13 January 2001(vol 322, issue 7278)

This Week In the BMJ

• Health professionals are unsure about second measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination

  BMJ 2001; 322 :e (Published 13 January 2001)

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• Post-traumatic stress disorder is another example of the medicalisation of life

  BMJ 2001; 322 :f (Published 13 January 2001)

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• Asking patients about causes of symptoms may help improve detection of mental illness

  BMJ 2001; 322 :d (Published 13 January 2001)

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• Prophylactic mastectomy may reduce anxiety in women at high risk

  BMJ 2001; 322 :c (Published 13 January 2001)

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• Ginkgo biloba does not help tinnitus

  BMJ 2001; 322 :b (Published 13 January 2001)

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• Systematic reviews do not replace good quality studies

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Editorials

• Children who kill

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• Preventing respiratory syncitial virus bronchiolitis

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• Severe osteogenesis imperfecta: new therapeutic options?

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• The cost of shoulder pain at work

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• Dealing with poor clinical performance

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Letters

• Few university students from overseas have been vaccinated against meningococcal infection

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• Do not resuscitate decisions

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• Benign prostatic hyperplasia has precise meaning

  BMJ 2001; 322 :106 (Published 13 January 2001)

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• Future of research into rotavirus vaccine

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• Intranasal midazolam for treating febrile seizures in children

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• Can we trust elderly donor grafts for corneal transplantation?

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• Training overseas doctors in the United Kingdom

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• Orlistat associated with hypertension

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• Familial hypercholesterolaemia is underdiagnosed after AMI

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• Psychiatric disorders and risky sexual behaviour

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• Screening for medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency has still not been evaluated

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News

• New agency set up to identify incompetent doctors

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• EU harmonises rules for trials

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• Hospitals to spend £200m to prevent spread of vCJD

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• In brief

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• Pilot projects show cancer treatment can be speeded up

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• Pen “amnesty” for doctors who shun drug companies

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• Cholera sweeps through South African province

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• US doctors face curbs on referrals

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• “Health weather forecasts” to be piloted in England

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• Drug delivery system may combat cancer

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Clinical Reviews

• Geriatric medicine

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• Pulmonary Wegener's granulomatosis misdiagnosed as malignancy

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• Gallstone disease

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Editor's Choice

• Making and breaking news

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• Making and breaking news

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News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

• NHS walk-in centres fail to assess patients properly

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• New courts offer treatment for drug offenders

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• Heart monitoring may detect infections in newborns

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• NHS trusts appointments to be appointed by independent commission

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• Meningitis C rates show steep fall

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• Chlamydia increases risk of cervical cancer

  BMJ 2001; 322 :71 (Published 13 January 2001)

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• Spider venom may prevent atrial fibrillation

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Papers

• Effectiveness of Ginkgo biloba in treating tinnitus: double blind, placebo controlled trial

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• The psychosocial impact of bilateral prophylactic mastectomy: prospective study using questionnaires and semistructured interviews

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• “Patient knows best”—detection of common mental disorders in Santiago, Chile: cross sectional studyCommentary: Clinical practice is as important as diagnosis

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• Pancreatitis associated with hydroxyurea in combination with didanosine

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Primary care

• Second dose of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine: questionnaire survey of health professionals

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Education and debate

• The invention of post-traumatic stress disorder and the social usefulness of a psychiatric category

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• Systematic reviews from astronomy to zoology: myths and misconceptions

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TV

• On The Edge

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Books

• The Future of Food

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• Vivisection or science? An Investigation into Testing Drugs and Safeguarding Health

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PRESS

• Wait until the morning after

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WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

• Facing mastectomy

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Personal View

• Deserted

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Soundings

• Au zinc

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Review

• Minerva

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Fillers

• On breakfast and randomised trials

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• Knowledge and wisdom

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Corrections

• Association of systolic blood pressure with macrovascular and microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 36): prospective observational study

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• Efficacy and safety of galantamine in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease: multicentre randomised controlled trial

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• Suicides rise after Diana's death

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• Atypical antipsychotics

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• Representing infant feeding: content analysis of British media portrayals of bottle feeding and breast feeding

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• BMA approves acupuncture

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Obituary

• Avedis DonabedianRichard Douglas DoyleIda Eileen Kenyon (née Wilkinson)Clive Terence LandeyThomas Henry TweedyRobert James Spence Wilson

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