Aspirin benefits most patients at high risk of vascular events [Full text] FREE

	Effectiveness and safety of aspirin may be overrated [Full text] FREE

	Single session intervention does not make smokers quit after myocardial infarction [Full text] FREE

	Flu is not to blame for excess winter mortality [Full text] FREE

	Giving patients more information reduces antibiotic use [Full text] FREE

	Overcoming the problems of performance league tables [Full text] FREE

	Costs of cannabis controls may outweigh the benefits [Full text] FREE

	Cost effectiveness in screening for Down's syndrome still unclear [Full text] FREE

	Mixed response to whether NHS patients should pay extra for their care [Full text] FREE

Editorials

	Gathering intelligence on antiplatelet drugs: the view from 30 000 feet
	Muredach Reilly, Garret A FitzGerald
	BMJ  2002;324:59-60, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treating extremely low birthweight infants with prophylactic indomethacin
	William McGuire, Peter W Fowlie
	BMJ  2002;324:60-61, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.60 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bipolar affective disorderleft out in the cold
	Richard Morriss, Max Marshall, Amanda Harris
	BMJ  2002;324:61-62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.61 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical networks
	Nigel Edwards
	BMJ  2002;324:63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.63 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Helping patients in hospital to quit smoking
	Robert West
	BMJ  2002;324:64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.64 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Promoting patient safety in primary care
	Graham Ness, Christopher Cordess, Steve Ruffles
	BMJ  2002;324:109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.109 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Should NHS patients be allowed to pay extra for their care?
	Karol Sikora, Hazel Thornton, Richard Osborne, Tony Kilcoyne
	BMJ  2002;324:109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.109/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for Down's syndrome
	Josephine Venn-Treloar, Martin Whittle, Tim Reynolds, David Howe, R E Gilbert, C Augood, R Gupta, S Logan, A E Ades, M Sculpher, J H P van der Meulen, Pooja Sachdev, Shubhra Bahl, Jacob M Puliyel, John M Simpson
	BMJ  2002;324:110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.110 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Problems with temporary cardiac pacing
	Paul Jefferson, Vincent Perkins, Tristan Richardson, Sophie Risebero, Liam Cormican, Emma Baker, Nigel Clarke, Patrick Davey, David Sprigings, John Birkhead
	BMJ  2002;324:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.112 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mental health services for children and adolescents
	Caroline Lindsey, Michael O'Donnell
	BMJ  2002;324:114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.114 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Fabricated or induced illness in children
	Charles Pragnell, Richard Wilson
	BMJ  2002;324:114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.114/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endometriosis
	Kevin D Jones, Christopher Sutton, Nazar N Amso
	BMJ  2002;324:115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.115 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Media could be used to better effect than inducing fear
	Tim Kerruish
	BMJ  2002;324:115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.115/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Drug companies face pressure on profits
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2002;324:65, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.65 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US links motor neurone disease with Gulf war service
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;324:65, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.65/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New MRI method offers diagnosis option in heart patients
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;324:66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.66 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Better care of respiratory illness could reduce winter pressures
	Ann McGuaran
	BMJ  2002;324:66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.66/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;324:66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.66/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scientists produce genetically engineered, cloned pigs for xenotransplantation
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;324:67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.67 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dolly's arthritis dents faith in cloning
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;324:67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.67/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GPs refer too many women for genetic tests
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2002;324:67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.67/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO dissenter warns against plans to retain smallpox virus
	Rohit Sharma
	BMJ  2002;324:69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.69/c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Journal "should have revealed scientist's connection to company"
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2002;324:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.70 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US relaxes sugar ban for people with diabetes
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2002;324:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.70/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Diabetic care must improve
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2002;324:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.70/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Elderly people face extra prescription charge
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2002;324:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.68 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Irish police dismiss Ledward sightings as "pure fantasy"
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2002;324:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.68/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Dutch hospitals should be more accountable, says report
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2002;324:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.68/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Spain decentralises its healthcare system
	Xavier Bosch
	BMJ  2002;324:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.68/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Browns mourn death of baby
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2002;324:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.68/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Pill with high potency progestogen protects against cancer
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2002;324:69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.69 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Israeli women can buy ova from abroad
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2002;324:69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.69/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Persistence of HPV increases risk of cervical cancer
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;324:69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.69/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Dyslexia likely to be inherited, study shows
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2002;324:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.70/c [Extract] [Full text]

	Admissions to intensive care peak in December
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;324:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.70/d [Extract] [Full text]

	Hungarian drug firms threaten to cut supplies to hospitals
	Carl Kovac
	BMJ  2002;324:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.70/e [Extract] [Full text]

	Scientists produce genetically engineered, cloned pigs for xenotransplantation
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;324:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.70/f [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Reducing antibiotic use for acute bronchitis in primary care: blinded, randomised controlled trial of patient information leaflet • Commentary: More self reliance in patients and fewer antibiotics: still room for improvement
	John Macfarlane, William Holmes, Philip Gard, David Thornhill, Rosamund Macfarlane, Richard Hubbard, Chris van Weel
	BMJ  2002;324:91, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.91 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Information in practice

	Performance league tables: the NHS deserves better
	Peymané Adab, Andrew M Rouse, Mohammed A Mohammed, Tom Marshall
	BMJ  2002;324:95-98, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.95 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: control charts] FREE

	Infopoints: Whisking research into the classroom
	Ronald E Laporte, Akira Sekikawa, EunRyoung Sa, Faina Linkov, Mita Lovalekar
	BMJ  2002;324:99, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.99 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Evidence based case report: Antibiotic treatment for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
	K Soares-Weiser, M Paul, M Brezis, L Leibovici
	BMJ  2002;324:100-102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.100 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

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	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2002;324:121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.121/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Blast from the past: a cautionary tale
	Denise Adams
	BMJ  2002;324:121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.121 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	For Debate: Preventing atherosclerotic events with aspirin
	John G F Cleland
	BMJ  2002;324:103-105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.103 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	For and against: Cannabis control: costs outweigh the benefits • For • Against
	Alex Wodak, Craig Reinarman, Peter D A Cohen, Colin Drummond
	BMJ  2002;324:105-108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.105 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;324:122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.122 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Endpiece: Missed opportunity
	BMJ  2002;324:89, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.89/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable week
	I Agell
	BMJ  2002;324:90, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.90 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: To win or lose it all
	BMJ  2002;324:91, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.91/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Infopoints: The red badge of vaccination
	BMJ  2002;324:99, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.99/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A medical mishap: What came first and what seems worse
	Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe
	BMJ  2002;324:102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.102 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: The devil in the detail
	K Edgington
	BMJ  2002;324:108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.108 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Evidence based management of nocturnal enuresis
	BMJ  2002;324:98, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.98 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Promoting normality in childbirth
	BMJ  2002;324:98, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.98/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

	Book: In Our Own Image: Eugenics and the Genetic Modification of People
	Alex Paton
	BMJ  2002;324:118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.118 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Friends in Low Places
	Gene Feder
	BMJ  2002;324:118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.118/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine • The Oxford Illustrated Companion to Medicine
	Mark Powlson
	BMJ  2002;324:119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.119 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Milk and Honey
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2002;324:119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.119/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

	Press: Open season on MMR
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2002;324:120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.120 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

	Journalistic ethics: an oxymoron?
	BMJ  2002;324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.0/i [Full text] [Request Permissions]

NETLINES

	Netlines
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2002;324:120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.120/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	David Alexander Pealing Cooke
	David Cooke, [junior], Austen Elliott
	BMJ  2002;324:116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.116 [Extract] [Full text]

	Iain Thomson Boyle
	Alistair Mack, Ross Lorimer, James Beaton
	BMJ  2002;324:116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.116/a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer Version]

	David Arthur Wright Edwards
	John H Wyllie
	BMJ  2002;324:116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.116/b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer Version]

	Andrew King
	Richard Woodhead
	BMJ  2002;324:116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.116/c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer Version]

	Victor Levy Lucas
	Nora Moriarty, Peter Entwistle
	BMJ  2002;324:116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.116/d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer Version]

	Leonard Alexander Ogilvie
	Alan Ogilvie
	BMJ  2002;324:116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.116/e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer Version]

	Richard Morgan Phillips
	Edward Myers, Rosalind Phillips, Kenneth Cowan
	BMJ  2002;324:116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.116/f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer Version]

	Juliet Rogers
	Tony Waldron
	BMJ  2002;324:116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.116/g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer Version]

	Peter Bryan Welsh
	Ann Welsh
	BMJ  2002;324:116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.116/h [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	Collaborative meta-analysis of randomised trials of antiplatelet therapy for prevention of death, myocardial infarction, and stroke in high risk patients
	Antithrombotic Trialists' Collaboration
	BMJ  2002;324:71-86, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.71 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of the studies][extra: Correction to BMJ 2002; 324:71] FREE

	Brief intervention during hospital admission to help patients to give up smoking after myocardial infarction and bypass surgery: randomised controlled trial
	Peter Hajek, Tamara Z Taylor, Peter Mills
	BMJ  2002;324:87-89, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.87 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Excess winter mortality: influenza or cold stress? Observational study
	G C Donaldson, W R Keatinge
	BMJ  2002;324:89-90, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.89 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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