Sharing evidence on humanitarian relief
	Edward J Mills
	BMJ  2005;331:1485-1486, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1485 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How Islam changed medicine
	Azeem Majeed
	BMJ  2005;331:1486-1487, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1486 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How Google is changing medicine
	Dean Giustini
	BMJ  2005;331:1487-1488, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1487 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Choice
	Paul Bate, Glenn Robert
	BMJ  2005;331:1488-1489, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1488 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Happiness
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2005;331:1489-1490, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1489 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

On the case

	White coats and fingerprints: diagnostic reasoning in medicine and investigative methods of fictional detectives
	Claudio Rapezzi, Roberto Ferrari, Angelo Branzi
	BMJ  2005;331:1491-1494, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1491 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra figures] FREE

	Doctors, detectives, and common sense
	Alexander McCall Smith
	BMJ  2005;331:1495-1497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1495 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute
	Megan S C Lim, Margaret E Hellard, Campbell K Aitken
	BMJ  2005;331:1498-1500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1498 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further information] FREE

	Stains on the carpet
	Julia Handysides, Stuart Handysides
	BMJ  2005;331:1501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1501 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The emergence of ringing vertigo
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2005;331:1502-1503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1502 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Barbering in mice: a model for trichotillomania
	Biji T Kurien, Tim Gross, R Hal Scofield
	BMJ  2005;331:1503-1505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1503 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Harry Potter casts a spell on accident prone children
	Stephen Gwilym, Dominic P J Howard, Nev Davies, Keith Willett
	BMJ  2005;331:1505-1506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1505 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Sex, drugs, and rock and roll

	Revisiting the lot of the first incestuous family: the biblical origins of shifting the blame on to female family members
	Ilan Kutz
	BMJ  2005;331:1507-1508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1507 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Sex symbols ancient and modern: their origins and iconography on the pedigree
	G D Schott
	BMJ  2005;331:1509-1510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1509 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Seen from the other side: visual experiences during cataract surgery under topical anaesthesia
	Kuang Hu, Stephen Scotcher
	BMJ  2005;331:1511, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1511 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Shape of glass and amount of alcohol poured: comparative study of effect of practice and concentration
	Brian Wansink, Koert van Ittersum
	BMJ  2005;331:1512-1514, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1512 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Interventions for preventing or treating alcohol hangover: systematic review of randomised controlled trials
	Max H Pittler, Joris C Verster, Edzard Ernst
	BMJ  2005;331:1515-1518, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1515 [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Depictions of substance use in reality television: a content analysis of The Osbournes
	Nicole A Blair, So Kuen Yue, Ranbir Singh, Jay M Bernhardt
	BMJ  2005;331:1517-1519, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1517 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table (pdf)] FREE

Professional matters

	The wealth of distinguished doctors: retrospective survey
	I C McManus
	BMJ  2005;331:1520-1523, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1520 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra information and figures] FREE

	Judging a book by its cover: descriptive survey of patients' preferences for doctors' appearance and mode of address
	Marianne M Lill, Tim J Wilkinson
	BMJ  2005;331:1524-1527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1524 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further information] FREE

	Patients bearing gifts: are there strings attached?
	Sean A Spence
	BMJ  2005;331:1527-1529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1527 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Medical faculty members at different professorial levels
	Student
	BMJ  2005;331:1530, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1530 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Medical history

	Beatty's box
	M K H Crumplin, R Pearce
	BMJ  2005;331:1531-1532, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1531 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Painting the history of cardiology
	David Lomas
	BMJ  2005;331:1533-1535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1533 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Influenza, 1918
	Iain H Wilson
	BMJ  2005;331:1536, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1536 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

What's in a name?

	Epidemiology and prognosis of coma in daytime television dramas
	David Casarett, Jessica M Fishman, Holly Jo MacMoran, Amy Pickard, David A Asch
	BMJ  2005;331:1537-1539, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1537 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	From Shakespeare to Star Trek and beyond: a Medline search for literary and other allusions in biomedical titles
	Neville W Goodman
	BMJ  2005;331:1540-1542, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1540 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra information (pdf)] FREE

	Cinderella revisited
	Stewart M Cameron
	BMJ  2005;331:1543-1544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1543 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references] FREE

Thoughts for today

	Obesity: the elephant in the corner
	David Ogilvie, Neil Hamlet
	BMJ  2005;331:1545-1548, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1545 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What is successful ageing and who should define it?
	Ann Bowling, Paul Dieppe
	BMJ  2005;331:1548-1551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1548 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Slow tracking for BMJ papers
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2005;331:1551-1552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1551 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

	The 10 commandments of the diabetic foot
	Nikolaos Papanas, Efstratios Maltezos, Audrey Edmonds, Michael Edmonds
	BMJ  2005;331:1497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1497 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Just say "No"
	James Craggs
	BMJ  2005;331:1514, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1514 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Physician, know thyself
	Boris Veysman
	BMJ  2005;331:1529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1529 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Second thoughts
	M W H Behan, R Veasey, M Higson, A N Sulke
	BMJ  2005;331:1552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1552 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	Where should I look for jobs in anatomy?
	Paul M Rea
	BMJ  2005;331:s272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.s272, (Published 24 December 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am due to finish my GP vocational training scheme in August 2006. I am interested in working in France for up to six months. How and where can I work in France without being fluent in French?
	James Sherifi
	BMJ  2005;331:s272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.s272-a, (Published 24 December 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Other than MRCP and being registered with the General Medical Council, what are the requirements for entering specialist registrar training in dermatology in the United Kingdom
	Susannah Baron
	BMJ  2005;331:s272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.s272-b, (Published 24 December 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am a Canadian orthopaedic surgeon with more than 20 years' experience in a busy Canadian community practice. I am also qualified to work in the United States. I would like to spend a year in the United Kingdom, either working locums or attached to a training facility. I do have a right of abode. Is it possible to do something like this?
	Christopher Liao
	BMJ  2005;331:s272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.s272-c, (Published 24 December 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2005;331:gp273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.sgp273, (Published 24 December 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Polar medicine
	Laura Patterson
	BMJ  2005;331:gp273-gp274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.sgp273-a, (Published 24 December 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2005;331:s273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.s273, (Published 24 December 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Polar medicine
	Laura Patterson
	BMJ  2005;331:s273-s274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.s273-a, (Published 24 December 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A Christmas blog
	Debashis Singh
	BMJ  2005;331:s275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.s275, (Published 24 December 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	End of term report
	BMJ  2005;331:s276-s277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.s276, (Published 24 December 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	My medical career 2030
	Darshan Sudarshi
	BMJ  2005;331:s278-s279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.s278, (Published 24 December 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Off the wall solutions for on the ball doctors
	BMJ  2005;331:s279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.s279, (Published 24 December 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Advice on police cautions
	Paul Yates
	BMJ  2005;331:s280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.s280, (Published 24 December 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Conflict of interest
	Jonathan Whiteside
	BMJ  2005;331:s280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.s280-a, (Published 24 December 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Other specialties could improve recruitment process too
	Salmin S Aseri
	BMJ  2005;331:s280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.s280-b, (Published 24 December 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Don't underestimate drug reps
	Rehan Symonds
	BMJ  2005;331:s280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.s280-c, (Published 24 December 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Homoeopathy—where's the evidence?
	Mike D Harris
	BMJ  2005;331:s280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.s280-d, (Published 24 December 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Your Own Pharmacy: The Guide for GPs—applicable in Scotland?
	Laurence Bell
	BMJ  2005;331:s280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.s280-e, (Published 24 December 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

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