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This week's Editor's choice

Where are the leaders?
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2005;331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.0-g
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Routine funduscopy isn't justified in patients with hypertension [Full text] FREE
Nuclear factory workers are at increased risk of cancer [Full text] FREE
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This week's Editorials

NHS foundation trusts
Richard Q Lewis
BMJ  2005;331:59-60, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.59
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Epilepsy and driving
Ettore Beghi, Josemir W Sander
BMJ  2005;331:60-61, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.60
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Regulating herbal medicines in the UK
Robin E Ferner, Keith Beard
BMJ  2005;331:62-63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.62
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The quest for quality in the NHS: still searching?
John Appleby
BMJ  2005;331:63-64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.63
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This week's Letters

Calcium and vitamin D in preventing fractures: Vitamin K supplementation has powerful effect
Thomas E Radecki
BMJ  2005;331:108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.108
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Calcium and vitamin D in preventing fractures: Dietary intake of calcium needs to be considered
Julian R F Walters
BMJ  2005;331:108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.108-a
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Calcium and vitamin D in preventing fractures: Data are not sufficient to show inefficacy
Alex Vasquez, John Cannell
BMJ  2005;331:108-109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.108-b
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Calcium and vitamin D in preventing fractures: Author's reply
David Torgerson, on behalf of the trial group
BMJ  2005;331:109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.109
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Vitamin D deficiency may have role in chronic low back pain
Peter J Lewis
BMJ  2005;331:109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.109-a
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Participants in research: Routine extrapolation of randomised controlled trials is absurd
Bruce G Charlton
BMJ  2005;331:109-110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.109-b
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Participants in research: Patients in clinical trials are protected by consumer regulation
Desmond R Laurence
BMJ  2005;331:110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.110
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Participants in research: Contract to run a trial should include patient-researchers in steering groups
Hazel Thornton
BMJ  2005;331:110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.110-a
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Surveying the literature from animal experiments: Systematic review and meta-analysis are important contributions
Malcolm R Macleod, Shah Ebrahim, Ian Roberts
BMJ  2005;331:110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.110-b
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Surveying the literature from animal experiments: Avoidance of bias is objective of systematic reviews, not meta-analysis
Khalid S Khan, Luciano Mignini
BMJ  2005;331:110-111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.110-c
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Horizon: Does the MMR Jab Cause Autism?: Has the fat lady sung then?
Alan Challoner
BMJ  2005;331:111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.111
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Horizon: Does the MMR Jab Cause Autism?: We cannot win
Neville W Goodman
BMJ  2005;331:111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.111-a
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Anger is the weed, hate is the tree
Herbert H Nehrlich
BMJ  2005;331:111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.111-b
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Lifestyle contributes most to distribution of cancer, report says
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2005;331:65, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.65
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In brief
BMJ  2005;331:66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.66
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Meadow defends his role in conviction of Sally Clark
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2005;331:66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.66-a
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Humanising "an intimidating instrument"
Allison Barrett
BMJ  2005;331:66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.66-b
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Doctors campaign for ban on smoking in enclosed public places
Kay McIntosh
BMJ  2005;331:67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.67
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Study highlights insensitivity of PSA screening
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2005;331:67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.67-a
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Home test shows sex of fetus at five weeks of pregnancy
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2005;331:69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.69-c
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Shining a light on suffering
Tony Sheldon
BMJ  2005;331:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.70
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Foundation trusts revel in new powers, report says
Rebecca Coombes
BMJ  2005;331:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.68
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US doctors and public favour annual check ups
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2005;331:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.68-a
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Medieval guide warns that sex is harmful for people with "dry breathing"
Giselle Jones
BMJ  2005;331:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.68-b
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WHO puts abortifacients on its essential drug list
Liza Gibson
BMJ  2005;331:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.68-c
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GPs appear before GMC accused of missing warning signs in deaths of Shipman’s patients
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2005;331:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.68-d
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UK will launch European health insurance card in September
Rory Watson
BMJ  2005;331:69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.69
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Government unveils new approach to emergency care
Rebecca Coombes
BMJ  2005;331:69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.69-a
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Aspirin does not prevent cancer, and vitamin E does not prevent heart disease or cancer
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2005;331:69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.69-b
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WHO launches "plan of war" to tackle avian flu
Jane Parry
BMJ  2005;331:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.70-a
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FDA warns that antidepressants may increase suicidality in adults
Jeanne Lenzer
BMJ  2005;331:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.70-b
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Public health scientists accused of soft peddling the dangers of passive smoking after taking grants from tobacco related organisations
Annette Tuffs
BMJ  2005;331:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.70-c
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Woman gives birth after receiving transplant of her own ovarian tissue
Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
BMJ  2005;331:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.70-d
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Marriage costs women doctors in the US an 11% salary drop
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2005;331:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.70-e
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Queensland report on deaths recommends sweeping changes
Bob Burton
BMJ  2005;331:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.70-f
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Public distrusts government health campaigns, experts say
Rebecca Coombes
BMJ  2005;331:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.70-g
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Access to clean water in rural Africa is inadequate
Rhona MacDonald
BMJ  2005;331:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.70-h
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Doctor who ran nursing home is cleared of professional misconduct
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2005;331:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.70-i
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This week's Short cuts

What's new in the other general journals
Alison Tonks
BMJ  2005;331:71-72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.71
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This week's Papers

Value of routine funduscopy in patients with hypertension: systematic review
Bert-Jan H van den Born, Caroline A A Hulsman, Joost B L Hoekstra, Reinier O Schlingemann, Gert A van Montfrans
BMJ  2005;331:73, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.73
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Risk of cancer after low doses of ionising radiation: retrospective cohort study in 15 countries
E Cardis, M Vrijheid, M Blettner, E Gilbert, M Hakama, C Hill, G Howe, J Kaldor, C R Muirhead, M Schubauer-Berigan, T Yoshimura, F Bermann, G Cowper, J Fix, C Hacker, B Heinmiller, M Marshall, I Thierry-Chef, D Utterback, Y-O Ahn, E Amoros, P Ashmore, A Auvinen, J-M Bae, J Bernar Solano, A Biau, E Combalot, P Deboodt, A Diez Sacristan, M Eklof, H Engels, G Engholm, G Gulis, R Habib, K Holan, H Hyvonen, A Kerekes, J Kurtinaitis, H Malker, M Martuzzi, A Mastauskas, A Monnet, M Moser, M S Pearce, D B Richardson, F Rodriguez-Artalejo, A Rogel, H Tardy, M Telle-Lamberton, I Turai, M Usel, K Veress
BMJ  2005;331:77, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38499.599861.E0, (Published 29 June 2005)
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This week's Primary care

Effect of introduction of integrated out of hours care in England: observational study
Val Lattimer, Joanne Turnbull, Abigail Burgess, Heidi Surridge, Karen Gerard, Judith Lathlean, Helen Smith, Steve George
BMJ  2005;331:81-84, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.81
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Should treatment of (sub)acute low back pain be aimed at psychosocial prognostic factors? Cluster randomised clinical trial in general practice
Petra Jellema, Daniëlle A W M van der Windt, Henriëtte E van der Horst, Jos W R Twisk, Wim A B Stalman, Lex M Bouter
BMJ  2005;331:84, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38495.686736.E0, (Published 20 June 2005)
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Commentary: Early psychosocial interventions for low back pain in primary care
Chris J Main
BMJ  2005;331:88, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38498.495000.E0, (Published 20 June 2005)
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This week's Learning in practice

Impact on patients of expanded, general practice based, student teaching: observational and qualitative study
John Benson, Thelma Quince, Arthur Hibble, Thomas Fanshawe, Jon Emery
BMJ  2005;331:89, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38492.599606.8F, (Published 4 July 2005)
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What the educators are saying
Kevin W Eva
BMJ  2005;331:93, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.93
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This week's Clinical review

The patient's journey: Living with locked-in syndrome
Nick Chisholm, Grant Gillett
BMJ  2005;331:94-97, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.94
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ABC of conflict and disaster: Displaced populations and long term humanitarian assistance
Maria Kett
BMJ  2005;331:98-100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.98
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This week's Education and debate

Five futures for academic medicine: the ICRAM scenarios
Jocalyn Clark, for the International Campaign to Revitalise Academic Medicine
BMJ  2005;331:101-104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.101
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Commentary: Universities have a vital role
Sally C Davies
BMJ  2005;331:105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.105
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Commentary: The future for medical education
Tiago Villanueva
BMJ  2005;331:105-106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.105-a
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Commentary: How far is the future?
Zulma Ortiz
BMJ  2005;331:106-107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.106
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Commentary: Challenging the patience of patients
Amye L Leong
BMJ  2005;331:107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.107
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This week's Obituaries

Rodney Saville Sneath
Robert Sneath
BMJ  2005;331:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.112
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Douglas James Arthur Clarke
Dermot Lynch
BMJ  2005;331:113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.113
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Ruth Elizabeth Crookes (née McMullan)
Janet Wright
BMJ  2005;331:113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.113-a
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Anthony ("Tony") Richard Curtis
Mark Grainger
BMJ  2005;331:113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.113-b
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Stuart Richard Foster
Duncan Foster
BMJ  2005;331:113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.113-c
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Denis Parr
Leslie Bartlet
BMJ  2005;331:113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.113-d
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Stanley Buchanan Sloan
Michael Wright
BMJ  2005;331:113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.113-e
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David Wise
Patricia Wise
BMJ  2005;331:113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.113-f
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TV: Trauma Africa
Ian Roberts
BMJ  2005;331:114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.114
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Book: The Drug Trial: Nancy Olivieri and the Science Scandal that Rocked the Hospital for Sick Children
Christopher Martyn
BMJ  2005;331:115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.115
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Hit parade
BMJ  2005;331:115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.115-a
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Press: The gateway to high society
Rory Watson
BMJ  2005;331:116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.116
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PERSONAL VIEW: Are public inquiries losing their independence?
Kieran Walshe
BMJ  2005;331:117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.117
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SOUNDINGS: Death and taxes
Colin Douglas
BMJ  2005;331:117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.117-a
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Minerva
BMJ  2005;331:118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.118
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POEM*: Don't use hip spica in kids with femoral fracture
BMJ  2005;331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.0-f
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Randomised controlled trials for the BMJ need to be registered
BMJ  2005;331:76, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.76
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A patient who changed my practice: A gnashing of teeth
Jonathan Stacey
BMJ  2005;331:88, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.88-a
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A little understanding
Rubeta Matin
BMJ  2005;331:97, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.97
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Europe in transition
BMJ  2005;331:104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.104
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Advice
BMJ  2005;331:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.112-a
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This week's BMJ USA

Diet change vs pills for better health
Douglas Kamerow
BMJ  2005;331:E362, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.E362
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Mumps outbreak among young adults in UK
Sharon Bloom, Melinda Wharton
BMJ  2005;331:E363-E364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.E363
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Describing the road to death
Joanne Roberts
BMJ  2005;331:E364-E365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.E364
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Fortes Cristina
BMJ  2005;331:E366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.E366
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Commentary: rational health care should be offered to all persons: rich or poor, well or sick
Paul S Frame
BMJ  2005;331:E367-E368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.E367
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BMJ  2005;331:E369, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7508.E369
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