Editor's Choice: Subtle signs
	Rajendra Kale
	BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39371.537755.47 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Boxing and the risk of chronic brain injury
	Paul McCrory
	BMJ  2007;335:781-782, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39352.454792.80, (Published 4 October 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Breast feeding and the risk of allergy and asthma
	Sheila Gahagan
	BMJ  2007;335:782-783, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39349.658993.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reporting of observational studies
	Peter M Rothwell, Meena Bhatia
	BMJ  2007;335:783-784, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39351.581366.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web references]

	Ototoxicity caused by aminoglycosides
	Maria Bitner-Glindzicz, Shamima Rahman
	BMJ  2007;335:784-785, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39301.680266.AE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management of chronic knee pain
	Rob Herbert, Marlene Fransen
	BMJ  2007;335:786, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39343.501863.80, (Published 20 September 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Detecting LVH: QRS voltage criteria can be useful
	Peter J Bourdillon
	BMJ  2007;335:787, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39367.394155.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Detecting LVH: Ethnicity is relevant
	Andrew P Vanezis, Raj Bhopal
	BMJ  2007;335:787, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39367.371736.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	GPs' 24 hour responsibility: Summary of responses
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2007;335:787-788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39367.698125.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	US liability: Damned if you treat, damned if you don't
	Sean T Hudson
	BMJ  2007;335:788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39367.432755.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Bismark v Beveridge: Unfair comparison
	Iain S Fraser
	BMJ  2007;335:788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39367.453519.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Vive la difference?: Training and careers in France
	Herv Maisonneuve, Yves Matillon
	BMJ  2007;335:788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39367.484213.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Experts clash as committee debates reducing 24 week abortion limit
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:789, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39371.423924.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Obesity report signals start of government action
	Lisa Hitchen
	BMJ  2007;335:789, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39371.567870.13 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In Brief: News
	BMJ  2007;335:790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39370.690845.13 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors need a "sea change" in their attitude to C difficile
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2007;335:790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39367.650266.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	West Yorkshire has most casualties from road traffic incidents
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2007;335:790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39371.471817.13 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE guidelines create ethical dilemmas in care of elderly people, says report
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2007;335:791, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39371.570509.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	COX 2 inhibitor rejected in North America but retained in Europe
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2007;335:791, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39370.401597.13 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Surgeons get modern training facility
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:792-793, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39371.435718.13 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	74 year old GP refuses to take part in deputising service
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2007;335:792, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39367.610058.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cancer surgeon is suspended over "unconventional donations"
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2007;335:793, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39367.571782.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS gets 4% more funding a year until 2011—but spend it wisely, says BMA
	Helen Mooney
	BMJ  2007;335:793, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39367.545220.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Financial ties common between US medical schools and drug companies
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2007;335:793, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39370.485880.13 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	German hospitals demand extra cash to alleviate financial problems
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2007;335:794, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39367.502269.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Government should restrict advertising of baby milk products, say campaigners
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2007;335:794, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39367.616782.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Backpedalling from Blair's privatisation agenda
	Nicholas Timmins
	BMJ  2007;335:794-795, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39370.404294.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Royal colleges call for more staff on maternity wards
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2007;335:795, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39367.603947.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS launches scheme to encourage diversity in top management posts
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2007;335:795, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39371.434803.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scientists challenge companies' dubious marketing claims
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2007;335:795, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39367.694294.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Oral antibiotics work as well as intravenous treatment in severe urinary tract infection
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;335:795, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39367.494757.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Health of indigenous people suffers modern world ills
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2007;335:795, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39367.477025.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Wider use of colonoscopy could improve outcomes in bowel cancer
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:795, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39370.652245.13 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Stress at work is bad for your heart
	BMJ  2007;335:796, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39367.567662.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Children in the US receive inadequate outpatient care
	BMJ  2007;335:796, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7624.796-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Childhood obesity is a chronic disease
	BMJ  2007;335:796, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7624.796-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Bacterial colonisation of the airway linked to wheeze in young children
	BMJ  2007;335:796, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7624.796-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Topiramate helps alcohol dependent adults drink less
	BMJ  2007;335:797, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7624.797 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: A fifth of pregnancies end in abortion
	BMJ  2007;335:797, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7624.797-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Maternal mortality is falling too slowly to meet international targets
	BMJ  2007;335:797, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7624.797-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Pravastatin has enduring effects on risk of heart disease in men
	BMJ  2007;335:797, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7624.797-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Feature

	Health in developing countries: Who cares for baby?
	Hannah Brown
	BMJ  2007;335:798-800, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39365.579016.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How can we regulate medicines better?
	Silvio Garattini, Vittorio Bertele'
	BMJ  2007;335:803-805, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39281.615706.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web references]

Observations

	Media watch: Beware of mentioning psychosocial factors
	Ben Goldacre
	BMJ  2007;335:801, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39370.657130.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Response: Fiona Patterson replies to Parashkev Nachev
	Fiona Patterson
	BMJ  2007;335:802, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39360.727535.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies
	Erik von Elm, Douglas G Altman, Matthias Egger, Stuart J Pocock, Peter C Gøtzsche, Jan P Vandenbroucke, STROBE Initiative
	BMJ  2007;335:806-808, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39335.541782.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Research

	Amateur boxing and risk of chronic traumatic brain injury: systematic review of observational studies
	Mike Loosemore, Charles H Knowles, Greg P Whyte
	BMJ  2007;335:809, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39342.690220.55, (Published 4 October 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web references] FREE

	Effectiveness of physiotherapy exercise after knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
	Catherine J Minns Lowe, Karen L Barker, Michael Dewey, Catherine M Sackley
	BMJ  2007;335:812, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39311.460093.BE, (Published 20 September 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web references] FREE

	Effect of prolonged and exclusive breast feeding on risk of allergy and asthma: cluster randomised trial
	Michael S Kramer, Lidia Matush, Irina Vanilovich, Robert Platt, Natalia Bogdanovich, Zinaida Sevkovskaya, Irina Dzikovich, Gyorgy Shishko, Bruce Mazer, the Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT) Study Group
	BMJ  2007;335:815, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39304.464016.AE, (Published 11 September 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Uterine prolapse
	Anjum Doshani, Roderick E C Teo, Christopher J Mayne, Douglas G Tincello
	BMJ  2007;335:819-823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39356.604074.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	A patient's journey: Acromegaly
	Jon Danzig
	BMJ  2007;335:824-825, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39253.602141.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & reviews

	Personal views: How to become an MP
	Steven Duncan Ford
	BMJ  2007;335:826, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39353.702535.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the week: Reader, I didn't blush
	Colin Martin
	BMJ  2007;335:827, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39370.480856.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the frontline: MTAS in GP land
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2007;335:828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39370.454884.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Past Caring: A man who called hospitals to account
	Wendy Moore
	BMJ  2007;335:828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39366.616563.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the lines: Miscellaneous truths
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2007;335:829, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39351.627199.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classic: The Cunning Man
	Alex Paton
	BMJ  2007;335:829, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39366.673333.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2007;335:832, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39367.622060.BD1 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	S K Chan, P M Todd, N P Burrows
	BMJ  2007;335:832, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39367.622060.BD [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Clint's favourite question
	Hannah Kuper
	BMJ  2007;335:818, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39290.613206.DE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Body heat
	Bikki Gautam
	BMJ  2007;335:823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39290.699074.DE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Participation in mammography screening
	BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39371.633032.AD [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	Tooke, tooke!
	BMJ  2007;335:s144, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39366.807789.CE, (Published 20 October 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Interventional radiology
	David Kessel, Tony Watkinson
	BMJ  2007;335:s145-s146, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39363.710694.CE, (Published 20 October 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: Things they didn't teach you at medical school
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2007;335:s145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39367.477917.80, (Published 20 October 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Tolerating racism or just getting on with my job?
	The author is a psychiatric trainee in the UK who remains anonymous
	BMJ  2007;335:s147-s148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39131.841146.7D, (Published 20 October 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Practising in a multilingual state
	Jonathan Dewhurst
	BMJ  2007;335:s148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39359.648229.7D, (Published 20 October 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	We want to help, but don't know how
	Saliha Nazir
	BMJ  2007;335:s149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39359.661215.7D, (Published 20 October 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	MBAs are an irrelevance for doctors: AGAINST
	Rahul Shah
	BMJ  2007;335:s157, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39134.640891.7D, (Published 20 October 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Diploma in Clinical Psychiatry (DCP) conducted by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
	Gaurav Mehta
	BMJ  2007;335:s158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39344.661076.CE, (Published 20 October 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	American College of Physicians Ethics Manual (Fifth Edition)
	Iona Heath
	BMJ  2007;335:s159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39086.578125.CE, (Published 20 October 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Making the best use of clinical radiology services: Referral guidelines. Sixth edition
	Amy Davis
	BMJ  2007;335:s159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39359.636262.CE, (Published 20 October 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	John Michael Newsom-Davis
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2007;335:830, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39358.519248.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Stanley Norman Cole
	Malcolm Read
	BMJ  2007;335:831, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39350.808183.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Nigel Henry Harris
	Andrew Harris
	BMJ  2007;335:831, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39357.734282.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Michael Stuart Brighton Hollinrake
	Aileen (Hollinrake) Jennings, Patricia Hollinrake, Sarah Hollinrake
	BMJ  2007;335:831, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39358.564664.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Colin Protheroe
	H A McClelland, T A Kerr
	BMJ  2007;335:831, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39358.574850.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Geoffrey Sheers
	Roger Sheers
	BMJ  2007;335:831, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39351.707106.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Julian Edmund Christopher Tower
	Monica Baynes, June Tower
	BMJ  2007;335:831, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39358.595856.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	John Ernest Michael Whitehead
	Stephen Whitehead
	BMJ  2007;335:831, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39357.670023.BE [Extract] [Full text]

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