Good fetal growth and resilience to poor living standards [Full text]

	Impact of neonatal intensive care: finding answers routinely [Full text]

	Childhood overweight does not lead on to adult fatness [Full text]

	Lipid concentrations are inversely related to eating frequency [Full text]

	Infertility clinics may be biased against patients infected with HIV [Full text]

Editorials

	Aetiology of coronary heart disease
	Michael Marmot
	BMJ  2001;323:1261-1262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1261 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The "redisorganisation" of the NHS
	Judith Smith, Kieran Walshe, David J Hunter
	BMJ  2001;323:1262-1263, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1262 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Redefining leadership in health care
	Tom Treasure
	BMJ  2001;323:1263-1264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1263 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Managing intersex
	Sarah Creighton, Catherine Minto
	BMJ  2001;323:1264-1265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1264 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The European working time directive for doctors in training
	Trevor Pickersgill
	BMJ  2001;323:1266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1266 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Referral of Dr Peter Mansfield to the GMC
	Richard Whitmore, Malcolm Alexander, K D Bardhan, Alex Manning, Gregory Gardner
	BMJ  2001;323:1304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1304 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	How best to organise acute hospital services?
	Brian Harrison, David Ralphs, Victor Patterson, Richard T Taylor, Brian McCloskey
	BMJ  2001;323:1305, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1305 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Acupuncture for treatment of chronic neck pain
	Andrew Vickers, Dominik Irnich, Martin Krauss
	BMJ  2001;323:1306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1306 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Vaginal delivery after caesarean section
	Betty-Anne Daviss, Kenneth C Johnson, Ina May Gaskin
	BMJ  2001;323:1307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1307 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Second diphtheria booster in adults raises immunity to 92%
	Akke Vellinga, Pierre Van Damme, Els Joosens, Marie van der Wielen, Herman Goossens
	BMJ  2001;323:1308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1308 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Risk of macular degeneration with statin use should be interpreted with caution
	Redmer van Leeuwen, Johannes R Vingerling, Paulus T V M de Jong
	BMJ  2001;323:1308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1308a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Some children may not have had meningococcal C vaccine
	Oluwatoyin Ejidokun, Brain O'Neill, Margaret Keating, Carole Bodkin
	BMJ  2001;323:1308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1308b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Journals should see original protocols for clinical trials
	C J Hawkey
	BMJ  2001;323:1309, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1309 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors seem not to be punished for dishonesty in their cv
	Peter Wilmshurst
	BMJ  2001;323:1309, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1309a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Membership of GMC seems to confer extra-long life
	David B Goss
	BMJ  2001;323:1309, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1309b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	US scientists clone first human embryo
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2001;323:1267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1267 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS to receive higher share of public spending, Brown says
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;323:1267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1267a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;323:1268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1268 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	A third of surgeons in New South Wales admit to euthanasia
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2001;323:1268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1268a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	AMA's new chief executive draws criticism
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;323:1268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1268b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Mothers who kill their children can show intense grief
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;323:1269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1269 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NSAIDs can lower risk of Alzheimer's
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;323:1269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1269a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	AIDS now fourth biggest killer worldwide, report says
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2001;323:1271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1271c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scientists develop a "vaccine" against diabetes
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2001;323:1272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1272 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Mortality in North Korea rises by 40% in seven years
	Joe Lamar
	BMJ  2001;323:1272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1272a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Parents should have absolute rights over child�s body after death, report says
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2001;323:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1270 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Fifth person dies from anthrax
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;323:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1270a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Costa Rica tackles high rates of stomach cancer
	Claire Wallerstein
	BMJ  2001;323:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1270b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text]

	Combining anticoagulant drugs with herbal medicines is risky, report says
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2001;323:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1270c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Doctors� smoking cohort study ends
	Martin Gaba
	BMJ  2001;323:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1270d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Vitamin cartel companies given record fines
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2001;323:1271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1271 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Commission asked to investigate racist discrimination against doctors
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;323:1271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1271a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Spain opts to fuel health funds with petrol sales
	Xavier Bosch
	BMJ  2001;323:1271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1271b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Germany faces shortfall in transplant organs
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2001;323:1272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1272b [Extract] [Full text]

	Ireland announces 30 primary care teams to provide "one stop services" to ease pressures on the hospital system
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2001;323:1272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1272c [Extract] [Full text]

	World Bank helps fund growth of health services in central Europe
	Carl Kovac
	BMJ  2001;323:1272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1272d [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Frequency of eating and concentrations of serum cholesterol in the Norfolk population of the European prospective investigation into cancer (EPIC-Norfolk): cross sectional study
	Silvia M O Titan, Sheila Bingham, Ailsa Welch, Robert Luben, Suzy Oakes, Nicholas Day, Kay-Tee Khaw
	BMJ  2001;323:1286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1286 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: Cellular immunotherapy for cancer
	Anne C Armstrong, David Eaton, Joanne C Ewing
	BMJ  2001;323:1289-1293, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1289 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of the upper gastrointestinal tract: Indigestion: When is it functional?
	Nicholas J Talley, Nghi Phung, Jamshid S Kalantar
	BMJ  2001;323:1294-1297, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1294 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Passing out parade
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  2001;323:1315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1315a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Bullying in medicine
	Anonymous
	BMJ  2001;323:1314, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1314 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pills to Africa: how to donate effectively
	John H Day, Christopher B D Lavy
	BMJ  2001;323:1315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1315 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Quality improvement report: Information given to patients before appointments and its effect on non-attendance rate
	K J Hardy, S V O'Brien, N J Furlong
	BMJ  2001;323:1298-1300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1298 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NICE: faster access to modern treatments? Analysis of guidance on health technologies
	James Raftery
	BMJ  2001;323:1300-1303, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1300 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;323:1316, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1316 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Endpiece: A chameleon
	BMJ  2001;323:1286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1286a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Miguel de Cervantes, hydropsy, and Thomas Sydenham
	Bruno Simini
	BMJ  2001;323:1293, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1293 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: To cure a mockingbird
	John Richardson
	BMJ  2001;323:1297, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1297 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Prescriptions with potential drug interactions dispensed at Swedish pharmacies in January 1999: cross sectional study
	BMJ  2001;323:1303, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1303 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Revisiting the Cochrane Collaboration
	BMJ  2001;323:1303, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1303a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prospective health impact assessment: pitfalls, problems, and possible ways forward
	BMJ  2001;323:1303, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1303b [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

	Book: A Mind So Rare: The Evolution of Human Consciousness
	Bruce Charlton
	BMJ  2001;323:1312, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1312 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: A History of Surgery
	Sanjay A Pai
	BMJ  2001;323:1312, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1312a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Cloning Sourcebook
	Trefor Jenkins
	BMJ  2001;323:1313, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1313 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Urgently needed: leadership and mutual respect
	BMJ  2001;323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

NETLINES

	Netlines
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2001;323:1313, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1313a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Childhood obesity
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2001;323:1314, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1314a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Jeffrey Isner
	Laura Newman
	BMJ  2001;323:1310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1310 [Extract] [Full text]

	Salem F Al-Damluji
	Saad Al-Damluji
	BMJ  2001;323:1310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1310a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Michael William Leitrim Clements
	David Rapley
	BMJ  2001;323:1310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1310b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Caroline Stevenson Duff
	John E M Duff
	BMJ  2001;323:1310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1310c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Gordon Edgar
	J S Metcalfe
	BMJ  2001;323:1310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1310d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Penelope Hammick
	G M G Barton
	BMJ  2001;323:1310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1310e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Eric Theodore Knudsen
	Anthony Knudsen
	BMJ  2001;323:1310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1310f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Alastair Mackintosh Suttie
	Patrick G C Manson
	BMJ  2001;323:1310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1310g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Roger West
	Andrew West
	BMJ  2001;323:1310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1310h [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Deryk Wallace Whitney
	Peter Wright
	BMJ  2001;323:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1310i [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Size at birth and resilience to effects of poor living conditions in adult life: longitudinal study
	D J P Barker, T Forsén, A Uutela, C Osmond, J G Eriksson
	BMJ  2001;323:1273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1273 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Measuring later health status of high risk infants: randomised comparison of two simple methods of data collection
	David Field, Elizabeth S Draper, Melanie J Gompels, Colin Green, Ann Johnson, David Shortland, Mitch Blair, Bradley Manktelow, Caroline R Lamming, Catherine Law
	BMJ  2001;323:1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1276 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Implications of childhood obesity for adult health: findings from thousand families cohort study
	Charlotte M Wright, Louise Parker, Douglas Lamont, Alan W Craft
	BMJ  2001;323:1280-1284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1280 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Access to infertility investigations and treatment in couples infected with HIV: questionnaire survey
	Ade Apoola, Judith tenHof, P S Allan
	BMJ  2001;323:1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7324.1285 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Questionnaire] FREE

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