This week's This week in the BMJ

	Angioplasty may be no better than medical treatment for non-acute heart disease [Full text] FREE

	Drug use and hepatitis are endemic in Irish prisons [Full text] FREE

	Intranasal midazolam effectively treats febrile seizures in children [Full text] FREE

	Prevalence of atopic asthma in adults has increased [Full text] FREE

	Humanitarian aid needs a better evidence base [Full text] FREE

	The courts will challenge medical decisions that are not made fairly [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Should GMC leaders be put to the sword?
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2000;321:61, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.61 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Treatment of stable angina
	Thomas F Lüscher
	BMJ  2000;321:62-63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.62 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A "common sense revolution" for UK health care?
	Jennifer Dixon
	BMJ  2000;321:63-64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.63 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Intranasal midazolam for febrile seizures
	Gideon Koren
	BMJ  2000;321:64-65, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.64 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Bupropion: a new treatment for smokers
	John Britton, Martin J Jarvis
	BMJ  2000;321:65-66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.65 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Concerns about immunisation
	Nikki Lee, Peter Morrell, Julie-Anne Leask, Simon Chapman, Penelope Hawe, Helen Bedford, David Elliman
	BMJ  2000;321:108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.108 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hyperbaric oxygen in carbon monoxide poisoning
	C D Scheinkestel, D V Tuxen, M Bailey, P S Myles, K Jones, D J Cooper, I L Millar, S Q M Tighe, Lindell K Weaver
	BMJ  2000;321:109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.109 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Investigations of doctors by General Medical Council
	Roger M Goss, G J Jarvis
	BMJ  2000;321:111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.111 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Risk assessment of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in primary care
	Robert Kelly, Allan D Struthers, Olav Wendelboe Nielsen, Jørgen Hilden, Jens Svanegaard, Jørgen Fischer Hansen
	BMJ  2000;321:111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.111/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Ethnic minorities have specific needs with regard to cardiovascular risk
	Mariam Molokhia, Pippa Oakeshott
	BMJ  2000;321:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.112 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Writing a booka personal experience
	Adam Jacobs
	BMJ  2000;321:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.112/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Career development in public health
	Sarah Taylor, Charles Saunders, Surinder Bakhshi
	BMJ  2000;321:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.112/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Allocating prescribing budgets
	C A Ryle, Tony Thick
	BMJ  2000;321:113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.113 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Lord, protect me from my friends
	Ian Frankel, Colin Mackenzie, Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2000;321:114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.114 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Sexual health through leadership and "sanuk" in Thailand
	Stephen McAndrew
	BMJ  2000;321:114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.114/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	UN says up to half the teenagers in Africa will die of AIDS
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;321:67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.67 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Mbeki dismisses "Durban declaration"
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2000;321:67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.67/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Whistleblower inquiry clears British hospital
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2000;321:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Surgeon vows to fight injunction
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2000;321:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.68/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2000;321:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.68/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	BMA's annual meeting expresses "no confidence" in GMC
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2000;321:69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.69 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Japan plans to monitor medical mishaps
	Joe Lamar
	BMJ  2000;321:69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.69/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	New York votes to post doctors' details on net
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2000;321:69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.69/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Minocycline slows progress of Huntington's disease in mice
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2000;321:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.70 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	US court refutes Nebraska's antiabortion law
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2000;321:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.70/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	France bans morning after pill from schools
	Alexandre Dorozynski
	BMJ  2000;321:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.70/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	US doctors win round in battle for right to negotiate with HMOs
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2000;321:71, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.71 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Fraud study concludes that self regulation has failed
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2000;321:71, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.71/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Slovak president's fight for life raises health care fears
	Katka Krosnar
	BMJ  2000;321:71, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.71/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Hospital doctors face rising threat of suspension
	BMJ  2000;321:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.72 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	UN predicts half the teenagers in Africa will die of AIDS
	BMJ  2000;321:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.72/a [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Drug companies’ leaflets dubbed "confusing"
	BMJ  2000;321:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.72/b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Tories spell out plans for NHS
	BMJ  2000;321:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.72/c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Fraud investigation concludes that self regulation has failed
	BMJ  2000;321:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.72/d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	BMA’s annual meeting expresses "no confidence" in GMC
	BMJ  2000;321:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.72/e [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Japan’s plan to monitor medical mishaps means alerting police
	BMJ  2000;321:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.72/f [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	College says there is no place for "ageism" in care of elderly
	BMJ  2000;321:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.72/g [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Slovak president’s fight for life raises health care fears
	BMJ  2000;321:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.72/h [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	US doctors win first round in battle for right to negotiate with HMOs
	BMJ  2000;321:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.72/i [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty versus medical treatment for non-acute coronary heart disease: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
	Heiner C Bucher, Peter Hengstler, Christian Schindler, Gordon H Guyatt
	BMJ  2000;321:73-77, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.73 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV and risk factors in Irish prisoners: results of a national cross sectional survey
	Shane Allwright, Fiona Bradley, Jean Long, Joseph Barry, Lelia Thornton, John V Parry
	BMJ  2000;321:78-82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.78 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra tables] FREE

	Comparison of intranasal midazolam with intravenous diazepam for treating febrile seizures in children: prospective randomised study
	Eli Lahat, Michael Goldman, Joseph Barr, Tzvi Bistritzer, Matithyahu Berkovitch
	BMJ  2000;321:83-86, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.83 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Drug points: Orlistat associated with hypertension
	Matty Persson, Sigurd Vitols, Qun-Ying Yue
	BMJ  2000;321:87, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.87 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: Tolerance and autoimmunity
	Ian R Mackay
	BMJ  2000;321:93-96, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.93 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of oral health: Oral cancer
	Crispian Scully, Stephen Porter
	BMJ  2000;321:97-100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.97 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

General practice

This week's General practice

	Intergenerational 20 year trends in the prevalence of asthma and hay fever in adults: the Midspan family study surveys of parents and offspring
	Mark N Upton, Alex McConnachie, Charles McSharry, Carole L Hart, George Davey Smith, Charles R Gillis, Graham C M Watt
	BMJ  2000;321:88-92, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.88 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Beware cloth devils
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2000;321:123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.123/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Helping the General Medical Council
	Kevin Channer
	BMJ  2000;321:123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.123 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Conflict and health: Public health and humanitarian interventions: developing the evidence base
	Nicholas Banatvala, Anthony B Zwi
	BMJ  2000;321:101-105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.101 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Tragic choices and the role of administrative law
	Cameron Stewart
	BMJ  2000;321:105-107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.105 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Laman Amin-Zaki • Murray Thomson Greig • Horace Hartill • Dorothy Avril Jean Oatway (née Hamilton)
	Amna S Murad, J W Hamer, M H Greig, R G Russel, Keith Lovel, Marjory McFarlane, Kenneth Scott
	BMJ  2000;321:115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.115 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2000;321:124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.124 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Tolerating tolerability
	Karin R M Band and David Winstanley
	BMJ  2000;321:77, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.77 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
	BMJ  2000;321:82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.82/c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Word association: hepatitis, eh?
	Nick Edmunds
	BMJ  2000;321:87, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.87/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Memorable patients: Up close and personal
	BMJ  2000;321:92, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.92 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	One hundred years ago: Death of Professor Thomas Jones
	BMJ  2000;321:97, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.97/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Isolated systolic hypertension: a radical rethink
	BMJ  2000;321:66 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Smoking and dementia in male British doctors: prospective study
	BMJ  2000;321:82 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Editor's choice
	BMJ  2000;321:82 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Medicine and the media
	BMJ  2000;321:82 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

ART

This week's ART

	Art: The sweetness of life
	Patricia Wynn Davies
	BMJ  2000;321:121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.121/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Doctors Afield
	Alex Paton
	BMJ  2000;321:121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.121 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

PRESS

This week's PRESS

	Press: All gloss and noise
	Gregory Battle
	BMJ  2000;321:122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.122 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	A good week for drugs
	BMJ  2000;321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	A good week for drugs
	BMJ  2000;321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Angioplasty
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2000;321:122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.122/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	The BMA's annual representative meeting
	BMJ  2000;321:116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.116 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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