Editor's choice: Bird flu and transparency
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39119.594676.43 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	US editor's choice: The next best thing
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39120.563542.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Improving the mental health of offenders in primary care
	Gill Mezey
	BMJ  2007;334:267-268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39105.392060.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Preparing for the next flu pandemic
	Wei Shen Lim, Anne Thomson, Paul Little
	BMJ  2007;334:268-269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39101.628715.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New treatments for neovascular acute macular degeneration
	Usha Chakravarthy, Jennifer I Lim
	BMJ  2007;334:269-270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39100.460671.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Computed tomography screening for lung cancer
	Pamela M McMahon, David C Christiani
	BMJ  2007;334:271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39090.662963.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reducing harm from radiotherapy
	Liam Donaldson
	BMJ  2007;334:272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39112.454387.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Cervical screening: Women under 25 should be offered screening
	Amanda Herbert, John H F Smith
	BMJ  2007;334:273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39115.406771.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Malignant pleural effusion: Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery is still the standard
	Loic Lang-Lazdunski, John E Pilling
	BMJ  2007;334:273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39115.401412.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Malignant pleural effusion: Tuberculosis is differential diagnosis in developing world
	Oscar M Jolobe
	BMJ  2007;334:273-274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39115.403287.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Animal testing: A broader view of animal research
	Timothy I Musch, Robert G Carroll, Armin Just, Pascale H Lane, William T Talman
	BMJ  2007;334:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39115.390984.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Animal testing: Studies in animals should be more like those in humans
	Alexander S D Spiers
	BMJ  2007;334:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39115.419236.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Border crossing: Alliance of regulators addresses professional mobility
	Graeme Catto, Hew Mathewson, Rosie Varley, Nigel Clarke, Peter Dixon, Anna Van Der Gaag, Sandra Arthur, Hemant Patel
	BMJ  2007;334:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39115.410127.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Reputations: Slow handclapping and the sound of silence
	Paul K Morrish
	BMJ  2007;334:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39115.393947.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	People exposed to H5N1 in English turkey outbreak get antiviral and vaccination
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;334:275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39118.669375.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GPs sent "useless" guidance on coping with possible human cases of bird flu
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;334:275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39119.368750.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In Brief: Halt to microbicide trial sets back AIDS research
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2007;334:276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39118.473356.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	EC gives options for reducing smoking in Europe
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2007;334:276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39115.692303.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors must stay within their competence when giving evidence
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;334:276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39118.342095.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	World's first public-private cord blood bank launched in UK
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;334:277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39115.513762.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Care of dying patients and safety dominate report on NHS complaints
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;334:278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39118.686100.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GMC to gather data on prescribing errors after criticism
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;334:278-279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39115.634676.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Attempt to undermine European ban on advertising drugs fails in France
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2007;334:279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39115.464931.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US television drug advertisements paint a "black and white scenario"
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2007;334:279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39118.341227.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In Brief: News
	BMJ  2007;334:280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39118.518160.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Irish study shows women stop taking tamoxifen too early
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2007;334:280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39118.410637.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Gender gap persists in treatment of Canadians after heart attack
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2007;334:280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39118.339965.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Radiologist missed 38 breast cancers in two years
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;334:281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39118.376991.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GPs and consultants should work together in one stop health centres
	Oona Mashta
	BMJ  2007;334:281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39119.346701.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US expert warns interdependence of countries makes world more vulnerable to flu pandemic
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2007;334:281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39118.367523.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	European Court gets tough over medical school restrictions
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2007;334:281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39118.369468.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	UK health department criticised for secret deal
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2007;334:281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39119.496852.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Regulator defends its decision to delay use of hybrid embryos
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2007;334:281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39119.525556.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Care of high risk pregnant women should be concentrated in fewer places
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;334:281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39119.537951.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Shortcuts from other journals: MRI better than CT for diagnosing acute stroke
	BMJ  2007;334:282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39114.678380.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Alteplase is safe treatment for ischaemic stroke
	BMJ  2007;334:282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7588.282-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Essential oils implicated in prepubertal gynaecomastia
	BMJ  2007;334:282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7588.282-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Benzodiazepine restrictions did not affect hip fractures in older people
	BMJ  2007;334:282-283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7588.282-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Traffic fumes stunt growth and function of lungs in children
	BMJ  2007;334:283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7588.283 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Fine particle pollution linked to cardiovascular disease
	BMJ  2007;334:283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7588.283-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Unhurried listening helps relatives through grief
	BMJ  2007;334:283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7588.283-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Prescribed drugs and deterioration in Alzheimer's disease
	BMJ  2007;334:284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39092.632419.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Emergency departments reluctant to give sick notes
	BMJ  2007;334:284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7588.284-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Botulinum toxin relieves writer's cramp
	BMJ  2007;334:284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7588.284-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Purulent sputum predictive of bacterial infection in COPD
	BMJ  2007;334:284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7588.284-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Success in gun law reform in Australia
	BMJ  2007;334:284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7588.284-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Feature

	Abortion act: Where do we draw the line?
	Jonathan Gornall
	BMJ  2007;334:285-289, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39114.466875.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	THE WEEK IN MEDICINE: FDA tightens its grip on drug regulation
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2007;334:290-291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39119.546181.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	WHAT'S ON THE WEB: The UK H5N1 avian flu outbreak
	Anne Griffin
	BMJ  2007;334:291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39119.479595.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MEDIA WATCH: Tell us the truth about nutritionists
	Ben Goldacre
	BMJ  2007;334:292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39118.546308.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Role of combination antiviral therapy in pandemic influenza and stockpiling implications
	Sotirios Tsiodras, John D Mooney, Angelos Hatzakis
	BMJ  2007;334:293-294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39105.428981.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Role of non-governmental organisations in physician assisted suicide
	Stephen J Ziegler, Georg Bosshard
	BMJ  2007;334:295-298, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39100.417072.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research

	Pharmacological and lifestyle interventions to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in people with impaired glucose tolerance: systematic review and meta-analysis
	Clare L Gillies, Keith R Abrams, Paul C Lambert, Nicola J Cooper, Alex J Sutton, Ron T Hsu, Kamlesh Khunti
	BMJ  2007;334:299, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39063.689375.55, (Published 19 January 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Understanding help seeking behaviour among male offenders: qualitative interview study
	Amanda Howerton, Richard Byng, John Campbell, David Hess, Christabel Owens, Peter Aitken
	BMJ  2007;334:303, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39059.594444.AE, (Published 12 January 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Febrile seizures
	Lynette G Sadleir, Ingrid E Scheffer
	BMJ  2007;334:307-311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39087.691817.AE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

Practice

	Cases in primary care laboratory medicine: Pitfalls of testing and summary of guidance on safety monitoring with amiodarone and digoxin
	W Stuart A Smellie, Jamie J Coleman
	BMJ  2007;334:312-315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39090.709537.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & reviews

	Personal views: Out with "the old," elderly, and aged
	Marianne Falconer, Desmond O'Neill
	BMJ  2007;334:316, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39111.694884.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	REVIEW OF THE WEEK: Exploration or exploitation?
	Ike Iheanacho
	BMJ  2007;334:317, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39097.733461.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	FROM THE FRONTLINE: The hippy, hippy shake down
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2007;334:318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39118.531389.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	PAST CARING: So many, so wrong
	Wendy Moore
	BMJ  2007;334:318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39118.484630.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BETWEEN THE LINES: Is it so good to talk?
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2007;334:319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39118.431296.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MEDICAL CLASSICS: Ordinary People
	Elaine Lockhart
	BMJ  2007;334:319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39114.443519.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2007;334:322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39114.501725.801 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	Philip Severn, Lawrence Gnanaraj
	BMJ  2007;334:322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39114.501725.80 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Bum steer
	Michael D Aicken
	BMJ  2007;334:302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39098.373912.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Listen very carefully
	Douglas Graham Heap
	BMJ  2007;334:311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39098.549907.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	bmjupdates+: Permanent pacing is a powerful placebo for people with vasovagal syncope
	BMJ  2007;334:315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.476713.BE [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	What is heterogeneity and is it important?
	BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39118.463137.BE [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	First come first served
	BMJ  2007;334:s46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7588.s46, (Published 10 February 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A slight technical hitch
	BMJ  2007;334:s46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7588.s46-a, (Published 10 February 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A final warning
	BMJ  2007;334:s46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7588.s46-b, (Published 10 February 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Open sesame
	BMJ  2007;334:s46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7588.s46-c, (Published 10 February 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Lifestyle guru
	BMJ  2007;334:s46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7588.s46-d, (Published 10 February 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Win an iPod nano
	BMJ  2007;334:s46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7588.s46-e, (Published 10 February 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Love and death
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2007;334:s47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7588.s47, (Published 10 February 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Competency crisis facing the NHS
	Bonnie Kyle
	BMJ  2007;334:s47-s48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7588.s47-a, (Published 10 February 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ALERT course (Acute Life threatening Events—Recognition and Treatment)
	Tiago Villanueva
	BMJ  2007;334:s49, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7588.s49, (Published 10 February 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Medical marriages—good or bad?
	Martina Esisi
	BMJ  2007;334:s50, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7588.s50, (Published 10 February 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Confabulating house officer
	Lilantha Wedisinghe
	BMJ  2007;334:s51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7588.s51, (Published 10 February 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Health protection, infectious diseases, and microbiology
	Jane Minton
	BMJ  2007;334:s52-s53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7588.s52, (Published 10 February 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	An anatomist and inventor
	Wisam Alwan
	BMJ  2007;334:s54, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7588.s54, (Published 10 February 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Andries Postma
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2007;334:320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39111.520486.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	Mary Ann Christina Adams
	Henry Maas
	BMJ  2007;334:321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39114.730903.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	John Edward Buck
	Farid Khan, William Scott
	BMJ  2007;334:321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39114.733056.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	James Douglas ("Dougie") George
	Alan Green, David Thomas, Bruce George
	BMJ  2007;334:321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39114.739271.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	Neville Howard
	Robin Howard, Sarah Howard
	BMJ  2007;334:321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39112.421725.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Nicholas James Taffinder
	Peter McDonald
	BMJ  2007;334:321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39112.621238.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Jonathan Nicholas Wilson
	Michael Wilson, David Wilson, Andrew Wilson
	BMJ  2007;334:321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39112.395637.BE [Extract] [Full text]

Career focus

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