This week's This week in the BMJ

	Some caution is needed in interpreting Cochrane reviews [Full text] FREE

	Healthcare professionals do not discuss sexual functioning with women who have ovarian cancer [Full text] FREE

	Spacer devices are as good as nebulisers in acute asthma [Full text] FREE

	Most health checks in young children are not evidence based [Full text] FREE

	Link between bovine spongiform encephalopathy and Creutzfeldt- Jakob disease is unclear [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Dying for a drink
	Tom Foster
	BMJ  2001;323:817-818, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.817 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surveillance for infectious diseases in the European Union
	Lyle R Petersen, Mike Catchpole
	BMJ  2001;323:818-819, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.818 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in adults
	Andrew S Lockey, Jerry P Nolan
	BMJ  2001;323:819-820, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.819 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Revisiting the Cochrane Collaboration
	Mike Clarke, Peter Langhorne
	BMJ  2001;323:821, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.821 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reacting to terrorism
	Douglas Holdstock
	BMJ  2001;323:822, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.822 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Two week rule for cancer referrals
	Simon Thomas, Neil Burnet, M D Oliver, Paul Sauven
	BMJ  2001;323:864, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.864 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Requests for EEG services in a district general hospital
	Jerry Heath, Benny Thomas, D Smith, R Bartolo, R M Pickles, P B Tedman
	BMJ  2001;323:865, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.865 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Eligibility criteria for home treatment of DVT vary
	David R Vinson
	BMJ  2001;323:866, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.866 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug laws
	Alex Wodak, A R MacQueen
	BMJ  2001;323:866, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.866 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Adoption
	Vidya Rao, Rachel Moody
	BMJ  2001;323:867, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.867 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Reducing sexually transmitted infections among gay men
	Seth M Noar, Rick S Zimmerman, Chris Bonell, Vicki Strange, John Imrie, Judith M Stephenson, Frances M Cowan, Sahmil Wanigaratne, Andrew J P Billington, Andrew J Copas, Lesley French, Patrick D French, Anne M Johnson
	BMJ  2001;323:867, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.867 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Universities and tobacco money
	John Powles, Hiroshi Kawane
	BMJ  2001;323:869, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.869 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	MMR immunisation
	Jonathan R Carapetis, Nigel Curtis, Jenny Royle, David Elliman, Helen Bedford
	BMJ  2001;323:869, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.869 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Healthcare professionals must be perceived as caring
	Paul Buss
	BMJ  2001;323:869, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.869 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Neurosis may be increasing
	Graeme Mackenzie
	BMJ  2001;323:870, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.870 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Royal Medical Benevolent Fund's Christmas appeal
	Rodney Sweetnam
	BMJ  2001;323:870, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.870 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Withdrawal of baclofen may cause acute confusion in elderly patients
	F O'Rourke, R Steinberg, P Ghosh, S Khan
	BMJ  2001;323:870, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.870 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	GPs need guidance on protecting their computers from viruses
	Barry Fox
	BMJ  2001;323:870, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.870 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Three cell cycle scientists win Nobel prize
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2001;323:823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.823 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Stop military strikes and ship in aid, doctors say
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2001;323:823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.823 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;323:824, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.824 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Privy Council reverses GMC decisions to strike off doctors
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;323:824, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.824 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Fall out from terrorism will affect world's poor
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2001;323:824, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.824 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	World Medical Association clarifies rules on placebo controlled trials
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;323:825, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.825 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Government pulls plug on regional research and development funding
	Carol Harris
	BMJ  2001;323:825, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.825 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	AIDS in a "state of flux" in Asia, says UN report
	Rohit Sharma
	BMJ  2001;323:827, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.827 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US doctors say sex selection acceptable for non-medical reasons
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;323:828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.828 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Drug companies defrauded Medicare of millions
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;323:828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.828 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	French patients gain access to medical records
	Alexandre Dorozynski
	BMJ  2001;323:826, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.826 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Rapid treatment of acute HCV infection prevents progression
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;323:826, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.826 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Project launched in India to measure the size of men�s penises
	Rohit Sharma
	BMJ  2001;323:826, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.826 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	General Medical Council objects to overarching regulatory body
	Andrew Moscrop
	BMJ  2001;323:826, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.826 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Infertility specialist reported to the General Medical Council
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2001;323:826, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.826 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text]

	Drug companies neglect research into diseases affecting the poor
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2001;323:827, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.827 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	New degree in international health starts in UK
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2001;323:827, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.827 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Websites violate US laws banning treatment claims
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;323:827, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.827 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	GlaxoSmithKline licenses production of generic AIDS drugs in South Africa
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;323:828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.828 [Extract] [Full text]

	European evaluation concludes third generation pills are associated with a small increase in risk of venous thromboembolism
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;323:828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.828 [Extract] [Full text]

	Health gap between rich and poor in London widens
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;323:828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.828 [Extract] [Full text]

	Netherlands aims to tackle health divide
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2001;323:828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.828 [Extract] [Full text]

	AMA promotes benefits of "genetically improved" foods
	Janice Hopkins, Tanne
	BMJ  2001;323:828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.828 [Extract] [Full text]

	Bayer faces shake up after Lipobay withdrawn
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2001;323:828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.828 [Extract] [Full text]

	Fall out from terrorist attacks will affect world�s poor
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2001;323:828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.828 [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Ethical debate: Vaccination against mumps, measles, and rubella: is there a case for deepening the debate? • How safe is MMR vaccine? • Validity of the evidence • Dealing with uncertainty • GP's response
	Tom Heller, Dick Heller, Stephen Pattison, Tom Heller
	BMJ  2001;323:838-840, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.838 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Extracts from "Clinical Evidence": Acute asthma
	Mark FitzGerald
	BMJ  2001;323:841-845, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.841 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence based paediatrics: Evidence based well child care
	Eugene Dinkevich, Jordan Hupert, Virginia A Moyer
	BMJ  2001;323:846-849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.846 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of the upper gastrointestinal tract: Dysphagia
	William Owen
	BMJ  2001;323:850-853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.850 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Deeply moving
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2001;323:875, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.875 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Measlesa minor childhood illness?
	Lesley Morrison
	BMJ  2001;323:875, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.875 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	The case against aggressive treatment of type 2 diabetes: critique of the UK prospective diabetes study • Commentary: UKPDS is well designed and clinically important
	R M Ewart, Rury R Holman, David R Matthews, Tom Meade
	BMJ  2001;323:854-858, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.854 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: the epidemic that never was
	George A Venters
	BMJ  2001;323:858-861, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.858 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Communicable disease outbreaks involving more than one country: systems approach to evaluating the response
	Laura MacLehose, Helmut Brand, Ivonne Camaroni, Naomi Fulop, O Noel Gill, Ralf Reintjes, Oliver Schaefer, Martin McKee, Julius Weinberg
	BMJ  2001;323:861-863, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.861 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;323:876, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.876 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	A memorable patient: Effective communication
	David Bennett-Jones
	BMJ  2001;323:837, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.837 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A gadget that changed my perspective
	Tim Wilson
	BMJ  2001;323:845, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.845 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: An expensive lesson
	William S Haubrich
	BMJ  2001;323:849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.849 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Before sildenafil
	BMJ  2001;323:861, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.861 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

TV

This week's TV

	TV: Joined: The World of Siamese Twins
	Andrew Moscrop
	BMJ  2001;323:874, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.874 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Combating Teen Smoking: Research and Policy Strategies
	Anne Charlton
	BMJ  2001;323:873, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.873 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Houdini's Box: On the Arts of Escape
	Raj Persaud
	BMJ  2001;323:873, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.873 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	War, normality, and a time for women
	BMJ  2001;323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	War, normality, and a time for women
	BMJ  2001;323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Sexuality and cancer
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2001;323:874, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.874 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Lynn Payer • Rosemary Biggs • Elizabeth Jane Bridger • Patricia Frances de Carteret Coles (née Falle) • Margaret Balfour Dempster • Pamela Jill Marsden (née Coope) • Valerie Joyce Metcalf (née Richardson) • Roza Merzer • Marie-Luise Barbara Seidler
	Laura Newman, Charles Rizza, C J Cutting, G M Bryce, C J Mann, Elizabeth de C Spalding, C J S Duff, Henry Marsden, Jane Metcalf, A M Merzer, Ronald Watts
	BMJ  2001;323:871, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.871 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Quality of Cochrane reviews: assessment of sample from 1998
	Ole Olsen, Philippa Middleton, Jeanette Ezzo, Peter C Gøtzsche, Victoria Hadhazy, Andrew Herxheimer, Jos Kleijnen, Heather McIntosh
	BMJ  2001;323:829-832, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.829 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references and text] FREE

	Use of systematic reviews in clinical practice guidelines: case study of smoking cessation
	C A Silagy, L F Stead, T Lancaster
	BMJ  2001;323:833-836, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.833 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Communication about sexual problems and sexual concerns in ovarian cancer: qualitative study
	Maxine L Stead, Lesley Fallowfield, Julia M Brown, Peter Selby
	BMJ  2001;323:836-837, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7317.836 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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