Front cover (pdf - 635kb) Editors Choice   Daily doses of multivitamin tablets Inappropraite drug donations   Lords supports animal testing but call for alternatives Leading company calls for total ban on tobacco industry funding of research Hidden meaning in a surgeon's voice Ecstasy is low in league table of major causes of deaths New general practice opens in London for refugees and asylum seekers Japans unhealthy use of "herbal" weight loss pills Virtual medical school will soon be a step closer to reality Young adults ignore sun exposure risk Degrees from former Soviet countries are under question Increasing use of over the counter drugs across Europe   Summarising information The evidence based clinician: part 1, asking answerable questions Abdominal x rays made easy: bones and soft tissues An A to Z of medical history: part 1   What shall I do with my idea Andrew Goldberg Occupational Medicine Cordon bleu chef turned occupational health physician The angel at the Sanctuary   Medical students' compliance with simple administrative tasks and success in final examinations: retrospective cohort study Commentary: Mona Oshaka takes you through this paper and explains what the authors did and why, and what it means in practice Here is a selection of the rapid responses to this paper after it was published in the BMJ   The Caribbean islands Planning your elective - the Caribbean John Simpson: man with a conscience The education of a lifetime Funding your degree David Burckett-St Laurent: a man with a mission Medical students: a potters guide Focus on cannabis Writing from an author's perspective   Length of time it takes to treat patient with lung cancer may be fatal Doctors should set good examples Afghanistan still needs aid Sex education is taught in Greece Medicine in Australia - a graduates perspective   Book review: Doctors on Everest: Emergency medicine at the top of the world Book review: Sleepyhead Exhibition review: Everything I could buy on eBay about Malaria Personal View: Medical students should not be forced to study all subjects Soundings Who's best? Personal View: Selection of rapid responses Personal Views: Why anatomy should still be taught Minerva: September 2002