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9 June 2007 (Vol 334, No 7605)
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This week's Editor's choice

Editor's choice: About children . . . and more
Rajendra Kale
BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39237.605150.47
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US editor's choice: Morals and ethics and medicine
Douglas Kamerow
BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39239.430613.3A
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This week's Editorials

Physical activity and health
Lars Bo Andersen
BMJ  2007;334:1173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39225.414537.80
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Teaching children basic life support skills
Ian Maconochie, Sheila Simpson, Bob Bingham
BMJ  2007;334:1174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39218.422650.80
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Treatment of epilepsy in developing countries
Emilio Perucca
BMJ  2007;334:1175-1176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39065.460208.80
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Control of methamphetamine misuse
Tracy D Gunter
BMJ  2007;334:1176-1177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39225.469630.80
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Clinical trial registration
Christine Laine, Richard Horton, Catherine D DeAngelis, Jeffrey M Drazen, Frank A Frizelle, Fiona Godlee, Charlotte Haug, Paul C Hébert, Sheldon Kotzin, Ana Marusic, Peush Sahni, Torben V Schroeder, Harold C Sox, Martin B Van Der Weyden, Freek W A Verheugt
BMJ  2007;334:1177-1178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39233.510810.80, (Published 4 June 2007)
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This week's Letters

Presumed consent: First address informed consent in organ donation
Michael Potts
BMJ  2007;334:1179, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39234.422361.3A
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Presumed consent: Is prognosis key in donation?
Richard Bartley
BMJ  2007;334:1179, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39234.443646.3A
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Presumed consent: Tell public about brain death
Joan McClusky
BMJ  2007;334:1179, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39234.458762.3A
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Presumed consent: Add carrying a card to QOF
Anne Holmes
BMJ  2007;334:1179, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39234.424653.3A
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Cosmetic genitoplasty: Surgical solution is becoming acceptable, as for birth
Jacqueline Doyle
BMJ  2007;334:1179-1180, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39234.448067.3A
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Pharmacists in primary care: Study shows wrong people, wrong skills, wrong tools . . .
Duncan R Petty, Arnold Zermansky
BMJ  2007;334:1180, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39234.436528.3A
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Anaemia in developing countries: Mass iron treatment is cheaper than routine deworming
Shailendra Kapoor
BMJ  2007;334:1180, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39234.444259.3A
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MTAS: Lessons from the disaster
John J Turner
BMJ  2007;334:1180, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39234.460440.3A
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This week's News

Nigeria files criminal charges against Pfizer
Jeanne Lenzer
BMJ  2007;334:1181, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39237.658171.DB
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Drugs "refund" scheme proposed for England and Wales
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2007;334:1181, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39238.353657.DB
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Questions over human papillomavirus vaccine in the US and Australia
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2007;334:1182-1183, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39237.424537.4E
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Reed Elsevier to stop hosting arms exhibitions
Nayanah Siva
BMJ  2007;334:1182, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39237.478553.DB
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New system for detecting drug side effects can beat regulatory agency
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2007;334:1183, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39234.685417.DB
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Chinese court sentences former drug regulatory chief to death
Jane Parry
BMJ  2007;334:1183, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39234.428449.DB
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AIDS and gay groups oppose Bush's nominee for surgeon general
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2007;334:1184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39237.339225.DB
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Indian doctor arrested under antiterrorism law
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2007;334:1184-1185, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39237.523206.4E
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Germany may tighten its laws on sports medicine after doping incidents
Annette Tuffs
BMJ  2007;334:1184-1185, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39234.707766.DB
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Researcher accused of breaching research ethics faces GMC
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2007;334:1185, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39237.710995.DB
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In Brief: News
BMJ  2007;334:1186, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39237.470556.4E
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Doctors advise women not to drink any alcohol during pregnancy
Lisa Hitchen
BMJ  2007;334:1186, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39238.349410.DB
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Tuberculosis case exposes flaws in international public health systems
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2007;334:1187, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39237.452269.DB
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Antibiotic resistant microbes biggest threat to European health
Rory Watson
BMJ  2007;334:1187, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39237.646655.DB
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Website gives survival rates for congenital heart disease centres
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2007;334:1187, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39234.662384.DB
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UK development secretary sets out strategy to tackle global health crisis
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2007;334:1187, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39237.606586.DB
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More women over 40 seek fertility treatment
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2007;334:1187, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39238.553322.4E
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Shortcuts from other journals: Fortified maize flour reduces anaemia in Kenyan children
BMJ  2007;334:1188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39233.609271.80
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Shortcuts from other journals: World Trade Center dust blamed for respiratory illnesses
BMJ  2007;334:1188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7605.1188-a
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Shortcuts from other journals: Surgery for sciatica should be optional
BMJ  2007;334:1188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7605.1188-b
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Shortcuts from other journals: Switching flu vaccination to schoolchildren could be disastrous for older people
BMJ  2007;334:1188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7605.1188-c
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Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Failure to ask about cocaine use may put patients at risk
BMJ  2007;334:1189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7605.1189
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Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: "Light" cigarettes are not less risky
BMJ  2007;334:1189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7605.1189-a
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Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: BMJ press release led to increase in mumps notification
BMJ  2007;334:1189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7605.1189-b
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Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Long term results of epilepsy surgery are encouraging
BMJ  2007;334:1189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7605.1189-c
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Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: No need to double antibiotic dose in children with non-severe pneumonia
BMJ  2007;334:1189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7605.1189-d
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Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: The fisherman's tale
BMJ  2007;334:1189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39224.461296.AD
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This week's Feature

Regulation of decongestants: Cold turkey
Rebecca Coombes
BMJ  2007;334:1190-1192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39223.422824.AD
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Head to head: Should genetic information be disclosed to insurers? Yes
Søren Holm
BMJ  2007;334:1196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39216.468495.AD
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Head to head: Should genetic information be disclosed to insurers? No
Richard Ashcroft
BMJ  2007;334:1197, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39216.425231.AD
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This week's Observations

Atlantic crossing: Faith based health policy: the urge to privatise
Uwe E Reinhardt
BMJ  2007;334:1193, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39237.433843.59
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Medicine and the media: The dangers of triage by television
Inez de Beaufort, Frans Meulenberg
BMJ  2007;334:1194-1195, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39237.609132.59
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Medicine and the media: Fainting schoolgirls wipe $A1bn off market value of Gardasil producer
Simon Chapman, Ross MacKenzie
BMJ  2007;334:1195, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39238.479479.94
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This week's Analysis

Formula estimation of glomerular filtration rate: have we gone wrong?
Paul D Giles, David A Fitzmaurice
BMJ  2007;334:1198-1200, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39226.400694.80
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This week's Research

At what age can schoolchildren provide effective chest compressions? An observational study from the Heartstart UK schools training programme
Ian Jones, Richard Whitfield, Michael Colquhoun, Douglas Chamberlain, Norman Vetter, Robert Newcombe
BMJ  2007;334:1201, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39167.459028.DE, (Published 27 April 2007)
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Interventions to promote walking: systematic review
David Ogilvie, Charles E Foster, Helen Rothnie, Nick Cavill, Val Hamilton, Claire F Fitzsimons, Nanette Mutrie, on behalf of the Scottish Physical Activity Research Collaboration (SPARColl)
BMJ  2007;334:1204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39198.722720.BE, (Published 31 May 2007)
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Side effects of phenobarbital and carbamazepine in childhood epilepsy: randomised controlled trial
Selina H Banu, Moshrat Jahan, Umme Kulsum Koli, Saadia Ferdousi, Naila Z Khan, Brian Neville
BMJ  2007;334:1207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39022.436389.BE, (Published 4 December 2006)
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This week's Clinical review

Clinical review: Herpes zoster
David W Wareham, Judith Breuer
BMJ  2007;334:1211-1215, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39206.571042.AE
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This week's Practice

Rational imaging: Investigating hip pain in a well child
A Gough-Palmer, K McHugh
BMJ  2007;334:1216-1217, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39188.515741.47
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Pregnancy plus: Management of psoriasis in pregnancy
Sophie Weatherhead, Stephen C Robson, Nick J Reynolds
BMJ  2007;334:1218-1220, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39202.518484.80
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10-minute consultation: Tiredness
George Moncrieff, John Fletcher
BMJ  2007;334:1221, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39182.615405.94
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This week's Views & reviews

Personal views: Time to act on behalf of mentally disordered offenders
Becky Sales, Nigel McKenzie
BMJ  2007;334:1222, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39237.692975.94
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Review of the week: Time again for the resurrection men?
Roger Jones
BMJ  2007;334:1223, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39237.516285.94
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From the frontline: Wanted: stress monkeys
Des Spence
BMJ  2007;334:1224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39237.429178.59
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Drug tales and other stories: All together now
Ike Iheanacho
BMJ  2007;334:1224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39234.611505.59
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Between the lines: Murder he wrote
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2007;334:1225, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39202.466528.59
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Medical classics: Geriatrics: The Diseases of Old Age and Their Treatment
A Mark Clarfield
BMJ  2007;334:1225, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39237.488356.94
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This week's Obituaries

Vladimir Ivanovich Kulakov
Boleslav Lichterman
BMJ  2007;334:1226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39224.617106.BE
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Nicholas Bennett-Jones
Edgar Parry
BMJ  2007;334:1227, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39232.634861.BE
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David Bartlett Bower
Beresford Crook, Maureen Sands, J Richard Smith
BMJ  2007;334:1227, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39232.666377.BE
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Charles Edward Daniel Hearn
Philip Allen
BMJ  2007;334:1228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39232.814977.BE
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Kenneth Anthony ("Tony") Kalanyi Kebba
Frances Gotch
BMJ  2007;334:1228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39224.702095.BE
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David Mendel
David Thompson
BMJ  2007;334:1228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39231.710741.BE
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Kieran O'Driscoll
Dermot Mac Donald, Declan Meagher
BMJ  2007;334:1228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39223.682824.BE
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This week's Minerva

Minerva
BMJ  2007;334:1228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39233.459699.BD1
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Minerva
Richard Singleton, Sheelagh Little
BMJ  2007;334:1228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39233.459699.BD
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This week's Fillers

Question time
R A Joske
BMJ  2007;334:1203, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39218.437836.DE
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Call for papers for BMJ theme issue on diabetes
BMJ  2007;334:1217, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39225.633438.DE
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BMJ updates: Mild renal impairment increases cardiovascular risk
BMJ  2007;334:1220, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39161.576447.BE
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