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3 February 2007 (Vol 334, No 7587)
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Editor's choice: How much should doctors earn?
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39112.522280.43
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US editor's choice: On dying and dyeing
Douglas Kamerow
BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39113.523762.3A
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Venlafaxine for major depression
Andrea Cipriani, John R Geddes, Corrado Barbui
BMJ  2007;334:215-216, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39098.457720.BE
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Childhood intelligence and being a vegetarian
Marcus Richards
BMJ  2007;334:216-217, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39107.671412.80
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Leprosy after starting antiretroviral treatment
Stephen D Lawn, Diana N J Lockwood
BMJ  2007;334:217-218, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39107.480359.80
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Emergency care in the first 48 hours
Peter Leman
BMJ  2007;334:218-219, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39099.591528.80
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Allergy to hair dye
John P McFadden, Ian R White, Peter J Frosch, Heidi Sosted, Jenne D Johansen, Torkil Menne
BMJ  2007;334:220, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39042.643206.BE
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Teenage pregnancy: Education programme has changed since study
D Graham Mackenzie, John Taylor
BMJ  2007;334:221, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.388345.1F
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Teenage pregnancy: Systematic review addresses socioeconomic inequalities
Ginny Brunton, Ann Oakley, Angela Harden
BMJ  2007;334:221, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.405139.1F
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Semantics: Schizophrenia can and should be renamed
David G Kingdon, Yoshihiro Kinoshita, Farooq Naeem, Maged Swelam, Lars Hansen, Selveraj Vincent, Shanaya Rathod
BMJ  2007;334:221-222, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.396852.1F
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Resuscitation orders: Orthopaedic consultant is responsible in hip fracture
Paul Diggory
BMJ  2007;334:222, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.393380.1F
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NHS cataract service: ISTC programme is an expensive option
Simon P Kelly, Brenda Billington, Richard Smith, Rhod Daniel
BMJ  2007;334:222, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.384572.1F
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Ghost authorship of industry funded drug trials is common, say researchers
Sally Hargreaves
BMJ  2007;334:223, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.653750.DB
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Giving a voice to the unheard
Bryan Christie
BMJ  2007;334:223, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39111.697315.DB
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In Brief: News
BMJ  2007;334:224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39112.338889.43
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Antibiotics in second trimester may reduce risk of preterm birth
Barbara Kermode-Scott
BMJ  2007;334:224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39111.364410.DB
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Bush proposes plan to expand health insurance coverage
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2007;334:225, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.481042.DB
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$500m investment in poor countries' health systems will boost vaccination
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2007;334:225, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39111.668044.DB
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MPs criticise £0.9bn PFI scheme for failing to consult doctors
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2007;334:226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39111.537477.4E
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More than 200 000 people ask Novartis to drop its challenge on drug patent
Sally Hargreaves
BMJ  2007;334:226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39111.596481.DB
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Kidney patients should get more care from nurse practitioners and have dialysis closer to home
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2007;334:226-227, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39111.705162.DB
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Publishers hire PR heavyweight to defend themselves against open access
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2007;334:227, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39112.439051.DB
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Doctors disagree over detention of patients with extensively drug resistant tuberculosis
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2007;334:228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.568368.DB
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Dutch court acquits suicide counsellor of breaking the law
Tony Sheldon
BMJ  2007;334:228-229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.711794.DB
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And the Oscar goes to . . . Salvarsan
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2007;334:229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39111.340023.DB
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Ontario starts colorectal cancer screening programme for adults aged 50-74
David Spurgeon
BMJ  2007;334:229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.509167.DB
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NICE proposes incentives to keep addicts free of drugs
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2007;334:229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39112.429190.DB
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Politicians should not be making healthcare decisions, survey says
Anne Griffin
BMJ  2007;334:229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39111.379688.DB
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National director calls for five point plan on care of older people
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2007;334:229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39111.622176.4E
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UK minister is questioned about recruiting too many GPs
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2007;334:229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.561470.DB
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World's first public-private cord blood bank launched in United Kingdom
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2007;334:229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39114.689850.DB
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Shortcuts from other journals: Drug safety is too important to leave to industry
BMJ  2007;334:230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7587.230
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Shortcuts from other journals: Citalopram lifts depression after heart disease
BMJ  2007;334:230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7587.230-a
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Shortcuts from other journals: One fracture predicts another, especially in men
BMJ  2007;334:230-231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7587.230-b
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Shortcuts from other journals: Surgery still best treatment for fibroids
BMJ  2007;334:231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7587.231
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Shortcuts from other journals: Antibodies to myelin don't predict progression to multiple sclerosis
BMJ  2007;334:231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7587.231-a
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Shortcuts from other journals: High school linemen are too heavy for their health
BMJ  2007;334:231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.435938.BE
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One for the album: First picturesOne for the album
Geoff Watts
BMJ  2007;334:232-233, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39106.494931.94
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Head to head: Is doctors' self interest undermining the National Health Service
Alan Maynard
BMJ  2007;334:234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39066.452847.68
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Head to head: Is doctors' self interest undermining the National Health Service?
Laurence Buckman
BMJ  2007;334:235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39098.405602.BE
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THE WEEK IN MEDICINE: So how much do doctors really earn?
Michael Day
BMJ  2007;334:236-237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39112.426481.59
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ATLANTIC CROSSING: Is the president's plan dead even before arrival?
Uwe E Reinhardt
BMJ  2007;334:238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39112.449282.59
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Defining limits in care of terminally ill patients
Ursula K Braun, Rebecca J Beyth, Marvella E Ford, Laurence B McCullough
BMJ  2007;334:239-241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39048.475046.68
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Risk of suicide during treatment with venlafaxine, citalopram, fluoxetine, and dothiepin: retrospective cohort study
Annalisa Rubino, Neil Roskell, Pat Tennis, Daniel Mines, Scott Weich, Elizabeth Andrews
BMJ  2007;334:242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.445104.BE, (Published 12 December 2006)
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IQ in childhood and vegetarianism in adulthood: 1970 British cohort study
Catharine R Gale, Ian J Deary, Ingrid Schoon, G David Batty
BMJ  2007;334:245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39030.675069.55, (Published 15 December 2006)
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Endometriosis
Cynthia Farquhar
BMJ  2007;334:249-253, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39073.736829.BE
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Masterclass for GPs: Headaches
Geraint Fuller, Claire Kaye
BMJ  2007;334:254-256, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39090.652847.DE
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Penetrating trauma to the junctional zone needs aggressive management
J Ahmad, G C Beattie, R Kennedy, J A Kennedy, W D B Clements
BMJ  2007;334:257-258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.459248.80
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10-minute consultation: Newly diagnosed iron deficiency anaemia in a premenopausal woman
Tony Todd, Tim Caroe
BMJ  2007;334:259, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39003.602338.94
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Personal views: Collecting feathers in the health service
BMJ  2007;334:260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39051.682535.55
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REVIEW OF THE WEEK: Telling the inside story?
Jeanne Lenzer
BMJ  2007;334:261, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.525810.59
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FROM THE FRONTLINE: Flagging up a necessary division
Des Spence
BMJ  2007;334:262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39111.450301.59
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Drug tales and other stories: On the cheap
Ike Iheanacho
BMJ  2007;334:262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.530150.B7
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BETWEEN THE LINES: "Remember: people—and animals"
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2007;334:263, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39113.745451.E0
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MEDICAL CLASSICS: Tropical Diseases
W F Bynum
BMJ  2007;334:263, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.622535.59
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Minerva
BMJ  2007;334:266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39107.711655.471
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Minerva
Andrew Sherley-Dale, Rod Hughes
BMJ  2007;334:266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39107.711655.47
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Are you addicted to your "crackberry"?
Mark Taylor
BMJ  2007;334:241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39093.506273.BE
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BMJ updates: Drug eluting stents don't reduce mortality in the long term compared with bare metal stents
BMJ  2007;334:248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39099.483762.BE
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Medical folklore—the use of your stethoscope's bell
Michael Reschen
BMJ  2007;334:253, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39098.406852.BE
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The God incarnate
Ajit Singh Kashyap, Kuldip Parkash Anand, Surekha Kashyap
BMJ  2007;334:256, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39098.439016.BE
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When I use a word: Geographic metals
Jeff Aronson
BMJ  2007;334:258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39113.728322.E0
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Minerva
BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39107.412465.BE
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Obituary of William Ian McDonald
BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39107.418623.BE
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LETTER OF THE MONTH Is greed good?
Mark L Jones
BMJ  2007;334:s36, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7587.s36, (Published 3 February 2007)
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IS GREED GOOD? Looking to the future
Anne M Rothery
BMJ  2007;334:s36, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7587.s36-a, (Published 3 February 2007)
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The benefits of competition
Clare E Rogers
BMJ  2007;334:s36, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7587.s36-b, (Published 3 February 2007)
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Mixed feelings
Karen A O'Reilly
BMJ  2007;334:s36, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7587.s36-c, (Published 3 February 2007)
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Bearing witness
Peter Cross
BMJ  2007;334:s37, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7587.s37, (Published 3 February 2007)
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The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but...
Sukhpal Singh Sandhu
BMJ  2007;334:s37-s39, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7587.s37-a, (Published 3 February 2007)
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...organising your daily PRHO jobs
Rebecca Noad
BMJ  2007;334:s39, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7587.s39, (Published 3 February 2007)
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Seven essentials before beginning a new job
Rachel Hooke
BMJ  2007;334:s40, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7587.s40, (Published 3 February 2007)
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Teaching Improvement Project (TIPS) course
Dora Wood
BMJ  2007;334:s41, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7587.s41, (Published 3 February 2007)
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MED in surgical education at Imperial College, London
Jacqueline E Rees-Lee
BMJ  2007;334:s41, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7587.s41-a, (Published 3 February 2007)
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Hospital induction—fit for purpose?
Kate Young
BMJ  2007;334:s42, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7587.s42, (Published 3 February 2007)
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MRCS express
Juan de Dios Robinson
BMJ  2007;334:s43, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7587.s43, (Published 3 February 2007)
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REVIEWS
James R Cameron
BMJ  2007;334:s44, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7587.s44, (Published 3 February 2007)
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REVIEWS
C Mauffrey
BMJ  2007;334:s44, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7587.s44-a, (Published 3 February 2007)
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This week's obituaries [PDF]

Roland Jacob Levinsky
Caroline Richmond
BMJ  2007;334:264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.594352.FA
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Pamela June Alexander (née Tyson)
Rosemary Alexander
BMJ  2007;334:265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.704120.FA
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Peter MacDonald Crawford
Iain Broom
BMJ  2007;334:265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.699225.FA
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Thomas Goronwy ("T G") Evans
Sue Smith
BMJ  2007;334:265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.688646.FA
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David Pratt
Roger Peel
BMJ  2007;334:265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.684595.FA
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Patricia Mary Qura'n (née Gilligan)
Alex Magee, Bronagh Bunting, Fiona Gibson
BMJ  2007;334:265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.674525.FA
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Francis James ("Jim") Zacharias
John Cunningham
BMJ  2007;334:265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39087.717708.FA
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Julian Thomas ("Tomi") Spenser
Shmuel Reis, Eva Alkon-Katz, Jim Shalom, Jonathan Spenser
BMJ  2007;334:265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39104.665903.FA
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