25 November 2000(vol 321, issue 7272)

This Week In the BMJ

• Being underweight or overweight reduces chances of pregnancy through assisted conception

  BMJ 2000; 321 :e (Published 25 November 2000)

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• A model for fair priority setting can be derived from watching decision makers in action

  BMJ 2000; 321 :c (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Prevalence of new HIV-1 infection in homosexual and bisexual men in England and Wales has not fallen

  BMJ 2000; 321 :d (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Patients with dyslipidaemia are not taking lipid lowering drugs

  BMJ 2000; 321 :f (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Income inequality and household income are both important for maternal health

  BMJ 2000; 321 :b (Published 25 November 2000)

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Editorials

• Treating dyslipidaemia in primary care

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1299 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Accountability for reasonableness

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1300 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• The endometrium and embryo implantation

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1301 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Treatment of bipolar affective disorder

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1302 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• The constant evolution of cataract surgery

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1304 (Published 25 November 2000)

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Letters

• Investigating allegations of research misconduct

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1345 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• The ISOLDE trial

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1349 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Devaluing clinical skills

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1350 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Confidence intervals should be used in reporting trials

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1351 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Evidence based policy for promoting cycle use in Britain

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1351 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Pitfalls of pharmacoepidemiology

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1352 (Published 25 November 2000)

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News

• Poor recovery facilities put patients' lives at risk

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1305 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• NICE recommends flu drug for “at risk” patients

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1305 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Tobacco class action settled out of court

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1306 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Triplets' parents win right to damages for extra child

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1306 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• In brief

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1306 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Review condemns poor leadership of Oxford cardiac services

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1307 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• AMA sells its membership database

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1307 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• US doctors' incomes fell in 1999

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1309 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Travellers should be warned of thrombosis risk

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1310 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Parents “not told” of hospital errors

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1310 (Published 25 November 2000)

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Clinical Reviews

• Management of urinary incontinence in women

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1326 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Effectiveness of follow up

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1332 (Published 25 November 2000)

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Minerva

• Minerva

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1358 (Published 25 November 2000)

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Editor's Choice

• Telling stories and listening to them

  BMJ 2000; 321 :a (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Telling stories and listening to them

  BMJ 2000; 321 :0 (Published 25 November 2000)

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News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

• Surgical backup needed for non-urgent angioplasties

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1308 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Scanning technique shows if heart has irreversible damage

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1308 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• WHO's plan to police health websites rejected

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1308 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• GP struck off after 30 patients are infected with hepatitis B

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1308 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• National electronic Library for Health goes live

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1309 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Doctors now able to diagnose sleep apnoea from ECGs

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1309 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Survey of patients shows that cancer pain still undertreated

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1309 (Published 25 November 2000)

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News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

• Hospitals lack proper facilities for tuberculosis patients

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1308 (Published 25 November 2000)

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News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

• Parliamentary committee on abortion fails to agree

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1310 (Published 25 November 2000)

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Papers

• State income inequality, household income, and maternal mental and physical health: cross sectional national survey

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1311 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Priority setting for new technologies in medicine: qualitative case study

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1316 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Serosurveillance of prevalence of undiagnosed HIV-1 infection in homosexual men with acute sexually transmitted infection

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1319 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Body mass and probability of pregnancy during assisted reproduction treatment: retrospective study

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1320 (Published 25 November 2000)

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General practice

• Lipid concentrations and the use of lipid lowering drugs: evidence from a national cross sectional survey

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1322 (Published 25 November 2000)

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Education and debate

• “Is there a doctor on the aircraft?” Top 10 in-flight medical emergencies

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1336 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• In-flight medical emergencies: an overview

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1338 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Lifestyle medicines

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1341 (Published 25 November 2000)

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Film

• Flawless

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1354 (Published 25 November 2000)

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CD

• Dynamic Practical Electrocardiography: A Virtual Clinic and Classroom

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1354 (Published 25 November 2000)

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Books

• Comprehensive Respiratory Medicine

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1355 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Changing Practice in Health and Social Care

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1355 (Published 25 November 2000)

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Personal Views

• Rational rationing

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1356 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• The treatment of AIDS must be a worldwide effort

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1357 (Published 25 November 2000)

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WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

• Flying and health

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1356 (Published 25 November 2000)

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Soundings

• Auntie Pat

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1357 (Published 25 November 2000)

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Fillers

• Sometimes life isn't fair

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1321 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Enough is enough

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1321 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Christmas Cards and Calenders

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1322 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• A converted “Fruitarian”

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1331 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• A plastic plug resurfaces

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1335 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Age

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1341 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Loss of examination status

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1344 (Published 25 November 2000)

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Corrections

• Obituaries

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1331 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Lesson of the week: Right sided aortic arch in children with persistent respiratory symptoms

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1331 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Recent advances: Complementary medicine

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1331 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Science, medicine, and the future: Stem cell transplantation

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1331 (Published 25 November 2000)

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• Life is as much a pain as it ever was

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1331 (Published 25 November 2000)

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Obituary

• Martha Dorothy FaulknerGeoffrey John MyersMargaret OrmistonNicholas David Thomas PimmJohn Sholem Portnoy

  BMJ 2000; 321 :1353 (Published 25 November 2000)

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