This week's This week in the BMJ

	Alcohol lowers risk of heart disease through effect on lipids and haemostatic factors [Full text] FREE

	Costs outweigh benefits of interferon in multiple sclerosis [Full text] FREE

	Hospital at home scheme is acceptable alternative to hospital care and is cost effective [Full text] FREE

	Hypericum extract improves depression and quality of life [Full text] FREE

	Squeezing causes less scarring than phenol ablation in molluscum contagiosum [Full text] FREE

	Nearly half reported hepatic adverse drug reactions are unrelated to incriminated drug [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Coping with winter bed crises
	Barbara Hanratty, Mike Robinson
	BMJ  1999;319:1511-1512 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for familial intracranial aneurysms
	Peter J Kirkpatrick, R S McConnell
	BMJ  1999;319:1512-1513 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Improving reperfusion after myocardial infarction
	Ian B A Menown, A A Jennifer Adgey
	BMJ  1999;319:1513-1515 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Netprints: the next phase in the evolution of biomedical publishing
	Tony Delamothe, Richard Smith, Michael A Keller, John Sack, Bill Witscher
	BMJ  1999;319:1515-1516 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Cancer survival in Britain
	P G de Takats, Nicholas Summerton, Milena Sant, Franco Berrino, Jan Wilhem W Coebergh, Ian Kunkler, Alan Rodger, Karen Taylor
	BMJ  1999;319:1572 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Article on bayesian methods was right
	James E Parker
	BMJ  1999;319:1573 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence based palliative care
	Gordon McLaren, Clive Preston, Bob Grant, Tim Lovel
	BMJ  1999;319:1573 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Spurious asystole with use of manual defibrillators
	Douglas Chamberlain, Kenneth W Bartelt
	BMJ  1999;319:1574 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Relation of C pneumoniae antibodies to ischaemic heart disease
	David Taylor-Robinson, Brenda J Thomas, Leena von Hertzen, Raimo Isoaho, Sirkka-Liisa Kivelä, Pekka Saikku
	BMJ  1999;319:1575 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Breast feeding and obesity
	Michael Wadsworth, Sarah Marshall, Rebecca Hardy, Alison Paul, Johannes Hebebrand
	BMJ  1999;319:1576 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Subspecialist psychiatrists are sometimes selective about whom they will treat
	Anthony J Pelosi, Irene McKee
	BMJ  1999;319:1577 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Effectiveness of glucocorticoids in treating croup
	Terry P Klassen, Angela J Tillett, James D M Gould, Christopher Cates, S Jothimurugan, Zoaka Hassan, M Silverman
	BMJ  1999;319:1577 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Overreaction to the Paddington rail disaster may not be beneficial in the long run
	C K Connolly
	BMJ  1999;319:1578 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors are still committing genocide
	J H Baron
	BMJ  1999;319:1578 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Patients dialysed at for-profit centres do worse
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  1999;319:1517 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	United States issues guidelines on embryo cell research
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  1999;319:1517 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	COX 2 inhibitors can affect the stomach lining
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  1999;319:1518 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Government orders inquiry into removal of children's organs
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1999;319:1518 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  1999;319:1518 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Medical errors kill almost 100000 Americans a year
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  1999;319:1519 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Bristol manager dismissed warnings as "exaggerated"
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1999;319:1519 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS cancer patients denied supportive treatments
	Richard Woodman
	BMJ  1999;319:1520 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scotland cracks down on antiabortion harassment
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  1999;319:1520 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Canadian politicians propose expansion of private health care
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  1999;319:1520 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US changes trade policy on essential medicines
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  1999;319:1521 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Zinc supplementation prevents diarrhoea and pneumonia
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  1999;319:1521 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Report finds persisting poverty and social exclusion
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  1999;319:1522 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Irish government plans a "junior" consultant grade
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  1999;319:1522 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Passive smoking more risky for women with a missing gene
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  1999;319:1522 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Some people are at very low risk from heart disease
	BMJ  1999;319:1522 [Extract] [Full text]

	EU bans baby toys containing phthalates
	BMJ  1999;319:1522 [Extract] [Full text]

	"Canada's research funding agency must support RCTs" - Sackett
	BMJ  1999;319:1522 [Extract] [Full text]

	Canada releases documents showing secrets of tobacco industry
	BMJ  1999;319:1522 [Extract] [Full text]

	Mbeki claims that AZT is dangerous
	BMJ  1999;319:1522 [Extract] [Full text]

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: Functional magnetic resonance imaging in neuropsychiatry
	Catherine Longworth, Garry Honey, Tonmoy Sharma
	BMJ  1999;319:1551-1554 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Hyponatraemic seizures and excessive intake of hypotonic fluids in young children
	P Bhalla, F E Eaton, J B S Coulter, F L Amegavie, J A Sills, L J Abernethy
	BMJ  1999;319:1554-1557 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of complementary medicine: Complementary medicine and the doctor
	Catherine Zollman, Andrew Vickers
	BMJ  1999;319:1558-1561 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Randomised controlled trial of effectiveness of Leicester hospital at home scheme compared with hospital care
	Andrew Wilson, Hilda Parker, Alison Wynn, Carol Jagger, Nicky Spiers, Jeremy Jones, Gillian Parker
	BMJ  1999;319:1542-1546 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Economic evaluation of hospital at home versus hospital care: cost minimisation analysis of data from randomised controlled trial
	Jeremy Jones, Andrew Wilson, Hilda Parker, Alison Wynn, Carol Jagger, Nicky Spiers, Gillian Parker
	BMJ  1999;319:1547-1550 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Playing the guru
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  1999;319:1585 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Millennium pay
	Alan Randall
	BMJ  1999;319:1585 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	When can a risk factor be used as a worthwhile screening test?
	N J Wald, A K Hackshaw, C D Frost
	BMJ  1999;319:1562-1565 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Mathematical appendix]

	Registering clinical trials
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  1999;319:1565-1568 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health and human rights in contemporary humanitarian crises: is Kosovo more important than Sierra Leone?
	Peter Salama, Bruce Laurence, Monica L Nolan
	BMJ  1999;319:1569-1571 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1999;319:1586 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
	BMJ  1999;319:1541 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Wise advice
	BMJ  1999;319:1541 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: On ageing: the optimist
	BMJ  1999;319:1541 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Abandoning babies safely
	John Taylor
	BMJ  1999;319:1546 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Getting at the truth
	BMJ  1999;319:1546 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: A case of rupture of the heart
	BMJ  1999;319:1554 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	William Harvey, hypothermia, and battle injuries
	M J Harbinson
	BMJ  1999;319:1561 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Understanding of the world
	BMJ  1999;319:1569 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

This week's Career focus

	The role of the clinical tutor
	David Mabin
	BMJ  1999;319:2 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: The General Medical Council is very clear that...
	BMJ  1999;319:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: Falling unemployment gives workers of all kinds the...
	BMJ  1999;319:3a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: If there's one thing about the web to...
	BMJ  1999;319:3b [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

TV

This week's TV

	TV: Don't Be Ashamed
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  1999;319:1584 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Sports Medicine Handbook
	V M Krishna Bhaskarabhatla
	BMJ  1999;319:1582 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: In the Blood: Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race
	Haroon Saloojee
	BMJ  1999;319:1582 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

FILM

This week's FILM

	Film: The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
	Sean A Spence
	BMJ  1999;319:1583 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Openness: a virtue whose time has come
	BMJ  1999;319 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Open archives
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  1999;319:1584 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

A BOOK THAT CHANGED ME

This week's A BOOK THAT CHANGED ME

	A book that changed me: Birdsong
	Paul Slade
	BMJ  1999;319:1583 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Anwar Akhtar • Brian Douglas Bower • Timothy David Brentnall • Michael Patrick Gogan • Ian James Gordon • Joseph Grech • Michael Gurnell Green • John Bridge Lilly • Rukhsana Majeed • Douglas Fraser Nicholson • Donald Reginald Pratt • Trevor Bleddyn Lloyd Roberts • Sydney Rosehill • Charles Michael Casterton Smelt • Kenneth Carl Pfeiffer Smith • William Arthur Leigh Tucker • Guy Wilson • Madhav Wipat • Anne Christine Wright
	Andrew Douglas, Andrew Wilkinson, Angela Brentnall, David Hunter, Neil S I Gordon, L J German, G Sechiari, Paul Creighton, Norman E MacLean, Douglas G Nicholson, M J Mellor, P Pratt, Anthony Rubin, E Sturdy, G J C Smelt, D F Early, Martha G L Tucker, Mary Wells, Sudershan Verma, Alan Bernstein
	BMJ  1999;319:1579 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Moderate alcohol intake and lower risk of coronary heart disease: meta-analysis of effects on lipids and haemostatic factors
	Eric B Rimm, Paige Williams, Kerry Fosher, Michael Criqui, Meir J Stampfer
	BMJ  1999;319:1523-1528 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references] FREE

	Population based cost utility study of interferon beta-1b in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis
	Raeburn B Forbes, Ann Lees, Norman Waugh, Robert J Swingler
	BMJ  1999;319:1529-1533 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hypericum extract versus imipramine or placebo in patients with moderate depression: randomised multicentre study of treatment for eight weeks • Commentary: Has hypericum found its place in antidepressant treatment?
	Michael Philipp, Ralf Kohnen, Karl-O Hiller, Klaus Linde, Michael Berner
	BMJ  1999;319:1534-1539 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Sample size calculation and chart] FREE

	Scarring in molluscum contagiosum: comparison of physical expression and phenol ablation
	Richard Weller, Chris J O'Callaghan, Ruth M MacSween, Marion I White
	BMJ  1999;319:1540 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Accuracy of hepatic adverse drug reaction reporting in one English health region
	Guruprasad P Aithal, Michael D Rawlins, Christopher P Day
	BMJ  1999;319:1541 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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