This week's This week in the BMJ

	Vitamin E does not help macular degeneration [Full text] FREE

	When to give antibiotics in otitis media [Full text] FREE

	Aflatoxin causes stunting [Full text] FREE

	Methods for Down's screening questioned [Full text] FREE

	Using emergency service saves time [Full text] FREE

	Doctors should disclose trial payments [Full text] FREE

	Temple stay relieves psychosis [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Prevention of age related macular degeneration
	Nigel F Hall, Catharine R Gale
	BMJ  2002;325:1-2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.1 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Detaining dangerous people with mental disorders
	Luke Birmingham
	BMJ  2002;325:2-3, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.2 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Causes of failure of eradication of Helicobacter pylori
	Peter J Jenks
	BMJ  2002;325:3-4, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.3 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Randomised controlled trials for homoeopathy
	Michael Foley, John Weiner, Robert W Leckridge, Meryl Dorey, David Reilly, George T Lewith, Michael Hyland, Stephen Holgate
	BMJ  2002;325:41, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.41 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table] FREE

	Evidence based leaflets in maternity care
	Barbara Vernon, Sally Tracy, Tracy Reibel, Diane Reeves, James B Robins
	BMJ  2002;325:43, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.43 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Domestic violence
	Mark S Horner, Chris Carlsten, Cécile Morvant, Jacques Lebas, Pierre Chauvin, Joan Webster, Debra K Creedy
	BMJ  2002;325:44, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.44 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Sexual behaviour and its medicalisation
	Leonore Tiefer, Alain Giami
	BMJ  2002;325:45, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.45 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Insulin pumps are still debatable for type 1 diabetes
	J Hans DeVries, Robert J Heine
	BMJ  2002;325:46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.46 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Tourists travelling to Kilimanjaro do need advice
	Stephen Toovey, Andrew Jamieson
	BMJ  2002;325:46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.46/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	NICE needs sweeping changes to maintain credibility, say MPs
	Katherine Burke
	BMJ  2002;325:5, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.5 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Statins reduce cardiovascular risk
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;325:5, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.5/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;325:6, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.6 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Politicians must stop exploiting patients
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2002;325:6, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.6/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Delegates support new contractdespite impact on family life
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2002;325:6, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.6/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Foods rich in antioxidants may reduce risk of Alzheimer's disease
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2002;325:7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.7 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Tamoxifen may increase risk of uterine sarcoma
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;325:7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.7/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	All singing, all dancing pop stars target cancer
	Claire Mckenna
	BMJ  2002;325:7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.7/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Organisations unite against draft mental health bill
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2002;325:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.9/c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Scientists use gene therapy to cure immune deficient child
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2002;325:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.10 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Milburn recruits private companies from abroad to increase capacity of the NHS
	Wendy Moore
	BMJ  2002;325:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.10/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	New study adds to evidence that taking oral contraception does not increase risk of breast cancer
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;325:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.8 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Acutely ill patients at risk in 30 "isolated" hospitals
	Ann McGauran
	BMJ  2002;325:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.8/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Children should have blood pressure and cholesterol checked by age of 5
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2002;325:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.8/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Study shows that aspirin reduces lung cancer risk in women by a third
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;325:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.8/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	BMJ's impact factor increases by 24%
	Andrea Horgan
	BMJ  2002;325:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.8/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Surgeons cleared of manslaughter after removing wrong kidney
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.9 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Aid deal is "repackaged peanuts," says Oxfam
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.9/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	United States bans the execution of "mentally retarded" prisoners
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2002;325:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.9/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Global aid programmes are failing the world’s poorest people
	Claire McKenna
	BMJ  2002;325:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.10/b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	British patients willing to travel abroad for treatment
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2002;325:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.10/c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	"Foot dragging" by the West threatens drugs deal for poorer countries
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2002;325:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.10/d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Bogotá launches health tourism project
	Owain Johnson
	BMJ  2002;325:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.10/e [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Vitamin E supplementation and macular degeneration: randomised controlled trial
	Hugh R Taylor, Gabriella Tikellis, Luba D Robman, Catherine A McCarty, John J McNeil
	BMJ  2002;325:11, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.11 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Retrospective audit of different antenatal screening policies for Down's syndrome in eight district general hospitals in one health region
	Diana Wellesley, Tracy Boyle, John Barber, David T Howe
	BMJ  2002;325:15, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.15 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A multicentre observational study of presentation and early assessment of acute stroke
	Farzaneh Harraf, Anil K Sharma, Martin M Brown, Kennedy R Lees, Richard I Vass, Lalit Kalra
	BMJ  2002;325:17, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.17 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Dietary aflatoxin exposure and impaired growth in young children from Benin and Togo: cross sectional study
	Y Y Gong, K Cardwell, A Hounsa, S Egal, P C Turner, A J Hall, C P Wild
	BMJ  2002;325:20-21, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.20 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Predictors of poor outcome and benefits from antibiotics in children with acute otitis media: pragmatic randomised trial • Commentary: research directions for treatment for acute otitis media
	Paul Little, Clare Gould, Michael Moore, Greg Warner, Joan Dunleavey, Ian Williamson, Chris Del Mar, Jenny Doust
	BMJ  2002;325:22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.22 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prescribing of lipid lowering drugs to South Asian patients: ecological study
	Mahendra G Patel, David J Wright, Paramjit S Gill, David Jerwood, Jonathan Silcock, Henry Chrystyn
	BMJ  2002;325:25-26, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.25 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	10-minute consultation: Removal of ear wax
	T Aung, G P Mulley
	BMJ  2002;325:27, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.27 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Medicolegal aspects information] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Management of infertility
	D J Cahill, P G Wardle
	BMJ  2002;325:28-32, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.28 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra figures and boxes] FREE

	ABC of psychological medicine: Beginning treatment
	Jonathan Price, Laurence Leaver
	BMJ  2002;325:33-35, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.33 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Good advice?
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2002;325:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.51/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	The birth of poverty
	Rakesh Biswas
	BMJ  2002;325:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.51 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Ethics of undisclosed payments to doctors recruiting patients in clinical trials
	Jammi N Rao, L J Sant Cassia
	BMJ  2002;325:36-37, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.36 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Traditional community resources for mental health: a report of temple healing from India
	R Raguram, A Venkateswaran, Jayashree Ramakrishna, Mitchell G Weiss
	BMJ  2002;325:38-40, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.38 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Arthur Osman Farquhar Stuart
	Hugh T Fay, E Luke I B Amara
	BMJ  2002;325:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.47 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	David Alexander Ager
	Peter Brodrick
	BMJ  2002;325:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.47/a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	William Terence Kingsborough Cody
	W T K Cody, W J K Cody
	BMJ  2002;325:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.47/b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Timothy Roy Fenton
	Andrew Evans, Helen Issler, Bushra Al Rubeyi, Gwyneth Young
	BMJ  2002;325:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.47/c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Robert John Kennedy Fleming
	Julie Fleming
	BMJ  2002;325:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.47/d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Peter Lawrence Hope
	Andrew Wilkinson
	BMJ  2002;325:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.47/e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Joseph Sripalan Williams Jaya-Ratnam
	D K Selvadurai
	BMJ  2002;325:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.47/f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Alan Hugh Dermot Large
	David Large, Alistair Donald
	BMJ  2002;325:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.47/g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Norman Leonard Paros
	Naomi Davis
	BMJ  2002;325:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.47/h [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	William Gilbert Williams
	Howel Jones
	BMJ  2002;325:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.47/i [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;325:52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.52 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Some patients shouldn't change your practice
	Diane Campbell
	BMJ  2002;325:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.14 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What is a good doctor and how can we make one?
	BMJ  2002;325:21, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.21 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The mysterious Weber's test
	M W Weatherall
	BMJ  2002;325:26, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.26 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	One hundred years ago: Medicine men as scapegoats
	BMJ  2002;325:36, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.36/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A memorable patient: Believe it or not
	B Sadananda Naik
	BMJ  2002;325:40, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.40 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Secret Agents: The Menace of Emerging Infections
	Julio Collazos
	BMJ  2002;325:49, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.49 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: Spike Island: The Memory of a Military Hospital
	Alex Paton
	BMJ  2002;325:49, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.49/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: Hidden Depths: The Story of Hypnosis
	Raj Persaud
	BMJ  2002;325:50, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.50 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Medical journals and the "real world"
	BMJ  2002;325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.0/g [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Ear health
	Claire McKenna
	BMJ  2002;325:50, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.50/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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