27 September 1997 (Vol 315, Issue 7111)

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Editor's Choice

The stories behind the headlines

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News

US president announces own tobacco deal

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French plan to bail out social security system

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In brief

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Transatlantic collaboration on ethnic minority health announced

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Computers beat doctors in interpreting ECGs

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US journal attacks unethical HIV trials

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Thirty NHS trusts to merge

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Progesterone's role in cardiac protection revealed

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Blinding reviewers to authors' identity does not improve quality

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Gender bias exists in research

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Citing of research shows national bias

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Editorials

Optimising the investigation of meningococcal disease

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Climate change—thinking widely, working locally, acting personally

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Peer review: reform or revolution?

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Diagnostics in developing countries

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Determining prognosis after acute myocardial infarction in the thrombolytic era

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Letters

Hyperglycaemia after acute stroke

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More money is needed to care for patients with cancer

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Cancer self help groups are underused

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Letters - continued

Case-control study of sudden infant death syndrome in Scotland

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Giving thyroid hormones to clinically hypothyroid but biochemically euthyroid patients

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Diagnosing pulmonary embolism

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Pneumococcal vaccine campaign based in general practice

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Managing eye conditions in general practice

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Medical managers

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Minerva

Minerva

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Fillers

A patient who changed my practice: The importance of touch

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Any questions: Physical activity is best for back pain

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This Week In the BMJ

HIV lowers life expectancy in Uganda

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Two tests for HIV should be considered if there's a clinical suspicion

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Lumbar puncture should be used only with caution in suspected meningococcal disease

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Antenatal detection of haemoglobin disorders falls short of need

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Dietary supplements in Gambian mothers lead to fewer low birthweight babies

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Clinical Reviews

Social phobia: epidemiology, recognition, and treatment

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ABC of palliative care: Principles of palliative care and pain control

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Papers

Mortality associated with HIV-1 infection over five years in a rural Ugandan population: cohort study

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HIV antibody assay that gave false negative results: multicentre collaborative study

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Epidemiology and clinical management of meningococcal disease in west gloucestershire: retrospective, population based study

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Audit of prenatal diagnosis for haemoglobin disorders in the United Kingdom: the first 20 years

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Papers - continued

Audit of process of antenatal screening for sickle cell disorders at a north London hospital

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Drug points: Intranasal chlorhexidine resulting in anaphylactic circulatory arrest

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General practice

Effects on birth weight and perinatal mortality of maternal dietary supplements in rural gambia: 5 year randomised controlled trial

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Information in practice

Evaluation of computer support for prescribing (CAPSULE) using simulated cases

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Netlines

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Education and debate

Global climate change: the potential effects on health

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MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Scottish doctors' input to NHS white paperGMSC will continue to represent all GPsLabour wants low pay rise for doctors

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Soundings

This month's new journals

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Personal Views

The wrong job at the wrong time

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Ban the bottle

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Medicine and books

Clinical Applications of the Interferons

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Culture of Fear: Risk Taking and the Morality of Low Expectation

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Career focus

Planning to work in Canada?

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Briefing

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Briefing

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Briefing

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Correction

Impact of postmenopausal hormone therapy on cardiovascular events and cancer

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Obituary

John CormieAndrew James Pascoe CrowdenDavid John DaviesBrian DennisonHarold Patrick (“Harry”) FerreiraCatherine Ann Flynn (ne Warrick)Colm GalvinMaxwell Grant GibbAlec JackJohn Legge StaffordJohn Coulthurst WardDavid John Warren

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