This week's This week in the BMJ

	Rapid childhood weight gain increases risk of heart disease in boys thin at birth [Full text] FREE

	Educational intervention reduces inappropriate EEG requests [Full text] FREE

	Adolescents use health services more than expected [Full text] FREE

	Anaemia is more common in South Asian and Chinese than European women [Full text] FREE

	Primary care is running up untenable debts [Full text] FREE

	Close supervision may be needed in swimmers with epilepsy [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Antibiotics for acute bronchitis
	Bruce Arroll, Timothy Kenealy
	BMJ  2001;322:939-940, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.939 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Injury prevention in people with disabilities
	Samuel N Forjuoh, Bernard Guyer
	BMJ  2001;322:940-941, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.940 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Do we need specialist adolescent units in hospitals?
	Aidan Macfarlane, Robert W Blum
	BMJ  2001;322:941-942, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.941 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Haematuria in asymptomatic individuals
	Judy Savige, Mark Buzza, Hayat Dagher
	BMJ  2001;322:942-943, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.942 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effectiveness, efficiency, and NICE
	Mark Sculpher, Michael Drummond, Bernie O'Brien
	BMJ  2001;322:943-944, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.943 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Not reading and signing letters you have dictated is dangerous
	Stanley Shere
	BMJ  2001;322:992, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.992 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hospital league tables
	Andrew Bamji, Jammi N Rao
	BMJ  2001;322:992, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.992/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Opportunity may be more important than profession in serial homicide
	Cameron Stark, Brodie Paterson, Brian Kidd
	BMJ  2001;322:993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.993 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	"Old age" should not be acceptable on death certificates
	Kalman Kafetz
	BMJ  2001;322:993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.993/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Headache after diagnostic lumbar puncture
	James S Smeltzer, John R Davies, David Turnbull, Fiona McKevitt, Keith W Muir, Susannah Baron
	BMJ  2001;322:993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.993/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Strengthening governance for global health research
	Sarah Finer, Jim Black, Bebe Loff
	BMJ  2001;322:995, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.995 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ranitidine and gastrointestinal bleeding in intensive care
	Jean-Charles Preiser, Tim Dexter, Stephen Drage
	BMJ  2001;322:995, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.995/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Glycated haemoglobin, diabetes, and mortality in men
	R J Jarrett, Edmund Lamb, Kay-Tee Khaw, Nick Wareham, Vasiliy Vlassov
	BMJ  2001;322:996, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.996 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Catheterisation in elderly women is no "easy" option
	Virginia Aylett, Olwyn Lynch
	BMJ  2001;322:997, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.997 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Weekend binge drinking may be linked to Monday peaks in cardiovascular deaths
	Laurent Chenet, Annie Britton
	BMJ  2001;322:998, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.998 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Fillers can transform people's lives
	James Le Fanu
	BMJ  2001;322:998, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.998/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Invalid health information is potentially lethal
	Iain Chalmers
	BMJ  2001;322:998, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.998/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Obesity and inactivity fuel global cancer epidemic
	Debbie Josefson
	BMJ  2001;322:945, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.945 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Stresses on women doctors may cause higher suicide risk
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2001;322:945, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.945/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;322:946, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.946 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	German heart surgeon denies corruption
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2001;322:946, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.946/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scientists solve mystery of volcano's "natural deaths"
	Xavier Bosch
	BMJ  2001;322:946, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.946/b [Extract] [Full text]

	Holland decriminalises voluntary euthanasia
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2001;322:947, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.947 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Hungary curbs drug company advertising
	Carl Kovac
	BMJ  2001;322:947, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.947/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Former Treasury adviser weighs in against PFI
	Judy Jones
	BMJ  2001;322:948, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.948 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Canada acts on marijuana and tobacco
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2001;322:948, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.948/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Bladder cancer risk higher for women smokers
	Xavier Bosch
	BMJ  2001;322:948, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.948/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Dutch life expectancy slips behind that of European neighbours
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2001;322:948, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.948/d [Extract] [Full text]

	Cord blood transplants may restore defective immune systems
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2001;322:948, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.948/e [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	How private finance is moving primary care into corporate ownership
	Allyson M Pollock, Stewart Player, Sylvia Godden
	BMJ  2001;322:960-963, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.960 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: More background to the paper] FREE

	Will primary care trusts lead to US-style health care?
	Allyson M Pollock
	BMJ  2001;322:964-967, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.964 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Extracts from "Clinical Evidence": Hip fracture
	William John Gillespie
	BMJ  2001;322:968-975, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.968 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Tonic seizures are a particular risk factor for drowning in people with epilepsy
	Frank M C Besag
	BMJ  2001;322:975-976, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.975 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence based management of hypertension: Cardiovascular risk factors and their effects on the decision to treat hypertension: evidence based review
	Raj Padwal, Sharon E Straus, Finlay A McAlister
	BMJ  2001;322:977-980, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.977 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of hypertension: Blood pressure measurement
	Gareth Beevers, Gregory Y H Lip, Eoin O'Brien
	BMJ  2001;322:981-985, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.981 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Sorry to bother you but . . .
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2001;322:1003, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.1003/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Can I choose the cause of my death?
	A Indrayan
	BMJ  2001;322:1003, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.1003 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Should we screen for type 2 diabetes? Evaluation against National Screening Committee criteria
	Nicholas J Wareham, Simon J Griffin
	BMJ  2001;322:986-988, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.986 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Criteria for appraisal of screening]

	Interpreting the results of secondary end points and subgroup analyses in clinical trials: should we lock the crazy aunt in the attic?
	Nick Freemantle
	BMJ  2001;322:989-991, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.989 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;322:1004, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.1004 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Endpiece: Avoid the British winter
	BMJ  2001;322:958, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.958/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Perspective in medical education
	BMJ  2001;322:958, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.958/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Spectacled soldiers
	BMJ  2001;322:964, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.964/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	When I use a word . . .: Oh? Why?
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2001;322:967, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.967 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Fat as a factor in politics
	BMJ  2001;322:977, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.977/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Writing
	BMJ  2001;322:991, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.991/c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Estimating cardiovascular risk for primary prevention: outstanding questions for primary care
	BMJ  2001;322:991 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	This Week in the BMJ
	BMJ  2001;322:991, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.991/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Personal view
	BMJ  2001;322:991 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Conquering Anorexia: The Route to Recovery
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2001;322:1001, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.1001/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

This week's PRESS

	Press: To diet for
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2001;322:1002, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.1002 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Press: Under cover
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2001;322:1002, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.1002/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	A healthy state of ignorance
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

THEATRE

This week's THEATRE

	Theatre: Jackson Ward
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2001;322:1001, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.1001 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	A healthy state of ignorance
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

EXHIBITION

This week's EXHIBITION

	Exhibition: Cultures of Creativity
	Bengt Höjer
	BMJ  2001;322:1000, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.1000 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Adolescents and health
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2001;322:1001, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.1001/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Talal Salim Al-Chalabi • Marjorie Marie Barr • Anthony George Freeman • Thomas Gardner • Eustace Christopher Poulton
	A N Al-Chalabi, David Barr, Alan Williams, Gregory Gardner, Pippa Oakeshott
	BMJ  2001;322:999, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.999 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Early growth and coronary heart disease in later life: longitudinal study
	J G Eriksson, T Forsén, J Tuomilehto, C Osmond, D J P Barker
	BMJ  2001;322:949-953, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.949 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Requests for electroencephalography in a district general hospital: retrospective and prospective audit
	D Smith, R Bartolo, R M Pickles, B M Tedman
	BMJ  2001;322:954-957, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.954 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	National survey of use of hospital beds by adolescents aged 12 to 19 in the United Kingdom
	R M Viner
	BMJ  2001;322:957-958, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.957 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Anaemia in Chinese, South Asian, and European populations in Newcastle upon Tyne: cross sectional study
	Colin Fischbacher, Raj Bhopal, Sheila Patel, Martin White, Nigel Unwin, K G M M Alberti
	BMJ  2001;322:958-959, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7292.958 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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