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16 June 2007 (Vol 334, Issue 7606)

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Editor's Choice

Lives lived

BMJ 2007;334:0.1 (Published 14 June 2007)

Someone to watch over me

BMJ 2007;334:0.2 (Published 14 June 2007)

News

FDA places “black box” warning on antidiabetes drugs

BMJ 2007;334:1237.1 (Published 14 June 2007)

Russian clinical research is threatened by ban on export of samples

BMJ 2007;334:1237.2 (Published 14 June 2007)

Gates Foundation funds new institute to evaluate global health data

BMJ 2007;334:1238.1 (Published 14 June 2007)

NHS IT system must use unique patient identifiers to achieve research potential

BMJ 2007;334:1238.2 (Published 14 June 2007)

NICE reviews its guidance against sequential use of anti-TNF drugs for arthritis

BMJ 2007;334:1238.3 (Published 14 June 2007)

Community care could prevent deaths of thousands of severely malnourished children

BMJ 2007;334:1239 (Published 14 June 2007)

Women treated for early breast cancer should be followed for at least 10 years

BMJ 2007;334:1240.1 (Published 14 June 2007)

Strike cripples health services in South Africa

BMJ 2007;334:1240.2 (Published 14 June 2007)

Mortality from 12 top causes of death in US is still higher among men than women

BMJ 2007;334:1240.3 (Published 14 June 2007)

US parents take government to court over MMR vaccine

BMJ 2007;334:1241 (Published 14 June 2007)

News

BMJ 2007;334:1242.1 (Published 14 June 2007)

Congressional hearings highlight mistakes in case of tuberculosis patient

BMJ 2007;334:1242.2 (Published 14 June 2007)

NHS ends the financial year £500m in surplus

BMJ 2007;334:1242.3 (Published 14 June 2007)

New regulations aim to prevent international health emergencies

BMJ 2007;334:1243.1 (Published 14 June 2007)

Government claims that it is consigning waiting lists to history

BMJ 2007;334:1243.2 (Published 14 June 2007)

Researchers warn of possible risks to children from new epilepsy drugs

BMJ 2007;334:1243.3 (Published 14 June 2007)

Bush says he will veto stem cell funding, despite vote in favour in Congress

BMJ 2007;334:1243.4 (Published 14 June 2007)

Exercise and physiotherapy advice help subacute low back pain only in the short term

BMJ 2007;334:1244.1 (Published 14 June 2007)

The evidence on gene mutations in hereditary diffuse gastric cancer is accumulating

BMJ 2007;334:1244.2 (Published 14 June 2007)

Lowering homocysteine doesn't reduce the risk of thromboembolism

BMJ 2007;334:1244.3 (Published 14 June 2007)

Preoperative chemotherapy improves outcomes in non-small cell lung cancer

BMJ 2007;334:1245.1 (Published 14 June 2007)

Eprodisate slows kidney decline in amyloid A amyloidosis

BMJ 2007;334:1245.2 (Published 14 June 2007)

News - continued

Anti-CCP antibodies are better than rheumatoid factor for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis

BMJ 2007;334:1245.3 (Published 14 June 2007)

Editorials

Diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease of the lower limb

BMJ 2007;334:1229 (Published 14 June 2007)

Provision of primary care in different countries

BMJ 2007;334:1230 (Published 14 June 2007)

Transition of care in children with chronic disease

BMJ 2007;334:1231 (Published 14 June 2007)

Tamiflu and neuropsychiatric disturbance in adolescents

BMJ 2007;334:1232 (Published 14 June 2007)

Rosiglitazone and implications for pharmacovigilance

BMJ 2007;334:1233 (Published 14 June 2007)

Research

Duplex ultrasonography, magnetic resonance angiography, and computed tomography angiography for diagnosis and assessment of symptomatic, lower limb peripheral arterial disease: systematic review

BMJ 2007;334:1257 (Published 14 June 2007)

Diagnostic scope of and exposure to primary care physicians in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States: cross sectional analysis of results from three national surveys

BMJ 2007;334:1261 (Published 14 June 2007)

Analysis

How effective are expert patient (lay led) education programmes for chronic disease?

BMJ 2007;334:1254 (Published 14 June 2007)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Investing in alcohol is no longer responsible

BMJ 2007;334:1235.1 (Published 14 June 2007)

Time to address safety in the tackle

BMJ 2007;334:1235.2 (Published 14 June 2007)

Tell us more

BMJ 2007;334:1235.3 (Published 14 June 2007)

Watch out for digital nerves

BMJ 2007;334:1236.1 (Published 14 June 2007)

Glycaemic control is a myth

BMJ 2007;334:1236.2 (Published 14 June 2007)

Let's help doctors work in the third world

BMJ 2007;334:1236.3 (Published 14 June 2007)

A frightening industry proposal

BMJ 2007;334:1236.4 (Published 14 June 2007)

Observations

Why don't journalists mention the data?

Ben Goldacre

BMJ 2007;334:1249 (Published 14 June 2007)

Don't blame it all on the bogey

Michael Day

BMJ 2007;334:1250 (Published 14 June 2007)

What's so precious about originality

Simon Chapman

BMJ 2007;334:1251 (Published 14 June 2007)

Views & Reviews

Communication—the forgotten palliative care emergency

Mark Pickering, Rob George

BMJ 2007;334:1274 (Published 14 June 2007)

Fractured: picking up the pieces

Jessica Watson

BMJ 2007;334:1275 (Published 14 June 2007)

110%

Des Spence

BMJ 2007;334:1276.1 (Published 14 June 2007)

Views & Reviews - continued

Jobs for the boys

Wendy Moore

BMJ 2007;334:1276.2 (Published 14 June 2007)

The casualties of Waugh

Theodore Dalrymple

BMJ 2007;334:1277.1 (Published 14 June 2007)

Extensile exposure

Craig Gerrand

BMJ 2007;334:1277.2 (Published 14 June 2007)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Miles Weatherall

BMJ 2007;334:1278.1 (Published 14 June 2007)

Josephine Alice Coreen Weatherall (née Ogston)

BMJ 2007;334:1278.2 (Published 14 June 2007)

Khalid Tariq Al Naib

BMJ 2007;334:1279.1 (Published 14 June 2007)

William Bingham

BMJ 2007;334:1279.2 (Published 14 June 2007)

Stuart Gordon Adam Forsyth

BMJ 2007;334:1279.3 (Published 14 June 2007)

Robert John Jameson

BMJ 2007;334:1279.4 (Published 14 June 2007)

Geoffrey Laurence Scott

BMJ 2007;334:1279.5 (Published 14 June 2007)

Anthony Robert (“Bob”) Teuten

BMJ 2007;334:1279.6 (Published 14 June 2007)

Clinical Review

Acute coronary syndromes without ST segment elevation

BMJ 2007;334:1265 (Published 14 June 2007)

Practice

A patient's journey: Cystic fibrosis

BMJ 2007;334:1270 (Published 14 June 2007)

Change page: Established corticosteroid creams should be applied only once daily in patients with atopic eczema

BMJ 2007;334:1272 (Published 14 June 2007)

10-minute consultation: Chronic kidney disease

BMJ 2007;334:1273 (Published 14 June 2007)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2007;334:1280.1 (Published 14 June 2007)

Minerva

BMJ 2007;334:1280.2 (Published 14 June 2007)

Features

The course left out in the cold

BMJ 2007;334:1246 (Published 14 June 2007)

Should folic acid fortification be mandatory? Yes

BMJ 2007;334:1252 (Published 14 June 2007)

Should folic acid fortification be mandatory? No

BMJ 2007;334:1253 (Published 14 June 2007)

Filler

An event that changed our lives

BMJ 2007;334:1264 (Published 14 June 2007)

Correction

Is presumed consent the answer to organ shortages?

BMJ 2007;334:0.3 (Published 14 June 2007)