Polypill may be available in two years
	Richard Smith
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This week in the BMJ

This week in the BMJ [Full text] [PDF]

	Death rate after fractured neck of femur has stabilised [Full text]

	Sexual pleasure improves after hysterectomy [Full text]

	Dietary fat is not associated with stroke in men [Full text]

	Cluster trials are vulnerable to bias [Full text]

	Simvastatin should be taken at night [Full text]

	Global coalition builds research capacity in Africa [Full text]

Editorials

	Consent to using human tissue
	Peter Furness
	BMJ  2003;327:759-760, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.759 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Blindness in children
	Clare Gilbert, Haroon Awan
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	Treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting
	Martin R Tramèr
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	Race, ethnic group, and clinical research
	Saif S Rathore, Harlan M Krumholz
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Letters

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	"Polypill" to fight cardiovascular disease: Patients before populations
	Peter Trewby, Catherine Trewby
	BMJ  2003;327:807, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.807 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	"Polypill" to fight cardiovascular disease: Now who's playing God?
	Steve Taylor, Angela Konings
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	"Polypill" to fight cardiovascular disease: Universal polypharmacy goes against recent beliefs in prescribing practice
	Mark Powlson
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	"Polypill" to fight cardiovascular disease: Old joke has element of truth
	Adrian K Midgley
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	"Polypill" to fight cardiovascular disease: Birthday present was much appreciated
	Felipe Ramos
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	"Polypill" to fight cardiovascular disease: Interpretation of trial data is optimistic
	Gerd Assmann, Paul Cullen, Helmut Schulte
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	"Polypill" to fight cardiovascular disease: Cost effectiveness of statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular events is questionable
	Andrea Messori, Benedetta Santarlasci, Sabrina Trippoli, Monica Vaiani
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	"Polypill" to fight cardiovascular disease: Summary of rapid responses
	Caroline White
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	"Polypill" to fight cardiovascular disease: Authors' reply
	Nicholas Wald, Malcolm Law, Joan Morris, Alicja Rudnicka, Rachel Jordan
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	Do school exams predict doctors' success?: Career achievements are not only measure
	Nick Myerson
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	Do school exams predict doctors' success?: Is it not a retrospective study?
	Rohit Chaturvedi, Shailesh Chaturvedi
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	Do school exams predict doctors' success?: Author's reply
	I C McManus
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	Research was evidence based
	Allen F Shaughnessy, David C Slawson
	BMJ  2003;327:811, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.811 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dyspepsia results may not apply in primary care
	Brendan C Delaney, Paul Moayyedi, Richard F A Logan
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	Smoke free hospitals: Withdrawal from cigarettes should not be confused with withdrawal from nicotine
	Martin McKee, Anna Gilmore, Tom Novotny
	BMJ  2003;327:811, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.811-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Smoke free hospitals: Rising to the challenge
	Hayden McRobbie, Cressida Darwin, Peter Hajek
	BMJ  2003;327:811-812, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.811-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Diabetes may be independent risk factor for hyperkalaemia
	Paul R Jarman, Hugh M Mather
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	Be careful when extrapolating trial data to real life
	Nigel Dudley
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	Confidentiality of patients' information must be guaranteed
	Joanna Russell
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News

	NIH announces new strategy for research
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;327:765, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.765 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Small improvement seen in teenager with vCJD
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;327:765, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.765-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
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	NICE announces guidelines for use of rituximab
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;327:766, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.766-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Veterans of the first Gulf war are developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;327:766, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.766-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Head of German medicines body likens HRT to thalidomide
	Jane Burgermeister
	BMJ  2003;327:767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.767 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	HRT may increase risk of ovarian cancer
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2003;327:767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.767-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Breast cancer survivors turn to art for healing
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2003;327:767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.767-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Spending on UK health care is increasing faster than other public spending
	Andrew Iles
	BMJ  2003;327:769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.769-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Intensive care patients should be given prophylactic antibiotics
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2003;327:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.770 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Long term care will "implode" unless personal care comes free
	Katherine Burke
	BMJ  2003;327:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.770-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Doctors test drug to prevent cancer in high risk women
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;327:768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.768 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Pressure grows for EU to set up a European Research Council
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2003;327:768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.768-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	High heels ruled out as risk factor in osteoarthritis of the knee
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;327:768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.768-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Improvement initiative rolled out for acute trusts in England
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2003;327:768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.768-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Doctors in India prescribe unapproved fertility drug
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2003;327:768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.768-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Slovak patients use health services less since charges were imposed
	Katka Krosnar
	BMJ  2003;327:769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.769 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	WHO and MSF appeal for funds for new meningitis vaccine
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2003;327:769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.769-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	No eradication of polio without inactivated vaccine, says expert
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2003;327:769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.769-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

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	Medicines committee felt unable to recommend use of pentosan polyphosphate in vCJD
	Mark Gould
	BMJ  2003;327:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.770-b [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Evidence for risk of bias in cluster randomised trials: review of recent trials published in three general medical journals
	Suezann Puffer, David Torgerson, Judith Watson
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	Taking simvastatin in the morning compared with in the evening: randomised controlled trial
	Alan Wallace, David Chinn, Greg Rubin
	BMJ  2003;327:788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.788 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Diagnostic impact of signs and symptoms in acute infectious conjunctivitis: systematic literature search
	Remco P Rietveld, Henk C P M van Weert, Gerben ter Riet, Patrick J E Bindels
	BMJ  2003;327:789, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.789 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Information in practice

	The Ptolemy project: a scalable model for delivering health information in Africa
	Massey Beveridge, Andrew Howard, Kirsteen Burton, Warren Holder
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Clinical review

	Basal cell carcinoma
	C S M Wong, R C Strange, J T Lear
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	ABC of subfertility: Assisted conception. I—General principles
	Paula Rowell, Peter Braude
	BMJ  2003;327:799-801, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.799 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Death of the teaching autopsy
	Gregory O'Grady
	BMJ  2003;327:802-803, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.802 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Resuscitating the teaching autopsy
	James Underwood
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	Obtaining consent for autopsy
	Michael B McDermott
	BMJ  2003;327:804-806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.804 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Book: The Doctors' Tale: Professionalism and Public Trust
	Charles George
	BMJ  2003;327:814, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.814 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Reducing the Burden of Headache
	Anne Walling
	BMJ  2003;327:815, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.815 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
	Jill Thistlethwaite
	BMJ  2003;327:815, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.815-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Press: Knocking Bruno when he is down
	Raj Persaud
	BMJ  2003;327:816, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.816 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hit Parade
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	PERSONAL VIEW: A tight squeeze
	Brian T Maurer
	BMJ  2003;327:817, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.817 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Bioterrorism
	Imre Loefler
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Minerva

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E168, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02110005, (Published 20 February 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:818, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.818 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Paroxetine may help with hot flushes
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	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2003;327:784, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.784 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Three sides
	Robert Evans
	BMJ  2003;327:789, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.789-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interactive case report: A 2 year old child with rash and fever
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BMJ USA

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: Who's in control?
	BMJ  2003;327:E1, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01020001, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITORIAL: BMJ USA: A British contribution to American medicine
	Ronald M Davis, Richard Smith
	BMJ  2003;327:E2-E3, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01020002, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM: Ask your pharmacist
	Jim Latona, Kirby F Sebro, Susan Wearne, Read Weaver Schusky
	BMJ  2003;327:E4, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01020004, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Rod Lawson, James S Smeltzer, Mike Thomas
	BMJ  2003;327:E5, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01020003, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E6, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01020005, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: News on blood
	BMJ  2003;327:E7, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01030001, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITORIAL: Migraine prevention
	Alfred L Clavel, Jr
	BMJ  2003;327:E8-E9, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01030002, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NETLINES: Netlines
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2003;327:E10, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01030005, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NEWS: Patient privacy rule goes into effect
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2003;327:E11-E12, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01030007, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NEWS: A bold plan to achieve unity in medicine
	Ronald M Davis
	BMJ  2003;327:E13-E14, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01030006, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Christopher Buttery, Ellen Goudsmit, Richard Gist, Will Johnstone, Grace Heckenberg
	BMJ  2003;327:E15, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01030004, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Tony Barrett, Osamu Muramoto, Ian Nesbitt, Lee Elder
	BMJ  2003;327:E16, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01030003, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E17, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01030008, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: Perturbations in the ergonomics of primary care
	BMJ  2003;327:E18, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01040001, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITORIAL: The third report of the US Preventive Services Task Force
	Mary Ann Gilligan, Rebekah Wang-Cheng
	BMJ  2003;327:E19-E20, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01040002, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	CLINICAL REVIEW: First new screening recommendations from the third US Preventive Services Task Force
	David Atkins
	BMJ  2003;327:E21-E24, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01040004, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Andrew Martyn Thornett, Bartosz Szkandera, Wayne Lee
	BMJ  2003;327:E25, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01040006, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Kati Morrison, H R Millar, David Lim
	BMJ  2003;327:E26, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01040005, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	William Stevenson, Alexander Williams, Stephen Brealey, Ed Charlton, Denise Kendrick
	BMJ  2003;327:E27-E28, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01040003, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E29, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01040007, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: "Doc, how long will my heart go on?"
	BMJ  2003;327:E30, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01050001, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITORIAL: What is the optimal diet for cardiovascular health?
	Thomas E. Kottke
	BMJ  2003;327:E31-E32, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01050002, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Alfio Cantini, J M Fernandez-Menendez, C Perez-Mendez
	BMJ  2003;327:E33, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01050005, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Ross Upshur, Ric Reiner, Richard H Hardwick, Ronald M Davis
	BMJ  2003;327:E34, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01050004, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Frank de Zurbaran, Zaubia Alyas
	BMJ  2003;327:E35, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01050003, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E36, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01050006, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: The promise of medical genetics
	BMJ  2003;327:E37, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01060001, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITORIAL: The case for screening for type 2 diabetes in selected populations
	Mayer B. Davidson
	BMJ  2003;327:E38-E39, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01060002, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NETLINES: Netlines
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2003;327:E40, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01060008, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSE FROM BMJ.COM: Perichondritis after ear piercing
	Stephen E Kent, Ashok V Rokade, Koppada Premraj, Christine Butcher
	BMJ  2003;327:E41, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01060006, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSE FROM BMJ.COM: The National Cancer Institute's Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool
	Michelle Greiver
	BMJ  2003;327:E42, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01060005, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSE FROM BMJ.COM: AAFP core educational guidelines for medical genetics
	Peter Sam
	BMJ  2003;327:E43, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01060004, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: LETTERS RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Stanley Shere, Sri Varman, Jeffrey C McIlwain, Mel Jones, Adrian Midgley, John Doherty, Tom Powell, Pål Lindström, Timothy Rimmer, Don Urquhart
	BMJ  2003;327:E44-E45, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01060003, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E46, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01060007, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: Embracing change
	BMJ  2003;327:E47, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01070001, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NETLINES: Netlines
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2003;327:E48, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01070008, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM: A Bond impersonator?
	Kathleen O'Malley, John Trevithick, Maurice Hirst, Adam Jacobs
	BMJ  2003;327:E49, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01070006, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSE FROM BMJ.COM
	Anne-Louise M Heath, Susan Fairweather-Tait, Mark Worwood
	BMJ  2003;327:E50, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01070005, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSE FROM BMJ.COM: Hypotension, not hypertension, is a common side effect of anesthetics
	MS Abdalla
	BMJ  2003;327:E51, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01070004, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSE FROM BMJ.COM: How many patients are candidates for home treatment of DVT?
	Sergio Siragusa, Francesco Falaschi, Paola Tatoni
	BMJ  2003;327:E52, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01070003, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Judith M Green, John McConnell, Joan Ozanne-Smith, Anna Whelan, Lucy-Jane Davis, Susan P Baker, Ron Davis, Barry Pless
	BMJ  2003;327:E53-E55, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01070002, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: Magic potions and pills
	BMJ  2003;327:E56, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01090001, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITORIAL: Tailoring smoking cessation programs to the specific needs and interests of the patient
	Victor J Strecher, Wayne F Velicer
	BMJ  2003;327:E57-E58, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01090002, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDUCATION AND DEBATE: COMMENTARY • Apoptosis and racism: a long time coming and a long time going
	BMJ  2003;327:E59, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01090005, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NETLINES: Netlines
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2003;327:E60, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01090010, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	FILLER: Incisional hernia mistaken for shoplifting
	P Mohammed, N McLean, R Charnley
	BMJ  2003;327:E61, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01090008, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	FILLER: Bilateral Bell's phenomenon
	J Smith, B Henderson
	BMJ  2003;327:E62, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01090007, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM: Webidence-based medicine
	Bruce Slater, Gunther Eysenbach, Steven Ross, Aldo Mariotto, Arthur M Lam, Bebe Loff
	BMJ  2003;327:E63, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01090006, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSE FROM BMJ.COM
	James W Pennebaker
	BMJ  2003;327:E64, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01090004, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM: European, not American, cranberries
	Rainer Nowack, Lon Jones
	BMJ  2003;327:E65, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01090003, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E66, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01090009, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: Preparing for disaster
	BMJ  2003;327:E67, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01100001, (Published 13 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITORIAL: Paying physicians to treat tobacco use disorder
	Marc Manley
	BMJ  2003;327:E68-E69, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01100002, (Published 13 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM: What about the women?
	Neil Donen, Gary Stack, Hobart Walling, David Spackman, Orlando Warner
	BMJ  2003;327:E70, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01100006, (Published 13 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM: Running faster but doing less
	Adrian Townsend, Stephen M Taylor, Geoff Wong
	BMJ  2003;327:E71, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01100005, (Published 13 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM: Corticosteroid injections work!
	Graeme Mackenzie, Steve Longworth
	BMJ  2003;327:E72, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01100004, (Published 13 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM: Anti-inflammatory end points
	Brian J Lipworth, Stephen Fowler, Graeme Currie, Andrew Wilson, Shaun Holt
	BMJ  2003;327:E73, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01100003, (Published 13 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: Managing chronic disease
	BMJ  2003;327:E74, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01110001, (Published 4 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITORIAL: CDC guidelines on prophylactic treatment of anthrax exposure
	BMJ  2003;327:E75, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01110003, (Published 4 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	PAPER: Screening of newborns for hearing impairment: Statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force
	Steven H Woolf
	BMJ  2003;327:E76, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01110005, (Published 4 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	FILLER: Tamoxifen retinopathy
	Amar Alwitry, Iain Gardner
	BMJ  2003;327:E77, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01110006, (Published 4 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Samantha McCormick, Paul Dimmock, Katrina Wyatt, Shaughn O'Brien
	BMJ  2003;327:E78, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01110004, (Published 4 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E79, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01110007, (Published 4 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: The joy of debate
	BMJ  2003;327:E80, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02010001, (Published 4 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NEWS: Justice Department attempts to override Oregon's Death With Dignity Act
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2003;327:E81, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02010006, (Published 4 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM: Risk management is overdue
	APJ Lake, James E. Barone, Guenther Jonitz, Peter J Driscoll, Anna M Paisley, Simon Paterson-Brown
	BMJ  2003;327:E82, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02010005, (Published 4 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM: Proximal and distal arteries must be investigated in compression-associated forefoot ulceration
	IK Nyamekye, DC Mitchell, KR Poskitt
	BMJ  2003;327:E83, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02010003, (Published 4 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM: Best practice is best in general practice
	Paul McDonald, Peter Lake, Kyle Perrin, Chris Salisbury, Emma Wilkinson, John Hasler, Nick Bosanquet
	BMJ  2003;327:E84, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02010004, (Published 4 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Sally Rynne, Sri Varman, David Henshaw, Roger Woodruff, David Silverman, Diane Munday
	BMJ  2003;327:E85-E86, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02010002, (Published 4 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: Transitions
	BMJ  2003;327:E87, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02020001, (Published 28 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITORIAL: The working and learning environment for physicians in training in the US
	Peter Y Watson
	BMJ  2003;327:E88-E89, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02020002, (Published 28 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NEWS: Absolut controversy: liquor ads return to network TV
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2003;327:E90, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02020006, (Published 28 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM: Non-attendance at surgery
	Umo I Esen, William Hamilton
	BMJ  2003;327:E91, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02020005, (Published 28 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM: Functional confusion
	David L Wingate, Kieran McManus
	BMJ  2003;327:E92, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02020004, (Published 28 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM: Confounding factors
	Richard Hutchinson, Mike Males
	BMJ  2003;327:E93, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02020003, (Published 28 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E94, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02020007, (Published 28 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: We are the world
	BMJ  2003;327:E95, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02030001, (Published 28 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITORIAL: Whose health care is more efficient?
	Andrew B Bindman
	BMJ  2003;327:E96-E98, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02030003, (Published 28 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITORIAL: New US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations on aspirin chemoprophylaxis
	BMJ  2003;327:E99, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02030002, (Published 28 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E100, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02030004, (Published 28 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: To tell the truth
	BMJ  2003;327:E101, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02040001, (Published 12 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITORIAL: Keeping the doctor away
	William J Hueston
	BMJ  2003;327:E102-E103, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02040002, (Published 12 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	JOURNAL RACK: Journal rack
	BMJ  2003;327:E104, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02040003, (Published 12 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E105, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02040004, (Published 12 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: The brain
	BMJ  2003;327:E106, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02050001, (Published 23 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITORIAL: Brains, claims, and the pharmaceutical industry
	Mark J Alberts, Charles L Bennett, Steven H Woolf
	BMJ  2003;327:E107-E109, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02050002, (Published 23 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	JOURNAL RACK: Journal rack
	BMJ  2003;327:E110, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02050006, (Published 23 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	JOURNAL RACK: Journal rack
	BMJ  2003;327:E111-E112, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02050003, (Published 23 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	FILLER: Kurt Stange named editor of new research journal
	BMJ  2003;327:E113, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02050004, (Published 23 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E114, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02050005, (Published 23 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: What's wrong with that?
	BMJ  2003;327:E115, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02060001, (Published 23 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITORIAL: Bugs, drugs, and dyspepsia in primary care
	Nimish B Vakil, Dino Vaira
	BMJ  2003;327:E116-E117, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02060002, (Published 23 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	JOURNAL RACK: Journal rack
	BMJ  2003;327:E118, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02060005, (Published 23 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	JOURNAL RACK: Journal rack
	BMJ  2003;327:E119-E120, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02060003, (Published 23 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E121, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02060004, (Published 23 August 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: Injuries
	BMJ  2003;327:E122, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02070001, (Published 9 October 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	JOURNAL RACK: Journal rack
	BMJ  2003;327:E123, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02070003, (Published 9 October 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	JOURNAL RACK: Journal rack
	BMJ  2003;327:E124-E125, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02070002, (Published 9 October 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSE FROM BMJ.COM: Tarred with the same brush: not all lasers are the same
	Tim R Larner
	BMJ  2003;327:E126, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02070004, (Published 9 October 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E127, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02070005, (Published 9 October 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: Mind over matter
	BMJ  2003;327:E128, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02080001, (Published 9 October 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDUCATION AND DEBATE: The emergence of "boutique medicine"
	Uwe E Reinhardt
	BMJ  2003;327:E129, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02080004, (Published 9 October 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	FILLER: The physician charter on medical professionalism
	BMJ  2003;327:E130, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02080008, (Published 9 October 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	JOURNAL RACK: Journal rack
	BMJ  2003;327:E131, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02080006, (Published 9 October 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	JOURNAL RACK: Journal rack
	BMJ  2003;327:E132-E133, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02080005, (Published 9 October 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	FILLER: How many pills does it take?
	Renate G Justin
	BMJ  2003;327:E134, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02080007, (Published 9 October 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Alain Giami, Leonore Tiefer
	BMJ  2003;327:E135, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02080009, (Published 9 October 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E136, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02080010, (Published 9 October 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: The randomized trial on its pedestal
	BMJ  2003;327:E137, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02090002, (Published 27 November 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: This month in BMJ USA
	BMJ  2003;327:E138, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02090001, (Published 27 November 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITORIAL: Hormone replacement therapy
	Rebekah Wang-Cheng, Jo Ann Rosenfeld
	BMJ  2003;327:E139-E140, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02090003, (Published 27 November 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDUCATION AND DEBATE: The authors respond
	Peter Jüni, Anne W S Rutjes, Paul A Dieppe
	BMJ  2003;327:E141-E142, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02090005, (Published 27 November 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDUCATION AND DEBATE: CLASS clarification: reaffirms the medical importance of the analyses and results
	G Steven Geis
	BMJ  2003;327:E143-E144, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02090004, (Published 27 November 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	JOURNAL RACK: Journal rack
	BMJ  2003;327:E145, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02090007, (Published 27 November 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	JOURNAL RACK: Journal rack
	BMJ  2003;327:E146-E147, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02090006, (Published 27 November 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E148, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02090008, (Published 27 November 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: Not so simple after all
	BMJ  2003;327:E149, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02100001, (Published 26 January 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITORIAL: How should we take blood pressure in clinical practice?: The wider use of home and ambulatory monitoring should be encouraged
	Thomas G Pickering
	BMJ  2003;327:E150-E151, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02100003, (Published 26 January 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	JOURNAL RACK: Journal rack
	BMJ  2003;327:E152-E153, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02100009, (Published 26 January 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	FILLER: Bilateral Bell's phenomenon
	BMJ  2003;327:E154, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02100007, (Published 26 January 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: Rapid Responses from bmj.com
	William P Plummer, Adam Jacobs, Lise L Kjaergard
	BMJ  2003;327:E155, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02100008, (Published 26 January 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: Rapid Responses from bmj.com
	Des Spence, Peter C Gøtzsche, Richard H Moore
	BMJ  2003;327:E156, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02100006, (Published 26 January 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: Rapid Responses from bmj.com
	Jonathon M Pleat, Ludwig Tsoi, Colin D Fraser, Adrian Fogarty
	BMJ  2003;327:E157, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02100005, (Published 26 January 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: Rapid Responses from bmj.com
	William Hamilton, Deborah Sharp, Paolo Palatini
	BMJ  2003;327:E158, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02100004, (Published 26 January 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E159, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02100011, (Published 26 January 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: Science, industry, and politics at the FDA
	BMJ  2003;327:E160, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02110001, (Published 20 February 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITORIAL: Improving the mental health of Asian Americans: Depends on training primary care clinicians and educating the community
	Henry Chung, Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2003;327:E161-E162, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02110007, (Published 20 February 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDUCATION AND DEBATE: Commentary: The reintroduction of Lotronex for diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome
	Janet Woodcock
	BMJ  2003;327:E163-E164, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02110002, (Published 20 February 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	JOURNAL RACK: Journal rack
	BMJ  2003;327:E165-E166, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02110003, (Published 20 February 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: Response to article by van der Linden et al
	George Kiracofe
	BMJ  2003;327:E167, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02110004, (Published 20 February 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: Can you see caring through pinholes?
	BMJ  2003;327:E169, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02120001, (Published 20 March 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	PAPER: The preparticipation physical examination for athletics: a systematic review of current recommendations
	Peter J Carek, Arch Mainous, III
	BMJ  2003;327:E170-E173, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02120003, (Published 20 March 2003) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	JOURNAL RACK: Journal rack
	BMJ  2003;327:E174-E175, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02120006, (Published 20 March 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	FILLER: The man who was afraid to die
	Donald W MacCorquodale
	BMJ  2003;327:E176, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02120005, (Published 20 March 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSE FROM BMJ.COM
	Simon Brewster, Mark Feneley, Roger Kirby
	BMJ  2003;327:E177, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02120002, (Published 20 March 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E178, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.02120007, (Published 20 March 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: State-sanctioned murder
	BMJ  2003;327:E179, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03010001, (Published 20 March 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	JOURNAL RACK: Journal rack
	BMJ  2003;327:E180-E181, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03010003, (Published 20 March 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E182, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03010004, (Published 20 March 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: BMJ lite
	BMJ  2003;327:E183, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03020001, (Published 26 March 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDUCATION AND DEBATE: Commentary: Arms sales, health, and national security
	Lawrence Korb
	BMJ  2003;327:E184-E185, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03020006, (Published 26 March 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	JOURNAL RACK: Journal rack
	BMJ  2003;327:E186-E187, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03020008, (Published 26 March 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Daniel Reinharth
	BMJ  2003;327:E188, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03020007, (Published 26 March 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Adam Jacobs, Stephen J Senn
	BMJ  2003;327:E189, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03020005, (Published 26 March 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Ellen Goudsmit, Douglas T Fraser, Tom P Kinlon, Montgomery G Andrew, Philip Moore
	BMJ  2003;327:E190-E191, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03020004, (Published 26 March 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	C S Ripley, Anusha G Edwards, Andrew R Weale, Paul J Willemsen, Peter F Jones
	BMJ  2003;327:E192, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03020003, (Published 26 March 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	An I De Sutter, Marc De Meyere, Mieke van Driel, Thierry Christiaens, Jan De Maeseneer
	BMJ  2003;327:E193, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03020002, (Published 26 March 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E194, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03020009, (Published 26 March 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: Being unpatriotic for our country
	Steven H Woolf
	BMJ  2003;327:E195, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03030001, (Published 12 April 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITORIAL: New colorectal cancer screening guidelines
	Sidney J Winawer
	BMJ  2003;327:E196-E197, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03030002, (Published 12 April 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDUCATION AND DEBATE: Commentary: Breast self examination
	Robert A Smith
	BMJ  2003;327:E198-E199, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03030005, (Published 12 April 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	JOURNAL RACK: Journal rack
	BMJ  2003;327:E200-E201, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03030006, (Published 12 April 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	FILLER: The woman who couldn't shoot straight
	Donald W MacCorquodale
	BMJ  2003;327:E202, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03030007, (Published 12 April 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: Rapid responses from bmj.com: Metformin and measuring renal function
	Andrew F Orange
	BMJ  2003;327:E203, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03030004, (Published 12 April 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: Rapid responses from bmj.com: Somewhat flawed conclusion
	D G Hackam
	BMJ  2003;327:E204, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03030003, (Published 12 April 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E205, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03030008, (Published 12 April 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: Pseudodisease
	Steven H Woolf
	BMJ  2003;327:E206, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03040001, (Published 6 May 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITORIAL: Computed tomography screening for cancer
	Stephen J Swensen
	BMJ  2003;327:E207, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03040002, (Published 6 May 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	JOURNAL RACK: Journal rack
	BMJ  2003;327:E209-E210, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03040007, (Published 6 May 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	FILLER: And the poor get children
	Donald W MacCorquodale
	BMJ  2003;327:E211, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03040010, (Published 6 May 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	FILLER: Clash of lifestyles
	Biji T Kurien
	BMJ  2003;327:E212, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03040009, (Published 6 May 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	FILLER: Both sides now: a leap from academics to solo practice
	Rebekah Wang-Cheng
	BMJ  2003;327:E213, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03040008, (Published 6 May 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	John Rand Neuenschwander
	BMJ  2003;327:E214, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03040006, (Published 6 May 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM: Increased cardiovascular deaths following radiotherapy over 10 years ago — nothing new
	Adrian N Harnett
	BMJ  2003;327:E215, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03040005, (Published 6 May 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM: Restoration of serum TSH to within the reference range should be the goal of replacement therapy
	Mark P Vanderpump, Jayne A Franklyn
	BMJ  2003;327:E216, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03040004, (Published 6 May 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM: Drawbacks of primary prevention risk tables to assess cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes
	Jamie C Smith
	BMJ  2003;327:E217, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03040003, (Published 6 May 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E218, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03040011, (Published 6 May 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: The first Americans
	Steven H Woolf
	BMJ  2003;327:E219, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03050001, (Published 1 June 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITORIAL: The health of American Indians and Alaska Natives
	Charles W Grim
	BMJ  2003;327:E220-E221, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03050002, (Published 1 June 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	JOURNAL RACK: Journal rack
	BMJ  2003;327:E222-E223, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03050003, (Published 1 June 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	FILLER: Physician compensation, past and present
	Renate G Justin
	BMJ  2003;327:E224, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03050004, (Published 1 June 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E225, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03050005, (Published 1 June 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: Ostracism
	Steven H Woolf
	BMJ  2003;327:E226, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03060001, (Published 3 July 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITORIAL: Racial/ethnic disparities in medical care
	Drew Altman, Marsha Lillie-Blanton
	BMJ  2003;327:E227-E228, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03060002, (Published 3 July 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	JOURNAL RACK: Journal rack
	BMJ  2003;327:E229-E230, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03060005, (Published 3 July 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	FILLER: The miracle
	Renate G Justin
	BMJ  2003;327:E231, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03060007, (Published 3 July 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	FILLER: The mother of ten whom life treated cruelly
	Donald W MacCorquodale
	BMJ  2003;327:E232, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03060006, (Published 3 July 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: Images of war: the other side
	Syed M H Rizvi, Kamyar M Hedayat, Asad J Raja, Jerome A Singh, Tania L DePellegrin
	BMJ  2003;327:E233, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03060004, (Published 3 July 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: Methodology: cornerstone of science
	Gilbert Bigras, Hormoz Ehya, Jonathan Weintraub
	BMJ  2003;327:E234, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03060003, (Published 3 July 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E235, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03060008, (Published 3 July 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: Tobacco money, the BMJ, and guilt by association
	Steven H Woolf
	BMJ  2003;327:E236, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03070001, (Published 30 July 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITORIAL: More misleading science from the tobacco industry
	Michael J Thun
	BMJ  2003;327:E237-E238, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03070002, (Published 30 July 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: Letters
	Dominic M Pedulla
	BMJ  2003;327:E239, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03070005, (Published 30 July 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Tom P Marshall, Nick J Andrews, Andre Charlett, Noel Gill
	BMJ  2003;327:E240, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03070004, (Published 30 July 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Jayant S Vaidya, Sera Kirk, James W Austin, Eugene Milne, Pascal A Diethelm, Stephen Novick, Freda Lee Nason, Michael J Martin, Judith M Mackay, Lisa Bero, Michael Cummings, Stanton Glantz, Daniel F Hass, Paul S McDonald, Richard Smith, Richard Horton, Natalie PR Sirkin, Deborah Arnott, Gene Borio, Wiel M Maessen, Ken S Honbo, Michael J McFadden
	BMJ  2003;327:E241-E242, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03070003, (Published 30 July 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E243, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03070006, (Published 30 July 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: Revolutions
	Steven H Woolf
	BMJ  2003;327:E244, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03080001, (Published 3 September 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Andrew L Tambyraja
	BMJ  2003;327:E245, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03080004, (Published 3 September 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	James O Prochaska
	BMJ  2003;327:E246, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03080002, (Published 3 September 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E247, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03080005, (Published 3 September 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: Unconventional wisdom
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2003;327:E248, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03090001, (Published 30 September 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	EDITORIAL: Psychiatric diagnosis, drug development, and ethics
	Harold Alan Pincus
	BMJ  2003;327:E249-E250, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03090002, (Published 30 September 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	COMMENTARY: An orthopedist responds
	Stephen J Franzino
	BMJ  2003;327:E251, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03090004, (Published 30 September 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: Letter
	Daniel Reinharth
	BMJ  2003;327:E252, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03090005, (Published 30 September 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LETTER: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	William E Osmun, Eddie Vos, Barry A Groves, Eugene A Rybinski, Ewan Hamnett, Paul W Masters, Anita Sainsbury, David M Reith, Tom Fahey, Alan Montgomery, Yoav Ben Shlomo, Derek Yach, Shanthi Mendis, JoAnne Epping, Ruth Bonita, Amalia Waxman, Gerry E Burns
	BMJ  2003;327:E253, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03090003, (Published 30 September 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MINERVA: Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E254, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.03090006, (Published 30 September 2003) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Netlines
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2003;327:E259, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01020006, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Photo of the month: Gallstones
	BMJ  2003;327:E260, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01030009, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:E261, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01070007, (Published 5 September 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Frank Samuel Preston
	W M DIXON
	BMJ  2003;327:813, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.813 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Jack Edwards
	M VOIGHT, J EDWARDS, J EDWARDS
	BMJ  2003;327:813, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.813-a [Extract] [Full text]

	Robert Finlay
	STUART FINLAY
	BMJ  2003;327:813, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.813-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	David Llywelyn James
	DAVID PICKWORTH
	BMJ  2003;327:813, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.813-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Time trends and demography of mortality after fractured neck of femur in an English population, 1968-98: database study
	Stephen E Roberts, Michael J Goldacre
	BMJ  2003;327:771-775, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.771 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hysterectomy and sexual wellbeing: prospective observational study of vaginal hysterectomy, subtotal abdominal hysterectomy, and total abdominal hysterectomy
	Jan-Paul W R Roovers, Johanna G van der Bom, C Huub van der Vaart, A Peter M Heintz
	BMJ  2003;327:774-778, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.774 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Study group members and selected questions] FREE

	Dietary fat intake and risk of stroke in male US healthcare professionals: 14 year prospective cohort study
	Ka He, Anwar Merchant, Eric B Rimm, Bernard A Rosner, Meir J Stampfer, Walter C Willett, Alberto Ascherio
	BMJ  2003;327:777-782, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.777 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Family attitudes to research using samples taken at coroner's postmortem examinations: review of records
	Christopher Womack, Alison L Jack
	BMJ  2003;327:781-782, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.781 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	British hospitals and different versions of the Glasgow coma scale: telephone survey
	Martin F Wiese
	BMJ  2003;327:782-783, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.782 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Substance misuse in psychiatric inpatients: comparison of a screening questionnaire survey with case notes
	Ben Barnaby, Colin Drummond, Annie McCloud, Tom Burns, Nicola Omu
	BMJ  2003;327:783-784, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.783 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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