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1 September 2007 (Vol 335, No 7617)
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Editor's choice: How to do it
Trish Groves
BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39322.465949.47
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Prescribing antibiotics in primary care
Chris Del Mar
BMJ  2007;335:407-408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39307.642963.80
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Reassessing normal blood pressure
Ira S Nash
BMJ  2007;335:408-409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39310.540683.80
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Recognising serious illness in feverish young children in primary care
Anthony Harnden
BMJ  2007;335:409-410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39295.383843.AD
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Pain and heavy bleeding with intrauterine contraceptive devices
Sally B Rose
BMJ  2007;335:410-411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39288.584086.80
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Chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis
Peter White, Maurice Murphy, Jill Moss, George Armstrong, Sir Peter Spencer
BMJ  2007;335:411-412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39316.472361.80
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Is depression overdiagnosed?: Task of primary care is to grade depression
Petre T C Jones
BMJ  2007;335:413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39317.481134.BE
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Is depression overdiagnosed?: Walking the Black Dog
Christopher L Manning
BMJ  2007;335:413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39317.505139.BE
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Is depression overdiagnosed?: Global perspectives
Sing Lee
BMJ  2007;335:413-414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39317.492130.BE
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Carpal tunnel syndrome: Nerve studies are not that useful in diagnosis
Peter J Mahaffey
BMJ  2007;335:414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39317.513438.80
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Probiotics in children: Consider microbial cause
Jeanne A Pawitan
BMJ  2007;335:414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39317.494549.80
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Probiotics in children: All nutritional supplements should be classified as drugs
Paula J Whittaker
BMJ  2007;335:414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39317.508079.80
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Medical education research: Reasons to be cheerful
Julian Archer
BMJ  2007;335:414-415, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39317.545613.80
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Medical education research: Other journals, other means
David Wall, Guy Houghton
BMJ  2007;335:415, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39317.554479.80
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Researching incapacity: Time to get our acts together
Clare L Reid, David K Menon
BMJ  2007;335:415, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39311.480949.3A
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Idea in action?: Generic ID card to save jobs
Samantha A Harding
BMJ  2007;335:415, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39303.681806.3A
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Surgery outcomes are to be made public—but a five year wait is likely
Caroline White
BMJ  2007;335:416, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39322.627743.DB
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GMC clears GP accused of giving court "junk science" on MMR vaccine
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2007;335:416-417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39322.418831.DB
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Patients' groups welcome NICE decisions on arthritis and multiple sclerosis drugs
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2007;335:416-417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39318.419410.DB
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Out of hours cover in Scotland is unsustainable, audit finds
Bryan Christie
BMJ  2007;335:417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39322.391852.DB
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In Brief: News
BMJ  2007;335:418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39318.640324.DB
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Infectious diseases are spreading more rapidly than ever before, WHO warns
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2007;335:418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39318.516968.DB
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Growing displacement of refugees causes new problems in Iraq
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2007;335:418-419, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39317.608900.DB
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Web tool indicates the most effective health measures in deprived areas
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2007;335:419, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39317.537280.DB
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Canada's health system needs overhaul, say nation's doctors
Barbara Kermode-Scott
BMJ  2007;335:419, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39318.454479.DB
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Dying for a drink
Toby Reynolds
BMJ  2007;335:420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39317.659919.DB
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Childhood leukaemia in England and Wales has seen a real increase since 1970s
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2007;335:420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39317.632604.DB
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Government data show higher mortality in babies of lower gestational age
Toby Reynolds
BMJ  2007;335:420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39317.644907.DB
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US National Institutes of Health investigates one of its own institutes
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2007;335:420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39318.434537.DB
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Shortcuts from other journals: Surgery prolongs life in obese people
BMJ  2007;335:421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39317.454063.80
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Shortcuts from other journals: Preoperative ischaemia of the arm reduces heart muscle injury during bypass surgery
BMJ  2007;335:421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7617.421-a
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Shortcuts from other journals: Paediatric hypertension often goes unrecognised
BMJ  2007;335:421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7617.421-b
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Shortcuts from other journals: New genes implicated in aetiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
BMJ  2007;335:421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7617.421-c
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First person: Silver syndrome
John Russell Silver
BMJ  2007;335:422-423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39210.408414.AD
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Head to head: Should eponyms be abandoned? Yes
Alexander Woywodt, Eric Matteson
BMJ  2007;335:424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39308.342639.AD
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Head to head: Should eponyms be abandoned? No
Judith A Whitworth
BMJ  2007;335:425, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39308.380567.AD
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Has Modernising Medical Careers lost its way?
George B P Madden, Anthony P Madden
BMJ  2007;335:426-428, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39300.591632.DE
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Effect of antibiotic prescribing on antibiotic resistance in individual children in primary care: prospective cohort study
Angela Chung, Rafael Perera, Angela B Brueggemann, Abdel E Elamin, Anthony Harnden, Richard Mayon-White, Susan Smith, Derrick W Crook, David Mant
BMJ  2007;335:429, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39274.647465.BE, (Published 26 July 2007)
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Risk of cardiovascular events among women with high normal blood pressure or blood pressure progression: prospective cohort study
David Conen, Paul M Ridker, Julie E Buring, Robert J Glynn
BMJ  2007;335:432, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39269.672188.AE, (Published 19 August 2007)
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Acupuncture as an adjunct to exercise based physiotherapy for osteoarthritis of the knee: randomised controlled trial
Nadine E Foster, Elaine Thomas, Panos Barlas, Jonathan C Hill, Julie Young, Elizabeth Mason, Elaine M Hay
BMJ  2007;335:436, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39280.509803.BE, (Published 15 August 2007)
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Clinical Review: Parkinson's disease
C E Clarke
BMJ  2007;335:441-445, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39289.437454.AD
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Diagnosis and management of chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy): summary of NICE guidance
R Baker, E J Shaw
BMJ  2007;335:446-448, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39302.509005.AE
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A patient's journey: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Frances Gawthrop, Rae Mould, Amanda Sperritt, Fiona Neale
BMJ  2007;335:448-450, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39237.484468.80
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Personal views: Peer usage versus peer review
Bruce G Charlton
BMJ  2007;335:451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39304.581574.94
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From the frontline: About the boys and the Bs
Des Spence
BMJ  2007;335:452, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39322.445359.59
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Drug tales and other stories: Slowly, the monster dies
Ike Iheanacho
BMJ  2007;335:452, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39318.436539.59
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Between the lines: Arms and the man
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2007;335:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39289.520174.59
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Medical Classics: The Book of Job
John Launer
BMJ  2007;335:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39314.452292.4E
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Review of the week: Should we loosen the grip on drug companies?
Richard Smith
BMJ  2007;335:454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39300.656030.4E
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Minerva
BMJ  2007;335:456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39317.364942.AD1
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Minerva
Jonathan M Behar, Nick Mann
BMJ  2007;335:456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39317.364942.AD
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Me and my friends
Michael Reschen
BMJ  2007;335:428, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39288.556065.DE
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A depressed gorilla
Olimpia Claudia Pop
BMJ  2007;335:445, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39245.483900.AD
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Remember the null hypothesis
Steve Ramplin
BMJ  2007;335:450, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39218.448750.DE
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BMJ Updates: Yearly infusion of zoledronic acid helps prevent fractures in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis
BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39316.627014.AD
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Syphilis
BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39316.645775.AD
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The rise of the doctor-manager
BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39316.655579.AD
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Management of psoriasis in pregnancy
BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39316.684132.AD
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Minerva
BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39317.397373.AD
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Self management for men with lower urinary tract symptoms: randomised controlled trial
BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39317.518681.AD
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Dressings for venous leg ulcers: systematic review and meta-analysis
BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39322.685405.AD
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ADVICE ZONE SPECIAL: GETTING A JOB IN THE CITY
Christopher J Kelly
BMJ  2007;335:s76, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7617.s76, (Published 1 September 2007)
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EDITOR'S CHOICE: Just do it
Sabina Dosani
BMJ  2007;335:s77, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7617.s77, (Published 1 September 2007)
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How to do just about anything
Anita Houghton
BMJ  2007;335:s77-s78, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7617.s77-a, (Published 1 September 2007)
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Microsurgery in India
Philip Yoong
BMJ  2007;335:s79, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7617.s79, (Published 1 September 2007)
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The need to manage
Mike Roddis
BMJ  2007;335:s80, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7617.s80, (Published 1 September 2007)
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"Schoolboy on work experience saw my intimate examination"
Duncan Cameron
BMJ  2007;335:s81-s82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7617.s81, (Published 1 September 2007)
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RemedyUK's spokesperson
Sarah Spencer, Ian Whitehead, Cecilia Ng
BMJ  2007;335:s83, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7617.s83, (Published 1 September 2007)
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Is there such a thing as a free lunch?
Ramdas Senasi
BMJ  2007;335:gp86, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7617.sgp86, (Published 1 September 2007)
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This week's obituaries [PDF]

Stephen John Forsdick
Alan Davis
BMJ  2007;335:455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39301.715961.BE
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Herbert William Gallagher
C J Hume Logan
BMJ  2007;335:455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39314.705069.BE
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Mahendra Prasad Jaiswal
Sachin Medakkar, Sumegha Pathak
BMJ  2007;335:455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39315.504826.BE
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Leonard Geoffrey Cadoux Martin
Rodger Martin
BMJ  2007;335:455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39301.729873.BE
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George Crosthwaite Mathers
David Judson
BMJ  2007;335:455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39301.701933.BE
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Maurice ("Monty") Murray
Philip I Murray
BMJ  2007;335:455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39315.483785.BE
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