Children drinking probiotic milk have less respiratory infections [Full text]

	Delay in decision to delivery by caesarean section does not affect neonatal outcomes [Full text]

	Breast feeding has increased in Scotland [Full text]

	Areas with more Labour voters have higher death rates [Full text]

	Coronary heart disease registers do not improve clinical outcomes [Full text]

Editorials

	Managing spontaneous first trimester miscarriage
	David J Cahill
	BMJ  2001;322:1315-1316, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1315 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Caesarean section for fetal distress
	David James
	BMJ  2001;322:1316-1317, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1316 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Better standards for better reporting of RCTs
	Patrick M M Bossuyt
	BMJ  2001;322:1317-1318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1317 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Do probiotics prevent childhood illnesses?
	Christine A Wanke
	BMJ  2001;322:1318-1319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1318 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ bans "accidents"
	Ronald M Davis, Barry Pless
	BMJ  2001;322:1320-1321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1320 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New global health fund
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2001;322:1321-1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1321 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Talks from BMJ editors
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2001;322:1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1322 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Why are doctors so unhappy?
	P A West, Keith Parsons, Susan Evans, Mike Laurence, Kwame McKenzie, Nicola Jakeman, P N Gregson, Andy Stewart, David Seddon, Simon Smith, Julian Tudor Hart, Marion Newman, Gerhard Wilke, Peter Davies, Frank Brennan, William Zeckhausen, Larry Culliford, Stephen Workman, David Hunter, Sharon Davies
	BMJ  2001;322:1361, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1361 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Risk of miscarriage in pregnant users of NSAIDs
	L Y Chan, P M Yuen, Petter Kristensen, G L Nielsen, H T Sørensen, H Larsen, L Pedersen
	BMJ  2001;322:1365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1365 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Quality of health information about depression on internet
	André Tomlin, Karin Lee Dearness, John Geddes, S J Darmoni, M C Haugh, B Lukacs, J P Boissel, Kathleen M Griffiths, Helen Christensen
	BMJ  2001;322:1366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1366 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Nasal diamorphine in children with clinical fractures
	Gail Eva, Gregory Luke Larkin, Peter Leman, J M Kendall, B C Reeves, V S Latter
	BMJ  2001;322:1367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1367 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patient access to records must be acceptable to both parties
	Ray Jones
	BMJ  2001;322:1368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1368 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Computer use must not affect doctor-patient relationship
	Andrew Thornett
	BMJ  2001;322:1369, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1369 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Unlimited consumer demand would destroy NHS
	Jim Wardrope
	BMJ  2001;322:1369, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1369/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	GMC chief retires as council votes for revalidation
	Katherine Burke
	BMJ  2001;322:1323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1323 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	EC to encourage closer European cooperation on cancer research
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2001;322:1323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1323/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;322:1324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1324 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Israelis hold Palestinian hospital chief
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2001;322:1324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1324/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	HIV positive mothers who breast feed may die sooner
	Samena Chaudhry
	BMJ  2001;322:1324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1324/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	No evidence that placebos have powerful clinical effects, study says
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;322:1325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1325 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors in rich world claim patient care is declining
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2001;322:1325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1325/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Meeker the second time around
	Jo Revill
	BMJ  2001;322:1326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1326 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	US rejects biological weapons convention protocol
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;322:1326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1326/a [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Cluster randomised controlled trial to compare three methods of promoting secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in primary care
	Michael Moher, Patricia Yudkin, Lucy Wright, Rebecca Turner, Alice Fuller, Theo Schofield, David Mant
	BMJ  2001;322:1338, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1338 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Regular review: Management of spontaneous miscarriage in the first trimester: an example of putting informed shared decision making into practice
	Willem M Ankum, Margreet Wieringa-de Waard, Patrick J E Bindels
	BMJ  2001;322:1343-1346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1343 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Playing the odds in clinical decision making: lessons from berry aneurysms undetected by magnetic resonance angiography
	Michael R Johnson, Catriona D Good, William D Penny, Philip RJ Barnes, John W Scadding
	BMJ  2001;322:1347-1349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1347 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of AIDS: Treatment of infections
	Ian V D Weller, I G Williams
	BMJ  2001;322:1350-1354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1350 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Fear and clothing
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2001;322:1373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1373/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Conscription of children in armed conflict
	D G H de Silva, C J Hobbs
	BMJ  2001;322:1372, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1372 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	My months as a hatstand
	Andrew Collinson
	BMJ  2001;322:1373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1373 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Why should women have lower reference limits for haemoglobin and ferritin concentrations than men?
	D Hugh Rushton, Robin Dover, Anthony W Sainsbury, Michael J Norris, Jeremy J H Gilkes, Ian D Ramsay
	BMJ  2001;322:1355-1357, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1355 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Measuring quality of life: Are quality of life measures patient centred?
	Alison J Carr, Irene J Higginson
	BMJ  2001;322:1357-1360, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1357 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;322:1374, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1374 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Not in front of the children
	Peter O'Donnell
	BMJ  2001;322:1337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1337 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pre-mortal provision
	Douglas Black
	BMJ  2001;322:1342, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1342 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: The man whom doctors were too busy to notice
	BMJ  2001;322:1346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1346 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;322:1349 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of hypertension: Blood pressure measurement: Part 1Sphygmomanometry: factors common to all techniques
	BMJ  2001;322:1349 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;322:1374 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

ART

	Art: The Genomic Revolution
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2001;322:1371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1371 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Big and fundamental questions
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOKCASE

	Bookcase
	Samena Chaudhry
	BMJ  2001;322:1372, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1372/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

	Big and fundamental questions
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	John Ardley • John Warwick Buckler • Rosemary Ann Chase • Mary Louise Referowski (née Assinder) • Richard Geoffrey Watkinson
	Gwen Barnacle, David Buckler, John McGough, Etain Cronin, Hugh de Glanville
	BMJ  2001;322:1370, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1370 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	Effect of long term consumption of probiotic milk on infections in children attending day care centres: double blind, randomised trial
	Katja Hatakka, Erkki Savilahti, Antti Pönkä, Jukka H Meurman, Tuija Poussa, Leena Näse, Maija Saxelin, Riitta Korpela
	BMJ  2001;322:1327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1327 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Interval between decision and delivery by caesarean sectionare current standards achievable? Observational case series
	Derek J Tuffnell, Kath Wilkinson, Nicola Beresford
	BMJ  2001;322:1330-1333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1330 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prospective 12 month study of 30 minute decision to delivery intervals for "emergency" caesarean section
	I Z MacKenzie, Inez Cooke
	BMJ  2001;322:1334-1335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1334 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Comparison of breastfeeding rates in Scotland in 1990-1 and 1997-8
	David M Tappin, Joan M Mackenzie, Arlene J Brown, Robert W A Girdwood, Jane Britten, Mary Broadfoot
	BMJ  2001;322:1335-1336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1335 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Analysis of trends in premature mortality by Labour voting in the 1997 general election
	Danny Dorling, George Davey Smith, Mary Shaw
	BMJ  2001;322:1336-1337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1336 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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