for diabetic retinopathy

BMJ 2003;327:1060 (Published 6 November 2003)

WHO evaluates NICE

BMJ 2003;327:1061 (Published 6 November 2003)

Locoregional treatment for breast cancer

BMJ 2003;327:1062 (Published 6 November 2003)

Launching BMJ Learning

BMJ 2003;327:1064 (Published 6 November 2003)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Medical ethics, the Israeli Medical Association, and the state of the World Medical Association

BMJ 2003;327:1107.1 (Published 6 November 2003)

Medical ethics, the Israeli Medical Association, and the state of the World Medical Association

BMJ 2003;327:1107.2 (Published 6 November 2003)

Medical ethics, the Israeli Medical Association, and the state of the World Medical Association

BMJ 2003;327:1107.3 (Published 6 November 2003)

Medical ethics, the Israeli Medical Association, and the state of the World Medical Association

BMJ 2003;327:1108.1 (Published 6 November 2003)

Medical ethics, the Israeli Medical Association, and the state of the World Medical Association

BMJ 2003;327:1108.2 (Published 6 November 2003)

Risk assessors need to be assessed

BMJ 2003;327:1108.3 (Published 6 November 2003)

Systematic clinical accountability is required

BMJ 2003;327:1109.1 (Published 6 November 2003)

Speaking up

BMJ 2003;327:1109.2 (Published 6 November 2003)

Problems with sexual function

BMJ 2003;327:1109.3 (Published 6 November 2003)

Letters - continued

Problems with sexual function

BMJ 2003;327:1109.4 (Published 6 November 2003)

Problems with sexual function

BMJ 2003;327:1110.1 (Published 6 November 2003)

Using student doctor or trainee doctor may be helpful

BMJ 2003;327:1110.2 (Published 6 November 2003)

Royal Medical Benevolent Fund's Christmas appeal

BMJ 2003;327:1110.3 (Published 6 November 2003)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Robert Edgar Hope-Simpson

BMJ 2003;327:1111.1 (Published 6 November 2003)

Syed Fateh Shah Abbasi

BMJ 2003;327:1111.2 (Published 6 November 2003)

Patricia Ann Burgess

BMJ 2003;327:1112.1 (Published 6 November 2003)

William Halliday Burnett

BMJ 2003;327:1112.2 (Published 6 November 2003)

Andrew Correa

BMJ 2003;327:1112.3 (Published 6 November 2003)

Leonard Desmond de Launay

BMJ 2003;327:1112.4 (Published 6 November 2003)

Ebun Willie Robert Gorham Priddy

BMJ 2003;327:1112.5 (Published 6 November 2003)

Ruth Pauline Rickett (née Armstrong)

BMJ 2003;327:1112.6 (Published 6 November 2003)

Rodney Geoffrey George Taylor

BMJ 2003;327:1112.7 (Published 6 November 2003)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2003;327:1116 (Published 6 November 2003)

Fillers

Antibiotics are no better than placebo for symptoms of sinusitis

BMJ 2003;327:0.9 (Published 6 November 2003)

Don't place all your trust in machines

BMJ 2003;327:1084 (Published 6 November 2003)

The expert

BMJ 2003;327:1089 (Published 6 November 2003)

Smoking on exhibition?

BMJ 2003;327:1093 (Published 6 November 2003)

Differences

BMJ 2003;327:1103 (Published 6 November 2003)

Clinical Reviews

Unexplained fever in young children: how to manage severe bacterial infection

BMJ 2003;327:1094 (Published 6 November 2003)

Intractable infertility

BMJ 2003;327:1098 (Published 6 November 2003)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Cochrane launches global consultation on drug company sponsorship

BMJ 2003;327:1068.1 (Published 6 November 2003)

Test can predict which patients will benefit from hormonal treatments

BMJ 2003;327:1068.2 (Published 6 November 2003)

French doctor in euthanasia row faces murder charge

BMJ 2003;327:1068.3 (Published 6 November 2003)

Von Hagens faces investigation over use of bodies without consent

BMJ 2003;327:1068.4 (Published 6 November 2003)

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

Department of Health to cut two fifths of its staff

BMJ 2003;327:1068.5 (Published 6 November 2003)

Trials for vCJD treatment held up because of disagreements

BMJ 2003;327:1069.1 (Published 6 November 2003)

Elderly women are being denied treatments for breast cancer

BMJ 2003;327:1069.2 (Published 6 November 2003)

Africans are dying of AIDS without pain relief

BMJ 2003;327:1069.3 (Published 6 November 2003)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

WHO lacks teeth on international health issues, says professor

BMJ 2003;327:1070.2 (Published 6 November 2003)

Scientists call for a boycott of Cell Press

BMJ 2003;327:1070.3 (Published 6 November 2003)

Review shows that cannabis use is a risk factor for schizophrenia

BMJ 2003;327:1070.4 (Published 6 November 2003)

BMJ family highlights

What's new this month in BMJ Journals

BMJ 2003;327:1071 (Published 6 November 2003)

Papers

Deep vein thrombosis and air travel: record linkage study

BMJ 2003;327:1072 (Published 6 November 2003)

Use of injections in healthcare settings worldwide, 2000: literature review and regional estimates

BMJ 2003;327:1075 (Published 6 November 2003)

Tolerability of malaria chemoprophylaxis in non-immune travellers to sub-Saharan Africa: multicentre, randomised, double blind, four arm study

BMJ 2003;327:1078 (Published 6 November 2003)

Liver damage and protective effect of high density lipoprotein cholesterol

BMJ 2003;327:1082 (Published 6 November 2003)

Number of published systematic reviews and global burden of disease: database analysis

BMJ 2003;327:1083 (Published 6 November 2003)

Primary care

Improving management of obesity in primary care: cluster randomised trial

BMJ 2003;327:1085 (Published 6 November 2003)

Clinical course of acute infection of the upper respiratory tract in children: cohort study

BMJ 2003;327:1088 (Published 6 November 2003)

Learning in practice

Randomised controlled trial of clinical decision support tools to improve learning of evidence based medicine in medical students

BMJ 2003;327:1090 (Published 6 November 2003)

Education and debate

Reframing HIV and AIDS

BMJ 2003;327:1101 (Published 6 November 2003)

Tackling HIV in resource poor countries

BMJ 2003;327:1104 (Published 6 November 2003)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

Have editors got their priorities right?

BMJ 2003;327:1113 (Published 6 November 2003)

Demystifying doctors: Stormy Weather: Afterlife

BMJ 2003;327:1114.1 (Published 6 November 2003)

Injections

BMJ 2003;327:1114.2 (Published 6 November 2003)

Failures can be the pillars of success

BMJ 2003;327:1115.1 (Published 6 November 2003)

Who cleans the clogs?

BMJ 2003;327:1115.2 (Published 6 November 2003)