Celecoxib is as effective as other NSAIDs [Full text]

	Celecoxib carries lower risk of upper GI haemorrhage than rofecoxib [Full text]

	Long term effects of low salt diets are unclear [Full text]

	Estimate of variant CJD derived from pathology samples [Full text]

	Most patients will give consent for research using stored blood [Full text]

	Why should we seek consent for using left over tissue samples? [Full text]

	When is it legitimate to exclude patients' data from study results? [Full text]

	Partners may need to be screened for diseases of their spouses [Full text]

Editorials

	Efficacy and safety of COX 2 inhibitors
	Roger Jones
	BMJ  2002;325:607-608, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.607 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The global response to mental illness
	Graham Thornicroft, Samantha Maingay
	BMJ  2002;325:608-609, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.608 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Preventing and treating eclamptic seizures
	James M Roberts, Jose Villar, Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
	BMJ  2002;325:609-610, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.609 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Average length of stay, delayed discharge, and hospital congestion
	David Black, Mike Pearson
	BMJ  2002;325:610-611, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.610 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Babywalkers
	Brent Taylor
	BMJ  2002;325:612, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.612 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

News

	Watchful waiting as good as surgery for prostate cancer
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;325:613, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.613 [Full text] [PDF]

	Tamoxifen reduces breast cancer by a third in high risk women
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;325:613, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.613/a [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;325:614, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.614 [Full text] [PDF]

	Intellectual property rights are becoming less flexible, says Oxfam
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2002;325:614, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.614/a [Full text] [PDF]

	Trusts fail to discipline those who manipulate waiting lists
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2002;325:614, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.614/b [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors resist government's wish to force feed Fortuyn murder suspect
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2002;325:615, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.615 [Full text] [PDF]

	Medical advances mask epidemic of violence by cutting murder rate
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;325:615, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.615/a [Full text] [PDF]

	Women demand use of embryos without former partners' consent
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:617, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.617/b [Full text] [PDF]

	Sudan's media laws frustrate drives on AIDS and genital mutilation
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2002;325:618, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.618 [Full text] [PDF]

	Patients get access to evidence based, online health information
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2002;325:618, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.618/a [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Junior doctor charged with manslaughter after medical error
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:616, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.616 [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Revalidation will need good appraisal summaries
	Mirza Muminovic
	BMJ  2002;325:616, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.616/a [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Exhibition aids dialogue between doctors and patients with chronic pain
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2002;325:616, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.616/b [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	European Court adviser rules against British American Tobacco and Imperial
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2002;325:616, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.616/c [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scottish NHS signs £4m deal with private sector
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2002;325:616, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.616/d [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Gynaecologist accused of delegating inappropriately
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:616, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.616/e [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Polio epidemic hits Uttar Pradesh
	Sanjay Kumar
	BMJ  2002;325:617, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.617 [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Controls on human research participants are "outdated"
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2002;325:617, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.617/a [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	UK food poverty could contravene UN human rights
	Lynn Eaton>
	BMJ  2002;325:618, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.618/b [Full text]

	Doctor accused of giving false information to drug trial
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:618, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.618/c [Full text]

	Demographic change is likely to affect ophthalmology and cardiovascular surgery the most
	Roger Robson
	BMJ  2002;325:618, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.618/d [Full text]

	Temperature drop can affect respiratory illness several days later
	Roger Robson
	BMJ  2002;325:618, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.618/e [Full text]

	Retained Organs Commission will stay open for extra year
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2002;325:618, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.618/f [Full text]

Papers

	Efficacy, tolerability, and upper gastrointestinal safety of celecoxib for treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: systematic review of randomised controlled trials
	Jonathan J Deeks, Lesley A Smith, Matthew D Bradley
	BMJ  2002;325:619, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.619 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Observational study of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage in elderly patients given selective cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitors or conventional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
	Muhammad Mamdani, Paula A Rochon, David N Juurlink, Alex Kopp, Geoffrey M Anderson, Gary Naglie, Peter C Austin, Andreas Laupacis
	BMJ  2002;325:624, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.624 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Systematic review of long term effects of advice to reduce dietary salt in adults
	Lee Hooper, Christopher Bartlett, George Davey Smith, Shah Ebrahim
	BMJ  2002;325:628, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.628 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Accumulation of prion protein in tonsil and appendix: review of tissue samples
	David A Hilton, Azra C Ghani, Lisa Conyers, Philip Edwards, Linda McCardle, Mark Penney, Diane Ritchie, James W Ironside
	BMJ  2002;325:633-634, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.633 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Informed consent for genetic research on blood stored for more than a decade: a population based study
	Birgitta Stegmayr, Kjell Asplund
	BMJ  2002;325:634-635, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.634 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug points: Gabapentin induced cholestasis
	Charles E Richardson, Dylan W Williams, Jeremy G C Kingham
	BMJ  2002;325:635, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.635 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Married couples' risk of same disease: cross sectional study
	Julia Hippisley-Cox, Carol Coupland, Mike Pringle, Nicola Crown, Vicky Hammersley
	BMJ  2002;325:636, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.636 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical review

	Acute cholecystitis
	Adrian A Indar, Ian J Beckingham
	BMJ  2002;325:639-643, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.639 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Boxes]

	ABC of psychological medicine: Delirium
	T M Brown, M F Boyle
	BMJ  2002;325:644-647, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.644 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Scaling up
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2002;325:665, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.665/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Is longevity a sustainable goal?
	Imre Loefler
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Education and debate

	For and against: No consent should be needed for using leftover body material for scientific purposes • For • Against
	Paul J van Diest, Julian Savulescu
	BMJ  2002;325:648-651, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.648 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Post-randomisation exclusions: the intention to treat principle and excluding patients from analysis
	Dean Fergusson, Shawn D Aaron, Gordon Guyatt, Paul Hébert
	BMJ  2002;325:652-654, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.652 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Reducing blood transfusion
	Alain Vuylsteke, Caroline Gerrard, Michael H Cross, Christopher M Munsch, Derek R Norfolk, Vipin Zamvar, Nicola Payne, Ivor Cavill, Gregor Caspari, Wolfram H Gerlich, Lutz Gürtler
	BMJ  2002;325:655, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.655 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Misperceptions exist about sleep attacks when driving
	Jim Horne
	BMJ  2002;325:657, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.657 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Locomotor milestones and babywalkers
	Frances E Gardner, Simon Warren, Gillian V Weeks, Robert Bennett
	BMJ  2002;325:657, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.657/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Way forward is combining good from both worlds
	Rose A Meehan
	BMJ  2002;325:658, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.658 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Randomised trials in surgery
	Rajan Madhok, Helen H G Handoll, Stephen Bridgman, Nicola Maffulli
	BMJ  2002;325:658, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.658/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Detaining dangerous people with mental disorders
	Philip A Sugarman
	BMJ  2002;325:659, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.659 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Asian patients may receive inferior care
	Antony Stewart, Jammi N Rao
	BMJ  2002;325:659, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.659/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine needs to be an inclusive profession
	Mary A Seabrook
	BMJ  2002;325:660, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.660 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Long term care for older people
	Tom R Dening, Michael O'Donnell
	BMJ  2002;325:660, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.660/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Sir Douglas Black
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2002;325:661, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.661 [Full text] [extra: extra: Longer version]

	Elaine Allen
	BMJ  2002;325:661, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.661/a [Full text] [extra: extra: Longer version]

	William Frederick Colburn
	M Colburn
	BMJ  2002;325:661, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.661/b [Full text] [extra: extra: Longer version]

	Cyril Samarawickrama Pallewela
	Rita Shannon
	BMJ  2002;325:661, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.661/c [Full text] [extra: extra: Longer version]

	Robert McAlpine Rae
	Jim Leask
	BMJ  2002;325:661, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.661/d [Full text] [extra: extra: Longer version]

	William Mortimer Haigh Shaw
	Mary Shaw
	BMJ  2002;325:661, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.661/e [Full text] [extra: extra: Longer version]

	John Richard Theobalds
	John Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:661, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.661/f [Full text] [extra: extra: Longer version]

	David Bolt
	BMJ  2002;325:661, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.661/g [Full text]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;325:666, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.666 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Bedsores, what bedsores?
	BMJ  2002;325:623, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.623 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Presents from patient
	BMJ  2002;325:624, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.624/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Hospital league tables 1830
	BMJ  2002;325:628, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.628/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2002;325:636, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.636/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A patient who changed my life: Two lives saved
	Susana Romero Zambrano
	BMJ  2002;325:643, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.643 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	My first patient
	D W Smith
	BMJ  2002;325:651, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.651/c [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Growth hormone in growth hormone deficiency
	BMJ  2002;325:611, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.611 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health can take precedence over trade issues, says report
	BMJ  2002;325:651, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.651 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	This Week in the BMJ
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	Career focus
	BMJ  2002;325:651, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.651/b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ART

	Art: Medicate
	Mirza Muminovic
	BMJ  2002;325:663, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.663 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
	Sanjay A Pai
	BMJ  2002;325:663, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.663/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

	Press: The operation was a success (but the patients died)
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2002;325:664, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.664 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Consent for research on stored body samples
	BMJ  2002;325, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.0/h [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Prostate cancer
	Anna Ellis
	BMJ  2002;325:664, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7365.664/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

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Website extra

Survey: Consent for using leftover body material for scientific purposes [Full text]

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