Editor's choice: Our unequal society
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39140.571759.43 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	US editor's choice: Is a warm house a medical intervention?
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39141.499873.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Folic acid and birth malformations
	C Bille, J C Murray, S F Olsen
	BMJ  2007;334:433-434, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39133.386296.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Housing and health
	Hilary Thomson, Mark Petticrew
	BMJ  2007;334:434-435, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39133.558380.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme
	Joe Collier
	BMJ  2007;334:435-436, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39136.464421.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Regulation of doctors
	David A Bruce
	BMJ  2007;334:436-437, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39135.619410.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management of breast cancer in women with BRCA gene mutation
	Malcolm R Kell, John P Burke
	BMJ  2007;334:437-438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39114.354248.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Spending on HIV: HIV funding: debate misses the point
	John Lwanda
	BMJ  2007;334:439, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39136.450359.FA [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Spending on HIV: It's only numbers
	Jeffrey C McIlwain
	BMJ  2007;334:439, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39136.463229.FA [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pandemic flu: Look at all the evidence before stockpiling amantadine
	Tom Jefferson
	BMJ  2007;334:439, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39136.489942.FA [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	WHO funding: World Health Organization refutes allegations
	Christine McNab
	BMJ  2007;334:440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39136.486007.FA [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Randomised trials: The urge to sprinkle statistics is irresistible
	James Penston
	BMJ  2007;334:440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39136.470139.FA [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Randomised trials: Beware the "Texas sharp shooter" in rate ratios of progression
	Anna C Goodman
	BMJ  2007;334:440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39136.475313.FA [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Morphine: Double effect is a myth leading a double life
	Claud Regnard
	BMJ  2007;334:440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39136.502361.FA [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	US heart group says COX 2 inhibitors should be last choice for pain relief in patients at risk
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;334:441, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39139.644664.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors lose power to regulate their profession
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;334:441, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39141.685961.E0 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK nears European average in proportion of GDP spent on health care
	Anne Griffin
	BMJ  2007;334:442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39140.341736.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Europe needs two or three years to prepare for pandemic flu
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2007;334:442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39136.684063.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS trusts don't meet standards expected for children in hospital
	Robert Short
	BMJ  2007;334:443, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39140.563576.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New once a day, fixed dose antimalarial is now available for adults and children
	Anne Griffin
	BMJ  2007;334:443, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39139.346782.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US health policy experts call for a centre to compare treatments
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2007;334:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39139.334190.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Misuse of prescription drugs could soon exceed that of illicit narcotics, UN panel warns
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2007;334:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39140.394410.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Joint Account: the world of conjoined twins
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2007;334:445, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39139.532512.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	HFEA allows women to donate eggs for research
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;334:445, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39139.478345.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Guidance recommends asking pregnant women about mental health
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;334:445, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39140.438565.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In Brief: News
	BMJ  2007;334:446, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39139.601644.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctor who gave consultations and prescriptions on the internet is suspended
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;334:446, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39136.426863.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Government must win over doctors to changes to NHS
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2007;334:446, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39139.678704.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Simple precautionary measures can reduce numbers of falls in hospital
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;334:447, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39139.641875.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Repeal law that puts "FDA on the payroll of the industry," says former NEJM editor
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;334:447, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39140.456030.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK government is defeated on community treatment orders
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;334:447, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39140.465764.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	New guidelines on preventing heart disease in women propose aspirin for all aged over 65
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;334:447, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39140.415718.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Report highlights "catastrophic" personal payments for health care in Asia
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2007;334:447, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39139.656678.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Number of people in UK with dementia will more than double by 2050
	Oona Mashta
	BMJ  2007;334:447, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39139.709595.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Healthcare bodies sign charter pledging commitment to patient safety
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;334:447, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39136.486829.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Experts call for close scrutiny of new cancer centres
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2007;334:447, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39139.476875.4E [Extract] [Full text]

	NICE says doctors should identify people at high risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;334:447, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39140.550208.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Prophylaxis with heparin prevents pulmonary embolus in medical inpatients
	BMJ  2007;334:448, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7591.448 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Treatments for COPD may not prolong survival
	BMJ  2007;334:448, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7591.448-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Male circumcision cuts risk of HIV by half
	BMJ  2007;334:448-449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39135.698171.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Cardiopulmonary bypass doesn't cause cognitive decline
	BMJ  2007;334:449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7591.449 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Controlled insulin therapy during cardiac surgery is probably pointless
	BMJ  2007;334:449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7591.449-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: In-store clinics are no threat to good primary care
	BMJ  2007;334:449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7591.449-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: High pulse pressure predicts atrial fibrillation
	BMJ  2007;334:449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7591.449-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Feature

	Will we be getting good doctors and safer patients?
	Graeme Catto
	BMJ  2007;334:450, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39136.510949.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Will we be getting good doctors and safer patients?
	Adam James Pringle
	BMJ  2007;334:450, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39136.470359.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Will we be getting good doctors and safer patients?
	Bernard Ribeiro
	BMJ  2007;334:450-451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39136.431343.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Will we be getting good doctors and safer patients?
	James Johnson
	BMJ  2007;334:451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39136.524826.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Will we be getting good doctors and safer patients?
	Joyce Robins
	BMJ  2007;334:451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39136.412569.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pharmacogenetics: Fitting the drug to the patient
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;334:452-453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39133.452315.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Yankee Doodling: Killing me softly
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2007;334:454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39135.671817.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Designing and evaluating complex interventions to improve health care
	Neil C Campbell, Elizabeth Murray, Janet Darbyshire, Jon Emery, Andrew Farmer, Frances Griffiths, Bruce Guthrie, Helen Lester, Phil Wilson, Ann Louise Kinmonth
	BMJ  2007;334:455-459, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.379965.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research

	Effect of insulating existing houses on health inequality: cluster randomised study in the community
	Philippa Howden-Chapman, Anna Matheson, Julian Crane, Helen Viggers, Malcolm Cunningham, Tony Blakely, Chris Cunningham, Alistair Woodward, Kay Saville-Smith, Des O'Dea, Martin Kennedy, Michael Baker, Nick Waipara, Ralph Chapman, Gabrielle Davie
	BMJ  2007;334:460, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39070.573032.80, (Published 26 February 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Folic acid supplements and risk of facial clefts: national population based case-control study
	Allen J Wilcox, Rolv Terje Lie, Kari Solvoll, Jack Taylor, D Robert McConnaughey, Frank Åbyholm, Hallvard Vindenes, Stein Emil Vollset, Christian A Drevon
	BMJ  2007;334:464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39079.618287.0B, (Published 26 January 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Management of kidney stones
	Nicole L Miller, James E Lingeman
	BMJ  2007;334:468-472, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39113.480185.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

Practice

	Cases in primary care laboratory medicine: Hyponatraemia and hypernatraemia: pitfalls in testing
	W Stuart A Smellie, A Heald
	BMJ  2007;334:473-476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39098.744560.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & reviews

	Personal views: The case for dedicated sickle cell centres
	Graham Serjeant
	BMJ  2007;334:477, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39133.665810.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the frontline: Britney tears
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2007;334:478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39139.462361.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The best medicine: Believe it or not
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2007;334:478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39136.674537.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BETWEEN THE LINES: A doctor and a poet
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2007;334:479, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39136.522500.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical classics: A Country Doctor's Notebook
	Chris Bird
	BMJ  2007;334:479, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39136.684144.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	REVIEW OF THE WEEK: Don't blame the drugs
	Allen Shaughnessy
	BMJ  2007;334:480, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39139.525069.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2007;334:482, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39135.684815.DE1 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	Edward Doyle, Michael Eckstein
	BMJ  2007;334:482, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39135.684815.DE [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Micronutrient supplements may improve neonatal health
	BMJ  2007;334:467, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39129.664259.BE [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Arbitrariness and conventionality: actions speak louder than words
	Emma Stapleton
	BMJ  2007;334:476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39099.392720.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	Is there any higher education training in paediatric oncology that lasts between six to 12 months with a specific qualification? An MD or PhD will be too long in my present situation. Are there alternative paths to higher education?
	Howard Clark
	BMJ  2007;334:s74, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7591.s74, (Published 3 March 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Recently I moved back to Wales after spending nearly eight years away. I have been working mainly in accident and emergency (A&E), and have completed the first part of my FACEM(Aus). I am unlikely now to return to Australia, however, as I have two young children; the youngest is six months. I am struggling with which path to take because getting an SpR in A&E would mean doing most of the training again, as well as more exams. I have been interested in general practice for some time and am thinking of applying for the VTS in early 2007. I still have some time to complete before being able to do my GP registrar year, such as paediatrics, psychiatry, etc. My biggest concern is having to leave the kids to do an SHO job, with all the out of hours and long days, when it is nearly eight years since I was an SHO. Apart from getting a staff grade job in A&E, which I think I would find frustrating seeing that I was midway through my training in Australia, do you have any advice for me?
	Bill Irish
	BMJ  2007;334:s74, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7591.s74-a, (Published 3 March 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The sub, sub specialist
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2007;334:s75, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7591.s75, (Published 3 March 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Perinatal psychiatry
	Muthukumar Kannabiran, Rowan Pearson, Gopinath Narayan
	BMJ  2007;334:s75-s76, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7591.s75-a, (Published 3 March 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Politicians are trying to downgrade our profession
	Clive Peedell
	BMJ  2007;334:s77, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7591.s77, (Published 3 March 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Pathological career change
	Layla McCay
	BMJ  2007;334:s78, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7591.s78, (Published 3 March 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Modernising your surgical career
	James Thorpe, Sophie Lace, Leith Williams
	BMJ  2007;334:s79-s80, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7591.s79, (Published 3 March 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endocrinology
	Yasmin Akram
	BMJ  2007;334:s80, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7591.s80, (Published 3 March 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	REVIEWS
	Sharon McConville
	BMJ  2007;334:s81, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7591.s81, (Published 3 March 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	REVIEWS
	Megan Smith
	BMJ  2007;334:s81, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7591.s81-a, (Published 3 March 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Masters in medical sciences in clinical psychiatry (M Med Sci in clinical psychiatry)
	Arun Chopra
	BMJ  2007;334:gp84, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7591.sgp84, (Published 3 March 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Brian Brendan Hickey
	John Hickey
	BMJ  2007;334:481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39115.574583.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Polly Amanda James
	Matt Bull
	BMJ  2007;334:481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39122.491725.80 [Extract] [Full text]

	Peter Viggo Egebjerg Jensen
	Mary Jensen, Peter Jensen
	BMJ  2007;334:481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39115.662789.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Joseph Lister
	David Lister
	BMJ  2007;334:481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39115.454919.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	James Martin Stewart
	Alison Stewart
	BMJ  2007;334:481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39112.436273.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Frank Derek Thompson
	Guy Neild, M A Mansell
	BMJ  2007;334:481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39112.649444.BE [Extract] [Full text]

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