This week's This week in the BMJ

	Risk of subarachnoid haemorrhage is raised in families of patients with the condition [Full text] FREE

	Increase in cases of CJD is likely to be real [Full text] FREE

	Faecal antigen test for H pylori may be useful alternative to 13C urea breath test [Full text] FREE

	Childhood fracture rates are similar in poor and rich areas [Full text] FREE

	Penicillin for seven days can effectively treat sore throat [Full text] FREE

	Touch screen system and leaflet equally effective at informing women about prenatal tests [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	A good death
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2000;320:129-130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.129 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sore throats and antibiotics
	Chris Del Mar
	BMJ  2000;320:130-131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.130 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Generic prescribing: time to regulate the market?
	T Walley, Peter Burrill
	BMJ  2000;320:131-132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.131 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gout
	R D Sturrock
	BMJ  2000;320:132-133, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.132 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Future directions for geriatric medicine
	John Young, Ian Philp
	BMJ  2000;320:133-134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.133 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Disseminating good practice in clinical information
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2000;320:134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.134 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Acute otitis media
	Morten Lindbaek, G Sandhu, A Frosh, A Wright, Peter Williamson, Suresh Patel, Rory Herdman, Paddy O'Neill
	BMJ  2000;320:182, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.182 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for hereditary haemochromatosis should be implemented now
	Katrina Allen, Robert Williamson
	BMJ  2000;320:183, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.183 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Social and productive activities in elderly people
	Chris Riddoch, Matthew Molineux, Gerson T Lesser, Thomas A Glass
	BMJ  2000;320:184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.184 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Health promotion activity should be retargeted at secondary prevention
	Shah Ebrahim, George Davey Smith, Rachel Bennett
	BMJ  2000;320:185, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.185 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Randomised controlled trials in psychiatry
	Helen Barker, Jane Milton, Philip Richardson, Robert Hale
	BMJ  2000;320:186, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.186 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Evaluation of questionnaire on cancer family history in general practice
	Jon Emery, Peter Rose, Virginia Leggatt, James Mackay, John R W Yates
	BMJ  2000;320:186, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.186/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Magnetic resonance imaging is preferred in diagnosing suspected cerebral infections
	N D Marchbank, D C Howlett, D F Sallomi, D V Hughes
	BMJ  2000;320:187, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.187 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	All journals from the BMJ Publishing Group should be free online
	A E Dobbin
	BMJ  2000;320:188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.188 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Complementary medicine must be research led and evidence based
	G T Lewith, E Ernst, Simon Mills, Peter Fisher, Jonathan Monckton, David Reilly, David Peters, Kate Thomas
	BMJ  2000;320:188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.188/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Leading health maintenance organisation near bankruptcy
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2000;320:135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.135 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GP reprimanded for testing patients for HIV without consent
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2000;320:135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.135/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cloned calves are grown from cultured cells
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2000;320:136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.136 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK GPs will have to show they are fit to practise
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2000;320:136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.136/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2000;320:136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.136/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Procedures on dying patients are wrong, study concludes
	James Ciment
	BMJ  2000;320:137, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.137 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Belgium considers legalising euthanasia
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2000;320:137, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.137/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors and politicians clash over size of flu problem
	Richard Woodman
	BMJ  2000;320:138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.138 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Flu rates in Wales highest for a decade
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2000;320:138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.138/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scotland facing worst flu outbreak for six years
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2000;320:138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.138/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Breast cancer screening may not save lives, study finds
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2000;320:139, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.139 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pain relief in US emergency rooms is related to patients' race
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2000;320:139, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.139/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Psychologists question "debriefing" for traumatised employees
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2000;320:140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.140 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scientists identify gene to prevent atherosclerosis
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2000;320:140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.140/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Ireland sees big increase in caesarean sections
	BMJ  2000;320:140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.140/c [Extract] [Full text]

	US alarmed over rise in tuberculosis among immigrants
	BMJ  2000;320:140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.140/d [Extract] [Full text]

	Canada plans stronger health warnings on cigarette packs
	BMJ  2000;320:140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.140/e [Extract] [Full text]

	Australian radiologists face prosecution for fraud
	BMJ  2000;320:140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.140/f [Extract] [Full text]

Information in practice

This week's Information in practice

	Randomised controlled trial comparing effectiveness of touch screen system with leaflet for providing women with information on prenatal tests • Commentary: Evaluating electronic consumer health material
	Wendy Graham, Pat Smith, A Kamal, A Fitzmaurice, N Smith, N Hamilton, Jeremy Wyatt
	BMJ  2000;320:155-160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.155 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra table and figures] FREE

	Infopoints: Managing information overload: developing an electronic directory
	Jennie Lyons, Alex Khot
	BMJ  2000;320:160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.160 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Regular review: Uses of botulinum toxin injection in medicine today
	A Münchau, K P Bhatia
	BMJ  2000;320:161-165, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.161 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence based case report: Asymptomatic haematuria ... in the doctor
	Chris Del Mar
	BMJ  2000;320:165-166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.165 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of heart failure: Pathophysiology
	G Jackson, C R Gibbs, M K Davies, G Y H Lip
	BMJ  2000;320:167-170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.167 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Penicillin for acute sore throat: randomised double blind trial of seven days versus three days treatment or placebo in adults
	Sjoerd Zwart, Alfred P E Sachs, Gijs J H M Ruijs, Jan W Gubbels, Arno W Hoes, Ruut A de Melker
	BMJ  2000;320:150-154, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.150 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Fuller version] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	What was it like for you?
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2000;320:195, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.195/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Far, far away
	John Wright
	BMJ  2000;320:195, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.195 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	New surgical procedures: can we minimise the learning curve?
	A Hasan, M Pozzi, J R L Hamilton
	BMJ  2000;320:171-173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.171 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lurigancho prison: Lima's "high school" for criminality
	Hans Veeken
	BMJ  2000;320:173-175, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.173 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Has the sun protection factor had its day?
	Brian Diffey
	BMJ  2000;320:176-177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.176 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Qualitative research in health care: Using qualitative methods in health related action research
	Julienne Meyer
	BMJ  2000;320:178-181, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.178 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2000;320:196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.196 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	One hundred years ago: Unqualified practice
	BMJ  2000;320:178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.178/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	An unusual treatment: Feeding the fish
	Jonathan Cohen
	BMJ  2000;320:181, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.181 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Doctors suspended in child health inquiry
	BMJ  2000;320:140 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

CD

This week's CD

	CD: Evidence-based Health Care: the Open Learning Resource
	Fiona Moss
	BMJ  2000;320:193, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.193 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

TV

This week's TV

	TV: Future medicine
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2000;320:194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.194 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Curbing the epidemic: governments and the economics of tobacco control
	Simon Chapman
	BMJ  2000;320:192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.192 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Textbook of Prostate Cancer: Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment
	Neville W Harrison
	BMJ  2000;320:192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.192/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Health and Disease Among Women: Biological and Environmental Influences
	Lesley Morrison
	BMJ  2000;320:193, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.193/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Using evidence on yourself
	BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	Using evidence on yourself
	BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Death and dying
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2000;320:194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.194/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	GPs' questions on Supporting Doctors, Protecting Patients • GPs given better protection against violence • Government to review generic drugs market • Juniors to discuss training and development
	BMJ  2000;320:191, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.191 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	John Guyett Scadding • Rachael Lindsay Dawson (née Farley) • Anne Sheila Dutton (née Hollman) • Hilda GarryGibbons • Christopher Martin Lockwood • Gordon Kenneth Rose • Jean Mary Shanks (Princess Galetzine) • Leslie Ernest Smith
	John Crofton, Sally L Barnard, Roger Garforth, Forrester Cockburn, K J Gibbons, J E Lockwood, David Harris, William M Dixon, H Beric Wright, Suzanna van Schaick
	BMJ  2000;320:189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.189 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Risk of subarachnoid haemorrhage in first degree relatives of patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage: follow up study based on national registries in Denmark
	David Gaist, Michael Væth, Ioannis Tsiropoulos, Kaare Christensen, Elisabeth Corder, Jørn Olsen, Henrik Toft Sørensen
	BMJ  2000;320:141-145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.141 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Extent of misclassification of death from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in England 1979-96: retrospective examination of clinical records
	Azeem Majeed, Petra Lehmann, Liz Kirby, Richard Knight, Michel Coleman
	BMJ  2000;320:145-147, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.145 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Comparison of new faecal antigen test with 13C-urea breath test for detecting Helicobacter pylori infection and monitoring eradication treatment: prospective clinical evaluation
	Barbara Braden, Gerlinde Teuber, Christoph F Dietrich, Wolfgang F Caspary, Bernhard Lembcke
	BMJ  2000;320:148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.148 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Incidence of childhood fractures in affluent and deprived areas: population based study
	Ronan A Lyons, Ann M Delahunty, Martin Heaven, Michael McCabe, Howard Allen, Pam Nash
	BMJ  2000;320:149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.149 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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