HTLV is as prevalent as HIV among UK infants [Full text]

	Troponin T predicts mortality in patients with ischaemic stroke [Full text]

	Unsafe sexual practices are increasing among gay men in London [Full text]

	Patients prefer enemas to laxatives for bowel preparation [Full text]

	People who have strokes while in hospital have a poor prognosis [Full text]

	Studies of patient satisfaction with telemedicine are inconclusive [Full text]

Editorials

	Adjuvant irradiation for breast cancer
	Ian Kunkler
	BMJ  2000;320:1485-1486, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1485 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Stalking: why do people do it?
	Rajesh Nadkarni, Don Grubin
	BMJ  2000;320:1486-1487, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1486 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	HIV risk behaviour in gay men: on the rise?
	Andrew Grulich
	BMJ  2000;320:1487-1488, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1487 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New approaches to conversion hysteria
	Peter W Halligan, Christopher Bass, Derick T Wade
	BMJ  2000;320:1488-1489, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1488 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Revalidation for doctors in the United Kingdom: the end or the beginning?
	Clair du Boulay
	BMJ  2000;320:1490, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1490 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Authors' reply to Camelford letters
	Paul Altmann, John Cunningham, Frank Marsh, Usha Dhanesha, Margaret Ballard, James Thompson
	BMJ  2000;320:1536, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1536 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug use has declined among teenagers in United Kingdom
	Martin Plant, Patrick Miller
	BMJ  2000;320:1536, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1536/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Unconventional approaches to nutritional medicine
	Ned Hoke, A Shenkin
	BMJ  2000;320:1538, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1538 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Child discipline
	Robert E Larzelere, Den A Trumbull, Richard D W Hain, Richard Fry, Tony Waterston
	BMJ  2000;320:1538, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1538/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection
	G Gopal Rao, J O'Donohue, C S Mahankali Rao, H Fidler, M C Bateson, Vincenzo Savarino, Matteo Neri, Sergio Vigneri
	BMJ  2000;320:1540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1540 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Stool immunoassay for Helicobacter pylori is not specific enough
	Mario Guslandi
	BMJ  2000;320:1541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1541 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Health effects of landfill sites
	Dave Roberts, Andy Redfearn, Jenny Dockerty, Judith Greenacre, Margery Morgan, David Tucker
	BMJ  2000;320:1541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1541/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Haemoglobinopathy screening can be carried out in general practice
	Jane Logan
	BMJ  2000;320:1542, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1542 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Working in other countries
	Kirsteen J Thompson, Elspeth Webb
	BMJ  2000;320:1543, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1543 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Clinton seeks heavy fines for breaching research ethics
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2000;320:1491, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1491 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Unusable medicines "dumped" on Venezuela
	Claire Wallerstein
	BMJ  2000;320:1491, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1491/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Asylum seekers in UK receive poor health care
	Judy Jones
	BMJ  2000;320:1492, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1492 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Coffee may lower risk of Parkinson's disease
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2000;320:1492, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1492/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2000;320:1492, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1492/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Mouth to mouth ventilation does not improve CPR
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;320:1493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1493 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Prisoners in England and Wales are at risk of bloodborne viruses
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2000;320:1493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1493/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Junior doctors accept new pay deal
	Helen Morant
	BMJ  2000;320:1494, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1494 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Romanian junior doctors left without salaries
	Tudor Toma
	BMJ  2000;320:1494, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1494/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Irish juniors defer their strike
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2000;320:1494, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1494/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	BMA demands more responsible media attitude on body image
	Helen Morant
	BMJ  2000;320:1495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1495 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	SLE is caused by cell debris
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2000;320:1495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1495/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Geographical mobility is predictor of demand on psychiatric services
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2000;320:1496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1496 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	High insulin levels linked to deaths from breast cancer
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2000;320:1496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1496/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	First genetic medicines available in five years?
	BMJ  2000;320:1496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1496/b [Extract] [Full text]

Information in practice

	Systematic review of studies of patient satisfaction with telemedicine
	Frances Mair, Pamela Whitten
	BMJ  2000;320:1517-1520, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1517 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra table] FREE

Clinical review

	Regular review: Management of lateral neck masses in adults
	Michael Gleeson, Amanda Herbert, Aurelia Richards
	BMJ  2000;320:1521-1524, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1521 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Persistent diarrhoea and occult vipomas in children
	M S Murphy, A Sibal, J R Mann
	BMJ  2000;320:1524-1526, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1524 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of arterial and venous disease: Swollen lower limb2: Lymphoedema
	Peter S Mortimer
	BMJ  2000;320:1527-1529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1527 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

	Asthma after childhood pneumonia: six year follow up study
	Christopher E Clark, Jacqueline M Coote, David A T Silver, David M G Halpin
	BMJ  2000;320:1514-1516, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1514 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

	Choosing socks
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  2000;320:1549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1549/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	One person's innovation is another's experiment
	Robert Wheeler
	BMJ  2000;320:1548, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1548 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Railway signals passed at danger: psychology matters
	Glin Bennet
	BMJ  2000;320:1549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1549 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Using conjoint analysis to elicit preferences for health care
	Mandy Ryan, Shelley Farrar
	BMJ  2000;320:1530-1533, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1530 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table]

	Modernising the NHS: Challenges to the health services: the professions
	Isobel Allen
	BMJ  2000;320:1533-1535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1533 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2000;320:1550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1550 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Endpiece: A wise physician
	BMJ  2000;320:1512, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1512/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A patient who changed my practice: Me, the heartsink patient
	Sarah Evans
	BMJ  2000;320:1513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1513 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: We are interdependent
	BMJ  2000;320:1514, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1514/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: What is humanity?
	BMJ  2000;320:1524, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1524/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	An old friend
	Graham Sutton
	BMJ  2000;320:1529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1529 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	When I use a word: Triage
	David Carvel
	BMJ  2000;320:1535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1535 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Letter
	BMJ  2000;320:1520 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Guidelines for managing acute bacterial meningitis
	BMJ  2000;320:1520 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of arterial and venous disease: acute stroke
	BMJ  2000;320:1527 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

ART

	Art: Defining Features
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2000;320:1546, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1546/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEB

	Web: The sum of my parts
	Charles Weijer
	BMJ  2000;320:1547, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1547 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: Breast Cancer: Sharing the Decision
	Peter Simmonds
	BMJ  2000;320:1545, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1545 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Resuscitation Rules
	Bart Berden
	BMJ  2000;320:1545, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1545/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Peer Review in Health Sciences
	Hervé Maisonneuve
	BMJ  2000;320:1546, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1546 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Time to reinvent yourself?
	BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

NETLINES

	NETLINES
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2000;320:1548, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1548/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

	Time to reinvent yourself?
	BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Gay sex
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2000;320:1547, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1547/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Dashper James Arkle • Robert Gilbert • Ellen ("Mischa") O'Sullivan (née Walsh) • Amar Singh Rayan • David Ward Shedden
	J R B Dixey, Anthea Allen, Mariam Rice, J George Weston, Lawrence Norfolk, R J Reichenbach
	BMJ  2000;320:1544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1544 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	Human T cell leukaemia/lymphoma virus infection in pregnant women in the United Kingdom: population study
	A E Ades, Simon Parker, Jane Walker, Mark Edginton, Graham P Taylor, Jonathan N Weber
	BMJ  2000;320:1497-1501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1497 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Relation between troponin T concentration and mortality in patients presenting with an acute stroke: observational study
	P James, C J Ellis, R M L Whitlock, A R McNeil, J Henley, N E Anderson
	BMJ  2000;320:1502-1504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1502 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Single blind, randomised trial of efficacy and acceptability of oral Picolax versus self administered phosphate enema in bowel preparation for flexible sigmoidoscopy screening • Commentary: participants should have been told they were being randomised • Commentary: opportunity for patient partnership was lost
	Wendy S Atkin, Andrew Hart, Robert Edwards, Claire F Cook, Jane Wardle, Peter McIntyre, Roger Aubrey, Clare Baron, Stephen Sutton, Jack Cuzick, Asha Senapati, John M A Northover, Henrik R Wulff, Marie Taylor
	BMJ  2000;320:1504-1509, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1504 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Increase in high risk sexual behaviour among homosexual men, London 1996-8: cross sectional, questionnaire study
	Julie P Dodds, Anthony Nardone, Danielle E Mercey, Anne M Johnson
	BMJ  2000;320:1510-1511, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1510 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Members of working group list] FREE

	Retrospective case note review of acute and inpatient stroke outcomes
	Nabil Aly, Kevin McDonald, Michael Leathley, Anil Sharma, Caroline Watkins
	BMJ  2000;320:1511-1512, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1511 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Preventing dog bites in children: randomised controlled trial of an educational intervention
	Simon Chapman, John Cornwall, Joanne Righetti, Lynne Sung
	BMJ  2000;320:1512-1513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7248.1512 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: CONSORT checklist] FREE

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