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This week's Editor's choice

Fear not the heat
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.637292.80
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US editor's choice: US Highlights
Birte Twisselmann
BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39042.724907.3A
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Does birth weight affect school performance in twins? [Full text] FREE
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This week's Editorials

Risk assessment after acute coronary syndrome
Cornelia Junghans, Adam D Timmis
BMJ  2006;333:1079-1080, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39035.509016.BE
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Educational performance in twins
Ian J Deary
BMJ  2006;333:1080-1081, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.543148.80
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Pandemic obesity in Europe
Trish Groves
BMJ  2006;333:1081, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.449769.BE, (Published 17 November 2006)
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Opinion leader interventions in social networks
Thomas W Valente
BMJ  2006;333:1082-1083, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39042.435984.43
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A model clinical trials agreement
Michael D E Goodyear
BMJ  2006;333:1083-1084, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39030.418229.BE, (Published 17 November 2006)
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This week's Letters

How doctors' anonymity in family courts is under threat: Gornall is way out of date
Sarah Harman
BMJ  2006;333:1121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.704931.3A1
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How doctors' anonymity in family courts is under threat: Author's reply
Jonathan Gornall
BMJ  2006;333:1121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.705463.3A
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Doctors as lapdogs to drug firms: The beast is ourselves
Aubrey Blumsohn
BMJ  2006;333:1121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.697315.3A
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Doctors as lapdogs to drug firms: Independence may be most cost effective way to improve health care
Peter R Mansfield
BMJ  2006;333:1121-1122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.695069.3A
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Doctors as lapdogs to drug firms: Not lapdogs, not pit bulls
Augusto Pimazoni
BMJ  2006;333:1122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.700150.3A
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Knee pain interventions show no net gain
James M Noon
BMJ  2006;333:1122, doi: 10.1136/sbmj.39037.693588.3A
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Osteonecrosis of the jaw and bisphosphonates: Editorial was confusing
Mark J Bolland, Andrew Grey, Ian R Reid
BMJ  2006;333:1122-1123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.696759.3A
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Osteonecrosis of the jaw and bisphosphonates: Historical lesson from occupational medicine
Eugene R Waclawski
BMJ  2006;333:1123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.699039.3A
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Predicting mental illness in soldiers: Pre-deployment screening for vulnerability to post- traumatic stress disorder
Ferhal Utku, Ken Checinski
BMJ  2006;333:1123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.702211.3A
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Predicting mental illness in soldiers: Too broad a conclusion
Matthew P Newton Ede, Su-Wen Goh
BMJ  2006;333:1123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.695984.3A
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Statins and outcomes in patients with pneumonia: Not only healthy user bias
Eric M Mortensen, Marcos I Restrepo, Laurel A Copeland, Mary Jo V Pugh, Antonio Anzueto
BMJ  2006;333:1123-1124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.509167.1F
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Statins and outcomes in patients with pneumonia: Not the best combination
Robert Nipah
BMJ  2006;333:1124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.505012.1F
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Statins and outcomes in patients with pneumonia: Appreciating bias and precision in study
Eelko Hak, Arno W Hoes
BMJ  2006;333:1124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.515521.1F
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Doctors leading climate change is self delusion
William T Stevenson
BMJ  2006;333:1124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.699549.3A
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NICE faces legal challenge over restriction on dementia drugs
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2006;333:1085, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.497315.DB
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NICE emphasises social care for people with dementia
Michael Day
BMJ  2006;333:1085, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39042.529954.DB
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In Brief: News
BMJ  2006;333:1086, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.421690.6C
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NHS employs too many hospital doctors, minister says
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2006;333:1086, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39042.572569.DB
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More than one antiviral should be stockpiled to fight flu pandemic
Oona Mashta
BMJ  2006;333:1086, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.580625.DB
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Experts defend NICE against attack by US politician
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2006;333:1087, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.354074.DB
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Germany's drug regulatory body is attacked
Annette Tuffs
BMJ  2006;333:1087, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39042.547674.94
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Guide tells editors how to root out plagiarism and fraud
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2006;333:1088, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.511644.6C
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European nations draw up strategy to fight obesity
Rory Watson
BMJ  2006;333:1088, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.1088-a
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Report on health of migrants to UK shows high risk of TB and HIV
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2006;333:1088, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.1088-b
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WHO report highlights Africa's health challenges
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2006;333:1088, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.697824.6C
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Charity highlights decline in health in Gaza
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2006;333:1088, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.571898.DB
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US television science news is sometimes public relations in disguise
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2006;333:1089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.373021.DB
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Incidence of syphilis in UK rises as HIV diagnoses hold steady
Claire Frauenfelder
BMJ  2006;333:1089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39042.491400.DB
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Judge over-rules family's wish that patient should be allowed to die
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2006;333:1089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.664433.DB
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WHO is to change its polio programme in India to try to eradicate the disease
Claire Frauenfelder
BMJ  2006;333:1089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.642083.DB
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Third time lucky?
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2006;333:1090, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.1090
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European foundations should address global health, says umbrella body
Tessa Richards
BMJ  2006;333:1090, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.1090-a
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Universities' drug discoveries must aid poor countries, student group says
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2006;333:1090, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.374086.DB
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EU should strengthen protection against fake drugs, UK report says
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2006;333:1090, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.1090-c
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This week's Research

Prediction of risk of death and myocardial infarction in the six months after presentation with acute coronary syndrome: prospective multinational observational study (GRACE)
Keith A A Fox, Omar H Dabbous, Robert J Goldberg, Karen S Pieper, Kim A Eagle, Frans Van de Werf, Álvaro Avezum, Shaun G Goodman, Marcus D Flather, Frederick A Anderson, Jr, Christopher B Granger
BMJ  2006;333:1091, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38985.646481.55, (Published 10 October 2006)
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Comparison of academic performance of twins and singletons in adolescence: follow-up study
Kaare Christensen, Inge Petersen, Axel Skytthe, Anne Maria Herskind, Matt McGue, Paul Bingley
BMJ  2006;333:1095, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38959.650903.7C, (Published 29 September 2006)
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Prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases in high risk social networks of young Roma (Gypsy) men in Bulgaria: randomised controlled trial
Jeffrey A Kelly, Yuri A Amirkhanian, Elena Kabakchieva, Sylvia Vassileva, Boyan Vassilev, Timothy L McAuliffe, Wayne J DiFranceisco, Radostina Antonova, Elena Petrova, Roman A Khoursine, Borislav Dimitrov
BMJ  2006;333:1098, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38992.478299.55, (Published 13 October 2006)
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This week's Clinical review

Clinically localised prostate cancer
Timothy J Wilt, Ian M Thompson
BMJ  2006;333:1102-1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39022.423588.DE
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This week's Practice

Lesson of the week: Polyarticular septic arthritis
C Christodoulou, P Gordon, G Coakley
BMJ  2006;333:1107-1108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39020.401331.68
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ABC of obesity: Obesity and cancer
Donald C McMillan, Naveed Sattar, Mike Lean, Colin S McArdle
BMJ  2006;333:1109-1111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39042.565035.BE1
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Short cuts: Bypassing cardiologists speeds up reperfusion treatment for heart attack
BMJ  2006;333:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.611725.BE
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Short cuts: Few women seeking abortion use emergency contraception
BMJ  2006;333:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.1112-a
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Short cuts: Psychiatrists face a small but real risk from seriously ill patients
BMJ  2006;333:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.1112-b
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Short cuts: Inappropriate prostate cancer screening is common among elderly US men
BMJ  2006;333:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.1112-c
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Short cuts: Lifestyle factors linked to a healthy old age for men
BMJ  2006;333:1112-1113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.1112-d
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Short cuts: Support from pharmacists improves adherence to complex drug regimens
BMJ  2006;333:1113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.1113
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Short cuts: Etoricoxib and diclofenac are associated with similar cardiovascular risks
BMJ  2006;333:1113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.1113-a
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Short cuts: Unblocking a persistently occluded coronary artery won't improve outcome after a heart attack
BMJ  2006;333:1113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.1113-b
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This week's Analysis and Comment

Cardiovascular disease: Folic acid, homocysteine, and cardiovascular disease: judging causality in the face of inconclusive trial evidence
David S Wald, Nicholas J Wald, Joan K Morris, Malcolm Law
BMJ  2006;333:1114-1117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39000.486701.68
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Rationing: How much will Herceptin really cost?
Ann Barrett, Tom Roques, Matthew Small, Richard D Smith
BMJ  2006;333:1118-1120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39008.624051.BE
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This week's Obituaries

Teresa ("Tessa") Elizabeth Ann Addenbrooke
Paul Snell
BMJ  2006;333:1125, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.618218.FA
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Harold James Brown
Tom Richards
BMJ  2006;333:1126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.596296.FA
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Florence Cadogan
Hastings Carson, Jack Cadogan
BMJ  2006;333:1126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39034.670394.FA
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William Graham Hickey Gamble
John Collinge, Nick Humphry
BMJ  2006;333:1126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39034.606007.FA
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Victor Walker Johnson
Richard FitzGerald
BMJ  2006;333:1126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.562558.FA
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Jozef Kaleba
Christina McCallum
BMJ  2006;333:1126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.614190.FA
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Agnes Kramer
Leela Kapila
BMJ  2006;333:1126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.634907.FA
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David Shaw Miller
D S Miller
BMJ  2006;333:1126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.682315.FA
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This week's reviews

Rain in my Heart
Michael Farrell
BMJ  2006;333:1127, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.457199.59
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Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures
Helen Roberts
BMJ  2006;333:1127, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.622859.59
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Are reports of "man flu" just Nuts?
Petra Boynton
BMJ  2006;333:1128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.590556.59
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Nutrition and Arthritis
Helen Macdonald
BMJ  2006;333:1128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.689063.59
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Personal views: Shark cartilage in the water
Jonathan Waxman
BMJ  2006;333:1129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.692743.59
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Soundings: Being non-rational rather than irrational
Kevin Barraclough
BMJ  2006;333:1129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.665324.59
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This week's Minerva

Minerva
BMJ  2006;333:1130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.654213.471
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Minerva
Iain Varley, Craig Wales, Lachlan Carter
BMJ  2006;333:1130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.654213.47
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This week's Fillers

bmjupdates+: Latest review supports warnings about safety of newer generation antidepressants in young people
BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.388032.68
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Endpiece: Complex yet delicate
BMJ  2006;333:1097, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39030.655625.F7
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What's in December's studentBMJ?
BMJ  2006;333:1108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39031.765255.F7
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Complaints, Shetland Islands style
Paul Brooksby
BMJ  2006;333:1111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39035.567940.BE
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bmjlearning.com: Somebody cut my brain in half with a Sabatier knife
Kieran Walsh
BMJ  2006;333:1120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39034.659722.DE
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This week's Corrections

Chronic constipation in children
BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39042.460741.68
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Resuscitation using albumin in critically ill patients: Research in patients at high risk of complications is now needed
BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.739479.68
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Obituary: Peter Maguire
BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39042.498403.68
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