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2 September 2000 (Vol 321, No 7260)
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This week in the BMJ [Full text]

Chemotherapy extends life in advanced colorectal cancer [Full text]
St John's wort is as effective as imipramine in treating depression [Full text]
Cardiac transplantation is worth while only for the sickest patients [Full text]
Standard GP search strategies miss many patients with heart disease [Full text]
Risk of gestational diabetes increases in women whose mothers had diabetes during pregnancy [Full text]
Lack of collaboration between UK's private and public health sectors is a lost opportunity [Full text]

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Chemotherapy for advanced colorectal cancer
M Michael, J R Zalcberg
BMJ  2000;321:521-522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.521
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How to manage the first episode of schizophrenia
Sophia Frangou, Patrick Byrne
BMJ  2000;321:522-523, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.522
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Obesity surgery---another unmet need
John Baxter
BMJ  2000;321:523-524, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.523
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The future of research into rotavirus vaccine
Charles Weijer
BMJ  2000;321:525-526, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.525
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A fair way of donating hearts for transplantation
Sharon Hunt
BMJ  2000;321:526, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.526
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Evaluating "payback" on biomedical research
Iain Chalmers, Jonathan Grant, Robert Cottrell, Gail Fawcett, Françoise Cluzeau
BMJ  2000;321:566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.566
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Pragmatic approach is effective in evidence based health care
John Clarke, Reinhard Wentz
BMJ  2000;321:566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.566/a
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Evidence should be accessible as well as relevant
M Falshaw, Y H Carter, R W Gray
BMJ  2000;321:567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.567
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Costs are as important as outcomes
D P Kernick
BMJ  2000;321:567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.567/a
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Breast cancer screening
Carlo Palmieri, Sam Fishpool, Heather O Dickinson
BMJ  2000;321:567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.567/b
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Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Heather Ferguson, Tony C K Tham, Peter C Gøtzsche
BMJ  2000;321:568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.568
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Generalisations on benefits of aspirin are dangerous
Dan Quinlan, Ander Cohen
BMJ  2000;321:569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.569
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Detecting tuberculosis in new arrivals to UK
Kenneth Lamden, John Cheesbrough, Salem Madi, Surinder Bakhshi, Graham H Bothamley, Chris Griffiths, Mirima Beeks, Meg MacDonald, Esther Beasley
BMJ  2000;321:569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.569/a
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Ulcerative colitis should be investigated differently in children
Richard K Russell, Peter M Gillett, David C Wilson
BMJ  2000;321:570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.570
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Ending genital mutilation
Caroline Scherf, Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin
BMJ  2000;321:570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.570/a
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Speed of treatment affects outcome in anaphylaxis
Nigel I Jowett
BMJ  2000;321:571, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.571
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Why is speculation so awful?
David F Horrobin
BMJ  2000;321:571, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.571/a
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All antihistamines cross blood-brain barrier
J G Ramaekers, A Vermeeren
BMJ  2000;321:572, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.572
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More public education and more intubationists will prevent prehospital deaths
Matthew W Cooke
BMJ  2000;321:572, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.572/a
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The NHS: last act of a Greek tragedy?
Ruth Brown, Chris Manning, F S Goldby
BMJ  2000;321:572, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.572/b
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Students learn infection control on the job
Robert C Spencer, Christine Perry, Elizabeth Connelly, Elizabeth Bowden
BMJ  2000;321:573, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.573
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US government to fund human stem cell research
Scott Gottlieb
BMJ  2000;321:527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.527
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UK government approves limited cloning of human embryos
Akil Fazal
BMJ  2000;321:527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.527/a
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Suicides in Japan reach a record high
Joe Lamar
BMJ  2000;321:528, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.528
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French health costs rising rapidly
Alexander Dorozynski
BMJ  2000;321:528, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.528/a
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In brief
BMJ  2000;321:528, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.528/b
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Siamese twins to be separated against parents' will
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2000;321:529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.529
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More "cot deaths" occur in day care than at home
Scot Gottlieb
BMJ  2000;321:529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.529/a
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Baby's penis reattached after botched circumcision
Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
BMJ  2000;321:529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.529/b
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New cytokine treatment for inflammatory bowel disease
Abi Berger
BMJ  2000;321:530, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.530
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Dutch waiting lists increase despite £36m campaign
Tony Sheldon
BMJ  2000;321:530, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.530/a
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UK government approves limited cloning of human embryos
BMJ  2000;321:530, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.530/c
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Researchers discover subclinical form of BSE
BMJ  2000;321:530, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.530/d
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German hospital may face prosecution after publishing a research letter
BMJ  2000;321:530, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.530/e
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Recent advances: Palliative care
J Andrew Billings
BMJ  2000;321:555-558, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.555
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ABC of oral health: Dental emergencies
Graham Roberts, Crispian Scully, Rosemary Shotts
BMJ  2000;321:559-562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.559
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Identifying patients with ischaemic heart disease in general practice: cross sectional study of paper and computerised medical records
Jeremy Gray, Azeem Majeed, Sally Kerry, Gill Rowlands
BMJ  2000;321:548-550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.548
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Clinical governance in primary care: Improving quality in the changing world of primary care
Rebecca Rosen
BMJ  2000;321:551-554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.551
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The turning sky
Kevin Barraclough
BMJ  2000;321:579, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.579/a
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Abortion---a hell of a decision
Anonymous
BMJ  2000;321:579, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.579
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Role of private sector in United Kingdom healthcare system Commentary: Cooperation should be based on what the public wants and needs from its healthcare system
Yvonne Doyle, Adrian Bull, Justin Keen
BMJ  2000;321:563-565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.563
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Minerva
BMJ  2000;321:580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.580
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Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
BMJ  2000;321:547, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.547/a
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A memorable patient: The power of prayer
M D Manikal
BMJ  2000;321:550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.550
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A memorable interview: Experience not required
John S M Zorab
BMJ  2000;321:554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.554
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One hundred years ago: Medicine as a Career
BMJ  2000;321:555, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.555/a
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Study questions ethics of covert medication
BMJ  2000;321:530
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ABC of oral health: Dental damage, sequelae, and prevention
BMJ  2000;321:562
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ABC of oral health: Periodontal disease
BMJ  2000;321:562
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ABC of oral health: Oral cancer
BMJ  2000;321:562
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Decision making, evidence, audit, and education: case study of antibiotic prescribing in general practice
BMJ  2000;321:565
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Risk of acquiring Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from blood transfusions: systematic review of case-control studies
BMJ  2000;321:565
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Ads: O Liberty! what crimes are committed in thy name!
Liam Farrell
BMJ  2000;321:578, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.578
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Book: The Evidence-Based Primary Care Handbook
D R Hannay
BMJ  2000;321:576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.576
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Book: The Expressiveness of the Body and the Divergence of Greek and Chinese Medicine
W F Bynum
BMJ  2000;321:576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.576/a
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Book: The History of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow: Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow, 1599-1858 The History of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow: Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow, 1858-1999
Jeremy Hugh Baron
BMJ  2000;321:577, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.577
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Let speculation run riot
BMJ  2000;321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.0
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Let speculation run riot
BMJ  2000;321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.0/a
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Website of the week: Heart transplantation
Douglas Carnall
BMJ  2000;321:577, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.577/a
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This week's obituaries [PDF]

John Lewis Emery John Killen Armstrong Francis Austin Brear Bronislaw Chudecki Gwilym Kenneth Davies Aldwyn Morgan George Prem Sarin Rahum Shoulman Leslie Stankler Patrick Arthur Thorn
Dick Variend, Ewen MacKinnon, Michael J Armstrong, Brian Gallagher, Pamela Henderson, C R H Penn, P Davies, Wendy Hunt, R Doshi, Sharon Richman, Marion I White, Simon Walford
BMJ  2000;321:574, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.574
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Palliative chemotherapy for advanced colorectal cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis
Colorectal Cancer Collaborative Group
BMJ  2000;321:531-535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.531
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Comparison of St John's wort and imipramine for treating depression: randomised controlled trial
Helmut Woelk
BMJ  2000;321:536-539, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.536
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Effect of receiving a heart transplant: analysis of a national cohort entered on to a waiting list, stratified by heart failure severity Commentary: Time for a controlled trial?
Mario C Deng, Johan M J De Meester, Jacqueline M A Smits, Joachim Heinecke, Hans H Scheld, Tom Treasure, Andrew Murday
BMJ  2000;321:540-545, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.540
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Birth characteristics of women who develop gestational diabetes: population based study
Grace M Egeland, Rolv Skjærven, Lorentz M Irgens
BMJ  2000;321:546-547, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.546
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Drug points: Prolonged cholestasis associated with irbesartan
R Hariraj, E Stoner, S Jader, D M Preston
BMJ  2000;321:547, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7260.547
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Making a clean breast of it [Full text]

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