One child, one world, and one permit expired
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.0-h [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Women at risk of pre-eclampsia can be identified in advance... [Full text] FREE

	... and early detection in the community is paramount [Full text] FREE

	Use PPIs in bleeding ulcer [Full text] FREE

	Encouraging the use of folic acid is not enough [Full text] FREE

	Incidence of neural tube defects is stable in Europe [Full text] FREE

	Interpreting composite end points is challenging [Full text] FREE

	Electronic health records reduce office visits [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Pre-eclampsia matters
	Ian A Greer
	BMJ  2005;330:549-550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.549 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Counting the dead in Iraq
	Klim McPherson
	BMJ  2005;330:550-551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.550 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Diabetes, insulin therapy, and colorectal cancer
	Andrew G Renehan, Stephen M Shalet
	BMJ  2005;330:551-552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.551 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Has the UK government lost the battle over MMR?
	Paul Bellaby
	BMJ  2005;330:552-553, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.552 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Patients' safety
	Daniel Stryer, Carolyn Clancy
	BMJ  2005;330:553-554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.553 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Taking folate in pregnancy and risk of maternal breast cancer: Authors and publishers must not disclaim ethical responsibility
	Gordon Stirrat
	BMJ  2005;330:600, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.600 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Taking folate in pregnancy and risk of maternal breast cancer: What's in a name?
	J Martin Bland
	BMJ  2005;330:600, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.600-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Taking folate in pregnancy and risk of maternal breast cancer: Authors' reply
	Deborah Charles, Doris Campbell, Marion H Hall, Andy R Ness, George Davey Smith
	BMJ  2005;330:600-601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.600-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: Headline is misleading
	Peter Lamont
	BMJ  2005;330:601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.601 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: Screening reduces deaths related to aneurysm
	Simon Thompson, Lois Kim, Alan Scott
	BMJ  2005;330:601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.601-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: Authors' reply
	Paul E Norman, Konrad Jamrozik, Michael M Lawrence-Brown, Max T Q Le
	BMJ  2005;330:601-602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.601-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Democratisation of scientific advice: Secrecy and democracy don't mix
	John R Kemm
	BMJ  2005;330:602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.602 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Democratisation of scientific advice: Authors advocate getting dressed for public performance, not nakedness is bad
	Roland Bal, Wiebe E Bijker, Ruud Hendriks
	BMJ  2005;330:602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.602-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Charcoal burning is also popular for suicide pacts made on the internet
	Dominic T S Lee, Kathy P M Chan, Paul S F Yip
	BMJ  2005;330:602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.602-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Submission to multiple journals to reduce publication times: Idea needs further evaluation
	Prabhat Kumar Sinha
	BMJ  2005;330:602-603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.602-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Submission to multiple journals to reduce publication times: Access to information might become truly universal
	Adrian S Blaj, Lucian Alexandrescu
	BMJ  2005;330:603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.603 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Submission to multiple journals to reduce publication times: What about the readers?
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2005;330:603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.603-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Submission to multiple journals to reduce publication times: Summary of responses
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2005;330:603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.603-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	England's cancer networks in danger of missing targets
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;330:555, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.555 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	FDA wins spoof award for its "collusion" with the drug industry
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2005;330:555, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.555-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2005;330:556, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.556 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	GMC decision in Southall case challenged in High Court
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:556, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.556-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Warning signs often occur hours or days before a stroke
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:556, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.556-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	UK and US governments must monitor Iraq casualties
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:557, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.557 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Full statement] FREE

	Low cost measures could save lives of three million babies a year
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2005;330:557, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.557-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Venous thromboembolism caused 25 000 deaths a year, say MPs
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2005;330:559, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.559-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Killing or caring?
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2005;330:560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.560 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Low dose aspirin helps prevent ischaemic stroke in women
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2005;330:558, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.558 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Japanese study is more evidence that MMR does not cause autism
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2005;330:558, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.558-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Doctors question whether all blood transfusions are effective and necessary
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2005;330:558, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.558-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	GPs' college issues guidance on hepatitis A and B vaccination
	Robert Short
	BMJ  2005;330:558, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.558-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Treatment for heart disease must improve in deprived areas
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2005;330:558, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.558-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	US campaign contributes to 7% fall in smoking among teenagers
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2005;330:559, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.559 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Scientists criticise new NIH rules to cut employees' ties to industry
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;330:559, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.559-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Hopes for Russia's transplant service rise as doctors are cleared of murder
	Andrew Osborn
	BMJ  2005;330:559, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.559-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	European Commission drops health from services proposal in face of opposition
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2005;330:560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.560-a [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	US official preaches benefits of "drug courts" in curbing misuse
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2005;330:560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.560-b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Women requesting a second or subsequent abortion should be screened for abuse
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2005;330:560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.560-c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	BMA launches pre-election health manifesto
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2005;330:560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.560-d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Short cuts

This week's Short cuts

	What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2005;330:561-562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.561 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Risk factors for pre-eclampsia at antenatal booking: systematic review of controlled studies
	Kirsten Duckitt, Deborah Harrington
	BMJ  2005;330:565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38380.674340.E0, (Published 2 March 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Funnel plots] FREE

	Systematic review and meta-analysis of proton pump inhibitor therapy in peptic ulcer bleeding
	Grigoris I Leontiadis, Virender K Sharma, Colin W Howden
	BMJ  2005;330:568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38356.641134.8F, (Published 31 January 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of conference presentations, abstracts, and the Cochrane reference] FREE

	International retrospective cohort study of neural tube defects in relation to folic acid recommendations: are the recommendations working?
	Lorenzo D Botto, Alessandra Lisi, Elisabeth Robert-Gnansia, J David Erickson, Stein Emil Vollset, Pierpaolo Mastroiacovo, Beverley Botting, Guido Cocchi, Catherine de Vigan, Hermien de Walle, Maria Feijoo, Lorentz M Irgens, Bob McDonnell, Paul Merlob, Annukka Ritvanen, Gioacchino Scarano, Csaba Siffel, Julia Metneki, Claude Stoll, Richard Smithells, Janine Goujard
	BMJ  2005;330:571, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38336.664352.82, (Published 18 February 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Preventing neural tube defects in Europe: population based study
	Araceli Busby, Lenore Abramsky, Helen Dolk, Ben Armstrong, a Eurocat Folic Acid Working Group
	BMJ  2005;330:574-575, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.574 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

Dr Foster's case notes

This week's Dr Foster's case notes

	"HRG drift" and payment by results
	Raquel Rogers, Susan Williams, Brian Jarman, Paul Aylin
	BMJ  2005;330:563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.563 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full version] FREE

BMJ family highlights

This week's BMJ family highlights

	What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2005;330:564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.564 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	The pre-eclampsia community guideline (PRECOG): how to screen for and detect onset of pre-eclampsia in the community
	Fiona Milne, Chris Redman, James Walker, Philip Baker, Julian Bradley, Carol Cooper, Michael de Swiet, Gillian Fletcher, Mervi Jokinen, Deirdre Murphy, Catherine Nelson-Piercy, Vicky Osgood, Stephen Robson, Andrew Shennan, Angela Tuffnell, Sara Twaddle, Jason Waugh
	BMJ  2005;330:576-580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.576 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

Information in practice

This week's Information in practice

	Effect of electronic health records in ambulatory care: retrospective, serial, cross sectional study
	Terhilda Garrido, Laura Jamieson, Yvonne Zhou, Andrew Wiesenthal, Louise Liang
	BMJ  2005;330:581, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.581 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Recent developments in asthma management
	Graeme P Currie, Graham S Devereux, Daniel K C Lee, Jon G Ayres
	BMJ  2005;330:585-589, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.585 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of adolescence: Sexual health, contraception, and teenage pregnancy
	John Tripp, Russell Viner
	BMJ  2005;330:590-593, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.590 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Validity of composite end points in clinical trials
	Victor M Montori, Gaietà Permanyer-Miralda, Ignacio Ferreira-González, Jason W Busse, Valeria Pacheco-Huergo, Dianne Bryant, Jordi Alonso, Elie A Akl, Antònia Domingo-Salvany, Edward Mills, Ping Wu, Holger J Schünemann, Roman Jaeschke, Gordon H Guyatt
	BMJ  2005;330:594-596, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.594 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further examples] FREE

	US and UK health care: a special relationship?: Money can't buy you satisfaction
	Chris Ham
	BMJ  2005;330:597-599, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.597 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further explanation] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Cicely Pearl Blair (née Hopton)
	Ida Lawrence
	BMJ  2005;330:604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.604 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	David Augustus Noel ("Dan") Hoyte
	Christine Hoyte
	BMJ  2005;330:604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.604-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Peter Hudgson
	John Walton
	BMJ  2005;330:604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.604-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Anne Riches
	Michael Pugh
	BMJ  2005;330:604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.604-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Brenda Diana Van Leuven
	Melanie Davies
	BMJ  2005;330:604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.604-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

reviews

This week's reviews

	Film: The Woodsman
	Piyal Sen
	BMJ  2005;330:605, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.605 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry
	Girish Vaidya
	BMJ  2005;330:605, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.605-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Art: Anatomy in the Gallery
	Chloe Veltman
	BMJ  2005;330:606, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.606 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Press: The lesson of Red Nose Day
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2005;330:606, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.606-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEW: Risk—the game of life
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2005;330:607, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.607 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	SOUNDINGS: Me and Mrs Jones
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2005;330:607, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.607-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;330:608, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.608 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM*: Lipid lowering prevents stroke in patients with or without CHD
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The mystery of the milky effusion
	Rajnish Duara
	BMJ  2005;330:575, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.575 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A memorable patient: The miracle of "sudden renal failure"
	Mario Rüdiger
	BMJ  2005;330:580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.580 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	My most unfortunate mistake: Not always looking on the bright side of life
	Ruth James
	BMJ  2005;330:584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.584 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	One hundred years ago: Military midwifery
	BMJ  2005;330:593, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.593 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Managing chronic diseases
	BMJ  2005;330:599, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.599 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Population based randomised controlled trial on impact of screening on mortality from abdominal aortic aneurysm
	BMJ  2005;330:596, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.596 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Risk of ischaemic stroke in people with migraine: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
	BMJ  2005;330:596, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.596-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;330:596, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.596-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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