Adult lifestyles count more than childhood factors in determining cardiovascular health [Full text]

	Patients are equally satisfied with outpatient and day case hysteroscopy [Full text]

	No association found between prenatal ultrasound and childhood leukaemia [Full text]

	New allocation formula for primary care prescribing explains nearly two thirds of variation [Full text]

	Norethisterone might be being used as a lifestyle drug [Full text]

	British psychiatrists resist home treatment [Full text]

Editorials

	Giving guidance on child discipline
	Tony Waterston
	BMJ  2000;320:261-262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.261 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Keeping patients out of hospital
	N J Naftalin, M A Habiba
	BMJ  2000;320:262-263, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.262 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psychosocial factors in selection for liver transplantation
	George Masterton
	BMJ  2000;320:263-264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.263 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Information on community health services
	Sylvia Godden, Allyson Pollock, Derek Pheby
	BMJ  2000;320:265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.265 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New formula for GP prescribing budgets
	Azeem Majeed
	BMJ  2000;320:266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.266 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Debate on cot death
	J L Emery, Alison J Waite, C J Bacon, Peter Reder, Sylvia Duncan
	BMJ  2000;320:310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.310 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Childhood vulval lichen sclerosus and sexual abuse are not mutually exclusive diagnoses
	Jenny Powell, Fenella Wojnarowska
	BMJ  2000;320:311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.311 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Antidepressant drugs have previously been shown to be ineffective in mild depression
	Geoff Venning
	BMJ  2000;320:311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.311/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection in non-ulcer dyspepsia
	Derek Gillen, Kenneth E L McColl, Mike Thomson
	BMJ  2000;320:311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.311/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
	M C Steiner, S Singh, M D L Morgan, Phillippa Poole, Peter Black, Huib A M Kerstjens
	BMJ  2000;320:312, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.312 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Young people should be included as partners
	Ann McNulty, Gill Turner
	BMJ  2000;320:313, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.313 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Moving the research agenda
	Brendan C Delaney, David A Fitzmaurice, Helen Lester, Sara Shaw, Yvonne H Carter
	BMJ  2000;320:313, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.313/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patient surveys identify needs
	Rajan Madhok, Raj Bhopal
	BMJ  2000;320:314, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.314 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patients need more than written prompts for communication to be successful
	Anne Fleissig, Brian Glasser, Margaret Lloyd
	BMJ  2000;320:314, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.314/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Risk assessment is open to public interpretation
	Kirsty Licence, Cameron Stark
	BMJ  2000;320:315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.315 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical ethicists do not conform to stereotypes in ER
	Melanie H Wilson Silver
	BMJ  2000;320:315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.315/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Quality at general practice consultations
	Dan Kremer, J G R Howie, D Heaney, M Maxwell, J Walker, G Freeman, H Rai
	BMJ  2000;320:315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.315/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Is germ cell harvest and storage justified in minors treated for cancer?
	H A Spoudeas, W H B Wallace, D Walker
	BMJ  2000;320:316, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.316 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Blair will have difficulty in matching European spending
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2000;320:267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.267 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Government seems to soften pledge on NHS
	Andy McSmith
	BMJ  2000;320:267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.267/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scientists discover how helicobacter survives gastric acid
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2000;320:268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.268 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	University sues scientist for £400000 for undeclared fees
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2000;320:268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.268/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2000;320:268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.268/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Global alliance launches plan to eliminate lymphatic filariasis
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2000;320:269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.269 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Trust accused of racism in awarding payments
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2000;320:269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.269/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	First UK patents for cloning issued to creators of Dolly the sheep
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2000;320:270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.270 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Screening trial for lung cancer planned for UK
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2000;320:270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.270/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS owes £2.8bn in negligence cases
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2000;320:270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.270/b [Extract] [Full text]

	College urges maximum of two embryos for in vitro fertilisation
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2000;320:271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.271 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	South African minister accused of human rights abuse
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2000;320:271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.271/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Health at the hustings
	BMJ  2000;320:272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.272 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Pharmaceutical association launches electronic drugs compendium for patients
	BMJ  2000;320:272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.272/a [Extract] [Full text]

	NHS may have to pay out �2.8bn in negligence cases
	BMJ  2000;320:272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.272/b [Extract] [Full text]

	Impotence more common after prostatectomy than previously thought
	BMJ  2000;320:272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.272/c [Extract] [Full text]

Clinical review

	Extracts from "Clinical Evidence": Chronic fatigue syndrome
	Steven Reid, Trudie Chalder, Anthony Cleare, Matthew Hotopf, Simon Wessely
	BMJ  2000;320:292-296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.292 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of heart failure: Investigation
	M K Davies, C R Gibbs, G Y H Lip
	BMJ  2000;320:297-300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.297 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

	Derivation of a needs based capitation formula for allocating prescribing budgets to health authorities and primary care groups in England: regression analysis • Commentary: The emphasis on transparency weakens the formula
	Nigel Rice, Paul Dixon, David C E F Lloyd, David Roberts, T J Cole
	BMJ  2000;320:284-288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.284 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Analysis of the ability of the new needs adjustment formula to improve the setting of weighted capitation prescribing budgets in English general practice
	Darrin L Baines, David J Parry
	BMJ  2000;320:288-290, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.288 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Is norethisterone a lifestyle drug? Results of database analysis
	Judy Shakespeare, Elizabeth Neve, Karen Hodder
	BMJ  2000;320:291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.291 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

	Looking for the man who fell off the roof
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2000;320:323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.323/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	So who's teaching whom?
	Liz Smith
	BMJ  2000;320:323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.323 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Exploring a fiscal food policy: the case of diet and ischaemic heart disease • Commentary: Alternative nutrition outcomes using a fiscal food policy
	Tom Marshall, Eileen Kennedy, Susan Offutt
	BMJ  2000;320:301-305, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.301 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The home treatment enigma • Home treatmentenigmas and fantasies
	M G Smyth, J Hoult, Anthony J Pelosi, Graham A Jackson
	BMJ  2000;320:305-309, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.305 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2000;320:324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.324 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	A patient who changed my practice: How we improved our treatment of hypertension
	Alexander Williams
	BMJ  2000;320:309, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.309 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	First myocardial infarction in patients of Indian subcontinent and European origin: comparison of risk factors, management, and long term outcome
	BMJ  2000;320:278 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of complementary medicine: Unconventional approaches to nutritional medicine
	BMJ  2000;320:296 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	National electronic Library for Health (NeLH)
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	Obituaries
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	Reviews
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TV

	TV: Have a Heart
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2000;320:322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.322 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: Flu
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2000;320:320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.320 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Surgical Ethics
	R W G Johnson
	BMJ  2000;320:320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.320/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Unequal Burden of Cancer
	Dimitrios Trichopoulos
	BMJ  2000;320:321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.321 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Fundamentals of Anaesthesia
	Robert Stephens
	BMJ  2000;320:321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.321/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Craziness
	BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

	Craziness
	BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

HIT PARADE

	Hit parade
	BMJ  2000;320:321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.321/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Reducing multiple births
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2000;320:322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.322/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	Review body report 2000 • BMA launches Millennium Festival of Medicine • MP wants to tighten law on euthanasia
	BMJ  2000;320:319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.319 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Josephine Barnes • Alan Humphrey Barker • Victor Meir Dellal • Hock Hoo Ee • John Rushworth Holden • Charles Cotton Kennedy • George Krasner • George Kenneth Laxton • James Brian Bonella Riddell • Michael Edward Snell • Nualla Briggs (née Sommerville)
	James Owen Drife, Audrey K Barker, Edward Shaoul, Paul M Woodrow, Raymond Staveacre Rowntree, Emma Case, Geraldine Markey, Neville Krasner, Josephine Laxton, Zal Rahman, Luke Zander, Alasdair Fraser
	BMJ  2000;320:317, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.317 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	Risk of cardiovascular disease measured by carotid intima-media thickness at age 49-51: lifecourse study
	Douglas Lamont, Louise Parker, Martin White, Nigel Unwin, Stuart M A Bennett, Melanie Cohen, David Richardson, Heather O Dickinson, Ashley Adamson, K G M M Alberti, Alan W Craft
	BMJ  2000;320:273-278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.273 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional acknowledgements and a table] FREE

	Patient satisfaction with outpatient hysteroscopy versus day case hysteroscopy: randomised controlled trial
	Christian Kremer, Sean Duffy, Michelle Moroney
	BMJ  2000;320:279-282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.279 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Sample size calculation] FREE

	Prenatal ultrasound examinations and risk of childhood leukaemia: case-control study
	Estelle Naumburg, Rino Bellocco, Sven Cnattingius, Per Hall, Anders Ekbom
	BMJ  2000;320:282-283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.282 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Drug points: Lichenoid drug eruption with proton pump inhibitors
	J L Bong, T W Lucke, W S Douglas
	BMJ  2000;320:283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7230.283 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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