Inflammatory processes may be at work in heart disease [Full text]

	C pneumoniae infection is not strongly associated with heart disease [Full text]

	Better ascertainment of cancer cases may lead to reduced survival [Full text]

	Diastolic heart failure is an overused diagnosis [Full text]

	Children's health is neglected in England's national policy [Full text]

	Communities are the main source of resilience in the face of conflict [Full text]

Editorials

	Heart disease and the inflammatory response
	Wolfgang Koenig
	BMJ  2000;321:187-188, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.187 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Can heart failure be diagnosed in primary care?
	Richard Hobbs
	BMJ  2000;321:188-189, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.188 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Third generation oral contraceptives
	David C G Skegg
	BMJ  2000;321:190-191, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.190 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Measuring the performance of health systems
	Jo Mulligan, John Appleby, Anthony Harrison
	BMJ  2000;321:191-192, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.191 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Revel in electronic and paper media
	Tony Delamothe, Richard Smith
	BMJ  2000;321:192, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.192 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	US court awards $145bn damages against tobacco giants
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2000;321:193, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.193 [Full text] [PDF]

	Mandela restores morale of AIDS conference
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2000;321:193, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.193/a [Full text] [PDF]

	Donors reject screening panel for malaria projects
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2000;321:194, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.194 [Full text] [PDF]

	Gordon Brown announces £43bn more for public services
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2000;321:194, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.194/a [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2000;321:194, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.194/b [Full text] [PDF]

	US halts University of Oklahoma clinical research
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2000;321:195, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.195 [Full text] [PDF]

	Lung cancer trial has problems in recruitment
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2000;321:195, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.195/a [Full text] [PDF]

	New technique helps to assess vegetative state
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2000;321:196, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.196 [Full text] [PDF]

	Interleukin 2 increases CD4 T cell counts in people with HIV
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2000;321:196, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.196/a [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA says statin cannot be sold over the counter
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;321:196, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.196/b [Full text] [PDF]

	Abortion doctor suffers second attack in six years
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2000;321:197, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.197 [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE issues guidance for heartburn and indigestion
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2000;321:197, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.197/a [Full text] [PDF]

	Ireland's measles outbreak kills two
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2000;321:197, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.197/b [Full text] [PDF]

	Exercising his passion
	BMJ  2000;321:198, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.198 [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Ibuprofen useful in treating babies' heart defect
	BMJ  2000;321:198, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.198/a [Full text]

	FDA says statin cannot be sold "over the counter"
	BMJ  2000;321:198, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.198/b [Full text]

	Interleukin 2 increases CD4 T cell counts in people with HIV
	BMJ  2000;321:198, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.198/c [Full text]

	Negligence claims to rise by 50% in Wales
	BMJ  2000;321:198, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.198/d [Full text]

	Israel's doctors end their strike
	BMJ  2000;321:198, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.198/e [Full text]

	Guide to caring for Muslim patients published
	BMJ  2000;321:198, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.198/f [Full text]

Papers

	Low grade inflammation and coronary heart disease: prospective study and updated meta-analyses
	John Danesh, Peter Whincup, Mary Walker, Lucy Lennon, Andrew Thomson, Paul Appleby, J Ruth Gallimore, Mark B Pepys
	BMJ  2000;321:199-204, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.199 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Tables]

	Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and mortality from ischaemic heart disease: large prospective study
	N J Wald, M R Law, J K Morris, X Zhou, Y Wong, M E Ward
	BMJ  2000;321:204-207, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.204 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chlamydia pneumoniae IgG titres and coronary heart disease: prospective study and meta-analysis • Commentary: Adjustment for potential confounders may have been taken too far
	John Danesh, Peter Whincup, Mary Walker, Lucy Lennon, Andrew Thomson, Paul Appleby, Yuk-ki Wong, Martine Bernardes-Silva, Michael Ward, Robert West
	BMJ  2000;321:208-213, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.208 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details]

	Effect of improved data collection on breast cancer incidence and survival: reconciliation of a registry with a clinical database
	Anne Stotter, Nicola Bright, Paul B Silcocks, Johannes L Botha
	BMJ  2000;321:214, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.214 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical review

	Regular review: Management of acute coronary syndromes
	S J Maynard, G O Scott, J W Riddell, A A J Adgey
	BMJ  2000;321:220-223, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.220 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Rare presentation of maternal primary hyperparathyroidism
	G C Beattie, N R Ravi, Muriel Lewis, Hiliary Williams, A W Blair, I W Campbell, G G P Browning
	BMJ  2000;321:223-224, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.223 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of oral health: Swellings and red, white, and pigmented lesions
	Crispian Scully, Stephen Porter
	BMJ  2000;321:225-228, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.225 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

	Do patients with suspected heart failure and preserved left ventricular systolic function suffer from "diastolic heart failure" or from misdiagnosis? A prospective descriptive study
	Lynn Caruana, Mark C Petrie, Andrew P Davie, John J V McMurray
	BMJ  2000;321:215-218, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.215 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Science commentary: Echocardiography
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2000;321:218-219, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.218 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Power to the paperwork
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  2000;321:249, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.249/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	The forgotten children
	D H S Reid
	BMJ  2000;321:249, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.249 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Who is speaking for children and adolescents and for their health at the policy level?
	Albert Aynsley-Green, Maggie Barker, Sue Burr, Aidan Macfarlane, John Morgan, Jo Sibert, Tom Turner, Russell Viner, Tony Waterston, David Hall
	BMJ  2000;321:229-232, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.229 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Conflict and health: War and mental health: a brief overview
	Derek Summerfield
	BMJ  2000;321:232-235, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.232 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Waiting times for patients with cancer
	T J Cantor, Jean Mossman, Karol Sikora, S Shrotria, P Durning, A Clason, Y Akthar, T Barber, C McIlvenny, M Woods
	BMJ  2000;321:236, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.236 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prediction of survival for preterm births
	Elizabeth S Draper, Bradley Manktelow, David J Field, David James
	BMJ  2000;321:237, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.237 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sleep apnoea and hypertension
	Mark Harrison, Caroline Jones, Elinor Brabin, Peretz Lavie, Donald Silverberg, Arie Oksenberg, Adrian Iaina
	BMJ  2000;321:237, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.237/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Funding long term care for older people
	David Stern, Tom Arie, Anonymous
	BMJ  2000;321:238, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.238 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Alternatives to evidence based medicine
	Aldo Mariotto, Arthur M Lam, Thomas P Bleck
	BMJ  2000;321:239, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.239 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Consumer health information needs to be rigorous, complete, and relevant
	Ruairidh Milne, Nina Booth-Clibborn, Sandy Oliver
	BMJ  2000;321:240, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.240 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Management of chronic skin diseases is important
	Peter Lapsley
	BMJ  2000;321:240, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.240/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tensions in implementing the new genetics
	Glyn Elwyn, Jonathon Gray, Rachel Iredale, Dian Donnai, Lauren Kerzin-Storrar, David Craufurd, Gareth Evans, Jill Clayton-Smith, Helen Kingston, Rhydian Hapgood, Nadeem Qureshi, Tony Avery, Satinder Kumar, Madeleine Gantley
	BMJ  2000;321:240, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.240/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Revalidation won't be cheap
	Alan O'Rourke
	BMJ  2000;321:242, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.242 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Philip Charles Fulford • Dinkar Ghanekar • Richard David Hoare • David Thomas Lloyd-Hughes • Rosalind Storey McGowan (née Barclay) • Joseph Vallance McKenzie • Robert Harold Meara • John Ross Munro • Stanley Arthur O'Hagan • Len Ratoff • John Diarmuid Ryan • Ivan Samson Durham Thomson • Aubrey Joseph Wilson
	Ian J Jenkins, Kiran Ghanekar, Anita Ghanekar, Tim Cox, Hugh Saxton, Peter Schurr, W L Owen, Kemp McGowan, W Keith Davidson, Jolyon Meara, David Hallworth, Dorothy O'Hagan, John A Hussey, Dermot P Ryan, J Brendan Ryan, D Macgregor, Robin Wilson
	BMJ  2000;321:243, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.243 [Full text]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2000;321:250, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.250 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	A memorable patient: The danger of a high C
	Georgia Ingram
	BMJ  2000;321:207, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.207 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: I know him
	BMJ  2000;321:207, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.207/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Lord Moran on old age
	BMJ  2000;321:207, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.207/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Not such an angel?
	John Merrick, Stephen Barnett
	BMJ  2000;321:219, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.219 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A patient who changed my life twice: What medicine's all about
	Jeffrey S Tobias
	BMJ  2000;321:235, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.235 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ART

	Art: Matters of Life and Death
	Irene J Higginson
	BMJ  2000;321:246, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.246/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: Practising Evidence Based Geriatrics
	Leon Flicker
	BMJ  2000;321:246, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.246 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

	Press: Raising awareness or spreading fear?
	Ann Kent
	BMJ  2000;321:247, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.247 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Press: Reporting NHS performance: how did the media perform?
	John Appleby, Andy Bell
	BMJ  2000;321:248, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.248 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Hearts and minds and meta-analyses
	BMJ  2000;321, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

	Hearts and minds and meta-analyses
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BESTSELLERS

	Bestsellers
	BMJ  2000;321:247, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.247/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: NHS performance indicators
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2000;321:248, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.248/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	BMA supports medical majority on GMC • GMC continues discussions on its structure • Welsh LHGs could do better
	BMJ  2000;321:245, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7255.245 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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