Ultrasonographic diagnosis does not improve outcomes in appendicitis [Full text]

	Community speech and language therapy for preschool children has little impact [Full text]

	Restrictions on paracetamol have reduced amounts taken in single overdoses [Full text]

	Walk-in primary care centres in Canada show a lack of continuity of care with other primary care [Full text]

	Longer needles produce fewer local reactions during infant immunisation [Full text]

	General practitioners may need to be better informed before encouraging antenatal HIV testing [Full text]

Editorials

	Can we improve diagnosis of acute appendicitis?
	Spencer W Beasley
	BMJ  2000;321:907-908, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.907 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treating children with speech and language impairments
	James Law, Gina Conti-Ramsden
	BMJ  2000;321:908-909, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.908 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The place of walk-in clinics in healthcare systems
	Brian Hutchison
	BMJ  2000;321:909-910, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.909 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The management of anal warts
	Raymond Maw, Geo von Krogh
	BMJ  2000;321:910-911, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.910 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The practical management of claudication
	Alun Davies
	BMJ  2000;321:911-912, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.911 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	Doctors revise Declaration of Helsinki
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2000;321:913, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.913 [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2000;321:914, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.914 [Full text] [PDF]

	Warn the public of screening limitations, staff told
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2000;321:914, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.914/a [Full text] [PDF]

	BMJ wins an Ig Nobel prize
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2000;321:914, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.914/b [Full text] [PDF]

	EU to phase out tobacco advertising despite ruling
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2000;321:915, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.915 [Full text] [PDF]

	Pregnant women with HIV should be started on antiretroviral drugs no later than 28 weeks
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;321:915, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.915/a [Full text] [PDF]

	Human Rights Act does not affect the law on PVS
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2000;321:916, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.916 [Full text] [PDF]

	Irish kidney transplants fall by a quarter
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2000;321:916, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.916/a [Full text] [PDF]

	Hungary launches its first "website hospital"
	Carl Kovac
	BMJ  2000;321:916, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.916/b [Full text] [PDF]

	Couple select healthy embryo to provide stem cells for sister
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2000;321:917, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.917 [Full text] [PDF]

	UK researchers told to maintain confidentiality
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2000;321:917, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.917/a [Full text] [PDF]

	Anaesthetist faces 18 charges of serious professional misconduct
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2000;321:918, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.918 [Full text] [PDF]

	On-call time in health centres must be seen as working time
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2000;321:918, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.918/a [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Newborns affected most by Chernobyl disaster
	BMJ  2000;321:918, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.918/b [Full text]

	HIV positive applicant wins case against South African airline
	BMJ  2000;321:918, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.918/c [Full text]

	US heart doctors recommend new dietary guidelines
	BMJ  2000;321:918, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.918/d [Full text]

	Researchers find conflicting evidence on benefits of garlic
	BMJ  2000;321:918, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.918/e [Full text]

	Baby bred to provide stem cells for sister
	BMJ  2000;321:918, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.918/f [Full text]

Papers

	Randomised controlled trial of ultrasonography in diagnosis of acute appendicitis, incorporating the Alvarado score
	Charles D Douglas, Neil E Macpherson, Patricia M Davidson, Jonathon S Gani
	BMJ  2000;321:919, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.919 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Randomised controlled trial of community based speech and language therapy in preschool children
	Margaret Glogowska, Sue Roulstone, Pam Enderby, Tim J Peters
	BMJ  2000;321:923, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.923 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Severity of overdose after restriction of paracetamol availability: retrospective study
	Denise Robinson, Alice M J Smith, G Dennis Johnston
	BMJ  2000;321:926-927, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.926 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug points: Anaphylactic-like reaction associated with oral budesonide
	M Heeringa, P Zweers, R A de Man, H de Groot
	BMJ  2000;321:927, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.927 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical review

	Regular review: Medical management of osteoarthritis
	Karen Walker-Bone, Kassim Javaid, Nigel Arden, Cyrus Cooper
	BMJ  2000;321:936-940, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.936 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Postoperative pressure sores after epidural anaesthesia
	J L Shah
	BMJ  2000;321:941-942, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.941 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of colorectal cancer: The role of clinical genetics in management
	T R P Cole, H V Sleightholme
	BMJ  2000;321:943-946, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.943 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

	Walk-in primary medical care centres: lessons from Canada
	Melvyn Jones
	BMJ  2000;321:928-931, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.928 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of needle length on incidence of local reactions to routine immunisation in infants aged 4 months: randomised controlled trial
	Linda Diggle, Jonathan Deeks
	BMJ  2000;321:931-933, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.931 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	General practitioners' attitudes and beliefs on antenatal testing for HIV: postal questionnaire survey
	Sally Whittet, Peter Trail, Annemiek de Ruiter, Donal O'Sullivan, Roger Jones
	BMJ  2000;321:934, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.934 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	10-minute consultation: Menorrhagia
	Sally Hope
	BMJ  2000;321:935, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.935 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Flowchart]

Soundings

	Staying put
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2000;321:969, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.969/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	What happened to plain wickedness?
	Robert Lefever
	BMJ  2000;321:969, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.969 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	How can cigarette smuggling be reduced?
	Luk Joossens, Martin Raw
	BMJ  2000;321:947-950, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.947 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Disease impact number and population impact number: population perspectives to measures of risk and benefit • Commentary: DINS, PINS, and thingsclinical and population perspectives on treatment effects
	Richard F Heller, Annette J Dobson, Liam Smeeth, Shah Ebrahim
	BMJ  2000;321:950-953, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.950 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Priority setting in health care
	Richard Cookson, Paul Dolan, Jon Ford, Lorelei Cooke, David Torgerson, Toby Gosden
	BMJ  2000;321:954, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.954 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Family histories of cancer in primary care
	M H Shere, Emma Gray, Neil Rothnie, Amanda Fowler
	BMJ  2000;321:955, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.955 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Should asymptomatic haemochromatosis be treated?
	Jon Emery, Peter Rose, John Nottingham, Clare J Seamark, Margot Hutchinson
	BMJ  2000;321:955, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.955/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	WHO and industry partnership
	Ellen Sokol, Judith Richter, Fernando Vallone, Audrey J Naylor, Christophe Kopp, Andrea Tarr, David Nabarro
	BMJ  2000;321:956, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.956 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Nestlé's violation of international marketing code
	Sunil Sinha, David Hudson, Yeong Joo Kean, Alfredo Pisacane
	BMJ  2000;321:959, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.959 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Unicef and baby food manufacturers
	Carol Bellamy, Patti Rundall, Nancy-Jo Peck
	BMJ  2000;321:960, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.960 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Comparing health inequality in men and women
	Gemma Holt, Emily Grundy, Amanda Sacker, Mel Bartley, David Firth, Ray Fitzpatrick
	BMJ  2000;321:961, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.961 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Towards explaining health inequalities
	Mel Bartley, Amanda Sacker, David Firth, Ray Fitzpatrick, Kevin Lynch
	BMJ  2000;321:962, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.962 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sterilise in haste, repent at leisure and great expense
	Edward Tuddenham
	BMJ  2000;321:962, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.962/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Breast feeding is a major factor in HIV transmission
	Angus Nicoll, Marie-Louise Newell, Catherine S Peckham
	BMJ  2000;321:963, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.963 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	HIV/AIDS programmes should focus on improved access
	Alex Manning
	BMJ  2000;321:963, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.963/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Peter Bertram Cook • Mervyn Leslie Hamilton • Philip Hartley • Sheila Mary Howarth • Birendra Nath Mallik • Malcolm Joseph Jude Paes • Francis Tillyard Page • William Martin Reid • John Chaplin Sloper • Joan Clarkson Stephens
	Elizabeth J Cook, Robert E Cook, L D M Nokes, John Hartley, Judy Sharpey-Schafer, Debu Gooptu, S Kanagasundaram, Gordon Mather, John E Wright, David Woodrow, John Stephens, Henry Stephens, and Catherine Stephens
	BMJ  2000;321:964, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.964 [Full text]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2000;321:970, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.970 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
	BMJ  2000;321:927, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.927/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Waiting with time
	Gordon McLeay
	BMJ  2000;321:940, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.940 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: The nemesis of quackery
	BMJ  2000;321:940, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.940/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	When I use a word . . .: An/atomy
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2000;321:953, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.953 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: Virus: The Co-Discoverer of HIV Tracks Its Rampage and Charts the Future
	Julio Collazos
	BMJ  2000;321:966, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.966 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Second Creation
	Andrew P Read
	BMJ  2000;321:966, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.966/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Global Challenge of Healthcare Rationing
	Isabelle Durand-Zaleski
	BMJ  2000;321:967, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.967 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Tobacco War: Inside the California Battles
	Stan Shatenstein
	BMJ  2000;321:967, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.967/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Ethnicity: An Agenda For Mental Health
	Gregory Simon
	BMJ  2000;321:968, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.968 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Something practical, something ethical, something ludicrous
	BMJ  2000;321, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

	Something practical, something ethical, something ludicrous
	BMJ  2000;321, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

HIT PARADE

	Hit parade
	BMJ  2000;321:968, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.968/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Smuggling tobacco
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2000;321:968, doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7266.968/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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