Editor's choice: Research in the BMJ
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39273.529641.47 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	US editor's choice: Do adverts subvert? Are bacteria good for us?
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39274.351389.3B [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	The future of the medical profession
	Roger Jones
	BMJ  2007;335:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39266.662928.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Diarrhoea associated with antibiotic use
	Lynne V McFarland
	BMJ  2007;335:54-55, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39255.829120.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Surgery for venous leg ulcers
	Charles N McCollum
	BMJ  2007;335:55-56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39261.651655.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Treating rheumatoid arthritis
	Paul Emery, Tore K Kvien
	BMJ  2007;335:56-57, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39265.679375.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Treating painful diabetic polyneuropathy
	Edward B Jude, Nicolaas Schaper
	BMJ  2007;335:57-58, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39261.687650.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Oseltamivir's adverse reactions: Fifty sudden deaths may be related to central suppression
	Rokuro Hama
	BMJ  2007;335:59, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.448877.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	FAFfing about: Pandemic preparedness is like house insurance
	Peter Dunnill
	BMJ  2007;335:59, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39269.393356.DE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	FAFfing about: Evaluating pandemic risk
	Susan Chu
	BMJ  2007;335:59-60, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39269.416435.DE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	HIV: HIV exceptionalism must end
	Martin F Brewster
	BMJ  2007;335:60, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39269.525116.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	HIV: The societal costs of failing to develop a vaccine
	Jeremiah Norris
	BMJ  2007;335:60, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39269.490255.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Financial incentives and GPs: What about the impact on patient health?
	Mark Strong, John Radford
	BMJ  2007;335:60, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39269.437176.DE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	Government's plan for NHS review gets mixed response
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2007;335:61, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39269.588738.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Polyclinics open till 10 pm proposed for London
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2007;335:61, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39273.467697.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Restrictive law on reproduction increases multiple pregnancies
	Fabio Turone
	BMJ  2007;335:62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39272.373634.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	GMC hearing against Wakefield and colleagues opens
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:62-63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39272.468044.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	US debates health insurance for millions of children
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2007;335:62-63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39269.413530.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Drug industry challenges government's action on generic statins
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39272.472257.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In Brief: News
	BMJ  2007;335:64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39272.408900.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Orthopaedic departments will have more difficulty meeting 18 week waiting target
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2007;335:64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39269.511007.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Charity challenges decision to refuse eye drug to 84 year old war veteran
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:64-65, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39272.642535.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Cambodia faces dengue fever epidemic
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:65, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39273.408218.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Mental health act "a missed opportunity"
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:65, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39273.354248.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Waterborne diseases pose threat in Pakistan as floods strike
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39272.584688.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Consider surgery before IVF, gynaecologists told
	Lisa Hitchen
	BMJ  2007;335:66-67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39269.682928.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Birth rate drops when obstetricians leave town
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2007;335:66-67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39269.598079.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Millennium development goals will not be met until 2282
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2007;335:67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39273.409132.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	India reduces estimated count of people with HIV
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2007;335:67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39272.563808.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Heart failure services in England improve
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;335:67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39272.679977.4E [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Report calls for better data collection to improve sexual health in England
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;335:67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39272.566366.DB [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	UK residents labelled as "health tourists" have problems accessing health care
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39272.371377.DB [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Donor countries should ensure donated funds reach health workers
	Deborah Cohen, Stephanie Rich
	BMJ  2007;335:67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39269.649965.DB [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Doctor cleared of act "tantamount to euthanasia"
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39273.604063.DB [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Shortcuts from other journals: Dark chocolate lowers blood pressure
	BMJ  2007;335:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7610.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Shortcuts from other journals: Bed nets protect whole communities from malaria if enough people use them
	BMJ  2007;335:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7610.68-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Shortcuts from other journals: Low cabin pressures are uncomfortable for airline passengers
	BMJ  2007;335:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7610.68-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Shortcuts from other journals: Time to move on from advanced directives
	BMJ  2007;335:68-69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39268.646100.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Shortcuts from other journals: Immune deficiency linked to a wide range of cancers
	BMJ  2007;335:69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7610.69 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Shortcuts from other journals: Dietary counselling is a short term solution to obesity
	BMJ  2007;335:69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7610.69-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Shortcuts from other journals: New treatments for people with drug resistant HIV
	BMJ  2007;335:69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7610.69-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Local topography affects annoyance over wind farms
	BMJ  2007;335:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7610.70 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Nurse triage in general practice is "efficient but possibly unsafe"
	BMJ  2007;335:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39252.534248.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Using rear seat belts may save lives
	BMJ  2007;335:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7610.70-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: French child athletes admit to doping
	BMJ  2007;335:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7610.70-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Not placing babies on their side to sleep reduces SIDS
	BMJ  2007;335:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7610.70-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

Feature

This week's Feature

	Profile: Can the ex-postman deliver?
	Nicholas Timmins
	BMJ  2007;335:71, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39269.426134.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	175 years of the BMA: A long way from Worcester
	Peter Bartrip
	BMJ  2007;335:72-73, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39269.717454.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Head to head: Should medical journals carry drug advertising? Yes
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2007;335:74, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39259.472998.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Head to head: Should medical journals carry drug advertising? No
	Gareth Williams
	BMJ  2007;335:75, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39259.481134.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Observations

This week's Observations

	Border crossing: Who is at the helm on patient journeys?
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2007;335:76, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39272.484248.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Analysis

This week's Analysis

	Analysis: Decline in effectiveness of antenatal corticosteroids with time to birth: real or artefact?
	Simon Gates, Peter Brocklehurst
	BMJ  2007;335:77-79, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39225.677708.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Research

This week's Research

	Use of probiotic Lactobacillus preparation to prevent diarrhoea associated with antibiotics: randomised double blind placebo controlled trial
	Mary Hickson, Aloysius L D'Souza, Nirmala Muthu, Thomas R Rogers, Susan Want, Chakravarthi Rajkumar, Christopher J Bulpitt
	BMJ  2007;335:80, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39231.599815.55, (Published 29 June 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional information] FREE

	Long term results of compression therapy alone versus compression plus surgery in chronic venous ulceration (ESCHAR): randomised controlled trial
	Manjit S Gohel, Jamie R Barwell, Maxine Taylor, Terry Chant, Chris Foy, Jonothan J Earnshaw, Brian P Heather, David C Mitchell, Mark R Whyman, Keith R Poskitt
	BMJ  2007;335:83, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39216.542442.BE, (Published 1 June 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effects of treatments for symptoms of painful diabetic neuropathy: systematic review
	Man-chun Wong, Joanne W Y Chung, Thomas K S Wong
	BMJ  2007;335:87, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39213.565972.AE, (Published 11 June 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web references] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Schizophrenia
	Marco M Picchioni, Robin M Murray
	BMJ  2007;335:91-95, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39227.616447.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web references] FREE

Practice

This week's Practice

	Clinical epidemiology notes: Subgroup analyses: how to avoid being misled
	John Fletcher
	BMJ  2007;335:96-97, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39265.596262.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Views & reviews

This week's Views & reviews

	Personal views: Health for London: are we now on the right route?
	Stephen Thornton
	BMJ  2007;335:98, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39272.731470.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Personal view: How to restructure-proof your health service
	Jeffrey Braithwaite
	BMJ  2007;335:99, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39272.443137.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Live from London: My brilliant career as health minister
	Deborah Cohen
	BMJ  2007;335:100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39273.479167.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Outside the box: Lecturing by remote
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2007;335:100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39272.454398.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Between the lines: Talking with crowds, walking with kings
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2007;335:101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39272.693461.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Medical classics: The Painted Veil
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2007;335:101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39265.680683.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Review of the week: Getting the inside story
	Craig Gerrand
	BMJ  2007;335:102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39259.540463.34 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Arthur Thomas Marshall and Mary Louise Marshall (née Neville)
	Tom Marshall
	BMJ  2007;335:103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39267.560162.BE [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Joseph Patrick Booth
	Sara Booth, Brian Bartley
	BMJ  2007;335:103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39267.658657.BE [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	James Wilson Harkess
	Donald A L Dick
	BMJ  2007;335:103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.693229.BE [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Peter Kenneth Robinson
	Philip Kennedy
	BMJ  2007;335:103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39260.529641.BE [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Tessa Louise Whitton
	Stephen Hill
	BMJ  2007;335:103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39259.738218.BE [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2007;335:104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39267.646366.801 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Minerva
	Monika Bajaj, Ulf Clausen, David Nag
	BMJ  2007;335:104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39267.646366.80 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Managing the menopause
	BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39272.472801.AD, (Published 11 July 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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