The case for slowing down
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.0-h [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	HRT is associated with increased risk of stroke [Full text]

	Artemether is as good as quinine for cerebral malaria in children [Full text]

	Effect of intervention for postpartum incontinence wears off [Full text]

	Speed cameras prevent collisions and casualties [Full text]

	Intersex adults seem to be well adjusted [Full text]

	What should we do about zinc deficiency? [Full text]

	Private healthcare may not be the panacea [Full text]

Editorials

	Treating severe malaria
	Christopher J M Whitty, Evelyn Ansah, Hugh Reyburn
	BMJ  2005;330:317-318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.317 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Total hip replacement and NICE
	Matthew R Utting, B J A Lankester, L K Smith, R F Spencer
	BMJ  2005;330:318-319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.318 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surgery for congenital heart conditions in Oxford
	Bruce Keogh
	BMJ  2005;330:319-320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.319 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rising rates of HIV infection
	Angela J Robinson, Brian G Gazzard
	BMJ  2005;330:320-321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.320 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Proposed new International Health Regulations
	Angus Nicoll, Jane Jones, Preben Aavitsland, Johan Giesecke
	BMJ  2005;330:321-322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.321 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Box]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Academic medicine: who is it for?
	Peter N Furness
	BMJ  2005;330:360, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.360, (Published 12 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: who is it for?: Wider discussions are needed
	Jacqueline M Atkinson
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	Academic medicine: who is it for?: Funding gap between clinical and basic science publications is growing
	Benjamin G Druss, Steven C Marcus
	BMJ  2005;330:360-361, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.360-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: who is it for?
	Chris Bentley, Pam Enderby
	BMJ  2005;330:361, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.361, (Published 12 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Raw data]

	Academic medicine: who is it for?: Five rescue remedies for academic medicine
	William House, David Peters
	BMJ  2005;330:361, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.361-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: who is it for?: Learning package on effective teaching developed by WHO and JHPIEGO Corporation
	Rebecca J Bailey, Rick Sullivan
	BMJ  2005;330:361, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.361-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: who is it for?: We need teachers to train teachers
	Jogenananda Pramanik
	BMJ  2005;330:361-362, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.361-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: who is it for?
	Hanamaraddi T Gangal
	BMJ  2005;330:362, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.362, (Published 12 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: who is it for?: Public health faces similar difficulties to academic medicine
	Sian M Griffiths
	BMJ  2005;330:362-363, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.362-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: who is it for?
	Selena Gray
	BMJ  2005;330:363, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.363, (Published 12 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: who is it for?: Country of origin affects potential career in UK academic medicine
	Arvindan Veiraiah
	BMJ  2005;330:363, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.363-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: who is it for?: Academic physicians are affected by specific failures of postgraduate training
	Hamish S Fraser
	BMJ  2005;330:363, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.363-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic medicine: who is it for?: Summary of webchat
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2005;330:363-364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.363-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ should notify doctors whose practice is criticised in interactive case reports
	John Hunt, Maxwell Asante, Shamsi El Hasani
	BMJ  2005;330:364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.364, (Published 12 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dealing with editorial misconduct: What about spin?
	Clive D Bates
	BMJ  2005;330:364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.364-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dealing with editorial misconduct: What about relationship with reviewers and authors?
	R E Laube
	BMJ  2005;330:364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.364-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Appeal court says US cannot seek payout from tobacco firms
	Anne Harding
	BMJ  2005;330:323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.323 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	BMJ appoints its first woman editor
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2005;330:323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.323-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2005;330:324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.324 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Mumps cases on the rise in England and Wales
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;330:324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.324-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cardiac mortality in children in Oxford hospital is not excessive
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2005;330:324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.324-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Tobacco lobby threatens to derail global antismoking treaty
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2005;330:325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.325 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Smoke-free workplaces would hit tobacco profits
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2005;330:325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.325-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Concerted effort needed to stop polio transmission in Asia by 2006
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2005;330:327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.327-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Opening the door on vested interests
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2005;330:328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.328 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Dutch GPs in protest at modernisation plans
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2005;330:326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.326-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Abstinence only programmes do not change sexual behaviour, Texas study shows
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;330:326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.326-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Patients with cancer are at high risk of venous thrombosis
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.326-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Canadian life expectancy varies greatly depending on ethnic origin
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
	BMJ  2005;330:326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.326-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Asbestos related cancer deaths set to rise
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;330:327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.327-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Austrian medical schools fear influx of German students
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2005;330:328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.328-a [Extract] [Full text]

	US institute announces initiative to put all its research on the web
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2005;330:328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.328-b [Extract] [Full text]

Dr Foster's case notes

	Monitoring changes in hospital standardised mortality ratios
	Brian Jarman, Alex Bottle, Paul Aylin, Mike Browne
	BMJ  2005;330:329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.329 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details]

BMJ family highlights

	What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2005;330:330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.330 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Association between hormone replacement therapy and subsequent stroke: a meta-analysis
	Philip M W Bath, Laura J Gray
	BMJ  2005;330:342, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38331.655347.8F, (Published 7 January 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Search strategy, references w1- w40] FREE

	Time to review all the evidence for hormone replacement therapy
	Fay Crawford, Peter Langhorne
	BMJ  2005;330:345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.345, (Published 12 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	10-minute consultation: Headache
	Sharon K Bal, Gary R Hollingworth
	BMJ  2005;330:346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.346, (Published 12 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Zinc deficiency: what are the most appropriate interventions?
	Roger Shrimpton, Rainer Gross, Ian Darnton-Hill, Mark Young
	BMJ  2005;330:347-349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.347, (Published 12 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w29]

	Lesson of the week: Azathioprine-induced pancytopenia in a patient with pompholyx and deficiency of erythrocyte thiopurine methyltransferase
	M Konstantopoulou, A Belgi, K D Griffiths, J R C Seale, A W Macfarlane
	BMJ  2005;330:350-351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.350, (Published 12 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Testing patients to allow tailored drug treatment
	Peter Leman, Shaun Greene
	BMJ  2005;330:352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.352, (Published 12 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of adolescence: Consent, competence, and confidentiality
	Vic Larcher
	BMJ  2005;330:353-356, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.353, (Published 12 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Healthcare lessons from Australia: what can Michael Howard learn from John Howard?
	Jane Hall, Alan Maynard
	BMJ  2005;330:357-359, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.357, (Published 12 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Book: Traffic Safety
	Dinesh Mohan
	BMJ  2005;330:367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.367, (Published 12 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Saturday
	John Quin
	BMJ  2005;330:368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.368, (Published 12 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Press: Are the media running elderly drivers off the road?
	Alan Martin, Lucy Balding, Desmond O'Neill
	BMJ  2005;330:368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.368-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Theatre: The Lemon Princess
	Bruno Rushforth, Amy Evans
	BMJ  2005;330:369, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.369, (Published 12 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NETLINES
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2005;330:370, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.370, (Published 12 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Station interviews: all change?
	Philip E M Smith
	BMJ  2005;330:370, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.370-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEWS: A new dawn for antiretrovirals
	Rebecca Kay Sutherland
	BMJ  2005;330:371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.371, (Published 12 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Tort
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2005;330:371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.371-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;330:372, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.372, (Published 12 February 2005) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Cancer patients are not able to postpone death for important events
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Publish or perish?
	Ian Wright
	BMJ  2005;330:336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.336, (Published 12 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Common sense
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2005;330:349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.349, (Published 12 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Basic instinct
	Sunil Gupta
	BMJ  2005;330:352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.352-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Miss Fortitude
	David Scarfe
	BMJ  2005;330:356, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.356, (Published 12 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Sick nursing in France
	BMJ  2005;330:359, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.359, (Published 12 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Mother who drowned her five children is granted a retrial after witness gave false evidence
	BMJ  2005;330:345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.345-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Risk of ischaemic stroke in people with migraine: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
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	Effectiveness of helmets in skiers and snowboarders: case-control and case crossover study
	BMJ  2005;330:345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.345-c [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Agencies "failed miserably" over COX 2 inhibitor
	BMJ  2005;330:345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.345-d [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

BMJ USA

	Kneed to know
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2005;330:E336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.E336, (Published 12 February 2005) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The "Welcome to Medicare" visit: a chance to raise the profile of prevention among older adults
	Steven H Woolf, Ashley B Coffield
	BMJ  2005;330:E337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.E337, (Published 12 February 2005) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;330:E339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.E339, (Published 12 February 2005) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	I finish my basic surgical training rotation next year and I am interested in going to Australia to do some research. How do I go about arranging research abroad?
	Evelyn Ong
	BMJ  2005;330:s62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.s62, (Published 12 February 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I want a career in general practice in the United Kingdom. I have passed part 1 of the PLAB test and I'm coming to the United Kingdom for part 2 this year. What is the job situation in UK general practice?
	Rodger Charlton
	BMJ  2005;330:s62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.s62-a, (Published 12 February 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Uncomfortable truths
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2005;330:s63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.s63, (Published 12 February 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Warning all junior overseas doctors<$DOWNLINK>
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2005;330:s63-s65, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.s63-a, (Published 12 February 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Getting a job after a clinical attachment
	Mayank Roy
	BMJ  2005;330:s65, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.s65, (Published 12 February 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Making a difference
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2005;330:s66-s67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.s66, (Published 12 February 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	My first days in London
	Siddhartha Sarmah
	BMJ  2005;330:s68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.s68, (Published 12 February 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Leading the surgical ward round
	Adel Fattah
	BMJ  2005;330:s68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.s68-a, (Published 12 February 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	British medicine—as others see us
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2005;330:s69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.s69, (Published 12 February 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Postgraduate diploma in health research
	Anita Sainsbury
	BMJ  2005;330:s70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.s70, (Published 12 February 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Making it in British Medicine—essential guidance for international doctors
	Rais Irfan Ahmed
	BMJ  2005;330:s70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.s70-a, (Published 12 February 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Mollie McGeown
	BMJ  2005;330:365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.365, (Published 12 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Fraser Brockington
	Tim Bullamore
	BMJ  2005;330:365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.365-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Stuart Coverley
	BMJ  2005;330:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.366, (Published 12 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Antony Joseph Duggan
	G C Cook
	BMJ  2005;330:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.366-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	William ("Bill") George French
	Peter Gordon
	BMJ  2005;330:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.366-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Helen Mary McGregor McNie
	Lesley Baker
	BMJ  2005;330:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.366-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	William Henry Moffatt
	D H Allen
	BMJ  2005;330:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.366-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Yok Hing Ng
	L-F Ng, L-L Ng
	BMJ  2005;330:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.366-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Steven Pickford
	Roger Pickford
	BMJ  2005;330:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.366-f [Extract] [Full text]

	Alan Christopher Thackray
	Robert M Thackray
	BMJ  2005;330:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.366-g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Effectiveness of speed cameras in preventing road traffic collisions and related casualties: systematic review
	Paul Pilkington, Sanjay Kinra
	BMJ  2005;330:331-334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38324.646574.AE, (Published 14 January 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: An appendix, two tables and a figure] FREE

	Rectal artemether versus intravenous quinine for the treatment of cerebral malaria in children in Uganda: randomised clinical trial
	Jane Ruth Aceng, Justus S Byarugaba, James K Tumwine
	BMJ  2005;330:334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7487.334 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Randomised controlled trial of conservative management of postnatal urinary and faecal incontinence: six year follow up
	Cathryn M A Glazener, G Peter Herbison, Christine MacArthur, Adrian Grant, P Don Wilson
	BMJ  2005;330:337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38320.613461.82, (Published 22 December 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Figure] FREE

	Long term psychological outcome for women with congenital adrenal hyperplasia: cross sectional survey
	John F Morgan, Helen Murphy, J Hubert Lacey, Gerard Conway
	BMJ  2005;330:340-341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38334.427361.D3, (Published 26 January 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: A support group's perspective
	Melissa L Cull
	BMJ  2005;330:341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38365.883843.79, (Published 3 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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