This week's This week in the BMJ

	Eating fish in pregnancy prevents preterm birth [Full text] FREE

	Hepatitis C infection does not increase all cause mortality [Full text] FREE

	Ultrasonography plus plain x ray films are best for investigating men with urinary tract infection [Full text] FREE

	Deprived children have more fractures than affluent ones [Full text] FREE

	As many as one in 475 pregnancies may be denied [Full text] FREE

	NHS plan underestimates numbers of new doctors needed [Full text] FREE

	Acute neuropathies are diagnostic emergencies [Full text] FREE

	Can animal experiments inform human health care? [Full text] FREE

	Subjective estimates are acceptable for calculating coronary risk [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Recombinant human parathyroid hormone
	Jonathan Reeve
	BMJ  2002;324:435-436, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.435 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Guidelines for managing community acquired pneumonia in adults
	Duncan Keeley
	BMJ  2002;324:436-437, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.436 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Academic medicine: a faltering engine
	Paul M Stewart
	BMJ  2002;324:437-438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.437 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Yellow fever vaccine
	Philip P Mortimer
	BMJ  2002;324:439, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.439 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Doctors working in prisons
	Luke Birmingham
	BMJ  2002;324:440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.440 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Postoperative starvation after gastrointestinal surgery
	F Bozzetti, L Mariani, P B Goodfellow, N J Everitt, Stephen J Lewis, Matthias Egger, Paul A Sylvester, Steven Thomas, W J Fawcett, W E J Jewsbury, Paul Moynagh
	BMJ  2002;324:481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.481 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cardiotocography v Doppler auscultation
	Jane Thomas, Shantini Paranjothy, Tony Kelly, Josephine Kavanagh, Simon Grant, Iain Chalmers, Gordon C S Smith, I P Stuart, Ros Goddard, G J Mires, F L R Williams, P W Howie
	BMJ  2002;324:482, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.482 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Author of editorial's reply - longer version] FREE

	Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in general practice
	Helge L Waldum, Eiliv Brenna, Hugh Alberti, Roger Jones, John Dent, Peter Kahrilas, Nicholas J Talley
	BMJ  2002;324:485, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.485 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Caesarean section rate in England and Wales
	Woody Caan, Peter Messent, Gabriel M Leung, Tai-Hing Lam, Irene Wong, Thuan Q Thach
	BMJ  2002;324:486, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.486 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Self management is the future
	D Hambidge
	BMJ  2002;324:486, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.486/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Management of chronic disease
	Carol Teasdale, Peter Davies, Graeme Mackenzie
	BMJ  2002;324:487, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.487 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	Yeast genome shares 50 genes with human diseases
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;324:441, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.441 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Higher folic acid levels could reduce risk of Alzheimer's disease
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;324:441, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.441/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Smoking increases among teenagers in eastern Europe
	Phyllida Brown
	BMJ  2002;324:442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.442 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Monitoring body criticises hospital for mixed sex wards
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;324:442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.442/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;324:442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.442/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	DNA needs to be protected by law
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2002;324:443, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.443 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Proposed genetic database on Tongans opposed
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2002;324:443, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.443/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Doctors' chamberspipe dream or blueprint for the future?
	Katherine Burke
	BMJ  2002;324:445, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.445 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Survey shows serious shortage of medical academics in the UK
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2002;324:446, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.446 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	European Union plans electronic health card to guarantee treatment
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2002;324:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.444 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Medical journals can reduce global health inequity, conference told
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2002;324:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.444/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	UK patients group hits back at anti-vivisectionists
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;324:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.444/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	22 year old damaged by aspirin loses compensation claim
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2002;324:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.444/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Harvard School of Public Health refuses tobacco funds
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;324:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.444/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Mandela presents his concerns about AIDS policy to ANC committee
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2002;324:446, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.446/a [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Urgent reform of NHS governance needed
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2002;324:446, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.446/b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	United States starts to consider paying organ donors
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2002;324:446, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.446/c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Spain to ban drinking in the street
	Xavier Bosch
	BMJ  2002;324:446, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.446/d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	People who sleep for seven hours a night live longest
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2002;324:446, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.446/e [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Forum calls for action on child health to tackle heart disease
	Ruth Little
	BMJ  2002;324:446, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.446/f [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Low consumption of seafood in early pregnancy as a risk factor for preterm delivery: prospective cohort study
	Sjúrdur Fródi Olsen, Niels Jørgen Secher
	BMJ  2002;324:447-450, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.447 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Clinical course of hepatitis C virus during the first decade of infection: cohort study
	Helen E Harris, Mary E Ramsay, Nick Andrews, Keith P Eldridge
	BMJ  2002;324:450, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.450 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Ultrasonography and abdominal radiography versus intravenous urography in investigation of urinary tract infection in men: prospective incident cohort study
	S J Andrews, P T Brooks, D C Hanbury, C M King, C M Prendergast, G B Boustead, T A McNicholas
	BMJ  2002;324:454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.454 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Association between childhood fractures and poverty: population based study
	Andrew D Stark, George C Bennet, David H Stone, Parveen Chishti
	BMJ  2002;324:457, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.457 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Denial of pregnancy: population based study
	Jens Wessel, Ulrich Buscher
	BMJ  2002;324:458, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.458 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Comparison of estimates and calculations of risk of coronary heart disease by doctors and nurses using different calculation tools in general practice: cross sectional study
	R J McManus, J Mant, C F M Meulendijks, R A Salter, H M Pattison, A K Roalfe, F D R Hobbs
	BMJ  2002;324:459-464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.459 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: More information on Consortium members] FREE

	Experiences and career intentions of general practice registrars in Thames deaneries: postal survey
	Isobel Bowler, Neil Jackson
	BMJ  2002;324:464-465, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.464 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Regular review: Peripheral neuropathy
	Richard A C Hughes
	BMJ  2002;324:466-469, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.466 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of clinical electrocardiography: Introduction. IIBasic terminology
	Steve Meek, Francis Morris
	BMJ  2002;324:470-473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.470 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	The inaugural
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2002;324:493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.493/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	A day in the field that changed my methodology
	Shifalika Goenka
	BMJ  2002;324:493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.493 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Does animal experimentation inform human healthcare? Observations from a systematic review of international animal experiments on fluid resuscitation
	Ian Roberts, Irene Kwan, Phillip Evans, Steven Haig
	BMJ  2002;324:474-476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.474 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Methods of review and trials details] FREE

	Evidence base of clinical diagnosis: Evaluation of diagnostic procedures
	J André Knottnerus, Chris van Weel, Jean W M Muris
	BMJ  2002;324:477-480, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.477 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Struan Sutherland
	Melissa Sweet
	BMJ  2002;324:488, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.488 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Anthony Charles William Mosbergen da Roza
	Anna Linch
	BMJ  2002;324:488, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.488/a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Archibald Walter Forbes Erskine
	Jamie Erskine
	BMJ  2002;324:488, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.488/b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Kenneth Boyd Fraser
	Margaret Haire, Morag Timbury
	BMJ  2002;324:488, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.488/c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	James Munro Christie Gill
	Geoffrey M Gill
	BMJ  2002;324:488, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.488/d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Alexander ("Sandy") James Gray
	Wilson McIntosh
	BMJ  2002;324:488, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.488/e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	John Webb Hallewell
	Eric Clow, John Potter
	BMJ  2002;324:488, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.488/f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Elizabeth Joan Harbott (née Bowen)
	Tony Harbott
	BMJ  2002;324:488, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.488/g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;324:494, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.494 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Endpiece: The world's trouble
	BMJ  2002;324:458, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.458/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	One hundred years ago: The sanitary condition of the house
	BMJ  2002;324:458, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.458/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	"A little white tablet, doctor"
	Martin Turner
	BMJ  2002;324:473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.473 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: Self pity
	BMJ  2002;324:477, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.477/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Photofinish
	BMJ  2002;324:465, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.465 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	In grandfather's room
	BMJ  2002;324:465, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.465/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Christiaan Barnard: his first transplants and their impact on concepts of death
	BMJ  2002;324:465, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.465/b [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Income, health, and the National Lottery
	BMJ  2002;324:465, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.465/c [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: The Encyclopedia of Arthropod-Transmitted Infections
	David Mabey
	BMJ  2002;324:490, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.490 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cardiovascular Disease: The Current Status of Research and Practice
	Isobel D Walker
	BMJ  2002;324:490, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.490/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

FILM

This week's FILM

	Film: A Beautiful Mind
	Anthony David
	BMJ  2002;324:491, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.491 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

PRESS

This week's PRESS

	Press: How parents decide on MMR
	Sharon Alcock
	BMJ  2002;324:492, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.492 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

RADIO

This week's RADIO

	Radio: 28 Minutes to Save the NHS
	Nick Steel
	BMJ  2002;324:491, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.491/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Psychic wages
	BMJ  2002;324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.0/i [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Venomous creatures
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2002;324:492, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7335.492/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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