Think mumps
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Antioxidant supplementation doesn't prevent kwashiorkor in children [Full text]

	Overcoming lack of control over life may avoid self harm [Full text]

	Weight gain is more dangerous for women who were born light [Full text]

	People with mental illness prefer to be treated by their GP [Full text]

	Scientists bypass journal subscriptions [Full text]

Editorials

	Antioxidants for children with kwashiorkor
	George J Fuchs
	BMJ  2005;330:1095-1096, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1095 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The fetal origins hypothesis—10 years on
	Johan G Eriksson
	BMJ  2005;330:1096-1097, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1096 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Open access, impact, and demand
	Peter Suber
	BMJ  2005;330:1097-1098, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1097 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Monitoring surgical mortality
	Nancy N Baxter
	BMJ  2005;330:1098-1099, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1098 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Global functions at the World Health Organization
	Jennifer Prah Ruger, Derek Yach
	BMJ  2005;330:1099-1100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1099 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Do selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors cause suicide?: Risk of suicide should be assessed for whole class of antidepressants
	François Curtin, Pierre Schulz
	BMJ  2005;330:1148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1148 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Do selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors cause suicide?: Figures look doubtful
	David Healy
	BMJ  2005;330:1148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1148-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Do selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors cause suicide?: Authors' reply to Curtin and Schulz, and Healy
	David Gunnell, Julia Saperia, Deborah Ashby
	BMJ  2005;330:1148-1149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1148-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Do selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors cause suicide?: Discrediting old drugs may be useful in marketing new ones
	Hugh M Jones
	BMJ  2005;330:1149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1149 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Do selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors cause suicide?: Let's keep it in perspective
	Isaac Sakinofsky, David L Streiner
	BMJ  2005;330:1149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1149-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Do selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors cause suicide?: Data seem to be incorrect
	Alex J Mitchell
	BMJ  2005;330:1149-1150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1149-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Do selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors cause suicide?: Authors' reply to Jones, Sakinofsky and Streiner, and Mitchell
	Dean Fergusson, Steve Doucette, Paul Hebert, David Healy, Stan Shapiro
	BMJ  2005;330:1150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1150 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Do selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors cause suicide?: Suicide rate of 15% in editorial is misleading
	Melissa K Raven
	BMJ  2005;330:1150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1150-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Do selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors cause suicide?: Authors' reply to Raven
	Andrea Cipriani, Corrado Barbui, John R Geddes
	BMJ  2005;330:1150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1150-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

	Do selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors cause suicide?: Antidepressant prescribing to children and adolescents by GPs has fallen since CSM advice
	Macey L Murray, Ian C K Wong, Mary Thompson
	BMJ  2005;330:1151, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1151 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Attributable lung cancer risk from radon in homes may be low
	Jerome S Puskin, David J Pawel
	BMJ  2005;330:1151, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1151-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Many patients may not understand consent forms
	David D Pothier
	BMJ  2005;330:1151, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1151-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Half of patients in intensive care receive suboptimal care
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;330:1101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1101 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Merck chief quits as further material on Vioxx emerges
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2005;330:1101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1101-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	In brief
	BMJ  2005;330:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1102 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE says that patients' age should affect treatment
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1102-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Cervical cancer is still missed, despite the availability of screening
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;330:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1102-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	English surgeons may at last be about to become doctors
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;330:1103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1103 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors object to a wider role for surgical care practitioners
	Colleen Shannon
	BMJ  2005;330:1103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1103-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	More pubs will escape smoking ban than UK government has claimed
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;330:1105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1105-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO's attempts to eradicate polio are thwarted in Africa and Asia
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1106 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New law aims to distance the FDA from the drug industry
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2005;330:1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1106-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Medical students should be added to GMC register, says judge
	Deborah Cohen
	BMJ  2005;330:1104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1104 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Infection rate after some surgery types in England is triple that in US
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;330:1104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1104-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Doctors accuse India of massaging leprosy figures
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2005;330:1104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1104-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	UK and US groups announce new initiatives on open access publishing
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:1104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1104-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Medical societies react against public access to findings
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2005;330:1104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1104-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Doctor was "near to breaking point" when she exaggerated abuse
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:1105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1105 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Heart rate is a good predictor of sudden cardiac death, study shows
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2005;330:1105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1105-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

Short cuts

	What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2005;330:1107-1108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1107 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Patients' and health professionals' views on primary care for people with serious mental illness: focus group study
	Helen Lester, Jonathan Q Tritter, Helen Sorohan
	BMJ  2005;330:1122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38440.418426.8F, (Published 20 April 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	10-minute consultation: Hyperhidrosis
	Jo Piercy
	BMJ  2005;330:1127, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1127 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Information in practice

	Open access and openly accessible: a study of scientific publications shared via the internet
	Jonathan D Wren
	BMJ  2005;330:1128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38422.611736.E0, (Published 12 April 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Mumps and the UK epidemic 2005
	Ravindra K Gupta, Jennifer Best, Eithne MacMahon
	BMJ  2005;330:1132-1135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1132 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

	ABC of emergency radiology: Major trauma
	Otto Chan, Alistair Wilson, Michael Walsh
	BMJ  2005;330:1136-1138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1136 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Building a framework for trust: critical event analysis of deaths in surgical care
	A M Thompson, P A Stonebridge
	BMJ  2005;330:1139-1142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1139 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Excellent review scheme for critical incidents but insufficient for revalidation
	Mayur Lakhani
	BMJ  2005;330:1143, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1143 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	GMC and the future of revalidation: Failure to act on good intentions
	Aneez Esmail
	BMJ  2005;330:1144-1147, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1144 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Revalidation in the UK
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;330:1145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1145 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Book: Evidence of Harm. Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic: Medical Controversy
	Michael Fitzpatrick
	BMJ  2005;330:1154, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1154 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Patient Adherence to Medical Treatment Regimens: Bridging the Gap Between Behavioral Science and Biomedicine
	Emilio J Sanz
	BMJ  2005;330:1155, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1155 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hit parade
	BMJ  2005;330:1155, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1155-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Marketing: End celebrity endorsement of screening, say researchers
	Ray Moynihan, Liz Jakubowski
	BMJ  2005;330:1156, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1156 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: A conduit to imbecility
	Peter Davies
	BMJ  2005;330:1157, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1157 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Aristotle, the NHS, and Davie's henhouse
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  2005;330:1157, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1157-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;330:1158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1158 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Test and eradicate is best for dyspepsia after six years
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Our task
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2005;330:1111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1111 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Ignorance is bliss
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2005;330:1118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1118 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The gold standard: not a golden standard
	Jurgen A H R Claassen
	BMJ  2005;330:1121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1121 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	bmjlearning.com: Edutainment?
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2005;330:1126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1126 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: At Talbott-Marsh
	BMJ  2005;330:1127, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1127-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Tips on...: Breaking bad news
	Chinmay Patvardhan
	BMJ  2005;330:1131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1131 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2005;330:1142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1142 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Japanese students
	BMJ  2005;330:1147, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1147 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Necrotising fasciitis
	BMJ  2005;330:1143, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1143-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Regulator restricts use of SSRIs in children
	BMJ  2005;330:1143, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1143-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Interactive case report: Postoperative hypoxia in a woman with Down's syndrome
	BMJ  2005;330:1143, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1143-c [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Reader's guide to critical appraisal of cohort studies: 1. Role and design
	BMJ  2005;330:1143, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1143-d [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

BMJ USA

	Editor's choice: Trans-Atlantic learning
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2005;330:E349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.E349 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial: St John's for depression, worts and all
	John W Williams, Jr, Tracey Holsinger
	BMJ  2005;330:E350-E351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.E350 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial: Benefits of early invasive treatment for acute coronary syndromes: lost in translation?
	Lee Green
	BMJ  2005;330:E351-E352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.E351 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: RAPID RESPONSE FROM BMJ.COM
	Tim Watkins
	BMJ  2005;330:E353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.E353 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: RAPID RESPONSE FROM BMJ.COM
	Richard James
	BMJ  2005;330:E354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.E354 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;330:E355, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.E355 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	I am a psychiatrist and I qualified in Pakistan in 1994. How can I train in the UK and where can I find more about training in psychiatry?
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2005;330:s194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.s194, (Published 14 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I'm an overseas doctor and I have passed the PLAB tests. I have worked in both general surgery and paediatrics, and I can't decide between the two in terms of my career path. Can you help me?
	Evelyn Ong
	BMJ  2005;330:s194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.s194-a, (Published 14 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I wish to specialise in infectious diseases. When is the best time to do a PhD and will I get paid a salary?
	Tim O'Dempsey
	BMJ  2005;330:s194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.s194-b, (Published 14 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	THIS WEEK
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2005;330:s195, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.s195, (Published 14 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Assessment tools for foundation programmes—a practical guide
	Helena Davies, Julian Archer, Shelley Heard, Lesley Southgate
	BMJ  2005;330:s195-s196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.s195-a, (Published 14 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The trainee perspective
	Kate Wiles, Michelle Downie
	BMJ  2005;330:s197, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.s197, (Published 14 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Off the wall solutions for on the ball doctors
	BMJ  2005;330:s197, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.s197-a, (Published 14 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A second year pilot for foundation year 2
	Mike Walzman, Maggie Allen, Dan Higman
	BMJ  2005;330:s198-s199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.s198, (Published 14 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How to pass the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
	Mohammed Faisal Kiani
	BMJ  2005;330:s198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.s198-a, (Published 14 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Diploma in clinical education
	Jane H Roberts
	BMJ  2005;330:s199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.s199, (Published 14 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A foundation year 2 programme in occupational health
	David Richardson, Alison M Leak
	BMJ  2005;330:s200-s201, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.s200, (Published 14 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Editor's response:
	Anita Houghton
	BMJ  2005;330:s201-s202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.s201, (Published 14 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Article on how to be a really good bully was perceptive
	Peter C Harborow
	BMJ  2005;330:s202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.s202, (Published 14 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	... bullying is never good
	Sue Karan
	BMJ  2005;330:s202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.s202-a, (Published 14 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	... what about a similar article for targets?
	Peter Balfour
	BMJ  2005;330:s202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.s202-b, (Published 14 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Night time accommodation unacceptable for all of us
	Carl J Morris
	BMJ  2005;330:s202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.s202-c, (Published 14 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Getting back to your roots
	Richard Rosin
	BMJ  2005;330:s202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.s202-d, (Published 14 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Sad observations
	Richard S Meyrick
	BMJ  2005;330:s202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.s202-e, (Published 14 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Alvin Novick
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2005;330:1152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1152 [Extract] [Full text]

	Dion Ralph Bell
	Nick Beeching, Geoff Gill
	BMJ  2005;330:1153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1153 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Gerson Katz
	Robert Katz, Arnold Elliott
	BMJ  2005;330:1153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1153-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Elsie May Lewis
	Constance E Fozzard
	BMJ  2005;330:1153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1153-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Kenneth Hart Pickworth
	David C Pickworth
	BMJ  2005;330:1153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1153-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: longer version]

	Adam Neil Smith
	Katy McIntyre
	BMJ  2005;330:1153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1153-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Antioxidant supplementation for the prevention of kwashiorkor in Malawian children: randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial
	Heather Ciliberto, Michael Ciliberto, Andreé Briend, Per Ashorn, Dennis Bier, Mark Manary
	BMJ  2005;330:1109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38427.404259.8F, (Published 25 April 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Understanding resolution of deliberate self harm: qualitative interview study of patients' experiences
	Julia Sinclair, Judith Green
	BMJ  2005;330:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38441.503333.8F, (Published 20 April 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Longitudinal study of birth weight and adult body mass index in predicting risk of coronary heart disease and stroke in women
	Janet W Rich-Edwards, Ken Kleinman, Karin B Michels, Meir J Stampfer, JoAnn E Manson, Kathryn M Rexrode, Eileen N Hibert, Walter C Willett
	BMJ  2005;330:1115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38434.629630.E0, (Published 27 April 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mumps outbreaks across England and Wales in 2004: observational study
	Emma Savage, Mary Ramsay, Joanne White, Stuart Beard, Heather Lawson, Rashpal Hunjan, David Brown
	BMJ  2005;330:1119-1120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1119 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	MMR vaccine and Crohn's disease: ecological study of hospital admissions in England, 1991 to 2002
	Valerie Seagroatt
	BMJ  2005;330:1120-1121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38449.476759.AE, (Published 18 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references w1 - w4] FREE

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