New table for assessing coronary risk has high specificity and sensitivity [Full text] FREE

	Framingham model for risk of heart disease fits a British population well [Full text] FREE

	Hypertensive patients don't gain from computerised risk assessment [Full text] FREE

	Risk based guidelines may improve hypertension treatment [Full text] FREE

	New Zealand and British risk charts are easier to use in primary care than Sheffield table [Full text] FREE

	NHS needs to implement coronary risk reduction for the 10% of population at high risk [Full text] FREE

Editorials

	Guidelines on preventing cardiovascular disease in clinical practice
	Rodney Jackson
	BMJ  2000;320:659-661, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.659 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Promoting the health of looked after children
	Leon Polnay, Harriet Ward
	BMJ  2000;320:661-662, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.661 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Good practice in sterilisation
	Helen Roberts
	BMJ  2000;320:662-663, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.662 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Asthma drug delivery devices for children
	Christopher O'Callaghan, Peter W Barry
	BMJ  2000;320:664, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.664 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Managing self poisoning
	Madhur Dev Bhattarai, Dilip DaCruz, Mehmood Chaudhry, Rakesh Khanna, Michael Trimble, John Hollingsworth, Robin Jones, R Harris, Alison L Jones, Glyn Volans
	BMJ  2000;320:711, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.711 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Health minister clarifies Care Standards Bill
	Gisela Stuart
	BMJ  2000;320:713, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.713 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Differentiating between audit and research
	Charles P Warlow, Rustam Al-Shahi, P V Scott
	BMJ  2000;320:713, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.713/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Authors take issue with commentary on their paper
	Lena A Sanci, Carolyn M M Coffey, George C Patton, Glenn Bowes
	BMJ  2000;320:713, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.713/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mortality prediction model is preferable to APACHE
	Frank Shann
	BMJ  2000;320:714, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.714 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Development and evaluation committees' methods for appraising new drugs
	Nick Bosanquet, Keith Fox, Bruce Campbell, Ken Stein, Ruairidh Milne
	BMJ  2000;320:714, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.714/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Osteoporosis and coeliac disease
	W E Fickling, A K Bhalla, Conleth Feighery
	BMJ  2000;320:715, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.715 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hospital of the future
	L C Luke, Tom Marshall
	BMJ  2000;320:715, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.715/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Seasonality of birth in children with diabetes
	Hongxin Zhao, Andrew G Demaine, B Ann Millward, Zvi Laron
	BMJ  2000;320:716, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.716 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Rationing certainly exists in treatment for cancer
	Donald W Milligan
	BMJ  2000;320:717, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.717 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Distress symptoms may be easy to miss
	John Last
	BMJ  2000;320:717, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.717/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Centralisation of cancer services in rural areas has disadvantages
	A Gordon Baird, C Mary Donnelly, Nigel T Miscampell, Helen D Wemyss
	BMJ  2000;320:717, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.717/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Heart disease framework aims to cut deaths in England
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2000;320:665, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.665 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors fail to follow advice in giving tPA
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;320:666, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.666 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cannabinoids might reduce spasticity in multiple sclerosis
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;320:666, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.666/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
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	Australian government attacked for tobacco funding
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2000;320:667, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.667 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UN condemns Australian plans for "safe injecting rooms"
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2000;320:667, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.667/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US launches new clinical trials database
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2000;320:668, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.668 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Patients must disclose infectious diseases, Israeli doctors say
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2000;320:668, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.668/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	India eradicates guinea worm disease
	Rohit Sharma
	BMJ  2000;320:668, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.668/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Malaria epidemic expected in Mozambique
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2000;320:669, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.669 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Surgeon in kidney inquiry himself faces surgery suit
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2000;320:669, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.669/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scientists find a new way around blood clotting disorders
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2000;320:670, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.670 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Romanian national insurance cannot cover GPs' prescriptions
	Tudor Toma
	BMJ  2000;320:670, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.670/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

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	College inquiry clears hospital's cardiology services
	BMJ  2000;320:670, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.670/b [Extract] [Full text]

	Blair tackled on heart deaths
	BMJ  2000;320:670, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.670/c [Extract] [Full text]

	Cell transplantation aids spinal cord repair in rats
	BMJ  2000;320:670, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.670/d [Extract] [Full text]

Clinical review

	Extracts from "Clinical Evidence": Acute ischaemic stroke
	Gord Gubitz, Peter Sandercock
	BMJ  2000;320:692-696, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.692 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Unnecessary surgical treatment of fungal kerions in children
	Karen L Gibbon, Portia Goldsmith, Jennifer A Salisbury, Anthony P Bewley
	BMJ  2000;320:696-697, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.696 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of arterial and venous disease: Non-invasive methods of arterial and venous assessment
	Richard Donnelly, David Hinwood, Nick J M London
	BMJ  2000;320:698-701, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.698 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

	Using thresholds based on risk of cardiovascular disease to target treatment for hypertension: modelling events averted and number treated
	Simon Baker, Patricia Priest, Rod Jackson
	BMJ  2000;320:680-685, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.680 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Evaluation of computer based clinical decision support system and risk chart for management of hypertension in primary care: randomised controlled trial
	Alan A Montgomery, Tom Fahey, Tim J Peters, Christopher MacIntosh, Deborah J Sharp
	BMJ  2000;320:686-690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.686 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Risk assessment in primary prevention of coronary heart disease: randomised comparison of three scoring methods
	Christopher G Isles, Lewis D Ritchie, Peter Murchie, John Norrie
	BMJ  2000;320:690-691, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.690 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

	Seize the day
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2000;320:723, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.723/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	"Absolute" is inappropriate for quantitative risk estimation
	Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe
	BMJ  2000;320:723, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.723 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Estimating cardiovascular risk for primary prevention: outstanding questions for primary care
	John Robson, Kambiz Boomla, Ben Hart, Gene Feder
	BMJ  2000;320:702-704, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.702 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Joint British recommendations on prevention of coronary heart disease in clinical practice: summary
	British Cardiac Society, British Hyperlipidaemia Association, British Hypertension Society, British Diabetic Association
	BMJ  2000;320:705-708, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.705 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Updated New Zealand cardiovascular disease risk-benefit prediction guide
	Rodney Jackson
	BMJ  2000;320:709-710, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.709 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2000;320:724, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.724 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	One hundred years ago: Discovery of a Temple of Æsculapius
	BMJ  2000;320:690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.690/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	How medicine has changed: Mother's milk
	Gordon M Black
	BMJ  2000;320:691, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.691 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A very peculiar dream
	Robin Gatenby
	BMJ  2000;320:708, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.708 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

TV

	TV: Some talk of genocide
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2000;320:722, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.722 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: The Nazi War on Cancer
	Roger Cooter
	BMJ  2000;320:721, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.721 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine
	John Hartley
	BMJ  2000;320:721, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.721/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Being smarter about preventing heart disease
	BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

	Being smarter about preventing heart disease
	BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Risk of cardiovascular disease
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2000;320:722, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.722/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	BMA wants open debate on regulation of doctors • Health secretary wants to change NHS workforce planning • PM replies on funding promise
	BMJ  2000;320:720, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.720 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Donald Varley Bateman • Clive Andrew Devall • Margaret Joan Godley • Ursula James • Rodney George Mansfield Jones • James Montague Somerville Knott • Nikhil Dattatraya Kotibhaskar • Kookal Ramunni Krishnan • George Brian Locke • Krishna Kumar Sinha • Rodney Julian Walsh • Frederick Brian Barclay Weston
	James Thomson, Harry Kopelman, R D Williams, Caroline Bradbeer, Jan Welch, Judith Darmady, Elizabeth Galvin, Martin Vessey, Alec Walters, Clive Glass, Ian Isherwood, Anil Kumar, Marta Caldwell, Jane Weston
	BMJ  2000;320:718, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.718 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	Coronary and cardiovascular risk estimation for primary prevention: validation of a new Sheffield table in the 1995 Scottish health survey population
	Erica J Wallis, Lawrence E Ramsay, Iftikhar Ul Haq, Parviz Ghahramani, Peter R Jackson, Karen Rowland-Yeo, Wilfred W Yeo
	BMJ  2000;320:671-676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.671 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Using the Framingham model to predict heart disease in the United Kingdom: retrospective study
	S Ramachandran, J M French, M P J Vanderpump, P Croft, R H Neary
	BMJ  2000;320:676-677, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.676 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Should treatment recommendations for lipid lowering drugs be based on absolute coronary risk or risk reduction?
	S Ramachandran, J M French, M P J Vanderpump, P Croft, R H Neary
	BMJ  2000;320:677-679, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.677 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Drug points: Allergy associated with ciprofloxacin
	P Burke, S R Burne
	BMJ  2000;320:679, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.679 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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