This week's This week in the BMJ

	Life stress is not associated with the onset of breast cancer [Full text] FREE

	Poverty does not predict tuberculosis in Asians in UK [Full text] FREE

	Social fragmentation is associated with high suicide risk [Full text] FREE

	Obesity among British children is rising [Full text] FREE

	Dyspeptic symptoms may improve after eradication of Helicobacter pylori [Full text] FREE

	How to determine whether cerebral palsy occurs during labour [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Does stress cause cancer?
	Rob McGee
	BMJ  1999;319:1015-1016 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Only a minor part of cerebral palsy cases begin in labour
	Leiv S Bakketeig
	BMJ  1999;319:1016-1017 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The national service framework: a scaffold for mental health
	Peter Tyrer
	BMJ  1999;319:1017-1018 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Accidents that should never have happened
	Robert A Cocks
	BMJ  1999;319:1018-1019 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Radiation risks
	Sarah Darby
	BMJ  1999;319:1019-1020 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Sunlight and health
	Robin Marks, Jane Melia, J L M Hawk, David C Whiteman, Peter L Selby, E Barbara Mawer, Andrew R Ness, Stephen J Frankel, David J Gunnell, George Davey Smith
	BMJ  1999;319:1066 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Intervention trial for late life depression defended
	Robert H Llewellyn-Jones, Karen A Baikie
	BMJ  1999;319:1068 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Design of CRASH trial
	Phil Alderson, Ian Roberts
	BMJ  1999;319:1068 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Routine antenatal HIV testing
	Elizabeth Foley, V Harindra, Maggie Blott, Jean Yearwood, Marie Gerval, Jan Welch, Mark Zuckerman
	BMJ  1999;319:1069 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Influence of data display formats on decisions to stop clinical trials
	James M Walker, Linda S Elting, Charles G Martin, Scott B Cantor, Edward B Rubenstein
	BMJ  1999;319:1070 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Fungal infections of skin and nails of feet
	Hywel Williams, Rachel Hart, Sally E M Bell-Syer, Fay Crawford, Philip Young, Ian Russell, David J Torgerson
	BMJ  1999;319:1070 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Teaching medical students about bereavement is hard
	Jon Fuller
	BMJ  1999;319:1071 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cycle helmets
	Hugh Jackson
	BMJ  1999;319:1071 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The coroner service
	James Pilpel, Rodger Charlton, Martin Samuels, Aziz Sheikh, A R Gatrad, Sangeeta Dhami, Judith Levitan, Brenda K Dines
	BMJ  1999;319:1072 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Attribution of time lag theory to explain French paradox
	Malcolm Law, Nicholas Wald
	BMJ  1999;319:1073 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pens are certainly more portable than computers
	Len Finegold
	BMJ  1999;319:1073 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Alan Milburn returns to UK health department
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  1999;319:1021 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Patients' bill of rights passes first US hurdle
	James Ciment
	BMJ  1999;319:1021 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Patients' complaints: GMC could do better
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  1999;319:1022 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	JAMA appoints woman editor
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  1999;319:1022 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  1999;319:1022 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cell biologist wins Nobel prize
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  1999;319:1023 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	BMA opens door on human reproductive cloning
	Richard Woodman
	BMJ  1999;319:1023 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Study leads to a call for an end to spanking
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  1999;319:1023 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dobson backed NICE ruling on flu drug
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  1999;319:1024 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Tories give a "patient's guarantee"
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  1999;319:1024 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Irish nurses to strike
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  1999;319:1024 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	High PSA levels may show body is fighting cancer
	Debbie Josefson
	BMJ  1999;319:1025 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Prodi proposes food agency for the EU
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  1999;319:1025 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctor accused of killing patients "for enjoyment"
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1999;319:1026 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Health department backs flexible working for NHS in England
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  1999;319:1026 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Three jailed in bribery and prescription fraud scandal
	Xavier Bosch
	BMJ  1999;319:1026 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Surgeon performs bypass operation by microsurgery
	BMJ  1999;319:1026 [Extract] [Full text]

	Hospitals' major incident plans worked well
	BMJ  1999;319:1026 [Extract] [Full text]

	Primary care groups frustrated by variations in funding
	BMJ  1999;319:1026 [Extract] [Full text]

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Fortnightly review: Treatment of schizophrenia
	John McGrath, W Brett Emmerson
	BMJ  1999;319:1045-1048 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Tetanus in an immunised patient
	Zvi Shimoni, Anatoly Dobrousin, Jonathan Cohen, Silvio Pitlik
	BMJ  1999;319:1049 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of complementary medicine: Herbal medicine
	Andrew Vickers, Catherine Zollman
	BMJ  1999;319:1050-1053 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Is Helicobacter pylori associated with non-ulcer dyspepsia and will eradication improve symptoms? A meta-analysis
	R Liisa Jaakkimainen, Eleanor Boyle, Fred Tudiver
	BMJ  1999;319:1040-1044 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of the study, references] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Society column
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  1999;319:1079 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	This time it was not a drill
	Farhad Islam
	BMJ  1999;319:1079 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	A template for defining a causal relation between acute intrapartum events and cerebral palsy: international consensus statement
	Alastair MacLennan
	BMJ  1999;319:1054-1059 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: International Palsy Task Force, references]

	Impact of legislation on nursing home care in the United States: lessons for the United Kingdom • Commentary: A new script for nursing home care in the United Kingdom?
	Carmel M Hughes, Kate L Lapane, Vincent Mor, A Turrell, C M Castleden
	BMJ  1999;319:1060-1063 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The hospital of the future: Is bigger better? Concentration in the provision of secondary care
	John Posnett
	BMJ  1999;319:1063-1065 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1999;319:1080 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	One hundred years ago: A case of tetany due to exposure to the sun
	BMJ  1999;319:1039 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Ingenious healing
	BMJ  1999;319:1048 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Home
	BMJ  1999;319:1048 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Some hiding places of the tubercle bacillus
	BMJ  1999;319:1050 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: The whole idea was so disgusting
	BMJ  1999;319:1063 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Mozart on death
	BMJ  1999;319:1063 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

This week's Career focus

	Public health is good for you
	Sam Gibbs, Nandu Thalange
	BMJ  1999;319:2 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: The NHS assumes its consultants will retire aged 65...
	BMJ  1999;319:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: Although the perceived threat of a bad reference is...
	BMJ  1999;319:3a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: Career focus's recent move within the eBMJ is...
	BMJ  1999;319:3b [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Biohazard
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  1999;319:1077 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Making Use of Guidelines in Clinical Practice; Implementing Clinical Guidelines: A Practical Guide
	Andrew Wilson
	BMJ  1999;319:1078 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	All a matter of tone
	BMJ  1999;319 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	All a matter of tone
	BMJ  1999;319 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BESTSELLERS

This week's BESTSELLERS

	Bestsellers
	BMJ  1999;319:1077 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Breast problems
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  1999;319:1078 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	BMA establishes racial equality committee • Juniors are assured of BMA's unanimous support • BMA council is happy with annual report • Doctors welcome extra money for Northern Ireland • Minister sympathises with public health doctors' concern
	BMJ  1999;319:1076 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Robert Turner • Ernest John Coponet Kendall • Ronald William Lones McLeish • Thomas ("Tucker") Moore • William Ross Sadler • Stanley Grenville Shaw • Charles Stuart Murray Stephen • Bernard Colin Walker • John Robert Winter
	Michael Hall, R A P Stott, A A Clark, K T H Moore, Michael Watson, Martin Grenville Shaw, Ian B M Stephen, R W Walker, J Michael Winter
	BMJ  1999;319:1074 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Stressful life events and difficulties and onset of breast cancer: case-control study
	David Protheroe, Kim Turvey, Kieran Horgan, Eddie Benson, David Bowers, Allan House
	BMJ  1999;319:1027-1030 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: The Sample size calculation] FREE

	Ecological analysis of ethnic differences in relation between tuberculosis and poverty
	Jeremy I Hawker, Surinder S Bakhshi, Shaukat Ali, C Paddy Farrington
	BMJ  1999;319:1031-1034 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Ecological study of social fragmentation, poverty, and suicide
	Elise Whitley, David Gunnell, Daniel Dorling, George Davey Smith
	BMJ  1999;319:1034-1037 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Does publicity about cancer screening raise fear of cancer? Randomised trial of the psychological effect of information about cancer screening
	Jane Wardle, Tamara Taylor, Stephen Sutton, Wendy Atkin
	BMJ  1999;319:1037-1038 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prevalence of overweight and obesity in British children: cohort study
	John J Reilly, Ahmad R Dorosty, Pauline M Emmett
	BMJ  1999;319:1039 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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