This Week In the BMJ Air bags may damage hearing BMJ 1999; 318 :e (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease can benefit from intermittent treatment BMJ 1999; 318 :f (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Patients' competence to complete advance directives can be easily assessed BMJ 1999; 318 :c (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Feedback to GPs does not reduce rates of prescribing BMJ 1999; 318 :g (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Incidence of antibiotic resistant tuberculosis remains low in UK BMJ 1999; 318 :d (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Exercise is the answer for stress incontinence BMJ 1999; 318 :b (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Editorials Difficult asthma or Churg-Strauss syndrome? BMJ 1999; 318 :475 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Patients with learning disability in the community BMJ 1999; 318 :476 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Responses Managing osteoporosis in older people with fractures BMJ 1999; 318 :477 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Responses London's health: a role for the new mayor BMJ 1999; 318 :478 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Short course antiretroviral regimens to reduce maternal transmission of HIV BMJ 1999; 318 :479 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Responses LettersDownload PDF New diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus BMJ 1999; 318 :531 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission GPs should not connect to NHSnet until it is restructured BMJ 1999; 318 :533 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Responses Prescription of proton pump inhibitors BMJ 1999; 318 :534 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Insecurity about progression is an added stress for senior house officers BMJ 1999; 318 :534 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Survey of white coat hypertension BMJ 1999; 318 :535 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Advanced trauma life support prolongs patients' lives until specialist help arrives BMJ 1999; 318 :535 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Indwelling needles carry greater risks than acupuncture techniques BMJ 1999; 318 :536 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Responses Few GPs tell patients of their diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease BMJ 1999; 318 :536 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Cervical screening for women with learning disability BMJ 1999; 318 :536 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Central regulating body is needed for ATLS courses BMJ 1999; 318 :537 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Responses Contact allergy is unlikely to mimic basal cell carcinoma BMJ 1999; 318 :538 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease BMJ 1999; 318 :538 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Cholesterol: how low is low enough? BMJ 1999; 318 :538 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Women's risk of dying of heart disease is always greater than their risk of dying of breast cancer BMJ 1999; 318 :539 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission News $50m record damages awarded against tobacco company BMJ 1999; 318 :481 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Responses English judge rules that smokers' claims are “too late” BMJ 1999; 318 :481 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission In brief BMJ 1999; 318 :482 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission All UK doctors to be required to prove competence BMJ 1999; 318 :482 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Minister to look again at NHS bill's threat to GMC BMJ 1999; 318 :482 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Responses Scientists call for moratorium on genetically modified foods BMJ 1999; 318 :483 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Microscopic changes may double risk of breast cancer BMJ 1999; 318 :483 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission NHS pay structure to be overhauled BMJ 1999; 318 :484 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Israel prepares for “Jerusalem syndrome” BMJ 1999; 318 :484 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Three women win in cancer screening case BMJ 1999; 318 :484 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Responses Beijing conference reviews Kashin-Beck disease BMJ 1999; 318 :485 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission English prison doctor struck off BMJ 1999; 318 :485 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Legal suit over Norplant collapses BMJ 1999; 318 :485 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Preventing sexually transmitted diseases may not reduce HIV risk BMJ 1999; 318 :486 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Bristol parents protest over removal of hearts BMJ 1999; 318 :486 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Bristol chief executive appeals against GMC BMJ 1999; 318 :486 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Clinical Reviews Cosmetic surgery BMJ 1999; 318 :512 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Responses Tethered cord syndrome after myelomeningocoele repair BMJ 1999; 318 :516 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Sexual problems of disabled patients BMJ 1999; 318 :518 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Minerva Minerva BMJ 1999; 318 :546 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Responses Editor's Choice A health planner's delight? 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BMJ 1999; 318 :a (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission News extra [these stories appear only on the web] NHS Executive to research removal of patients from GP lists in England BMJ 1999; 318 :486 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Expert group on meningitis is set up BMJ 1999; 318 :486 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Responses New measures announced for detaining psychiatric patients BMJ 1999; 318 :486 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Medicare payouts for improper claims drop by a third BMJ 1999; 318 :486 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Papers Single blind, randomised controlled trial of pelvic floor exercises, electrical stimulation, vaginal cones, and no treatment in management of genuine stress incontinence in women BMJ 1999; 318 :487 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Responses Assessment of competence to complete advance directives: validation of a patient centred approach BMJ 1999; 318 :493 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Responses Database study of antibiotic resistant tuberculosis in the United Kingdom, 1994-6 BMJ 1999; 318 :497 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Responses Two case reports of possible noise trauma after inflation of air bags in low speed car crashes BMJ 1999; 318 :499 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Responses Questionnaire survey of advice given to patients with fractures BMJ 1999; 318 :500 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Responses General practice Symptomatic gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: double blind controlled study of intermittent treatment with omeprazole or ranitidine BMJ 1999; 318 :502 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Responses General Practice Randomised controlled trial of effect of feedback on general practitioners' prescribing in Australia BMJ 1999; 318 :507 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Responses Education and debate Is the English NHS underfunded? BMJ 1999; 318 :522 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Responses Potential benefits, limitations, and harms of clinical guidelines BMJ 1999; 318 :527 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Responses MULTIMEDIA Encyclopedia of Biostatistics BMJ 1999; 318 :542 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Learning from the NHS Internal Market: A Review of the Evidence BMJ 1999; 318 :543 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission East Meets West BMJ 1999; 318 :543 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Meningitis in Wales BMJ 1999; 318 :544 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Responses WEBSITE OF THE WEEK BMJ 1999; 318 :544 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Soundbite Soundbites BMJ 1999; 318 :542 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Personal View Breast feeding and my brain BMJ 1999; 318 :545 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Responses Soundings Guest faculty BMJ 1999; 318 :545 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Career focus District general hospital or teaching hospital? BMJ 1999; 318 :S2-7182 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Briefing BMJ 1999; 318 :S3-7182 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Briefing BMJ 1999; 318 :S3a-7182 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Fillers Cataract extraction in a lioness BMJ 1999; 318 :500 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission 67 years on the national health BMJ 1999; 318 :511 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Say what you mean BMJ 1999; 318 :521 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission Repeating the tests BMJ 1999; 318 :526 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Correction Preventing fatal diseases increases healthcare costs: cause elimination life table approach BMJ 1999; 318 :498 (Published 20 February 1999) Permission ObituaryDownload PDF Alexander Macdougal CookeJames Rollo BallantyneRoger Malcolm Richard BarnesEvan FletcherJohn Nigel Harcourt-WebsterSamuel (“Stanley”) Leslie IsaacsJack JosephSidney LevineJohn Stewart MatherGeorge Ranken Tudhope BMJ 1999; 318 :540 (Published 20 February 1999) PDF Permission Responses Back to top PreviousNext