This week's This week in the BMJ

	Prostate cancer patients want screening [Full text] FREE

	Prostate cancer screening does not reduce mortality [Full text] FREE

	Flexible insulin treatment improves diabetic control [Full text] FREE

	Back pain is increasing in adolescents [Full text] FREE

	Small babies are more likely to be stressed as adults [Full text] FREE

	Knee exercise can reduce knee pain [Full text] FREE

	Qualitative methods improve trial recruitment [Full text] FREE

	Deaf lesbians and designer babies [Full text] FREE

	Obesity treatments are failing [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Prostate specific antigen testing for prostate cancer
	Hazel Thornton, Mary Dixon-Woods
	BMJ  2002;325:725-726, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.725 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Treating violence as a public health problem
	Iona Heath
	BMJ  2002;325:726-727, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.726 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Bioweapons
	Vivienne Nathanson
	BMJ  2002;325:727-728, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.727 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Population strategies to prevent obesity
	David Crawford
	BMJ  2002;325:728-729, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.728 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Decision time on consultants' contract
	Diane Gray
	BMJ  2002;325:729-730, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.729 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Cancer biology may be more important than diagnostic delay
	R Paul Symonds
	BMJ  2002;325:774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.774 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What is newsworthy?
	Lesley Fallowfield, Michael Baum
	BMJ  2002;325:774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.774/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Tough targets are necessary in effective diabetes care
	Tahseen A Chowdhury, Shawarna S Lasker
	BMJ  2002;325:775, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.775 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Don't forget syphilis
	Pete Clark, Penny A Cook, Lorraine Lighton, Qutub Syed, Mark A Bellis, David Goldmeier, Linda Greene
	BMJ  2002;325:775, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.775/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	US Food and Drug Administration gets it right
	Matthew L Grove
	BMJ  2002;325:776, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.776 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Education on prescribing can be improved
	Anthony J Smith, Tina Tasioulas
	BMJ  2002;325:776, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.776/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Development of BNF for handheld devices is taking time
	Colin Macfarlane, Eric Connor
	BMJ  2002;325:777, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.777 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Reducing unintended pregnancy among adolescents
	Seth M Noar, Nick Spencer
	BMJ  2002;325:777, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.777/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Wall between neurology and psychiatry
	Howard A Ring, Jon Stone, Alan Carson, Michael Sharpe, D B Double
	BMJ  2002;325:778, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.778 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Domestic violence affects women more than men
	Jo R Richardson, Gene Feder, Jeremy Coid
	BMJ  2002;325:779, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.779 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Don't presume about experienced adult learners in medicine
	David I Newble
	BMJ  2002;325:779, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.779/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	WHO report shows public health impact of violence
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;325:731, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.731 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;325:732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.732 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Unicef sets up programme to prevent sex abuse by aid workers
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2002;325:732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.732/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Colombian doctors are killed as their neutrality is ignored
	Owain Johnson
	BMJ  2002;325:732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.732/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Safeguards needed now to prevent unethical genetic selection in future
	Sally Hargreaves
	BMJ  2002;325:733, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.733 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Cheerful children die younger than gloomy classmates, says study
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;325:733, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.733/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Preventive surgery can cut risk of breast cancer by 90%
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2002;325:735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.735/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Unmasking the secret of life
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2002;325:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.736 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Dutch neurologist found guilty of fraud after falsifying 438 case records
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2002;325:734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.734 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Canadian universities’ links to tobacco industry shown
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2002;325:734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.734/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	EU commissioner promises a European centre for disease control by 2005
	Ben Duncan
	BMJ  2002;325:734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.734/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	NHS lacks the capacity to absorb the government’s extra billions
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.734/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Poor quality water is among the WHO’s concerns for Palestinians’ health
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2002;325:735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.735 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Blood transfusions may increase the risk of death in critically ill patients
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2002;325:735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.735/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	NHS to take over responsibility for prison health services next April
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2002;325:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.736/a [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	EU countries disagree over bioterrorism strategy
	Ben Duncan
	BMJ  2002;325:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.736/b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Ecstasy produces parkinsonian effects in monkeys
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;325:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.736/c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Brain surgeons avoid brain surgery because of insurance costs
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;325:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.736/d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Interrupting antiretroviral treatment fails to improve chronic HIV
	Xavier Bosch
	BMJ  2002;325:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.736/e [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Why men with prostate cancer want wider access to prostate specific antigen testing: qualitative study
	Alison Chapple, Sue Ziebland, Sasha Shepperd, Rachel Miller, Andrew Herxheimer, Ann McPherson
	BMJ  2002;325:737, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.737 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Natural experiment examining impact of aggressive screening and treatment on prostate cancer mortality in two fixed cohorts from Seattle area and Connecticut
	Grace Lu-Yao, Peter C Albertsen, Janet L Stanford, Therese A Stukel, Elizabeth S Walker-Corkery, Michael J Barry
	BMJ  2002;325:740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.740 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Back, neck, and shoulder pain in Finnish adolescents: national cross sectional surveys
	Paula Hakala, Arja Rimpelä, Jouko J Salminen, Suvi M Virtanen, Matti Rimpelä
	BMJ  2002;325:743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.743 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Training in flexible, intensive insulin management to enable dietary freedom in people with type 1 diabetes: dose adjustment for normal eating (DAFNE) randomised controlled trial
	DAFNE Study Group
	BMJ  2002;325:746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.746 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Study group members details] FREE

	Association between psychological symptoms in adults and growth in early life: longitudinal follow up study
	Y B Cheung, K S Khoo, J Karlberg, D Machin
	BMJ  2002;325:749, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.749 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Home based exercise programme for knee pain and knee osteoarthritis: randomised controlled trial
	K S Thomas, K R Muir, M Doherty, A C Jones, S C O'Reilly, E J Bassey
	BMJ  2002;325:752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.752 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The SCOFF questionnaire and clinical interview for eating disorders in general practice: comparative study
	Amy J Luck, John F Morgan, Fiona Reid, Aileen O'Brien, Joan Brunton, Clare Price, Lin Perry, J Hubert Lacey
	BMJ  2002;325:755-756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.755 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Management of overweight and obese adults
	Polly Hitchcock Noël, Jacqueline A Pugh
	BMJ  2002;325:757-761, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.757 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Boxes and advice] FREE

	ABC of antithrombotic therapy: An overview of antithrombotic therapy
	Andrew D Blann, Martin J Landray, Gregory Y H Lip
	BMJ  2002;325:762-765, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.762 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Quite a good camp
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  2002;325:783, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.783/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	First do no harm: does the Hippocratic Oath extend to developing countries?
	Louise Woolrich-Burt
	BMJ  2002;325:783, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.783 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Quality improvement report: Improving design and conduct of randomised trials by embedding them in qualitative research: ProtecT (prostate testing for cancer and treatment) study • Commentary: presenting unbiased information to patients can be difficult
	Jenny Donovan, Nicola Mills, Monica Smith, Lucy Brindle, Ann Jacoby, Tim Peters, Stephen Frankel, David Neal, Freddie Hamdy, Paul Little
	BMJ  2002;325:766-770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.766 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Deaf lesbians, "designer disability," and the future of medicine
	Julian Savulescu
	BMJ  2002;325:771-773, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.771 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Agnes Helen Neilson Mellanby
	Jane Mellanby
	BMJ  2002;325:780, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.780 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Chief Josiah Onyebuchi Johnson Okezie
	Okechukwu O Jibuike
	BMJ  2002;325:780, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.780/a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Alan Horace Rowson
	John Rowson, Sam Davidson
	BMJ  2002;325:780, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.780/b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	John Samuel George Peter Stableford
	Arthur John
	BMJ  2002;325:780, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.780/c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Patrick Michael Ellis Youngman
	Alan Lettin
	BMJ  2002;325:780, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.780/d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;325:784, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.784 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Endpiece: Observation
	BMJ  2002;325:743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.743/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2002;325:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.756/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	"Can I go on holiday, Doc?"
	Melvyn H Brooks
	BMJ  2002;325:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.770 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A memorable patient: Ernest
	J P B O'Connor
	BMJ  2002;325:773, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.773 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Resource implications and health benefits of primary prevention strategies for cardiovascular disease in people aged 30 to 74: mathematical modelling study
	BMJ  2002;325:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.756 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Demon Doctors: Physicians as Serial Killers
	Cameron Stark
	BMJ  2002;325:781, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.781 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

PRESS

This week's PRESS

	Press: The epidemic that never was
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2002;325:782, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.782 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	British problems with international messages
	BMJ  2002;325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.0/i [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: An insight into eating disorders
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2002;325:782, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7367.782/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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