14 July 2001(vol 323, issue 7304)

This Week In the BMJ

• Remember nephrogenic diabetes insipidus in acute surgical patients taking lithium

  BMJ 2001; 323 :d (Published 14 July 2001)

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• Disclosure does not improve somatisation in primary care

  BMJ 2001; 323 :e (Published 14 July 2001)

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• Helicobacter pylori testing is useful only in high risk patients

  BMJ 2001; 323 :b (Published 14 July 2001)

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• Lower osmolarity oral rehydration solution is better than WHO solution

  BMJ 2001; 323 :f (Published 14 July 2001)

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• A new scoring system determines risk of cardiovascular disease

  BMJ 2001; 323 :c (Published 14 July 2001)

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Editorials

• A better oral rehydration solution?

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• Umbilical cord blood banks in the UK

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• Bridging the quality chasm

  BMJ 2001; 323 :61 (Published 14 July 2001)

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• Prevention of type 2 diabetes

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• Wanted: a social contract for the practice of medicine

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Letters

• NHS database of reference costs is severely flawed

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• Approach to surgery in United Kingdom should be shaken up

  BMJ 2001; 323 :106 (Published 14 July 2001)

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• Stakeholder health insurance

  BMJ 2001; 323 :107 (Published 14 July 2001)

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• Warning to GMC

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• Rights involve responsibilities for patients

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• Human papillomavirus testing

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• The People's Health Assembly

  BMJ 2001; 323 :109 (Published 14 July 2001)

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• Peer led programme for asthma education in adolescents

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• Alcohol and drug services have been patient centred for years

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• Minimal refereeing will lead to global equity of information

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• Study should have reported more data about associated diseases

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• Epidemiological surveillance of rubella must continue

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News

• Deal allows developing countries free access to journals

  BMJ 2001; 323 :65 (Published 14 July 2001)

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• Eli Lilly violates patients' privacy

  BMJ 2001; 323 :65 (Published 14 July 2001)

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• UK considers new compensation plan for NHS

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• US surgeons implant new artificial heart

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• In brief

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• Specialists question effectiveness of sex selection technique

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• Doctors may be able to detect Down's syndrome during IVF

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• BMA remains concerned about GMC structure

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• Revalidation proposals will waste time

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• BMA president warns doctors not to take public esteem for granted

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• BMA supports GPs' quest for new contract

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Clinical Reviews

• Endometriosis

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• Unsuspected nephrogenic diabetes insipidus

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Minerva

• Minerva

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Editor's Choice

• Health information for the developing world: from desert to garden

  BMJ 2001; 323 :a (Published 14 July 2001)

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• Health information for the developing world: from desert to garden

  BMJ 2001; 323 :0 (Published 14 July 2001)

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News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

• Vaginal delivery after caesarean section triples risk of uterine rupture

  BMJ 2001; 323 :68 (Published 14 July 2001)

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• Cancer plan for Scotland will cost £40m

  BMJ 2001; 323 :68 (Published 14 July 2001)

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• Canada legalises the medical use of cannabis

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• Tamoxifen may increase the risk of later tumours being more aggressive

  BMJ 2001; 323 :68 (Published 14 July 2001)

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• A third of 18-19 year olds use the emergency pill

  BMJ 2001; 323 :68 (Published 14 July 2001)

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• Funding formula based on health needs planned for Wales

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• Doctor testifies to China's reuse of prisoners' organs

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• US researchers guilty of breaking safety rules

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News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

• Germany forced to tackle high death rates from breast cancer

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• Dutch government plans to reform health insurance system

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• Football World Cup is to be tobacco free

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• Visits to the country pose biggest risk of E coli infection

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• Irish ombudsman chides doctors on poor record keeping

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• Doctors want to keep their review body

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• BMA wants action against violence in NHS

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• BMA calls for action on “drug driving”

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Papers

• Testing for Helicobacter pylori in dyspeptic patients suspected of peptic ulcer disease in primary care: cross sectional study

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• A score for predicting risk of death from cardiovascular disease in adults with raised blood pressure, based on individual patient data from randomised controlled trials

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• Reduced osmolarity oral rehydration solution for treating dehydration due to diarrhoea in children: systematic review

  BMJ 2001; 323 :81 (Published 14 July 2001)

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• Neonatal convulsions after withdrawal of baclofen

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Primary care

• Randomised controlled trial of disclosure of emotionally important events in somatisation in primary care

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• Can primary care groups and trusts improve health?

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Education and debate

• Oxygen treatment for acute severe asthma

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• Investigating and dealing with publication and other biases in meta-analysis

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Books

• Suicide: An Unnecessary Death

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• Women and Schizophrenia; Women and Mental Health

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• The Breast Cancer Wars: Hope, Fear, and the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth-Century America

  BMJ 2001; 323 :115 (Published 14 July 2001)

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• The Story of Taxol: Nature and Politics in the Pursuit of an Anti-Cancer Drug

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TV

• Bringing up baby

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WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

• Systematic reviews and the Cochrane Collaboration

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Personal View

• Conversations, observations, and exclamation

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Soundings

• Learning in boxes

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Fillers

• Pleasures

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• Summer attire

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• Laudanum in Lakeland

  BMJ 2001; 323 :100 (Published 14 July 2001)

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• Trouble with life

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Obituary

• Robin John AndrewsRowland Nicholas HillErnest Edward SpenceJames StratonAnthony de Toszeghi

  BMJ 2001; 323 :113 (Published 14 July 2001)

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