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8 July 2000 (Vol 321, No 7253)
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Angioplasty may be no better than medical treatment for non-acute heart disease [Full text]
Drug use and hepatitis are endemic in Irish prisons [Full text]
Intranasal midazolam effectively treats febrile seizures in children [Full text]
Prevalence of atopic asthma in adults has increased [Full text]
Humanitarian aid needs a better evidence base [Full text]
The courts will challenge medical decisions that are not made fairly [Full text]

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Should GMC leaders be put to the sword?
Richard Smith
BMJ  2000;321:61, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.61
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Treatment of stable angina
Thomas F Lüscher
BMJ  2000;321:62-63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.62
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A "common sense revolution" for UK health care?
Jennifer Dixon
BMJ  2000;321:63-64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.63
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Intranasal midazolam for febrile seizures
Gideon Koren
BMJ  2000;321:64-65, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.64
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Bupropion: a new treatment for smokers
John Britton, Martin J Jarvis
BMJ  2000;321:65-66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.65
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Concerns about immunisation
Nikki Lee, Peter Morrell, Julie-Anne Leask, Simon Chapman, Penelope Hawe, Helen Bedford, David Elliman
BMJ  2000;321:108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.108
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Hyperbaric oxygen in carbon monoxide poisoning
C D Scheinkestel, D V Tuxen, M Bailey, P S Myles, K Jones, D J Cooper, I L Millar, S Q M Tighe, Lindell K Weaver
BMJ  2000;321:109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.109
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Investigations of doctors by General Medical Council
Roger M Goss, G J Jarvis
BMJ  2000;321:111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.111
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Risk assessment of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in primary care
Robert Kelly, Allan D Struthers, Olav Wendelboe Nielsen, Jørgen Hilden, Jens Svanegaard, Jørgen Fischer Hansen
BMJ  2000;321:111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.111/a
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Ethnic minorities have specific needs with regard to cardiovascular risk
Mariam Molokhia, Pippa Oakeshott
BMJ  2000;321:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.112
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Writing a book---a personal experience
Adam Jacobs
BMJ  2000;321:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.112/a
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Career development in public health
Sarah Taylor, Charles Saunders, Surinder Bakhshi
BMJ  2000;321:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.112/b
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Allocating prescribing budgets
C A Ryle, Tony Thick
BMJ  2000;321:113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.113
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Lord, protect me from my friends
Ian Frankel, Colin Mackenzie, Liam Farrell
BMJ  2000;321:114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.114
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Sexual health through leadership and "sanuk" in Thailand
Stephen McAndrew
BMJ  2000;321:114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.114/a
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UN says up to half the teenagers in Africa will die of AIDS
Scott Gottlieb
BMJ  2000;321:67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.67
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Mbeki dismisses "Durban declaration"
Pat Sidley
BMJ  2000;321:67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.67/a
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Whistleblower inquiry clears British hospital
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2000;321:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.68
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Surgeon vows to fight injunction
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2000;321:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.68/a
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In brief
BMJ  2000;321:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.68/b
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BMA's annual meeting expresses "no confidence" in GMC
Linda Beecham
BMJ  2000;321:69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.69
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Japan plans to monitor medical mishaps
Joe Lamar
BMJ  2000;321:69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.69/a
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New York votes to post doctors' details on net
Fred Charatan
BMJ  2000;321:69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.69/b
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Minocycline slows progress of Huntington's disease in mice
Abi Berger
BMJ  2000;321:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.70
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US court refutes Nebraska's antiabortion law
Fred Charatan
BMJ  2000;321:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.70/a
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France bans morning after pill from schools
Alexandre Dorozynski
BMJ  2000;321:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.70/b
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US doctors win round in battle for right to negotiate with HMOs
Fred Charatan
BMJ  2000;321:71, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.71
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Fraud study concludes that self regulation has failed
Annette Tuffs
BMJ  2000;321:71, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.71/a
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Slovak president's fight for life raises health care fears
Katka Krosnar
BMJ  2000;321:71, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.71/b
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Hospital doctors face rising threat of suspension
BMJ  2000;321:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.72
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UN predicts half the teenagers in Africa will die of AIDS
BMJ  2000;321:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.72/a
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Drug companies� leaflets dubbed "confusing"
BMJ  2000;321:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.72/b
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Tories spell out plans for NHS
BMJ  2000;321:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.72/c
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Fraud investigation concludes that self regulation has failed
BMJ  2000;321:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.72/d
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BMA�s annual meeting expresses "no confidence" in GMC
BMJ  2000;321:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.72/e
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Japan�s plan to monitor medical mishaps means alerting police
BMJ  2000;321:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.72/f
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College says there is no place for "ageism" in care of elderly
BMJ  2000;321:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.72/g
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Slovak president�s fight for life raises health care fears
BMJ  2000;321:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.72/h
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US doctors win first round in battle for right to negotiate with HMOs
BMJ  2000;321:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.72/i
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Science, medicine, and the future: Tolerance and autoimmunity
Ian R Mackay
BMJ  2000;321:93-96, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.93
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ABC of oral health: Oral cancer
Crispian Scully, Stephen Porter
BMJ  2000;321:97-100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.97
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Intergenerational 20 year trends in the prevalence of asthma and hay fever in adults: the Midspan family study surveys of parents and offspring
Mark N Upton, Alex McConnachie, Charles McSharry, Carole L Hart, George Davey Smith, Charles R Gillis, Graham C M Watt
BMJ  2000;321:88-92, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.88
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Beware cloth devils
Trisha Greenhalgh
BMJ  2000;321:123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.123/a
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Helping the General Medical Council
Kevin Channer
BMJ  2000;321:123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.123
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Conflict and health: Public health and humanitarian interventions: developing the evidence base
Nicholas Banatvala, Anthony B Zwi
BMJ  2000;321:101-105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.101
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Tragic choices and the role of administrative law
Cameron Stewart
BMJ  2000;321:105-107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.105
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Minerva
BMJ  2000;321:124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.124
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Tolerating tolerability
Karin R M Band and David Winstanley
BMJ  2000;321:77, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.77
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Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
BMJ  2000;321:82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.82/c
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Word association: hepatitis, eh?
Nick Edmunds
BMJ  2000;321:87, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.87/a
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Memorable patients: Up close and personal
BMJ  2000;321:92, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.92
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One hundred years ago: Death of Professor Thomas Jones
BMJ  2000;321:97, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.97/a
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Isolated systolic hypertension: a radical rethink
BMJ  2000;321:66
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Smoking and dementia in male British doctors: prospective study
BMJ  2000;321:82
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BMJ  2000;321:82
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Medicine and the media
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Art: The sweetness of life
Patricia Wynn Davies
BMJ  2000;321:121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.121/a
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Book: Doctors Afield
Alex Paton
BMJ  2000;321:121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.121
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Press: All gloss and noise
Gregory Battle
BMJ  2000;321:122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.122
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A good week for drugs
BMJ  2000;321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.0
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A good week for drugs
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Website of the week: Angioplasty
Douglas Carnall
BMJ  2000;321:122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.122/a
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The BMA's annual representative meeting
BMJ  2000;321:116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.116
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This week's obituaries [PDF]

Laman Amin-Zaki • Murray Thomson Greig • Horace Hartill • Dorothy Avril Jean Oatway (née Hamilton)
Amna S Murad, J W Hamer, M H Greig, R G Russel, Keith Lovel, Marjory McFarlane, Kenneth Scott
BMJ  2000;321:115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.115
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Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty versus medical treatment for non-acute coronary heart disease: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Heiner C Bucher, Peter Hengstler, Christian Schindler, Gordon H Guyatt
BMJ  2000;321:73-77, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.73
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Prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV and risk factors in Irish prisoners: results of a national cross sectional survey
Shane Allwright, Fiona Bradley, Jean Long, Joseph Barry, Lelia Thornton, John V Parry
BMJ  2000;321:78-82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.78
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Comparison of intranasal midazolam with intravenous diazepam for treating febrile seizures in children: prospective randomised study
Eli Lahat, Michael Goldman, Joseph Barr, Tzvi Bistritzer, Matithyahu Berkovitch
BMJ  2000;321:83-86, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.83
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Drug points: Orlistat associated with hypertension
Matty Persson, Sigurd Vitols, Qun-Ying Yue
BMJ  2000;321:87, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7253.87
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