22 September 2001(vol 323, issue 7314)

This Week In the BMJ

• Widespread body pain is associated with increased risk of death in the long term

  BMJ 2001; 323 :c (Published 22 September 2001)

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• Dosulepin increases the risk of heart disease

  BMJ 2001; 323 :d (Published 22 September 2001)

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• Voice therapy can improve quality of voice in dysphonia

  BMJ 2001; 323 :b (Published 22 September 2001)

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• Risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding increases with inhibition of serotonin reuptake

  BMJ 2001; 323 :e (Published 22 September 2001)

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• AIDS has severely disrupted child health services in developing countries

  BMJ 2001; 323 :f (Published 22 September 2001)

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Editorials

• Lessons from Chernobyl

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• 40 years of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

  BMJ 2001; 323 :644 (Published 22 September 2001)

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• More randomised controlled studies in speech and language therapy

  BMJ 2001; 323 :645 (Published 22 September 2001)

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• Daily regimen and compliance with treatment

  BMJ 2001; 323 :647 (Published 22 September 2001)

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• Global road safety and the contribution of big business

  BMJ 2001; 323 :648 (Published 22 September 2001)

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Letters

• Mercury sphygmomanometers: disposal has far reaching consequences

  BMJ 2001; 323 :689 (Published 22 September 2001)

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• Duration of breast feeding and adult arterial distensibility

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• Debate on screening for breast cancer is not over

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• Risks with continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion can be serious

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• Intracranial hypertension and nasal fluticasone propionate

  BMJ 2001; 323 :694 (Published 22 September 2001)

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• Ultrasonography may have role in assessing spontaneous miscarriage

  BMJ 2001; 323 :694 (Published 22 September 2001)

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• Islam with the internet could do much to prevent disease

  BMJ 2001; 323 :694 (Published 22 September 2001)

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• Removal of thioridazine from primary care formulary will result in prescribing vacuum

  BMJ 2001; 323 :695 (Published 22 September 2001)

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• “Coronary heart disease” is not tautologous

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News

• New York doctors witness sights seen only in wartime

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• In brief

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• Doctors frightened to speak out against trust, says report

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• Mbeki plays down AIDS and orders a rethink on spending

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• Medical editor lambasts journals and editors

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• Journals fail to adhere to guidelines on conflicts of interest

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• Almost no evidence exists that the internet harms health

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• Doctors turn away refugees, conference told

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• The casualties that never arrived

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Clinical Reviews

• HIV infection in children

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• Implications of dyspepsia for the NHS

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Minerva

• Minerva

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Editor's Choice

• A world heading for war?

  BMJ 2001; 323 :a (Published 22 September 2001)

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• A world heading for war?

  BMJ 2001; 323 :0 (Published 22 September 2001)

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News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

• Suboptimal antenatal care implicated in half of stillbirths

  BMJ 2001; 323 :652 (Published 22 September 2001)

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• Simple measures could save “millions” of newborns

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• Secrecy around PFI projects should be lifted

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• National body to prevent research fraud is proposed

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• Surgeon faces medical council hearing over botched operations

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• Giant genome artwork brightens up London

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• Expert patients will help manage chronic disease

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• France to promote sales of generic drugs

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News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

• Legal problems could delay introduction of NHS treatment abroad

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• Only two Alder Hey doctors are still being investigated by GMC, say families' lawyers

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• Blood supply threatened by EU law

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• Irish Medical Council softens its line on abortion

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• Drug users receive worse care in prison than in the community

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• US moves to tighten law on health supplements

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Papers

• Inhibition of serotonin reuptake by antidepressants and upper gastrointestinal bleeding in elderly patients: retrospective cohort study

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• Is voice therapy an effective treatment for dysphonia? A randomised controlled trial

  BMJ 2001; 323 :658 (Published 22 September 2001)

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• Widespread body pain and mortality: prospective population based studyCommentary: An interesting finding, but what does it mean?

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• Premature osteonecrosis and sirolimus treatment in renal transplantation

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Primary care

• Antidepressants as risk factor for ischaemic heart disease: case-control study in primary care

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Education and debate

• World Health Report 2000: how it removes equity from the agenda for public health monitoring and policyCommentary: comprehensive approaches are needed for full understanding

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• The need for caution in interpreting high quality systematic reviews

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• Complexity and clinical care

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ART

• Anatomy Art: Fascination beneath the Surface

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Books

• This Man's Pill: Reflections on the 50th Birthday of the Pill

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• The Shattered Self: The End of Natural Evolution

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Personal Views

• Medicine responds to terrorism in the US

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• Revalidating retired doctors

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WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

• After the disaster

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Soundings

• Good news, and some bad

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Fillers

• The derivation of names

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• Death

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• A question of confidence

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• The study of medical history

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Corrections

• Infantile colic

  BMJ 2001; 323 :674 (Published 22 September 2001)

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• Corrections and clarifications

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• Corrections and clarifications

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• Corrections and clarifications

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Obituary

• Christiaan Neethling BarnardAbdulla Mohamed BugaighisJohn CalamTerence Mark HardikerIan Martin JacksonWilliam Gwyn LewisOlivia (Libby) PottertonAnthony RobinsonAlan Mark Vincent

  BMJ 2001; 323 :696 (Published 22 September 2001)

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