16 July 2005 (Vol 331, Issue 7509)

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Editor's Choice

A small victory

BMJ 2005;331:0.8 (Published 14 July 2005)

News

G8 increases aid to Africa but moves little on climate change

BMJ 2005;331:125 (Published 14 July 2005)

GMC clears doctors who signed cremation forms for Shipman

BMJ 2005;331:126.1 (Published 14 July 2005)

Dutch doctors adopt guidelines on mercy killing of newborns

BMJ 2005;331:126.2 (Published 14 July 2005)

A taste of metal and a smell of burning flesh

BMJ 2005;331:127.1 (Published 14 July 2005)

The bus, the purse, and the limb

BMJ 2005;331:127.2 (Published 14 July 2005)

Teenagers need sex education, not just abstinence advice

BMJ 2005;331:129.4 (Published 14 July 2005)

Day surgery facilities in England are underused

BMJ 2005;331:130.1 (Published 14 July 2005)

Stroke patients prefer care in specialist units

BMJ 2005;331:130.2 (Published 14 July 2005)

Editorials

Blast injury in enclosed spaces

BMJ 2005;331:119 (Published 14 July 2005)

Preventing blindness from glaucoma

BMJ 2005;331:120 (Published 14 July 2005)

Investigation of recurrent miscarriages

BMJ 2005;331:121 (Published 14 July 2005)

Video games and health

BMJ 2005;331:122 (Published 14 July 2005)

Secondary prevention of falls and osteoporotic fractures in older people

BMJ 2005;331:123 (Published 14 July 2005)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Drug combinations and all cause mortality in heart disease: No new insights were gained

BMJ 2005;331:159.1 (Published 14 July 2005)

Drug combinations and all cause mortality in heart disease: Use of statins is not supported by study

BMJ 2005;331:159.2 (Published 14 July 2005)

Drug combinations and all cause mortality in heart disease: Dosages and types of ACE inhibitors need to be known

BMJ 2005;331:159.3 (Published 14 July 2005)

Drug combinations and all cause mortality in heart disease: Authors' reply

BMJ 2005;331:160.1 (Published 14 July 2005)

Citizen jury should consider aspirin prophylaxis

BMJ 2005;331:160.2 (Published 14 July 2005)

Aspirin for everyone over 50?; Avoid the harm

BMJ 2005;331:160.3 (Published 14 July 2005)

Aspirin for everyone over 50?: The buck stops in the consulting room

BMJ 2005;331:161.1 (Published 14 July 2005)

Aspirin for everyone over 50?: Don't forget aspirin resistance

BMJ 2005;331:161.2 (Published 14 July 2005)

Aspirin for everyone over 50?: Are we treating a nutritional deficiency?

BMJ 2005;331:161.3 (Published 14 July 2005)

Aspirin for everyone over 50?: Authors' reply

BMJ 2005;331:161.4 (Published 14 July 2005)

Clinical leadership in hospital care: Leadership and teamwork skills are as important as clinical management skills

BMJ 2005;331:161.5 (Published 14 July 2005)

Clinical leadership in hospital care: The right kind of clinical leadership is needed

BMJ 2005;331:162.1 (Published 14 July 2005)

Letters - continued

Mother to child transmission of HIV in China: Chinese HIV sentinel surveillance data were used incorrectly

BMJ 2005;331:162.2 (Published 14 July 2005)

Mother to child transmission of HIV in China: Authors' reply

BMJ 2005;331:162.3 (Published 14 July 2005)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Corino de Andrade

BMJ 2005;331:163 (Published 14 July 2005)

Jimmy Sommerville

BMJ 2005;331:164.1 (Published 14 July 2005)

William Albert Dunnet

BMJ 2005;331:164.2 (Published 14 July 2005)

Peter George Montgomery Gaffikin

BMJ 2005;331:164.3 (Published 14 July 2005)

Ivor Saul Levy

BMJ 2005;331:164.4 (Published 14 July 2005)

Gordon Bentley Bruce White

BMJ 2005;331:164.5 (Published 14 July 2005)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2005;331:168 (Published 14 July 2005)

Fillers

Evidence for benefit of milk in children is lacking

BMJ 2005;331:0.7 (Published 14 July 2005)

The foundation of the British Museum

BMJ 2005;331:146 (Published 14 July 2005)

The medical student of to-day

BMJ 2005;331:151 (Published 14 July 2005)

Medical advice gratis

BMJ 2005;331:158.2 (Published 14 July 2005)

This Week In the BMJ

Re-examining SSRIs for depression

BMJ 2005;331:0.6 (Published 14 July 2005)

Treating ocular hypertension and glaucoma pays off

BMJ 2005;331:0.2 (Published 14 July 2005)

Chromosome analysis in miscarriages could be more selective

BMJ 2005;331:0.1 (Published 14 July 2005)

Give antibiotics even if urine dipstick is negative

BMJ 2005;331:0.3 (Published 14 July 2005)

Treating ophthalmic herpes zoster in general practice

BMJ 2005;331:0.5 (Published 14 July 2005)

Intelligence doesn't make older people (un)happy

BMJ 2005;331:0.4 (Published 14 July 2005)

Short cuts

What's new in the other general journals

BMJ 2005;331:131 (Published 14 July 2005)

Clinical Reviews

Managing ophthalmic herpes zoster in primary care

BMJ 2005;331:147 (Published 14 July 2005)

Psychological aspects of providing medical humanitarian aid

BMJ 2005;331:152 (Published 14 July 2005)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Routine vaccination for tuberculosis ends in UK

BMJ 2005;331:128.1 (Published 14 July 2005)

Lack of staff and poor organisation blamed for excess deaths in a London hospital

BMJ 2005;331:128.2 (Published 14 July 2005)

Weight reduction surgery quadruples in US in four years

BMJ 2005;331:128.3 (Published 14 July 2005)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] - continued

Software company defends sale of patients' data to drug companies

BMJ 2005;331:128.4 (Published 14 July 2005)

Assembly meets to tackle health needs of the poor

BMJ 2005;331:128.5 (Published 14 July 2005)

WHO takes up issue of child abuse

BMJ 2005;331:129.1 (Published 14 July 2005)

New rules on storing and using human organs put out for consultation

BMJ 2005;331:129.2 (Published 14 July 2005)

Smoking ban in public places also cuts smoking at home

BMJ 2005;331:129.3 (Published 14 July 2005)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

WHO welcomes G8's commitment on AIDS, but campaign group says it is not enough

BMJ 2005;331:130.3 (Published 14 July 2005)

Resignation of US judge puts reproductive rights at risk

BMJ 2005;331:130.4 (Published 14 July 2005)

Zimbabwean clearance policy leaves 1.5 million people homeless

BMJ 2005;331:130.5 (Published 14 July 2005)

Quarter of US women postpone or forego treatment because of cost

BMJ 2005;331:130.6 (Published 14 July 2005)

Educate small holders to contain bird flu, say experts

BMJ 2005;331:130.7 (Published 15 July 2005)

BMJ family highlights

What's new this month in BMJ Journals

BMJ 2005;331:133 (Published 14 July 2005)

Papers

Treatment of ocular hypertension and open angle glaucoma: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

BMJ 2005;331:134 (Published 14 July 2005)

Selective chromosome analysis in couples with two or more miscarriages: case-control study

BMJ 2005;331:137 (Published 14 July 2005)

Survey of informed consent for registration of congenital anomalies in Europe

BMJ 2005;331:140 (Published 14 July 2005)

Lifetime intellectual function and satisfaction with life in old age: longitudinal cohort study

BMJ 2005;331:141 (Published 14 July 2005)

Primary care

Response to antibiotics of women with symptoms of urinary tract infection but negative dipstick urine test results: double blind randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2005;331:143 (Published 14 July 2005)

Education and debate

Efficacy of antidepressants in adults

BMJ 2005;331:155 (Published 14 July 2005)

Why stop at antidepressants?

BMJ 2005;331:158.1 (Published 14 July 2005)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

This World: Bad Medicine

BMJ 2005;331:165 (Published 14 July 2005)

The London bombings: a hospital doctor's experience

BMJ 2005;331:166 (Published 14 July 2005)

“Are there any doctors here?”

BMJ 2005;331:167.1 (Published 14 July 2005)

Music of the mountains

BMJ 2005;331:167.2 (Published 14 July 2005)

Correction

Role of multivitamins and mineral supplements in preventing infections in elderly people: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

BMJ 2005;331:142 (Published 14 July 2005)