Evidence for warts treatments is limited [Full text]

	Palliative thoracic radiotherapy can be delayed [Full text]

	Stretching does not reduce muscle soreness [Full text]

	How best to treat acne [Full text]

	Patients' characteristics determine consultation length [Full text]

	Physician assistants in the United States [Full text]

	How best to fund the NHS [Full text]

Editorials

	Reducing risk of injury due to exercise
	Domhnall MacAuley, Thomas M Best
	BMJ  2002;325:451-452, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.451 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer
	Heine H Hansen
	BMJ  2002;325:452-453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.452 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Staffing by numbers in the NHS
	Fiona Moss
	BMJ  2002;325:453-454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.453 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treating head injuries
	Jonathan Wasserberg
	BMJ  2002;325:454-455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.454 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Making research papers in the BMJ more accessible
	Marcus Müllner, Trish Groves
	BMJ  2002;325:456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.456 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Are trust doctors the new lost tribe?
	Nicola Cooper, Bill Burr
	BMJ  2002;325:491, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.491 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Peer review of statistics in medical research
	Merrick Zwarenstein, David F Horrobin, Douglas G Altman, David Moher, Kenneth F Schulz, Peter Bacchetti, Graham A Barton, Mary Fox
	BMJ  2002;325:491, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.491/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cases of polio in Nigeria are dropping
	Idris Mohammed
	BMJ  2002;325:493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.493 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial on epidemiology of HIV in China was misleading
	Therese Hesketh, Zhu Wei Xing, Duo Lin
	BMJ  2002;325:493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.493/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Trends in HIV, gonorrhoea, and syphilis
	Claudio Solaro, Andrea De Maria, Alberto Primavera, Des Spence
	BMJ  2002;325:494, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.494 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Intermediate care is ageist
	Gerard Bulger
	BMJ  2002;325:495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.495 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Selection of medical students
	David Howes, Andrew T Raftery, Allan Johnson, Vicky Hargest
	BMJ  2002;325:495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.495/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Acid, burns, and feeding tubes
	C M Danbury, Sharon Davies
	BMJ  2002;325:496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.496 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	On Hippocrates
	Edward Roddy, Elin Jones, Arthur L Yeager
	BMJ  2002;325:496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.496/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	World summit hits hurdles on opening day
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2002;325:457, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.457 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Head of WHO to stand down
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2002;325:457, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.457/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Senior house officer grade needs reform, says report
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2002;325:458, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.458 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Medical staffing: Report says anomalies will undermine move towards high quality NHS
	Mark Gould
	BMJ  2002;325:458, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.458/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Medical staffing: Smaller trusts face huge problems with the "new deal"
	Mark Gould
	BMJ  2002;325:458, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.458/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Medical staffing: Juniors take on specialist duties
	Mark Gould
	BMJ  2002;325:459, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.459 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Medical staffing: Hospitals in London employ twice as many doctors
	Mark Gould
	BMJ  2002;325:459, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.459/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Medical staffing: "We are very experienced"
	Mark Gould
	BMJ  2002;325:459, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.459/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;325:460, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.460 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Health can take precedence over trade issues, says report
	Sanjay Kumar
	BMJ  2002;325:460, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.460/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	West Nile virus spreads in United States
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2002;325:460, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.460/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	St John�s wort interferes with chemotherapy, study shows
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2002;325:460, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.460/c [Extract] [Full text]

	Antibiotics can improve outcomes in heart patients
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2002;325:460, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.460/d [Extract] [Full text]

	Data on IVF clinics show wide variation in success rate
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;325:460, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.460/e [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Consultation length in general practice: cross sectional study in six European countries
	Myriam Deveugele, Anselm Derese, Atie van den Brink-Muinen, Jozien Bensing, Jan De Maeseneer
	BMJ  2002;325:472, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.472 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Acne vulgaris • Commentary: A UK primary care perspective on treating acne
	Guy F Webster, Tom Poyner, Bill Cunliffe
	BMJ  2002;325:475-479, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.475 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of psychological medicine: Fatigue
	Michael Sharpe, David Wilks
	BMJ  2002;325:480-483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.480 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How does it work?: Bone mineral density scans
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2002;325:484, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.484 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: New osteoporosis screening guidelines]

Soundings

	The big difference
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2002;325:501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.501/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Flying the flag
	Andrew Bamji
	BMJ  2002;325:501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.501 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Physician assistants in the United States
	David E Mittman, James F Cawley, William H Fenn
	BMJ  2002;325:485-487, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.485 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	For and against: Social insurancethe right way forward for health care in the United Kingdom? • For • Against
	Benedict Irvine, David G Green, Martin McKee, Anna Dixon, Elias Mossialos
	BMJ  2002;325:488-490, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.488 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;325:502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.502 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	One hundred years ago: Increase in the morphine habit
	BMJ  2002;325:461, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.461/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: A note on the teaching of the history of medicine by William Osler, M.D., F.R.S.
	BMJ  2002;325:471, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.471/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: The fast way out
	BMJ  2002;325:472, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.472/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2002;325:475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.475/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	My first patient
	K D Stephenson
	BMJ  2002;325:483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.483 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The importance of hospital identity
	James S Dawson
	BMJ  2002;325:490, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.490 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Randomised trial of endoscopy with testing for Helicobacter pylori compared with non-invasive H pylori testing alone in the management of dyspepsia
	BMJ  2002;325:479, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.479 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A time for global health
	BMJ  2002;325:479, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.479/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

TV

	TV: Help, I'm a Doctor
	Anna Ellis
	BMJ  2002;325:500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.500 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: Consciousness
	Sean A Spence
	BMJ  2002;325:499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.499 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Strange Case of Dr Simmonds and Dr Glas
	Claire McKenna
	BMJ  2002;325:499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.499/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	The way we work now
	BMJ  2002;325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.0/g [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

NETLINES

	Netlines
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2002;325:500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.500/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Brian McArdle
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2002;325:497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.497 [Extract] [Full text]

	Richard Brian Johanson
	Peter Young, Shaughn O'Brien
	BMJ  2002;325:497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.497/a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Malcolm Arthur Holmes Graham
	David Almond
	BMJ  2002;325:497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.497/b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Edward Charles Hutchinson
	G A Aber, C E Hutchinson
	BMJ  2002;325:497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.497/c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Misheck Garikai Nyabadza
	Sumit Das
	BMJ  2002;325:497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.497/d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Arthur James O'Friel
	Brendan O'Friel
	BMJ  2002;325:497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.497/e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Christopher Royston Pennington
	Nigel Reynolds, David A Johnston, John F Dillon
	BMJ  2002;325:497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.497/f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Bryce Stafford
	John C Gates
	BMJ  2002;325:497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.497/g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Judith Ann Stewart (née Emmerson)
	Natalie Direkze
	BMJ  2002;325:497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.497/h [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Local treatments for cutaneous warts: systematic review • Commentary: Systematic reviewers face challenges from varied study designs
	Sam Gibbs, Ian Harvey, Jane Sterling, Rosemary Stark, Douglas G Altman
	BMJ  2002;325:461, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.461 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Immediate versus delayed palliative thoracic radiotherapy in patients with unresectable locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer and minimal thoracic symptoms: randomised controlled trial
	Stephen J Falk, David J Girling, Roger J White, Penelope Hopwood, Angela Harvey, Wendi Qian, Richard J Stephens
	BMJ  2002;325:465, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.465 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effects of stretching before and after exercising on muscle soreness and risk of injury: systematic review
	Rob D Herbert, Michael Gabriel
	BMJ  2002;325:468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.468 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Follow up of people fitted with hearing aids after adult hearing screening: the need for support after fitting
	Ioanis Gianopoulos, Dafydd Stephens, Adrian Davis
	BMJ  2002;325:471, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.471 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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