Claims and counter claims
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2003;327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Deep vein thrombosis is most likely within two weeks of long flights [Full text]

	Common antimalarial regimens are well tolerated [Full text]

	Systematic reviews unevenly cover the global burden of disease [Full text]

	Portable technology can improve learning in evidence based medicine [Full text]

	Duration of children's illness is often underestimated [Full text]

	Excessive and unsafe injections pose public health problem [Full text]

	Brief training in primary care does not lead to weight loss in obese patients [Full text]

Editorials

	Preventing diabetes in south Asians
	Tahseen A Chowdhury, Clare Grace, Peter G Kopelman
	BMJ  2003;327:1059-1060, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1059 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Aspirin for diabetic retinopathy
	Eva M Kohner
	BMJ  2003;327:1060-1061, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1060 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	WHO evaluates NICE
	Nancy Devlin, David Parkin, Marthe Gold
	BMJ  2003;327:1061-1062, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1061 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Locoregional treatment for breast cancer
	D Dodwell, K Horgan
	BMJ  2003;327:1062-1063, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1062 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Launching BMJ Learning
	Kieran Walsh, Luisa Dillner
	BMJ  2003;327:1064, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1064 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references]

Letters

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	Medical ethics, the Israeli Medical Association, and the state of the World Medical Association: IMA president's response to open letter to the BMA
	Yoram Blachar
	BMJ  2003;327:1107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1107 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical ethics, the Israeli Medical Association, and the state of the World Medical Association: Summerfield misrepresented Blachar in his open letter
	Andrew H Frankel
	BMJ  2003;327:1107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1107-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical ethics, the Israeli Medical Association, and the state of the World Medical Association: Author's response to allegation and to BMA
	Derek Summerfield
	BMJ  2003;327:1107-1108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1107-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical ethics, the Israeli Medical Association, and the state of the World Medical Association: Medical neutrality is being violated in Israel
	Alan F Meyers
	BMJ  2003;327:1108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1108 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical ethics, the Israeli Medical Association, and the state of the World Medical Association: The issue is simple
	Brian Lewis
	BMJ  2003;327:1108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1108-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Risk assessors need to be assessed
	P M Lewis, A R Evans, R Kulkarni, P Roberts
	BMJ  2003;327:1108-1109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1108-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Systematic clinical accountability is required
	William G Pickering
	BMJ  2003;327:1109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1109 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Speaking up
	Peter M Lapsley
	BMJ  2003;327:1109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1109-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Problems with sexual function: Comparison with other studies provides interesting findings
	Kate M Dunn
	BMJ  2003;327:1109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1109-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Problems with sexual function: Training in psychosexual medicine is available for doctors
	Jane Whitmore
	BMJ  2003;327:1109-1110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1109-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Problems with sexual function: Authors' reply
	Irwin Nazareth, Petra Boynton, Michael King
	BMJ  2003;327:1110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1110 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Using student doctor or trainee doctor may be helpful
	Hany George El-Sayeh
	BMJ  2003;327:1110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1110-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Royal Medical Benevolent Fund's Christmas appeal
	Barry Jackson
	BMJ  2003;327:1110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1110-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Swifter action on suspensions could save £14m
	Mark Gould
	BMJ  2003;327:1065, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1065 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Furore erupts over NIH "hit list"
	Jocalyn Clark
	BMJ  2003;327:1065, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1065-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2003;327:1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1066 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Study shows that oral steroids are no more effective than placebo for viral wheeze in children
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;327:1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1066-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Three quarters of Russia's prisoners have serious diseases
	Jane Burgermeister
	BMJ  2003;327:1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1066-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO approves combination pills for HIV/AIDS
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2003;327:1067, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1067 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Reach for the moon
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;327:1067, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1067-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US food industry ensures that consumers are not told to eat less
	Amanda Elliot
	BMJ  2003;327:1067, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1067-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Researcher from study alleging link between MMR and autism warns of measles epidemic
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;327:1069, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1069-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Mr Nice Guy
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2003;327:1070, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1070 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Cochrane launches global consultation on drug company sponsorship
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2003;327:1068, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1068 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Test can predict which patients will benefit from hormonal treatments
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;327:1068, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1068-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	French doctor in euthanasia row faces murder charge
	Jane Burgermeister
	BMJ  2003;327:1068, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1068-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Von Hagens faces investigation over use of bodies without consent
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2003;327:1068, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1068-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Department of Health to cut two fifths of its staff
	Amanda Elliot
	BMJ  2003;327:1068, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1068-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Trials for vCJD treatment held up because of disagreements
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;327:1069, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1069 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Elderly women are being denied treatments for breast cancer
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;327:1069, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1069-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Africans are dying of AIDS without pain relief
	Daloni Carlisle
	BMJ  2003;327:1069, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1069-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	WHO lacks teeth on international health issues, says professor
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2003;327:1070, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1070-a [Extract] [Full text]

	Scientists call for a boycott of Cell Press
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2003;327:1070, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1070-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Review shows that cannabis use is a risk factor for schizophrenia
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2003;327:1070, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1070-c [Extract] [Full text]

BMJ family highlights

	What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2003;327:1071, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1071 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Improving management of obesity in primary care: cluster randomised trial
	Helen Moore, Carolyn D Summerbell, Darren C Greenwood, Philip Tovey, Jacqui Griffiths, Maureen Henderson, Kate Hesketh, Sally Woolgar, Ashley J Adamson
	BMJ  2003;327:1085, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1085 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Clinical course of acute infection of the upper respiratory tract in children: cohort study
	Christopher C Butler, Paul Kinnersley, Kerenza Hood, Mike Robling, Hayley Prout, Stephen Rollnick, Helen Houston
	BMJ  2003;327:1088-1089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1088 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full acknowledgements] FREE

Learning in practice

	Randomised controlled trial of clinical decision support tools to improve learning of evidence based medicine in medical students
	Gabriel M Leung, Janice M Johnston, Keith Y K Tin, Irene O L Wong, Lai-Ming Ho, Wendy W T Lam, Tai-Hing Lam
	BMJ  2003;327:1090, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1090 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional tables] FREE

Clinical review

	Unexplained fever in young children: how to manage severe bacterial infection
	Itzhak Brook
	BMJ  2003;327:1094-1097, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1094 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of subfertility: Intractable infertility
	Alison Bagshawe, Alison Taylor
	BMJ  2003;327:1098-1100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1098 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Reframing HIV and AIDS
	Lara Stabinski, Karen Pelley, Shevin T Jacob, Jason M Long, Jennifer Leaning
	BMJ  2003;327:1101-1103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1101 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: More detailed explanation]

	Tackling HIV in resource poor countries
	J S Mukherjee, P E Farmer, D Niyizonkiza, L McCorkle, C Vanderwarker, P Teixeira, J Y Kim
	BMJ  2003;327:1104-1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1104 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Journals: Have editors got their priorities right?
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2003;327:1113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1113 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Films: Demystifying doctors: Stormy Weather: Afterlife
	Khalid M Ali
	BMJ  2003;327:1114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1114 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Website of the week: Injections
	Ioana Vlad
	BMJ  2003;327:1114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1114-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: Failures can be the pillars of success
	Ayan Panja
	BMJ  2003;327:1115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1115 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Who cleans the clogs?
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2003;327:1115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1115-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:1116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1116 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Antibiotics are no better than placebo for symptoms of sinusitis
	BMJ  2003;327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.0-h [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Don't place all your trust in machines
	C A Willis-Owen
	BMJ  2003;327:1084, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1084 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: The expert
	Mary R Cahill
	BMJ  2003;327:1089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1089 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Smoking on exhibition?
	Nakahara Shinji, Masao Ichikawa, Susumu Wakai
	BMJ  2003;327:1093, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1093 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Differences
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2003;327:1103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1103 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Robert Edgar Hope-Simpson
	Denis Pereira Gray
	BMJ  2003;327:1111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1111 [Extract] [Full text]

	Syed Fateh Shah Abbasi
	N S Abbasi
	BMJ  2003;327:1111-1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1111-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Patricia Ann Burgess
	Susan Munro
	BMJ  2003;327:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1112 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	William Halliday Burnett
	John Crispin
	BMJ  2003;327:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1112-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Andrew Correa
	Richard Roberts, Cecil Montegrieffo
	BMJ  2003;327:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1112-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Leonard Desmond de Launay
	Pamela de Launay
	BMJ  2003;327:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1112-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Ebun Willie Robert Gorham Priddy
	Egerton Luke, Alvan Priddy
	BMJ  2003;327:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1112-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Ruth Pauline Rickett (née Armstrong)
	Sydney Reynolds
	BMJ  2003;327:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1112-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Rodney Geoffrey George Taylor
	David Young
	BMJ  2003;327:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1112-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Deep vein thrombosis and air travel: record linkage study
	C W Kelman, M A Kortt, N G Becker, Z Li, J D Mathews, C S Guest, C D J Holman
	BMJ  2003;327:1072, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1072 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Risk factors] FREE

	Use of injections in healthcare settings worldwide, 2000: literature review and regional estimates
	Yvan J F Hutin, Anja M Hauri, Gregory L Armstrong
	BMJ  2003;327:1075, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1075 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references] FREE

	Tolerability of malaria chemoprophylaxis in non-immune travellers to sub-Saharan Africa: multicentre, randomised, double blind, four arm study
	Patricia Schlagenhauf, Alois Tschopp, Richard Johnson, Hans D Nothdurft, Bernhard Beck, Eli Schwartz, Markus Herold, Bjarne Krebs, Olivia Veit, Regina Allwinn, Robert Steffen
	BMJ  2003;327:1078, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1078 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Acknowledgements] FREE

	RESEARCH POINTERS: Liver damage and protective effect of high density lipoprotein cholesterol
	Jukka T Salonen
	BMJ  2003;327:1082-1083, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1082 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Number of published systematic reviews and global burden of disease: database analysis
	George H Swingler, Jimmy Volmink, John P A Ioannidis
	BMJ  2003;327:1083-1084, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1083 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Disease categories] FREE

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