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This week's Editor's choice

Editor's choice: Trust me
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39028.561875.43
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Evidence based interventions reduce knee pain in older people [Full text] FREE
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This week's Editorials

Mental health screening before troop deployment: Is not supported by current evidence
Kenneth Craig Hyams
BMJ  2006;333:979-980, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39023.648970.80
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The lesser known effects of statins: Benefits on infectious outcomes may be explained by "healthy user" effect
Reimar W Thomsen
BMJ  2006;333:980-981, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.513218.BE
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Treatment of knee pain in primary care: Pharmacists and physiotherapists need to be a part of the team
Carmel M Hughes, Chris M Bleakley
BMJ  2006;333:981-982, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.417813.BE
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Osteonecrosis of the jaw after treatment with bisphosphonates: Is irreversible, so the focus must be on prevention
Basile Nicolas Landis, Michel Richter, Ivan Dojcinovic, Max Hugentobler
BMJ  2006;333:982-983, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.647558.BE
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What should we do about climate change?: Health professionals need to act now, collectively and individually
Robin Stott, Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2006;333:983-984, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39028.427164.BE
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This week's Letters

Influenza vaccination: policy versus evidence: No gap between policy and evidence
David S Fedson, Kristin L Nichol
BMJ  2006;333:1020, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.451389.FA
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Influenza vaccination: policy versus evidence: Protection from disease versus disease severity
Christian W Mandl
BMJ  2006;333:1020, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.354120.1F
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Influenza vaccination: policy versus evidence: Policy is in the lead
Peter Doshi
BMJ  2006;333:1020-1021, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.370116.1F
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Influenza vaccination: policy versus evidence: Vested interests will always trump evidence
G H Hall
BMJ  2006;333:1021, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39023.947037.1F
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Word limits best explain failings of industry supported meta-analyses
Jonathan J Deeks
BMJ  2006;333:1021, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.372662.1F
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Measles outbreak in Surrey
Peter M English, Nicola Lang, Anna Raleigh, Kevin Carroll, Margot Nicholls
BMJ  2006;333:1021-1022, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.355822.1F
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Community acceptance is needed to eradicate polio in India
Anandagiri M Shankar, Sam Ramaiah
BMJ  2006;333:1022, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39017.432269.1F
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Reconstructive surgery is often needed after obesity surgery
Chidi C Ekwobi, Adam R Greenbaum
BMJ  2006;333:1022, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.366667.1F
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Humanitarian aid starts at home
Les Ashton
BMJ  2006;333:1022, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39017.430266.1F
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The Full English: the full picture
Fiona Crawford, Pauline Craig
BMJ  2006;333:1022, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.383750.1F
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UK fares well in survey of primary care, but US doesn't
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2006;333:985, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.460463.DB
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Controversy has led to small fall in sales of drug eluting stents
Geoff Watts
BMJ  2006;333:985, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39027.561493.DB
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In Brief: In brief
BMJ  2006;333:986, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39027.673924.DB
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Worldwide water crisis is a "silent emergency," UN agency says
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2006;333:986, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7576.986-a
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Government needs better scientific advice, MPs say
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2006;333:986, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39028.393218.DB
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GMC denies that changes will mean more doctors being struck off
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2006;333:987, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39028.547778.DB
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BMA rejects chief medical officer's proposals on medical regulation
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2006;333:987, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.632569.DB
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Guidelines on treating risk factors turn healthy people into patients, doctors say
Bryan Christie
BMJ  2006;333:988, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.405602.DB
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New agreement aims to streamline sponsored clinical trials in NHS
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2006;333:988, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39023.609676.DB
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Black Africans have highest prevalence of tuberculosis in UK
Robert Short
BMJ  2006;333:988, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.660949.DB
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Israeli Arabs undergo less preventive screening than Jews
Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
BMJ  2006;333:988, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39023.634213.DB
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NHS is failing refused asylum seekers, says Refugee Council
Claire Frauenfelder
BMJ  2006;333:988, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39027.396794.DB
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Professional teams who deal with young offenders lack healthcare expertise
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2006;333:989, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.433356.DB
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Care of mentally ill prisoners is "clearly dysfunctional"
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2006;333:989, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39028.469965.DB
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Brazil celebrates 10 years of universal access to antiretrovirals
Klaus Morales
BMJ  2006;333:989, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39027.354097.DB
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Doctors demonstrate against "incoherent" reforms of NHS
Oona Mashta
BMJ  2006;333:989, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39027.476979.DB
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Gynaecology sans Frontières
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2006;333:990, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39028.439907.DB
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WHO suppressed evidence on effects of depleted uranium, expert says
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2006;333:990, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39027.603264.DB
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Standard procedures are needed to improve patients' safety, says England's chief medical officer
Claire Frauenfelder
BMJ  2006;333:990, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39028.605313.DB
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This week's Research

Mental health screening in armed forces before the Iraq war and prevention of subsequent psychological morbidity: follow-up study
Roberto J Rona, Richard Hooper, Margaret Jones, Lisa Hull, Tess Browne, Oded Horn, Dominic Murphy, Matthew Hotopf, Simon Wessely
BMJ  2006;333:991, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38985.610949.55, (Published 5 October 2006)
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Effectiveness of community physiotherapy and enhanced pharmacy review for knee pain in people aged over 55 presenting to primary care: pragmatic randomised trial
Elaine M Hay, Nadine E Foster, Elaine Thomas, George Peat, Mike Phelan, Hannah E Yates, Alison Blenkinsopp, Julius Sim
BMJ  2006;333:995, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38977.590752.0B, (Published 20 October 2006)
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Statins and outcomes in patients admitted to hospital with community acquired pneumonia: population based prospective cohort study
Sumit R Majumdar, Finlay A McAlister, Dean T Eurich, Raj S Padwal, Thomas J Marrie
BMJ  2006;333:999, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38992.565972.7C, (Published 23 October 2006)
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This week's Clinical review

Intermittent claudication
Kevin Cassar
BMJ  2006;333:1002-1005, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39001.562813.DE
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This week's Practice

Safety of probiotics: comparison of two popular strains
Cathy Hammerman, Alona Bin-Nun, Michael Kaplan
BMJ  2006;333:1006-1008, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39010.630799.BE
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ABC of obesity: Risk factors for diabetes and coronary heart disease
Sarah H Wild, Christopher D Byrne
BMJ  2006;333:1009-1011, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.568738.43
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BMJ family highlights: Hypnotherapy relieves non-cardiac chest pain
BMJ  2006;333:1012, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39016.680197.68
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BMJ family highlights: Weighing babies to assess milk intake is unreliable
BMJ  2006;333:1012, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7576.1012-a
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BMJ family highlights: Dental bacteraemia is short lasting
BMJ  2006;333:1012, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39016.658808.68
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BMJ family highlights: Skin necrosis from amiodarone
BMJ  2006;333:1012, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39020.659803.68
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BMJ family highlights: Walking and cycling mitigates COPD
BMJ  2006;333:1012, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7576.1012-d
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Short cuts: Improved oral hygiene doesn't prevent preterm birth
BMJ  2006;333:1013, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.429803.DE
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Short cuts: Doctors must wait for decent evidence on treatments for renal artery stenosis
BMJ  2006;333:1013, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7576.1013-a
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Short cuts: "Forced use" helps patients with stroke regain function in their weak arm
BMJ  2006;333:1013, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7576.1013-b
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Short cuts: Central serotonin pathways implicated in sudden infant deaths
BMJ  2006;333:1013-1014, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7576.1013-c
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Short cuts: End stage heart failure may be reversible
BMJ  2006;333:1014, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7576.1014
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Short cuts: Social influences conspire against safe sex
BMJ  2006;333:1014, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7576.1014-a
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Short cuts: Statins are associated with a lower risk of death in people with heart failure
BMJ  2006;333:1014, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7576.1014-b
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Short cuts: Epirubicin improves classic chemotherapy for early breast cancer
BMJ  2006;333:1014, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7576.1014-c
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This week's Analysis and Comment

International health: Open letter to the incoming director general of the World Health Organization: time to refocus
Ruth Levine
BMJ  2006;333:1015-1017, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39020.383102.68
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Health economics: Investment in health could be good for Europe's economies
Marc Suhrcke, Martin McKee, Regina Sauto Arce, Svetla Tsolova, Jørgen Mortensen
BMJ  2006;333:1017-1019, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38951.614144.68
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This week's Obituaries

Donald Duck
J Duck, A K Henderson
BMJ  2006;333:1023, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.717095.FA
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Brian Oliver Lyndhurst Duke
Hugh Taylor
BMJ  2006;333:1023, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39017.706076.FA
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Joan Frances Godfrey
Joanna Hopkins, Chris Robinson
BMJ  2006;333:1023, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39027.500093.FA
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Michael Edward Hincks
H I E Hincks
BMJ  2006;333:1023, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.725694.FA
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Lawrence John Page
David Inchley
BMJ  2006;333:1023, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39023.711100.FA
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This week's reviews

How doctors' anonymity in family courts is under threat
Jonathan Gornall
BMJ  2006;333:1024-1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39027.665220.59
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Living with AIDS
Joanna Busza
BMJ  2006;333:1026, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39027.706933.59
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Postpsychiatry: Mental Health in a Postmodern World
Jack Piachaud
BMJ  2006;333:1026, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39016.513449.59
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Personal views: Doctors must not be lapdogs to drug firms
Adriane Fugh-Berman
BMJ  2006;333:1027, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.654086.59
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Soundings: An Auchendreich farewell
Colin Douglas
BMJ  2006;333:1027, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.692095.59
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This week's Minerva

Minerva
BMJ  2006;333:1028, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39023.735810.471
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Minerva
Ranjan Laskar, Prabhat Sood
BMJ  2006;333:1028, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39023.735810.47
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This week's Fillers

bmjupdates+: Doubt remains over the equivalence of two treatments for carotid artery stenosis
BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.597118.DE
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Endpiece: A trouble shared is a trouble halved
BMJ  2006;333:998, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7576.998
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One hundred years ago: Doctors and duellists
BMJ  2006;333:1005, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7576.1005
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Endpiece: Einstein on research
BMJ  2006;333:1008, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7576.1008
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A complication of becoming a centenarian
Kevin Hockridge
BMJ  2006;333:1019, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.572847.DE
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