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Recommended dose range of fluticasone for asthma should be reduced [Full text]
Depression is more common during pregnancy than after childbirth [Full text]
Clinical outcome data has little effect on hospital performance [Full text]
Doctors are spending more time with patients even though they believe they are "running faster" [Full text]
National framework for coronary heart disease will impose large extra workload on some practices [Full text]

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A sexual health and HIV strategy for England
George Kinghorn
BMJ  2001;323:243-244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.243
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How to manage term breech deliveries
Andrew Shennan, Susan Bewley
BMJ  2001;323:244-245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.244
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How best to organise acute hospital services?
Richard Smith
BMJ  2001;323:245-246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.245
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Preventing cardiovascular disease in primary care
Les Toop, Derelie Richards
BMJ  2001;323:246-247, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.246
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Is a European healthcare policy emerging?
Elias Mossialos, Martin McKee
BMJ  2001;323:248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.248
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Open letter to the chief medical officer
Iain Chalmers, Edmund Hey
BMJ  2001;323:280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.280
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Will primary care trusts lead to US-style health care?
John Appleby, A M Pollock, J Shaoul, N Vickers
BMJ  2001;323:281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.281
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Antidepressants and counselling for major depression in primary care
Wai-Ching Leung, Andrew Martyn Thornett, David Curtis, Clair Chilvers, Michael Dewey
BMJ  2001;323:282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.282
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Revised Declaration of Helsinki
Adnan A Hyder, Delon Human, Francis Crawley, Carel IJsselmuiden, Peter A Singer, Solomon R Benatar
BMJ  2001;323:283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.283
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High caesarean section rates among women over 30
John C Marwick, Robert Lynn, Jane Weaver, Helen Statham, Martin Richards
BMJ  2001;323:284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.284
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Health benefits from genetics should be basic human right
Suresh K Mahajan
BMJ  2001;323:285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.285
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Beware of cytogenetic results after successful bone marrow transplantation
Nahed Hammadieh, Khaldoun Sharif, Masoud Afnan, Spyros Papaioannou, Bolaride Ola
BMJ  2001;323:285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.285/a
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Primary care trusts to take lead on public health
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2001;323:249, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.249
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Birmingham trust criticised
Cherrill Hicks
BMJ  2001;323:249, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.249/a
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Chile struggles to cope with outbreak of respiratory virus
Sophie Arie Santiago
BMJ  2001;323:249, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.249/b
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Government announces "safe sex" campaign for England
Caroline White
BMJ  2001;323:250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.250
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GMC agrees new structure
Mark Hunter
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Weather reports to be used to forecast NHS workload
Caroline White
BMJ  2001;323:251, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.251
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New guidelines issued for arthritis drugs
Helen Barratt
BMJ  2001;323:251, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.251/a
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New strain of malaria reported in Africa
Scott Gottlieb
BMJ  2001;323:251, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.251/b
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UK attracts US researchers
Mark Gould
BMJ  2001;323:252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.252
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Specialists express concern over condom report
David Spurgeon
BMJ  2001;323:252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.252/a
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In brief
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Heart association advises against HRT for heart protection
Deborah Josefson
BMJ  2001;323:252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.252/c
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Report questions use of arsenic compound for leukaemia
Scott Gottlieb
BMJ  2001;323:252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.252/d
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Drug company takes 10 others to court for patent infringement
Carl Kovac
BMJ  2001;323:252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.252/e
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Study links passive smoking and coronary blood flow
Deborah Josefson
BMJ  2001;323:252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.252/f
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Number of deaths from volatile substance misuse is falling
Helen Barratt
BMJ  2001;323:252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.252/g
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How should hamsters run? Some observations about sufficient patient time in primary care
David Mechanic
BMJ  2001;323:266-268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.266
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General practice workload implications of the national service framework for coronary heart disease: cross sectional survey
Julia Hippisley-Cox, Mike Pringle
BMJ  2001;323:269-270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.269
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Regular review: Developing strategies for long term follow up of survivors of childhood cancer
W Hamish B Wallace, Annie Blacklay, Christine Eiser, Helena Davies, Mike Hawkins, Gill A Levitt, Meriel E M Jenney
BMJ  2001;323:271-274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.271
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Betrayal in blue pinstripe?
Kevin Barraclough
BMJ  2001;323:291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.291/a
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End of term report for Alan Milburn
Michael Clarke
BMJ  2001;323:290, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.290
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Living on the edge
Susannah Baron
BMJ  2001;323:291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.291
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Evidence based policy: proceed with care • Commentary: research must be taken seriously
Nick Black, Anna Donald
BMJ  2001;323:275-279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.275
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Minerva
BMJ  2001;323:292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.292
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One hundred years ago: A modified Hippocratic oath for nurses
BMJ  2001;323:264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.264/a
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Endpiece: Dubious honour
BMJ  2001;323:269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.269/a
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A memorable patient: A dog's life
Margaret Sutherland
BMJ  2001;323:270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.270
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Patient led conferences: an education for doctors
Miles Levy
BMJ  2001;323:279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.279
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TV: Diamond is forever
Jeff Aronson
BMJ  2001;323:288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.288/a
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Book: Snake Oil and Other Preoccupations
Annabel Ferriman
BMJ  2001;323:288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.288
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Book: Preventing Violence
Gwen Adshead
BMJ  2001;323:289, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.289
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Book: Mosquito: The Story of Mankind's Deadliest Foe
David Brewster
BMJ  2001;323:289, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.289/a
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Overload
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Overload
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Website of the week: Preventing violence
Helen Barratt
BMJ  2001;323:290, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.290/a
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This week's obituaries [PDF]

Violet Lesley Lutwyche and Vivien Ursula Lutwyche • Wilfrid Seymour Coltart • K R "Claude" Dempster • Marcia Hall • Harold Witcomb Everley Jones • Margaret Elizabeth Lace (née Morgan) • Eric Taylor Murray • Alan George Sherman • John Jeffrey Shipman • Allan Beaumont Swarbreck
Jakki Tidey, Stewart Coltart, David Dempster, Desmond Hall, Marcia Hall, J A Seymour-Jones, Gaston Pawan, Philip R Murray, Roy Archibald, Roger H Armour, R W B Swarbreck
BMJ  2001;323:286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.286
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Dose-response relation of inhaled fluticasone propionate in adolescents and adults with asthma: meta-analysis • Commentary: Dosage needs systematic and critical review
Shaun Holt, Aneta Suder, Mark Weatherall, Soo Cheng, Philippa Shirtcliffe, Richard Beasley, Andrew Herxheimer
BMJ  2001;323:253, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.253
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Cohort study of depressed mood during pregnancy and after childbirth
Jonathan Evans, Jon Heron, Helen Francomb, Sarah Oke, Jean Golding
BMJ  2001;323:257-260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.257
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Impact of published clinical outcomes data: case study in NHS hospital trusts
Russell Mannion, Maria Goddard
BMJ  2001;323:260-263, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.260
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Declaring financial competing interests: survey of five general medical journals
Amina Hussain, Richard Smith
BMJ  2001;323:263-264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.263
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Effect of Helicobacter pylori infection on blood pressure: a community based cross sectional study
Richard Harvey, Athene Lane, Liam Murray, Ian Harvey, Prakash Nair, Jenny Donovan
BMJ  2001;323:264-265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.264
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