Screening for aneurysms in men is cost effective [Full text]

	Patients with psychotic illness want to discuss their symptoms [Full text]

	Bezafibrate has limited effects on heart attacks and strokes [Full text]

	Parents and screening tests miss children's language problems [Full text]

	Nurse led follow up of cancer patients is safe and acceptable [Full text]

	Patients with IHD warrant screening for heart failure [Full text]

	Iron supplements don't affect incidence of infections in children [Full text]

Editorials

	Screening men for aortic aneurysm
	Roger M Greenhalgh, Janet T Powell
	BMJ  2002;325:1123-1124, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1123 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New BMJ policy on economic evaluations
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2002;325:1124, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1124 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Improving iron status in children in poor environments
	Andrew Tomkins
	BMJ  2002;325:1125, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1125 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Suicide after parasuicide
	Bo S Runeson
	BMJ  2002;325:1125-1126, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1125/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal medical services
	Richard Lewis, Stephen Gillam
	BMJ  2002;325:1126-1127, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1126 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Infection as a cause of multiple sclerosis
	Jock Murray
	BMJ  2002;325:1128, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1128 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	Poor team work is killing patients
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;325:1129, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1129 [Full text] [PDF]

	"No" vote frees £250m
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2002;325:1129, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1129/a [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;325:1130, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1130 [Full text] [PDF]

	Long term HRT may protect women from Alzheimer's disease
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;325:1130, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1130/a [Full text] [PDF]

	FBI investigates cardiac surgeries
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;325:1130, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1130/b [Full text] [PDF]

	Controversial stroke trial is under review following BMJ report
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2002;325:1131, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1131 [Full text] [PDF]

	BMJ launches soap opera
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2002;325:1131, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1131/a [Full text] [PDF]

	Deadly parasitic disease grips southern Sudan
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2002;325:1133, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1133/b [Full text] [PDF]

	War on Iraq could produce a humanitarian disaster, health professionals warn
	Jocalyn Clark
	BMJ  2002;325:1134, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1134 [Full text] [PDF]

	MMR vaccine is not linked with autism, says Danish study
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2002;325:1134, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1134/a [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Serious adverse events associated with perinatal drugs
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;325:1132, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1132 [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Exhibition shows the "poor ruined faces of England"
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2002;325:1132, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1132/a [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	India must change health priorities to tackle HIV
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2002;325:1132, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1132/b [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	US public health system needs major overhaul, says report
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2002;325:1132, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1132/c [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Australians set up a mental health first aid course
	Natasha Gilbert
	BMJ  2002;325:1133, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1133 [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Coroner cites football as reason for brain injury
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2002;325:1133, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1133/a [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	"Telephone stroke" identified in Canada
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2002;325:1134, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1134/b [Full text]

Papers

	Multicentre aneurysm screening study (MASS): cost effectiveness analysis of screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms based on four year results from randomised controlled trial
	Multicentre Aneurysm Screening Study Group
	BMJ  2002;325:1135, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1135 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: More on costing methods]

	Bezafibrate in men with lower extremity arterial disease: randomised controlled trial
	Tom Meade, Riaz Zuhrie, Claire Cook, Jackie Cooper
	BMJ  2002;325:1139, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1139 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of iron supplementation on incidence of infectious illness in children: systematic review
	Tarun Gera, H P S Sachdev
	BMJ  2002;325:1142, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1142 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nurse led follow up and conventional medical follow up in management of patients with lung cancer: randomised trial
	Sally Moore, Jessica Corner, Jo Haviland, Mary Wells, Emma Salmon, Charles Normand, Mike Brada, Mary O'Brien, Ian Smith
	BMJ  2002;325:1145, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1145 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Engagement of patients with psychosis in the consultation: conversation analytic study • Commentary: Understanding conversation
	Rosemarie McCabe, Christian Heath, Tom Burns, Stefan Priebe, John Skelton
	BMJ  2002;325:1148-1151, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1148 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Transcripts and their conventions]

	Evaluation of a structured test and a parent led method for screening for speech and language problems: prospective population based study
	Gabrielle J Laing, James Law, Abigail Levin, Stuart Logan
	BMJ  2002;325:1152, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1152 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Suicide rate 22 years after parasuicide: cohort study
	Gary R Jenkins, Robert Hale, Maria Papanastassiou, Michael J Crawford, Peter Tyrer
	BMJ  2002;325:1155, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1155 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Prevalence of left ventricular systolic dysfunction and heart failure in high risk patients: community based epidemiological study
	R C Davis, F D R Hobbs, J E Kenkre, A K Roalfe, R Hare, R J Lancashire, M K Davies
	BMJ  2002;325:1156, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1156 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical review

	Extracts from "Concise Clinical Evidence": Chronic suppurative otitis media • Commentary: Interpreting the evidence
	Jose Acuin, G G Browning
	BMJ  2002;325:1159-1160, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1159 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of antithrombotic therapy: Antithrombotic therapy for cerebrovascular disorders
	Gregory Y H Lip, Sridhar Kamath, Robert G Hart
	BMJ  2002;325:1161-1163, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1161 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	I believe
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2002;325:1181, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1181/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Young patients
	Claudio Crisci
	BMJ  2002;325:1181, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1181 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Making regulation responsive to commercial interests: streamlining drug industry watchdogs • Commentary: Concern over drug industry's influence on regulatory policy in Europe • Commentary: Much ado about a good thing • Commentary: The freedom of informed choice
	John Abraham, Danielle Bardelay, Christophe Kopp, J D Kleinke, Emma Bennion
	BMJ  2002;325:1164-1169, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1164 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	WHO in 2002: WHO's management: struggling to transform a "fossilised bureaucracy"
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2002;325:1170-1173, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1170 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Undisclosed payments in research
	Jacqueline M Atkinson, Frank O Wells
	BMJ  2002;325:1174, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1174 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sildenafil for "blue babies"
	James Oliver, David J Webb, Sanjay Patole, Javeed Travadi
	BMJ  2002;325:1174, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1174/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Making the best of health advocates and interpreters
	Peter von Kaehne, Graham A Jones
	BMJ  2002;325:1175, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1175 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Homosexual related legislation does not reduce suicidal intent in sexual minority groups
	Robin M Mathy
	BMJ  2002;325:1176, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1176 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Iron deficiency is neglected in women's health
	D Hugh Rushton, Robin Dover, Anthony W Sainsbury, Michael J Norris, Jeremy J H Gilkes, Ian D Ramsay
	BMJ  2002;325:1176, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1176/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Guidelines partly explain differences in referral rates
	John F Navein
	BMJ  2002;325:1177, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1177 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tailored exercise is key to preventing falls
	Piers W Simey, Dawn Skelton, Susie Dinan, Bob Laventure
	BMJ  2002;325:1177, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1177/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Being difficult is not necessarily a bad thing
	Charles Essex
	BMJ  2002;325:1177, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1177/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Magdy Kamel Ishak
	Abdel Mahfouz
	BMJ  2002;325:1178, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1178 [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Arthur Jarrett
	Patrick Riley
	BMJ  2002;325:1178, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1178/a [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Gabrielle Maria Kearney
	M L Wesson
	BMJ  2002;325:1178, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1178/b [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Alasdair Bruce MacGregor
	Iain F MacLaren, Donald A D Macleod
	BMJ  2002;325:1178, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1178/c [Full text]

	James Ferguson Mackie
	Michael Mackie
	BMJ  2002;325:1178, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1178/d [Full text]

	Ray Norton
	Sally Norton
	BMJ  2002;325:1178, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1178/e [Full text]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;325:1182, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1182 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM: Children with uncomplicated UTIs may do well with short courses of antibiotics, but the quality of the evidence is poor
	BMJ  2002;325, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.0/h [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: A newspaper
	BMJ  2002;325:1135, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1135/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The child whisperer
	J A M Wright
	BMJ  2002;325:1141, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1141 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2002;325:1148, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1148/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: An elderly man with flushing
	Hans Engel
	BMJ  2002;325:1160, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1160 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Swearin'
	BMJ  2002;325:1164, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1164/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Straight from the patient's mouth
	Chittaranjan Andrade
	BMJ  2002;325:1169, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1169 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: Clinicians' Guide to Sleep Medicine • Sleep Medicine
	Roy Jones
	BMJ  2002;325:1179, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1179/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

	Press: Promoting drugs through hairdressers: is nothing sacred?
	Hilda Bastian
	BMJ  2002;325:1180, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1180 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Ban a word for Christmas and please an old journal
	BMJ  2002;325, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.0/g [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

THEATRE

	Theatre: Sleepers
	James Allen
	BMJ  2002;325:1179, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1179 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Overseas doctors
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2002;325:1180, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1180/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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