This week's This week in the BMJ

	Vaccines may have non-specific effects in developing countries [Full text] FREE

	Diabetic patients with hyper- tension benefit from dual blockade of renin-angiotensin system [Full text] FREE

	Galantamine slows functional decline in Alzheimer's disease [Full text] FREE

	Psychological interventions can reduce depressive disorders in community settings [Full text] FREE

	Drug administration can be improved by simple guidelines discussed by all staff affected [Full text] FREE

	It is difficult to apply a moral rule for strangers to family obligations [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Non-specific effects of vaccines in developing countries
	Frank Shann
	BMJ  2000;321:1423-1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1423 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Does physical activity prevent cancer?
	David Batty, Inger Thune
	BMJ  2000;321:1424-1425, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1424 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Age related macular degeneration
	Neil M Bressler, James P Gills
	BMJ  2000;321:1425-1427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1425 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Stem cell research
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2000;321:1427-1428, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1427 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Quality improvement reports: a new kind of article
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2000;321:1428, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1428 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Schools' experience of league tables should make doctors think again
	Peter Tymms, Andy Wiggins
	BMJ  2000;321:1467, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1467 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Male circumcision and HIV prevention
	Robert S Van Howe, Christopher J Cold, Michelle R Storms, Rio Cruz, John D Dalton, R T D Oliver, Josephine Oliver, Ron C Ballard, Robert Szabo, Roger V Short
	BMJ  2000;321:1467, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1467/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Midwife led debriefing to reduce maternal depression
	J M Bland, Judith Lumley, Rhonda Small
	BMJ  2000;321:1470, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1470 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Survival and reduction in mortality from breast cancer
	Michael Baum, H Gilbert Welch, T M Reynolds, A S Wierzbicki, Anthony G Threlfall, Stuart Collins, Ciaran B J Woodman, Michel P Coleman, Diane Stockton, Penny Babb, Mike Richards
	BMJ  2000;321:1470, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1470/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Aspirin for primary prevention
	Lawrence E Ramsay, Philemon S Sanmuganathan, Erica J Wallis, Peter R Jackson, Abdullah Alkhenizan
	BMJ  2000;321:1472, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1472 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Analysis did not account for cluster randomisation
	Graeme Maclennan, Craig Ramsay, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Marion K Campbell
	BMJ  2000;321:1473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1473 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Peterborough hospital has tissue bank on not for profit basis
	Christopher Womack, Neil Gray
	BMJ  2000;321:1473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1473/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Public health service needs to be independent
	John R Ashton
	BMJ  2000;321:1473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1473/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Consultant suspended for research fraud
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2000;321:1429, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1429 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Drug for irritable bowel syndrome taken off the market
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2000;321:1429, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1429/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2000;321:1430, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1430 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Antenatal testing reduces vertical transmission of HIV
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2000;321:1430, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1430/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Statins could be useful in organ transplantation
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2000;321:1430, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1430/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Milburn to monitor implementation of NICE guidance
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2000;321:1431, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1431 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Prescription fraud costs Wales £15m a year
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2000;321:1431, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1431/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Netherlands gives more protection to doctors in euthanasia cases
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2000;321:1433, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1433/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK defines action to tackle health in developing countries
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2000;321:1434, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1434 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GMC decides on a new structure
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2000;321:1434, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1434/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Delayed cancer results "due to apathy"
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2000;321:1432, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1432 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Therapy not effective against all cancers in patients with HIV
	Xavier Bosch
	BMJ  2000;321:1432, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1432/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Mentally ill people denied choice of drugs
	Jason O' Neale, Roach
	BMJ  2000;321:1432, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1432/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	NICE to tackle infertility treatment
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2000;321:1432, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1432/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	US launches plan to tackle childhood obesity
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2000;321:1432, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1432/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Chile�s doctors call for tighter controls on arsenic levels in water
	Emily Russell
	BMJ  2000;321:1432, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1432/e [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Children�s cardiac surgery deaths were preventable
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2000;321:1433, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1433 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Vaccine protects against Ebola virus
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2000;321:1433, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1433/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	New approach to treating rheumatoid arthritis shows promise
	BMJ  2000;321:1434, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1434/b [Extract] [Full text]

	A new plan for the future of the hospital system
	BMJ  2000;321:1434, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1434/c [Extract] [Full text]

	AIDS is largest cause of maternal deaths in South Africa
	BMJ  2000;321:1434, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1434/d [Extract] [Full text]

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Regular review: Prevention of ischaemic stroke
	Gord Gubitz, Peter Sandercock
	BMJ  2000;321:1455-1459, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1455 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Problem solving treatment and group psychoeducation for depression: multicentre randomised controlled trial
	Christopher Dowrick, Graham Dunn, Jose Luis Ayuso-Mateos, Odd Steffen Dalgard, Helen Page, Ville Lehtinen, Patricia Casey, Clare Wilkinson, Jose Luis Vazquez-Barquero, Greg Wilkinson
	BMJ  2000;321:1450, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1450 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Auntz
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2000;321:1479, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1479/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Charity Spice
	Mike Dixon
	BMJ  2000;321:1479, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1479 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Quality improvement report: Effect of multifaceted intervention promoting early switch from intravenous to oral acetaminophen for postoperative pain: controlled, prospective, before and after study
	Claire Ripouteau, Ornella Conort, Jean Paul Lamas, Guy-Robert Auleley, Georges Hazebroucq, Pierre Durieux
	BMJ  2000;321:1460-1463, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1460 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ethical debate: Results of genetic testing: when confidentiality conflicts with a duty to warn relatives • Case study • Act to resolve conflict • View from Dutch general practice • Family duty is more important than rights
	Wai-Ching Leung, E C M Mariman, Johannes C van der Wouden, Henk van Amerongen, Charles Weijer
	BMJ  2000;321:1464-1466, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1464 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2000;321:1480, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1480 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Endpiece: A time honoured practice
	BMJ  2000;321:1449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1449/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Youth, day, old age and night
	BMJ  2000;321:1449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1449/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A doctor who changed my practice: Putting women in control
	Susan Bewley
	BMJ  2000;321:1454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1454/c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	It's like standing on a deserted platform
	Finley Armanious
	BMJ  2000;321:1459, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1459 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Why journals should not publish articles funded by the tobacco industry
	BMJ  2000;321:1454 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Updated New Zealand cardiovascular disease risk-benefit prediction guide
	BMJ  2000;321:1454 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Disease impact number and population impact number: population perspectives to measures of risk and benefit
	BMJ  2000;321:1454 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Website of the week: Flying and health
	BMJ  2000;321:1478 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Rosalyn Yalow, Nobel Laureate: Her Life and Work in Medicine
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2000;321:1477, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1477 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Multi-Agency Approach to Domestic Violence: New Opportunities, Old Challenges
	Jo Richardson
	BMJ  2000;321:1477, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1477/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

This week's PRESS

	Press: Fergie and parents' diet dilemmas
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2000;321:1478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1478 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

VIDEO

This week's VIDEO

	Video: The Testimony Archive
	Raj Persaud
	BMJ  2000;321:1476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1476/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	So many places for learning
	BMJ  2000;321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

THEATRE

This week's THEATRE

	Theatre: Cure: A darkly humorous look at life on the edge
	Joan Beadle
	BMJ  2000;321:1476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1476 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	So many places for learning
	BMJ  2000;321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

HIT PARADE

This week's HIT PARADE

	Hit parade
	BMJ  2000;321:1477, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1477/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Drugs for Alzheimer's disease
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2000;321:1478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1478/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Clifford Bryan Floyd • Stanley Clucas Gawne • Raymund Peter Hoskinson • Michael Lawrence Johnson • Robert I Levy • John Wilson Morrison • Archie MacDonald Revie • Philip Sydney Silver • Frank Philip Walt • David Leonard Williams • Robin David Winch
	Jeremy Shindler, Derek White, Shirley Gawne, Michael Hoskinson, Geoffrey H Robb, Fred Charatan, G W Morrison, John McDonald, W I Weatherston Wilson, Robert Walt, W E Lewis, J B Lynch, J G Thomas, K C Hines
	BMJ  2000;321:1474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1474 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Routine vaccinations and child survival: follow up study in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa • Commentary: an unexpected finding that needs confirmation or rejection
	Ines Kristensen, Peter Aaby, Henrik Jensen, Paul Fine
	BMJ  2000;321:1435, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1435 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Randomised controlled trial of dual blockade of renin-angiotensin system in patients with hypertension, microalbuminuria, and non-insulin dependent diabetes: the candesartan and lisinopril microalbuminuria (CALM) study
	Carl Erik Mogensen, Steen Neldam, Ilkka Tikkanen, Shmuel Oren, Reuven Viskoper, Richard W Watts, Mark E Cooper
	BMJ  2000;321:1440-1444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1440 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Science commentary: Renal functionand how to assess it
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2000;321:1444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1444 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Efficacy and safety of galantamine in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease: multicentre randomised controlled trial
	Gordon K Wilcock, Sean Lilienfeld, Els Gaens
	BMJ  2000;321:1445, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1445 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Drug points: Recurrent generalised urticaria at insulin injection sites
	A H Sackey
	BMJ  2000;321:1449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7274.1449 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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