Editor's choice: Time to talk salt
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39196.679537.47 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	US editor's choice: Salty story
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39197.425683.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Salt and cardiovascular disease
	Francesco P Cappuccio
	BMJ  2007;334:859-860, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39175.364954.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Postmenopausal hormone therapy
	Deborah Grady, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor
	BMJ  2007;334:860-861, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39188.594282.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Preventing ventilator associated pneumonia
	Christian Brun-Buisson
	BMJ  2007;334:861-862, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39185.380405.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Stigmatising sex workers: BMA public health doctor's claims lack evidence
	Jacky Chambers, Penny Goold, Sharon Myring
	BMJ  2007;334:863, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39191.716458.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Stigmatising sex workers: For debate: Should prostitution be legalised and regulated?
	C J Spencer Jones
	BMJ  2007;334:863, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39191.709919.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Stigmatising sex workers: Public health policy must be based on sound evidence
	Michael D E Goodyear
	BMJ  2007;334:863-864, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39191.711794.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Intensive care: Help for patients and relatives
	Lisa E Hinton
	BMJ  2007;334:864, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39191.711134.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	COPD: Drug management of COPD
	Peter D Burrill
	BMJ  2007;334:864, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39191.719352.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Coeliac disease: Decision tool needs to be developed for children
	Jonas F Ludvigsson, Anneli Ivarsson
	BMJ  2007;334:864, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39191.706505.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Shift work: The view from Denmark
	Shariha Khalid Erichsen
	BMJ  2007;334:864, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39191.727164.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	New contract has meant higher pay but not better care, say doctors
	Lisa Hitchen
	BMJ  2007;334:865, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39191.670347.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Exodus of medical staff strains Iraq's health facilities
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2007;334:865, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39195.466713.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US Supreme Court approves ban on "partial birth abortion"
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2007;334:866-867, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39192.397338.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Breast cancer fell when women stopped hormone replacement, US study shows
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2007;334:866, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39192.367789.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Abstinence education has no effect on US teenagers' sexual activity
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2007;334:867, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39195.364792.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Report recommends tighter legislation and better road design to reduce traffic injuries and deaths
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;334:867, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39195.366169.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In Brief: News
	BMJ  2007;334:868, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39195.477963.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Inquiry will study claims that Sellafield workers' body parts were removed without families' consent
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;334:868, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39195.497882.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Hospital patients should be assessed for risk of thromboembolism
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;334:868-869, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39196.475810.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Reform of NHS patients' forums unnecessary and unproved, MPs say
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;334:869, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39195.340347.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	More than 90% of US doctors receive favours from drug companies
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2007;334:869, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39196.342847.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Former staff at CMAJ launch open access journal
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2007;334:870, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39191.702269.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	UK leads initiative to drive down cost of drugs in poor countries
	Robert Short
	BMJ  2007;334:870, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39195.388356.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Working within industry's silken but firm embrace
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2007;334:871, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39190.671644.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	First steps are taken towards creation of a European digital library
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2007;334:871, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39195.339630.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	NICE tells employers how to help staff quit smoking
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;334:871, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39196.454884.4E [Extract] [Full text]

	UK stillbirth rate stops declining as age of mothers rises
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;334:871, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39196.517963.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Junior doctors lobby MPs in MTAS protest
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2007;334:871, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39195.616481.4E [Extract] [Full text]

	Group of British doctors call for a boycott of the Israel Medical Association
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;334:871, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39196.455613.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Be sparing with red cell transfusions in critically ill children
	BMJ  2007;334:872, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7599.872 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: HRT linked to ovarian cancer
	BMJ  2007;334:872, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39191.604931.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: New treatment fails to save patients with cardiogenic shock after heart attack
	BMJ  2007;334:872, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7599.872-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Epoetin is a tempting sideline for dialysis units in the US
	BMJ  2007;334:872-873, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7599.872-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: HAART works best when patients adhere to treatment
	BMJ  2007;334:873, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7599.873 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Chondroitin won't relieve the pain of osteoarthritis
	BMJ  2007;334:873, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7599.873-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Researchers recommend omeprazole before endoscopy
	BMJ  2007;334:873, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7599.873-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Combination therapy helps keep patients with COPD out of hospital
	BMJ  2007;334:873, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7599.873-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Feature

	Global health: Great expectations
	Hannah Brown
	BMJ  2007;334:874-876, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39183.534919.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NHS finances: Farewell to dodging and weaving
	Nicholas Timmins
	BMJ  2007;334:877-878, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39185.650486.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	The week in medicine: Bad blood
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2007;334:879-880, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39195.621528.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Atlantic crossing: Why single-payer health systems spark endless debate
	Uwe E Reinhardt
	BMJ  2007;334:881, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39196.414595.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Waking up from the DREAM of preventing diabetes with drugs
	Victor M Montori, William L Isley, Gordon H Guyatt
	BMJ  2007;334:882-884, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39169.447488.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research

	Long term effects of dietary sodium reduction on cardiovascular disease outcomes: observational follow-up of the trials of hypertension prevention (TOHP)
	Nancy R Cook, Jeffrey A Cutler, Eva Obarzanek, Julie E Buring, Kathryn M Rexrode, Shiriki K Kumanyika, Lawrence J Appel, Paul K Whelton
	BMJ  2007;334:885, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39147.604896.55, (Published 20 April 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Oral decontamination for prevention of pneumonia in mechanically ventilated adults: systematic review and meta-analysis
	Ee Yuee Chan, Annie Ruest, Maureen O Meade, Deborah J Cook
	BMJ  2007;334:889, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39136.528160.BE, (Published 26 March 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References] FREE

Clinical review

	Anorexia nervosa
	Jane Morris, Sara Twaddle
	BMJ  2007;334:894-898, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39171.616840.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	Lesson of the week: Acute dystonic reaction caused by metoclopramide, versus tetanus
	Kyra Dingli, Rhoda Morgan, Clifford Leen
	BMJ  2007;334:899-900, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39175.680486.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Change Page: Dipyridamole with aspirin is better than aspirin alone in preventing vascular events after ischaemic stroke or TIA
	Cathie Sudlow
	BMJ  2007;334:901, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39160.702188.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & reviews

	Personal view: Statins, saving lives, and shibboleths
	Tim Blackman
	BMJ  2007;334:902, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39163.563519.55 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine's hall of fame
	Balaji Ravichandran
	BMJ  2007;334:903, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39167.637419.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the frontline: Medicine: more than a career for my daughter
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2007;334:904, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39195.486875.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug tales and other stories: Myths and realities
	Ike Iheanacho
	BMJ  2007;334:904, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39192.640475.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the lines: On the detection of fakes
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2007;334:905, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39192.664583.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical classics: Wit
	Philip Raby
	BMJ  2007;334:905, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39192.685532.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2007;334:908, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39190.509190.BD1 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	Julia Scott, Madanagopalan Ethundandan, Tim Flood
	BMJ  2007;334:908, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39190.509190.BD [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Endpiece: A powerful diuretic
	BMJ  2007;334:900, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39113.608738.F7 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Parenting intervention in Sure Start services for children at risk of developing conduct disorder: pragmatic randomised controlled trial
	BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39196.438090.AD [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	Hewitt apologises
	BMJ  2007;334:s148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7599.s148, (Published 28 April 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	NHS survival tips: believe in yourself, and keep laughing
	BMJ  2007;334:s148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7599.s148-a, (Published 28 April 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Scientific discovery
	BMJ  2007;334:s148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7599.s148-b, (Published 28 April 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Consultants' annual job plan
	BMJ  2007;334:s148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7599.s148-c, (Published 28 April 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Self prescribing warning
	BMJ  2007;334:s148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7599.s148-d, (Published 28 April 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Editor's choice: Problems ahead
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2007;334:s149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7599.s149, (Published 28 April 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Who needs radiologists anyway?
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2007;334:s149-s150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7599.s149-a, (Published 28 April 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Pulled in different directions
	Mark Davies
	BMJ  2007;334:s151, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7599.s151, (Published 28 April 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What's in a name?
	Janet Porter
	BMJ  2007;334:s152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7599.s152, (Published 28 April 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Government spin
	Brian Keighley
	BMJ  2007;334:s153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7599.s153, (Published 28 April 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	MMC means many rota redesigns
	Shazad Aslam
	BMJ  2007;334:s154-s155, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7599.s154, (Published 28 April 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Orthopaedics
	Rob McGuire
	BMJ  2007;334:s155, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7599.s155, (Published 28 April 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	REVIEWS
	Stephanie Young
	BMJ  2007;334:s156, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7599.s156, (Published 28 April 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	REVIEWS
	Rachel Hooke
	BMJ  2007;334:s156, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7599.s156-a, (Published 28 April 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Beryl Corner
	Peter Dunn
	BMJ  2007;334:906, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39183.621736.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Heidar Mahmoud Al-Sad
	Fayez Ayache, William Pratt
	BMJ  2007;334:907, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39189.688438.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Geoffrey Newall Brown
	John D C Bennett
	BMJ  2007;334:907, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39189.623738.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Michael Alan Casson
	David Casson
	BMJ  2007;334:907, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39189.589630.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Don Bosco Fernandez
	Ranjit Fernandez
	BMJ  2007;334:907, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39190.517963.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Iain Michie
	R Frew
	BMJ  2007;334:907, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39184.620000.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Emily Madge Moore
	Heather Montford
	BMJ  2007;334:907, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39190.461794.BE [Extract] [Full text]

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