01 May 2004 (Vol 328, Issue 7447)

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Editor's Choice

Insights into intimacy

BMJ 2004;328:0.8 (Published 29 April 2004)

News

NICE advises against caesarean section on demand

BMJ 2004;328:1031.1 (Published 29 April 2004)

Hepatitis C carriers must be found and treated to avert crisis

BMJ 2004;328:1031.2 (Published 29 April 2004)

In brief

BMJ 2004;328:1032.1 (Published 29 April 2004)

US junior doctors found to be ignorant of drug companies' tactics

BMJ 2004;328:1032.2 (Published 29 April 2004)

Cardiovascular disease threatens developing countries

BMJ 2004;328:1032.3 (Published 29 April 2004)

Open surgery better than laparoscopic for repair of inguinal hernia

BMJ 2004;328:1033.1 (Published 29 April 2004)

WHO urges Africa to use more effective malaria medicines

BMJ 2004;328:1033.2 (Published 29 April 2004)

Living wills will have to specify treatments that patient is refusing

BMJ 2004;328:1035.4 (Published 29 April 2004)

Squeezing academic research into a commercial straitjacket

BMJ 2004;328:1036.1 (Published 29 April 2004)

Editorials

The implications for health of European Union enlargement

BMJ 2004;328:1025 (Published 29 April 2004)

Prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infection in infants

BMJ 2004;328:1026 (Published 29 April 2004)

Raised cardiac troponins

BMJ 2004;328:1028 (Published 29 April 2004)

Data protection, informed consent, and research

BMJ 2004;328:1029 (Published 29 April 2004)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Response to radiation incidents and radionuclear threats

BMJ 2004;328:1074.1 (Published 29 April 2004)

Response to radiation incidents and radionuclear threats

BMJ 2004;328:1074.2 (Published 29 April 2004)

Response to radiation incidents and radionuclear threats

BMJ 2004;328:1074.3 (Published 29 April 2004)

Response to radiation incidents and radionuclear threats

BMJ 2004;328:1075.1 (Published 29 April 2004)

Penetrating ocular trauma from an exploding microwaved egg

BMJ 2004;328:1075.2 (Published 29 April 2004)

Management of anorexia nervosa revisited

BMJ 2004;328:1075.3 (Published 29 April 2004)

Management of anorexia nervosa revisited

BMJ 2004;328:1075.4 (Published 29 April 2004)

Management of anorexia nervosa revisited

BMJ 2004;328:1076.1 (Published 29 April 2004)

Aspirin induced asthma

BMJ 2004;328:1076.2 (Published 29 April 2004)

Aspirin induced asthma

BMJ 2004;328:1076.3 (Published 29 April 2004)

Aspirin induced asthma

BMJ 2004;328:1076.4 (Published 29 April 2004)

E is for equivocal in EBM

BMJ 2004;328:1077.1 (Published 29 April 2004)

Revalidation: swallow hard

BMJ 2004;328:1077.2 (Published 29 April 2004)

Continuing medical education: does “no evidence” trump all?

BMJ 2004;328:1077.3 (Published 29 April 2004)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Aniru Conteh

BMJ 2004;328:1078.1 (Published 29 April 2004)

Edward Anderson

BMJ 2004;328:1079.1 (Published 29 April 2004)

Hubert Anthony Buck

BMJ 2004;328:1079.2 (Published 29 April 2004)

John Roger Dove

BMJ 2004;328:1079.3 (Published 29 April 2004)

John Henry Friend

BMJ 2004;328:1079.4 (Published 29 April 2004)

Thomas Gareth Jones

BMJ 2004;328:1079.5 (Published 29 April 2004)

Bertram Mann

BMJ 2004;328:1079.6 (Published 29 April 2004)

Richard Frederic Stevens

BMJ 2004;328:1079.7 (Published 29 April 2004)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2004;328:1084 (Published 29 April 2004)

Fillers

Use a single course of steroids for preterm rupture of membranes

BMJ 2004;328:0.7 (Published 29 April 2004)

Growing old

BMJ 2004;328:1039 (Published 29 April 2004)

Serious communicable diseases

BMJ 2004;328:1045 (Published 29 April 2004)

The acme of efficiency

BMJ 2004;328:1050 (Published 29 April 2004)

Illegible prescriptions

BMJ 2004;328:1053 (Published 29 April 2004)

Effects of ginkgo extract

BMJ 2004;328:1072 (Published 29 April 2004)

Advice

BMJ 2004;328:1078.2 (Published 29 April 2004)

Clinical Reviews

Managing nocturia

BMJ 2004;328:1063 (Published 29 April 2004)

Pain in the hip and knee

BMJ 2004;328:1067 (Published 29 April 2004)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Chinese authorities on alert as SARS breaks out again

BMJ 2004;328:1034.1 (Published 29 April 2004)

Human Tissue Bill could jeopardise research, scientists warn

BMJ 2004;328:1034.2 (Published 29 April 2004)

Where doctors, actors, and athletes meet on equal footing

BMJ 2004;328:1034.3 (Published 29 April 2004)

Report clears Labour party of fault in purchase of vaccines

BMJ 2004;328:1034.4 (Published 29 April 2004)

Quarter of hospitals not ready to comply with working time directive

BMJ 2004;328:1034.5 (Published 29 April 2004)

GMC regrets failure to act on police warning about gynaecologist

BMJ 2004;328:1035.1 (Published 29 April 2004)

AstraZeneca digs in over advertising criticisms

BMJ 2004;328:1035.2 (Published 29 April 2004)

Paediatrician cleared of serious professional misconduct

BMJ 2004;328:1035.3 (Published 29 April 2004)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Creator of Dolly the sheep applies for therapeutic cloning licence

BMJ 2004;328:1036.2 (Published 29 April 2004)

Children are main victims of trafficking in Africa

BMJ 2004;328:1036.3 (Published 29 April 2004)

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

Private hospitals to provide operations for 25 000 NHS patients

BMJ 2004;328:1036.4 (Published 29 April 2004)

Drug industry to fight New Zealand's move to ban direct to consumer advertising

BMJ 2004;328:1036.5 (Published 29 April 2004)

New report evaluates environmental impact of NHS

BMJ 2004;328:1036.6 (Published 29 April 2004)

Papers

Impact of erectile dysfunction and its subsequent treatment with sildenafil: qualitative study

BMJ 2004;328:1037 (Published 29 April 2004)

Optimal search strategies for retrieving scientifically strong studies of diagnosis from Medline: analytical survey

BMJ 2004;328:1040 (Published 29 April 2004)

Is there a north-south divide in social class inequalities in health in Great Britain? Cross sectional study using data from the 2001 census

BMJ 2004;328:1043 (Published 29 April 2004)

Non-absorbable disaccharides for hepatic encephalopathy: systematic review of randomised trials

BMJ 2004;328:1046 (Published 29 April 2004)

Reliability of symptoms to determine use of bone scans to identify bone metastases in lung cancer: prospective study

BMJ 2004;328:1051 (Published 29 April 2004)

Trends in prevalence of symptoms of asthma, hay fever, and eczema in 12-14 year olds in the British Isles, 1995-2002: questionnaire survey

BMJ 2004;328:1052 (Published 29 April 2004)

Primary care

Randomised controlled factorial trial of dietary advice for patients with a single high blood pressure reading in primary care

BMJ 2004;328:1054 (Published 29 April 2004)

Do patients with unexplained physical symptoms pressurise general practitioners for somatic treatment? A qualitative study

BMJ 2004;328:1057 (Published 29 April 2004)

Views of doctors on clinical correspondence: questionnaire survey and audit of content of letters

BMJ 2004;328:1060 (Published 29 April 2004)

Acute cough in children

BMJ 2004;328:1062 (Published 29 April 2004)

Education and debate

Genetics, race, ethnicity, and health

BMJ 2004;328:1070 (Published 29 April 2004)

The logrank test

BMJ 2004;328:1073 (Published 29 April 2004)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

Protecting America's Health: The FDA, Business, and One Hundred Years of Regulation

BMJ 2004;328:1080.1 (Published 29 April 2004)

Mortal Secrets: Truth and Lies in the Age of AIDS

BMJ 2004;328:1080.2 (Published 29 April 2004)

AIDS Africa: Continent in Crisis; “Letting Them Die”: Why HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes Fail

BMJ 2004;328:1081.1 (Published 29 April 2004)

NETLINES

BMJ 2004;328:1081.2 (Published 29 April 2004)

Carandiru

BMJ 2004;328:1082.1 (Published 29 April 2004)

May 33rd

BMJ 2004;328:1082.2 (Published 29 April 2004)

Why did my colleagues turn to crime?

BMJ 2004;328:1083.1 (Published 29 April 2004)

Personal statement syndrome

BMJ 2004;328:1083.2 (Published 29 April 2004)

Corrections

Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy

BMJ 2004;328:1066.1 (Published 29 April 2004)

Why do doctors use treatments that do not work?

BMJ 2004;328:1066.2 (Published 29 April 2004)

This week in the BMJ: Three days of amoxicillin are enough for non-severe pneumonia

BMJ 2004;328:1066.3 (Published 29 April 2004)