07 May 2005 (Vol 330, Issue 7499)

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Editor's Choice

Triumph of the white male

BMJ 2005;330:0.8 (Published 5 May 2005)

News

Law lords give the go ahead for creation of “saviour siblings”

BMJ 2005;330:1041.1 (Published 5 May 2005)

Dutch approve euthanasia for a patient with Alzheimer's disease

BMJ 2005;330:1041.2 (Published 5 May 2005)

In brief

BMJ 2005;330:1042.1 (Published 5 May 2005)

Aggressive treatment of low grade prostate cancer is unnecessary

BMJ 2005;330:1042.2 (Published 5 May 2005)

High cholesterol may increase risk of testicular cancer

BMJ 2005;330:1042.3 (Published 5 May 2005)

US workers who carry guns are more likely to be killed on the job

BMJ 2005;330:1043.1 (Published 5 May 2005)

Initiative could give free access to UK medical research

BMJ 2005;330:1043.2 (Published 5 May 2005)

Editorials

The polypill and cardiovascular disease

BMJ 2005;330:1035 (Published 5 May 2005)

Pharmacogenetics and ethnically targeted therapies

BMJ 2005;330:1036 (Published 5 May 2005)

Prevalence of asthma

BMJ 2005;330:1037 (Published 5 May 2005)

Coping with the aftermath of trauma

BMJ 2005;330:1038 (Published 5 May 2005)

Management of chronic kidney disease

BMJ 2005;330:1039 (Published 5 May 2005)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Nurse led care: Comment in This week in the BMJ is misleading

BMJ 2005;330:1084.1 (Published 5 May 2005)

Nurse led care: Nurses are autonomous professionals delivering expert care

BMJ 2005;330:1084.2 (Published 5 May 2005)

What's the evidence that NICE guidance has been implemented?: Analysis is subject to confounding

BMJ 2005;330:1084.3 (Published 5 May 2005)

What's the evidence that NICE guidance has been implemented?: Maybe NICE needs to do more to ensure implementation of guidelines

BMJ 2005;330:1085.1 (Published 5 May 2005)

What's the evidence that NICE guidance has been implemented?: Authors' reply

BMJ 2005;330:1085.2 (Published 5 May 2005)

What's the evidence that NICE guidance has been implemented?: More recent data on NICE implementation show different picture

BMJ 2005;330:1086.1 (Published 5 May 2005)

What's the evidence that NICE guidance has been implemented?: Author's reply

BMJ 2005;330:1086.2 (Published 5 May 2005)

Influence of guidelines in determining medical negligence

BMJ 2005;330:1086.3 (Published 5 May 2005)

Sit up and take notice about avian flu

BMJ 2005;330:1087.1 (Published 5 May 2005)

Long term sickness absence: Sickness absence, stress, and disaffection are linked

BMJ 2005;330:1087.2 (Published 5 May 2005)

Long term sickness absence: Motivation rather than ability to work may be key

BMJ 2005;330:1087.3 (Published 5 May 2005)

Long term sickness absence: General practitioners have crucial role but need political support

BMJ 2005;330:1087.4 (Published 5 May 2005)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Peter Turner

BMJ 2005;330:1088 (Published 5 May 2005)

William Hawksworth Barker

BMJ 2005;330:1089.1 (Published 5 May 2005)

Arthur Briant Evans

BMJ 2005;330:1089.2 (Published 5 May 2005)

Obituaries - continued

Philip Jacobs

BMJ 2005;330:1089.3 (Published 5 May 2005)

William Clements Lathbury

BMJ 2005;330:1089.4 (Published 5 May 2005)

Julian Magnus Lloyd

BMJ 2005;330:1089.5 (Published 5 May 2005)

John Harold Derek Millar

BMJ 2005;330:1089.6 (Published 5 May 2005)

David John Stephens

BMJ 2005;330:1089.7 (Published 5 May 2005)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2005;330:1094 (Published 5 May 2005)

Fillers

Probiotic is useful for ulcerative colitis

BMJ 2005;330:0.7 (Published 5 May 2005)

Foreign “doctors”

BMJ 2005;330:1058 (Published 5 May 2005)

The bad news and the bad news

BMJ 2005;330:1063 (Published 5 May 2005)

Anticipation

BMJ 2005;330:1066 (Published 5 May 2005)

Interactive case reports

BMJ 2005;330:1068.2 (Published 5 May 2005)

M-learning

BMJ 2005;330:1072 (Published 5 May 2005)

Trouble comes in twos

BMJ 2005;330:1079 (Published 5 May 2005)

This Week In the BMJ

Overall incidence of first diagnosed coronary heart disease remains the same

BMJ 2005;330:0.1 (Published 5 May 2005)

Computer program can identify cheating

BMJ 2005;330:0.4 (Published 5 May 2005)

Mendelian randomisation empowers epidemiology

BMJ 2005;330:0.5 (Published 5 May 2005)

For newly diagnosed ischaemic heart disease give a statin, aspirin, and β blocker

BMJ 2005;330:0.2 (Published 5 May 2005)

Allocation concealment is neglected in papers and protocols

BMJ 2005;330:0.6 (Published 5 May 2005)

Underwater birth poses risks for the baby

BMJ 2005;330:0.3 (Published 5 May 2005)

Short cuts

What's new in the other general journals

BMJ 2005;330:1045 (Published 5 May 2005)

Clinical Reviews

Postoperative hypoxia in a woman with Down's syndrome: case outcome

BMJ 2005;330:1068.1 (Published 5 May 2005)

Patient's perspective

BMJ 2005;330:1069.1 (Published 5 May 2005)

Doing what's best and best interests

BMJ 2005;330:1069.2 (Published 5 May 2005)

Quality assuring our learning from others

BMJ 2005;330:1070.1 (Published 5 May 2005)

Easy yet so easily missed

BMJ 2005;330:1070.2 (Published 5 May 2005)

Underwater birth and neonatal respiratory distress

BMJ 2005;330:1071 (Published 5 May 2005)

Hand

BMJ 2005;330:1073 (Published 5 May 2005)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Obesity in children in England continues to rise

BMJ 2005;330:1044.1 (Published 5 May 2005)

Only 3% of US citizens follow good health advice

BMJ 2005;330:1044.2 (Published 5 May 2005)

People over 50 in northern Europe feel healthier than their southern counterparts

BMJ 2005;330:1044.3 (Published 5 May 2005)

GMC gives evidence to inquiry

BMJ 2005;330:1044.4 (Published 5 May 2005)

WHO combats counterfeit malaria drugs in Asia

BMJ 2005;330:1044.5 (Published 5 May 2005)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Doctor accused of exaggerating child sexual abuse

BMJ 2005;330:1044.6 (Published 5 May 2005)

Legislation introduced to create a new drug safety office at the FDA

BMJ 2005;330:1044.7 (Published 5 May 2005)

Doctor suspended as high death rate in emergency department is investigated

BMJ 2005;330:1044.8 (Published 5 May 2005)

Napoleon probably died of stomach cancer

BMJ 2005;330:1044.9 (Published 5 May 2005)

Papers

Trends in rates of different forms of diagnosed coronary heart disease, 1978 to 2000: prospective, population based study of British men

BMJ 2005;330:1046 (Published 5 May 2005)

Comparison of descriptions of allocation concealment in trial protocols and the published reports: cohort study

BMJ 2005;330:1049 (Published 5 May 2005)

Assessment of methodological quality of primary studies by systematic reviews: results of the metaquality cross sectional study

BMJ 2005;330:1053 (Published 5 May 2005)

Endorsement of the CONSORT statement by high impact medical journals: survey of instructions for authors

BMJ 2005;330:1056 (Published 5 May 2005)

Adequacy and reporting of allocation concealment: review of recent trials published in four general medical journals

BMJ 2005;330:1057 (Published 5 May 2005)

Primary care

Effect of combinations of drugs on all cause mortality in patients with ischaemic heart disease: nested case-control analysis

BMJ 2005;330:1059 (Published 5 May 2005)

Learning in practice

Detecting cheating in written medical examinations by statistical analysis of similarity of answers: pilot study

BMJ 2005;330:1064 (Published 5 May 2005)

What the educators are saying

BMJ 2005;330:1067 (Published 5 May 2005)

Education and debate

What can mendelian randomisation tell us about modifiable behavioural and environmental exposures?

BMJ 2005;330:1076 (Published 5 May 2005)

Why clinicians are natural bayesians

BMJ 2005;330:1080 (Published 5 May 2005)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

House

BMJ 2005;330:1090 (Published 5 May 2005)

Priceless: On Knowing the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing

BMJ 2005;330:1091.1 (Published 5 May 2005)

NETLINES

BMJ 2005;330:1091.2 (Published 5 May 2005)

Unlicensed to heal

BMJ 2005;330:1092 (Published 5 May 2005)

Choose and book—whose choice is it anyway?

BMJ 2005;330:1093.1 (Published 5 May 2005)

An oblique passion

BMJ 2005;330:1093.2 (Published 5 May 2005)

Corrections

Use of chaperones in general practice

BMJ 2005;330:1052.1 (Published 5 May 2005)

ABC of adolescence: Substance misuse: alcohol, tobacco, inhalants, and other drugs

BMJ 2005;330:1052.2 (Published 5 May 2005)

Minerva

BMJ 2005;330:1052.3 (Published 5 May 2005)