This week's This week in the BMJ

	Osteoarthritis of the hip is under strong genetic influence [Full text] FREE

	Lower doses of long term aspirin do not reduce risk of gastrointestinal bleeding [Full text] FREE

	Wet combing detects headlice better than scalp inspection [Full text] FREE

	Mine injuries rise sharply after hostilities cease [Full text] FREE

	Third generation oral contraceptives do increase the risk of venous thromboembolism [Full text] FREE

	Breast feeding and bottle feeding are represented differently in British media [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Flooding and human health
	Christopher A Ohl, Sue Tapsell
	BMJ  2000;321:1167-1168, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1167 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fossil fuels, transport, and public health
	Andy Haines, Tony McMichael, Ross Anderson, John Houghton
	BMJ  2000;321:1168-1169, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1168 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Greenhouse emissions and the changing climate
	Michael Grubb
	BMJ  2000;321:1169-1170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1169 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Aspirin, like all other drugs, is a poison
	Martin R Tramèr
	BMJ  2000;321:1170-1171, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1170 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pitfalls of pharmacoepidemiology
	David C G Skegg
	BMJ  2000;321:1171-1172, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1171 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Fuller explanation]

Letters

This week's Letters

	GMC's proposals for revalidation would not be accurate, economical, or fair
	Richard Wakeford
	BMJ  2000;321:1220, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1220 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMA approves acupuncture
	R A Moore, H J McQuay, A D Oldman, L E Smith, Francisco M Kovacs, María Teresa Gil del Real
	BMJ  2000;321:1220, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1220/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lung cancer and passive smoking
	Kenneth C Johnson, James Repace, Allan Hackshaw, Malcolm Law, Nicholas Wald, Stanton A Glantz, Christopher Cates, John Copas, Jain Qing Shi
	BMJ  2000;321:1221, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1221 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Quality of randomised controlled trials in head injury
	Gordon D Murray, Graham M Teasdale, Ian Roberts, Frances Bunn, Reinhard Wentz, Phil Edwards, Richard Smith
	BMJ  2000;321:1223, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1223 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Use of steroids for acute spinal cord injury must be reassessed
	Deborah Short
	BMJ  2000;321:1224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1224 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Out of hours demand is higher in Wales than in England and Scotland
	Bryan John
	BMJ  2000;321:1224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1224/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment for intestinal helminth infection
	E Michael, Alok Bhargava, Don Bundy, Richard Peto, Ed Cooper, Lorenzo Savioli, Maria Neira, Marco Albonico, Michael J Beach, Hababu Mohammed Chwaya, David W T Crompton, John Dunne, John P Ehrenberg, Theresa Gyorkos, Jane Kvalsvig, Martin G Taylor, Carlo Urbani, Feng Zheng, Paul Garner, Rumona Dickson, Colin Demellweek, Paula Williamson, Shally Awasthi
	BMJ  2000;321:1224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1224/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Adjuvant irradiation for breast cancer
	Elisabeth Whipp, Charles Candish, Ian Kunkler
	BMJ  2000;321:1227, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1227 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Comparing survival rates between different registries can be difficult
	David Robinson, Janine Bell, Henrik Møller
	BMJ  2000;321:1227, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1227/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Royal Medical Benevolent Fund's Christmas appeal
	Rodney Sweetnam
	BMJ  2000;321:1228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1228 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Support for studies in paediatric medicine is needed
	Rachel Lennon, Michael Quinn, Keith Collard
	BMJ  2000;321:1228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1228/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Firm tried to block report on failure of AIDS vaccine
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;321:1173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1173 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	BAX gene needed for NSAIDs chemoprotection
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2000;321:1173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1173/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2000;321:1174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1174 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dutch GP cleared after helping to end man's "hopeless existence"
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2000;321:1174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1174/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Condom use in England rises sixfold
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2000;321:1174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1174/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Conjoined twins separated after long legal battle
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2000;321:1175, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1175 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Parkinson's disease linked with pesticide
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2000;321:1175, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1175/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	African sleeping sickness returns to UK after four years
	Judy Jones
	BMJ  2000;321:1177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1177/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK helps refugee doctors to practise in NHS
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2000;321:1178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1178 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	High paracetamol intake may be linked with asthma
	Tudor Toma
	BMJ  2000;321:1178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1178/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Fortification of flour likely to halve neural tube defects, says CDC
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2000;321:1176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1176 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Poor ambulance response causes 700 deaths annually in Ireland
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2000;321:1176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1176/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Older Scots to get free, long term care
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2000;321:1176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1176/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Waterborne diseases threaten industrialised countries
	Carl Kovac
	BMJ  2000;321:1176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1176/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	GMC reviews burden of proof in professional misconduct cases
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2000;321:1176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1176/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Applications to US medical schools fall by a fifth
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2000;321:1177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1177 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Syphilis outbreaks reported in Manchester and Brighton
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2000;321:1177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1177/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	UK government urged to screen for BSE in sheep
	BMJ  2000;321:1178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1178/b [Extract] [Full text]

	Older surgeons lose more patients than younger colleagues
	BMJ  2000;321:1178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1178/c [Extract] [Full text]

	NHS in England gets anti-ageism champion
	BMJ  2000;321:1178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1178/d [Extract] [Full text]

Information in practice

This week's Information in practice

	Internet based repository of medical records that retains patient confidentiality
	Roy Schoenberg, Charles Safran
	BMJ  2000;321:1199-1203, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1199 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Extracts from "Clinical Evidence": Anxiety disorder
	Christopher Gale, Mark Oakley-Browne
	BMJ  2000;321:1204-1207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1204 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of colorectal cancer: Adjuvant therapy
	Rachel S J Midgley, D J Kerr
	BMJ  2000;321:1208-1211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1208 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Risk of venous thromboembolism among users of third generation oral contraceptives compared with users of oral contraceptives with levonorgestrel before and after 1995: cohort and case-control analysis
	Hershel Jick, James A Kaye, Catherine Vasilakis-Scaramozza, Susan S Jick
	BMJ  2000;321:1190-1195, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1190 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Representing infant feeding: content analysis of British media portrayals of bottle feeding and breast feeding
	Lesley Henderson, Jenny Kitzinger, Josephine Green
	BMJ  2000;321:1196-1198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1196 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Patients' fears
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2000;321:1233, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1233/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Delivering bad news
	Anonymous
	BMJ  2000;321:1233, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1233 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Medication errors that have led to manslaughter charges
	R E Ferner
	BMJ  2000;321:1212-1216, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1212 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Validity of final examinations in undergraduate medical training
	Cees van der Vleuten
	BMJ  2000;321:1217-1219, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1217 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2000;321:1234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1234 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
	BMJ  2000;321:1189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1189/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: A Lady Doctor's Double Victory
	BMJ  2000;321:1196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1196/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: General impressions
	BMJ  2000;321:1199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1199/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A forgetful and foolish patient: Autoinfection
	Kevin McCarthy
	BMJ  2000;321:1207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1207 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: A promise broken
	Anne Savage
	BMJ  2000;321:1211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1211 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A book and a teacher who changed my thinking: Today's sacred cows . . .
	Stuart Cox
	BMJ  2000;321:1216, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1216 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Comparison of intranasal midazolam with intravenous diazepam for treating febrile seizures in children: prospective randomised study
	BMJ  2000;321:1198 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Global information flow
	BMJ  2000;321:1198 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of breast diseases: Breast cancerepidemiology, risk factors, and genetics
	BMJ  2000;321:1198 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

ART

This week's ART

	Art: Spectacular Bodies
	Simon Grant
	BMJ  2000;321:1230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1230 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: A-Z of Medical Writing
	Jean Williams
	BMJ  2000;321:1231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1231 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Genesis of Neuroscience
	Boleslav L Lichterman
	BMJ  2000;321:1231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1231/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

This week's PRESS

	Press: Arthritis cure: the facts behind the hype
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2000;321:1232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1232 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Time to think again
	BMJ  2000;321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	Time to think again
	BMJ  2000;321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Arthritis
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2000;321:1232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1232/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Andrew Douglas Thomson • Eric Clifford Fleming • Philip Edgar Jackson • Roger Hazeldine Little • Mary Alice Roll (née Tomlinson)
	Margaret Turner Warwick, G M Bewers, J K Anand, Michael Cole, Stephen Cakebread, R M Vining
	BMJ  2000;321:1229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1229 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Assessment of a genetic contribution to osteoarthritis of the hip: sibling study
	Peter Lanyon, Kenneth Muir, Sally Doherty, Michael Doherty
	BMJ  2000;321:1179-1183, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1179 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Reproducibilty of ordinal variables] FREE

	Risk of gastrointestinal haemorrhage with long term use of aspirin: meta-analysis
	Sheena Derry, Yoon Kong Loke
	BMJ  2000;321:1183-1187, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1183 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further table, figure and references] FREE

	Wet combing versus traditional scalp inspection to detect head lice in schoolchildren: observational study
	Jan De Maeseneer, Ineke Blokland, Sara Willems, Robert Vander Stichele, Filip Meersschaut
	BMJ  2000;321:1187-1188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1187 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Landmine injuries in Eritrea
	Kurt Hanevik, Gunnar Kvåle
	BMJ  2000;321:1189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1189 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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