Editor's choice: Why this unholy trinity?
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39308.477870.BD [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Assertive community treatment in psychiatry
	Helen Killaspy
	BMJ  2007;335:311-312, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39293.687674.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Umbilical cord clamping after birth
	Andrew Weeks
	BMJ  2007;335:312-313, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39282.440787.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Obstructive sleep apnoea
	John Stradling
	BMJ  2007;335:313-314, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39289.484144.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effects of air pollution on health
	Simon Hales, Philippa Howden-Chapman
	BMJ  2007;335:314-315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39304.389433.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Developing nurse prescribing in the UK
	Anthony J Avery, Veronica James
	BMJ  2007;335:316, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39285.788808.3B [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Payment for treatment adherence: Incentives help vulnerable patients to stay well
	Sue Collinson
	BMJ  2007;335:317, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39303.690752.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Payment for treatment adherence: Drug misusers are likely to abuse the system
	Richard J Stevenson
	BMJ  2007;335:317, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39303.688611.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Rise of the doctor-manager: Management skills need to be systematically learnt
	Sean W O'Kelly
	BMJ  2007;335:317-318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39303.671481.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	ABCD of dignifying care: We need imaginative approaches to training
	Simon J W Watson
	BMJ  2007;335:318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39303.685231.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medicines funding: Value for money is nothing new
	Matthew Brougham
	BMJ  2007;335:318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39296.765903.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Uvula angio-oedema: ENT form of Saturday night palsy
	David P Crampsey, Sarah A Little
	BMJ  2007;335:318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39303.678727.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The profession's future: Is the BMJ fit for purpose?
	Oliver R Dearlove
	BMJ  2007;335:318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39303.684236.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	High Court upholds NICE decision to limit treatments for Alzheimer's disease
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39307.630347.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE delays decision on drugs for macular degeneration
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2007;335:319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39307.507558.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Audit Scotland calls for more evidence of effective care for long term illness
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2007;335:320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39307.702986.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GMC to look into higher number of complaints against overseas trained doctors
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2007;335:320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39307.647766.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	South African health minister sacked after attending AIDS conference
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2007;335:321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39307.658021.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Extreme weather affects half a billion people each year
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2007;335:321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39304.656134.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK heart surgeons improve patients' survival
	Toby Reynolds
	BMJ  2007;335:321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39307.393750.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA needs more funding, NEJM says, amid questions about antidiabetes drug
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2007;335:322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39304.603762.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Skin cancer is on the increase—but incidence of lung cancer is falling
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2007;335:322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39304.486285.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: MRI may be better than mammography for early detection of breast cancer
	BMJ  2007;335:323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39304.602153.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Screening for osteoporosis may pay off in some groups of older men
	BMJ  2007;335:323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7615.323-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Geriatric conditions are prevalent and disabling, but neglected
	BMJ  2007;335:323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7615.323-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Women with diabetes miss out on mortality improvements 1971 to 2000
	BMJ  2007;335:323-324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7615.323-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Another neuroprotective drug fails to make its mark
	BMJ  2007;335:324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7615.324 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: D-dimer test might help exclude deep vein thrombosis in pregnancy
	BMJ  2007;335:324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7615.324-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Rituximab works for severe pemphigus but there are serious side effects
	BMJ  2007;335:324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7615.324-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: How best to save joints in severe haemophilia A
	BMJ  2007;335:324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7615.324-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Mediterranean diet reduces child asthma and allergy
	BMJ  2007;335:325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7615.325 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Carvedilol less diabetogenic than metoprolol
	BMJ  2007;335:325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39295.705058.DE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Adalimumab maintains remission in Crohn's disease
	BMJ  2007;335:325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7615.325-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Chlamydia infection increases risk of premature delivery
	BMJ  2007;335:325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7615.325-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Television soap operas set a poor example
	BMJ  2007;335:325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7615.325-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Feature

	An unenviable role
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39301.373356.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Head to head: Is depression overdiagnosed? Yes
	Gordon Parker
	BMJ  2007;335:328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39268.475799.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Head to head: Is depression overdiagnosed? No
	Ian Hickie
	BMJ  2007;335:329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39268.497350.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Yankee doodling: Internal affairs
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2007;335:327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39307.438252.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Potential of electronic personal health records
	Claudia Pagliari, Don Detmer, Peter Singleton
	BMJ  2007;335:330-333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39279.482963.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical education research remains the poor relation
	Mathew Todres, Anne Stephenson, Roger Jones
	BMJ  2007;335:333-335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39253.544688.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research

	Use of intensive case management to reduce time in hospital in people with severe mental illness: systematic review and meta-regression
	Tom Burns, Jocelyn Catty, Michael Dash, Chris Roberts, Austin Lockwood, Max Marshall
	BMJ  2007;335:336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39251.599259.55, (Published 13 July 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Appendix][extra: Web references] FREE

	Probiotics for treatment of acute diarrhoea in children: randomised clinical trial of five different preparations
	Roberto Berni Canani, Pia Cirillo, Gianluca Terrin, Luisa Cesarano, Maria Immacolata Spagnuolo, Anna De Vincenzo, Fabio Albano, Annalisa Passariello, Giulio De Marco, Francesco Manguso, Alfredo Guarino
	BMJ  2007;335:340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39272.581736.55, (Published 9 August 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Clinical Review: Carpal tunnel syndrome
	Jeremy D P Bland
	BMJ  2007;335:343-346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39282.623553.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	Rational imaging: Investigation of suspected breast cancer
	Peter Britton, Ruchi Sinnatamby
	BMJ  2007;335:347-348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39234.386470.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & reviews

	Personal view: Life under liberty
	Robbie Foy
	BMJ  2007;335:349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39300.711053.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Out of the box: Trouble down under
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2007;335:350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39307.613553.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The best medicine: Skippy's last show
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2007;335:350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39300.453449.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the lines: Where there's a will
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2007;335:351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39289.512512.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical classics: The Anatomy of Melancholy
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2007;335:351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39301.684363.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the week: Cosmetic artistry
	Colin Martin
	BMJ  2007;335:352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39301.718854.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2007;335:354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39304.602882.BD1 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	M Hashir Ariff
	BMJ  2007;335:354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39304.602882.BD [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Endpiece: The medical profession's misfortune
	BMJ  2007;335:348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39294.650289.AD [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Management of asthma in children
	BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39307.649826.AD [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Diagnostic accuracy and clinical utility of a simplified low cost method of counting CD4 cells with flow cytometry in Malawi: diagnostic accuracy study
	BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39308.406053.AD [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	I passed the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board's exam in January 2004 and have since done clinical attachments: a month in four specialties. I would like to become a GP. I took four years out to bring up children. I am still looking for a job in the NHS. Which foundation year should I apply for?
	Rodger Charlton
	BMJ  2007;335:s58, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7615.s58, (Published 18 August 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am interested in doing a fellowship in oculoplastics. When is the best time to apply and where?
	Amar Alwitry
	BMJ  2007;335:s58, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7615.s58-a, (Published 18 August 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am a doctor with five years' experience. I wish to return to medicine, particularly teaching undergraduates. I understand there are relevant courses. Can you advise me whom I should contact, and could you give me a brief idea of what my prospects may be in medical education?
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2007;335:s58, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7615.s58-b, (Published 18 August 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: It's academic
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2007;335:s59, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7615.s59, (Published 18 August 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Foundation years and beyond
	Matthew Lowe, Bronwen Williams, Adam Nabeebaccus, Kimberley Connor, Jessica Watson, Alice Lau
	BMJ  2007;335:s59-s61, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7615.s59-a, (Published 18 August 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Nuclear cardiology
	Yasmin Akram
	BMJ  2007;335:s61, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7615.s61, (Published 18 August 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The radiology academies
	Ben Rock
	BMJ  2007;335:s62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7615.s62, (Published 18 August 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: Part timers
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2007;335:gp63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7615.sgp63, (Published 18 August 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Making the most of a part time GP registrar post
	Fiona McNeil
	BMJ  2007;335:gp63-gp65, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7615.sgp63-a, (Published 18 August 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Exams cause collateral damage
	Monica Lalanda
	BMJ  2007;335:s63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7615.s63, (Published 18 August 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Fundamentals of disaster management course (FDM)
	Tiago Villanueva
	BMJ  2007;335:s64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7615.s64, (Published 18 August 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The call of the wild
	Amy Morris
	BMJ  2007;335:s65, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7615.s65, (Published 18 August 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A Wikipedia wizard and blogger
	Tiago Villanueva
	BMJ  2007;335:s66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7615.s66, (Published 18 August 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Edward Joseph Lister Lowbury
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2007;335:353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39301.575081.BE [Extract] [Full text]

Career focus

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