17 January 1998 (Vol 316, Issue 7126)

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News

US scientist plans human cloning clinic

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FDA approves genetic test for women with breast cancer

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Warning about contraceptive device given

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Urine may be better than milk for ‘biopharming’

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BMJ to act on media abuse

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Addict died after rapid opiate detoxification

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UK aims to deter prescription fraud

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UK health departments to lead on food safety

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Scottish cooperatives to be investigated

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Scandal unfolds over blood donation in French prisons

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Ban on payment to donors causes blood shortage in India

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Medicare to be extended

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US call for mandatory skiing helmets

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Editorials

Neonatal vitamin K prophylaxis: the Gordian knot still awaits untying

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The management of H pylori infection

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Health action zones

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Distinction awards and racial discrimination

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Is measles infection associated with Crohn's disease?

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Letters

This week's Letters section

Regulating the pharmaceutical industry

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Too soon to market

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Preventing late bleeding in infants with vitamin K deficiency

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Water fluoridation and tooth decay in 5 year olds

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Litigation over organophosphates

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Severe persistent visual field constriction associated with vigabatrin

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ECT should be treatment option in all cases of refractory depression

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Steroids in facial palsy due to herpes zoster

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Letters - continued

Effect of calcium supplementation during pregnancy on blood pressure of offspring

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Minerva

Minerva

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Fillers

A memorable patient: The wrong glasses

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One hundred years ago: Cookery as a branch of medical study

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Endpiece: Alternative definitions

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One hundred years ago: The Queen's visit to the Riviera

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The “routine” patients: Not always what they seem

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A hospital admission that changed my life

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A memorable patiend: Another paper lost

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Fifty years ago, The new NHS: Are we convinced?

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This Week In the BMJ

Quilts are associated with sudden infant death only in infants who do not sleep prone

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Exposure to measles in utero does not lead to Crohn's disease

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Severe childhood sexual abuse is associated with adult depression

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Effective purchasing needs big powerful purchasers

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White consultants are three times more likely to get a distinction award than non-white ones

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Vitamin K and leukaemia: one study finds no link, but others don’t completely exclude a risk

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Clinical Reviews

Fortnightly review: Aggressive behaviour in childhood

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Lesson of the week: Emergence of classic enteropathy after longstanding gluten sensitive oral ulceration

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ABC of palliative care: The carers

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Papers

Case-control study of childhood leukaemia and cancer in Scotland: findings for neonatal intramuscular vitamin K

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Case-control studies of relation between childhood cancer and neonatal vitamin K administration

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Ecological studies of relation between hospital policies on neonatal vitamin K administration and subsequent occurrence of childhood cancer

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Neonatal vitamin K administration and childhood cancer in the north of England: retrospective case-control study

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Racial discrimination in the allocation of distinction awards? Analysis of list of award holders by type of award, specialty and region

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Association between use of a quilt and sudden infant death syndrome: case-control study

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Exposure to measles in utero and Crohn's disease: Danish register study

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General practice

Relation between sexual abuse in childhood and adult depression: case-control study

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Understanding controlled trials: Why are randomised controlled trials important?

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Education and debate

The New NHS: commentaries on the white paper: From command economy to demand management

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A third way? England-yes; Scotland-maybe

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How will primary care groups work?

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The new health authorites: moving forward, moving back?

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NHS Direct: managing demand

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Is NHS purchasing serious? An American perspective

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Meta-analysis: Unresolved issues and future developments

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MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Public health will have priority under UK presidencyThe NHS has massive staff shortages, say Liberal DemocratsJuniors are concerned at new training proposals

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Soundings

Looking back on 1997

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Personal View

Lassa fever: 10 years on

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Medicine and books

Therapeutic Uses of Cannabis; Marijuana Myths and Marijuana Facts: A Review of the Scientific Evidence

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When Doctors Join Unions

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Career focus

What hospital work is really like

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Briefing

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Briefing

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Briefing

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Corrections

Comparison of blood or urine testing by patients with newly diagnosed non-insulin dependent diabetes: patient survey after randomised crossover trial

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General management of end stage renal disease

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Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests

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Factors influencing relative weights of placenta and newborn infant

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Factors influencing relative weights of placenta and newborn infant

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Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Joan ChoulerErnest Reginald (“Fritz”) FrizelleBrian McKinneyJoerg SchillerJean Shackleton

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