This week's This week in the BMJ

	Late presentation with glaucoma is linked to social deprivation [Full text] FREE

	Duration of breast feeding is related to arterial "stiffness" [Full text] FREE

	Glucocorticoid receptor gene polymorphism (Ser363 variant) does not lead to obesity [Full text] FREE

	Increased minor psychiatric morbidity follows job insecurity and unemployment [Full text] FREE

	Educational visits to GPs and pharmacists improve prescribing [Full text] FREE

	Older people are often not treated with dignity by health- care workers [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Does the duration of breast feeding matter?
	Ian Booth
	BMJ  2001;322:625-626, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.625 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Providing clean water: lessons from Bangladesh
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2001;322:626-627, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.626 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Electronic publishing in science
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2001;322:627-629, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.627 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Poor world health and rich world wealth
	David Taylor
	BMJ  2001;322:629-630, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.629 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Obesity genes
	Thorkild I A Sørensen, Søren M Echwald
	BMJ  2001;322:630-631, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.630 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What is the optimal weight for cardiovascular health?
	Simin Liu, JoAnn E Manson
	BMJ  2001;322:631-632, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.631 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Judicial functions of GMC should be abolished
	Olusola O A Oni
	BMJ  2001;322:671, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.671 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Inferiority of calcium channel blockers to cheaper drugs
	Norman M Kaplan, Deborah Josefson, J R Cockcroft, I B Wilkinson
	BMJ  2001;322:671, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.671/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Testing night vision for driving
	William Jory
	BMJ  2001;322:672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.672 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Registry for torsades de pointes with drug treatment exists
	Michael J Kilborn, Raymond L Woosley
	BMJ  2001;322:672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.672/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Glucosamine and chondroitin may help in osteoarthritis
	Karen Walker-Bone, Kassim Javid, Nigel Arden, Cyrus Cooper
	BMJ  2001;322:673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.673 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Secondary prevention may help intermittent claudication
	A Vass, G Leng, O Papacosta, M Walker, L Lennon, P H Whincup
	BMJ  2001;322:673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.673/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Vision is needed to address problem of global health information
	Peter A Singer
	BMJ  2001;322:673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.673/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Data collection barriers can be overcome by schemes such as MEDICS
	Sharon Lamont, Paul Murphy, Stephen Singleton
	BMJ  2001;322:674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.674 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hospital accreditation is important
	Richard Rawlins
	BMJ  2001;322:674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.674/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Insulin-like growth factor-I can be helpful towards end of life
	Aidan Bolger, Wolfram Doehner, Stefan D Anker
	BMJ  2001;322:674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.674/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug development means economics in the end
	Stephen Senn
	BMJ  2001;322:675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.675 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	When response rates do matter
	Mark Ashworth
	BMJ  2001;322:675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.675/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Census of availability of neonatal intensive care should have used different denominator
	M Hall, R Thwaites, Melanie J Gompels
	BMJ  2001;322:675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.675/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drugs may have reduced effect of falls intervention
	James W Cooper
	BMJ  2001;322:675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.675/c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tampons could be used to diagnose sexually transmitted diseases
	Suzanne M Garland, Sepehr N Tabrizi, Christopher K Fairley, Francis J Bowden
	BMJ  2001;322:676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.676 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Putting patients first will help interprofessional education
	Charles Campion-Smith, Peter Wilcock
	BMJ  2001;322:676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.676/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	It is time to dismiss calls to ban DDT
	Fredric M Steinberg
	BMJ  2001;322:676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.676/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Proposals for preventing community violence are naive
	Rowland Cottingham
	BMJ  2001;322:677, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.677 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Is this the end of the line for flu vaccine as we know it?
	Nigel Higson, Ming He
	BMJ  2001;322:677, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.677/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Use of confidential HIV data helps convict former prisoner
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;322:633, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.633 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	A fifth of suicides among people with mental illness are preventable
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;322:633, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.633/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Whistleblower thanked but still suspended
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2001;322:634, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.634 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;322:634, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.634/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	South African court battle damages drug industry's image
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2001;322:635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.635 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Review clears Harefield surgeons
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2001;322:635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.635/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Obesity drug endorsed by NICE
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2001;322:637, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.637/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US doctors call for simpler Medicare rules
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;322:638, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.638 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Prenatal diagnosis of heart defects aids survival after surgery
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2001;322:638, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.638/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	New alcohol strategy being developed for England
	Judy Jones
	BMJ  2001;322:636, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.636 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	More than 4000 out of date vaccines given to children in Ireland
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2001;322:636, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.636/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Scientists isolate HIV blocker in placenta
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;322:636, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.636/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Bush urged to lift cash ban to groups offering abortion
	Sara Pennington
	BMJ  2001;322:636, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.636/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Funding of hospital equipment underfunded by £8m in Scotland
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2001;322:636, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.636/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text]

	Parents should remove risk factors to reduce asthma in children
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2001;322:637, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.637 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Review confirms workplace counselling reduces stress
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;322:637, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.637/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Drug reduces death from sepsis
	Xavier Bosch
	BMJ  2001;322:638, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.638/b [Extract] [Full text]

	MEPs try to mobilise public opinion against extension of euthanasia
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2001;322:638, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.638/c [Extract] [Full text]

	Clinical academics worry that their interests are ignored
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2001;322:638, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.638/d [Extract] [Full text]

	A fifth of suicides among mentally ill are preventable
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;322:638, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.638/e [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Reducing prescribing of highly anticholinergic antidepressants for elderly people: randomised trial of group versus individual academic detailing
	Martine E C van Eijk, Jerry Avorn, Arijan J Porsius, Anthonius de Boer
	BMJ  2001;322:654, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.654 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Prepublication history] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Extracts from "Clinical Evidence": Pelvic inflammatory disease
	Jonathan Ross
	BMJ  2001;322:658-659, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.658 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of diseases of liver, pancreas, and biliary system: Chronic pancreatitis
	P C Bornman, I J Beckingham
	BMJ  2001;322:660-663, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.660 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Such gratitude
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2001;322:683, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.683/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	When a doctor is suspended so is family life
	Anonymous
	BMJ  2001;322:683, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.683 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Patient choice modules for summaries of clinical effectiveness: a proposal
	Margaret Holmes-Rovner, Hilary Llewellyn-Thomas, Vikki Entwistle, Angela Coulter, Annette O'Connor, David R Rovner
	BMJ  2001;322:664-667, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.664 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Care of older people: Maintaining the dignity and autonomy of older people in the healthcare setting
	Kate Lothian, Ian Philp
	BMJ  2001;322:668-670, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.668 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;322:684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.684 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Endpiece: Different ways of saving lives
	BMJ  2001;322:652, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.652/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: A politician
	BMJ  2001;322:658, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.658/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: An American professor's view of the medical woman
	BMJ  2001;322:660, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.660/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: The benefits of attending the dentist
	Mike Pemberton
	BMJ  2001;322:667, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.667 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: "Kissing the book"
	BMJ  2001;322:667, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.667/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Circumcision: A History of the World's Most Controversial Surgery
	Tim Stokes
	BMJ  2001;322:680, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.680 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Prophets, Cults and Madness
	Trevor Turner
	BMJ  2001;322:680, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.680/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Hitler's Gift: Scientists Who Fled Nazi Germany
	Alex Paton
	BMJ  2001;322:681, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.681 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Street Foods
	Sjúrour F Olsen
	BMJ  2001;322:681, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.681/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

This week's PRESS

	Press: Fear of frying: power lines and cancer
	Simon Chapman
	BMJ  2001;322:682, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.682 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Facets of the global health divide
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	Facets of the global health divide
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

HIT PARADE

This week's HIT PARADE

	Hit parade
	BMJ  2001;322:681, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.681/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Robert Cruickshank (Jim) Burgess • Evan Lewis Butler • Donald John Campbell • Susanta Kumar Gupta • Andrew Henry Garmany Love • Jane Ann Marks (née Blythe) • Adèle Nye (née Fischbacher) • Gordon Jackson Rees • Robert MacDonald Shaw • Thambipillai Sivalingham
	Stuart L Morrison, John H Price, James Travers, Anthony Campbell, Michael Grant, Robert Stout, Paul Marks, Michael Winter, Gordon H Bush, Marjorie Kuck, Blair Harrington, John A J Macleod
	BMJ  2001;322:678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.678 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Deprivation and late presentation of glaucoma: case-control study
	Scott Fraser, Catey Bunce, Richard Wormald, Eric Brunner
	BMJ  2001;322:639-643, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.639 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Duration of breast feeding and arterial distensibility in early adult life: population based study
	C P M Leeson, M Kattenhorn, J E Deanfield, A Lucas
	BMJ  2001;322:643-647, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.643 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Employment status and health after privatisation in white collar civil servants: prospective cohort study
	Jane E Ferrie, Pekka Martikainen, Martin J Shipley, Michael G Marmot, Stephen A Stansfeld, George Davey Smith
	BMJ  2001;322:647, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.647 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Prepublication history] FREE

	Cardiovascular events in users of sildenafil: results from first phase of prescription event monitoring in England
	Saad A W Shakir, Lynda V Wilton, Andrew Boshier, Deborah Layton, Emma Heeley
	BMJ  2001;322:651-652, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.651 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Tsp509I polymorphism in exon 2 of the glucocorticoid receptor gene in relation to obesity and cortisol secretion: cohort study
	Roland Rosmond, Claude Bouchard, Per Björntorp
	BMJ  2001;322:652-653, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.652 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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