This Week In the BMJ New Zealand and British risk charts are easier to use in primary care than Sheffield table BMJ 2000; 320 :f (Published 11 March 2000) Permission NHS needs to implement coronary risk reduction for the 10% of population at high risk BMJ 2000; 320 :g (Published 11 March 2000) Permission Hypertensive patients don't gain from computerised risk assessment BMJ 2000; 320 :d (Published 11 March 2000) Permission New table for assessing coronary risk has high specificity and sensitivit BMJ 2000; 320 :b (Published 11 March 2000) Permission Risk based guidelines may improve hypertension treatment BMJ 2000; 320 :e (Published 11 March 2000) Permission Framingham model for risk of heart disease fits a British population well BMJ 2000; 320 :c (Published 11 March 2000) Permission Editorials Guidelines on preventing cardiovascular disease in clinical practice BMJ 2000; 320 :659 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Responses Promoting the health of looked after children BMJ 2000; 320 :661 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Responses Good practice in sterilisation BMJ 2000; 320 :662 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Responses Asthma drug delivery devices for children BMJ 2000; 320 :664 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Responses LettersDownload PDF Managing self poisoning BMJ 2000; 320 :711 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Health minister clarifies Care Standards Bill BMJ 2000; 320 :713 (Published 11 March 2000) Permission Differentiating between audit and research BMJ 2000; 320 :713 (Published 11 March 2000) Permission Responses Authors take issue with commentary on their paper BMJ 2000; 320 :713 (Published 11 March 2000) Permission Mortality prediction model is preferable to APACHE BMJ 2000; 320 :714 (Published 11 March 2000) Permission Responses Development and evaluation committees' methods for appraising new drugs BMJ 2000; 320 :714 (Published 11 March 2000) Permission Osteoporosis and coeliac disease BMJ 2000; 320 :715 (Published 11 March 2000) Permission Hospital of the future BMJ 2000; 320 :715 (Published 11 March 2000) Permission Seasonality of birth in children with diabetes BMJ 2000; 320 :716 (Published 11 March 2000) Permission Rationing certainly exists in treatment for cancer BMJ 2000; 320 :717 (Published 11 March 2000) Permission Distress symptoms may be easy to miss BMJ 2000; 320 :717 (Published 11 March 2000) Permission Centralisation of cancer services in rural areas has disadvantages BMJ 2000; 320 :717 (Published 11 March 2000) Permission News Heart disease framework aims to cut deaths in England BMJ 2000; 320 :665 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Responses Doctors fail to follow advice in giving tPA BMJ 2000; 320 :666 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Cannabinoids might reduce spasticity in multiple sclerosis BMJ 2000; 320 :666 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission In brief BMJ 2000; 320 :666 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Australian government attacked for tobacco funding BMJ 2000; 320 :667 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission UN condemns Australian plans for “safe injecting rooms” BMJ 2000; 320 :667 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission US launches new clinical trials database BMJ 2000; 320 :668 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Patients must disclose infectious diseases, Israeli doctors say BMJ 2000; 320 :668 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission India eradicates guinea worm disease BMJ 2000; 320 :668 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Malaria epidemic expected in Mozambique BMJ 2000; 320 :669 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Surgeon in kidney inquiry himself faces surgery suit BMJ 2000; 320 :669 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Scientists find a new way around blood clotting disorders BMJ 2000; 320 :670 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Romanian national insurance cannot cover GPs' prescriptions BMJ 2000; 320 :670 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Responses Clinical Reviews Acute ischaemic stroke BMJ 2000; 320 :692 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Responses Unnecessary surgical treatment of fungal kerions in children BMJ 2000; 320 :696 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Responses Non-invasive methods of arterial and venous assessment BMJ 2000; 320 :698 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Minerva Minerva BMJ 2000; 320 :724 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Responses Editor's Choice Being smarter about preventing heart disease BMJ 2000; 320 :0 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Responses Being smarter about preventing heart disease BMJ 2000; 320 :a (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission News extra [these stories appear only on the web] College inquiry clears hospital's cardiology services BMJ 2000; 320 :670 (Published 11 March 2000) Permission Blair tackled on heart deaths BMJ 2000; 320 :670 (Published 11 March 2000) Permission Cell transplantation aids spinal cord repair in rats BMJ 2000; 320 :670 (Published 11 March 2000) Permission Papers Coronary and cardiovascular risk estimation for primary prevention:validation of a new Sheffield table in the 1995 Scottish health survey population BMJ 2000; 320 :671 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Responses Using the Framingham model to predict heart disease in the United Kingdom: retrospective study BMJ 2000; 320 :676 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Should treatment recommendations for lipid lowering drugs be based on absolute coronary risk or risk reduction? BMJ 2000; 320 :677 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Allergy associated with ciprofloxacin BMJ 2000; 320 :679 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Responses General practice Using thresholds based on risk of cardiovascular disease to target treatment for hypertension: modelling events averted and number treated BMJ 2000; 320 :680 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Responses Evaluation of computer based clinical decision support system and risk chart for management of hypertension in primary care: randomised controlled trial BMJ 2000; 320 :686 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Responses Risk assessment in primary prevention of coronary heart disease: randomised comparison of three scoring methods BMJ 2000; 320 :690 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Responses Education and debate Estimating cardiovascular risk for primary prevention: outstanding questions for primary care BMJ 2000; 320 :702 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Responses Joint British recommendations on prevention of coronary heart disease in clinical practice: summary BMJ 2000; 320 :705 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Responses Updated New Zealand cardiovascular disease risk-benefit prediction guide BMJ 2000; 320 :709 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Responses MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST BMA wants open debate on regulation of doctorsHealth secretary wants to change NHS workforce planningPM replies on funding promise BMJ 2000; 320 :720 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Books The Nazi War on Cancer BMJ 2000; 320 :721 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine BMJ 2000; 320 :721 (Published 11 March 2000) Permission TV Some talk of genocide BMJ 2000; 320 :722 (Published 11 March 2000) Permission Responses WEBSITE OF THE WEEK Risk of cardiovascular disease BMJ 2000; 320 :722 (Published 11 March 2000) Permission Responses Personal View “Absolute” is inappropriate for quantitative risk estimation BMJ 2000; 320 :723 (Published 11 March 2000) Permission Soundings Seize the day BMJ 2000; 320 :723 (Published 11 March 2000) Permission Responses Fillers Discovery of a Temple of Æsculapius BMJ 2000; 320 :690 (Published 11 March 2000) Permission Mother's milk BMJ 2000; 320 :691 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Responses A very peculiar dream BMJ 2000; 320 :708 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission ObituaryDownload PDF Donald Varley BatemanClive Andrew DevallMargaret Joan GodleyUrsula JamesRodney George Mansfield JonesJames Montague Somerville KnottNikhil Dattatraya KotibhaskarKookal Ramunni KrishnanGeorge Brian LockeKrishna Kumar SinhaRodney Julian WalshFrederick Brian Barclay Weston BMJ 2000; 320 :718 (Published 11 March 2000) PDF Permission Back to top PreviousNext