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20 August 2005 (Vol 331, No 7514)
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This week's Editor's choice

Let's call it cardiac impairment
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2005;331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.0-f
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Telephone education reduces readmission for chronic heart failure [Full text] FREE
Mobile phones increase risk of having a road crash [Full text] FREE
Black people are more likely to survive a stroke than white people [Full text] FREE
Cognitive behaviour therapy reduces symptom severity of irritable bowel syndrome [Full text] FREE
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H5N1 influenza and the implications for Europe
Denis Coulombier, Karl Ekdahl
BMJ  2005;331:413-414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.413
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Survival after stroke in south London
Cathie Sudlow
BMJ  2005;331:414-415, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.414
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Cardiac impairment or heart failure?
Richard Lehman, Jenny Doust, Paul Glasziou
BMJ  2005;331:415-416, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.415
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Preventing severe infection after splenectomy
Adrian Newland, Drew Provan, Steven Myint
BMJ  2005;331:417-418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.417
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Medical needs of immigrant populations
Shahid Anis Khan, Partha Ghosh
BMJ  2005;331:418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.418
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Prognosis in obesity: Older people should not be misinformed about being overweight
Renuka Visvanathan, Ian Chapman
BMJ  2005;331:452, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.452
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Prognosis in obesity: Obstacles must be removed to prevent obesity through increased physical activity
Erik Hemmingsson
BMJ  2005;331:452, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.452-a
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Prognosis in obesity: Obesity in severe mental illness poses particular problems
Paul Mackin, Allan H Young
BMJ  2005;331:452-453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.452-b
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Prognosis in obesity: Author's reply
M E J Lean
BMJ  2005;331:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.453
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Early life risk factors for obesity in childhood: The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
Trisha Greenhalgh
BMJ  2005;331:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.453-a
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Early life risk factors for obesity in childhood: Early feeding is crucial target for preventing obesity in children
Iain E Buchan, Richard F Heller, Peter Clayton, Peter E Bundred, Tim J Cole
BMJ  2005;331:453-454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.453-b
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Early life risk factors for obesity in childhood: Authors' reply
John J Reilly, Julie Armstrong, Pauline Emmett, Andy Ness, Andrea Sherriff
BMJ  2005;331:454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.454
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Obesity in middle age and future risk of dementia: Problem is probably greater for women
Alan J Goble
BMJ  2005;331:454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.454-a
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Obesity in middle age and future risk of dementia: Dietary fat and sugar may hold the clue
Naji Tabet
BMJ  2005;331:454-455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.454-b
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Obesity in middle age and future risk of dementia: Midlife obesity increases risk of future dementia
George Razay, Anthea Vreugdenhil
BMJ  2005;331:455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.455
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Obesity in middle age and future risk of dementia: Authors' reply
Rachel Whitmer, Charles P Quesenberry, Jr, Kristine Yaffe
BMJ  2005;331:455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.455-a
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Include measurement of waist circumference in GP contract
David Haslam
BMJ  2005;331:455-456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.455-b
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Audit is important part of drug safety and regulation
Michael I Carter, Jane Murkin
BMJ  2005;331:456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.456
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Dissemination of results needs to be tracked as well as the funding is
James McCormack, Peter Loewen, Peter Jewesson
BMJ  2005;331:456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.456-a
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Disparities in health widen between rich and poor in England
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2005;331:419, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.419
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In brief
BMJ  2005;331:420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.420
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Charity challenges US "anti-prostitution" restriction
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2005;331:420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.420-a
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US drug industry's guidelines on advertising too limited, say critics
Bob Burton
BMJ  2005;331:420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.420-b
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UK government responds to call for change in reproduction technology
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2005;331:421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.421
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Reading the bones
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2005;331:421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.421-a
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Aid agencies ignored special needs of elderly people after tsunami
Ganapati Mudur
BMJ  2005;331:422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.422
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Agencies scale up African relief
Chibuzo Odigwe
BMJ  2005;331:422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.422-a
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US group lobbies UN to outlaw male circumcision
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2005;331:422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.422-b
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Canada tries once more to set public health goals
Barbara Kermode-Scott
BMJ  2005;331:422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.422-c
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US groups set standards of outpatient care
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2005;331:422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.422-d
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UK sperm banks fail to meet WHO standards
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2005;331:422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.422-e
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Indian Supreme Court ruling makes arrest of doctors harder
Ganapati Mudur
BMJ  2005;331:422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.422-f
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WHO conference calls for health promotion to be at centre of development
Jane Parry
BMJ  2005;331:422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.422-g
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Risk of death from heart attack varies according to when patients arrive at hospital, study finds
David Spurgeon
BMJ  2005;331:422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.422-h
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This week's Short cuts

What's new in the other general journals
Christopher Martyn
BMJ  2005;331:423-424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.423
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This week's Papers

Randomised trial of telephone intervention in chronic heart failure: DIAL trial
GESICA Investigators
BMJ  2005;331:425, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38516.398067.E0, (Published 1 August 2005)
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Role of mobile phones in motor vehicle crashes resulting in hospital attendance: a case-crossover study
Suzanne P McEvoy, Mark R Stevenson, Anne T McCartt, Mark Woodward, Claire Haworth, Peter Palamara, Rina Cercarelli
BMJ  2005;331:428, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38537.397512.55, (Published 12 July 2005)
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Survival differences after stroke in a multiethnic population: follow-up study with the south London stroke register
Charles D A Wolfe, Nigel C Smeeton, Catherine Coshall, Kate Tilling, Anthony G Rudd
BMJ  2005;331:431, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38510.458218.8F, (Published 29 July 2005)
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Systematic review of publication bias in studies on publication bias
Hans-Hermann Dubben, Hans-Peter Beck-Bornholdt
BMJ  2005;331:433-434, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38478.497164.F7, (Published 3 June 2005)
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This week's Primary care

Cognitive behaviour therapy in addition to antispasmodic treatment for irritable bowel syndrome in primary care: randomised controlled trial
Tom Kennedy, Roger Jones, Simon Darnley, Paul Seed, Simon Wessely, Trudie Chalder
BMJ  2005;331:435, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38545.505764.06, (Published 10 August 2005)
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10-minute consultation: Red eye
Sharon K Bal, Gary R Hollingworth
BMJ  2005;331:438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.438
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This week's Clinical review

Evidence based case report: Should a patient with primary intracerebral haemorrhage receive antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy?
Mushtaq Wani, Emma Nga, Ranjini Navaratnasingham
BMJ  2005;331:439-442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.439
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ABC of asthma: Prevalence
John Rees
BMJ  2005;331:443-445, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.443
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This week's Education and debate

Need for differential discounting of costs and health effects in cost effectiveness analyses
Werner B F Brouwer, Louis W Niessen, Maarten J Postma, Frans F H Rutten
BMJ  2005;331:446-448, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.446
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Malpractice in Mexico: arbitration not litigation
Carlos Tena-Tamayo, Julio Sotelo
BMJ  2005;331:448-451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.448
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This week's Obituaries

Paddy Donaldson
Sammy Lee
BMJ  2005;331:457, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.457
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William Guy Daynes
Robin Finlay
BMJ  2005;331:457, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.457-a
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Anthony Brendan Field
Clive Kelly
BMJ  2005;331:458, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.458
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Kenneth Edward Gray
Adrian Barnes
BMJ  2005;331:458, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.458-a
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Michael John Grayson
Ian Stewart
BMJ  2005;331:458, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.458-b
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Eric Kurt Ledermann
David Sturgeon, Elizabeth Sturgeon
BMJ  2005;331:458, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.458-c
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John Leslie
Philip Roberts, Alec Black
BMJ  2005;331:458, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.458-d
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Freda Susanne Reed
Tom Reed, Jacquie Reed
BMJ  2005;331:458, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.458-e
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This week's reviews

Art: Hearwear: The Future of Hearing
Colin Martin
BMJ  2005;331:459, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.459
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Book: Stakes and Kidneys: Why Markets in Human Body Parts are Morally Imperative; Kidney for Sale by Owner: Human Organs, Transplantation, and the Market
Ewen Harrison, Steve McNally, John Forsythe
BMJ  2005;331:460, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.460
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TV: Press red button, donate kidney
Joanna Lyall
BMJ  2005;331:461, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.461
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Film: The Constant Gardener
Jeanner Lenzer
BMJ  2005;331:462, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.462
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Hit parade
BMJ  2005;331:462, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.462-a
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PERSONAL VIEW: The finger, the foot, my bone cancer
Nick Taffinder
BMJ  2005;331:463, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.463
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SOUNDINGS: Looking sideways
George Dunea
BMJ  2005;331:463, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.463-a
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This week's Minerva

Minerva
BMJ  2005;331:464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.464
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This week's Fillers

POEM*: Antibiotics aren't needed for lower respiratory tract infection
BMJ  2005;331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.0-e
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A case of mouth in foot disease
Jason Raw, Naseer Naqvi
BMJ  2005;331:427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.427
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A memorable doctor
David Haldane
BMJ  2005;331:434, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.434
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This week's Corrections

Hajj: journey of a lifetime
BMJ  2005;331:442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.442
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Researcher fined for shredding records
BMJ  2005;331:442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.442-a
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UK stops short of outright smoking ban in enclosed public places
BMJ  2005;331:442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.442-b
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