This week's This week in the BMJ

	Absolute benefit of carotid endarterectomy in asymptomatic carotid stenosis is low [Full text] FREE

	Suboptimal nutrition in babies born prematurely reduces later IQ [Full text] FREE

	Simple, novel diets produce more weight loss than conventional diets [Full text] FREE

	Breast imaging reassures women whose only symptom is breast pain [Full text] FREE

	Appraisal of internet medical information is needed [Full text] FREE

	United States health objectives are losing focus [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	The independent inquiry into inequalities in health
	George Davey Smith, Jeremy N Morris, Mary Shaw
	BMJ  1998;317:1465-1466 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Vitamin D deficiency: time for action
	J E Compston
	BMJ  1998;317:1466-1467 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid stenosis
	Charles Warlow
	BMJ  1998;317:1468 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Information epidemics, economics, and immunity on the internet
	Enrico Coiera
	BMJ  1998;317:1469-1470 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Sexual health
	Michael W Adler
	BMJ  1998;317:1470 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Role of chief medical officer has indeed diminished
	George Godber
	BMJ  1998;317:1521 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	People should participate in, not be subjects of, research
	Petra M Boynton
	BMJ  1998;317:1521 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Resistance to antibiotics
	Philip Pearson, Paul McWhinney, Philip Stanley, Morten Lindbaek, Per Hjortdahl, Anthony Tucker
	BMJ  1998;317:1521 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Videos, photographs, and patient consent
	Mark Pallen, Nick Loman, David Nicholl, David Davies, P J Buxton, D J Vasallo, J H Kilbey, Philip D Welsby
	BMJ  1998;317:1522 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Consultants have sought to re-examine their contract
	P C Hawker
	BMJ  1998;317:1523 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	More large trials needed to decide best duration of treatment with tamoxifen
	D A Cameron
	BMJ  1998;317:1524 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Community acquired pneumonia in elderly people
	Mark Woodhead, M Mamun, T Rogers, S J Wort
	BMJ  1998;317:1524 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	DNA methods should be used to detect Chlamydia trachomatis
	David Taylor-Robinson, Angela J Robinson
	BMJ  1998;317:1525 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Rigid following of dogma will not be best for all patients
	Andrew Ross, David Taylor
	BMJ  1998;317:1525 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Managing infertility in general practice must include screening for sexual infections
	Andrew J Winter, Sameena Ahmad
	BMJ  1998;317:1526 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effectiveness of antibiotic prophylaxis in critically ill patients
	P J Sanderson, B Allaouchiche, H Jaumain, D Chassard, Daryl Leung, Roberto D'Amico, Silvia Pifferi, Alessandro Liberati
	BMJ  1998;317:1526 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Rationing
	Peter Ramsay-Baggs, Philip Gaskell
	BMJ  1998;317:1527 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Medical students' electives abroad
	Jane Zuckerman, Heather Harris, James K Torrens
	BMJ  1998;317:1528 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	UK report calls for policies to halt growing inequalities in health
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  1998;317:1471 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	UN report warns that AIDS epidemic is still out of control
	Hugh Matthews
	BMJ  1998;317:1472 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Ombudsman calls for better communication
	Hugh Matthews
	BMJ  1998;317:1472 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	UK charter aims to improve rights for the dead
	Hugh Matthews
	BMJ  1998;317:1472 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Burrowing bacteria may explain recurrent urinary tract infections
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  1998;317:1473 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Junior doctors look forward to shorter hours
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  1998;317:1473 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Waiting times increase in English casualty departments
	John Warden
	BMJ  1998;317:1473 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Surgeons repair spina bifida before birth
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  1998;317:1474 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	NHS bill to legislate against clinical lapses
	John Warden
	BMJ  1998;317:1474 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Indian Supreme Court rules that HIV positive people inform spouses
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  1998;317:1474 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	WHO visit to China heralds closer links
	Adrea Mach
	BMJ  1998;317:1475 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	GP found guilty of forging trial consent forms
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  1998;317:1475 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Standards set to improve UK transplantation services
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  1998;317:1475 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	The man from NICE
	BMJ  1998;317:1476 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid stenosis: a meta-analysis
	Oscar Benavente, David Moher, Ba Pham
	BMJ  1998;317:1477-1480 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Randomised trial of early diet in preterm babies and later intelligence quotient
	A Lucas, R Morley, T J Cole
	BMJ  1998;317:1481-1487 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Randomised controlled trial of novel, simple, and well supervised weight reducing diets in outpatients
	Carolyn D Summerbell, Carolyn Watts, Julian P T Higgins, John S Garrow
	BMJ  1998;317:1487-1489 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effect of government recommendations on methadone prescribing in south east England: comparison of 1995 and 1997 surveys
	John Strang, Janie Sheridan
	BMJ  1998;317:1489-1490 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	High dose inhaled corticosteroids and dose dependent loss of diabetic control
	J L Faul, W Tormey, V Tormey, C Burke
	BMJ  1998;317:1491 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Science commentary: Protection against malaria
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  1998;317:1508 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Information in practice

This week's Information in practice

	Towards quality management of medical information on the internet: evaluation, labelling, and filtering of information
	Gunther Eysenbach, Thomas L Diepgen, J A Muir Gray, Maurizio Bonati, Piero Impicciatore, Chiara Pandolfini, Subbiah Arunachalam
	BMJ  1998;317:1496-1502 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Fortnightly review: Drug treatment during pregnancy
	Peter Rubin
	BMJ  1998;317:1503-1506 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Lesson of the week: Malaria at Christmas: risks of prophylaxis versus risks of malaria
	A J C Reid, C J M Whitty, H M Ayles, R M Jennings, B A Bovill, J M Felton, R H Behrens, A D M Bryceson, D C W Mabey
	BMJ  1998;317:1506-1508 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of sexual health: Management of sexual problems
	Margaret Ramage
	BMJ  1998;317:1509-1512 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

General practice

This week's General practice

	Value of breast imaging in women with painful breasts: observational follow up study
	Lucien E M Duijm, Gerard L Guit, Jan H C L Hendriks, Joost O M Zaat, Willem P T M Mali
	BMJ  1998;317:1492-1495 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Friday the 13th
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  1998;317:1532 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Homophobia in medicine
	Alan Sheard
	BMJ  1998;317:1532 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	"Healthy People 2010": national health objectives for the United States
	Ronald M Davis
	BMJ  1998;317:1513-1517 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Theories in health care and research: Theories and studying the care of dying people
	Clive Seale
	BMJ  1998;317:1518-1520 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Bryan Nicholas Brooke • John Callander • Lucy Margaret Elsom • Ralph Harding Farrow • Monica Madeline Mary Meynell Fisher • Lilian Frances Jones • Robert Noel Hall • Michael James Hunter • Susan Nicholls (née Parish) • Louis Jonah Opit • Ralph Schram
	Geoffrey Slaney, Alistair Riddell, Joyce Epsom, Nesta Farrow, Chloe Fisher, Philip Powley, Harold Brown, H P L Falla, Colin Nicholls, Richard Collins, Malcolm Forsythe, Enid Schram, J D Roche
	BMJ  1998;317:1529 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1998;317:1536 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Endpiece: Of great place
	BMJ  1998;317:1491 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Fifty years ago: The new NHS: Message from the minister
	BMJ  1998;317:1491 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Memorable patients: Continued need for special treatment
	P J Bertin
	BMJ  1998;317:1495 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A patient who changed my practice?: The new Holy Grail
	Mark Gradwell
	BMJ  1998;317:1502 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Cross sectional longitudinal study of spot morning urine protein:creatinine ratio, 24 hour urine protein excretion rate, glomerular filtration rate, and end stage renal failure in chronic renal disease in patients without diabetes
	BMJ  1998;317:1491 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Implementing research findings in developing countries
	BMJ  1998;317:1520 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

This week's Career focus

	Choosing child care
	Colette Kelleher
	BMJ  1998;317:2 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: Routine testing for drug and alcohol use in the workplace ...
	BMJ  1998;317:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: Competency without values is like sex without love. More high ...
	BMJ  1998;317:3a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: Career-f has been quiet of late, while my own inbox ...
	BMJ  1998;317:3b [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	The BMJ, the US, and sex
	BMJ  1998;317 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	New guidance on PCGs expected in December • Review body agrees to its revised remit • BMA juniors will meet in Bath • JCC is concerned about clinical academic medicine
	BMJ  1998;317:1531 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

MEDICINE AND MULTIMEDIA

This week's MEDICINE AND MULTIMEDIA

	Book: Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook for Africa
	Haroon Saloojee
	BMJ  1998;317:1532 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: The General Practice Management Handbook
	Roland Petchey
	BMJ  1998;317:1532 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: The Alchemy of Culture: Intoxicants in Society
	Colin Drummond
	BMJ  1998;317:1532 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: The Giant, O'Brien
	Bertram Cohen
	BMJ  1998;317:1532 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Course: The RCSE SELECT Programme
	John G Temple
	BMJ  1998;317:1532 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Website of the week: http://www.adec.org/
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  1998;317:1532 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Netlines
	Mark Pallen
	BMJ  1998;317:1532 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

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