25 September 1999(vol 319, issue 7213)

This Week In the BMJ

• Evidence for cerebral dysfunction in people after the Camelford water incident

  BMJ 1999; 319 :b (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Exclusive breast feeding is protective against asthma and atopy in children

  BMJ 1999; 319 :d (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Near patient tests in primary care are poorly evaluated

  BMJ 1999; 319 :f (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Alcohol has a negative net effect on young men's health

  BMJ 1999; 319 :e (Published 25 September 1999)

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• “Exercise on prescription” is a waste of scarce resources

  BMJ 1999; 319 :g (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Fasting plasma glucose concentration can be used to screen for gestational diabetes

  BMJ 1999; 319 :c (Published 25 September 1999)

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Editorials

• The third generation oral contraceptive controversy

  BMJ 1999; 319 :795 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Should cases of permanent vegetative state still go to court?

  BMJ 1999; 319 :796 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Reconfiguring acute hospital services

  BMJ 1999; 319 :797 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Screening for gestational diabetes mellitus

  BMJ 1999; 319 :798 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Treatment options for chronic hepatitis

  BMJ 1999; 319 :799 (Published 25 September 1999)

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Letters

• Cancellation of debt must ensure maximum benefit to vulnerable

  BMJ 1999; 319 :849 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Developing countries cannot afford high fees for speakers

  BMJ 1999; 319 :849 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Antidepressants for old people

  BMJ 1999; 319 :849 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Low molecular weight heparins could be important in cancer

  BMJ 1999; 319 :851 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Hypoalbuminaemia and transcapillary pressures have role in nephrotic syndrome

  BMJ 1999; 319 :852 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Mibefradil was not rushed to market in United States

  BMJ 1999; 319 :852 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• General practitioners' experiences of patients' complaints

  BMJ 1999; 319 :852 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Prison officers can recognise hidden psychiatric morbidity in prisoners

  BMJ 1999; 319 :853 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Reducing risk of recurrent coronary heart disease in Cornwall

  BMJ 1999; 319 :853 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Is recruitment more difficult with a placebo arm in RCTs?

  BMJ 1999; 319 :853 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Differences in death rates in English hospitals

  BMJ 1999; 319 :854 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Competing interests are relevant to lectures approved for PGEA

  BMJ 1999; 319 :855 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Policy must separate need for hospital beds from demand

  BMJ 1999; 319 :855 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• New epidemiological research in Europe may be thwarted by short term funding

  BMJ 1999; 319 :855 (Published 25 September 1999)

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News

• Report suggests that NHS is unsustainable in present form

  BMJ 1999; 319 :801 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Professor accused of covering up mistakes in drug trial

  BMJ 1999; 319 :801 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• UK GPs will be consulted on revalidation proposals

  BMJ 1999; 319 :802 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Royal College battles for more women surgeons

  BMJ 1999; 319 :802 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• In brief

  BMJ 1999; 319 :802 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Study identifies why child heart operations go wrong

  BMJ 1999; 319 :803 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Israel wants to abolish private medicine in public hospitals

  BMJ 1999; 319 :803 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Report condemns NHS complaints procedure

  BMJ 1999; 319 :804 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• WHO nominates new regional director for Europe

  BMJ 1999; 319 :804 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Complaints mechanism fails older patients

  BMJ 1999; 319 :804 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Direct to consumer drug advertising is billion dollar business in US

  BMJ 1999; 319 :805 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• American Medical Association guidelines on direct to consumer advertising

  BMJ 1999; 319 :805 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• AIDS cuts life expectancy insub-Saharan Africa by a quarter

  BMJ 1999; 319 :806 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• AMA sets up “union” for employed doctors

  BMJ 1999; 319 :806 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Calcium channel blockers affect cognitive function in older people

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Clinical Reviews

• Acute otitis media

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• Users and practitioners of complementary medicine

  BMJ 1999; 319 :836 (Published 25 September 1999)

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Minerva

• Minerva

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Editor's Choice

• Interpreting competing interests

  BMJ 1999; 319 :0 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Interpreting competing interests

  BMJ 1999; 319 :a (Published 25 September 1999)

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News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

• Smokers who quit still die earlier than those who never smoked

  BMJ 1999; 319 :806 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Report reveals health inequalities in Wales

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Papers

• Disturbance of cerebral function in people exposed to drinking water contaminated with aluminium sulphate: retrospective study of the Camelford water incident

  BMJ 1999; 319 :807 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Using fasting plasma glucose concentrations to screen for gestational diabetes mellitus: prospective population based study

  BMJ 1999; 319 :812 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Association between breast feeding and asthma in 6 year old children: findings of a prospective birth cohort study

  BMJ 1999; 319 :815 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Admission for and mortality from primary venous thromboembolism in women of fertile age in Denmark, 1977-95

  BMJ 1999; 319 :820 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Association between alcohol consumption and mortality, myocardial infarction, and stroke in 25 year follow up of 49 618 young Swedish men

  BMJ 1999; 319 :821 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Helicobacter pylori and childhood recurrent abdominal pain: community based case-control study

  BMJ 1999; 319 :822 (Published 25 September 1999)

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General practice

• Systematic review of near patient test evaluations in primary care

  BMJ 1999; 319 :824 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• The Newcastle exercise project: a randomised controlled trial of methods to promote physical activity in primary care

  BMJ 1999; 319 :828 (Published 25 September 1999)

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Education and debate

• Everywhere and nowhere—a Socratic dialogue on the new public health

  BMJ 1999; 319 :839 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• The permanent vegetative state: practical guidance on diagnosis and management

  BMJ 1999; 319 :841 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• International trends in the provision and utilisation of hospital care

  BMJ 1999; 319 :845 (Published 25 September 1999)

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MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

• GPs should be balloted on primary care trustsGMC delays guidelines on confidentialityHealth secretary refuses moratorium on bed closuresHealth department sets up clinical governance teamBMA sets deadline for working time directive

  BMJ 1999; 319 :858 (Published 25 September 1999)

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Books

• Drug Treatment Systems in an International Perspective: Drugs, Demons, and Delinquents

  BMJ 1999; 319 :859 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Law Without Enforcement

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RADIO

• Vital Signs

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WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

• Women in surgery

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Personal View

• Peer review: thinking the unthinkable

  BMJ 1999; 319 :861 (Published 25 September 1999)

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Soundings

• Pinot Noir powders

  BMJ 1999; 319 :861 (Published 25 September 1999)

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Career focus

• Developing skills in consulting with the public

  BMJ 1999; 319 :S2-7213 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Briefing

  BMJ 1999; 319 :S3-7213 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Briefing

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Fillers

• Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom

  BMJ 1999; 319 :828 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Reasons to be thankful

  BMJ 1999; 319 :844 (Published 25 September 1999)

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• Dangerous lunatics

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Corrections

• Nutritional hyperhomocysteinaemia

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• Ethnic and sex differences in selection for admission to Nottingham University Medical School

  BMJ 1999; 319 :823 (Published 25 September 1999)

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Obituary

• Clarence Walton LilleheiJohn AndrewJohn Aubrey Luther BonnellKenyon Carnarvon BrownStuart Charles KennedyHarold Oliver PhillipsonEphraim Frank SwiftAlfred Butler TaylorMichael Richard Tomlinson

  BMJ 1999; 319 :856 (Published 25 September 1999)

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