Reducing dietary fat has little effect on cardiovascular disease [Full text]

	Effectiveness of exercise in managing depression is not shown by meta-analysis [Full text]

	Symptoms in frequent attenders in secondary care commonly remain medically unexplained [Full text]

	Active coping strategies protect healthcare workers from psychological stress [Full text]

	Unmarried men were smaller at birth [Full text]

	GPs should let depressed patients choose treatment method [Full text]

Editorials

	Medically unexplained symptoms in secondary care
	Jane Turner
	BMJ  2001;322:745-746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.745 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Managing depression in primary care
	Edward H Wagner, Gregory E Simon
	BMJ  2001;322:746-747, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.746 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Beyond Helsinki: a vision for global health ethics
	Peter A Singer, Solomon R Benatar
	BMJ  2001;322:747-748, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.747 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prescribing warmer, healthier homes
	Noel D L Olsen
	BMJ  2001;322:748-749, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.748 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reducing deaths among drug misusers
	Mark B Gabbay, Tom Carnwath, Chris Ford, Deborah A Zador
	BMJ  2001;322:749-750, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.749 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	GMC no longer favours folder of evidence for revalidation
	Stephen Brearley
	BMJ  2001;322:792, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.792 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Detection of breast cancer
	C J M de Wolf, G Querci della Rovere, Ruth Warren, A B Miller, C J Baines
	BMJ  2001;322:792, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.792/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnosing suspected ectopic pregnancy
	Ashis K Sau, Mita Sau, Laurie Montgomery Irvine
	BMJ  2001;322:793, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.793 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Kitemarking the west wind
	Gunther Eysenbach, Gabriel Yihune, Kristian Lampe, Phil Cross, Dan Brickley, Mat Jordan
	BMJ  2001;322:794, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.794 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Uncertainty about clinical equipoise
	Fred Gifford, R J Lilford, Benjamin Djulbegovic, David L Sackett
	BMJ  2001;322:795, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.795 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sexually transmitted infections in people with HIV infection
	Ambreen M Butt, C Johnman, R Nandwani
	BMJ  2001;322:796, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.796 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A healthy old age: realistic or futile goal?
	Piers Simey, Dawn Skelton, Matthew Parsons, Ann McLaughlin
	BMJ  2001;322:796, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.796/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Who should care for people with learning disabilities?
	Graham Martin, Woody Caan
	BMJ  2001;322:797, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.797 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for central hypothyroidism is unjustified
	Alun Price, A P Weetman
	BMJ  2001;322:798, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.798 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Inequalities in health in Europe
	Fabio Levi, Franca Lucchini, Silvia Franceschi, Eva Negri, Carlo La Vecchia
	BMJ  2001;322:798, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.798/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Audit of oxygen prescribing
	Andrew Inglis, A Reece, L Alsford, A Shah
	BMJ  2001;322:799, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.799 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Complications with reformulated One-Alpha vitamin D
	M Savage
	BMJ  2001;322:799, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.799/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Plan to end age discrimination in NHS is launched
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;322:751, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.751 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS told to pay £10m to patients infected with hepatitis C
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;322:751, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.751/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;322:752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.752 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	President Bush outlines patients' bill of rights for US
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;322:752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.752/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Lung cancer death rates rise 600% in US women
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;322:752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.752/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Traditional butchery methods linked to vCJD cluster
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2001;322:753, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.753 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pregnant women cannot be tested for drugs without consent
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;322:753, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.753/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	House of Lords supports first UK genetic database
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;322:755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.755/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK strategy to help increase clean water supplies worldwide
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2001;322:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.756 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Oestrogen replacement increases cancer risk, study shows
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;322:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.756/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Lords criticises slow progress in tackling drug resistant bugs
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2001;322:754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.754 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Europe plans tighter controls on breast implants
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2001;322:754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.754/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Patients need a real say in the NHS, not just to be 'muppets', says report
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2001;322:754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.754/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Global vaccine initiative creates inequity, analysis concludes
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2001;322:754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.754/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	War crimes centre to be set up in Glasgow
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2001;322:754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.754/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	International effort to find AIDS vaccine for India
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2001;322:755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.755 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	1 in 4 pregnant women in South Africa has HIV
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2001;322:755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.755/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	US study highlights high levels of plastic compound in humans
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;322:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.756/b [Extract] [Full text]

	Chile approves emergency contraception pill
	Emily Russell
	BMJ  2001;322:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.756/c [Extract] [Full text]

	Health department misled women over breast implant risks, groups claim
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;322:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.756/d [Extract] [Full text]

	Irish women graduates shun general practice
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2001;322:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.756/e [Extract] [Full text]

	MPs call for overhaul of dentists' pay
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;322:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.756/f [Extract] [Full text]

	Hungary tries to increase organ donation
	Carl Kovac
	BMJ  2001;322:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.756/g [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Antidepressant drugs and generic counselling for treatment of major depression in primary care: randomised trial with patient preference arms
	Clair Chilvers, Michael Dewey, Katherine Fielding, Virginia Gretton, Paul Miller, Ben Palmer, David Weller, Richard Churchill, Idris Williams, Navjot Bedi, Conor Duggan, Alan Lee, Glynn Harrison
	BMJ  2001;322:772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.772 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	10-minute consultation: Dyspepsia
	Brendan C Delaney
	BMJ  2001;322:776, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.776 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: Radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation
	Neil R Grubb, Steve Furniss
	BMJ  2001;322:777-780, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.777 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Acute hyponatraemia in children admitted to hospital: retrospective analysis of factors contributing to its development and resolution
	Michael Halberthal, Mitchell L Halperin, Desmond Bohn
	BMJ  2001;322:780-782, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.780 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of diseases of liver, pancreas, and biliary system: Liver and pancreatic trauma
	I J Beckingham, J E J Krige
	BMJ  2001;322:783-785, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.783 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Does litigation make you ill?
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2001;322:805, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.805/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Doctors on the ropes
	Richard Hayward
	BMJ  2001;322:805, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.805 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Stakeholder health insurance: empowering the poorest patients • Commentary: Stakeholder health insurance has disingenuous aims
	David G Green, Jennifer Dixon, John Appleby
	BMJ  2001;322:786-789, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.786 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Care of older people: Mental health problems
	Alistair Burns, Tom Dening, Robert Baldwin
	BMJ  2001;322:789-791, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.789 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;322:806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.806 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Endpiece: Life
	BMJ  2001;322:771, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.771/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: A case of mistaken diagnosis
	Barid B Bhattacharya
	BMJ  2001;322:775, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.775 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	When I use a word . . .: The last word
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2001;322:782, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.782 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Explosions may occur if dry ice is placed in airtight transport containers
	BMJ  2001;322:799 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

	Book: Acute Medical Emergencies: The Practical Approach
	Daniel Fatovich
	BMJ  2001;322:802, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.802 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The New Chemistry: A Showcase for Modern Chemistry and its Applications
	Jeremy Playfer
	BMJ  2001;322:802, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.802/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Making of Them: The British Attitude to Children and the Boarding School System
	Petruska Clarkson
	BMJ  2001;322:803, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.803 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Treatment for Chronic Depression: Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy
	Gary E Myers
	BMJ  2001;322:803, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.803/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

	Press: You can always pop a pill
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2001;322:804, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.804 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Black dog
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

	Black dog
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Low fat diets
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2001;322:804, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.804/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Kenneth Barlow • John Patrick Macrae Bensted • John David Waite Fisher • Leslie Wallace Lauste • William Robert Moore • Nigel Geoffrey Nicholson • David Harry Pickett • Cyril Taylor • Hermon Taylor • John Edward White
	Joanna Ray, Richard Carter, William N Landells, Tony Missen, G Gordon Steel, A B Goorney, R L Symonds, Philip Somerville, Christopher Jephcott, G B Whitaker, Robert G Jones, H Silver, John Blandy, G M Fairris
	BMJ  2001;322:800, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.800 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	Dietary fat intake and prevention of cardiovascular disease: systematic review
	Lee Hooper, Carolyn D Summerbell, Julian P T Higgins, Rachel L Thompson, Nigel E Capps, George Davey Smith, Rudolph A Riemersma, Shah Ebrahim
	BMJ  2001;322:757-763, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.757 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table] FREE

	The effectiveness of exercise as an intervention in the management of depression: systematic review and meta-regression analysis of randomised controlled trials
	Debbie A Lawlor, Stephen W Hopker
	BMJ  2001;322:763, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.763 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Prepublication history] FREE

	Medically unexplained symptoms in frequent attenders of secondary health care: retrospective cohort study
	Steven Reid, Simon Wessely, Tim Crayford, Matthew Hotopf
	BMJ  2001;322:767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.767 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Longitudinal comparison of depression, coping, and turnover among NHS and private sector staff caring for people with dementia
	M Margallo-Lana, K Reichelt, P Hayes, L Lee, J Fossey, J O'Brien, C Ballard
	BMJ  2001;322:769-770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.769 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prenatal growth and subsequent marital status: longitudinal study
	David I W Phillips, David J Handelsman, Johan G Eriksson, Tom Forsén, Clive Osmond, David J P Barker
	BMJ  2001;322:771, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7289.771 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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