This week's This week in the BMJ

	Ginkgo biloba does not help tinnitus [Full text] FREE

	Prophylactic mastectomy may reduce anxiety in women at high risk [Full text] FREE

	Asking patients about causes of symptoms may help improve detection of mental illness [Full text] FREE

	Health professionals are unsure about second measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination [Full text] FREE

	Post-traumatic stress disorder is another example of the medicalisation of life [Full text] FREE

	Systematic reviews do not replace good quality studies [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Children who kill
	Sula Wolff, Alexander McCall Smith
	BMJ  2001;322:61-62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.61 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Preventing respiratory syncitial virus bronchiolitis
	Mike Sharland, Alison Bedford-Russell
	BMJ  2001;322:62-63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.62 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Severe osteogenesis imperfecta: new therapeutic options?
	R Smith
	BMJ  2001;322:63-64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.63 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The cost of shoulder pain at work
	Paulien M Bongers
	BMJ  2001;322:64-65, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.64 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dealing with poor clinical performance
	Steve Dewar, Belinda Finlayson
	BMJ  2001;322:66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.66 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Few university students from overseas have been vaccinated against meningococcal infection
	Matthew R Edmunds, James E Davison, Annette L Wood, Vijay Raichura
	BMJ  2001;322:102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.102 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Do not resuscitate decisions
	Tom Downes, Jane Liddle, Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe, Dennis Briley, David Barer, Barbara Brett, Elizabeth J Peak, Arjun Nair, Richard I Lindley, Gary B Smith, Kevin Stewart, Claire Spice, Adam Dangoor, Michael O'Leary, M D Oliver, Rod MacQueen, Roger M Goss
	BMJ  2001;322:102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.102/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Benign prostatic hyperplasia has precise meaning
	Paul Abrams
	BMJ  2001;322:106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.106 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Future of research into rotavirus vaccine
	Damian Walker, S M Akramuzzaman, Claudio F Lanata, Irene Pérez-Schael
	BMJ  2001;322:106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.106/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Intranasal midazolam for treating febrile seizures in children
	Tony Johnson, Rod C Scott, Frank M C Besag, Brian G Neville, Barbara Phillips, Richard Appleton, Evangeline Wassmer, Bernie Morris, Leanna Fernando, Meena Rao, William P Whitehouse, Anthony Harnden
	BMJ  2001;322:107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.107 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Can we trust elderly donor grafts for corneal transplantation?
	Carsten H Meyer, Maya F Müller, Hans-Jürgen Meyer
	BMJ  2001;322:108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.108 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Training overseas doctors in the United Kingdom
	Douglas J Buchanan, Geoffrey Smith, K S Madhavan, Eswar Krishnan, E Shah, P Dasgupta
	BMJ  2001;322:109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.109 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Orlistat associated with hypertension
	G D Johnston, Martin H Huber, Matty Persson, Sigurd Vitols, Qun-Ying Yue
	BMJ  2001;322:110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.110 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Familial hypercholesterolaemia is underdiagnosed after AMI
	Micha F Dorsch, Richard A Lawrance, Nigel P Durham, Alistair S Hall
	BMJ  2001;322:111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.111 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Psychiatric disorders and risky sexual behaviour
	Peter Meacher, Peter von Kaehne
	BMJ  2001;322:111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.111/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency has still not been evaluated
	Stuart Tanner, Mark Sharrard, Maureen Cleary, John Walter, Ed Wraith, Philip Lee, James Leonard, Andrew Morris, Neil McIntosh
	BMJ  2001;322:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.112 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	New agency set up to identify incompetent doctors
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;322:67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.67 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	EU harmonises rules for trials
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2001;322:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Hospitals to spend £200m to prevent spread of vCJD
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2001;322:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.68/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;322:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.68/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pilot projects show cancer treatment can be speeded up
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;322:69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.69 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pen "amnesty" for doctors who shun drug companies
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2001;322:69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.69/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cholera sweeps through South African province
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2001;322:71, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.71/c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US doctors face curbs on referrals
	Debbie Josefson
	BMJ  2001;322:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.72 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	"Health weather forecasts" to be piloted in England
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2001;322:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.72/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Drug delivery system may combat cancer
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2001;322:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.72/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	NHS walk-in centres fail to assess patients properly
	Judy Jones
	BMJ  2001;322:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.70 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	New courts offer treatment for drug offenders
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2001;322:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.70/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Heart monitoring may detect infections in newborns
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2001;322:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.70/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	NHS trusts appointments to be appointed by independent commission
	Judy Jones
	BMJ  2001;322:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.70/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Meningitis C rates show steep fall
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2001;322:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.70/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Chlamydia increases risk of cervical cancer
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;322:71, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.71 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Spider venom may prevent atrial fibrillation
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2001;322:71, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.71/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Second dose of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine: questionnaire survey of health professionals
	Marko Petrovic, Richard Roberts, Mary Ramsay
	BMJ  2001;322:82-85, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.82 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Prepublication history] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Recent advances: Geriatric medicine
	Sharon E Straus
	BMJ  2001;322:86-89, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.86 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table w1][extra: further references]

	Lesson of the week: Pulmonary Wegener's granulomatosis misdiagnosed as malignancy
	S Uppal, N Saravanappa, J P Davis, C K T Farmer, D J A Goldsmith
	BMJ  2001;322:89-90, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.89 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of diseases of liver, pancreas, and biliary system: Gallstone disease
	I J Beckingham
	BMJ  2001;322:91-94, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.91 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Au zinc
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2001;322:117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.117/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Deserted
	Thurstan Brewin
	BMJ  2001;322:117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.117 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	The invention of post-traumatic stress disorder and the social usefulness of a psychiatric category
	Derek Summerfield
	BMJ  2001;322:95-98, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.95 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Systematic reviews from astronomy to zoology: myths and misconceptions
	Mark Petticrew
	BMJ  2001;322:98-101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.98 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: extra references]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;322:118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.118 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	On breakfast and randomised trials
	Andrew Vickers
	BMJ  2001;322:85, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.85 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Knowledge and wisdom
	BMJ  2001;322:98, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.98/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Association of systolic blood pressure with macrovascular and microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 36): prospective observational study
	BMJ  2001;322:90 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Efficacy and safety of galantamine in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease: multicentre randomised controlled trial
	BMJ  2001;322:90 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Suicides rise after Diana's death
	BMJ  2001;322:90 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Atypical antipsychotics
	BMJ  2001;322:90 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Representing infant feeding: content analysis of British media portrayals of bottle feeding and breast feeding
	BMJ  2001;322:90 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	BMA approves acupuncture
	BMJ  2001;322:90 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

TV

This week's TV

	TV: On The Edge
	Peter Byrne
	BMJ  2001;322:114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.114 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: The Future of Food
	Charles Wilson
	BMJ  2001;322:115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.115 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Vivisection or science? An Investigation into Testing Drugs and Safeguarding Health
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2001;322:115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.115/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

This week's PRESS

	Press: Wait until the morning after
	Judy Jones
	BMJ  2001;322:116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.116 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Making and breaking news
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	Making and breaking news
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Facing mastectomy
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2001;322:116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.116/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Avedis Donabedian • Richard Douglas Doyle • Ida Eileen Kenyon (née Wilkinson) • Clive Terence Landey • Thomas Henry Tweedy • Robert James Spence Wilson
	John Horder, Marian Doyle, E M Murray, Janet Leese, Gwyn Evans, Mike Higgs, J D Lennox
	BMJ  2001;322:113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.113 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Effectiveness of Ginkgo biloba in treating tinnitus: double blind, placebo controlled trial
	Shelley Drew, Ewart Davies
	BMJ  2001;322:73, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.73 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The psychosocial impact of bilateral prophylactic mastectomy: prospective study using questionnaires and semistructured interviews
	Mal Bebbington Hatcher, Lesley Fallowfield, Roger A'Hern
	BMJ  2001;322:76, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.76 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	"Patient knows best"detection of common mental disorders in Santiago, Chile: cross sectional study • Commentary: Clinical practice is as important as diagnosis
	Ricardo Araya, Glyn H Lewis, Graciela Rojas, Anthony H Mann, Sunny C D Collings
	BMJ  2001;322:79-81, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.79 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Drug points: Pancreatitis associated with hydroxyurea in combination with didanosine
	H J Longhurst, A J Pinching
	BMJ  2001;322:81, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7278.81 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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