This Week In the BMJ Late presentation with glaucoma is linked to social deprivation BMJ 2001; 322 :b (Published 17 March 2001) Permission Increased minor psychiatric morbidity follows job insecurity and unemployment BMJ 2001; 322 :e (Published 17 March 2001) Permission Glucocorticoid receptor gene polymorphism (Ser363 variant) does not lead to obesity BMJ 2001; 322 :d (Published 17 March 2001) Permission Educational visits to GPs and pharmacists improve prescribing BMJ 2001; 322 :f (Published 17 March 2001) Permission Duration of breast feeding is related to arterial “stiffness” BMJ 2001; 322 :c (Published 17 March 2001) Permission Older people are often not treated with dignity by health- care workers BMJ 2001; 322 :g (Published 17 March 2001) Permission Editorials Does the duration of breast feeding matter? 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