Advertising: boon or bother?
	Richard Smith
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This week in the BMJ

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

	Risk of complications in type 1 diabetes pregnancies remain high [Full text]

	Be sceptical about the star system [Full text]

	Overdiagnosis of breast cancer may be higher than previously thought [Full text]

	Adding nurse practitioners does not reduce the workload of GPs [Full text]

	Lay media marketing can burden healthcare professionals [Full text]

Editorials

	The alcohol harm reduction strategy for England
	Martin Plant
	BMJ  2004;328:905-906, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.905 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence based policy or policy based evidence?
	Michael G Marmot
	BMJ  2004;328:906-907, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.906 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Growth hormone: uses and abuses
	Raymond L Hintz
	BMJ  2004;328:907-908, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.907 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Refeeding syndrome
	Stephen D Hearing
	BMJ  2004;328:908-909, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.908 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pre-eclampsia and the risk of cancer
	Aliki Taylor
	BMJ  2004;328:909-910, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.909 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Treating homosexuality as a sickness: Transvestites might be the new outcasts
	Chris J Lovitt
	BMJ  2004;328:955, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.955 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treating homosexuality as a sickness: Time to rethink extent to which social norms determine disease
	Umair Riaz
	BMJ  2004;328:955, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.955-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treating homosexuality as a sickness: Enlightenment is worrying
	Uche O Igbokwe
	BMJ  2004;328:955, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.955-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treating homosexuality as a sickness: Step in the right direction has been taken
	Justin Varney
	BMJ  2004;328:955-956, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.955-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treating homosexuality as a sickness: Psychiatric abuses during apartheid era have not been brought to account
	Robert M Kaplan
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	Treating homosexuality as a sickness: Summary of responses
	Birte Twisselmann
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	Dicycloverine for persistent crying in babies: Dicycloverine is contraindicated in infants
	Martin H Goldman
	BMJ  2004;328:956, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.956-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dicycloverine for persistent crying in babies: Beware recommending dicycloverine treatment in babies
	Reuben Steinherz
	BMJ  2004;328:956, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.956-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dicycloverine for persistent crying in babies: Authors' reply
	A R Gatrad, Aziz Sheikh
	BMJ  2004;328:956-957, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.956-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of acute pyelonephritis in children: Conclusions should have been more cautious
	Juan M Lozano
	BMJ  2004;328:957, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.957 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of acute pyelonephritis in children: Author's reply
	Jonathan C Craig
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	"Drink plenty of fluids": No harm in fluids for colds and flu
	Ronald Eccles, Martez Jawad
	BMJ  2004;328:957-958, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.957-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	"Drink plenty of fluids": Argument was not convincing
	Yiu Wing Cheung
	BMJ  2004;328:958, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.958 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	"Drink plenty of fluids": Recommendations are not supported by data
	Peter Collignon
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	"Drink plenty of fluids": Authors' reply
	Michelle P B Guppy, Sharon M Mickan, Chris B Del Mar
	BMJ  2004;328:958, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.958-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control has major flaw
	Kawaldip S Sehmi
	BMJ  2004;328:958, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.958-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Pressure mounts over European Working Time Directive
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2004;328:911, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.911 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Exploring perspectives on death
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2004;328:911, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.911-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;328:912, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.912 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	HRT does not prevent chronic disease after menopause
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2004;328:912, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.912-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	EU expansion will open patient floodgates, minister warns
	Katka Krosnar
	BMJ  2004;328:912, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.912-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Rwandan genocide survivors denied AIDS treatment
	Lindsey Hilsum
	BMJ  2004;328:913, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.913 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO confirms avian flu infections in Canada
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
	BMJ  2004;328:913, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.913-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Secret documents show tobacco industry's plans to stop smoking ban
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2004;328:914, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.914 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US bans doctors from conference in Cuba
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;328:914, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.914-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Regulatory body fails in bid to challenge GMC's ruling on suspension
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:914, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.914-b [Extract] [Full text]

	One in 12 children in Britain are at increased risk of respiratory diseases due to bad housing
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;328:914, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.914-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Study shows new approach to managing sore throats
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2004;328:914, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.914-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Poor more likely to smoke and less likely to quit
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;328:914, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.914-e [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Impact of nurse practitioners on workload of general practitioners: randomised controlled trial
	Miranda G H Laurant, Rosella P M G Hermens, Jozé C C Braspenning, Bonnie Sibbald, Richard P T M Grol
	BMJ  2004;328:927, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38041.493519.EE, (Published 6 April 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Marketing in the lay media and prescriptions of terbinafine in primary care: Dutch cohort study
	Geert W 't Jong, Bruno H Ch Stricker, Miriam C J M Sturkenboom
	BMJ  2004;328:931, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38007.711481.F7, (Published 26 February 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Representativeness of samples from general practice lists in epidemiological studies: case-control study
	A G Smith, N T Fear, G R Law, E Roman
	BMJ  2004;328:932, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38029.672662.AE, (Published 27 February 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	When measurements are misleading: modelling the effects of blood pressure misclassification in the English population
	Tom Marshall
	BMJ  2004;328:933, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.933 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Quality improvement reports

	Effect of a flow chart on use of blood transfusions in primary total hip and knee replacement: prospective before and after study
	Urs Müller, Aristomenis Exadaktylos, Christoph Roeder, Markus Pisan, Stefan Eggli, Peter Jüni
	BMJ  2004;328:934-938, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.934 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical review

	Treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders in patients with cardiovascular disease
	Simon J C Davies, Peter R Jackson, John Potokar, David J Nutt
	BMJ  2004;328:939-943, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.939 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

	Interactive case report: A 66 year old woman with breathlessness: case outcome
	Douglas Lowdon, Marion McMurdo
	BMJ  2004;328:944, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.944 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Patient's view
	Dempsey, Douglas Lowdon
	BMJ  2004;328:944-945, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.944-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Atypical features make echocardiography mandatory in suspected heart failure
	Allan D Struthers
	BMJ  2004;328:945, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.945 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Clinical reasoning
	Ed Peile
	BMJ  2004;328:946, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.946 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: An evolving picture
	F D Richard Hobbs
	BMJ  2004;328:946, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.946-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of smoking cessation: Economics of smoking cessation
	Steve Parrott, Christine Godfrey
	BMJ  2004;328:947-949, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.947 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Development of clinical ethics committees
	Anne Slowther, Carolyn Johnston, Jane Goodall, Tony Hope
	BMJ  2004;328:950-952, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.950 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Role of next of kin in accessing health records of deceased relatives
	Anneke M Lucassen, Michael Parker, Robert Wheeler
	BMJ  2004;328:952-953, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.952 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: needs of the living should come first
	Suzanne Rawdon
	BMJ  2004;328:954, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.954 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: the arguments could be extended
	Ron Zimmern, Alison Hall
	BMJ  2004;328:954, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.954-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Book: Ten Minutes for the Family: Systemic Interventions in Primary Care
	Iona Heath
	BMJ  2004;328:961, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.961 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Pain: The Science and Culture of Why We Hurt
	Paul Keeley
	BMJ  2004;328:961, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.961-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Escape from normality
	Joanne Roberts
	BMJ  2004;328:962, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.962 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hit Parade
	BMJ  2004;328:962, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.962-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEWS: The evidence base: rock of certainty or shifting sands?
	John Dewhurst
	BMJ  2004;328:963, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.963 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: On covering one's mouth (when yawning)
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2004;328:963, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.963-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;328:964, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.964 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Symptomatic pulmonary embolisms predict recurrent venous thromboembolism
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	A memorable patient: Telling it how it is
	Pippa Keech
	BMJ  2004;328:918, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.918 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Is Dad mad, doctor?
	James S Dawson
	BMJ  2004;328:926, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.926-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: A physician's tooth as an infallible amulet
	Jeremy Hugh Baron
	BMJ  2004;328:930, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.930 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	bmjlearning.com: Deep vein thrombosis
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2004;328:938, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.938 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2004;328:943, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.943 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Advice
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Corrections

	British Hypertension Society guidelines for hypertension management 2004 (BHS-IV): summary
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	Recent developments in secondary prevention and cardiac rehabilitation after acute myocardial infarction
	BMJ  2004;328:926, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.926-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Obituary: Leonard ("Johnnie") Walker
	BMJ  2004;328:926, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.926-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

BMJ USA

	Editor's choice: Labels
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2004;328:E286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.E286 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial: The pseudoscience of sexual orientation change therapy
	Marshall Forstein
	BMJ  2004;328:E287-E288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.E287 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial: Quality of care in the NHS of England
	Sheila Leatherman, Kim Sutherland
	BMJ  2004;328:E288-E290, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.E288 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Reinventing continuing medical education
	Carolyn Clancy
	BMJ  2004;328:E291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.E291 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: Escape from normality
	Joanne Roberts
	BMJ  2004;328:E292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.E292 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Jeffrey A Schaler
	BMJ  2004;328:E293, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.E293 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;328:E294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.E294 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	How do I register with the UK college to take the MRCPath exam in India?
	Carl Gray
	BMJ  2004;328:s152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.s152, (Published 17 April 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Can you advise me on preparing for exams while working as a senior house officer?
	Rahul Rao
	BMJ  2004;328:s152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.s152-a, (Published 17 April 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How do I choose an MBA (master of business administration) degree course and how much will it cost?
	Wai-Ching Leung
	BMJ  2004;328:s152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.s152-b, (Published 17 April 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Where should I look for MSc and MD courses? I am an overseas doctor and new to the United Kingdom.
	Jo Constable
	BMJ  2004;328:s152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.s152-c, (Published 17 April 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	When should I take the part 1 MRCOphth examination?
	Amar Alwitry
	BMJ  2004;328:s152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.s152-d, (Published 17 April 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	THIS WEEK
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2004;328:s153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.s153, (Published 17 April 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Clinical biochemistry<$DOWNLINK>
	Stephen Bloom
	BMJ  2004;328:s153-s154, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.s153-a, (Published 17 April 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How to pass the MRCP
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2004;328:s155-s156, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.s155, (Published 17 April 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Why a middle aged general practitioner sat the MRCP
	Michael Houghton
	BMJ  2004;328:s156, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.s156, (Published 17 April 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Practical problem solving techniques: part 1
	Deana Midmer
	BMJ  2004;328:s157, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.s157, (Published 17 April 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Surgeon under fire
	Ioana Vlad
	BMJ  2004;328:s158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.s158, (Published 17 April 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Rising child abuse complaints and paediatrics
	Nadeeja Koralage
	BMJ  2004;328:s159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.s159, (Published 17 April 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Dada, dada?<$DOWNLINK>
	Nicola Sharp
	BMJ  2004;328:s160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.s160, (Published 17 April 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Jordi Casals-Ariet
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2004;328:959, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.959 [Extract] [Full text]

	Terrence Noel Joseph Alles
	Remy Perumal
	BMJ  2004;328:960, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.960 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Nachman Ambache
	Desmond Greaves
	BMJ  2004;328:960, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.960-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Samuel Henry Brock
	Howard Barnes, Brian Williams
	BMJ  2004;328:960, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.960-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	David Sydney Gordon
	P E Gordon
	BMJ  2004;328:960, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.960-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Robert ("Robin") Anthony Kell
	Malcolm Kell, Sandy Cooper, James Mowat
	BMJ  2004;328:960, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.960-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	George Alexander Mogey
	John L Duncan
	BMJ  2004;328:960, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.960-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Bernard ("Bernie") John O'Brien
	Martin Buxton
	BMJ  2004;328:960, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.960-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Risk of complications of pregnancy in women with type 1 diabetes: nationwide prospective study in the Netherlands
	Inge M Evers, Harold W de Valk, Gerard H A Visser
	BMJ  2004;328:915, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38043.583160.EE, (Published 5 April 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cancer after pre-eclampsia: follow up of the Jerusalem perinatal study cohort
	Ora Paltiel, Yehiel Friedlander, Efrat Tiram, Micha Barchana, Xiaonan Xue, Susan Harlap
	BMJ  2004;328:919, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38032.820451.7C, (Published 5 March 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Incidence of breast cancer in Norway and Sweden during introduction of nationwide screening: prospective cohort study
	Per-Henrik Zahl, Bjørn Heine Strand, Jan Mæhlen
	BMJ  2004;328:921-924, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38044.666157.63, (Published 10 March 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hospitals' star ratings and clinical outcomes: ecological study
	Kathy Rowan, David Harrison, Anthony Brady, Nick Black
	BMJ  2004;328:924-925, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38007.694745.F7, (Published 23 January 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Pertussis vaccination in infancy and asthma or allergy in later childhood: birth cohort study
	Anirban Maitra, Andrea Sherriff, Mansel Griffiths, John Henderson
	BMJ  2004;328:925-926, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38045.858889.EB, (Published 19 March 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra table] FREE

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