Self help intervention during antenatal care fails to cut smoking [Full text]

	Topical β blockers may cause new airways obstruction [Full text]

	Worldwide gastroschisis epidemic [Full text]

	Early CT improves diagnosis in abdominal pain [Full text]

	Emergency contraception is not an easy choice [Full text]

	Papers with competing interests are less credible [Full text]

	Introduction of NHS Direct did not cause under-reporting of flu [Full text]

Editorials

	Interim smallpox guidelines for the United Kingdom: Developing new policies from old evidence
	Richard Harling, Dilys Morgan, W John Edmunds, Helen Campbell
	BMJ  2002;325:1371-1372, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1371, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Evaluating treatment effects reliably: Although principles are well known, they are ignored too often
	Martin J Landray, Gary Whitlock
	BMJ  2002;325:1372-1373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1372, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ultrasound guided central venous access: Is useful for beginners, in children, and when blind cannulation fails
	Manfred Muhm
	BMJ  2002;325:1373-1374, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1373, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Influences of the media on suicide: Researchers, policy makers, and media personnel need to collaborate on guidelines
	Keith Hawton, Kathryn Williams
	BMJ  2002;325:1374-1375, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1374, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Making progress with competing interests: Still some way to go
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2002;325:1375-1376, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1375, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Correction to BMJ 2002; 325:1375]

Letters

	Screening for domestic violence
	Jo Nurse, Samuel T Bauer, Elizabeth M Shadigian, Peter Davies, Angela Taft, Kelsey Hegarty, Mike Crilly, Andy Howe, Mary M Goodwin, Patricia Dietz, Alison M Spitz, Ileana Arias, Linda E Saltzman, Gene Feder, Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2002;325:1417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1417, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Association between competing interests and conclusions
	Benjamin Djulbegovic, Adam Jacobs
	BMJ  2002;325:1420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1420, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treating head injuries
	Vincenzo Bonicalzi, Sergio Canavero, Peter Baxter, Charles Stack, Judith Short, Tarek A Gaber, Mamoun Mobayed
	BMJ  2002;325:1420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1420/a, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Robust evidence is needed in treating acne
	Sarah Garner, Anne Eady, Tony Avery
	BMJ  2002;325:1422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1422, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Galantamine may be effective in treating autistic disorder
	Helmut Niederhofer, W Staffen, A Mair
	BMJ  2002;325:1422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1422/a, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Broad statements do not tell whole story of prison medicine
	I Jamieson
	BMJ  2002;325:1422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1422/b, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Watchfulness may not be as good as surgery for prostate cancer
	Paul B Silcocks
	BMJ  2002;325:1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1423, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	People with partial hearing need to seek hearing potential
	Richard A Preiss
	BMJ  2002;325:1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1423/a, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	On communication—editors and reporters should not be blamed
	Michael O'Donnell
	BMJ  2002;325:1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1423/b, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Atrial fibrillation: rate as important as rhythm
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;325:1377, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1377, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	FDA limits research of former AHA president for submitting false information
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2002;325:1377, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1377/a, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;325:1378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1378, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	UK royal colleges publish competency based curriculums
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;325:1378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1378/a, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	Countries with better health systems have better football teams
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;325:1378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1378/b, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	Novartis breached code after doctors say it "invented" a disease
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2002;325:1379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1379, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	Congress criticises drugs industry for misleading advertising
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;325:1379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1379/a, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctor may face manslaughter charges after a confidential report is made public
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2002;325:1381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1381/c, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	Proposals for UK body to investigate research fraud "lack teeth"
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;325:1382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1382/a, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	Ageing workforce will exacerbate NHS staffing crisis
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2002;325:1382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1382, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Young women's accounts of factors influencing their use and non-use of emergency contraception: in-depth interview study
	Caroline Free, Raymond M Lee, Jane Ogden
	BMJ  2002;325:1393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1393, (Published 14 December 2002) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	β Blockers for glaucoma and excess risk of airways obstruction: population based cohort study
	James F Kirwan, Julia A Nightingale, Catey Bunce, Richard Wormald
	BMJ  2002;325:1396-1397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1396, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Impact of NHS Direct on general practice consultations during the winter of 1999-2000: analysis of routinely collected data
	Rachel S Chapman, Gillian E Smith, Fiona Warburton, Richard T Mayon-White, Douglas M Fleming
	BMJ  2002;325:1397-1398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1397, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Recent developments in gastroenterology
	Paul Moayyedi, Alex Ford
	BMJ  2002;325:1399-1402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1399, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	How does it work?: Alcohol breath testing
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2002;325:1403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1403, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of antithrombotic therapy: Antithrombotic strategies in acute coronary syndromes and percutaneous coronary interventions
	Derek L Connolly, Gregory Y H Lip, Bernard S P Chin
	BMJ  2002;325:1404-1407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1404, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Protect and survive
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2002;325:1429, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1429/a, (Published 14 December 2002) [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	My mother's name was Jan
	Kevin Perrett
	BMJ  2002;325:1429, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1429, (Published 14 December 2002) [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Managing acute renal colic across the primary-secondary care interface: a pathway of care based on evidence and consensus
	P J Wright, P J English, A P S Hungin, S N E Marsden
	BMJ  2002;325:1408-1412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1408, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	How the tobacco industry responded to an influential study of the health effects of secondhand smoke
	Mi-Kyung Hong, Lisa A Bero
	BMJ  2002;325:1413-1416, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1413, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;325:1430, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1430, (Published 14 December 2002) [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM: Steroid injections may be better than shock wave therapy for tennis elbow, but this study has too many biases to conclude this confidently
	BMJ  2002;325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.0/h, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Age and wisdom
	BMJ  2002;325:1391, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1391/a, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Cost of candles
	BMJ  2002;325:1397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1397/a, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Surgical training
	BMJ  2002;325:1399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1399/a, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2002;325:1408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1408/a, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Private doctors must improve their TB treatment
	BMJ  2002;325:1381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1381/b, (Published 14 December 2002) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Work stress and risk of cardiovascular mortality: prospective cohort study of industrial employees
	BMJ  2002;325:1386, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1386, (Published 14 December 2002) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Career focus
	BMJ  2002;325:1386, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1386/a, (Published 14 December 2002) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Nurse led follow up and conventional medical follow up in management of patients with lung cancer: randomised trial
	BMJ  2002;325:1386, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1386/b, (Published 14 December 2002) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

	Sarah Catherine Betty Walker
	Cameron Stark
	BMJ  2002;325:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1426, (Published 14 December 2002) [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A Mind of its Own: A Cultural History of the Penis
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2002;325:1427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1427, (Published 14 December 2002) [Full text] [Request Permissions]

FILM

	Dirty Pretty Things
	Anna Ellis
	BMJ  2002;325:1427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1427/a, (Published 14 December 2002) [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Article removed
	Sean A Spence
	BMJ  2002;325:1428, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1428, (Published 14 December 2002) [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Doing better with everyday clinical problems
	BMJ  2002;325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.0/g, (Published 14 December 2002) [Full text] [Request Permissions]

HIT PARADE

	Hit parade
	BMJ  2002;325:1428, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1428/b, (Published 14 December 2002) [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Drinking, driving, and playing Tetris
	Marcus Müllner
	BMJ  2002;325:1428, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1428/a, (Published 14 December 2002) [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

	Morris Nathan Young
	BMJ  2002;325:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1424, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	Charlotte Morrison Anderson
	BMJ  2002;325:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1424/a, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	John Stewart Boyd
	BMJ  2002;325:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1424/b, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	John Singleton Darling
	BMJ  2002;325:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1424/c, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	Duncan Macdonald
	BMJ  2002;325:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1424/d, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	James Anderson McFadzean
	BMJ  2002;325:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1424/e, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	Bhagwan Dayal Shrivastava
	BMJ  2002;325:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1424/f, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	Alun Lloyd Thomas
	BMJ  2002;325:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1424/g, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	Sarah Catherine Betty Walker
	BMJ  2002;325:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1424/h, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	Self help smoking cessation in pregnancy: cluster randomised controlled trial
	Laurence Moore, Rona Campbell, Amanda Whelan, Nicola Mills, Phillippa Lupton, Elizabeth Misselbrook, Julie Frohlich
	BMJ  2002;325:1383, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1383, (Published 14 December 2002) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Evaluation of early abdominopelvic computed tomography in patients with acute abdominal pain of unknown cause: prospective randomised study
	Chaan S Ng, Christopher J E Watson, Christopher R Palmer, Teik Choon See, Nigel A Beharry, Barbara A Housden, J Andrew Bradley, Adrian K Dixon
	BMJ  2002;325:1387, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1387, (Published 14 December 2002) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prevalence of gastroschisis at birth: retrospective study
	Gian Luca Di Tanna, Aldo Rosano, Pierpaolo Mastroiacovo
	BMJ  2002;325:1389-1390, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1389, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Contributors details] FREE

	Mortality from methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in England and Wales: analysis of death certificates
	N S Crowcroft, M Catchpole
	BMJ  2002;325:1390-1391, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1390, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Does declaration of competing interests affect readers' perceptions? A randomised trial
	Samena Chaudhry, Sara Schroter, Richard Smith, Julie Morris
	BMJ  2002;325:1391-1392, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1391, (Published 14 December 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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