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This week's Editor's choice

Can we tame the monster?
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.0-f
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New onset rectal bleeding should be investigated in everybody over 45 [Full text] FREE
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Death and injury on roads
Shanthi Ameratunga, Rod Jackson, Robyn Norton
BMJ  2006;333:53-54, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.53
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Colorectal cancer in primary care
David Weller
BMJ  2006;333:54-55, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.54
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Support for young people with diabetes
Carine de Beaufort, Peter Swift
BMJ  2006;333:55-56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.55
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Better services and more choice in the NHS
Paul Wallace, Ann Bowling, Jennifer A Roberts
BMJ  2006;333:56-57, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.56
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Tuberculosis and social exclusion
Alistair Story, Rob van Hest, Andrew Hayward
BMJ  2006;333:57-58, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.57
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This week's Letters

Injury from lightning strike while using mobile phone: Statistics and physics do not suggest a link
Ramsey M Faragher
BMJ  2006;333:96, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.96
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Injury from lightning strike while using mobile phone: Mobile phones are not lightning strike risk
Chris W Althaus
BMJ  2006;333:96, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.96-a
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Sudden death is rare in young people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
David S Wald, Malcolm Law
BMJ  2006;333:96-97, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.96-b
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Combination of beta blockers and verapamil may be risky
Javier Borja, Iñaki Izquierdo, Josep Guindo
BMJ  2006;333:97, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.97
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Authors' reply
Paolo Spirito, Camillo Autore
BMJ  2006;333:97, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.97-a
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American Psychiatric Association clarifies its position on human rights
Steven S Sharfstein
BMJ  2006;333:97-98, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.97-b
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Deaths on acute hospital wards
Jane Gibbins, Colette Reid, Carolyn Campbell, Catherine Blinman, Zena Kassim, Candida Cornish
BMJ  2006;333:98, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.98
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Human health resources are key to HIV treatment in Africa
Ntambwe Malangu
BMJ  2006;333:98, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.98-a
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Does the UK have the highest paid doctors in Europe?
H E Mackay, M R Cope
BMJ  2006;333:98, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.98-b
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Training doctors in the new English NHS: Political correctness or evidence based education?
Nicola A Cooper
BMJ  2006;333:99, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.99
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Training doctors in the new English NHS: Hidden agenda is obvious
Nicholas J Sarkies
BMJ  2006;333:99, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.99-a
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Training doctors in the new English NHS: The real challenge to the medical profession
James Penston
BMJ  2006;333:99, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.99-b
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Does continuing medical education work?
Christopher M Buttery
BMJ  2006;333:99, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.99-c
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Adverse incidents in NHS are still under-reported
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2006;333:59, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.59
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Healthcare group agrees $500m settlement for unnecessary surgery
Jeanne Lenzer
BMJ  2006;333:59, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.59-a
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In brief
BMJ  2006;333:60, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.60
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Health spending rising faster than GDP in most rich countries
Rory Watson
BMJ  2006;333:60, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.60-a
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UK government accused of privatising the NHS
Michael Day
BMJ  2006;333:61, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.61
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Doctors say no to more privatisation of NHS in England
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2006;333:61, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.61-a
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NEJM joins US debate on abortion and emergency contraception
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2006;333:63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.63-c
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Doctors backtrack on assisted suicide
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2006;333:64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.64
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Department sends doctors’ productivity data to trusts in value for money bid
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2006;333:62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.62
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Paying hospitals for better performance saves lives, study says
Janice Tanne
BMJ  2006;333:62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.62-a
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Art for health’s sake
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2006;333:62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.62-b
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UN reports poor progress on millennium goals in Africa
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2006;333:62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.62-c
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Botched circumcisions kill 14 boys in a month
Pat Sidley
BMJ  2006;333:62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.62-d
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Roche’s tiered pricing enables poorer countries to stockpile drugs
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2006;333:63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.63
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Safeguards for people who lack capacity to consent are inadequate
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2006;333:63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.63-a
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Complacency over sexually transmitted infections leads to rise in cases
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2006;333:63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.63-b
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UK research gets £84m boost
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2006;333:64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.64-a
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AIDS and malnutrition inextricably linked
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2006;333:64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.64-b
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UK government attacks European ruling on MRI scanners
Rory Watson
BMJ  2006;333:64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.64-c
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Diethylstilbestrol increases risk of breast cancer death
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2006;333:64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.64-d
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Inquiry into Welsh E coli outbreak opens in Cardiff
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2006;333:64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.64-e
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MPs say government scheme for GPs’ premises threatens other primary care needs
Remi Guillochon
BMJ  2006;333:64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.64-f
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This week's Research

Psychological interventions to improve glycaemic control in patients with type 1 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Kirsty Winkley, Sabine Landau, Ivan Eisler, Khalida Ismail
BMJ  2006;333:65, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38874.652569.55, (Published 27 June 2006)
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Risk in primary care of colorectal cancer from new onset rectal bleeding: 10 year prospective study
Jennifer du Toit, William Hamilton, Kevin Barraclough
BMJ  2006;333:69-70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38846.684850.2F, (Published 21 June 2006)
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Unsafe driving behaviour and four wheel drive vehicles: observational study
Lesley Walker, Jonathan Williams, Konrad Jamrozik
BMJ  2006;333:71, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38848.627731.2F, (Published 23 June 2006)
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Changes in safety on England's roads: analysis of hospital statistics
Mike Gill, Michael J Goldacre, David G R Yeates
BMJ  2006;333:73, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38883.593831.4F, (Published 23 June 2006)
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Awareness of driving while sleepy and road traffic accidents: prospective study in GAZEL cohort
Hermann Nabi, Alice Guéguen, Mireille Chiron, Sylviane Lafont, Marie Zins, Emmanuel Lagarde
BMJ  2006;333:75, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38863.638194.AE, (Published 23 June 2006)
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This week's Clinical review

Current concepts in the diagnosis and treatment of typhoid fever
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
BMJ  2006;333:78-82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.78
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This week's Practice

Cases in primary care laboratory medicine: Testing pitfalls and summary of guidance in lipid management
W Stuart A Smellie
BMJ  2006;333:83-86, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.83
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ABC of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Acute exacerbations
Graeme P Currie, Jadwiga A Wedzicha
BMJ  2006;333:87-89, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.87
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Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
Alison Tonks
BMJ  2006;333:90-91, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.90
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This week's Analysis and Comment

Drug regulation: Did regulators fail over selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors?
David Healy
BMJ  2006;333:92-95, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.92
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This week's Obituaries

Christina Aitkenhead Herron (née Crawford)
Lorna Robinson
BMJ  2006;333:100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.100
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Stella Aleruchi Nduka (née Maxwell-Owhochuku)
N K Offonry
BMJ  2006;333:100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.100-a
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Gordon Nicholson
Jimmie Nicholson
BMJ  2006;333:100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.100-b
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Lucy O'Brien
John Kelly
BMJ  2006;333:100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.100-c
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Ian Ross Russell
Rob Ross Russell
BMJ  2006;333:100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.100-d
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Film: How Bollywood came to a Welsh hospital
Naomi Marks
BMJ  2006;333:101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.101
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NETLINES
Harry Brown
BMJ  2006;333:102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.102
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Book: The Age of Melancholy: Major Depression and its Social Origins
Philip Thomas
BMJ  2006;333:102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.102-a
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Personal view: Senior doctors must stay part of the picture
Peter Mahaffey
BMJ  2006;333:103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.103
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Soundings: Suicidal thinking
Imre Loefler
BMJ  2006;333:103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.103-a
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This week's Minerva

Minerva
BMJ  2006;333:104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.104
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This week's Fillers

bmjupdates+: Children in care have a high risk of mental illness as adolescents and young adults
BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.0-e
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Endpiece: Befriending illness
Geoffrey Marsh
BMJ  2006;333:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.70
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Separating a septum sandwich
A C Leong
BMJ  2006;333:82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.82
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Interactive case report: A 22 year old man with persistent regurgitation and vomiting
BMJ  2006;333:95, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.95
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bmjlearning.com: Was that course you went on any good?
Kieran Walsh
BMJ  2006;333:95, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.95-a
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This week's Corrections

Achieving the millennium development goals for health: Cost effectiveness analysis of strategies to combat malaria in developing countries
BMJ  2006;333:86, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7558.86
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