This week's This week in the BMJ

	Cancer rates are no greater in airline pilots [Full text] FREE

	Efficacy of hepatitis B vaccine wanes with time [Full text] FREE

	HPV is linked to abnormal cervical smear results [Full text] FREE

	Disabled Gulf veterans have high rates of psychiatric disorder [Full text] FREE

	Should doctors drink while on call? [Full text] FREE

	Doctors support palliative care for heart failure [Full text] FREE

	Treatments for vulvovaginitis [Full text] FREE

	Insider speaks out against the FDA [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Alosetron for irritable bowel syndrome
	Michel Lièvre
	BMJ  2002;325:555-556, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.555 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: BMJUSA editor's note] FREE

	When medical students go off the rails
	Peter Rubin
	BMJ  2002;325:556-557, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.556 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Acute compartment syndrome of the leg
	Michael F Pearse, Lorraine Harry, Jagdeep Nanchahal
	BMJ  2002;325:557-558, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.557 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Patient education programmes for adults with rheumatoid arthritis
	Robert P Riemsma, Erik Taal, John R Kirwan, Johannes J Rasker
	BMJ  2002;325:558-559, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.558 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Placebos and standardising new surgical techniques
	Paul F Ridgway, Ara W Darzi
	BMJ  2002;325:560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.560 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	NHS league tables are more spin than substance
	Colin B Brown
	BMJ  2002;325:596, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.596 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Barriers to effective stroke care out of hours need to be broached
	Mark F Nicol
	BMJ  2002;325:596, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.596/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cases of congenital rubella may be the tip of the iceberg
	Roslyn M Thomas, Nilesh M Mehta
	BMJ  2002;325:596, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.596/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Aspects of MMR
	K Schmidt, E Ernst, David N Andrews
	BMJ  2002;325:597, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.597 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Systematic review of cost effectiveness in telemedicine
	Paul Scuffham, A R Haycox, F S Mair
	BMJ  2002;325:598, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.598 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Brain death
	David W Evans, Michael Potts
	BMJ  2002;325:598, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.598/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Staphylococci may indeed cause acute dental infections
	Peter C S Tsang, Federick C S Chu, Lakshman P Samaranayake
	BMJ  2002;325:599, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.599 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Children are still seen but not heard
	Sean P Maskey
	BMJ  2002;325:599, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.599/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Recommendations from quality of life scales are not simple
	Michael E Hyland
	BMJ  2002;325:599, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.599/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Parents are an untapped resource in sex education
	Rachel G Pryke
	BMJ  2002;325:600, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.600 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mobile phone text messaging can help young people manage asthma
	Ron Neville, Alexandra Greene, John McLeod, Andrew Tracy, John Surie
	BMJ  2002;325:600, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.600/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	FDA advisers warn of more deaths if drug is relaunched
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2002;325:561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.561 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Doctors fail to see the joke
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;325:561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.561/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;325:562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.562 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Patent laws are keeping poor countries in poverty
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2002;325:562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.562/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Mental health campaigners cancel march because of fears of backlash
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2002;325:562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.562/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	UK researchers switch off genes that trigger cervical cancer
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;325:563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.563 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Annual mammography in women in their 40s does not cut death rate
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2002;325:563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.563/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	US medical schools should consider race in admitting students
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2002;325:565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.565/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	High carbohydrate diet implicated in pancreatic cancer
	Deborah Josefsen
	BMJ  2002;325:566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.566 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Organ transplants and blood transfusions may transmit West Nile virus
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;325:566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.566/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Patient is reinfected with a different HIV strain
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;325:564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.564 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Hospital halves use of blood transfusion in hip surgery
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;325:564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.564/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	UK report recommends further research on water fluoridation and health
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;325:564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.564/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Professor warns of "brain drain" of diabetes researchers from Europe
	Carl Kovac
	BMJ  2002;325:564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.564/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	India considers government agency to license infertility clinics
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2002;325:564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.564/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Australia proposes peer review of alleged negligence cases
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2002;325:565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.565 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	New abortion guidelines proposed for Ireland
	Muiris Houston
	BMJ  2002;325:565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.565/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Incidence of cancer among Nordic airline pilots over five decades: occupational cohort study
	Eero Pukkala, Rafael Aspholm, Anssi Auvinen, Harald Eliasch, Maryanne Gundestrup, Tor Haldorsen, Niklas Hammar, Jón Hrafnkelsson, Pentti Kyyrönen, Anette Linnersjö, Vilhjálmur Rafnsson, Hans Storm, Ulf Tveten
	BMJ  2002;325:567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.567 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Observational study of vaccine efficacy 14 years after trial of hepatitis B vaccination in Gambian children
	Hilton Whittle, Shabbar Jaffar, Michael Wansbrough, Maimuna Mendy, Uga Dumpis, Andrew Collinson, Andrew Hall
	BMJ  2002;325:569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.569 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Type specific persistence of high risk human papillomavirus (HPV) as indicator of high grade cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions in young women: population based prospective follow up study
	Susanne K Kjaer, Adriaan J C van den Brule, Gerson Paull, Edith I Svare, Mark E Sherman, Birthe L Thomsen, Mette Suntum, Johannes E Bock, Paul A Poll, Chris J L M Meijer
	BMJ  2002;325:572, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.572 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The mental health of UK Gulf war veterans: phase 2 of a two phase cohort study
	Khalida Ismail, Kate Kent, Traolach Brugha, Matthew Hotopf, Lisa Hull, Paul Seed, Ian Palmer, Steve Reid, Catherine Unwin, Anthony S David, Simon Wessely
	BMJ  2002;325:576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.576 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Doctors' perceptions of drinking alcohol while on call: questionnaire survey
	Tahir Ahmad, Jimmy Wallace, James Peterman, Norman A Desbiens
	BMJ  2002;325:579-580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.579 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Doctors' perceptions of palliative care for heart failure: focus group study
	Barbara Hanratty, Derek Hibbert, Frances Mair, Carl May, Christopher Ward, Simon Capewell, Andrea Litva, Ged Corcoran
	BMJ  2002;325:581-585, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.581 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Extracts from "Concise Clinical Evidence": Vulvovaginal candidiasis
	Jeanne Marrazzo
	BMJ  2002;325:586, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.586 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Interpreting the evidence
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2002;325:587, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.587 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of psychological medicine: Chest pain
	Christopher Bass, Richard Mayou
	BMJ  2002;325:588-591, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.588 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	She's bleeding again
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2002;325:605, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.605/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Soundbites and patient centred care
	Paul Dieppe, Rob Horne
	BMJ  2002;325:605, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.605 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Alosetron: a case study in regulatory capture, or a victory for patients' rights?
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2002;325:592-595, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.592 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Imrich Friedmann
	John Ballantyne
	BMJ  2002;325:601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.601 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Martin Edward Meakin Herford
	Claire Herford
	BMJ  2002;325:601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.601/a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Kevin Johan Carlson
	Christine Carlson
	BMJ  2002;325:601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.601/b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Sidney Greaves
	Robert Greaves
	BMJ  2002;325:601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.601/c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Arlwyn Hughes Griffith
	Susan Griffith
	BMJ  2002;325:601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.601/d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Matthew Hunter
	Anne Martin, Andrew Hardy
	BMJ  2002;325:601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.601/e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	John Macintyre
	Norman A Todd
	BMJ  2002;325:601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.601/f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Peter Stuart Tweedy
	John Brocklehurst
	BMJ  2002;325:601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.601/g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;325:606, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.606 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2002;325:579, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.579/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A memorable message
	D D R Williams
	BMJ  2002;325:585, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.585 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: Reassurance
	BMJ  2002;325:587, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.587/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Randomised trial of endoscopy with testing for Helicobacter pylori compared with non-invasive H pylori testing alone in the management of dyspepsia
	BMJ  2002;325:580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.580 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Randomised study of long term outcome after epidural versus non-epidural analgesia during labour
	BMJ  2002;325:580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.580/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Sex matters: secular and geographical trends in sex differences in coronary heart disease mortality
	BMJ  2002;325:580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.580/b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Seasonal Patterns of Stress, Immune Function and Disease
	Andrzej Górski
	BMJ  2002;325:603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.603 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

PRESS

This week's PRESS

	Press: Both sides now
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2002;325:603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.603/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Press: Australian media raises alarm over meningitis
	Melissa Sweet
	BMJ  2002;325:604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.604 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Medicine misses three targets
	BMJ  2002;325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.0/h [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: MMR
	Mirza Muminovic
	BMJ  2002;325:604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7364.604/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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