Ranitidine or sucralfate do not prevent stress ulcer in intensive care patients [Full text]

	Rehabilitation after hip fracture increases independence of patients with dementia [Full text]

	Nose bleeds show same circadian rhythm as blood pressure [Full text]

	ACE inhibitors are safe for heart failure in primary care [Full text]

	The new genetics: which genie out of which bottle? [Full text]

Editorials

	The politics of risk: the case of BSE
	Rudolf Klein
	BMJ  2000;321:1091-1092, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1091 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Millennial musings
	Roy Porter
	BMJ  2000;321:1092-1093, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1092 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical trials of medicines in children
	Imti Choonara
	BMJ  2000;321:1093-1094, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1093 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ten years of German unification
	Ellen Nolte, Martin McKee
	BMJ  2000;321:1094-1095, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1094 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Taking heart failure seriously
	John G F Cleland, Andrew Clark, John L Caplin
	BMJ  2000;321:1095-1096, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1095 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Decline in teenage smoking with rise in mobile phone ownership: hypothesis
	Anne Charlton, Clive Bates
	BMJ  2000;321:1155, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1155 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Health hazards of mobile phones
	Sin-Eng Chia, Hwee-Pin Chia, Jit-Seng Tan, Vasiliy Vlassov
	BMJ  2000;321:1155, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1155/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Anticoagulation to prevent stroke in atrial fibrillation
	D A Fitzmaurice, J Mant, E T Murray, F D R Hobbs, Nigel Oswald, M D Oliver, Ayumu Ono, Giuseppe Bellelli, Angelo Bianchetti, Marco Trabucchi
	BMJ  2000;321:1156, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1156 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	National claims database belongs to NHS as a whole
	Kieran Walshe
	BMJ  2000;321:1157, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1157 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Standard definition of child overweight and obesity worldwide
	Youfa Wang, Joanna Q Wang, Therese Hesketh, Qu Jian Ding, Jean Mulligan, Sanjay Kinra
	BMJ  2000;321:1158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1158 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Reasons for inadequate health care vary
	Trevor M Jones
	BMJ  2000;321:1159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1159 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Informed consent is being neglected
	Heather Goodare, Charlotte Williamson
	BMJ  2000;321:1160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1160 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	RCGP should press for increase in resources
	Guy Johnson
	BMJ  2000;321:1160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1160/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Parents do not always understand things doctors might say to them
	Diana Howlett, Alison Rushforth, David Stevens
	BMJ  2000;321:1160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1160/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Substance use seems to be increasing among 11 year olds
	Ian Sutherland, Jonathan Shepherd
	BMJ  2000;321:1161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1161 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Earlobes are less convenient than fingerpricks for blood glucose testing
	Matthew Cohen
	BMJ  2000;321:1161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1161/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	BSE inquiry plays down errors
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2000;321:1097, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1097 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2000;321:1098, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1098 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Consent needed for organ retention, BMA says
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2000;321:1098, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1098/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Spain tops the table for organ donation
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2000;321:1098, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1098/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Celebrity illnesses raise awareness but can give wrong message
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2000;321:1099, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1099 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA panel advises against omeprazole as over the counter drug
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;321:1099, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1099/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Detection rates for breast cancer rising
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2000;321:1101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1101/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Where angels fear to tread
	BMJ  2000;321:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1102 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	NICE issues new guidelines on Ritalin
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2000;321:1100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1100 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Rumours suggest Mbeki�s spokesman died of AIDS related disease
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2000;321:1100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1100/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Threat of chemical and germ attacks overstated, report says
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2000;321:1100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1100/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Coated stents reduce risk of restenosis
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2000;321:1100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1100/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Head injury doubles the risk of Alzheimer�s disease
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;321:1100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1100/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	No compensation for hepatitis C patients in Scotland
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2000;321:1100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1100/e [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Alan Milburn signs concordat with the private sector
	Jason O'Neale, Roach
	BMJ  2000;321:1101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1101 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text]

	GMC wins support for revalidation proposals
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2000;321:1101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1101/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Ombudsman urges health professionals to listen to patients
	BMJ  2000;321:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1102/a [Extract] [Full text]

	US federally funded groups will be allowed to promote abortion
	BMJ  2000;321:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1102/b [Extract] [Full text]

	Third of Irish doctors regret going into medicine
	BMJ  2000;321:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1102/c [Extract] [Full text]

	Budapest votes against plan to privatise most hospitals
	BMJ  2000;321:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1102/d [Extract] [Full text]

Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: Single gene disorders or complex traits: lessons from the thalassaemias and other monogenic diseases
	David J Weatherall
	BMJ  2000;321:1117-1120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1117 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of colorectal cancer: Primary treatmentdoes the surgeon matter?
	Colin McArdle
	BMJ  2000;321:1121-1123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1121 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

	Safety and costs of initiating angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors for heart failure in primary care: analysis of individual patient data from studies of left ventricular dysfunction
	James Mason, Philip Young, Nick Freemantle, Richard Hobbs
	BMJ  2000;321:1113-1116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1113 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

	Patterns
	Ricardo S Silva
	BMJ  2000;321:1165, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1165/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Living with coeliac disease
	Jo Bramall
	BMJ  2000;321:1165, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1165 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	International comparators and poverty and health in Europe
	Michael Marmot, Martin Bobak
	BMJ  2000;321:1124-1128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1124 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Online patient-helpers and physicians working together: a new partnership for high quality health care
	Tom Ferguson
	BMJ  2000;321:1129-1132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1129 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The role of complementary and alternative medicine
	E Ernst
	BMJ  2000;321:1133-1135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1133 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Broadening access to undergraduate medical education
	Carole Angel, Allan Johnson
	BMJ  2000;321:1136-1138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1136 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interprofessional education and teamworking: a view from the education providers
	Janet Finch
	BMJ  2000;321:1138-1140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1138 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Teams: lessons from the world of sport
	Michael Brearley
	BMJ  2000;321:1141-1143, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1141 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Will most people live in cities?
	David Satterthwaite
	BMJ  2000;321:1143-1145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1143 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Safeguards for research using large scale DNA collections
	Jane Kaye, Paul Martin
	BMJ  2000;321:1146-1149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1146 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A healthy old age: realistic or futile goal?
	Marion E T McMurdo
	BMJ  2000;321:1149-1151, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1149 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiology: the development of a managed clinical network
	C D Baker, A R Lorimer
	BMJ  2000;321:1152-1153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1152 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Why a pomegranate?
	Patricia Langley
	BMJ  2000;321:1153-1154, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1153 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2000;321:1166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1166 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Endpiece: Just worn out
	BMJ  2000;321:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1112/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: A proposed international counterblast to tobacco
	BMJ  2000;321:1117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1117/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable doctor: Poppy Day again
	Philip Mortimer
	BMJ  2000;321:1123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1123 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
	BMJ  2000;321:1153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1153/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Proper use of science
	BMJ  2000;321:1153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1153/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Brain and brawn
	BMJ  2000;321:1153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1153/c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

	Press: Close encounters of an alternative kind
	John Diamond
	BMJ  2000;321:1163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1163 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	The BMJ, BSE, and vCJD
	BMJ  2000;321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

NETLINES

	NETLINES
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2000;321:1164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1164 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

	The BMJ, BSE, and vCJD
	BMJ  2000;321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Rehabilitation
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2000;321:1164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1164/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Donald Robert Coles • George Haslett Connor • George Alfred Kane • Terence Eric Lear • Francis Ian Macadam
	Paul Dieppe, John Connor, Lennox Kane, Lawrence Lear, Amit Bhattacharyya, Reginald Beasley
	BMJ  2000;321:1162, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1162 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	Bleeding and pneumonia in intensive care patients given ranitidine and sucralfate for prevention of stress ulcer: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
	A Messori, S Trippoli, M Vaiani, M Gorini, A Corrado
	BMJ  2000;321:1103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1103 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Randomised, clinically controlled trial of intensive geriatric rehabilitation in patients with hip fracture: subgroup analysis of patients with dementia
	Tiina M Huusko, Pertti Karppi, Veikko Avikainen, Hannu Kautiainen, Raimo Sulkava
	BMJ  2000;321:1107-1111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1107 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Circadian variation in onset of epistaxis: analysis of hospital admissions
	Roberto Manfredini, Francesco Portaluppi, Raffaella Salmi, Alessandro Martini, Massimo Gallerani
	BMJ  2000;321:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1112 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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