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25 February 2006 (Vol 332, No 7539)
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This week's Editor's choice

Do not resuscitate, or fly
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.0-f
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Students may have a higher risk for meningococcal disease than other adolescents [Full text] FREE
Are you standing comfortably? [Full text] FREE
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This week's Editorials

Optimising prenatal diagnosis of Down's syndrome
James P Neilson, Zarko Alfirevic
BMJ  2006;332:433-434, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.433
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Should obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome receive treatment for infertility?
Adam H Balen, Martin Dresner, Eleanor M Scott, James O Drife
BMJ  2006;332:434-435, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.434
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Lost in transition? Between paediatric and adult services
Janet E McDonagh, Russell M Viner
BMJ  2006;332:435-436, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.435
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Behavioural medicine: changing our behaviour
Theresa Marteau, Paul Dieppe, Robbie Foy, Ann-Louise Kinmonth, Neil Schneiderman
BMJ  2006;332:437-438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.437
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This week's Letters

Case reports of suspected adverse drug reactions: Case reports were dismissed too quickly
Jan P Vandenbroucke
BMJ  2006;332:488, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.488
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Case reports of suspected adverse drug reactions: Case reports generate signals efficiently
Stefan Russmann
BMJ  2006;332:488, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.488-a
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Pain is an issue in renal impairment
Colette Reid, Jane Gibbins, Geoffrey Hanks
BMJ  2006;332:488-489, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.488-b
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Proteinuria in chronic renal disease was not mentioned
Charlie Tomson
BMJ  2006;332:489, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.489
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More on JAMA's policy on industry sponsored studies
Kenneth J Rothman, Stephen Evans
BMJ  2006;332:489, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.489-a
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Compensation for non-negligent harm in trials remains shaky
Desmond R Laurence
BMJ  2006;332:489-490, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.489-b
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Referrals between consultants: Public should rise to the defence
David M Lewis
BMJ  2006;332:490, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.490
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Referrals between consultants: System has potential for error
Peter Gooderham
BMJ  2006;332:490, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.490-a
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Referrals between consultants: Consultant referrals are funded
Tim E P Davies
BMJ  2006;332:490, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.490-b
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Prognostic assessment will be important in flu pandemic
Gavin D Barlow
BMJ  2006;332:490-491, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.490-c
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Best research: New strategy is warmly welcomed
Robert Boyd, Mike Burrows
BMJ  2006;332:491, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.491
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Best research: Research originating in primary care needs support
Jim Sikorski, Susan Robinson, Martin Edwards
BMJ  2006;332:491, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.491-a
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Tobacco: are we all to blame?
Jonathan H Burton
BMJ  2006;332:491, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.491-b
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Meadow should never have been brought before the GMC
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2006;332:439, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.439
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In brief
BMJ  2006;332:440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.440
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England will ban smoking in enclosed public places
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2006;332:440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.440-a
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Film makers should show they accepted no gifts from tobacco industry
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2006;332:440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.440-b
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Doctor sues for unfair dismissal claiming Roche feared she would blow the whistle
Madeleine Brettingham
BMJ  2006;332:441, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.441
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Health minister is stripped of his right to veto use of abortion pill
Christopher Zinn
BMJ  2006;332:441, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.441-a
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Patient is to appeal High Court ruling on breast cancer drug
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2006;332:443, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.443-c
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US cancer mortality falls for the first time
Jeanne Lenzer
BMJ  2006;332:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.444
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Mental Health Bill for England and Wales may be postponed
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2006;332:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.444-a
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Network is set up to champion independent sector treatment centres
Madeleine Brettingham
BMJ  2006;332:442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.442
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Christian supporters of science oppose fundamentalists
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2006;332:442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.442-a
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Doctors are told to ditch “disease spreading” neckties
Michael Day
BMJ  2006;332:442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.442-b
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US Congress scrutinises hospitals owned by doctors after patient’s death
Nellie Bristol
BMJ  2006;332:442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.442-c
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Hospitalisation increases partner’s risk of death
Janice Tanne
BMJ  2006;332:442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.442-d
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Industry must be responsible for bird flu vaccine, says UK government
Michael Day
BMJ  2006;332:443, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.443
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Doctor who was remanded for murder wins record damages
Tony Sheldon
BMJ  2006;332:443, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.443-a
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Specialists call for legalised trade in kidneys
David Spurgeon
BMJ  2006;332:443, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.443-b
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UK government says EU directive on services excludes health care
Rory Watson
BMJ  2006;332:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.444-b
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Italian doctors defy restrictions on abortion pill
Jane Burgermeister
BMJ  2006;332:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.444-c
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WHO to set up international task force on counterfeit drugs
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2006;332:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.444-d
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Wales publishes waiting times for diagnostic tests
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2006;332:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.444-e
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GMC orders urologist to be retrained
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2006;332:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.444-f
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Many sexual health services are “in danger of drowning”
Caroline White
BMJ  2006;332:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.444-g
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NICE recommends screening patients for malnutrition
Lisa Hitchen
BMJ  2006;332:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.444-h
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Risk and protective factors for meningococcal disease in adolescents: matched cohort study
Joanna Tully, Russell M Viner, Pietro G Coen, James M Stuart, Maria Zambon, Catherine Peckham, Clare Booth, Nigel Klein, Ed Kaczmarski, Robert Booy
BMJ  2006;332:445-450, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38725.728472.BE, (Published 10 February 2006)
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Physical work environment risk factors for long term sickness absence: prospective findings among a cohort of 5357 employees in Denmark
Thomas Lund, Merete Labriola, Karl Bang Christensen, Ute Bültmann, Ebbe Villadsen
BMJ  2006;332:449-452, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38731.622975.3A, (Published 30 January 2006)
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Fetal nuchal translucency scan and early prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal abnormalities by rapid aneuploidy screening: observational study
Lyn S Chitty, Karl O Kagan, Francisca S Molina, Jonathan J Waters, Kypros H Nicolaides
BMJ  2006;332:452-455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38730.655197.AE, (Published 13 February 2006)
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Non-degenerative mild cognitive impairment in elderly people and use of anticholinergic drugs: longitudinal cohort study
Marie L Ancelin, Sylvaine Artero, Florence Portet, Anne-Marie Dupuy, Jacques Touchon, Karen Ritchie
BMJ  2006;332:455-459, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38740.439664.DE, (Published 1 February 2006)
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"Catastrophic" pathways to smoking cessation: findings from national survey
Robert West, Taj Sohal
BMJ  2006;332:458-460, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38723.573866.AE, (Published 27 January 2006)
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Barriers to implementing a policy not to attempt resuscitation in acute medical admissions: prospective, cross sectional study of a successive cohort
H Fidler, C Thompson, A Freeman, D Hogan, G Walker, J Weinman
BMJ  2006;332:461-462, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38740.855914.BE, (Published 10 February 2006)
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This week's Clinical review

Management of pre-eclampsia
Lelia Duley, Shireen Meher, Edgardo Abalos
BMJ  2006;332:463-468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.463
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This week's Practice

Lesson of the week: Cushing's syndrome without excess cortisol
D R Woods, C S Arun, P A Corris, P Perros
BMJ  2006;332:469-470, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.469
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Interactive case report: A 28 year old postpartum woman with right sided chest discomfort: case progression
Girish Dwivedi, Sajad Ahmed Hayat, Andonis G Violaris, Roxy Senior
BMJ  2006;332:471, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.471
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ABC of wound healing: Pressure ulcers
Joseph E Grey, Keith G Harding, Stuart Enoch
BMJ  2006;332:472-475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.472
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BMJ family highlights: What's new this month in BMJ Journals
Harvey Marcovitch
BMJ  2006;332:476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.476
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Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
Kristina Fister
BMJ  2006;332:477-478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.477
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This week's Analysis and Comment

Controversy: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in continuing care settings: time for a rethink?
Simon P Conroy, Tony Luxton, Robert Dingwall, Rowan H Harwood, John R F Gladman
BMJ  2006;332:479-482, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.479
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Health economics: Using economics to set pragmatic and ethical priorities
Stuart Peacock, Danny Ruta, Craig Mitton, Cam Donaldson, Angela Bate, Madeleine Murtagh
BMJ  2006;332:482-485, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.482
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Child health: Overuse of institutional care for children in Europe
Kevin Browne, Catherine Hamilton-Giachritsis, Rebecca Johnson, Mikael Ostergren
BMJ  2006;332:485-487, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.485
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This week's Obituaries

David Clark
Elizabeth Ross
BMJ  2006;332:492, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.492
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Michael Hague Dale
Michael Drury
BMJ  2006;332:492, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.492-a
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John Morley Davies
Brian Beach
BMJ  2006;332:492, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.492-b
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John Devine
M Devine
BMJ  2006;332:492, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.492-c
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Brian John McDougall Duxbury
N K Shinton
BMJ  2006;332:492, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.492-d
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James Brown Wallace Galloway
W H Duthie
BMJ  2006;332:492, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.492-e
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Ian Ramsay Gray
Howel Jones
BMJ  2006;332:492-493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.492-f
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Kathleen Murray Hadden (née Morrison)
Hilary Hinton
BMJ  2006;332:493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.493
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Andrew James Ogilvy
Andrew J Fox
BMJ  2006;332:493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.493-a
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Philip Horsman Rack
Jenny Rack
BMJ  2006;332:493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.493-b
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Frank William Sheffield
Maurice Philpott
BMJ  2006;332:493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.493-c
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Gerald Joseph Siegler
Todd D Wauchob
BMJ  2006;332:493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.493-d
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Rowland James Williams
James H S Wakelin
BMJ  2006;332:493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.493-e
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Book: Caring Physicians of the World
Tiago Villanueva
BMJ  2006;332:494, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.494
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Book: Suburban Shaman: Tales from Medicine's Frontline
Des Spence
BMJ  2006;332:495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.495
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Book: Knowledge to Action? Evidence-Based Health Care in Context
Matt Williams
BMJ  2006;332:495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.495-a
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Personal views: "That's all I got handed over"
Myooran Sithamparanathan
BMJ  2006;332:496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.496
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Hit Parade
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Personal views: When doctors learned to speak carbon
Ian Roberts
BMJ  2006;332:497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.497
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Soundings: Medical intuition
Kevin Barraclough
BMJ  2006;332:497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.497-a
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This week's Minerva

Minerva
BMJ  2006;332:498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.498
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This week's Fillers

bmjupdates+: Smoking in late pregnancy reduces birth weight
BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.0-e
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A memorable patient: Fear
Lesley Jean Morrison
BMJ  2006;332:448, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.448
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Geriatric neologism
Conor Ramsden
BMJ  2006;332:451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.451
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bmjlearning.com: Learning for consultants
Kieran Walsh
BMJ  2006;332:454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.454
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What's in March's studentBMJ?
BMJ  2006;332:460, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.460
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Let Ruth into palliative medicine
Chi-Keong Ong
BMJ  2006;332:462, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.462
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A major medical decision
F Morgan
BMJ  2006;332:468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.468
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One hundred years ago: Medicine and men of letters
BMJ  2006;332:475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.475
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