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13 October 2007 (Vol 335, No 7623)
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The way of the world
Tony Delamothe
BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39363.612095.47
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Primary prevention of age related macular degeneration
Jennifer Evans
BMJ  2007;335:729, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39351.478924.BE, (Published 8 October 2007)
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Data sources and performance measurement
Stephen Singleton
BMJ  2007;335:730, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39356.610544.BE
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Participation in mammography screening
Lisa M Schwartz, Steven Woloshin
BMJ  2007;335:731-732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39350.590625.80
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Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm
Roger Greenhalgh, Janet Powell
BMJ  2007;335:732-733, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39307.634560.AD
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Modernising Medical Careers laid bare
Tony Delamothe
BMJ  2007;335:733-734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39364.512685.80
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NICE transparency: Let cost effectiveness models be open to scrutiny
Chris Poole, Samir Agrawal, Craig J Currie
BMJ  2007;335:735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39360.379664.BE
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The primary care market: More questions than answers
Hendrik J Beerstecher
BMJ  2007;335:735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39360.402083.BE
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Alcohol industry: Brazil's market is unregulated
Ronaldo R Laranjeira
BMJ  2007;335:735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39360.432940.BE
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Declaration of Helsinki: Dead
John H Noble, Jr
BMJ  2007;335:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39360.415833.BE
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CAM: What to do about CAM?
David Colquhoun
BMJ  2007;335:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39360.446528.BE
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More going ape: Psychosocial interventions?
Dave W H Baillie
BMJ  2007;335:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39360.457743.BE
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Tooke inquiry calls for major overhaul of specialist training
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2007;335:737, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39363.596273.59
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Many trusts fail to monitor whether complaints have any effect, says watchdog
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2007;335:738, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39363.575660.DB
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Patients admitted as emergencies should see consultant in 12 hours, NCEPOD recommends
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2007;335:738-739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39359.687025.DB
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Health department scraps national training application system
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2007;335:738-739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39363.658056.59
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Government promises easier access to GPs
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2007;335:739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39360.699977.DB
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Nobel prize is awarded for work leading to "knockout mouse"
Geoff Watts
BMJ  2007;335:740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39364.367361.DB
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Scientists welcome ruling on patent on breast cancer gene
Rory Watson
BMJ  2007;335:740-741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39360.646435.DB
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Gay bomb and BMJ authors win prizes
Jeanne Lenzer
BMJ  2007;335:741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39363.414780.DB
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Government backs down on merger of regulators but gives go-ahead to inter-species embryos
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2007;335:741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39364.347731.DB
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In Brief: News
BMJ  2007;335:742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39363.548715.DB
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UK report calls for better access to nicotine replacement treatment for heavily addicted smokers
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2007;335:742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39360.482558.DB
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Bristol-Myers Squibb to pay $0.5bn to settle US lawsuits
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2007;335:742-743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39363.346771.DB
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Review shows no evidence that individualised herbal treatments are effective
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2007;335:743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39360.499097.DB
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German pharmacists are investigated for using unregistered drugs in chemotherapy
Annette Tuffs
BMJ  2007;335:743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39363.350648.DB
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Mother asks surgeons to perform hysterectomy on daughter with cerebral palsy
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2007;335:743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39364.522303.DB
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Flu vaccine does not reduce number of elderly people admitted to hospital with respiratory disease
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2007;335:743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39360.652454.DB
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Doctors and officials should not have been charged over infected blood, lawyers say
David Spurgeon
BMJ  2007;335:743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39363.347338.DB
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GMC clears obstetrician over claims of wrongly delaying a caesarean section
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2007;335:743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39359.457905.DB
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Doctors should "just do it" to implement clinical visions
Robert Short
BMJ  2007;335:743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39360.723391.DB
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Collaboration between regulators and industry on design of drugs could reduce errors
Lisa Hitchen
BMJ  2007;335:743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39360.653553.94
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Shortcuts from other journals: Flu vaccines help older people live longer
BMJ  2007;335:744, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39360.485475.BE
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Shortcuts from other journals: People with low back pain have a good choice of treatments
BMJ  2007;335:744, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7623.744-a
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Shortcuts from other journals: Implantable cardioverter defibrillators given more often to men
BMJ  2007;335:744, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7623.744-b
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Shortcuts from other journals: Donepezil fails to reduce agitation in people with dementia
BMJ  2007;335:744, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7623.744-c
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Shortcuts from other journals: Measure blood pressure both day and night
BMJ  2007;335:745, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7623.745
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Shortcuts from other journals: Zinc supplements don't save lives in Nepal
BMJ  2007;335:745, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7623.745-a
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Shortcuts from other journals: DNA test outperforms cytology in Dutch cervical screening
BMJ  2007;335:745, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7623.745-b
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Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: New drug approved for age related macular degeneration
BMJ  2007;335:746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39324.649919.AD
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Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Less chest illness reported in upgraded social housing
BMJ  2007;335:746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7623.746-a
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Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Cannabis is bad for the airways
BMJ  2007;335:746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7623.746-b
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Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Magnetic resonance imaging can define type of arthritis
BMJ  2007;335:746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7623.746-c
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Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Meningitis impairs memory
BMJ  2007;335:746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7623.746-d
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Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Organic pollutants may affect learning
BMJ  2007;335:746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7623.746-e
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Mitochondrial research: From small things
Toby Reynolds
BMJ  2007;335:747-748, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39328.503785.AD
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Head to head: Should young people be given antidepressants? Yes
Andrew Cotgrove
BMJ  2007;335:750, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39316.399931.94
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Head to head: Should young people be given antidepressants? No
Sami Timimi
BMJ  2007;335:751, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39316.406470.94
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Atlantic crossing: The US muddle over a child's right to health care
Uwe E Reinhardt
BMJ  2007;335:749, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39360.488576.59
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Use and misuse of preimplantation genetic testing
Peter Braude, Frances Flinter
BMJ  2007;335:752-754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39314.439491.AD, (Published 6 September 2007)
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Dietary antioxidants and primary prevention of age related macular degeneration: systematic review and meta-analysis
Elaine W-T Chong, Tien Y Wong, Andreas J Kreis, Julie A Simpson, Robyn H Guymer
BMJ  2007;335:755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39350.500428.47, (Published 8 October 2007)
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Comparison of hospital episode statistics and central cardiac audit database in public reporting of congenital heart surgery mortality
Stephen Westaby, Nicholas Archer, Nicola Manning, Satish Adwani, Catherine Grebenik, Oliver Ormerod, Ravi Pillai, Neil Wilson
BMJ  2007;335:759, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39318.644549.AE, (Published 20 September 2007)
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Preventing childhood obesity: two year follow-up results from the Christchurch obesity prevention programme in schools (CHOPPS)
Janet James, Peter Thomas, David Kerr
BMJ  2007;335:762, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39342.571806.55, (Published 8 October 2007)
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Diagnosis and management of cervical cancer
Patrick Petignat, Michel Roy
BMJ  2007;335:765-768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39337.615197.80
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Pregnancy plus: Epilepsy in pregnancy
Torbjörn Tomson, Vilho Hiilesmaa
BMJ  2007;335:769-773, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39266.473113.BE
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Lesson of the week: An unusual cause of jaundice
P J D Owen, A Baghomian, J H Lazarus, A J Godkin
BMJ  2007;335:773-774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39247.452141.BE
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Personal View: Why the culture of medicine has to change
Richard Hayward
BMJ  2007;335:775, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39349.488484.43
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From the Frontline: The medical rumour mill
Des Spence
BMJ  2007;335:776, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39364.451528.94
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Drugs, tales, and other stories: Don't mention it
Ike Iheanacho
BMJ  2007;335:776, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39359.685301.59
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Between the lines: A foolish, fond old man
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2007;335:777, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39364.461736.94
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Medical classics: Clinical Epidemiology: A Basic Science for Clinical Medicine
Allen F Shaughnessy
BMJ  2007;335:777, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39349.461678.43
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Review of the Week: Selling health the Tesco way—every little helps?
Petra M Boynton
BMJ  2007;335:778, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39360.707002.59
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Minerva
BMJ  2007;335:780, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39360.521898.471
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Minerva
L O'Connor-Read, JA Davidson
BMJ  2007;335:780, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39360.521898.47
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An age old problem
BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39363.453275.AD
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Letter of the month: call me doctor
Keith S Reid
BMJ  2007;335:s134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39358.513715.80, (Published 13 October 2007)
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Anyone left?
Joyce M Carter
BMJ  2007;335:s134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39358.469039.80, (Published 13 October 2007)
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When sorry seems to be the hardest word
Peter M English
BMJ  2007;335:s134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39358.489201.80, (Published 13 October 2007)
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A career in sports and exercise medicine
Leon Creaney
BMJ  2007;335:s134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39358.476655.80, (Published 13 October 2007)
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Editor's choice: Training overhaul
Sabina Dosani
BMJ  2007;335:s135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39363.481354.80, (Published 13 October 2007)
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Will MMC deny doctors valuable intensive care experience?
Mark Davies
BMJ  2007;335:s135-s136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39328.560567.CE, (Published 13 October 2007)
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GMC changes its registration policy
Amanda Watson
BMJ  2007;335:s137, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39356.660150.CE, (Published 13 October 2007)
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Journal clubs
Martina Esisi
BMJ  2007;335:s138-s139, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39337.722917.7D, (Published 13 October 2007)
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Better Physician Writing and Speaking Skills
Neville W Goodman
BMJ  2007;335:s139, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39190.762222.7D, (Published 13 October 2007)
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The foundations of a good application
Derek Gallen, Matthew Mak
BMJ  2007;335:s140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39359.623264.7D, (Published 13 October 2007)
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An NHS surgeon who's served in Iraq and Afghanistan
Peter Cross
BMJ  2007;335:s141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39349.513993.7D, (Published 13 October 2007)
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How not to get along with colleagues
Kieran Walsh
BMJ  2007;335:gp149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39346.656632.CE, (Published 13 October 2007)
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This week's obituaries [PDF]

William Hector Ninian Angus
Tim Billington
BMJ  2007;335:779, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39351.577419.BE
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Shujja-Ud-Din
N S Palta
BMJ  2007;335:779, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39357.595799.BE
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Richard Cedric Horwitz
Carolyn Charlesworth, Anthony Bradlow, Andrew Kirk
BMJ  2007;335:779, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39357.704167.BE
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Francis John Caldwell Roe
Peter N Lee
BMJ  2007;335:779, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39357.539213.BE
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Jack Salem
Richard Salem
BMJ  2007;335:779, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39351.721181.BE
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