This week's This week in the BMJ

	Graded exercise benefits patients with chronic fatigue syndrome [Full text] FREE

	Early viral infections protect against later asthma [Full text] FREE

	Radiography of the lumbar spine does not improve clinical outcomes [Full text] FREE

	Routinely administered questionnaires do not improve care of emotional disorders [Full text] FREE

	Few cases of streptococcal endocarditis are resistant to penicillin [Full text] FREE

	Transmission rate of blood borne viruses in exposed health workers is very low [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	The fetal origins of adult disease
	Roger Robinson
	BMJ  2001;322:375-376, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.375 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The protective effect of childhood infections
	Sebastian L Johnston, Peter J M Openshaw
	BMJ  2001;322:376-377, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.376 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Type 2 diabetes in children
	Anne Fagot-Campagna, K M Venkat Narayan, Giuseppina Imperatore
	BMJ  2001;322:377-378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.377 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prognostic factors in prostate cancer
	Rodolfo Montironi
	BMJ  2001;322:378-379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.378 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The US sisters of the BMJ
	Ronald M Davis, Richard Smith, Michael Wilkes
	BMJ  2001;322:380, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.380 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	NCAA has not been given sufficient tools to identify poorly performing doctors
	Christopher Bulstrode, Victoria Hunt
	BMJ  2001;322:426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.426 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Revaluation should be part of revalidation
	Chris Manning
	BMJ  2001;322:426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.426/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The two tier syndrome behind waiting lists
	M Pringle, John F Morgan, John Hopkins, T C B Dehn, A S Mee, Mark S Hockey, Gerald Freshwater, Nigel Dudley, Pamela Cairns, Donald W Light
	BMJ  2001;322:427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.427 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Maternal age and fetal loss
	David C Reardon, Brent Rooney, Mats Reimer, Ruth C Fretts, Alan Rodger
	BMJ  2001;322:429, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.429 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Obstetric intervention among private and public patients in Australia
	Isidor Papapetros, Allison Shorten
	BMJ  2001;322:430, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.430 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Bupropion for smokers
	Christopher Harrison, Herbert G Kinnell, Wendy Richardson, Richard Vautrey, John Britton, Martin Jarvis
	BMJ  2001;322:431, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.431 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Early neonatal mortality and timing of low risk births
	Rajesh Varma, Srinivas Vindla, Lawrence Mascarenhas, Jenny Westgate, Alistair Gunn, Günther Heller, Björn Misselwitz, Stephan Schmidt
	BMJ  2001;322:433, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.433 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patients with primary herpes should be screened for syphilis
	Deborah Graham, Stephen P Higgins
	BMJ  2001;322:434, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.434 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Explosions may occur if dry ice is placed in airtight transport containers
	Sally Sharp, David Cummins, Stephen Halloran, Mandy Donaldson, Lynn Turnbull
	BMJ  2001;322:434, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.434/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Dispute as rival groups publish details of human genome
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2001;322:381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.381 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;322:382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.382 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Flu drug still not worth prescribing, experts say
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;322:382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.382/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Drug company fined for excessive hospitality
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2001;322:382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.382/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US trade action threatens Brazilian AIDS programme
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2001;322:383, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.383 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Fury as Australia appoints former industry lobbyist to drugs watchdog
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2001;322:383, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.383/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA refuses companies' request to drop ulcer warning
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;322:385, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.385/c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	India finalises tobacco control legislation
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2001;322:386, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.386 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Climate change will affect UK health
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2001;322:386, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.386/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Skin sold for chemical warfare research
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;322:384, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.384 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Middle aged women more likely to die after heart attack than men
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;322:384, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.384/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Germany turns away UK trained GP
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2001;322:384, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.384/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Few trusts have race employment targets
	Benjamin Hope
	BMJ  2001;322:384, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.384/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	UK rate of x ray examination less than half the US rate
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;322:384, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.384/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	End restrictions on prescribing Viagra, urges coalition
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2001;322:385, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.385 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	New EU rules might hinder research
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2001;322:385, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.385/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Extra 2600 physicians needed Britain
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2001;322:385, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.385/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Medical council fails to act over breaches of confidentiality
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2001;322:386, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.386/b [Extract] [Full text]

	Babies of teenage mothers 60% more likely to die
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2001;322:386, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.386/c [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Radiography of the lumbar spine in primary care patients with low back pain: randomised controlled trial
	Denise Kendrick, Katherine Fielding, Elaine Bentley, Robert Kerslake, Paul Miller, Mike Pringle
	BMJ  2001;322:400-405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.400 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Routinely administered questionnaires for depression and anxiety: systematic review
	Simon M Gilbody, Allan O House, Trevor A Sheldon
	BMJ  2001;322:406-409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.406 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of search terms and studies] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: Microbicides in HIV prevention
	Sheena McCormack, Richard Hayes, Charles J N Lacey, Anne M Johnson
	BMJ  2001;322:410-413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.410 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Degenerative cervical disc disease causing cord compression in adults under 50
	P I Bentley, C J Grigor, J D McNally, S Rigby, C S Higgens, A O Frank, A Keat
	BMJ  2001;322:414-415, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.414 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of diseases of liver, pancreas, and biliary system: Portal hypertension2. Ascites, encephalopathy, and other conditions
	J E J Krige, I J Beckingham
	BMJ  2001;322:416-418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.416 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Cocktails with the headmaster
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2001;322:439, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.439/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	A warning to the GMC
	Iona Heath
	BMJ  2001;322:439, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.439 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Should depression be managed as a chronic disease?
	Gavin Andrews
	BMJ  2001;322:419-421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.419 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Wellbeing of gay, lesbian, and bisexual doctors • Commentary: The medical profession should face up to its own homophobia
	Brian P Burke, Jocelyn C White, Daniel Saunders
	BMJ  2001;322:422-425, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.422 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;322:440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.440 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	One hundred years ago: Longevity in Spain
	BMJ  2001;322:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.398/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Lessons in communication
	Marcus Mulcahy
	BMJ  2001;322:399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.399 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Looking backwards in 2001
	BMJ  2001;322:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.405/c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Filled with wonder
	BMJ  2001;322:414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.414/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
	BMJ  2001;322:414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.414/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The importance of patient confidentiality
	Lucy Mansfield
	BMJ  2001;322:421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.421/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Suffering in silence
	Murad Khan
	BMJ  2001;322:425, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.425 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Netlines
	BMJ  2001;322:405 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Efficacy and safety of galantamine in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease: multicentre randomised controlled trial
	BMJ  2001;322:405 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Qualitative analysis of psychosocial impact of diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis: implications for screening
	BMJ  2001;322:405 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Results of genetic testing: when confidentiality conflicts with a duty to warn relatives
	BMJ  2001;322:421 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

TV

This week's TV

	TV: Doctors find an ally
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;322:438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.438 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: HIV
	Robert Colebunders
	BMJ  2001;322:436, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.436 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Working with AIDS Bereavement: A Comprehensive Approach for Mental Health Providers
	Brian Kelly
	BMJ  2001;322:436, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.436/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Life at the Extremes: The Science of Survival
	Grant Hutchison
	BMJ  2001;322:437, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.437 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Death Foretold: Prophecy and Prognosis in Medical Care
	Joanne Lynn
	BMJ  2001;322:437, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.437/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Challenges to orthodoxy?
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOKCASE

This week's BOOKCASE

	Bookcase
	Kiran Somani
	BMJ  2001;322:437, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.437/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	Challenges to orthodoxy?
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	William Ernest Bowden • Elisabeth Jean McQueen Lloyd • Peter Roberts • David Robertson Smith • John William Woolley
	David Bowden and Robert Bowden, C M Offer, Will Knott Pallister, Elizabeth Wilson, Carol Barton, R S Winwood
	BMJ  2001;322:435, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.435 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Randomised controlled trial of patient education to encourage graded exercise in chronic fatigue syndrome
	Pauline Powell, Richard P Bentall, Fred J Nye, Richard H T Edwards
	BMJ  2001;322:387, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.387 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Early childhood infectious diseases and the development of asthma up to school age: a birth cohort study
	Sabina Illi, Erika von Mutius, Susanne Lau, Renate Bergmann, Bodo Niggemann, Christine Sommerfeld, Ulrich Wahn, the MAS Group
	BMJ  2001;322:390-395, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.390 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Antibiotic susceptibility of streptococci and related genera causing endocarditis: analysis of UK reference laboratory referrals, January 1996 to March 2000
	Alan P Johnson, Marina Warner, Karen Broughton, Dorothy James, Androulla Efsratiou, Robert C George, David M Livermore
	BMJ  2001;322:395-396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.395 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Prepublication history] FREE

	Exposure of healthcare workers in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland to bloodborne viruses between July 1997 and June 2000: analysis of surveillance data
	Barry Evans, Winnie Duggan, Juliet Baker, Mary Ramsay, Dominique Abiteboul
	BMJ  2001;322:397-398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.397 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Issues in the management of prisoners infected with HIV-1: the King's College Hospital HIV prison service retrospective cohort study
	Simon Edwards, Melinda Tenant-Flowers, Joseph Buggy, Peter Horne, Nick Hulme, Philippa Easterbrook, Chris Taylor
	BMJ  2001;322:398-399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.398 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Prepublication history] FREE

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