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BMJ 2000; 321 :173 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission Risk in cardiovascular disease BMJ 2000; 321 :174 (Published 15 July 2000) Permission Responses Comparison of methods of estimating coronary risk BMJ 2000; 321 :175 (Published 15 July 2000) Permission Preventing neural tube defects BMJ 2000; 321 :176 (Published 15 July 2000) Permission Responses Psychiatric home treatment BMJ 2000; 321 :177 (Published 15 July 2000) Permission Responses Special clinics are inappropriate for treating depression BMJ 2000; 321 :178 (Published 15 July 2000) Permission Responses Data on effect of HRT on breast cancer conflict with other data BMJ 2000; 321 :179 (Published 15 July 2000) Permission Lack of new drugs for tropical disease should not be accepted BMJ 2000; 321 :179 (Published 15 July 2000) Permission News Judge attacks South African government's response to AIDS BMJ 2000; 321 :131 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission “War of liberation” needed to fight AIDS BMJ 2000; 321 :131 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission Unicef accused of forming alliance with baby food industry BMJ 2000; 321 :132 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission Responses Doctor may be extradited to face criminal charges BMJ 2000; 321 :132 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission In brief BMJ 2000; 321 :132 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission MPs say NHS consultants should not do private work BMJ 2000; 321 :133 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission Responses No evidence of racism in GMC complaints procedures BMJ 2000; 321 :133 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission India introduces regulations for making traditional medicines BMJ 2000; 321 :134 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission Responses In vitro fertilisation is preferable to fertility drugs BMJ 2000; 321 :134 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission Responses Germany reorganises its transplant services BMJ 2000; 321 :134 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission Patient has coronary artery bypass surgery while awake BMJ 2000; 321 :135 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission Responses CSM attacked over delay in reducing secrecy BMJ 2000; 321 :135 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission The man from down under takes over BMJ 2000; 321 :136 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission Responses No evidence of racism in GMC complaints procedures BMJ 2000; 321 :136 (Published 15 July 2000) Permission “War of liberation” needed to fight battle against AIDS BMJ 2000; 321 :136 (Published 15 July 2000) Permission Clinical Reviews Malaria: prevention in travellers BMJ 2000; 321 :154 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission Responses Unrecognised accidental overdose with diltiazem BMJ 2000; 321 :160 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission Responses Mouth ulcers and other causes of orofacial soreness and pain BMJ 2000; 321 :162 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission Responses Minerva Minerva BMJ 2000; 321 :186 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission Editor's Choice The old and the new BMJ 2000; 321 :0 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission News extra [these stories appear only on the web] UK must improve its defences against biological weapons BMJ 2000; 321 :136 (Published 15 July 2000) Permission Health information on internet is often unreliable BMJ 2000; 321 :136 (Published 15 July 2000) Permission Responses US court rejects Canadian suit against tobacco manufacturers BMJ 2000; 321 :136 (Published 15 July 2000) Permission Norway recruits Hungarian doctors BMJ 2000; 321 :136 (Published 15 July 2000) Permission Responses Scientists grow artificial thymus cells BMJ 2000; 321 :136 (Published 15 July 2000) Permission Responses Papers Rates for obstetric intervention among private and public patients in Australia: population based descriptive study BMJ 2000; 321 :137 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission Responses Sources of toxoplasma infection in pregnant women: European multicentre case-control studyCommentary: Congenital toxoplasmosis—further thought for food BMJ 2000; 321 :142 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission Responses Extent of underdiagnosis of familial hypercholesterolaemia in routine practice: prospective registry study BMJ 2000; 321 :148 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission Responses Risk among gastroenterologists of acquiring Helicobacter pylori infection: case-control study BMJ 2000; 321 :149 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission Responses General practice Impact of NHS Direct on demand for immediate care: observational study BMJ 2000; 321 :150 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission Responses Education and debate Deaths among humanitarian workers BMJ 2000; 321 :166 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission Responses The health costs of war: can they be measured? Lessons from El Salvador BMJ 2000; 321 :169 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST Parliament approves changes to GMCFlexible consultant contract delivers more workEU parliament votes to increase GP training BMJ 2000; 321 :181 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission Books 50 Years of Ideas in Health Care Buildings BMJ 2000; 321 :182 (Published 15 July 2000) PDF Permission Respiratory Support in Intensive Care BMJ 2000; 321 :182 (Published 15 July 2000) Permission Films 28 Days BMJ 2000; 321 :183 (Published 15 July 2000) Permission On earth as it is in hell BMJ 2000; 321 :184 (Published 15 July 2000) Permission ART Magda Segal: Picturing women's health BMJ 2000; 321 :183 (Published 15 July 2000) Permission WEBSITE OF THE WEEK Obstetrics BMJ 2000; 321 :184 (Published 15 July 2000) Permission Responses Personal View Learning the hard way BMJ 2000; 321 :185 (Published 15 July 2000) Permission Responses Soundings Quaint or what? 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