Zinc supplementation is not effective against malaria in African children [Full text]

	Acupuncture gives short term relief in chronic neck pain [Full text]

	Many specialist registrars would like to work part time when they are consultants [Full text]

	Cranberry juice reduces recurrent urinary tract infection [Full text]

Editorials

	Is the two week rule for cancer referrals working?
	Roger Jones, Greg Rubin, Pali Hungin
	BMJ  2001;322:1555-1556, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1555 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Adoption
	Mary Mather
	BMJ  2001;322:1556-1557, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1556 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The continuing global challenge of injury
	David H Stone, Stephen Jarvis, Barry Pless
	BMJ  2001;322:1557-1558, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1557 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Iatrogenic vCJD from surgical instruments
	Adam Frosh, Rachel Joyce, Alan Johnson
	BMJ  2001;322:1558-1559, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1558 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fatigue in cancer
	Gregory A Curt
	BMJ  2001;322:1560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1560 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	GMC: approaching the abyss
	Brian Keighley, George Alberti, John Chisholm, Simon Fradd, Barry Jackson, Roderick MacSween, Hamish Meldrum, David Pickersgill, Mike Pringle, Graham Forbes, Sue Leggate, Bob Nicholls, Chris Robinson, John Shaw, Denis Pereira Gray, Gareth Lloyd, Peter Arnold
	BMJ  2001;322:1599, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1599 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Assessing clinical competence and revalidation of clinicians
	Peter Burrows, Nick Gravestock, Robert K McKinley, Robin C Fraser, Richard Baker, Robert Mason, Louisa Zouita, Brian Ayers
	BMJ  2001;322:1600, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1600 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	GMC's guidance may inhibit research
	Stephen J Leslie, David J Webb
	BMJ  2001;322:1601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1601 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Optimising management of delirium
	Christopher James Ryan, Naji Tabet, Robert Howard, David Meagher, J Haines, P Barclay, T Wauchob
	BMJ  2001;322:1602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1602 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Animal research
	Penny Hawkins, Jann Hau, Hans-Erik Carlsson, Joakim Hagelin, Ian Roberts, Michael Meredith, Samantha Gray, J H Botting
	BMJ  2001;322:1603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1603 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Wyeth responds to news story on oral contraceptives and DVT
	P Brock
	BMJ  2001;322:1605, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1605 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	C reactive protein and acute phase of ischaemic stroke
	Mario Di Napoli
	BMJ  2001;322:1605, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1605/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	What's in a name?
	Richard Day, Fiona Gilroy
	BMJ  2001;322:1606, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1606 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	UK attacked for lack of injury prevention strategy
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2001;322:1561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1561 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	AMA split by dispute between chief and board of trustees
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;322:1561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1561/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;322:1562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1562 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Guidance issued on feeding of sick newborn babies
	Simon Frantz
	BMJ  2001;322:1562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1562/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Flexible jobs needed to retain women doctors
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;322:1562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1562/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Minorities get preferential admission to US medical schools
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;322:1563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1563 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Report attacked for vested interests of its backers
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2001;322:1563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1563/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dutch patients travel to Spain for orthopaedic surgery
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2001;322:1565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1565/c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Public inquiry hears how Shipman killed patients with diamorphine
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;322:1566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1566 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Ban on human reproductive cloning demanded
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;322:1566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1566/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	AMA demands change in drug advertisements
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;322:1566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1566/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	UK government attacked for failing to introduce tobacco bill
	Pat Hagan
	BMJ  2001;322:1564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1564 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Invasive procedures carried out on children without anaesthesia
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2001;322:1564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1564/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Public thinks genetic testing is "a step too far"
	Cherrill Hicks
	BMJ  2001;322:1564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1564/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	GPs demand that the government cut their workload
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;322:1564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1564/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Counterfeit pharmaceuticals flood Russian market
	James Schofield
	BMJ  2001;322:1564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1564/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	GMC member forced to stand down from disciplinary panel
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;322:1565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1565 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Healthy woman dies in research experiment
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;322:1565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1565/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Prisoner dies after "seriously deficient" care
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;322:1565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1565/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Prophylactic gastrectomy seems to extend life of patients with a family history of stomach cancer
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;322:1566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1566/c [Extract] [Full text]

	High bone density increases risk of breast cancer
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;322:1566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1566/d [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctors subjected to "harsh treatment" over organ retention, says report
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2001;322:1566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1566/e [Extract] [Full text]

	Reorganisation proposed for NHS in Northern Ireland
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2001;322:1566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1566/f [Extract] [Full text]

	AMA split by dispute between chief and board of trustees
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;322:1566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1566/g [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Primary care groups: Improving the quality of care through clinical governance
	Stephen Campbell, Martin Roland, David Wilkin
	BMJ  2001;322:1580-1582, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1580 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Regular review: Managing testicular cancer
	DP Dearnaley, RA Huddart, A Horwich
	BMJ  2001;322:1583-1588, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1583 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Depot corticosteroid treatment for hay fever causing avascular necrosis of both hips
	S M S Nasser, P W Ewan
	BMJ  2001;322:1589-1591, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1589 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Reye's syndrome and aspirin: lest we forget
	M C McGovern, J F T Glasgow, M C Stewart
	BMJ  2001;322:1591-1592, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1591 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Let the hair sit
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2001;322:1611, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1611/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Is it time for evidence based medical registration?
	Steve Kisely
	BMJ  2001;322:1611, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1611 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	For and against: Public health does not need to be led by doctors • For • Against
	Klim McPherson, Sarah Taylor, Edward Coyle
	BMJ  2001;322:1593-1596, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1593 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Summarising economic evaluations in systematic reviews: a new approach
	John Nixon, Khalid S Khan, Jos Kleijnen
	BMJ  2001;322:1596-1598, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1596 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;322:1612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1612 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	A paper that saved my life: Mobile intensive care units
	Peter Arnold
	BMJ  2001;322:1570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1570 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: The most difficult of arts, reigning
	BMJ  2001;322:1570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1570/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: The family doctor
	BMJ  2001;322:1570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1570/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: The finances of the General Medical Council
	BMJ  2001;322:1591, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1591/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Words: Is it cracked, broken, or fractured?
	Martin Billington
	BMJ  2001;322:1598, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1598 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

TV

	TV: Lesbian doctors get a role model
	Jeanelle de Gruchy
	BMJ  2001;322:1610, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1610 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: Dark Remedy: The Impact of Thalidomide and its Revival as a Vital Medicine
	Martin Schulz
	BMJ  2001;322:1608, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1608 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Making Clinical Governance Work for You
	Lindsay F P Smith, Jenny Shepperd
	BMJ  2001;322:1608, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1608/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Educating for Professionalism: Creating a Culture of Humanism in Medical Education
	Christopher Bulstrode
	BMJ  2001;322:1609, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1609 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

FILM

	Film: ABC Africa
	Nicholas Sargent
	BMJ  2001;322:1609, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1609/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: A round-up of films]

CHOICE

	Neglected
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

	Neglected
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: The effects of consumerism
	Jason O'Neale Roach
	BMJ  2001;322:1610, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1610/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Donald Rose Beaton • Raymond Hierons • John Langlois Montagnon • Terry Ramsell • David Christopher Williams • Sylvia Mary Joseph Reid
	Neil Robinson, Tim Fowler, William Michael, A Eric Dormer, Nicola Ramsell and Susan Ramsell, John Skipper, Malcolm Keane
	BMJ  2001;322:1607, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1607 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	Effect of zinc supplementation on malaria and other causes of morbidity in west African children: randomised double blind placebo controlled trial
	Olaf Müller, Heiko Becher, Anneke Baltussen van Zweeden, Yazoume Ye, Diadier A Diallo, Amadou T Konate, Adjima Gbangou, Bocar Kouyate, Michel Garenne
	BMJ  2001;322:1567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1567 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Randomised trial of cranberry-lingonberry juice and Lactobacillus GG drink for the prevention of urinary tract infections in women
	Tero Kontiokari, Kaj Sundqvist, M Nuutinen, T Pokka, M Koskela, M Uhari
	BMJ  2001;322:1571, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1571 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Randomised trial of acupuncture compared with conventional massage and "sham" laser acupuncture for treatment of chronic neck pain • Commentary: Controls for acupuncturecan we finally see the light?
	Dominik Irnich, Nicolas Behrens, Holger Molzen, Achim König, Jochen Gleditsch, Martin Krauss, Malte Natalis, Edward Senn, Antje Beyer, Peter Schöps, Mike Cummings
	BMJ  2001;322:1574, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1574 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Specialist registrars' plans for working part time as consultants in medical specialties: questionnaire study
	Hugh M Mather
	BMJ  2001;322:1578-1579, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7302.1578 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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