Triumph of the white male
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Overall incidence of first diagnosed coronary heart disease remains the same [Full text]

	For newly diagnosed ischaemic heart disease give a statin, aspirin, and blocker [Full text]

	Underwater birth poses risks for the baby [Full text]

	Computer program can identify cheating [Full text]

	Mendelian randomisation empowers epidemiology [Full text]

	Allocation concealment is neglected in papers and protocols [Full text]

Editorials

	The polypill and cardiovascular disease
	Tom Fahey, Peter Brindle, Shah Ebrahim
	BMJ  2005;330:1035-1036, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1035 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pharmacogenetics and ethnically targeted therapies
	Taslin Rahemtulla, Raj Bhopal
	BMJ  2005;330:1036-1037, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1036 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prevalence of asthma
	H Ross Anderson
	BMJ  2005;330:1037-1038, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1037 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Coping with the aftermath of trauma
	Berthold P R Gersons, Miranda Olff
	BMJ  2005;330:1038-1039, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1038 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management of chronic kidney disease
	Andrew Frankel, Edwina Brown, David Wingfield
	BMJ  2005;330:1039-1040, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1039 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Nurse led care: Comment in This week in the BMJ is misleading
	Peter Griffiths
	BMJ  2005;330:1084, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1084 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Nurse led care: Nurses are autonomous professionals delivering expert care
	Jonathan R Benger, Rebecca Hoskins
	BMJ  2005;330:1084, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1084-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	What's the evidence that NICE guidance has been implemented?: Analysis is subject to confounding
	Colin Tilley, Fay Crawford, Jan Clarkson, Nigel Pitts, Mary McCann
	BMJ  2005;330:1084-1085, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1084-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	What's the evidence that NICE guidance has been implemented?: Maybe NICE needs to do more to ensure implementation of guidelines
	Rishi Mannan, Melvyn Jones
	BMJ  2005;330:1085, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1085 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	What's the evidence that NICE guidance has been implemented?: Authors' reply
	Trevor A Sheldon
	BMJ  2005;330:1085-1086, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1085-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra authors]

	What's the evidence that NICE guidance has been implemented?: More recent data on NICE implementation show different picture
	Michael Rawlins, Andrew Dillon
	BMJ  2005;330:1086, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1086 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	What's the evidence that NICE guidance has been implemented?: Author's reply
	Nick Freemantle
	BMJ  2005;330:1086, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1086-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Influence of guidelines in determining medical negligence
	Kailash C Mohanty
	BMJ  2005;330:1086-1087, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1086-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sit up and take notice about avian flu
	Nigel Higson
	BMJ  2005;330:1087, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1087 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Long term sickness absence: Sickness absence, stress, and disaffection are linked
	Dale Archer
	BMJ  2005;330:1087, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1087-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Long term sickness absence: Motivation rather than ability to work may be key
	Ulf R Dahle, Fernanda C Petersen
	BMJ  2005;330:1087, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1087-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Long term sickness absence: General practitioners have crucial role but need political support
	Graeme M Mackenzie
	BMJ  2005;330:1087, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1087-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Law lords give the go ahead for creation of "saviour siblings"
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:1041, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1041 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Dutch approve euthanasia for a patient with Alzheimer's disease
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2005;330:1041, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1041-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	In brief
	BMJ  2005;330:1042, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1042 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Aggressive treatment of low grade prostate cancer is unnecessary
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:1042, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1042-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	High cholesterol may increase risk of testicular cancer
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;330:1042, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1042-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US workers who carry guns are more likely to be killed on the job
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;330:1043, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1043 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Initiative could give free access to UK medical research
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2005;330:1043, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1043-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Obesity in children in England continues to rise
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:1044, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1044 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Only 3% of US citizens follow good health advice
	Jane Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;330:1044, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1044-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	People over 50 in northern Europe feel healthier than their southern counterparts
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2005;330:1044, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1044-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	GMC gives evidence to inquiry
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;330:1044, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1044-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [extra: Correction]

	WHO combats counterfeit malaria drugs in Asia
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2005;330:1044, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1044-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Doctor accused of exaggerating child sexual abuse
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:1044, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1044-e [Extract] [Full text]

	Legislation introduced to create a new drug safety office at the FDA
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2005;330:1044, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1044-f [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctor suspended as high death rate in emergency department is investigated
	Claire Wallerstein
	BMJ  2005;330:1044, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1044-g [Extract] [Full text]

	Napoleon probably died of stomach cancer
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;330:1044, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1044-h [Extract] [Full text]

Short cuts

	What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2005;330:1045, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1045 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Effect of combinations of drugs on all cause mortality in patients with ischaemic heart disease: nested case-control analysis
	Julia Hippisley-Cox, Carol Coupland
	BMJ  2005;330:1059-1063, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1059 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Learning in practice

	Detecting cheating in written medical examinations by statistical analysis of similarity of answers: pilot study
	I C McManus, Tom Lissauer, S E Williams
	BMJ  2005;330:1064-1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1064 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extended version - pdf] FREE

	What the educators are saying
	Peter Cantillon
	BMJ  2005;330:1067, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1067 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Interactive case report: Postoperative hypoxia in a woman with Down's syndrome: case outcome
	A K Siotia, A Chaudhuri, S I Muzulu, D Harling, R Muthusamy
	BMJ  2005;330:1068, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1068 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Patient's perspective
	Jane Webb, with the help of her mother and A K Siotia
	BMJ  2005;330:1069, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1069 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Doing what's best and best interests
	John McMillan
	BMJ  2005;330:1069, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1069-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Quality assuring our learning from others
	Ed Peile
	BMJ  2005;330:1070, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1070 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Easy yet so easily missed
	A K Siotia, R Muthusamy
	BMJ  2005;330:1070-1071, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1070-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Underwater birth and neonatal respiratory distress
	Zainab Kassim, Maria Sellars, Anne Greenough
	BMJ  2005;330:1071-1072, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1071 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of emergency radiology: Hand
	Otto Chan, Tudor Hughes
	BMJ  2005;330:1073-1075, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1073 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	What can mendelian randomisation tell us about modifiable behavioural and environmental exposures?
	George Davey Smith, Shah Ebrahim
	BMJ  2005;330:1076-1079, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1076 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

	Why clinicians are natural bayesians
	Christopher J Gill, Lora Sabin, Christopher H Schmid
	BMJ  2005;330:1080-1083, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1080 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	TV: House
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2005;330:1090, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1090 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Priceless: On Knowing the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing
	Stuart W G Derbyshire
	BMJ  2005;330:1091, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1091 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NETLINES
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2005;330:1091, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1091-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Unlicensed to heal
	Naomi Marks
	BMJ  2005;330:1092, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1092 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: Choose and book—whose choice is it anyway?
	Nigel de Kare-Silver
	BMJ  2005;330:1093, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1093 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: An oblique passion
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2005;330:1093, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1093-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;330:1094, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1094 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Probiotic is useful for ulcerative colitis
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Foreign "doctors"
	Laxmi Vilas Ghimire
	BMJ  2005;330:1058, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1058 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The bad news and the bad news
	Mark Taubert
	BMJ  2005;330:1063, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1063 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Anticipation
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2005;330:1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1066 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interactive case reports
	BMJ  2005;330:1068, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1068-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	bmjlearning.com: M-learning
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2005;330:1072, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1072 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Trouble comes in twos
	Anna Goodman
	BMJ  2005;330:1079, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1079 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Use of chaperones in general practice
	BMJ  2005;330:1052, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1052 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of adolescence: Substance misuse: alcohol, tobacco, inhalants, and other drugs
	BMJ  2005;330:1052, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1052-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;330:1052, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1052-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	Who should I contact and which hospitals are more competitive for an elective attachment in psychiatry?
	Jim Bolton
	BMJ  2005;330:s184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.s184, (Published 7 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am currently a third year surgical senior house officer and am finding the work within general practice quite appealing. How difficult would it be to gain access to a GP vocational scheme?
	Ruth Chambers
	BMJ  2005;330:s184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.s184-a, (Published 7 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Would you explain what the level 3 or level 2/3 ICU is? What is the difference between ICU and HDU?
	Peter Shirley
	BMJ  2005;330:s184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.s184-b, (Published 7 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I would like to know your opinion on the demand for cosmetic (aesthetic) medicine in the United Kingdom at the moment, and in the future?
	Abhilash Jain
	BMJ  2005;330:s184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.s184-c, (Published 7 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	SAS grade to specialist registrar grade possession, should I actively apply or wait for PMETB to consider experience for training?
	Romeh Gupta
	BMJ  2005;330:s184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.s184-d, (Published 7 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2005;330:gp185, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.sgp185, (Published 7 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	THIS WEEK
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2005;330:s185, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.s185, (Published 7 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Crowd doctor
	Neeraj Bhasin
	BMJ  2005;330:s185-s186, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.s185-a, (Published 7 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Off the wall solutions for on-the-ball doctors
	BMJ  2005;330:gp186, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.sgp186, (Published 7 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Off the wall solutions for on-the-ball doctors
	BMJ  2005;330:s186, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.s186, (Published 7 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Is there a doctor in the ground?
	Stephen Green
	BMJ  2005;330:s187, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.s187, (Published 7 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Making an induction video or DVD
	Jan Welch, Joanne Hiley
	BMJ  2005;330:s188-s189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.s188, (Published 7 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Signposting patients to free legal help and information
	Beatrice Etemah
	BMJ  2005;330:s189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.s189, (Published 7 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Induction for GP locums—how to get it right
	Paula Wright
	BMJ  2005;330:gp190-gp191, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.sgp190, (Published 7 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	An elective with a top plastic surgeon in Brazil
	Mark Sheldon Lloyd
	BMJ  2005;330:s190-s191, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.s190, (Published 7 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Diploma in practical dermatology (DPD)
	Stephen Kell
	BMJ  2005;330:gp191, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.sgp191, (Published 7 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The Chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;330:gp192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.sgp192, (Published 7 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	John Bridson: making a difference
	Charles Essex
	BMJ  2005;330:s192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.s192, (Published 7 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Peter Turner
	Tim Bullamore
	BMJ  2005;330:1088, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1088 [Extract] [Full text]

	William Hawksworth Barker
	Susan Breeson
	BMJ  2005;330:1089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1089 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Arthur Briant Evans
	David Evans
	BMJ  2005;330:1089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1089-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Philip Jacobs
	Philippa Rawlings, Mike Rawlings
	BMJ  2005;330:1089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1089-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	William Clements Lathbury
	Stephen L Collier
	BMJ  2005;330:1089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1089-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Julian Magnus Lloyd
	Stuart Tindall, James Tindall, Helen Joesbury
	BMJ  2005;330:1089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1089-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Harold Derek Millar
	Lois Sproat, Lenox Millar
	BMJ  2005;330:1089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1089-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	David John Stephens
	John Stephens, Henry Stephens, Catherine Stephens
	BMJ  2005;330:1089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1089-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Trends in rates of different forms of diagnosed coronary heart disease, 1978 to 2000: prospective, population based study of British men
	Fiona C Lampe, Richard W Morris, Mary Walker, A Gerald Shaper, Peter H Whincup
	BMJ  2005;330:1046, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1046 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Comparison of descriptions of allocation concealment in trial protocols and the published reports: cohort study
	Julie Pildal, An-Wen Chan, Asbjørn Hróbjartsson, Elisabeth Forfang, Douglas G Altman, Peter C Gøtzsche
	BMJ  2005;330:1049, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38414.422650.8F, (Published 7 April 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Assessment of methodological quality of primary studies by systematic reviews: results of the metaquality cross sectional study
	Lorenzo P Moja, Elena Telaro, Roberto D'Amico, Ivan Moschetti, Laura Coe, Alessandro Liberati, on behalf of the Metaquality Study Group
	BMJ  2005;330:1053, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38414.515938.8F, (Published 7 April 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Summary version] FREE

	Endorsement of the CONSORT statement by high impact medical journals: survey of instructions for authors
	Douglas G Altman, for the CONSORT Group
	BMJ  2005;330:1056-1057, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7499.1056 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra information] FREE

	Adequacy and reporting of allocation concealment: review of recent trials published in four general medical journals
	Catherine Hewitt, Seokyung Hahn, David J Torgerson, Judith Watson, J Martin Bland
	BMJ  2005;330:1057-1058, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38413.576713.AE, (Published 10 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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