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14 October 2006 (Vol 333, No 7572)
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Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.0-f
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Bone health in children
Amy Joy Lanou
BMJ  2006;333:763-764, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38996.499410.BE
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Prevention of diabetes
Carl Heneghan, M Thompson, R Perera
BMJ  2006;333:764-765, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38996.709340.BE
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X ray imaging goes digital
Kwan-Hoong Ng, Madan M Rehani
BMJ  2006;333:765-766, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38977.669769.2C
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Preoperative staging for rectal cancer
Ian Finlay
BMJ  2006;333:766-767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38996.423102.BE
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Use of mobile phones in hospitals
Stuart W G Derbyshire, Adam Burgess
BMJ  2006;333:767-768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38995.599769.80
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Parachute approach to evidence based medicine: As obvious as ABC
Barnaby C Reeves
BMJ  2006;333:807, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.807
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Parachute approach to evidence based medicine: Arguments are easily refuted
William McGuire
BMJ  2006;333:807, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.807-a
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Parachute approach to evidence based medicine: Summary of other responses
Birte Twisselmann
BMJ  2006;333:807-808, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.807-b
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MRI in predicting curative resection of rectal cancer: New dilemma in multidisciplinary team management
R J Heald, Brian D P O'Neill, Brendan Moran, Gina Brown, Ara W Darzi, Andrew C Wotherspoon, David Cunningham, Diana M Tait
BMJ  2006;333:808, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.808
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MRI in predicting curative resection of rectal cancer: Does post-neoadjuvant MRI have a role?
Durgesh S Raje
BMJ  2006;333:808, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.808-a
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MRI in predicting curative resection of rectal cancer: Defining a "window of opportunity" for laparoscopic surgery
Bruce F Sizer, Tan Arulampalam, Ralph Austin, Nicola Lacey, Don Menzies, Roger Motson
BMJ  2006;333:808-809, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.808-b
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Obesity is a wake up call for developing world too
Pushpa Ranjan Wijesinghe
BMJ  2006;333:809, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.809
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Belittlement and harassment of medical students: Is a source of medical education
Golnar Aref-Adib
BMJ  2006;333:809, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.809-a
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Belittlement and harassment of medical students: Remedial training—ethics and sensitivity
P A Geis
BMJ  2006;333:809, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.809-b
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Watchdog brands two thirds of NHS trusts as "fair" or "weak"
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2006;333:769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.769
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Stop "micromanaging" health care, says Tory leader
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2006;333:769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.769-a
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In brief
BMJ  2006;333:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.770
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Dutch clinic is ordered to stop giving stem cell therapy
Tony Sheldon
BMJ  2006;333:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.770-a
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UN questions China over organ harvesting
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2006;333:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.770-b
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Newer antipsychotic drugs are no better than older ones, study finds
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2006;333:771, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.771
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The importance of smelly feet and stinky cheese
Jeanne Lenzer
BMJ  2006;333:771, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.771-a
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Failure to control mosquitoes has led to two fever epidemics in India
Ganapati Mudur
BMJ  2006;333:773, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.773-c
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North-south divide in health persists in England
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2006;333:774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.774
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Ignorance about HIV is still high in many parts of Europe
Rory Watson
BMJ  2006;333:774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.774-a
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New England journal endorses institute’s proposals for FDA
Janice Tanne
BMJ  2006;333:772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.772
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Doctors call for end to unsafe shift system
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2006;333:772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.772-a
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Guideline calls for better treatment of atrial fibrillation
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2006;333:772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.772-b
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GMC will fight to retain its role in medical education
Michael Day
BMJ  2006;333:772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.772-c
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New York plans to restrict trans fats in restaurants
Janice Tanne
BMJ  2006;333:772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.772-d
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Suspended doctors are to be offered a quicker route back to work
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2006;333:773, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.773
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EU seeks views on patients’ rights to care across borders
Tessa Richards
BMJ  2006;333:773, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.773-a
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Preoperative radiotherapy cuts recurrence of rectal cancer
Toby Reynolds
BMJ  2006;333:773, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.773-b
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South Africa sidelines its health minister on AIDS issues
Pat Sidley
BMJ  2006;333:774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.774-b
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NICE says anti-dementia drugs should be used only for moderate Alzheimer’s disease
Michael Day
BMJ  2006;333:774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.774-c
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Doctors in Germany protest at a new restrictive law on tissue banks
Annette Tuffs
BMJ  2006;333:774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.774-d
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Forced evictions in Africa create healthcare crisis
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2006;333:774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.774-e
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Effects of calcium supplementation on bone density in healthy children: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Tania Winzenberg, Kelly Shaw, Jayne Fryer, Graeme Jones
BMJ  2006;333:775, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38950.561400.55, (Published 15 September 2006)
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Diagnostic accuracy of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging in predicting curative resection of rectal cancer: prospective observational study
MERCURY Study Group
BMJ  2006;333:779, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38937.646400.55, (Published 19 September 2006)
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Cochrane reviews compared with industry supported meta-analyses and other meta-analyses of the same drugs: systematic review
Anders W Jørgensen, Jørgen Hilden, Peter C Gøtzsche
BMJ  2006;333:782, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38973.444699.0B, (Published 6 October 2006)
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DRUG POINTS: Epileptic seizures can follow high doses of oral vardenafil
Pasquale Striano, Federico Zara, Carlo Minetti, Salvatore Striano
BMJ  2006;333:785, doi: 10.1136/sbmj.38953.758565.79
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BMJ family highlights: What's new this month in BMJ Journals
Harvey Marcovitch
BMJ  2006;333:798, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.798
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This week's Clinical review

Acute renal failure
Rachel Hilton
BMJ  2006;333:786-790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38975.657639.AE
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This week's Practice

Cases in primary care laboratory medicine: Investigating iron status in microcytic anaemia
Michael J Galloway, W Stuart A Smellie
BMJ  2006;333:791-793, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38979.358032.BE
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ABC of obesity: Management: Part II—Drugs
Mike Lean, Nick Finer
BMJ  2006;333:794-797, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.794
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Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
Alison Tonks
BMJ  2006;333:799-800, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.799
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This week's Analysis and Comment

Controversy: NHS maternity units should not encourage commercial banking of umbilical cord blood
Leroy C Edozien
BMJ  2006;333:801-804, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38950.628519.68
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Health research: How to formulate research recommendations
Polly Brown, Klara Brunnhuber, Kalipso Chalkidou, Iain Chalmers, Mike Clarke, Mark Fenton, Carol Forbes, Julie Glanville, Nicholas J Hicks, Janet Moody, Sara Twaddle, Hazim Timimi, Pamela Young
BMJ  2006;333:804-806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38987.492014.94
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Sir Norman Blacklock
Caroline Richmond
BMJ  2006;333:810, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.810
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John Buadoo Dodoo
D G Daniel
BMJ  2006;333:811, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.811
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John Michael Ludlow
Paul Gill, Andrew MacNeill
BMJ  2006;333:811, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.811-a
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Ian Allingham Magnus
John Hawk
BMJ  2006;333:811, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.811-b
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Alick John Robertson
Anthony Seaton
BMJ  2006;333:811, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.811-c
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Richard ("Dick") John Ronald Ropner
Keith Hawton
BMJ  2006;333:811, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.811-d
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James ("Jimmie") Wallace Stewart
Sam Machin, Keith Shinton
BMJ  2006;333:811, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.811-e
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James ("Jim") Ward
David Ward
BMJ  2006;333:811, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.811-f
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This week's reviews

Film: Projecting health
Colin Martin
BMJ  2006;333:812, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.812
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Personal view: Medical education must be more patient centred to be relevant
Caroline Wellbery
BMJ  2006;333:813, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.813
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Soundings: Symphonic praise
George Dunea
BMJ  2006;333:813, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.813-a
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This week's Minerva

Minerva
BMJ  2006;333:814, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.814
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This week's Fillers

bmjupdates+: External support and early mobilisation works best for mild or moderate ankle sprains
BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.0-e
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Lots of remedies
Ruth Green
BMJ  2006;333:778, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.778
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Anaesthesia, Elvis, and lawnmowers
M Dylan Bould
BMJ  2006;333:793, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.793
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