This Week In the BMJ Teenage pregnancy rates tend to be lower in general practices with young or female doctors BMJ 2000; 320 :f (Published 25 March 2000) Permission Weight reduction alleviates asthma in obese asthmatic people BMJ 2000; 320 :b (Published 25 March 2000) Permission Current referral times for cancer vary greatly BMJ 2000; 320 :e (Published 25 March 2000) Permission Calman trainees are satisfied with specialist training BMJ 2000; 320 :c (Published 25 March 2000) Permission Meningococci spread rapidly among new students in first week of university BMJ 2000; 320 :g (Published 25 March 2000) Permission Recognition of television images may be a milestone in children's development BMJ 2000; 320 :d (Published 25 March 2000) Permission Editorials Replacing the mercury sphygmomanometer BMJ 2000; 320 :815 (Published 25 March 2000) PDF Permission Responses Heart and heart-lung transplantation in Down's syndrome BMJ 2000; 320 :816 (Published 25 March 2000) PDF Permission Responses Specialist registrar training BMJ 2000; 320 :817 (Published 25 March 2000) PDF Permission Responses Healthy People 2010: objectives for the United States BMJ 2000; 320 :818 (Published 25 March 2000) PDF Permission Responses Total knee replacement: the joint of the decade BMJ 2000; 320 :820 (Published 25 March 2000) PDF Permission LettersDownload PDF Xenotransplantation BMJ 2000; 320 :868 (Published 25 March 2000) PDF Permission Responses GPs can improve their hand washing habits BMJ 2000; 320 :869 (Published 25 March 2000) Permission Responses System to detect tuberculosis in new arrivals to UK must be improved BMJ 2000; 320 :870 (Published 25 March 2000) Permission Responses Antibiotic prophylaxis after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy insertion BMJ 2000; 320 :870 (Published 25 March 2000) Permission Honesty about new screening programmes is best policy BMJ 2000; 320 :872 (Published 25 March 2000) Permission Responses Higher rate of organ procurement can be achieved in UK BMJ 2000; 320 :872 (Published 25 March 2000) Permission Eugenics debate BMJ 2000; 320 :873 (Published 25 March 2000) Permission The changing doctor-patient relationship BMJ 2000; 320 :873 (Published 25 March 2000) Permission Choice is a gift from the patient to the doctor, not the other way around BMJ 2000; 320 :874 (Published 25 March 2000) Permission Responses Continuity of supply of drugs is critical BMJ 2000; 320 :874 (Published 25 March 2000) Permission Responses Training for NHS Direct Staff needs funding BMJ 2000; 320 :875 (Published 25 March 2000) Permission The other Dr Finlay is commemorated in Cuban stamps BMJ 2000; 320 :875 (Published 25 March 2000) Permission Time to switch from whole cell to acellular pertussis vaccines? 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