26 January 2002(vol 324, issue 7331)

This Week In the BMJ

• Surgical advances prevent deaths in older heart bypass patients

  BMJ 2002; 324 :c (Published 26 January 2002)

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• HIV prevention strategies lack resources and international commitment

  BMJ 2002; 324 :d (Published 26 January 2002)

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• Magnetic resonance angiography can select patients for endarterectomy

  BMJ 2002; 324 :a (Published 26 January 2002)

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• Traditional birth attendants could help prevent perinatal HIV transmission

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• Background conditions explain the rapid progression of HIV in rural Africa

  BMJ 2002; 324 :0 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• Fusidic acid cream is an effective treatment for impetigo

  BMJ 2002; 324 :b (Published 26 January 2002)

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• Developing an HIV vaccine is within reach

  BMJ 2002; 324 :e (Published 26 January 2002)

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• Mother to child transmission of HIV is still a huge problem

  BMJ 2002; 324 :f (Published 26 January 2002)

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• Drug companies should make HIV drugs free to poor countries

  BMJ 2002; 324 :g (Published 26 January 2002)

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Editorials

• AIDS and global justice

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• Can India avoid being devastated by HIV?

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• How men's power over women fuels the HIV epidemic

  BMJ 2002; 324 :183 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• Governments as facilitators or obstacles in the HIV epidemic

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• Mass orphanhood in the era of HIV/AIDS

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Letters

• Doctors in Guantanamo Bay are at risk of being accessories to torture

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• Non-sexual transmission of HIV has been overlooked in developing countries

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• Adequate quality of HIV drugs must be ensured

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• Therapeutic consultation centres are helpful in developing countries

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• Animal studies and HIV research

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• President Mbeki might have a case on rethinking AIDS

  BMJ 2002; 324 :237 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• Trends in sex differences in mortality from heart disease

  BMJ 2002; 324 :237 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• Diet-heart disease hypothesis is wishful thinking

  BMJ 2002; 324 :238 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• Does the internet harm health?

  BMJ 2002; 324 :238 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• Quinacrine in possible or probable CJD

  BMJ 2002; 324 :239 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• WMA should not retreat on use of placebos

  BMJ 2002; 324 :240 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• Authorised clinical staff need access to clinical information

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• Surveillance for S aureus bacteraemias is compulsory

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• Latest abolition of limited registration is insulting

  BMJ 2002; 324 :241 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• Doctors' bad press depends on type of newspaper

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• A “waiting for investigation” index would be useful

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News

• Prisoners' treatment is “bordering on torture,” charity says

  BMJ 2002; 324 :187 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• US “boutique medicine” could threaten care for the majority

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• In brief

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• Drug company fined £2.2m for abusing its dominant position

  BMJ 2002; 324 :188 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• High risk infants in Florida to be screened for type 1 diabetes

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• Performance of individual surgeons to be published

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• Doctor reprimanded for giving antiretroviral drug to baby who was raped

  BMJ 2002; 324 :191 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• Fighting inequalities in AIDS treatment

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Clinical Reviews

• Reducing heterosexual transmission of HIV in poor countries

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• The search for an HIV vaccine

  BMJ 2002; 324 :211 (Published 26 January 2002)

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Minerva

• Minerva

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Editor's Choice

• What did you do in the war against AIDS, granddad?

  BMJ 2002; 324 :i (Published 26 January 2002)

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News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

• NHS Direct underused by ethnic minorities

  BMJ 2002; 324 :190 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• UK judges reverse decision on cloned embryos

  BMJ 2002; 324 :190 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• WHO to revise its method for ranking health systems

  BMJ 2002; 324 :190 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• Scotland produces plan to tackle binge drinking

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• Advert criticising tobacco product placement is censored

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• Tobacco companies say regulations are unconstitutional

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• NICE may fail to stop “postcode prescribing,” MPs told

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News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

• Argentina running out of medical supplies

  BMJ 2002; 324 :192 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• Surgeon wins court of appeal battle four years after dismissal

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• Obesity causes 30 000 deaths a year, report says

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• Journals demand that authors declare their independence of sponsors

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• Berlin hospital stripped of university status

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Papers

• Progression to symptomatic disease in people infected with HIV-1 in rural Uganda: prospective cohort studyCommentary: Virus, host, or environment?

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• Use of magnetic resonance angiography to select candidates with recently symptomatic carotid stenosis for surgery: systematic review

  BMJ 2002; 324 :198 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• Time trends in survival and readmission following coronary artery bypass grafting in Scotland, 1981-96: retrospective observational study

  BMJ 2002; 324 :201 (Published 26 January 2002)

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Primary care

• Fusidic acid cream in the treatment of impetigo in general practice: double blind randomised placebo controlled trial

  BMJ 2002; 324 :203 (Published 26 January 2002)

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Education and debate

• “We all have AIDS”: case for reducing the cost of HIV drugs to zeroCommentary: The reality of treating HIV and AIDS in poor countriesCommentary: Most South Africans cannot afford anti-HIV drugs

  BMJ 2002; 324 :214 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• What can we do to reduce mother to child transmission of HIV?

  BMJ 2002; 324 :218 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• Role of traditional birth attendants in preventing perinatal transmission of HIVCommentary: Involving traditional birth attendants in prevention of HIV transmission needs careful consideration

  BMJ 2002; 324 :222 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• First trial of the HIV-1 vaccine in Africa: Ugandan experience

  BMJ 2002; 324 :226 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• How can HIV be prevented in South Africa? A social perspective

  BMJ 2002; 324 :229 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• The impact of HIV and AIDS on Africa's economic development

  BMJ 2002; 324 :232 (Published 26 January 2002)

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TV

• The Trust

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Books

• Children of AIDS: Africa's Orphan Crisis

  BMJ 2002; 324 :245 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• Timebomb: The Global Epidemic of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis

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WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

• AIDS in the digital age

  BMJ 2002; 324 :246 (Published 26 January 2002)

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Personal View

• The Focus on Women Kampala Declaration: Ugandan women call for action on HIV/AIDS

  BMJ 2002; 324 :247 (Published 26 January 2002)

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Soundings

• No more bed blocking

  BMJ 2002; 324 :247 (Published 26 January 2002)

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Fillers

• Is the lady doctor a failure?

  BMJ 2002; 324 :201 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• The danger of health books

  BMJ 2002; 324 :201 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• Letter to Georgiana Morpeth, 16 February 1820

  BMJ 2002; 324 :201 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• Rehumanise yourself

  BMJ 2002; 324 :206 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• Care with case notes

  BMJ 2002; 324 :225 (Published 26 January 2002)

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• A form of stupidity

  BMJ 2002; 324 :232 (Published 26 January 2002)

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Obituaries

• Helen Rodriguez-Trias

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• Geoffrey Leon Bolt

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• Richard Waywell Burslem

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• Eric Milligan Callander

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• Granville Freeman

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• Margaret Hunter McDiarmid

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• Vulimiri Ramalingaswami

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• Gordon David Rees

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• Isaac Sutton

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