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	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2003;327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Montelukast plus fluticasone is equivalent to salmeterol and fluticasone [Full text] FREE

	Undiagnosed angina is a submerged clinical iceberg [Full text] FREE

	The link between maternal smoking and birth weight stops at one generation [Full text] FREE

	Breast feeding and adolescent obesity are not clearly linked [Full text] FREE

	Daycare provision increases mothers in employment but not family income [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Breast feeding and obesity
	Tammy J Clifford
	BMJ  2003;327:879-880, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.879 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Intrauterine factors, adiposity, and hyperinsulinaemia
	Andrew M Prentice
	BMJ  2003;327:880-881, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.880 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Herbal medicines put into context
	E Ernst
	BMJ  2003;327:881-882, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.881 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Equality for people with disabilities in medicine
	Stewart Mercer, Paul Dieppe, Ruth Chambers, Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2003;327:882-883, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.882 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	When to retract?
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2003;327:883-884, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.883 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Retraction of paper on maternal diabetes
	Gillian Hawthorne, Lorentz M Irgens, Rolv T Lie, Narve Moe, Jak Jervell
	BMJ  2003;327:929, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.929 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Third world brain drain: Performance of health professionals and systems needs to be assessed
	Adnan A Hyder
	BMJ  2003;327:929-930, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.929-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Third world brain drain: Causes of exodus need to be examined and rectified
	Ahmed S Latif
	BMJ  2003;327:930, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.930 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Third world brain drain: Don't punish the children
	Dumisani Ncomanzi
	BMJ  2003;327:930, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.930-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Third world brain drain: Brain drain must be halted
	Jean P Fisher
	BMJ  2003;327:930, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.930-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Breast cancer in men: Evidence suggests preoperative work up is suboptimal
	Pieter J Westenend
	BMJ  2003;327:930, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.930-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Breast cancer in men: Group is exploring issues for men with breast cancer across the United Kingdom
	Rachel Iredale, Buddug Williams, Kate Brain, Elizabeth France
	BMJ  2003;327:930-931, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.930-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Consistency in anaesthetic care: European practice may not be relevant to the United Kingdom
	Umakanth Panchagula, Oliver Dearlove
	BMJ  2003;327:931, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.931 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Consistency in anaesthetic care: Segmentation of anaesthetic care is not inherently bad
	Christoph H Kindler, Christoph Harms, Wolf Langewitz
	BMJ  2003;327:931, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.931-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Consistency in anaesthetic care: Patients' attitudes matter
	Thomas Heidegger, Matthias Nuebling, Yvonne Husemann
	BMJ  2003;327:931, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.931-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Rate and rhythm are important in critically ill patients
	Egbert Pravinkumar
	BMJ  2003;327:931-932, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.931-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tuberculin testing before BCG vaccination: Effect of age on adverse effects has not been made clear
	Richard J Roberts
	BMJ  2003;327:932, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.932 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tuberculin testing before BCG vaccination: Authors' reply
	Graham H Bothamley
	BMJ  2003;327:932, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.932-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	What happened to evidence in NICE guidance on heart failure?
	John Robson
	BMJ  2003;327:932, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.932-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	General practitioners with special clinical interests: Evidence for effectiveness exists
	David A Fitzmaurice
	BMJ  2003;327:933, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.933 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	General practitioners with special clinical interests: Experience has been successful
	Edward Southall
	BMJ  2003;327:933, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.933-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Might money spent on statins be better spent?
	Arnold J Jenkins
	BMJ  2003;327:933, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.933-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Is there an identifiable doctor on board?
	Jeremy M Rawlins
	BMJ  2003;327:933, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.933-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Experts regret early cessation of anticancer drug trial
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2003;327:885, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.885 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	John Reid plans to introduce "patient advisers" into GP surgeries
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2003;327:885, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.885-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2003;327:886, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.886 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Second vCJD patient to receive experimental treatment
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2003;327:886, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.886-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	MEPs lead demand to get sudden unexplained deaths recognised as a syndrome
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2003;327:886, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.886-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Medical injuries in US hospitals cause more than 30 000 deaths each year
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;327:887, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.887 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Air pollution during warm weather increases risk of stroke
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2003;327:887, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.887-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Murderer can be forced to take medication to become sane enough to be executed
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2003;327:889, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.889-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	The Clausewitz of the NHS
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2003;327:890, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.890 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Specialists clarify when the benefits of HRT outweigh the risks
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;327:888, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.888 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Digital archive of Lancet is launched
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2003;327:888, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.888-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Exhibition challenges views on autism
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2003;327:888, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.888-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	GP suspended for lying to cover up negligence
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;327:888, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.888-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Imperial Tobacco plans to deny link between smoking and lung cancer
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;327:888, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.888-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	NHS aims to increase number of ethnic minority staff in management
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;327:889, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.889 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Iraq health minister seeks more funds for future health system
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2003;327:889, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.889-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Half of doctors experience violence or abuse from patients
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;327:889, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.889-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Medical project investigating torture gets under way
	Stephen Pincock
	BMJ  2003;327:890, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.890-a [Extract] [Full text]

	Government to pay legal costs of inquest after hospital's error
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;327:890, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.890-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Whistleblowing twice as common as in 1998
	Andrew Iles
	BMJ  2003;327:890, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.890-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Corporate hijacking of food is the most important health hazard of our time
	Debashis Singh
	BMJ  2003;327:890, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.890-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Safety strategy needed in NHS to stop injuries to staff
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;327:890, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.890-e [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Effectiveness of out-of-home day care for disadvantaged families: randomised controlled trial
	Tami Toroyan, Ian Roberts, Ann Oakley, Gabrielle Laing, Miranda Mugford, Chris Frost
	BMJ  2003;327:906, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.906 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	10-minute consultation: Cervical Chlamydia trachomatis infection
	Pippa Oakeshott, Phillip Hay
	BMJ  2003;327:910, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.910 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Recent developments in vascular surgery
	Jeremy Crane, Nick Cheshire
	BMJ  2003;327:911-915, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.911 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interactive case report: A 2 year old child with rash and fever
	Rita Sharma, Andrew Boon, Anthony Harnden
	BMJ  2003;327:916, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.916 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: mother's view
	Rita Sharma
	BMJ  2003;327:916, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.916-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: diagnosis is based on clinical features
	David Burgner
	BMJ  2003;327:917, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.917 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: cardiological issues
	Nick Archer
	BMJ  2003;327:918, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.918 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: how can general practitioners aid prompt referral?
	Pippa Oakeshott
	BMJ  2003;327:918-919, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.918-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: learning to stay vigilant about conditions that are rare but important
	Ed Peile
	BMJ  2003;327:919, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.919 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of subfertility: Assisted conception. III—Problems with assisted conception
	Peter Braude, Paula Rowell
	BMJ  2003;327:920-923, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.920 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Cochrane at crossroads over drug company sponsorship
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2003;327:924-926, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.924 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Recruiting doctors from poor countries: the great brain robbery?
	Vikram Patel
	BMJ  2003;327:926-928, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.926 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Recruitment is ethical
	Debbie Mellor
	BMJ  2003;327:928, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.928 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

This week's Reviews

	Book: Integrity in Scientific Research: Creating an Environment that Promotes Responsible Conduct
	Klaus Okkenhaug
	BMJ  2003;327:935, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.935 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Medicine Before Science: The Business of Medicine from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment
	Peter Morrell
	BMJ  2003;327:935, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.935-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Web: Website launched to expose "tricks" of drug ads
	Melissa Sweet
	BMJ  2003;327:936, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.936 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: Caught on the wrong foot
	T E Ormerod
	BMJ  2003;327:937, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.937 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Now we are quite old
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  2003;327:937, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.937-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:938, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.938 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM*: Impermeable bed covers don't help allergic rhinitis
	BMJ  2003;327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2003;327:915, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.915 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Wise words
	Rachna Sharma
	BMJ  2003;327:917, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.917-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doesn't it make you sick
	Rosemarie Anthony-Pillai
	BMJ  2003;327:923, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.923 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: A prayer
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2003;327:928, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.928-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Retraction
	BMJ  2003;327:905, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.905-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Application of Framingham risk estimates to ethnic minorities in United Kingdom and implications for primary prevention of heart disease in general practice: cross sectional population based study
	BMJ  2003;327:919, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.919-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Methylxanthines for exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: meta-analysis of randomised trials
	BMJ  2003;327:919, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.919-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	John Kevany
	Muiris Houston
	BMJ  2003;327:934, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.934 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Colin Beeton
	Colin J Edge
	BMJ  2003;327:934, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.934-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Harry Ian Lockett
	Thelma Phelps, MAURICE BEAVER
	BMJ  2003;327:934, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.934-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Herbert Harker Webster
	Peter Cook
	BMJ  2003;327:934, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.934-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Montelukast and fluticasone compared with salmeterol and fluticasone in protecting against asthma exacerbation in adults: one year, double blind, randomised, comparative trial
	Leif Bjermer, Hans Bisgaard, Jean Bousquet, Leonardo M Fabbri, Andrew P Greening, Tari Haahtela, Stephen T Holgate, Cesar Picado, Joris Menten, S Balachandra Dass, Jonathan A Leff, Peter G Polos
	BMJ  2003;327:891, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.891 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: List of investigators] FREE

	Prognosis of angina with and without a diagnosis: 11 year follow up in the Whitehall II prospective cohort study
	Harry Hemingway, Martin Shipley, Annie Britton, Michael Page, Peter Macfarlane, Michael Marmot
	BMJ  2003;327:895, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.895 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional tables figures and questionnaire] FREE

	Effects of grandmothers' smoking in pregnancy on birth weight: intergenerational cohort study
	Elina Hyppönen, George Davey Smith, Chris Power
	BMJ  2003;327:898, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.898 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Anthropometry and body composition of 18 year old men according to duration of breast feeding: birth cohort study from Brazil
	Cesar G Victora, Fernando Barros, Rosângela C Lima, Bernardo L Horta, Jonathan Wells
	BMJ  2003;327:901, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.901 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Breast feeding and obesity in childhood: cross sectional study
	L Li, T J Parsons, C Power
	BMJ  2003;327:904-905, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.904 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Drug points: Weight loss associated with levetiracetam
	S Hadjikoutis, T P Pickersgill, P E M Smith
	BMJ  2003;327:905, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7420.905 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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