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Editor's choice: A redesigned bmj.com
Tony Delamothe
BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39098.502836.47
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US editor's choice: Milestones, tombstones, and sex education
Douglas Kamerow
BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39099.504583.3A
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Sexual health in adolescents
Trevor Stammers
BMJ  2007;334:103-104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39087.374653.BE
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Iron and zinc deficiency in children in developing countries
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
BMJ  2007;334:104-105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39094.513924.BE
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Tuberculosis in resource poor countries
Robert Colebunders, Ludwig Apers, Greet Dieltiens, William Worodria
BMJ  2007;334:105-106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39092.388796.80
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Surgery for cataract
Christopher M Wood
BMJ  2007;334:107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39093.388900.80
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Renaming schizophrenia
Jeffrey A Lieberman, Michael B First
BMJ  2007;334:108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39057.662373.80
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Case management: Government should have respected evidence
David Oliver
BMJ  2007;334:109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39094.396123.1F
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Case management: Community matrons do make a difference
Martin J Howard
BMJ  2007;334:109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39094.383796.1F
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National Sickness Service: Fundamental problem is not lack of preventive care
Richard J Lyus
BMJ  2007;334:109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39094.381366.1F
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Surgical follow-up by GPs: Proposal strikes at the heart of medicine
Andrew N Bamji
BMJ  2007;334:109-110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39094.393912.1F
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Smokers and surgery: The best time to die (to help fellow taxpayers)
Robert A Da Prato
BMJ  2007;334:110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39094.388588.1F
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Anatomy crisis: Make surgeons more active in teaching anatomy at all levels
Sanjay Purkayastha, Paraskeva Paraskevas, Ara Darzi
BMJ  2007;334:110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39094.394606.1F
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Child safety in cars: Seats must be secured when children are not using them
Adam C Frosh, Jonathan Wernick
BMJ  2007;334:110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39094.386215.1F
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Lack of hospital beds causes emergency departments to miss targets
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2007;334:111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39098.461968.DB
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BMJ readers choose the "sanitary revolution" as greatest medical advance since 1840
Annabel Ferriman
BMJ  2007;334:111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39097.611806.DB
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UK regulatory body wants public consultation on human-animal hybrid research
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2007;334:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39097.380313.DB
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Democrats push for stem cell research in US
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2007;334:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39094.683056.94
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Compulsive gamblers must get free NHS treatment, BMA says
Lisa Hitchen
BMJ  2007;334:113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39098.396563.DB
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Government suffers its first defeat over Mental Health Bill
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2007;334:113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39097.637049.DB
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In Brief: News
BMJ  2007;334:114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39097.458044.4E
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NHS is accused of "appalling lack of workforce planning"
Sally Hargreaves
BMJ  2007;334:114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39097.341944.DB
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One in four trainee doctors have concerns about their NHS career, study shows
Sally Hargreaves
BMJ  2007;334:114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39097.605822.DB
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Fertilisation authority raids controversial fertility clinics
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2007;334:115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39097.746030.4E
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Group asks US National Institutes of Health to reveal industry ties
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2007;334:115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39097.388218.DB
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High court upholds GMC's rejection of case against neurologist
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2007;334:116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39112.756262.E0
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Plan to halve MRSA cases by 2008 is probably not achievable, memo says
Michael Day
BMJ  2007;334:116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39094.632697.DB
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US health spending grew more slowly in 2005, but it's not all good news
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2007;334:117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39097.487616.4E
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GMC accuses doctor of handing out slimming pills "as if they were Smarties"
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2007;334:117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39098.554734.DB
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Hospital withdraws letter to GPs saying how patients can jump queues
Michael Day
BMJ  2007;334:117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39098.337454.DB
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Arabian Peninsula states launch plan to eradicate malaria
May Meleigy
BMJ  2007;334:117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39097.499641.4E
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EU is urged to press for global ban on mercury
Rory Watson
BMJ  2007;334:117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39097.341076.DB
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Shortcuts from other journals: Candidate drug for familial hypercholesterolaemia needs more work
BMJ  2007;334:118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7585.118
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Shortcuts from other journals: Adherence to drug treatments prolongs survival after heart attack
BMJ  2007;334:118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39093.538542.80
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Shortcuts from other journals: Syphilis returns to China
BMJ  2007;334:118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7585.118-b
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Shortcuts from other journals: Many Canadian immigrants are susceptible to measles, mumps, or rubella
BMJ  2007;334:118-119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7585.118-c
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Shortcuts from other journals: Race is a relentless and exhausting burden for some black American doctors
BMJ  2007;334:119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7585.119
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Shortcuts from other journals: US prisoners have high death rates in the weeks after release
BMJ  2007;334:119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7585.119-a
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Shortcuts from other journals: Patients with drug eluting stents do better on long term clopidogrel
BMJ  2007;334:119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7585.119-b
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What have we learnt from Vioxx?
Harlan M Krumholz, Joseph S Ross, Amos H Presler, David S Egilman
BMJ  2007;334:120-123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.487720.68
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THE WEEK IN MEDICINE: No quick fix for the NHS
Rebecca Coombes
BMJ  2007;334:124-125, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39097.690428.59
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WHAT'S ON BMJ.COM: The Trouble with Medical Journals by Richard Smith: an alternative view
Pritpal S Tamber
BMJ  2007;334:125, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39098.446065.59
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Yankee Doodling: Today's doctor's dilemma
Douglas Kamerow
BMJ  2007;334:126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39097.516609.59
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Graphical method for depicting randomised trials of complex interventions
Rafael Perera, Carl Heneghan, Patricia Yudkin
BMJ  2007;334:127-129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.396817.68
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The in-between world of knowledge brokering
Jonathan Lomas
BMJ  2007;334:129-132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.593380.AE
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Impact of a theoretically based sex education programme (SHARE) delivered by teachers on NHS registered conceptions and terminations: final results of cluster randomised trial
M Henderson, D Wight, G M Raab, C Abraham, A Parkes, S Scott, G Hart
BMJ  2007;334:133, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39014.503692.55, (Published 21 November 2006)
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Effect of isoniazid prophylaxis on mortality and incidence of tuberculosis in children with HIV: randomised controlled trial
Heather J Zar, Mark F Cotton, Stanzi Strauss, Janine Karpakis, Gregory Hussey, H Simon Schaaf, Helena Rabie, Carl J Lombard
BMJ  2007;334:136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39000.486400.55, (Published 3 November 2006)
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Effects of fortified milk on morbidity in young children in north India: community based, randomised, double masked placebo controlled trial
Sunil Sazawal, Usha Dhingra, Pratibha Dhingra, Girish Hiremath, Jitendra Kumar, Archana Sarkar, Venugopal P Menon, Robert E Black
BMJ  2007;334:140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39035.482396.55, (Published 28 November 2006)
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Syphilis
Patrick French
BMJ  2007;334:143-147, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39085.518148.BE
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Redesign and modernisation of an NHS cataract service (Fife 1997-2004): multifaceted approach
Adrian Tey, Barbara Grant, Dawn Harbison, Shona Sutherland, Patrick Kearns, Roshini Sanders
BMJ  2007;334:148-152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39050.520069.BE
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10-minute consultation: Collapse with loss of awareness
Dougall McCorry, Angela McCorry
BMJ  2007;334:153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39070.390961.DE
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Change page: Don't use minocycline as first line oral antibiotic in acne
Paul McManus, Ike Iheanacho
BMJ  2007;334:154, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39048.540394.BE
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Personal views: Who is responsible for do not resuscitate status in patients with broken hips?
Rahij Anwar, Azeem Ahmed
BMJ  2007;334:155, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39085.659248.59
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Netlines
Harry Brown
BMJ  2007;334:156, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39094.711238.94
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Personal views: Referral management schemes are damaging patients' interests
Peter Lapsley
BMJ  2007;334:156, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39094.602569.94
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Shopping for patients on the high street
Margaret McCartney
BMJ  2007;334:157, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39091.442720.59
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FROM THE FRONTLINE: Law and disorders
Des Spence
BMJ  2007;334:158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39097.614977.94
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THE BEST MEDICINE: What goes around, comes around
Liam Farrell
BMJ  2007;334:158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39094.508218.59
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BETWEEN THE LINES: A historical whopper
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2007;334:159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39066.561551.B7
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Medical Classics: Doctor in the House
James Owen Drife
BMJ  2007;334:159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39091.730000.59
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Minerva
BMJ  2007;334:162, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39093.672697.801
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Minerva
Jason Y K Chan, Richard Oakley, Michael J Gleeson
BMJ  2007;334:162, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39093.672697.80
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Endpiece: A historical view of the future
BMJ  2007;334:132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39043.680347.F7
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Endpiece: What is research?
BMJ  2007;334:147, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39043.685775.F7
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bmjupdates+: Acupuncture may speed up the active phase of labour in women whose membranes rupture before the onset of labour
BMJ  2007;334:152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39094.662708.DE
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Minerva
BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39097.580961.BE
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Comparison of treatment effects between animal experiments and clinical trials: systematic review
BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39097.585880.BE
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Screening strategies for chronic kidney disease in the general population: follow-up of cross sectional health survey
BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39098.405382.BE
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LETTER OF THE MONTH Building a safer NHS—September rather than August?
Richard C Worth
BMJ  2007;334:s22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7585.s22, (Published 20 January 2007)
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MMC: NEW GAME, OLD RULES The bigger picture
Anna Popova
BMJ  2007;334:s22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7585.s22-a, (Published 20 January 2007)
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Three in a bed—man, wife, and MMC
Lynne M Beattie
BMJ  2007;334:s22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7585.s22-b, (Published 20 January 2007)
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LACK OF ATLS COURSES Advanced trauma life support can be studied overseas
Declan Fox
BMJ  2007;334:s22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7585.s22-c, (Published 20 January 2007)
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Keeping an eye out for specialties
Peter Cross
BMJ  2007;334:s23, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7585.s23, (Published 20 January 2007)
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International health foundation programmes
Fred Martineau
BMJ  2007;334:s23-s25, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7585.s23-a, (Published 20 January 2007)
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... preparing for the MRCS part 3 exam
Vivian A Elwell
BMJ  2007;334:s25, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7585.s25, (Published 20 January 2007)
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How to publish audit
Ricky Banarsee
BMJ  2007;334:gp26-gp27, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7585.sgp26, (Published 20 January 2007)
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Certificate in Aeromedical Retrieval and Transport
Pamela Winton
BMJ  2007;334:s26, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7585.s26, (Published 20 January 2007)
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Returning to high altitude
Alison Evans
BMJ  2007;334:s27, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7585.s27, (Published 20 January 2007)
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The Arsenal crowd doctor
Patrick Hutt
BMJ  2007;334:gp28, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7585.sgp28, (Published 20 January 2007)
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This week's obituaries [PDF]

William Ian McDonald
Caroline Richmond
BMJ  2007;334:160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39097.535093.FA
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Moyna Gladys Clark
Nicola Pritchard
BMJ  2007;334:161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39094.614942.FA
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Alexander ("Sandy") Gordon Elder
Ewan B Macdonald, Ian S Symington, Richard Soutar
BMJ  2007;334:161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39094.548056.FA
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Gwilym Penrose Hosking
Emma-Jane Hosking, Suzie Mitchell
BMJ  2007;334:161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39094.641956.FA
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Aloysius ("Lou") Michels
Kenneth Lamb, Jonathan Falla, Josephine McGettigan
BMJ  2007;334:161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39087.743310.FA
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Imrich ("Emery") Sarkany
Robin Graham-Brown
BMJ  2007;334:161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39094.526991.FA
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Peter Thomas John Christopher Plumbly Warner
Iona Warner
BMJ  2007;334:161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39094.564468.FA
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