08 August 1998(vol 317, issue 7155)

This Week In the BMJ

• Home births for high risk women result in high death rates

  BMJ 1998; 317 :f (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Older women do come for breast cancer screening

  BMJ 1998; 317 :d (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Diabetes can be managed as well in primary care as in hospital

  BMJ 1998; 317 :g (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Changed criteria for diabetes need further research

  BMJ 1998; 317 :b (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Two more screens per woman would improve effectiveness of UK breast cancer screening

  BMJ 1998; 317 :c (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Use of lipid in amphotericin B infusion has no benefit

  BMJ 1998; 317 :e (Published 08 August 1998)

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Editorials

• The changing classification and diagnosis of diabetes

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• Extending the benefits of breast cancer screening

  BMJ 1998; 317 :360 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• The genetics of Alzheimer's disease

  BMJ 1998; 317 :361 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Minimisation: the platinum standard for trials?

  BMJ 1998; 317 :362 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Staring into the abyss: walking the nuclear tightrope in south Asia

  BMJ 1998; 317 :363 (Published 08 August 1998)

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Letters

• Neonatal screening for cystic fibrosis

  BMJ 1998; 317 :411 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Many patients with psoriasis use sunbeds

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• Health beliefs among British Bangladeshis

  BMJ 1998; 317 :412 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Long term effects of deprivation increase health's sensitivity to current policies

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• Partnership with patients

  BMJ 1998; 317 :413 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• The hymen is not necessarily torn after sexual intercourse

  BMJ 1998; 317 :414 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Childhood energy intake and adult mortality from cancer

  BMJ 1998; 317 :414 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Author overestimated need in community population with faecal incontinence

  BMJ 1998; 317 :415 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Management of deliberate self poisoning

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• Anticoagulation may be beneficial in high risk factor V Leiden carriers

  BMJ 1998; 317 :416 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Treatment and prognosis after myocardial infarction

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• Effectiveness of genetic testing in certain diseases must be evaluated

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• Title did not reflect author's views

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News

• Xenotransplantation moves ahead in UK

  BMJ 1998; 317 :365 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Mental health law to be tightened

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• In brief

  BMJ 1998; 317 :366 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Di Bella's cure declared ineffective

  BMJ 1998; 317 :366 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Teenage girls start smoking to lose weight

  BMJ 1998; 317 :366 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Action on human albumin not swift enough

  BMJ 1998; 317 :367 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Internal inquiry clears surgeon

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• Health authority admits mistakes over smear tests

  BMJ 1998; 317 :368 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Test for breast cancer shows promise

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• Nuchal test detects 80% of Down's syndrome pregnancies

  BMJ 1998; 317 :368 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Zinc supplements improve children's health

  BMJ 1998; 317 :369 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Aid agencies pull out of Kabul

  BMJ 1998; 317 :369 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Doctors urge India and Pakistan not to launch nuclear attack

  BMJ 1998; 317 :369 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Vitamin B-6 reprieved in UK

  BMJ 1998; 317 :370 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Doctors banned from drug company trip

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• Dutch to examine testing boxers for brain damage

  BMJ 1998; 317 :370 (Published 08 August 1998)

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Clinical Review

• Plastic surgery

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Minerva

• Minerva

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Editor's Choice [GP]

• Extending the boundaries

  BMJ 1998; 317 :a (Published 08 August 1998)

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Editor's Choice

• Extending the boundaries

  BMJ 1998; 317 :0 (Published 08 August 1998)

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Papers

• Will new diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus change phenotype of patients with diabetes? Reanalysis of European epidemiological data

  BMJ 1998; 317 :371 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Cost effectiveness of shortening screening interval or extending age range of NHS breast screening programme: computer simulation study

  BMJ 1998; 317 :376 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Safety and toxicity of amphotericin B in glucose 5% or intralipid 20% in neutropenic patients with pneumonia or fever of unknown origin: randomised study

  BMJ 1998; 317 :379 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Perinatal death associated with planned home birth in Australia: population based study

  BMJ 1998; 317 :384 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Routine invitation of women aged 65-69 for breast cancer screening: results of first year of pilot study

  BMJ 1998; 317 :388 (Published 08 August 1998)

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Filler

• In praise of on call?

  BMJ 1998; 317 :375 (Published 08 August 1998)

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General Practice

• Diabetes care in general practice: meta-analysis of randomised control trialsCommentary: Meta-analysis is a blunt and potentially misleading instrument for analysing models of service delivery

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Education and debate

• Kabul diary

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• Decision analysis and the implementation of research findings

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• Generalisation and extrapolation

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Soundings

• Seize the day

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Personal View

• When should a specialist retire?

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MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

• Failed publications: the medical model

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Medicine and books

• A Life Course Approach to Chronic Disease Epidemiology

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• Body Horror: Photojournalism, Catastrophe and War

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Career focus

• Senior house officer exchange to Belgium

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• Briefing

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• Briefing

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Fillers

• Uranus attacks! Herschel's legacy

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• The dead fairy sign

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• Anaemia with a twist

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• A view from the man in the seat opposite

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Corrections

• Racial discrimination in distinction awards

  BMJ 1998; 317 :417 (Published 08 August 1998)

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• Impact of surgery for stress incontinence on morbidity

  BMJ 1998; 317 :417 (Published 08 August 1998)

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Obituary

• James ConwayWilliam Wright (“Willie”) FultonBrian GauntAbraham GeorgeFrank Longden Ingram

  BMJ 1998; 317 :418 (Published 08 August 1998)

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