Secondary prevention programmes in coronary heart disease improve care [Full text]

	Deprived people die of the same diseases as the affluentjust earlier [Full text]

	South Asians are less confident about managing their asthma than white patients [Full text]

	GP intervention cuts risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes [Full text]

	Less mobile women with multiple sclerosis make less use of preventive health services [Full text]

Editorials

	Meeting the needs of chronically ill people
	Edward H Wagner
	BMJ  2001;323:945-946, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.945 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The management of diabetes
	Simon J Griffin
	BMJ  2001;323:946-947, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.946 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The challenge of chronic conditions: WHO responds
	JoAnne Epping-Jordan, Rafael Bengoa, Rania Kawar, Eduardo Sabaté
	BMJ  2001;323:947-948, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.947 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Improving outcomes in depression
	Michael Von Korff, David Goldberg
	BMJ  2001;323:948-949, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.948 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References cited in table]

	Disparities in outcomes from chronic disease
	Jerry A Krishnan, Gregory B Diette, Cynthia S Rand
	BMJ  2001;323:950, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.950 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Prevention of type 2 diabetes
	Colin Guthrie, Boyd Swinburn, Garry Egger
	BMJ  2001;323:997, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.997 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Reanalysis of twin studies suggests that diabetes is mainly genetic
	Edwin A M Gale, Polly J Bingley, George S Eisenbarth, Maria J Redondo, Kirsten O Kyvik, Jacob S Petersen
	BMJ  2001;323:997, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.997a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	National screening programme for diabetic retinopathy
	Somdutt Prasad, Helen Swindlehurst, Louis G Clearkin, Richard Broughton
	BMJ  2001;323:998, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.998 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Single definition of overweight and obesity should be used
	Susan A Jebb, Andrew M Prentice
	BMJ  2001;323:999, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.999 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Predicting risk of death from cardiovascular disease
	Michael J White, Ville Pettilä, Jörgen Vesti-Nielsen, Stuart J Pocock, Valerie McCormack, Francois Gueyffier, Robert H Fagard
	BMJ  2001;323:999, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.999a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dietary fats and prevention of cardiovascular disease
	Jim Mann, Murray Skeaff, Stewart Truswell, Frank B Hu, Frank Sacks, Walter C Willett, Lee Hooper, Carolyn D Summerbell, Rachel L Thompson, Nigel E Capps, George Davey Smith, Rudolph A Riemersma, Shah Ebrahim
	BMJ  2001;323:1000, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.1000 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lifestyle, progesterone, and risk of breast cancer
	Richard A Wiseman, Grazyna Jasienska, Inger Thune
	BMJ  2001;323:1002, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.1002 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1-4][extra: Longer version and references]

	Study shows that smoking costs 13 times more than it saves
	Clive Bates
	BMJ  2001;323:1003, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.1003 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Glucosamine for osteoarthritis
	Davide Sonnino, Ivo Setnikar, Jiri Chard, Paul Dieppe
	BMJ  2001;323:1003, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.1003a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Radiotherapy units should be seen as shared resource in EU
	Ian Kunkler
	BMJ  2001;323:1004, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.1004 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Open letter: health professions on the aftermath of terrorism
	George Alberti, Sian Griffiths, David Hall, Roswyn Hakesley-Brown, John Cox
	BMJ  2001;323:1004, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.1004a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Anthrax blamed as two postal workers die in United States
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;323:951, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.951 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Caesarean section rate in England and Wales hits 21%
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2001;323:951, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.951a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;323:952, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.952 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GMC accuses surgeon of operating without consent
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2001;323:952, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.952a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors press for humane treatment of asylum seekers
	Andrew Moscrop
	BMJ  2001;323:952, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.952b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Patients wait longer in emergency units than five years ago
	Mark Hunter
	BMJ  2001;323:953, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.953 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	High Court throws out "suicide aid" case
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;323:953, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.953a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctor struck off after patient dies from detoxification treatment
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2001;323:955, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.955b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Row over breast cancer screening shows that scientists bring "some subjectivity into their work
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;323:956, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.956 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Law is effective in protecting whistleblowers, report says
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;323:954, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.954 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Scientists mistakenly study bovine instead of sheep tissue
	Mark Gould
	BMJ  2001;323:954, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.954a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Evidence that public-private partnerships can increase funding is "paltry"
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;323:954, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.954b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Less than a third of Scottish hospitals meet targets on giving thrombolysis
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2001;323:954, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.954c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	English NHS consultants now earn average of £75 000 a year
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;323:954, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.954d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Unsuitable hepatitis C testing kit being used in India
	Rohit Sharma
	BMJ  2001;323:955, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.955 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Obesity drug approved as problem grows across the world
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2001;323:955, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.955a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Early research says dust at World Trade Center site not dangerous
	Janice Hopkins, Tanne
	BMJ  2001;323:956, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.956a [Extract] [Full text]

	Canada forced to honour Bayer�s patent on ciprofloxacin
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2001;323:956, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.956b [Extract] [Full text]

	US company at centre of dialysis scare
	Carl Kovac
	BMJ  2001;323:956, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.956c [Extract] [Full text]

	Israel investigates tobacco firms for misleading the public
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2001;323:956, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.956d [Extract] [Full text]

	Teenagers sell and give away their prescription drugs
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2001;323:956, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.956e [Extract] [Full text]

	Ireland�s staff shortages worsen
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2001;323:956, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.956f [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Randomised controlled trial of structured personal care of type 2 diabetes mellitus
	Niels de Fine Olivarius, Henning Beck-Nielsen, Anne Helms Andreasen, Mogens Hørder, Poul A Pedersen
	BMJ  2001;323:970, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.970 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Extracts from "Clinical Evidence": Chronic asthma
	Christopher Cates
	BMJ  2001;323:976-979, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.976 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of the upper gastrointestinal tract: Pathophysiology of duodenal and gastric ulcer and gastric cancer
	John Calam, J H Baron
	BMJ  2001;323:980-982, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.980 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	An afternoon of alternative medicine
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2001;323:1011, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.1011a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Why am I crying?
	BMJ  2001;323:1010, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.1010 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	An insider's guide to depression
	Kay McKall
	BMJ  2001;323:1011, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.1011 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Adoption of disease management model for diabetes in region of Maastricht
	H J M Vrijhoef, C Spreeuwenberg, I M J G Eijkelberg, B H R Wolffenbuttel, G G van Merode
	BMJ  2001;323:983-985, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.983 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Recommendations for patients undertaking self management of oral anticoagulation
	D A Fitzmaurice, S J Machin
	BMJ  2001;323:985-989, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.985 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further information]

	Chronic disease management: a Singapore perspective
	Jason Cheah
	BMJ  2001;323:990-993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.990 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Box of definitions]

	Management of diabetes: are doctors framing the benefits from the wrong perspective?
	Howard A Wolpert, Barbara J Anderson
	BMJ  2001;323:994-996, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.994 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;323:1012, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.1012 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Stamps for health education
	BMJ  2001;323:966, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.966 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Stamps]

	Stamps for health education
	BMJ  2001;323:969, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.969 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Stamps]

	Endpiece: Nature will help
	BMJ  2001;323:994, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.994a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Meeting calls for a national body to respond to research misconduct
	BMJ  2001;323:955, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.955c [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Linking guideline to regular feedback to increase appropriate requests for clinical tests: blood gas analysis in intensive care
	BMJ  2001;323:993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.993 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Using cardiovascular risk profiles to individualise hypertensive treatment
	BMJ  2001;323:993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.993a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Complexity and clinical care
	BMJ  2001;323:993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.993b [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

TV

	TV: Living with Cancer
	Ross Camidge
	BMJ  2001;323:1009, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.1009 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

ART

	Art: Phantoms
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2001;323:1007, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.1007 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: An Intelligent Person's Guide to Medicine
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2001;323:1007, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.1007a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
	Julia Neuberger
	BMJ  2001;323:1008, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.1008 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Great Blue Yonder
	Mari Lloyd Williams
	BMJ  2001;323:1008, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.1008a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Learning from failures
	BMJ  2001;323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

COVER NOTE

	BMJ  2001;323:1012, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.1012a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Managing chronic diseases: kids' stuff
	Andrew Moscrop
	BMJ  2001;323:1010, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.1010a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	William G Cahan • Malcolm MacDonald Bell • Geoffrey Shirley Jones • Christopher (Kit) Lewthwaite • Armand Lowenthal • John Eugene Anthony O'Connell • Robert Anthony O'Grady Pearson • Edward Gordon Pyne • Douglas Walter Quantrill • Ernest Joseph Eric Topham • Snehelata Vishwanath
	Janice Hopkins Tanne, Freda Stallerbrass, David Galliford, Michael Jacoby, Peter Morris, Roy M Vining, Harold Hillman, R Campbell Connolly, Joe Crowdy, John Pyne, J Quantrill, John Topham, Krishna Somers
	BMJ  2001;323:1005, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.1005 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	Randomised trials of secondary prevention programmes in coronary heart disease: systematic review
	Finlay A McAlister, Fiona M E Lawson, Koon K Teo, Paul W Armstrong
	BMJ  2001;323:957-962, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.957 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Influences on hospital admission for asthma in south Asian and white adults: qualitative interview study
	Chris Griffiths, Gurmit Kaur, Madeleine Gantley, Gene Feder, Sheila Hillier, Jill Goddard, Geoff Packe
	BMJ  2001;323:962, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.962 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Deprivation, disease, and death in Scotland: graphical display of survival of a cohort
	James Chalmers, Simon Capewell
	BMJ  2001;323:967-968, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.967 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mobility impairments and use of preventive services in women with multiple sclerosis: observational study
	Eric Cheng, Lawrence Myers, Sheldon Wolf, Deborah Shatin, Xin-Ping Cui, George Ellison, Thomas Belin, Barbara Vickrey
	BMJ  2001;323:968-969, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.968 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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