A small victory
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2005;331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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	Chromosome analysis in miscarriages could be more selective [Full text]

	Treating ocular hypertension and glaucoma pays off [Full text]

	Give antibiotics even if urine dipstick is negative [Full text]

	Intelligence doesn't make older people (un)happy [Full text]

	Treating ophthalmic herpes zoster in general practice [Full text]

	Re-examining SSRIs for depression [Full text]

Editorials

	Blast injury in enclosed spaces
	Eddie Chaloner
	BMJ  2005;331:119-120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.119, (Published 11 July 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Preventing blindness from glaucoma
	David B Henson, Reshma Thampy
	BMJ  2005;331:120-121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.120 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Investigation of recurrent miscarriages
	Fred Kavalier
	BMJ  2005;331:121-122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.121 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Video games and health
	Mark Griffiths
	BMJ  2005;331:122-123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.122 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w28]

	Secondary prevention of falls and osteoporotic fractures in older people
	David Oliver, Marion E T McMurdo, Sanjeev Patel
	BMJ  2005;331:123-124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.123 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Summary boxes]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Drug combinations and all cause mortality in heart disease: No new insights were gained
	Staffan Bjorck
	BMJ  2005;331:159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.159 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug combinations and all cause mortality in heart disease: Use of statins is not supported by study
	Eddie Vos
	BMJ  2005;331:159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.159-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug combinations and all cause mortality in heart disease: Dosages and types of ACE inhibitors need to be known
	Frank A Snyder
	BMJ  2005;331:159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.159-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug combinations and all cause mortality in heart disease: Authors' reply
	Julia Hippisley-Cox, Carol Coupland
	BMJ  2005;331:160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.160 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Citizen jury should consider aspirin prophylaxis
	Rachel T Iredale
	BMJ  2005;331:160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.160-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Aspirin for everyone over 50?: Avoid the harm
	Lexley M Pinto Pereira
	BMJ  2005;331:160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.160-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Aspirin for everyone over 50?: The buck stops in the consulting room
	Arunachalam Kumar
	BMJ  2005;331:161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.161 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Aspirin for everyone over 50?: Don't forget aspirin resistance
	Ketan K Dhatariya
	BMJ  2005;331:161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.161-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Aspirin for everyone over 50?: Are we treating a nutritional deficiency?
	Michael McMullen
	BMJ  2005;331:161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.161-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Aspirin for everyone over 50?: Authors' reply
	Peter Elwood, Gareth Morgan, Ginevra Brown, Janet Pickering
	BMJ  2005;331:161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.161-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical leadership in hospital care: Leadership and teamwork skills are as important as clinical management skills
	Marino S Festa
	BMJ  2005;331:161-162, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.161-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical leadership in hospital care: The right kind of clinical leadership is needed
	Jan Walmsley
	BMJ  2005;331:162, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.162 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mother to child transmission of HIV in China: Chinese HIV sentinel surveillance data were used incorrectly
	Therese Hesketh, Wei Xing Zhu, Jun Zhang
	BMJ  2005;331:162, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.162-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mother to child transmission of HIV in China: Authors' reply
	Katherine T Chen, Han-Zhu Qian
	BMJ  2005;331:162, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.162-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	G8 increases aid to Africa but moves little on climate change
	Patrick Wintour
	BMJ  2005;331:125, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.125 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GMC clears doctors who signed cremation forms for Shipman
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2005;331:126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.126 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dutch doctors adopt guidelines on mercy killing of newborns
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2005;331:126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.126-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	After the bomb: A taste of metal and a smell of burning flesh
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2005;331:127, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.127 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	After the bomb: The bus, the purse, and the limb
	Andrew Dearden
	BMJ  2005;331:127, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.127-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Teenagers need sex education, not just abstinence advice
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;331:129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.129-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Day surgery facilities in England are underused
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;331:130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.130 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Stroke patients prefer care in specialist units
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;331:130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.130-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Routine vaccination for tuberculosis ends in UK
	Pat Hagan
	BMJ  2005;331:128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.128 [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Lack of staff and poor organisation blamed for excess deaths in a London hospital
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;331:128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.128-a [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Weight reduction surgery quadruples in US in four years
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2005;331:128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.128-b [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Software company defends sale of patients� data to drug companies
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2005;331:128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.128-c [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Assembly meets to tackle health needs of the poor
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2005;331:128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.128-d [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	WHO takes up issue of child abuse
	Sophie Arie
	BMJ  2005;331:129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.129 [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	New rules on storing and using human organs put out for consultation
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;331:129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.129-a [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Smoking ban in public places also cuts smoking at home
	Adrian O�Dowd
	BMJ  2005;331:129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.129-b [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	WHO welcomes G8�s commitment on AIDS, but campaign group says it is not enough
	Paul Ress
	BMJ  2005;331:130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.130-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Resignation of US judge puts reproductive rights at risk
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;331:130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.130-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Zimbabwean clearance policy leaves 1.5 million people homeless
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2005;331:130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.130-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Quarter of US women postpone or forego treatment because of cost
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2005;331:130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.130-e [Extract] [Full text]

	Educate small holders to contain bird flu, say experts
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2005;331:130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.130-f [Extract] [Full text]

Short cuts

	What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2005;331:131-132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.131 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BMJ family highlights

	What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2005;331:133, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.133 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Response to antibiotics of women with symptoms of urinary tract infection but negative dipstick urine test results: double blind randomised controlled trial
	Dee Richards, Les Toop, Stephen Chambers, Lynn Fletcher
	BMJ  2005;331:143, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38496.452581.8F, (Published 22 June 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: CONSORT checklist] FREE

Clinical review

	Managing ophthalmic herpes zoster in primary care
	Wim Opstelten, Michel J W Zaal
	BMJ  2005;331:147-151, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.147 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of conflict and disaster: Psychological aspects of providing medical humanitarian aid
	Ian Palmer
	BMJ  2005;331:152-154, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.152 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Efficacy of antidepressants in adults
	Joanna Moncrieff, Irving Kirsch
	BMJ  2005;331:155-157, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.155 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w20]

	Commentary: Why stop at antidepressants?
	Simon Hatcher
	BMJ  2005;331:158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.158 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	TV: This World: Bad Medicine
	Peter Winstanley
	BMJ  2005;331:165, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.165 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEWS: The London bombings: a hospital doctor's experience
	Alexander Wai Ying Chen
	BMJ  2005;331:166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.166 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEWS: "Are there any doctors here?"
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2005;331:167, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.167 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Music of the mountains
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2005;331:167, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.167-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;331:168, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.168 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Evidence for benefit of milk in children is lacking
	BMJ  2005;331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: The foundation of the British Museum
	BMJ  2005;331:146, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.146 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: The medical student of to-day
	BMJ  2005;331:151, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.151 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Medical advice gratis
	BMJ  2005;331:158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.158-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Role of multivitamins and mineral supplements in preventing infections in elderly people: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
	BMJ  2005;331:142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.142 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	I studied law and worked in the city before starting medicine. I am now almost two years postgraduate, but know that I don't want to practise clinical medicine or work in the NHS. I don't want to leave medicine entirely, but I don't know where to go to find out what my career options are. Can you help?
	Carl Gray
	BMJ  2005;331:s24, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.s24, (Published 16 July 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am a 40 year old registered osteopath who qualified in the United Kingdom in 1986. I am interested in pursuing a career in medicine. What courses would I be eligible to apply for, given my age?
	Kuntal Patel
	BMJ  2005;331:s24, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.s24-a, (Published 16 July 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	THIS WEEK
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2005;331:s25, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.s25, (Published 16 July 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Driving round in circles
	Jonathan Botting
	BMJ  2005;331:s25-s26, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.s25-a, (Published 16 July 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The medicolegal side of sporting events
	Stephen Green
	BMJ  2005;331:s26, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.s26, (Published 16 July 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Medical advisers at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
	Delyth Sheppard
	BMJ  2005;331:s27, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.s27, (Published 16 July 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A flexible job in academic medicine: the Chadburn lectureship
	Leanda Kroll
	BMJ  2005;331:s28-s29, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.s28, (Published 16 July 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Organising research
	Kaji Sritharan
	BMJ  2005;331:s29, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.s29, (Published 16 July 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Personal support 5: Stress and time management for people with multiple responsibilities
	Anita Houghton
	BMJ  2005;331:s30, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.s30, (Published 16 July 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Helping survivors of torture
	Frank Arnold
	BMJ  2005;331:s31, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.s31, (Published 16 July 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Off the fence debate: NHS Direct
	Mike Sadler
	BMJ  2005;331:s32, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.s32, (Published 16 July 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	LETTERS
	David J Lloyd
	BMJ  2005;331:s32, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.s32-a, (Published 16 July 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Burning issue is really burning
	Syed Mohammad Irfan Hasan
	BMJ  2005;331:s32, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.s32-b, (Published 16 July 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Fifteen minutes with... Jo Brand
	Manish Gaur
	BMJ  2005;331:s32, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.s32-c, (Published 16 July 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Corino de Andrade
	Tiago Villanueva
	BMJ  2005;331:163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.163 [Extract] [Full text]

	Jimmy Sommerville
	Peggy Jay
	BMJ  2005;331:164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.164 [Extract] [Full text]

	William Albert Dunnet
	Dianora Bond
	BMJ  2005;331:164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.164-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Peter George Montgomery Gaffikin
	Peter Jones, Jane Philippson
	BMJ  2005;331:164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.164-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Ivor Saul Levy
	Kamal Bishai
	BMJ  2005;331:164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.164-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Gordon Bentley Bruce White
	Philippa M B White, George C Turner
	BMJ  2005;331:164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.164-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Treatment of ocular hypertension and open angle glaucoma: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
	Philip C Maier, Jens Funk, Guido Schwarzer, Gerd Antes, Yngve T Falck-Ytter
	BMJ  2005;331:134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38506.594977.E0, (Published 1 July 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Selective chromosome analysis in couples with two or more miscarriages: case-control study
	Maureen T M Franssen, Johanna C Korevaar, Nico J Leschot, Patrick M M Bossuyt, Alida C Knegt, Klasien B J Gerssen-Schoorl, Cokkie H Wouters, Kerstin B M Hansson, Ron Hochstenbach, Kamlesh Madan, Fulco van der Veen, Mariette Goddijn
	BMJ  2005;331:137-141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38498.669595.8F, (Published 28 June 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Survey of informed consent for registration of congenital anomalies in Europe
	Araceli Busby, Annukka Ritvanen, Helen Dolk, Nicola Armstrong, Hermien De Walle, Isolina Riaño-Galán, Miriam Gatt, Robert McDonnell, Vera Nelen, David Stone
	BMJ  2005;331:140-141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7509.140 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Lifetime intellectual function and satisfaction with life in old age: longitudinal cohort study
	Alan J Gow, Martha C Whiteman, Alison Pattie, Lawrence Whalley, John Starr, Ian J Deary
	BMJ  2005;331:141-142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38531.675660.F7, (Published 6 July 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

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Dame Cicely Saunders, founder of the modern hospice movement, dies [Full text]

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