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6 July 2002 (Vol 325, No 7354)
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Vitamin E does not help macular degeneration [Full text]
When to give antibiotics in otitis media [Full text]
Aflatoxin causes stunting [Full text]
Methods for Down's screening questioned [Full text]
Using emergency service saves time [Full text]
Doctors should disclose trial payments [Full text]
Temple stay relieves psychosis [Full text]

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Prevention of age related macular degeneration
Nigel F Hall, Catharine R Gale
BMJ  2002;325:1-2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.1
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Detaining dangerous people with mental disorders
Luke Birmingham
BMJ  2002;325:2-3, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.2
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Causes of failure of eradication of Helicobacter pylori
Peter J Jenks
BMJ  2002;325:3-4, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.3
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Randomised controlled trials for homoeopathy
Michael Foley, John Weiner, Robert W Leckridge, Meryl Dorey, David Reilly, George T Lewith, Michael Hyland, Stephen Holgate
BMJ  2002;325:41, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.41
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Evidence based leaflets in maternity care
Barbara Vernon, Sally Tracy, Tracy Reibel, Diane Reeves, James B Robins
BMJ  2002;325:43, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.43
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Domestic violence
Mark S Horner, Chris Carlsten, Cécile Morvant, Jacques Lebas, Pierre Chauvin, Joan Webster, Debra K Creedy
BMJ  2002;325:44, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.44
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Sexual behaviour and its medicalisation
Leonore Tiefer, Alain Giami
BMJ  2002;325:45, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.45
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Insulin pumps are still debatable for type 1 diabetes
J Hans DeVries, Robert J Heine
BMJ  2002;325:46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.46
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Tourists travelling to Kilimanjaro do need advice
Stephen Toovey, Andrew Jamieson
BMJ  2002;325:46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.46/a
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NICE needs sweeping changes to maintain credibility, say MPs
Katherine Burke
BMJ  2002;325:5, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.5
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Statins reduce cardiovascular risk
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2002;325:5, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.5/a
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In brief
BMJ  2002;325:6, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.6
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Politicians must stop exploiting patients
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2002;325:6, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.6/a
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Delegates support new contract---despite impact on family life
Annabel Ferriman
BMJ  2002;325:6, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.6/b
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Foods rich in antioxidants may reduce risk of Alzheimer's disease
Deborah Josefson
BMJ  2002;325:7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.7
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Tamoxifen may increase risk of uterine sarcoma
Scott Gottlieb
BMJ  2002;325:7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.7/a
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All singing, all dancing pop stars target cancer
Claire Mckenna
BMJ  2002;325:7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.7/b
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Organisations unite against draft mental health bill
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2002;325:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.9/c
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Scientists use gene therapy to cure immune deficient child
Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
BMJ  2002;325:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.10
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Milburn recruits private companies from abroad to increase capacity of the NHS
Wendy Moore
BMJ  2002;325:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.10/a
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New study adds to evidence that taking oral contraception does not increase risk of breast cancer
Scott Gottlieb
BMJ  2002;325:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.8
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Acutely ill patients at risk in 30 "isolated" hospitals
Ann McGauran
BMJ  2002;325:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.8/a
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Children should have blood pressure and cholesterol checked by age of 5
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2002;325:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.8/b
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Study shows that aspirin reduces lung cancer risk in women by a third
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2002;325:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.8/c
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BMJ's impact factor increases by 24%
Andrea Horgan
BMJ  2002;325:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.8/d
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Surgeons cleared of manslaughter after removing wrong kidney
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2002;325:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.9
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Aid deal is "repackaged peanuts," says Oxfam
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2002;325:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.9/a
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United States bans the execution of "mentally retarded" prisoners
Deborah Josefson
BMJ  2002;325:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.9/b
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Global aid programmes are failing the world�s poorest people
Claire McKenna
BMJ  2002;325:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.10/b
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British patients willing to travel abroad for treatment
Linda Beecham
BMJ  2002;325:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.10/c
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"Foot dragging" by the West threatens drugs deal for poorer countries
Fiona Fleck
BMJ  2002;325:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.10/d
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Bogotá launches health tourism project
Owain Johnson
BMJ  2002;325:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.10/e
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Predictors of poor outcome and benefits from antibiotics in children with acute otitis media: pragmatic randomised trial • Commentary: research directions for treatment for acute otitis media
Paul Little, Clare Gould, Michael Moore, Greg Warner, Joan Dunleavey, Ian Williamson, Chris Del Mar, Jenny Doust
BMJ  2002;325:22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.22
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Prescribing of lipid lowering drugs to South Asian patients: ecological study
Mahendra G Patel, David J Wright, Paramjit S Gill, David Jerwood, Jonathan Silcock, Henry Chrystyn
BMJ  2002;325:25-26, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.25
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10-minute consultation: Removal of ear wax
T Aung, G P Mulley
BMJ  2002;325:27, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.27
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Management of infertility
D J Cahill, P G Wardle
BMJ  2002;325:28-32, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.28
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ABC of psychological medicine: Beginning treatment
Jonathan Price, Laurence Leaver
BMJ  2002;325:33-35, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.33
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Good advice?
Liam Farrell
BMJ  2002;325:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.51/a
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The birth of poverty
Rakesh Biswas
BMJ  2002;325:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.51
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Ethics of undisclosed payments to doctors recruiting patients in clinical trials
Jammi N Rao, L J Sant Cassia
BMJ  2002;325:36-37, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.36
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Traditional community resources for mental health: a report of temple healing from India
R Raguram, A Venkateswaran, Jayashree Ramakrishna, Mitchell G Weiss
BMJ  2002;325:38-40, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.38
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Minerva
BMJ  2002;325:52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.52
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Some patients shouldn't change your practice
Diane Campbell
BMJ  2002;325:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.14
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What is a good doctor and how can we make one?
BMJ  2002;325:21, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.21
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The mysterious Weber's test
M W Weatherall
BMJ  2002;325:26, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.26
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One hundred years ago: Medicine men as scapegoats
BMJ  2002;325:36, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.36/a
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A memorable patient: Believe it or not
B Sadananda Naik
BMJ  2002;325:40, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.40
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Book: Secret Agents: The Menace of Emerging Infections
Julio Collazos
BMJ  2002;325:49, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.49
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Book: Spike Island: The Memory of a Military Hospital
Alex Paton
BMJ  2002;325:49, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.49/a
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Book: Hidden Depths: The Story of Hypnosis
Raj Persaud
BMJ  2002;325:50, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.50
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Medical journals and the "real world"
BMJ  2002;325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.0/g
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Website of the week: Ear health
Claire McKenna
BMJ  2002;325:50, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.50/a
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Arthur Osman Farquhar Stuart
Hugh T Fay, E Luke I B Amara
BMJ  2002;325:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.47
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David Alexander Ager
Peter Brodrick
BMJ  2002;325:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.47/a
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William Terence Kingsborough Cody
W T K Cody, W J K Cody
BMJ  2002;325:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.47/b
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Timothy Roy Fenton
Andrew Evans, Helen Issler, Bushra Al Rubeyi, Gwyneth Young
BMJ  2002;325:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.47/c
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Robert John Kennedy Fleming
Julie Fleming
BMJ  2002;325:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.47/d
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Peter Lawrence Hope
Andrew Wilkinson
BMJ  2002;325:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.47/e
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Joseph Sripalan Williams Jaya-Ratnam
D K Selvadurai
BMJ  2002;325:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.47/f
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Alan Hugh Dermot Large
David Large, Alistair Donald
BMJ  2002;325:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.47/g
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Norman Leonard Paros
Naomi Davis
BMJ  2002;325:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.47/h
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William Gilbert Williams
Howel Jones
BMJ  2002;325:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.47/i
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Vitamin E supplementation and macular degeneration: randomised controlled trial
Hugh R Taylor, Gabriella Tikellis, Luba D Robman, Catherine A McCarty, John J McNeil
BMJ  2002;325:11, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.11
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Retrospective audit of different antenatal screening policies for Down's syndrome in eight district general hospitals in one health region
Diana Wellesley, Tracy Boyle, John Barber, David T Howe
BMJ  2002;325:15, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.15
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A multicentre observational study of presentation and early assessment of acute stroke
Farzaneh Harraf, Anil K Sharma, Martin M Brown, Kennedy R Lees, Richard I Vass, Lalit Kalra
BMJ  2002;325:17, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.17
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Dietary aflatoxin exposure and impaired growth in young children from Benin and Togo: cross sectional study
Y Y Gong, K Cardwell, A Hounsa, S Egal, P C Turner, A J Hall, C P Wild
BMJ  2002;325:20-21, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.20
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