Standard surgery for urinary symptoms leaves men with less sexual dysfunction [Full text]

	Behavioural sleep intervention improves infants' sleep and mothers' mood [Full text]

	General public fails to recognise early symptoms of stroke [Full text]

	In-hospital mortality data are misleading [Full text]

	The number of children drowning in garden ponds is increasing [Full text]

	Nurse specialists in Parkinson's disease preserve patients' wellbeing [Full text]

	"Conventional" CT scanning superseded by spiral scanning [Full text]

	Bone marrow transplantation for breast cancer is not effective [Full text]

	NICE is wrong not to recommend laparoscopic hernia repair [Full text]

Editorials

	Treatment options for benign prostatic hyperplasia
	Timothy J Wilt
	BMJ  2002;324:1047-1048, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1047 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A fresh new contract for general practitioners
	Richard Lewis, Stephen Gillam
	BMJ  2002;324:1048-1049, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1048 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Childhood drowning is a global concern
	Ruth A Brenner
	BMJ  2002;324:1049-1050, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1049 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Genomics and global health
	Tikki Pang, David Weatherall
	BMJ  2002;324:1051-1052, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1051 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Paediatric Asthmaa new virtual journal
	Harvey Marcovitch, Alex Williamson
	BMJ  2002;324:1052, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1052 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	New Medical Education Standards Board will lower standards
	Neville W Goodman, Paul Abrams
	BMJ  2002;324:1095, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1095 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mortality and volume of cases in paediatric cardiac surgery
	Stephen Bolsin, John L Gibbs, David Cunningham
	BMJ  2002;324:1095, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1095/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A case of murder and the BMJ
	Mary B Pillai, R B Lowry
	BMJ  2002;324:1096, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1096 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Depression and unintended pregnancy in young women
	Robert S Kahn, Steen Goddik, Deborah L Billings, Dallas A Blanchard, David C Reardon, Jesse R Cougle
	BMJ  2002;324:1097, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1097 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hound of the Baskervilles effect
	John H Glaser, Robert G Newcombe, David Phillips, George Liu, Kennon Kwok, Jason Jarvinen, Wei Zhang, Ian Abramson
	BMJ  2002;324:1098, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1098 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	New act regulating human organ transplantation could facilitate organ donation
	Tom E Woodcock
	BMJ  2002;324:1099, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1099 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Friends and family are good (and cheap) life coaches
	Max Lagnado
	BMJ  2002;324:1099, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1099/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	GPs should reduce antibiotic use with alternative treatments
	Michael Nissen, Chris Del Mar
	BMJ  2002;324:1099, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1099/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Topical negative pressure may help chronic wound healing
	Sanjay Azad, H Nishikawa
	BMJ  2002;324:1100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1100 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Study of effect of delays on ovarian cancer was weak
	Mark Elwood
	BMJ  2002;324:1100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1100/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Using twin studies to label disease as genetic or environmental is inappropriate
	Alex J MacGregor, Jerry Lanchbury, Alan S Rigby, Jaakko Kaprio, Harold Snieder
	BMJ  2002;324:1100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1100/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Removing barriers for disabled people would be giant leap
	Joyce M Carter
	BMJ  2002;324:1101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1101 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Brain denies being forbidding and insensitive to change
	Alastair Compston, John Newsom Davis
	BMJ  2002;324:1101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1101/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Poor countries could lose out on benefits of genomic research
	Phyllida Brown
	BMJ  2002;324:1053, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1053 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA advisory panels recommend Lotronex be put back on market
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;324:1053, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1053/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;324:1054, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1054 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Australia acts to restrict IVF treatment to heterosexual couples
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2002;324:1054, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1054/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Drug companies maintain "astounding" profits
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;324:1054, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1054/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GMC to send out new guidelines on end of life decisions
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2002;324:1055, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1055 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dying woman loses her battle for assisted suicide
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2002;324:1055, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1055/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Woman who won right to refuse treatment dies
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2002;324:1055, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1055/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Torture continues in post-election Zimbabwe
	Mark Hunter
	BMJ  2002;324:1057, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1057/c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	High Court rules that delays breach the rights of detained psychiatric patients
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;324:1058, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1058 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Every psychiatric ward should have a lead consultant, DoH says
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2002;324:1058, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1058/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Intravenous immunoglobulin increases risk of thrombotic events
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;324:1056, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1056 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	One in 12 children dies before age 5 from preventable disease
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2002;324:1056, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1056/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	India�s health levels a mix of success and embarrassment, says report
	Sanjay Kumar
	BMJ  2002;324:1056, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1056/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Nigeria recommends jail terms to eradicate female genital mutilation
	Abiodun Raufu
	BMJ  2002;324:1056, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1056/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Children�s hospital in Cardiff could drain resources from rest of Wales
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;324:1056, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1056/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Germany finally revamps its medical training
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2002;324:1057, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1057 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Canada considers maximum waiting times for patients
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2002;324:1057, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1057/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Surgeons postpone work as insurer goes broke
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2002;324:1057, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1057/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Psychiatric effects of terrorist attacks are underestimated
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;324:1058, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1058/b [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Effects of community based nurses specialising in Parkinson's disease on health outcome and costs: randomised controlled trial
	Brian Jarman, Brian Hurwitz, Adrian Cook, Madhavi Bajekal, Alison Lee
	BMJ  2002;324:1072, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1072 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	10-minute consultation: Genital herpes
	Pippa Oakeshott, Phillip Hay
	BMJ  2002;324:1076, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1076 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Computed tomography in clinical practice
	Conall J Garvey, Rebecca Hanlon
	BMJ  2002;324:1077-1080, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1077 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Symptomatic adrenal insufficiency presenting with hypoglycaemia in children with asthma receiving high dose inhaled fluticasone propionate • Commentary: Exogenous glucocorticoids influence adrenal function, but assessment can be difficult
	A J Drake, R J Howells, J P H Shield, A Prendiville, P S Ward, E C Crowne, Peter Hindmarsh
	BMJ  2002;324:1081-1083, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1081 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of clinical electrocardiography: Exercise tolerance testing
	Jonathan Hill, Adam Timmis
	BMJ  2002;324:1084-1087, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1084 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Holes in the heart
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2002;324:1105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1105/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	One pilot son, one medical son
	Ewan Macdonald
	BMJ  2002;324:1105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1105 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Presumed benefit: lessons from the American experience with marrow transplantation for breast cancer
	H Gilbert Welch, Juliana Mogielnicki
	BMJ  2002;324:1088-1092, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1088 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Why does NICE not recommend laparoscopic herniorraphy?
	Roger W Motson
	BMJ  2002;324:1092-1094, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1092 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;324:1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1106 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Endpiece: A wish
	BMJ  2002;324:1059, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1059/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Father of all bias?
	Duncan Hunter
	BMJ  2002;324:1071, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1071 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: The hardest worker?
	BMJ  2002;324:1081, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1081/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	De Sapientia Veterum (The wisdom of the ancients)
	Rosalind Maskell
	BMJ  2002;324:1094, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1094 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: The Art of Suicide
	Jeremy Hugh Baron
	BMJ  2002;324:1103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1103 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Essentials of Telemedicine and Telecare
	Enrico Coiera
	BMJ  2002;324:1104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1104 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Systems in crisis
	BMJ  2002;324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.0/i [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

HIT PARADE

	Hit parade
	BMJ  2002;324:1104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1104/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Infant sleep
	Anna Ellis
	BMJ  2002;324:1104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1104/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	David Beynon
	Stephen Ward
	BMJ  2002;324:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1102 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Bernard Dudley
	Sheila Reid
	BMJ  2002;324:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1102/a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	David Hugh Gilmore
	Alan Cameron
	BMJ  2002;324:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1102/b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Miles Richard Castelhow Heffernan
	Edward Brett, Denis Gibbs
	BMJ  2002;324:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1102/c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Ronald Edward McCune
	John C Stevenson
	BMJ  2002;324:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1102/d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Denys Knight Sambrook
	Vivian Jenkins, Don Gamage
	BMJ  2002;324:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1102/e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Paul Arthur Noel Wainwright
	Colin Haigh
	BMJ  2002;324:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1102/f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Alfred Francon Williams
	Heather Elliman
	BMJ  2002;324:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1102/g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Sexual dysfunction in men after treatment for lower urinary tract symptoms: evidence from randomised controlled trial
	Sara T Brookes, Jenny L Donovan, Tim J Peters, Paul Abrams, David E Neal
	BMJ  2002;324:1059, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1059 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Randomised controlled trial of behavioural infant sleep intervention to improve infant sleep and maternal mood
	H Hiscock, M Wake
	BMJ  2002;324:1062, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1062 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Perceptions of stroke in the general public and patients with stroke: a qualitative study
	Sung Sug Yoon, Julie Byles
	BMJ  2002;324:1065, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1065 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	In-hospital deaths as fraction of all deaths within 30 days of hospital admission for surgery: analysis of routine statistics
	Michael J Goldacre, Myfanwy Griffith, Leicester Gill, Anne Mackintosh
	BMJ  2002;324:1069-1070, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1069 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Preventing deaths by drowning in children in the United Kingdom: have we made progress in 10 years? Population based incidence study
	Jo R Sibert, Ronan A Lyons, Beverley A Smith, Peter Cornall, Valerie Sumner, Maxine A Craven, Alison M Kemp
	BMJ  2002;324:1070-1071, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7345.1070 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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