Concerns about revalidation
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Breast feeding does not increase children's intelligence [Full text]

	radiation improves success of glaucoma surgery [Full text]

	Delayed cord clamping reduces infant anaemia [Full text]

	Best treatment for tennis elbow? [Full text]

	Acne should be actively treated [Full text]

Editorials

	Tennis elbow in primary care
	Nynke Smidt, Danielle AWM van der Windt
	BMJ  2006;333:927-928, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39017.396389.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Families with disabled children
	Tricia Sloper, Bryony Beresford
	BMJ  2006;333:928-929, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39017.633310.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Breast feeding and intelligence in children
	Sandra W Jacobson, Joseph L Jacobson
	BMJ  2006;333:929-930, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39020.473322.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pulmonary artery catheters
	Simon Finfer, Anthony Delaney
	BMJ  2006;333:930-931, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39017.459907.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Glaucoma in the developing world
	Mahesh Ramchandani
	BMJ  2006;333:932, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39016.626771.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	The BMJ interview: Sir Liam Donaldson: The health services and the dream
	William G Pickering
	BMJ  2006;333:970, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.970 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The BMJ interview: Sir Liam Donaldson: Avoiding the painful truth and scapegoats
	Daniel McQueen
	BMJ  2006;333:970, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.970-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Health in the Middle East: HIV prevention is hindered in the United Arab Emirates
	Louise T Lambert
	BMJ  2006;333:970-971, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.970-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Health in the Middle East: Making healthcare systems more responsive to women in Pakistan
	Babar T Shaikh, Juanita Hatcher, David Haran
	BMJ  2006;333:971, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.971 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Health in the Middle East: Psychological implications of Iraqi invasion
	Michael E Reschen
	BMJ  2006;333:971, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.971-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Health in the Middle East: No strong link between depleted uranium and cancer
	Amit Patel
	BMJ  2006;333:971, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.971-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Investigating iron status in microcytic anaemia: General practitioners could test for ferritin, etc, before referral
	Debasish Das
	BMJ  2006;333:972, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.972 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Investigating iron status in microcytic anaemia: Positive diagnosis of anaemia of chronic disease
	John R Duncan
	BMJ  2006;333:972, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.972-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Investigating iron status in microcytic anaemia: Zincprotoporphyrin and soluble transferrin receptor have a role
	Anastasios Koulaouzidis, Shivaram Bhat
	BMJ  2006;333:972, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.972-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Investigating iron status in microcytic anaemia: Causes and management of iron deficient anaemia
	Kaushik Guha
	BMJ  2006;333:972, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.972-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Expert witnesses should deliver services through the NHS
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:933, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.933 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Regulatory bodies can discipline expert witnesses
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:933, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.933-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;333:934, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.934 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Italian court upholds ban on pre-implantation diagnosis
	Fabio Turone
	BMJ  2006;333:934, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.934-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Scientists ask Libya to release medical workers facing death sentence
	Katka Krosnar
	BMJ  2006;333:934, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.934-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	New rules for homoeopathic remedies anger UK peers
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2006;333:935, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.935 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Sex change expert accused of rushing patients into surgery
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:935, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.935-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Patients and carers put their cancer journeys on to film and canvas
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2006;333:937, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.937-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Who will lead WHO?
	Anne Glusker
	BMJ  2006;333:938, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.938 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	EC produces strategy to reduce harm from alcohol
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2006;333:936, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.936 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Vegetables may slow cognitive decline in older people
	Robert Short
	BMJ  2006;333:936, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.936-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctor protests at greeting card manufacturer making fun of woman with acromegaly
	Jon Danzig
	BMJ  2006;333:936, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.936-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Projected global trends in mortality
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2006;333:936, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.936-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK mental health charities call for more psychological treatments
	Claire Frauenfelder
	BMJ  2006;333:936, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.936-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Patient safety needs closer monitoring, says Healthcare Commission
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;333:937, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.937 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Ethics expert advocates payment for organ donors
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;333:937, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.937-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS data are not accurate enough for monitoring doctors’ performance
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;333:937, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.937-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	NHS may miss target on reducing MRSA by 2008, minister says
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2006;333:938, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.938-a [Extract] [Full text]

	Improve medical training and safety culture for better paediatric care
	Lisa Hitchen
	BMJ  2006;333:938, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.938-b [Extract] [Full text]

	UK parliament creates all party group for tuberculosis
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2006;333:938, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.938-c [Extract] [Full text]

Research

	Mobilisation with movement and exercise, corticosteroid injection, or wait and see for tennis elbow: randomised trial
	Leanne Bisset, Elaine Beller, Gwendolen Jull, Peter Brooks, Ross Darnell, Bill Vicenzino
	BMJ  2006;333:939, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38961.584653.AE, (Published 29 September 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effect of radiation on success of glaucoma drainage surgery in South Africa: randomised controlled trial
	James F Kirwan, Simon Cousens, Lynette Venter, Colin Cook, Andries Stulting, Paul Roux, Ian Murdoch
	BMJ  2006;333:942, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38971.395301.7C, (Published 5 October 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Exclusion criteria] FREE

	Effect of breast feeding on intelligence in children: prospective study, sibling pairs analysis, and meta-analysis
	Geoff Der, G David Batty, Ian J Deary
	BMJ  2006;333:945, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38978.699583.55, (Published 4 October 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

Clinical review

	Acne
	Sarah Purdy, David de Berker
	BMJ  2006;333:949-953, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38987.606701.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

Practice

	A practical approach to timing cord clamping in resource poor settings
	Patrick F van Rheenen, Bernard J Brabin
	BMJ  2006;333:954-958, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39002.389236.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

	ABC of obesity: Strategies for preventing obesity
	Mike Lean, Jose Lara, James O Hill
	BMJ  2006;333:959-962, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.959 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2006;333:963-964, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.963 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Good Doctors, Safer Patients: Reactions to the chief medical officer's report
	BMJ  2006;333:965, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.965 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Success relies on winning hearts and minds
	Donald Irvine
	BMJ  2006;333:965-966, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39010.463044.68 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Independence is key to better regulation
	James Johnson
	BMJ  2006;333:966-967, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39010.462755.68 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Many questions remain unanswered
	Michael Buckley
	BMJ  2006;333:967-968, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39010.460579.68 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A new role for the royal colleges?
	Ian Gilmore
	BMJ  2006;333:969, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39013.584479.47 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Book: When Illness Goes Public: Celebrity Patients and How We Look at Medicine
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:975, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.975 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NETLINES
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2006;333:976, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.976 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: Ten years in Malawi: was it worth it?
	Chris Lavy
	BMJ  2006;333:976, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.976-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: Appraising UK doctors working overseas: open letter to the chief medical officer
	Alex Duncan
	BMJ  2006;333:977, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.977 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: War
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2006;333:977, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.977-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;333:978, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.978 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Poor adherence to drug treatment increases mortality after a heart attack
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Cure the disease, kill the patient
	Ruth Green
	BMJ  2006;333:948, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38958.625220.F7 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A consultation that changed my practice
	Sanju George
	BMJ  2006;333:958, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.958 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Christian Science
	BMJ  2006;333:962, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.962 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advice
	BMJ  2006;333:973, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.973-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	August is medical staffing month
	BMJ  2006;333:944, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.944 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Watchdog brands two thirds of NHS trusts as "fair" or "weak"
	BMJ  2006;333:944, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.944-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Anaesthesia, Elvis, and lawnmowers
	BMJ  2006;333:944, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.944-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Clinical problem solving and diagnostic decision making: selective review of the cognitive literature
	BMJ  2006;333:944, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.944-c [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;333:gp163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.sgp163, (Published 4 November 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Life as a GP locum
	Clare Wedderburn
	BMJ  2006;333:gp163-gp165, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.sgp163-a, (Published 4 November 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Surviving as second on-call in obstetrics and gynaecology as an international medical graduate
	R Rajagopal
	BMJ  2006;333:gp165, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.sgp165, (Published 4 November 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Are you an irritating colleague?
	Catherine K Lau
	BMJ  2006;333:s166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.s166, (Published 4 November 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Doctors and disciplinary action
	Hemant J Vadeyar
	BMJ  2006;333:s166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.s166-a, (Published 4 November 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A career as a British trainee psychiatrist
	Yasir Abbasi
	BMJ  2006;333:s166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.s166-b, (Published 4 November 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: Advice Zone
	BMJ  2006;333:s166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.s166-c, (Published 4 November 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;333:s167, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.s167, (Published 4 November 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A career in obstetrics and gynaecology
	Dharani Hapangama, Melissa Whitworth
	BMJ  2006;333:s167-s169, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.s167-a, (Published 4 November 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Starting as second on-call in obstetrics and gynaecology without UK work experience
	R Rajagopal
	BMJ  2006;333:s169, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.s169, (Published 4 November 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	USMLE and residency
	Wendi Batti
	BMJ  2006;333:s170-s171, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.s170, (Published 4 November 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	All trainees should have a 360° assessment
	Daniel Kinnair
	BMJ  2006;333:s172, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.s172, (Published 4 November 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Activity holidays for children
	Hannah Milton
	BMJ  2006;333:s173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.s173, (Published 4 November 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The leader of the UK's junior doctors
	Hamish Duncan
	BMJ  2006;333:s174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.s174, (Published 4 November 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Peter Maguire
	Francis Creed, Carolyn Pitceathly
	BMJ  2006;333:973, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.973 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	David Nicholas Challacombe
	Emma Wheeler
	BMJ  2006;333:974, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.974 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	William Bryan Davies
	R Bryn John
	BMJ  2006;333:974, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.974-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	James Laing Gordon Thomson
	Alistair Thomson, Rhys Davies
	BMJ  2006;333:974, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.974-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Anthony Stedman ("Tim") Till
	Joe Smith
	BMJ  2006;333:974, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.974-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Alan Rimmington Webster
	Anthony Jarvis
	BMJ  2006;333:974, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.974-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Peter Russel Young
	Amber Young, Sarah Young, Charles Young
	BMJ  2006;333:974, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.974-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

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