This week's This week in the BMJ

	Prolonged use of ramipril prevents stroke [Full text] FREE

	Amount of research does not match disease burden in sub-Saharan Africa [Full text] FREE

	Glycaemic control is better with continuous insulin infusion than injections [Full text] FREE

	Hospitals fall short of national service framework standards [Full text] FREE

	Finding evidence based answers to clinical questions is difficult [Full text] FREE

	Chemoprevention with naturally occurring agents shows promise [Full text] FREE

	American Heart Association did not declare interest in alteplase [Full text] FREE

	Decision theory in clinical diagnosis should be evidence based [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Preventing stroke
	Joachim Schrader, Stephan Lüders
	BMJ  2002;324:687-688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.687 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Africa can solve its own health problems
	Daniel J Ncayiyana
	BMJ  2002;324:688-689, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.688 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New treatments for varicose veins
	Bruce Campbell
	BMJ  2002;324:689-690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.689 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Modern worries, new technology, and medicine
	Keith J Petrie, Simon Wessely
	BMJ  2002;324:690-691, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.690 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Air pollution and short term mortality
	Enid Hennessy
	BMJ  2002;324:691-692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.691 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	MMR vaccine uptake may be lower than reported because of manipulation of target groups
	Thomas J Scanlon
	BMJ  2002;324:733, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.733 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	MMR vaccine debate
	Richard Fry, Peter M B English, Michael Jarmulowicz, Nick Barnes, Elizabeth James, Adam Finn, Dick Heller, Tom Heller, Stephen Pattison
	BMJ  2002;324:733, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.733/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Physician assistants
	Mike Gavin, William H Fenn
	BMJ  2002;324:735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.735 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	European working time directive for doctors in training
	David Scott-Coombes, Y C Chan
	BMJ  2002;324:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.736 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Improving outcomes in depression
	Chris Manning, C J M Poole
	BMJ  2002;324:737, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.737 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The future of rehabilitation
	Lindsay McLellan, Anthony B Ward
	BMJ  2002;324:737, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.737/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Risky drinking by both sexes should be tackled
	Richard Williamson, Pak Sham, David Ball
	BMJ  2002;324:738, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.738 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Time has come for mandatory unit labelling
	Phil J Webster-Harrison, Andy G Barton
	BMJ  2002;324:738, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.738/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Child outpatient non-attendance may indicate welfare concerns
	Mando Watson, Martin Forshaw
	BMJ  2002;324:739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.739 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hospitals must not be closed without considering all factors
	John Parry
	BMJ  2002;324:739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.739/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Death after inserting Hickman line was probably avoidable
	S J Nixon
	BMJ  2002;324:739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.739/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	German doctors face investigation in drugs scandal
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2002;324:693, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.693 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Woman at centre of Southall case faces prison sentence
	Caroline White, Robert Freeth
	BMJ  2002;324:693, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.693/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;324:694, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.694 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Intermediate care offers no "quick fix" solution
	Kendra Inman, Alex Vass
	BMJ  2002;324:694, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.694/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Mentally ill mother escapes death penalty but faces life imprisonment
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;324:694, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.694/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Controversial immunologist faces court case
	Xavier Bosch
	BMJ  2002;324:695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.695 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO insists screening can cut breast cancer rates
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2002;324:695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.695/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Ban on tobacco advertising moves a step closer
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2002;324:697, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.697/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Influx of fake drugs to Nigeria worries health experts
	Abiodun Raufu
	BMJ  2002;324:698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.698 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO calls for safety of health workers in Palestinian territories
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2002;324:698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.698/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Public sector must develop drugs for neglected diseases
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2002;324:698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.698/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Adult stem cells may not be able to differentiate into other cell types
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;324:696, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.696 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	ACE inhibitors may reduce muscle loss
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2002;324:696, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.696/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Emergency services to plan for a bioterrorist attack
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2002;324:696, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.696/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Aspirin protects men over 60 from prostate cancer, study says
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;324:696, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.696/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Sunlight prevents cancer, study says
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;324:696, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.696/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	EU to tighten rules on vitamin pills
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2002;324:697, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.697 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	European surveillance shows north-south divide in resistant bacteria
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;324:697, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.697/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Eye drops are better for amblyopia than patches, says study
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2002;324:698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.698/c [Extract] [Full text]

	Psychologists allowed to prescribe drugs for mental illness
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2002;324:698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.698/d [Extract] [Full text]

	US doctors launch campaign on malpractice claims
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;324:698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.698/e [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Obstacles to answering doctors' questions about patient care with evidence: qualitative study
	John W Ely, Jerome A Osheroff, Mark H Ebell, M Lee Chambliss, Daniel C Vinson, James J Stevermer, Eric A Pifer
	BMJ  2002;324:710, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.710 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: Cancer chemoprevention
	Peter Greenwald
	BMJ  2002;324:714-718, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.714 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra tables]

	ABC of clinical electrocardiography: Broad complex tachycardiaPart I
	June Edhouse, Francis Morris
	BMJ  2002;324:719-722, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.719 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Imaginary conversations
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2002;324:745, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.745/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Pilgrimage medicine
	Buddha Basnyat
	BMJ  2002;324:745, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.745 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Alteplase for stroke: money and optimistic claims buttress the "brain attack" campaign • Commentary: Who pays the guideline writers? • Commentary: Thrombolysis in stroke: it works!
	Jeanne Lenzer, Charles Warlow, Jeffrey L Saver, Chelsea S Kidwell, Sidney Starkman
	BMJ  2002;324:723-729, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.723 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence base of clinical diagnosis: Clinical problem solving and diagnostic decision making: selective review of the cognitive literature
	Arthur S Elstein, Alan Schwarz
	BMJ  2002;324:729-732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.729 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;324:746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.746 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Endpiece: Old age: contrasting attitudes
	BMJ  2002;324:709, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.709/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: No other medicine but only hope
	Simon Stephenson
	BMJ  2002;324:713, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.713 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A patient who changed my practice: His own way
	Ginny Bowbrick
	BMJ  2002;324:718, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.718 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Hospital chapels
	BMJ  2002;324:719, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.719/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The BMJ as recreational reading
	Selwyn Goodacre
	BMJ  2002;324:732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.732 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

TV

This week's TV

	TV: The Anatomists
	Peter Dangerfield
	BMJ  2002;324:744, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.744 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Handbook of Women's Health: An Evidence-Based Approach
	Debra R Judelson
	BMJ  2002;324:742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.742 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Health Anxiety: Clinical and Research Perspectives on Hypochondriasis and Related Conditions
	Richard Mayou
	BMJ  2002;324:742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.742/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Big Shot: Passion, Politics, and the Struggle for an AIDS Vaccine
	Jason Eberhart-Phillips
	BMJ  2002;324:743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.743 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Stroke: physical and financial pathology
	BMJ  2002;324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.0/h [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

HIT PARADE

This week's HIT PARADE

	Hit parade
	BMJ  2002;324:743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.743/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Interactive patient simulators
	Marcus Müllner
	BMJ  2002;324:743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.743/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Leonard Anthony Price
	Brian Williams
	BMJ  2002;324:740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.740 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Edmond O'Donovan
	John Allt-Graham
	BMJ  2002;324:740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.740/a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Richard William Aspinall
	Richard Anthony, Mary Wenley
	BMJ  2002;324:740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.740/b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Fiona Melville Bennett
	Neil Edward
	BMJ  2002;324:740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.740/c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Kenneth Moir Chalmers
	David Carr
	BMJ  2002;324:740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.740/d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Alastair Valence Dunlop
	Gordon Winter
	BMJ  2002;324:740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.740/e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Steven Tarquin Goulding
	Peter Goulding
	BMJ  2002;324:740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.740/f [Extract] [Full text]

	Donald James Grubb
	Hugh Murray
	BMJ  2002;324:740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.740/g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John McEwen Potter
	Michael Dunnill
	BMJ  2002;324:740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.740/h [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Charles Walter Alban Searle
	Mark Alban
	BMJ  2002;324:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.740/i [Extract] [Full text]

	John Winton Tanner
	Marianne Tanner, Ken Dickinson
	BMJ  2002;324:740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.740/j [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Peter Yates
	Chris Yates, Judith Yates, David Yates
	BMJ  2002;324:740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.740/k [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Use of ramipril in preventing stroke: double blind randomised trial
	Jackie Bosch, Salim Yusuf, Janice Pogue, Peter Sleight, Eva Lonn, Badrudin Rangoonwala, Richard Davies, Jan Ostergren, Jeff Probstfield
	BMJ  2002;324:699, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.699 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Relation between burden of disease and randomised evidence in sub-Saharan Africa: survey of research
	Petros Isaakidis, George H Swingler, Elizabeth Pienaar, Jimmy Volmink, John P A Ioannidis
	BMJ  2002;324:702, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.702 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Glycaemic control with continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion compared with intensive insulin injections in patients with type 1 diabetes: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
	John Pickup, Martin Mattock, Sally Kerry
	BMJ  2002;324:705, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.705 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	National service framework for coronary heart disease: audit of English hospitals
	Michelle Rhodes, Christopher Newman, Susan Read
	BMJ  2002;324:709, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7339.709 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra tables] FREE

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Website extra

Read the obituary of John Eisenberg, a leader in the healthcare research and quality movement [Full text]

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