Evidence for cerebral dysfunction in people after the Camelford water incident [Full text]

	Fasting plasma glucose concentration can be used to screen for gestational diabetes [Full text]

	Exclusive breast feeding is protective against asthma and atopy in children [Full text]

	Alcohol has a negative net effect on young men's health [Full text]

	Near patient tests in primary care are poorly evaluated [Full text]

	"Exercise on prescription" is a waste of scarce resources [Full text]

Editorials

	The third generation oral contraceptive controversy
	Paul A O'Brien
	BMJ  1999;319:795-796, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.795 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Should cases of permanent vegetative state still go to court?
	Bryan Jennett
	BMJ  1999;319:796-797, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.796 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reconfiguring acute hospital services
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  1999;319:797-798, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.797 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for gestational diabetes mellitus
	Evelyne Rey
	BMJ  1999;319:798-799, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.798 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment options for chronic hepatitis
	A J Zuckerman, D Lavanchy
	BMJ  1999;319:799-800, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.799 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Cancellation of debt must ensure maximum benefit to vulnerable
	David Southall
	BMJ  1999;319:849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.849 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Developing countries cannot afford high fees for speakers
	Teerakiat Jargensettasin, Guy Edwards
	BMJ  1999;319:849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.849a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Antidepressants for old people
	R C Baldwin, Peter Haddad, R H McAllister-Williams, Catherine Gordon, Martin G Livingston, Hilary M Livingston
	BMJ  1999;319:849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.849b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Low molecular weight heparins could be important in cancer
	Sergio Siragusa
	BMJ  1999;319:851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.851 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hypoalbuminaemia and transcapillary pressures have role in nephrotic syndrome
	Nadeem E Moghal
	BMJ  1999;319:852, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.852 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mibefradil was not rushed to market in United States
	Robert R Fenichel
	BMJ  1999;319:852, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.852a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	General practitioners' experiences of patients' complaints
	Peter Thomson, Gail Young
	BMJ  1999;319:852, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.852b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prison officers can recognise hidden psychiatric morbidity in prisoners
	Luke Birmingham
	BMJ  1999;319:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.853 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Reducing risk of recurrent coronary heart disease in Cornwall
	H M Dalal, Hugh Bethell
	BMJ  1999;319:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.853a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Is recruitment more difficult with a placebo arm in RCTs?
	Lindsay Forbes, Sue Chinn, Jose Figueroa-Munoz, Paul Seed, A J Welton, M R Vickers, J A Cooper, T W Meade, T M Marteau
	BMJ  1999;319:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.853b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Differences in death rates in English hospitals
	Tom Hennell, John P Bunker, Nick Black
	BMJ  1999;319:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.854 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Competing interests are relevant to lectures approved for PGEA
	Pawan Randev
	BMJ  1999;319:855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.855 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Policy must separate need for hospital beds from demand
	Tom Marshall
	BMJ  1999;319:855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.855a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	New epidemiological research in Europe may be thwarted by short term funding
	Rodolfo Saracci, Josep Anto', Jorn Olsen, Anthony McMichael, Dimitrios Trichopoulos
	BMJ  1999;319:855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.855b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Report suggests that NHS is unsustainable in present form
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  1999;319:801, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.801 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Professor accused of covering up mistakes in drug trial
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1999;319:801, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.801a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK GPs will be consulted on revalidation proposals
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  1999;319:802, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.802 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Royal College battles for more women surgeons
	Richard Woodman
	BMJ  1999;319:802, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.802a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  1999;319:802, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.802b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Study identifies why child heart operations go wrong
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1999;319:803, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.803 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Israel wants to abolish private medicine in public hospitals
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  1999;319:803, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.803a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Report condemns NHS complaints procedure
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  1999;319:804, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.804 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO nominates new regional director for Europe
	Phyllida Brown
	BMJ  1999;319:804, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.804a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Complaints mechanism fails older patients
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  1999;319:804, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.804b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Direct to consumer drug advertising is billion dollar business in US
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  1999;319:805, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.805 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	American Medical Association guidelines on direct to consumer advertising
	BMJ  1999;319:805, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.805a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	AIDS cuts life expectancy insub-Saharan Africa by a quarter
	Dorothy Logie
	BMJ  1999;319:806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.806 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	AMA sets up "union" for employed doctors
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  1999;319:806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.806a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Calcium channel blockers affect cognitive function in older people
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  1999;319:806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.806b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Smokers who quit still die earlier than those who never smoked
	BMJ  1999;319:806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.806c [Extract] [Full text]

	Report reveals health inequalities in Wales
	BMJ  1999;319:806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.806d [Extract] [Full text]

Clinical review

	Clinical evidence: Acute otitis media
	Paddy O'Neill
	BMJ  1999;319:833-835, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.833 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of complementary medicine: Users and practitioners of complementary medicine
	Catherine Zollman, Andrew Vickers
	BMJ  1999;319:836-838, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.836 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

	Systematic review of near patient test evaluations in primary care
	Brendan C Delaney, Chris J Hyde, Richard J McManus, Sue Wilson, David A Fitzmaurice, Sue Jowett, Ros Tobias, Gary H Thorpe, F D Richard Hobbs
	BMJ  1999;319:824-827, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.824 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Tables][extra: external review panel] FREE

	The Newcastle exercise project: a randomised controlled trial of methods to promote physical activity in primary care
	Jane Harland, Martin White, Chris Drinkwater, David Chinn, Lorna Farr, Denise Howel
	BMJ  1999;319:828-832, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.828 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Exclusion criteria] FREE

Soundings

	Pinot Noir powders
	George Dunea
	BMJ  1999;319:861, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.861a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Peer review: thinking the unthinkable
	Tim Albert
	BMJ  1999;319:861, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.861 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Everywhere and nowherea Socratic dialogue on the new public health
	Ian Wylie, Siân Griffiths, David J Hunter
	BMJ  1999;319:839-840, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.839 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The permanent vegetative state: practical guidance on diagnosis and management
	Derick T Wade, Claire Johnston
	BMJ  1999;319:841-844, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.841 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The hospital of the future: International trends in the provision and utilisation of hospital care
	Martin Hensher, Nigel Edwards, Rachel Stokes
	BMJ  1999;319:845-848, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.845 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1999;319:862, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.862 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
	BMJ  1999;319:828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.828a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable teacher: Reasons to be thankful
	Neville W Goodman
	BMJ  1999;319:844, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.844 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Dangerous lunatics
	BMJ  1999;319:845, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.845a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Nutritional hyperhomocysteinaemia
	BMJ  1999;319:800, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.800 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Ethnic and sex differences in selection for admission to Nottingham University Medical School
	BMJ  1999;319:823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.823 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	Developing skills in consulting with the public
	Diana Jakubowska
	BMJ  1999;319:2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.2 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: An EU directive gives parents of preschool children...
	BMJ  1999;319:3, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.3 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: The professional bodies who accredit specialists must move...
	BMJ  1999;319:3a, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.3a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

	Book: Drug Treatment Systems in an International Perspective: Drugs, Demons, and Delinquents
	Diyanath Samarasinghe
	BMJ  1999;319:859, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.859 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Law Without Enforcement
	Martin Humphreys
	BMJ  1999;319:859, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.859a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

RADIO

	Radio: Vital Signs
	Hilary Scott, Gerry Bennett
	BMJ  1999;319:860, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.860 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Interpreting competing interests
	BMJ  1999;319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

	Interpreting competing interests
	BMJ  1999;319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.0a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Women in surgery
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  1999;319:860, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.860a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	GPs should be balloted on primary care trusts • GMC delays guidelines on confidentiality • Health secretary refuses moratorium on bed closures • Health department sets up clinical governance team • BMA sets deadline for working time directive
	BMJ  1999;319:858, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.858 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Clarence Walton Lillehei • John Andrew • John Aubrey Luther Bonnell • Kenyon Carnarvon Brown • Stuart Charles Kennedy • Harold Oliver Phillipson • Ephraim Frank Swift • Alfred Butler Taylor • Michael Richard Tomlinson
	Norman Shumway, C J Earl, W M Dixon, K C Brown, Michael Middleton, Peter H Phillipson, David Watt, Raphael Marcus, Timothy Pick, Janet Fricker
	BMJ  1999;319:856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.856 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	Disturbance of cerebral function in people exposed to drinking water contaminated with aluminium sulphate: retrospective study of the Camelford water incident
	Paul Altmann, John Cunningham, Usha Dhanesha, Margaret Ballard, James Thompson, Frank Marsh
	BMJ  1999;319:807-811, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.807 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: longer version] FREE

	Using fasting plasma glucose concentrations to screen for gestational diabetes mellitus: prospective population based study
	Daniele Perucchini, Ursin Fischer, Giatgen A Spinas, Renate Huch, Albert Huch, Roger Lehmann
	BMJ  1999;319:812-815, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.812 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Association between breast feeding and asthma in 6 year old children: findings of a prospective birth cohort study
	W H Oddy, P G Holt, P D Sly, A W Read, L I Landau, F J Stanley, G E Kendall, P R Burton
	BMJ  1999;319:815-819, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.815 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Admission for and mortality from primary venous thromboembolism in women of fertile age in Denmark, 1977-95
	Lene Mellemkjær, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Lene Dreyer, Jørn Olsen, Jørgen H Olsen
	BMJ  1999;319:820-821, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.820 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Association between alcohol consumption and mortality, myocardial infarction, and stroke in 25 year follow up of 49 618 young Swedish men
	Anders Romelsjö, Anders Leifman
	BMJ  1999;319:821-822, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.821 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: detailed methods section] FREE

	Helicobacter pylori and childhood recurrent abdominal pain: community based case-control study
	Colin Macarthur, Norman Saunders, William Feldman, Moshe Ipp, Patricia Winders-Lee, Susan Roberts, Linda Best, Philip Sherman, Paul Pencharz, Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten
	BMJ  1999;319:822-823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.822 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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