Clinical features may allow early diagnosis of variant CJD [Full text]

	Sleep attacks do exist as an effect of dopamine agents [Full text]

	Etoricoxib is effective in acute gouty arthritis [Full text]

	No excess of epilepsy in prisoners [Full text]

	NT-proBNP assay can effectively rule out heart failure [Full text]

	Babywalkers delay infant development [Full text]

	Akathisia: better detection is needed [Full text]

	Larger trials needed for Parkinson's disease [Full text]

Editorials

	Defining neurodegenerative diseases
	Adrian Williams
	BMJ  2002;324:1465-1466, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1465 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treating neurodegenerative diseases
	Leslie J Findley, Mary G Baker
	BMJ  2002;324:1466-1467, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1466 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Neurodegeneration in the age of molecular biology
	Lawrence I Golbe
	BMJ  2002;324:1467-1468, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1467 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The wall between neurology and psychiatry
	Mary G Baker, Rajendra Kale, Matthew Menken
	BMJ  2002;324:1468-1469, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1468 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Demystifying neurology
	Matthew Menken
	BMJ  2002;324:1469-1470, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1469 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Iatrogenic stigma of mental illness
	Norman Sartorius
	BMJ  2002;324:1470-1471, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1470 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnosing brain death without a neurologist
	Holger Baumgartner, Franz Gerstenbrand
	BMJ  2002;324:1471-1472, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1471 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	Patient safety agency admits problems with its pilot scheme
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2002;324:1473, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1473 [Full text] [PDF]

	Government makes U turn on private practice ban
	Sally Hargreaves
	BMJ  2002;324:1473, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1473/a [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;324:1474, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1474 [Full text] [PDF]

	New England Journal loosens its rules on conflict of interest
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;324:1474, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1474/a [Full text] [PDF]

	Breast is still best even when HIV prevalence is high, experts say
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;324:1474, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1474/b [Full text] [PDF]

	Blockers protect brain during cardiac surgery
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2002;324:1475, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1475 [Full text] [PDF]

	Emotional exhaustion and stress in doctors are linked
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;324:1475, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1475/a [Full text] [PDF]

	RCN general secretary may face "no confidence" vote
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2002;324:1477, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1477/c [Full text] [PDF]

	An exceptional man
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;324:1478, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1478 [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Scientists develop more sensitive grading system for prostate cancer
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2002;324:1476, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1476 [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Summit supports halving of number of hungry by 2015
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2002;324:1476, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1476/a [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors go on trial for manslaughter after removing wrong kidney
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2002;324:1476, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1476/b [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Report highlights patchy quality of US health care
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2002;324:1476, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1476/c [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors’ bad behaviour makes nurses quit
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;324:1477, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1477 [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Woman sues for not being warned about psychological effects of abortion
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2002;324:1477, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1477/a [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	South Africa’s HIV/AIDS epidemic may be flattening out
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2002;324:1477, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1477/b [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Juniors call on consultants to reject new contract
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2002;324:1478, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1478/a [Full text]

	Interns soon lose enthusiasm
	Janice Hopkins, Tanne
	BMJ  2002;324:1478, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1478/b [Full text]

	New online diagnostic tool launched to help doctors
	Claire McKenna
	BMJ  2002;324:1478, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1478/c [Full text]

	US report blames poor quality control for soaring healthcare costs
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;324:1478, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1478/d [Full text]

	Tax tussle to get big tobacco firms to pay for quit programmes
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2002;324:1478, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1478/e [Full text]

	Spanish hospital offers genetic test for familial Alzheimer’s
	Paul Rigg
	BMJ  2002;324:1478, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1478/f [Full text]

	Less than 10% of patients with Alzheimer’s disease diagnosed in Hungary
	Carl Kovac
	BMJ  2002;324:1478, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1478/g [Full text]

Papers

	First hundred cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: retrospective case note review of early psychiatric and neurological features
	Michael D Spencer, Richard S G Knight, Robert G Will
	BMJ  2002;324:1479-1482, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1479 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sleep attacks in patients taking dopamine agonists: review
	Carl Nikolaus Homann, Karoline Wenzel, Klaudia Suppan, Gerd Ivanic, Norbert Kriechbaum, Richard Crevenna, Erwin Ott
	BMJ  2002;324:1483-1487, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1483 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Randomised double blind trial of etoricoxib and indometacin in treatment of acute gouty arthritis
	H Ralph Schumacher, Jr, Judith A Boice, David I Daikh, Saurabh Mukhopadhyay, Kerstin Malmstrom, Jennifer Ng, Guillermo A Tate, Javier Molina
	BMJ  2002;324:1488-1492, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1488 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional box, table and figure]

	Comparison of physician outcome measures and patients' perception of benefits of inpatient neurorehabilitation
	S G M Edwards, E D Playford, J C Hobart, A J Thompson
	BMJ  2002;324:1493, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1493 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Locomotor milestones and babywalkers: cross sectional study
	M Garrett, A M McElroy, A Staines
	BMJ  2002;324:1494, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1494 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prevalence of epilepsy in prisoners: systematic review
	Seena Fazel, Evangelos Vassos, John Danesh
	BMJ  2002;324:1495, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1495 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references]

	Mental health problems of children in the community: 18 month follow up
	Robert Goodman, Tamsin Ford, Howard Meltzer
	BMJ  2002;324:1496-1497, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1496 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug points: Severe myalgia from an interaction between treatments with pantoprazole and methotrexate
	U Tröger, B Stötzel, J Martens-Lobenhoffer, H Gollnick, F P Meyer
	BMJ  2002;324:1497, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1497 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Reliability of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide assay in diagnosis of heart failure: cohort study in representative and high risk community populations
	F D R Hobbs, R C Davis, A K Roalfe, R Hare, M K Davies, J E Kenkre
	BMJ  2002;324:1498, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1498 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	10-minute consultation: Paraesthesia
	Badal Pal
	BMJ  2002;324:1501, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1501 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical review

	What we need to know about age related memory loss
	Gary W Small
	BMJ  2002;324:1502-1505, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1502 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Akathisia: overlooked at a cost
	Hiroko Akagi, T Manoj Kumar
	BMJ  2002;324:1506-1507, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1506 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Respect: a journalist's guide
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2002;324:1531, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1531/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Daughter and doctor: two conflicting roles
	BMJ  2002;324:1530, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1530 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Life after Parkinson's
	David Jones
	BMJ  2002;324:1531, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1531 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Evaluating drug treatments for Parkinson's disease: how good are the trials?
	Keith Wheatley, Rebecca L Stowe, Carl E Clarke, Robert K Hills, Adrian C Williams, Richard Gray
	BMJ  2002;324:1508-1511, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1508 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Folic acid, ageing, depression, and dementia
	E H Reynolds
	BMJ  2002;324:1512-1515, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1512 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Leprosy eliminationa virtual phenomenon or a reality?
	Diana N J Lockwood
	BMJ  2002;324:1516-1518, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1516 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Discontinuation of thioridazine in patients with learning disabilities: balancing cardiovascular toxicity with adverse consequences of changing drugs
	Simon J C Davies, Leila B Cooke, Alan G Moore, John Potokar
	BMJ  2002;324:1519-1521, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1519 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	All you need is cognitive behaviour therapy?
	Tom Sensky, Jan Scott, Brian Darnley, Paul Blenkiron, Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2002;324:1522, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1522 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The limits of psychiatry
	Larry Culliford, Robert H Chaplin
	BMJ  2002;324:1523, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1523 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Renal transplantation
	Antonio López-Navidad, Ricard Solà Puigjaner, A Caroline Wroe, David Reaich
	BMJ  2002;324:1524, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1524 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Africa can solve its own health problems
	Bosede B Afolabi, Solomon R Benatar
	BMJ  2002;324:1525, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1525 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	More units dedicated to women presenting with miscarriage are needed
	Susan Logan, Julie Browne, Siladitya Bhattacharya
	BMJ  2002;324:1526, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1526 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Simple dosage guide for suncreams will help users
	Steve Taylor, Brian Diffey
	BMJ  2002;324:1526, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1526/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	David Cordley Bradford
	John Bennett
	BMJ  2002;324:1527, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1527 [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Monty Golin
	Malcolm Golin
	BMJ  2002;324:1527, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1527/a [Full text]

	Denis Kelleher
	John Kelleher
	BMJ  2002;324:1527, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1527/b [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	William Hepburn Russell Lumsden
	Pamela K Lumsden
	BMJ  2002;324:1527, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1527/c [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Edward Lawson Price
	David Price
	BMJ  2002;324:1527, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1527/d [Full text]

	John ("Jake") Stohlner
	Bryan Scaife
	BMJ  2002;324:1527, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1527/e [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

reviews

	Bookcase
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2002;324:1529, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1529/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;324:1532, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1532 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Endpiece: Sean O'Casey on surgeons
	BMJ  2002;324:1479, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1479/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	My 15 minutes of fame
	Alistair Lindsay
	BMJ  2002;324:1487, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1487 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: By any other name
	Calbert I Phillips
	BMJ  2002;324:1492, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1492 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Testing a country's prosperity
	BMJ  2002;324:1493, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1493/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: What we call luck
	BMJ  2002;324:1512, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1512/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: The classics in preliminary examinations
	BMJ  2002;324:1516, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1516/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	When I use a word: Masses and masses
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2002;324:1521, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1521 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: The Forgetting. Understanding Alzheimer's: The New Epidemic
	Andrew Moscrop
	BMJ  2002;324:1528, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1528 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Practical Neurology
	Rajendra Kale
	BMJ  2002;324:1528, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1528/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

	Press: Mixed messages on breast cancer
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2002;324:1530, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1530/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Neurodegenerative diseases raise profound questions
	BMJ  2002;324, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.0/h [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Neuroimaging
	Rajendra Kale
	BMJ  2002;324:1529, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1529 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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