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25 August 2007 (Vol 335, No 7616)
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Editor's choice: Nice feedback
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39315.563889.47
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Diagnosing atrial fibrillation in general practice
Henk C P M van Weert
BMJ  2007;335:355-356, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39266.497396.BE
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Management of urinary tract infection in children
Alan R Watson
BMJ  2007;335:356-357, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39309.423542.80
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Human papillomavirus vaccination programmes
Bernard Lo
BMJ  2007;335:357-358, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39302.707998.AE
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NICE's cost effectiveness threshold
John Appleby, Nancy Devlin, David Parkin
BMJ  2007;335:358-359, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39308.560069.BE
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Improving the outcome of stroke
Hugh Markus
BMJ  2007;335:359-360, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39296.711563.AD
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Two week rule: Breast cancer experience has wider implications
S Michael Crawford
BMJ  2007;335:361, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39311.512396.3A
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Two week rule: Breast cancer growth rates favour abolition of rule
Emma J Helm, Edward Nash
BMJ  2007;335:361, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39311.468183.3A
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Prevention in elderly people: Later life's complexity needs a scalpel rather than an axe
Desmond O'Neill
BMJ  2007;335:361-362, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39311.447407.3A
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Hypothyroidism in pregnancy: Three unresolved issues
Joanna Girling, Catherine Nelson-Piercy
BMJ  2007;335:362, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39311.457627.3A
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Gallstones: Article was disappointing
M C Bateson
BMJ  2007;335:362, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39311.453600.3A
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Cancer patient deaths: More information urgently needed
Karol Sikora
BMJ  2007;335:362, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39311.466887.3A
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Cancer survival in UK is improving but could be better
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2007;335:363, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39315.587500.94
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Australian drugs regulator cancels registration of COX 2 inhibitor
Bob Burton
BMJ  2007;335:363, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39311.635822.DB
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In Brief: News
BMJ  2007;335:364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39314.696910.DB
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Charities say UK government must do more to help soldiers returning from battle
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2007;335:364-365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39314.514734.DB
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South Africa's health minister rebuffs allegations of alcoholism
Pat Sidley
BMJ  2007;335:364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39315.627824.DB
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Thousands of patients wait more than 26 weeks for tests, as 18 week diagnostic target looms
Amy Davis
BMJ  2007;335:365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39311.708380.DB
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GMC opens consultation on level of proof needed to strike off doctors
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2007;335:365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39315.486725.DB
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US firm to advise Scottish health service on quality improvement
Bryan Christie
BMJ  2007;335:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39314.403854.DB
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Move to weaken picture warnings on tobacco packets in India causes outcry
Ganapati Mudur
BMJ  2007;335:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39314.582917.DB
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Israel tries to stop import of nicotine "sweet" from Sweden
Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
BMJ  2007;335:366-367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39311.618333.DB
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Report highlights abuse of older people's human rights in hospitals and homes
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2007;335:367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39314.390150.DB
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Longer ambulance journeys raise mortality in patients with life threatening conditions
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2007;335:367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39316.411759.DB
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Urban children healthier than rural children in developing world
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2007;335:367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39311.585938.DB
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Shortcuts from other journals: Prophylactic cranial radiotherapy improves survival in extensive small cell lung cancer
BMJ  2007;335:368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7616.368
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Shortcuts from other journals: HPV vaccines don't help treat existing infections
BMJ  2007;335:368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39311.604294.BE
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Shortcuts from other journals: Diet may matter for prognosis of colon cancer
BMJ  2007;335:368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7616.368-b
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Shortcuts from other journals: Periodic limb movements get their gene
BMJ  2007;335:368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7616.368-c
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Shortcuts from other journals: Diabetes worsens prognosis in acute coronary syndrome
BMJ  2007;335:369, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7616.369
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Shortcuts from other journals: Drug induced abortions don't complicate future pregnancies
BMJ  2007;335:369, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7616.369-a
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Shortcuts from other journals: Apolipoprotein ratio no better than traditional lipids for predicting coronary heart disease
BMJ  2007;335:369, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7616.369-b
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Research ethics: Hyperactivity in children: the Gillberg affair
Jonathan Gornall
BMJ  2007;335:370-373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39304.486146.AD
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Border crossing: The hitch hiker's guide to population growth and climate change
Tessa Richards
BMJ  2007;335:374, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39311.494676.59
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Challenges of implementing human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination policy
Angela E Raffle
BMJ  2007;335:375-377, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39273.458322.BE
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Commentary: Health inequity could increase in poor countries if universal HPV vaccination is not adopted
Eduardo L Franco
BMJ  2007;335:378-379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39280.457350.BE
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Accuracy of diagnosing atrial fibrillation on electrocardiogram by primary care practitioners and interpretative diagnostic software: analysis of data from screening for atrial fibrillation in the elderly (SAFE) trial
Jonathan Mant, David A Fitzmaurice, F D Richard Hobbs, Sue Jowett, Ellen T Murray, Roger Holder, Michael Davies, Gregory Y H Lip
BMJ  2007;335:380, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39227.551713.AE, (Published 29 June 2007)
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Screening versus routine practice in detection of atrial fibrillation in patients aged 65 or over: cluster randomised controlled trial
David A Fitzmaurice, F D Richard Hobbs, Sue Jowett, Jonathon Mant, Ellen T Murray, Roger Holder, J P Raftery, S Bryan, Michael Davies, Gregory Y H Lip, T F Allan
BMJ  2007;335:383, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39280.660567.55, (Published 2 August 2007)
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Antibiotic treatment for pyelonephritis in children: multicentre randomised controlled non-inferiority trial
Giovanni Montini, Antonella Toffolo, Pietro Zucchetta, Roberto Dall'Amico, Daniela Gobber, Alessandro Calderan, Francesca Maschio, Luigi Pavanello, Pier Paolo Molinari, Dante Scorrano, Sergio Zanchetta, Walburga Cassar, Paolo Brisotto, Andrea Corsini, Stefano Sartori, Liviana Da Dalt, Luisa Murer, Graziella Zacchello
BMJ  2007;335:386, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39244.692442.55, (Published 4 July 2007)
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Clinical Review: Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Susannah K Leaver, Timothy W Evans
BMJ  2007;335:389-394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39293.624699.AD
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Guidelines: Diagnosis and management of urinary tract infection in children: summary of NICE guidance
Rintaro Mori, Monica Lakhanpaul, Kate Verrier-Jones
BMJ  2007;335:395-397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39286.700891.AD
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Lesson of the week: Milk alkali syndrome without the milk
Michail Kaklamanos, Petros Perros
BMJ  2007;335:397-398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39247.754676.BE
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10-minute consultation: Occupational dermatitis in a hairdresser
Allison Worth, S Hasan Arshad, Aziz Sheikh
BMJ  2007;335:399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39252.524317.94
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Personal views: The Alzheimer's Society, drug manufacturers, and public trust
Iain Chalmers
BMJ  2007;335:400, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39309.704016.BD
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Review of the week: Facebook for scientists?
Deborah Cohen
BMJ  2007;335:401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39304.603148.59
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From the frontline: Dying to get home
Des Spence
BMJ  2007;335:402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39314.588738.59
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Past caring: Now wash your hands
Wendy Moore
BMJ  2007;335:402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39314.598854.59
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Between the lines: Resistance to good sense
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2007;335:403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39289.539340.59
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Medical classics: A Treatise on Madness
John Beard
BMJ  2007;335:403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39297.741644.94
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Minerva
Eleanor Mein, Phil Jaycock, Graeme Mackintosh
BMJ  2007;335:406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39311.654479.BD
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Minerva
BMJ  2007;335:406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39311.654479.BD1
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Buying cake is our job
Yolanda S Augustin
BMJ  2007;335:379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39288.632593.DE
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Can you say "no"?
Heyam Awad
BMJ  2007;335:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39259.649236.AD
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Neglected tropical diseases
BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39314.435590.AD
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Fifty sudden deaths may be related to central suppression
BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39314.503681.AD
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Highly skilled conspiracy?
BMJ  2007;335:s68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7616.s68, (Published 25 August 2007)
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I for India
BMJ  2007;335:s68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7616.s68-a, (Published 25 August 2007)
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Rising to the challenge
BMJ  2007;335:s68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7616.s68-b, (Published 25 August 2007)
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Eastern promise
BMJ  2007;335:s68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7616.s68-c, (Published 25 August 2007)
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One for the road
BMJ  2007;335:s68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7616.s68-d, (Published 25 August 2007)
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EDITOR'S CHOICE: Decisons, decisions
Peter Cross
BMJ  2007;335:s69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7616.s69, (Published 25 August 2007)
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Tropical medicine in the Top End
Richard J Maude, Bart J Currie
BMJ  2007;335:s69-s71, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7616.s69-a, (Published 25 August 2007)
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Audiological medicine
Yasmin Akram
BMJ  2007;335:s71, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7616.s71, (Published 25 August 2007)
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Medical professional courtesy: a crumbling freemasonary?
J Gareth Jones
BMJ  2007;335:s72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7616.s72, (Published 25 August 2007)
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Recruitment to GP specialty training 2007
Gai Evans
BMJ  2007;335:gp73-gp75, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7616.sgp73, (Published 25 August 2007)
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A coroner
John F McCann
BMJ  2007;335:s73, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7616.s73, (Published 25 August 2007)
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Audiological medicine
Yasmin Akram
BMJ  2007;335:gp75, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7616.sgp75, (Published 25 August 2007)
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Need some relief?
Ray Stanbridge
BMJ  2007;335:gp76-gp77, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7616.sgp76, (Published 25 August 2007)
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Philippa Ashmore
BMJ  2007;335:gp77, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7616.sgp77, (Published 25 August 2007)
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Emergency management of severe burns (EMSB)
Thomas Cheri
BMJ  2007;335:gp79, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7616.sgp79, (Published 25 August 2007)
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This week's obituaries [PDF]

Laurence Fraser Levy
Bruce Levy, Malcolm Levy
BMJ  2007;335:404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39309.489294.BE
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Philip Hopkins
Paul Foster
BMJ  2007;335:404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39309.543090.BE
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Catherine Louise Chapman (née Chambers)
Peter Chapman, Jo Chambers, Timothy Chambers
BMJ  2007;335:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39300.772593.BE
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Richard Lewis McCorry
Elisabeth Trimble, Pooler Archbold
BMJ  2007;335:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39301.681933.BE
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William Cathcart Moonie
Anne Stack née Moonie, Geoffrey Marsh
BMJ  2007;335:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39300.746806.BE
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Rachel Elisabeth Need
Katherine Martinez
BMJ  2007;335:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39288.557778.BE
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Leon Robinson
Jessica Robinson
BMJ  2007;335:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39300.730995.BE
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David Charles Tennant
Michael Mackenzie
BMJ  2007;335:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39300.691470.BE
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Nicholas John Unsworth
Norman Walford, Carole Unsworth
BMJ  2007;335:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39300.710220.BE
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