A tough time for paediatricians
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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	Prolonged starvation results in more cardiovascular disease [Full text]

	A stable partner slows progression of HIV [Full text]

	CT scanning in infancy may affect later learning [Full text]

	Poor reporting of trials does not mean poor quality trials [Full text]

	Volunteer support does not change breastfeeding rates [Full text]

	Omega 3 fatty acids can protect against heart disease [Full text]

Editorials

	Open access publishing takes off
	Tony Delamothe, Richard Smith
	BMJ  2004;328:1-3, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.1 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Links and refs]

	Treatment of major depressive disorder in children and adolescents
	Paul Ramchandani
	BMJ  2004;328:3-4, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.3 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Choice and responsiveness for older people in the "patient centred" NHS
	David R Rowland, Allyson M Pollock
	BMJ  2004;328:4-5, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.4 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	WHO's World Health Report 2003
	Gill Walt
	BMJ  2004;328:6, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.6 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Academic medicine: time for reinvention: Wholesale review of research and teaching is required
	Lewis G Morrison
	BMJ  2004;328:45, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.45 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: time for reinvention: Medical education especially needs help
	Yap-Seng Chong
	BMJ  2004;328:45, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.45-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: time for reinvention: Medical education, training, and research are under threat because academic medicine is undervalued
	James P B O'Connor, Dominic R J Kanga
	BMJ  2004;328:45-46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.45-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: time for reinvention: Leadership and money are needed
	Andrew M Morris
	BMJ  2004;328:46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.46 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: time for reinvention: Academic medicine is failing women
	Anita Holdcroft
	BMJ  2004;328:46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.46-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: time for reinvention: Academic research should wind down, not up
	David P Kernick
	BMJ  2004;328:46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.46-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: time for reinvention: Hogwarts may be a useful analogy for improvement
	Paola Albertazzi
	BMJ  2004;328:46-47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.46-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: time for reinvention: What really matters?
	David G Connell
	BMJ  2004;328:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.47 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: time for reinvention: Public health sciences need strengthening in developing countries
	Lalit Dandona
	BMJ  2004;328:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.47-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: time for reinvention: Encourage overseas based researchers to return to improve academic medicine in the developing world
	Niyi Awofeso
	BMJ  2004;328:47-48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.47-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: time for reinvention: Teams are crucial for future clinical research
	Woody Caan
	BMJ  2004;328:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.48 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: time for reinvention: Research needs researching
	Jonathan Grant, Steve Hanney, Martin Buxton
	BMJ  2004;328:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.48-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: time for reinvention: Shorter training and shortage of doctors detrimentally affect research
	Michael W K Lim
	BMJ  2004;328:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.48-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: time for reinvention: Non-clinician scientists are the missing clinical links
	Stephen J Hopkins
	BMJ  2004;328:48-49, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.48-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: time for reinvention: MRC aims to give NHS evidence from randomised clinical trials
	Colin Blakemore, Iain Chalmers
	BMJ  2004;328:49, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.49 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: time for reinvention: Summary of responses
	Jocalyn Clark
	BMJ  2004;328:49, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.49-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	United Kingdom research governance strategy: Reforming clinical research and development in England
	Richard Sullivan
	BMJ  2004;328:49-50, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.49-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	United Kingdom research governance strategy: Authors' reply
	Susan Kerrison, Nick McNally, Allyson M Pollock
	BMJ  2004;328:50, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.50 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Author's reply to letters on death in heat waves
	William R Keatinge
	BMJ  2004;328:50, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.50-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Review of Hear the Silence: Confusion has resulted from conflating two questions into one
	Ed Cooper
	BMJ  2004;328:50-51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.50-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Review of Hear the Silence: Public needs to know why adverse reactions to vaccines occur
	C A Johnson
	BMJ  2004;328:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.51 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Further nurses' notes on ER
	Sandy Summers
	BMJ  2004;328:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.51-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Saddam Hussein's medical examination should not have been broadcast: Images were designed to humiliate
	Ian Roberts
	BMJ  2004;328:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.51-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Saddam Hussein's medical examination should not have been broadcast: British television should not have followed suit
	Joyce M Carter
	BMJ  2004;328:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.51-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Saddam Hussein's medical examination should not have been broadcast: Doctors are not released from duty of care because of whom their patient is
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2004;328:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.51-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Leading scientist threatens to resign over honours debacle
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;328:7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.7 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Survey highlights health risks of overseas travel
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;328:7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.7-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;328:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.8 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Widespread flu in United States exposes shortage of vaccine
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2004;328:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.8-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	German patients rush to doctors before new 10 charge starts
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2004;328:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.8-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Meadow faces GMC over evidence given in child death cases
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.9 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Italy to pass new law on assisted reproduction
	Fabio Turone
	BMJ  2004;328:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.9-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO report says AIDS offers healthcare opportunity
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2004;328:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.10 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	England's health standards lag behind those of other Western countries
	Mark Gould
	BMJ  2004;328:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.10-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Judge questions use of colposcopy photos in child abuse cases
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.10-b [Extract] [Full text]

	GMC clears head of Alder Hey of professional misconduct
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.10-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Poor communication lies at heart of NHS complaints, says ombudsman
	Stephen Pincock
	BMJ  2004;328:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.10-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctors hail new EU directive on tissues and cells
	Jane Burgermeister
	BMJ  2004;328:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.10-e [Extract] [Full text]

	Geneticist's sentence reduced in adoption ruling
	Carl Kovac
	BMJ  2004;328:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.10-f [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Randomised controlled trial of support from volunteer counsellors for mothers considering breast feeding
	Jonathan Graffy, Jane Taylor, Anthony Williams, Sandra Eldridge
	BMJ  2004;328:26, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.26 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Supplemental data] FREE

Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: Omega 3 fatty acids and cardiovascular disease—fishing for a natural treatment
	Jehangir N Din, David E Newby, Andrew D Flapan
	BMJ  2004;328:30-35, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.30 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references]

	ABC of Eyes: Injury to the eye
	P T Khaw, P Shah, A R Elkington
	BMJ  2004;328:36-38, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.36 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Assessing the quality of research
	Paul Glasziou, Jan Vandenbroucke, Iain Chalmers
	BMJ  2004;328:39-41, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.39 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

	Self poisoning with pesticides
	Michael Eddleston, Michael R Phillips
	BMJ  2004;328:42-44, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.42 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

Reviews

	Books: Rebuilding Trust in Healthcare; What is the Real Cost of More Patient Choice?; Patients, Power and Responsibility: The First Principles of Consumer-Driven Reform
	Domhnall MacAuley
	BMJ  2004;328:54, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.54 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Trouble with Doctors: Fashions, Motives and Mistakes
	Phil Hammond
	BMJ  2004;328:55, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.55 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Insomnia: Principles and Management
	Nava Zisapel
	BMJ  2004;328:55, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.55-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NETLINES
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2004;328:56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.56 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Journal: PLOS Biology
	Neil Turner
	BMJ  2004;328:56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.56-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: The death of the white coat?
	Ayan Panja
	BMJ  2004;328:57, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.57 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Endless evaluation
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2004;328:57, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.57-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;328:58, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.58 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Discontinuing aspirin or warfarin is optional for cataract surgery
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Gardening for women
	BMJ  2004;328:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.14 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: The doctor in his social aspect
	BMJ  2004;328:18, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.18 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: The price of presumption
	Alan Byron
	BMJ  2004;328:21, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.21 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Students at Guy's and St Thomas's, 1819
	Jeremy Hugh Baron
	BMJ  2004;328:25, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.25-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable conversation: Did my wife elope with someone else?
	Wayengera Misaki
	BMJ  2004;328:29, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.29 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2004;328:35, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.35-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Boston medical students 1827
	Jeremy Hugh Baron
	BMJ  2004;328:44, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.44 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Editor's Choice and the filler "An extreme failure of concordance"
	BMJ  2004;328:35, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.35 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Communicating risks at the population level: application of population impact numbers
	BMJ  2004;328:35, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.35-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Allan J Erslev
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;328:52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.52 [Extract] [Full text]

	Raymond Blackburn
	Leslie Bartlet
	BMJ  2004;328:52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.52-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Hubert Cedric Burnell
	J C Burnell
	BMJ  2004;328:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.53 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Iolo Wyn Griffith
	J P Griffith
	BMJ  2004;328:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.53-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	David George Jamison
	Richard Carter
	BMJ  2004;328:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.53-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Alan Kennedy
	Andrew Innes, Peter Hutchison
	BMJ  2004;328:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.53-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Tarun Kumar Mehrotra
	I Tiwari
	BMJ  2004;328:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.53-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Jerzy Saper
	S Zieminska
	BMJ  2004;328:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.53-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Gavin Douglas Smillie
	I S Smith
	BMJ  2004;328:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.53-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Long term mortality after severe starvation during the siege of Leningrad: prospective cohort study
	Pär Sparén, Denny Vågerö, Dmitri B Shestov, Svetlana Plavinskaja, Nina Parfenova, Valeri Hoptiar, Dominique Paturot, Maria Rosaria Galanti
	BMJ  2004;328:11, doi: 10.1136/bmj.37942.603970.9A, (Published 5 December 2003) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Stable partnership and progression to AIDS or death in HIV infected patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy: Swiss HIV cohort study
	Jim Young, Sabina De Geest, Rebecca Spirig, Markus Flepp, Martin Rickenbach, Hansjakob Furrer, Enos Bernasconi, Bernard Hirschel, Amalio Telenti, Pietro Vernazza, Manuel Battegay, Heiner C Bucher
	BMJ  2004;328:15, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.15 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effect of low doses of ionising radiation in infancy on cognitive function in adulthood: Swedish population based cohort study
	Per Hall, Hans-Olov Adami, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Nancy L Pedersen, Pagona Lagiou, Anders Ekbom, Martin Ingvar, Marie Lundell, Fredrik Granath
	BMJ  2004;328:19, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.19 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Bad reporting does not mean bad methods for randomised trials: observational study of randomised controlled trials performed by the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
	Heloisa P Soares, Stephanie Daniels, Ambuj Kumar, Mike Clarke, Charles Scott, Suzanne Swann, Benjamin Djulbegovic
	BMJ  2004;328:22-24, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.22 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: The quality of randomised controlled trials may be better than assumed
	Auro del Giglio, Luciano Jose Costa
	BMJ  2004;328:24-25, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.24 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Drug points: Rash and acute nephritic syndrome due to candesartan
	Adam Morton, James Muir, Davin Lim
	BMJ  2004;328:25, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.25 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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