This week's This week in the BMJ

	Elderly people are unlikely to benefit from zanamivir treatment because of the delivery system [Full text] FREE

	Continuous infusions of amphotericin B deoxycholate reduce toxicity [Full text] FREE

	Peer led asthma education improves quality of life in teenagers with asthma [Full text] FREE

	Eating less and exercising more may reduce risk of breast cancer [Full text] FREE

	People with light eyes are more likely to be deafened by meningitis [Full text] FREE

	Primary care trusts could help enhance primary care research networks [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Foot and mouth disease: the human consequences
	Henry Prempeh, Robert Smith, Berit Müller
	BMJ  2001;322:565-566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.565 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	HIV and infertility: time to treat
	Carole Gilling-Smith, J Richard Smith, Augusto E Semprini
	BMJ  2001;322:566-567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.566 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Practice based primary care research networks
	Larry A Green, Susan M Dovey
	BMJ  2001;322:567-568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.567 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management of stage 1 endometrial carcinoma
	Matthé P M Burger
	BMJ  2001;322:568-569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.568 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Societal responsibilities of clinical trial sponsors
	Stephen Evans, Stuart Pocock
	BMJ  2001;322:569-570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.569 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Rectal bleeding and colorectal cancer
	Tom Fahey, Alan Montgomery, Knut Schroeder, Wai-Ching Leung, Frank Buntinx, Hans Wauters, Viviane Van Casteren
	BMJ  2001;322:610, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.610 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	All epidemiological evidence is important in colorectal cancer
	Suminori Kono
	BMJ  2001;322:611, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.611 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Impact of NHS Direct on demand for immediate care
	Peter Aird, Paul Hansford, Richard O'Brien, Elizabeth Parfitt, Hilary Swindall, K McKenna, Mike Sadler, Mike Howell, Chris Cahill
	BMJ  2001;322:611, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.611/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Should NICE's advice be handled centrally or locally?
	Peter Brambleby
	BMJ  2001;322:613, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.613 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Catheter ablation for cardiac arrhythmias
	David Bourne, Nicholas S Peters
	BMJ  2001;322:613, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.613/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Surveillance of Haemophilus influenzae infection
	Mary Ramsay, Mary Slack, Edward Kaczmarski, Babatunde Olowokure, Jeremy Hawker
	BMJ  2001;322:613, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.613/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Outcome of pregnancy in diabetic women
	Frank Johnstone, Jean Golding, Gillian Hawthorne, L M Irgens, R T Lie
	BMJ  2001;322:614, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.614 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ultrasonography in diagnosis of acute appendicitis
	Stephen Attwood, Peter F Jones
	BMJ  2001;322:615, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.615 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Interrupting antiretroviral treatment needs particular care
	W A C Sewell, C Mazhude, A Murdin-Geretti, S Jones, P J Easterbrook
	BMJ  2001;322:616, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.616 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Smoking and use of mobile phones
	Trevor Jones, Giovanni Invernizzi, Roberto Boffi, Roberto Mazza, Paolo Paredi, Chung-Yol Lee
	BMJ  2001;322:616, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.616/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hospital mergers may be painful but have positive aspects too
	A J Minchin
	BMJ  2001;322:617, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.617 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The fragile male
	William H James, Ian Banks
	BMJ  2001;322:617, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.617/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Title of Dr should be sufficient for all doctors
	A J Crisp
	BMJ  2001;322:617, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.617/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Wyeth suppresses research on pill, programme claims
	Godelieve van Heteren
	BMJ  2001;322:571, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.571 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;322:572, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.572 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US healthcare system too geared to acute medicine
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2001;322:572, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.572/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Professor reprimanded for failing to act over fraud
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;322:573, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.573 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Sudden cardiac deaths rise by 10% in young Americans
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2001;322:573, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.573/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Surfactant trial in Latin American infants criticised
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;322:575, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.575/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO says tobacco industry "used" institute to undermine its policies
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2001;322:576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.576 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	India invests heavily in genomics research
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2001;322:576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.576/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Weak link between power lines and leukaemia
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;322:574, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.574 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Alzheimer�s disease rarer among Nigerians than among African Americans
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;322:574, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.574/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Ireland to introduce tougher tobacco law
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2001;322:574, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.574/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	New diagnostic marker found for glaucoma
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2001;322:574, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.574/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Plastic surgery rockets as baby boomers search for youth and beauty
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;322:574, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.574/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	More than a quarter of India�s youngsters have premarital sex
	Rohit Sharma
	BMJ  2001;322:575, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.575 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Spanish doctors warn others off their territory
	Xavier Bosch
	BMJ  2001;322:575, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.575/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Small rise in vitamin C intake could greatly reduce heart disease
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2001;322:576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.576/b [Extract] [Full text]

	UK survey shows public confusion about human genetic research
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;322:576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.576/c [Extract] [Full text]

	Budapest nurse held over deaths of elderly patients
	Carl Kovac
	BMJ  2001;322:576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.576/d [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Networks for research in primary health care
	Paul Thomas, Frances Griffiths, Joe Kai, Aislinn O'Dwyer
	BMJ  2001;322:588-590, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.588 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further examples] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Recent advances: International perspectives on health inequalities and policy
	David A Leon, Gill Walt, Lucy Gilson
	BMJ  2001;322:591-594, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.591 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Raised cortisol excretion rate in urine and contamination by topical steroids
	Christopher J G Kelly, Arla Ogilvie, John R Evans, David Shapiro, A Michael Wallace, David L Davies
	BMJ  2001;322:594, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.594 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of diseases of liver, pancreas, and biliary system: Acute pancreatitis
	I J Beckingham, P C Bornman
	BMJ  2001;322:595-598, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.595 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Just sign this . . .
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2001;322:623, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.623/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Why have sex?
	Judith Longstaff Mackay
	BMJ  2001;322:623, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.623 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Is bigger better for primary care groups and trusts?
	Chris Bojke, Hugh Gravelle, David Wilkin
	BMJ  2001;322:599-602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.599 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of literature search]

	Premature discontinuation of clinical trial for reasons not related to efficacy, safety, or feasibility • Commentary: Early discontinuation violates Helsinki principles
	Michel Lièvre, Joël Ménard, Eric Bruckert, Joël Cogneau, François Delahaye, Philippe Giral, Eran Leitersdorf, Gérald Luc, Luis Masana, Philippe Moulin, Philippe Passa, Denis Pouchain, Gérard Siest, K Boyd
	BMJ  2001;322:603-606, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.603 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Asylum seekers and refugees in Britain: The health of survivors of torture and organised violence
	Angela Burnett, Michael Peel
	BMJ  2001;322:606-609, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.606 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;322:624, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.624 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	One hundred years ago: A hair as the nucleus of an appendicular calculus
	BMJ  2001;322:587, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.587/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The silver lining
	William A M Cutting
	BMJ  2001;322:598, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.598 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	An important lesson: The correct leg
	Subhasish Deb, John Aldridge
	BMJ  2001;322:602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.602 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: My Englishness
	BMJ  2001;322:602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.602/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Systematic review of long term anticoagulation or antiplatelet treatment in patients with non-rheumatic atrial fibrillation
	BMJ  2001;322:587 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

TV

This week's TV

	TV: The Human Face
	Nayeem Ali, Paul Farrand
	BMJ  2001;322:622, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.622 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Plague Wars
	Fred B Charatan
	BMJ  2001;322:620, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.620 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Cutting the Cost of Cold: Affordable Warmth for Healthier Homes
	Jonathan M Samet
	BMJ  2001;322:620, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.620/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Ritalin Nation: Rapid-Fire Culture and the Transformation of Human Consciousness
	Simon R Wilkinson
	BMJ  2001;322:621, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.621 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Helping People with Eating Disorders: A Clinical Guide to Assessment and Treatment
	Mark Berelowitz
	BMJ  2001;322:621, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.621/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Delivering drugs and making the BMJ less boring
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

NETLINES

This week's NETLINES

	Netlines
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2001;322:621, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.621/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	Delivering drugs and making the BMJ less boring
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Health inequalities
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2001;322:622, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.622/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Mobin Asghar • Sarah Jayne Clarke (née Cook) • Arthur Hamilton Cook • Leslie Dunbar • Douglas George Arnott Eadie • John Robinson Imrie • Valentine Logue • Stanley Farrant Russell • Jenny Margaret Verinder (née Rudge) • Peter William Wells
	Dorothy Crawford, J Clarke, H Cramp, Ian MacGillivray, Alan Watson, John Blandy, Michael Mason, Lindsay Symon, Margaret Green, Steve Tomlinson, Richard Wells
	BMJ  2001;322:618, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.618 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Comparison of elderly people's technique in using two dry powder inhalers to deliver zanamivir: randomised controlled trial
	Paul Diggory, Christophe Fernandez, Amanda Humphrey, Valerie Jones, Maeve Murphy
	BMJ  2001;322:577, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.577 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Comparison of effects of amphotericin B deoxycholate infused over 4 or 24 hours: randomised controlled trial
	Urs Eriksson, Burkhard Seifert, Andreas Schaffner
	BMJ  2001;322:579, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.579 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effect of peer led programme for asthma education in adolescents: cluster randomised controlled trial
	Smita Shah, Jennifer K Peat, Evalynn J Mazurski, Han Wang, Doungkamol Sindhusake, Colleen Bruce, Richard L Henry, Peter G Gibson
	BMJ  2001;322:583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.583 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Prepublication history] FREE

	Research pointers: Lifestyle, hormones, and risk of breast cancer
	Grazyna Jasienska, Inger Thune
	BMJ  2001;322:586-587, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.586 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Research pointers: Light eye colour linked to deafness after meningitis
	Helen E Cullington
	BMJ  2001;322:587 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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