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Questions and answers
Kamran Abbasi
BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.0-h
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This week's Editorials

More evidence on the risks of passive smoking
Ichiro Kawachi
BMJ  2005;330:265-266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.265
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Identifying people at high risk of emergency hospital admission
Jill Morrison
BMJ  2005;330:266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.266
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NICE guidelines for the management of depression
Hugh Middleton, Ian Shaw, Sally Hull, Gene Feder
BMJ  2005;330:267-268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.267
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Changes in blood supplies, regulations, and transfusion practice
J Adrian Copplestone
BMJ  2005;330:268-269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.268
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Selecting and supporting contented doctors
Ed Peile, Yvonne Carter
BMJ  2005;330:269-270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.269
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Save the FDA
Alexander S D Spiers
BMJ  2005;330:308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.308
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Post-marketing surveillance should include effects during pregnancy
Patricia Yeargin
BMJ  2005;330:308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.308-a
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Upper gastrointestinal surgeons comment on NICE dyspepsia guidelines
S M Griffin, D J Bowrey, W H Allum
BMJ  2005;330:308-309, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.308-b
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NICE responds to criticism of hypertension guidelines
Peter Littlejohns, Gillian Leng, Andrea Sutcliffe
BMJ  2005;330:309, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.309
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Aspartame and its effects on health: Independently funded studies have found potential for adverse effects
John Briffa
BMJ  2005;330:309-310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.309-a
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Aspartame and its effects on health: Readers may prefer balanced and impartial editorials
Ian J Gordon
BMJ  2005;330:310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.310
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Aspartame and its effects on health: Approach seems simplistic in electronic responses to editorial
Nick Finer
BMJ  2005;330:310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.310-a
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Aspartame and its effects on health: Authors' reply
Michael E J Lean, Catherine R Hankey
BMJ  2005;330:310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.310-b
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Another lesson from the Japan Medical Association
Masamine Jimba
BMJ  2005;330:310-311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.310-c
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Economic evaluation and society's health values: Price and value are different
Peter Davies
BMJ  2005;330:311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.311
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Economic evaluation and society's health values: View from the other side of the pond
Rhiannon Tudor Edwards
BMJ  2005;330:311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.311-a
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France's "right to die" law: Doctors may not be disinterested parties
Harold A Maio
BMJ  2005;330:311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.311-b
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France's "right to die" law: Emphasis on changing behaviour makes question more acute
Joan T McClusky
BMJ  2005;330:311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.311-c
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GMC must protect patients says government minister
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2005;330:271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.271
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In brief
BMJ  2005;330:272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.272
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US commercial scanning clinics are closing down
Scott Gottlieb
BMJ  2005;330:272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.272-a
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Pathologist in Sally Clark case accused of being "slapdash"
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2005;330:272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.272-b
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Officials report first Cambodian case of avian flu
Jane Parry
BMJ  2005;330:273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.273
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Clash over public access rights and patient confidentiality sparks trial
Caroline White
BMJ  2005;330:273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.273-a
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Gypsy women launch claim following sterilisation
Katka Kosner
BMJ  2005;330:275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.275-b
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IT gurus attempt to win doctors' hearts and minds
Michael Cross
BMJ  2005;330:276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.276
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Judge rules not to resuscitate baby despite some improvement
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2005;330:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.274
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Surgeon is struck off for failing to mention disciplinary action
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2005;330:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.274-a
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Chief medical officer announces regulations on cosmetic surgery
Katie Reid
BMJ  2005;330:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.274-b
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CDC recommends immediate HIV drugs after exposur
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2005;330:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.274-c
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Public education campaign could overwhelm sexual health services
Caroline White
BMJ  2005;330:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.274-d
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Quebec increases funding to fight infections in hospitals
David Spurgeon
BMJ  2005;330:275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.275
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Inquiry questions long term effects on health of Camelford incident
Kunal Khanna
BMJ  2005;330:275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.275-a
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Missing medical information adversely affects care of patients
Kunal Khanna
BMJ  2005;330:276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.276-a
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Regulatory authorities review use of galantamine in mild cognitive impairment
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2005;330:276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.276-b
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One in 100 US deaths is related to sexual behaviour
Jeanne Lenzer
BMJ  2005;330:276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.276-c
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More counselling is needed for couples opting for donor insemination
Tony Sheldon
BMJ  2005;330:276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.276-d
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Study of doctors’ smoking habits shows links to 11 types of cancer
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2005;330:276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.276-e
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Man whose tumour went untreated loses negligence battle
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2005;330:276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.276-f
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This week's Papers

Environmental tobacco smoke and risk of respiratory cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in former smokers and never smokers in the EPIC prospective study
P Vineis, L Airoldi, F Veglia, L Olgiati, R Pastorelli, H Autrup, A Dunning, S Garte, E Gormally, P Hainaut, C Malaveille, G Matullo, M Peluso, K Overvad, A Tjonneland, F Clavel-Chapelon, H Boeing, V Krogh, D Palli, S Panico, R Tumino, B Bueno-De-Mesquita, P Peeters, G Berglund, G Hallmans, R Saracci, E Riboli
BMJ  2005;330:277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38327.648472.82, (Published 28 January 2005)
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Effectiveness of helmets in skiers and snowboarders: case-control and case crossover study
Brent E Hagel, I Barry Pless, Claude Goulet, Robert W Platt, Yvonne Robitaille
BMJ  2005;330:281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38314.480035.7C, (Published 4 January 2005)
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Mapping choice in the NHS: cross sectional study of routinely collected data
Mike Damiani, Carol Propper, Jennifer Dixon
BMJ  2005;330:284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.284
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Mortality associated with passive smoking in Hong Kong
S M McGhee, S Y Ho, M Schooling, L M Ho, G N Thomas, A J Hedley, K H Mak, R Peto, T H Lam
BMJ  2005;330:287-288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38342.706748.47, (Published 27 January 2005)
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This week's Primary care

Follow up of people aged 65 and over with a history of emergency admissions: analysis of routine admission data
Martin Roland, Mark Dusheiko, Hugh Gravelle, Stuart Parker
BMJ  2005;330:289-292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.289
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Does home based medication review keep older people out of hospital? The HOMER randomised controlled trial
Richard Holland, Elizabeth Lenaghan, Ian Harvey, Richard Smith, Lee Shepstone, Alistair Lipp, Maria Christou, David Evans, Christopher Hand
BMJ  2005;330:293, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38338.674583.AE, (Published 21 January 2005)
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This week's Clinical review

Recent developments in vasectomy
Kerry Wright Aradhya, Kim Best, David C Sokal
BMJ  2005;330:296-299, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.296
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Lesson of the week: Carbamazepine and false positive dexamethasone suppression tests for Cushing's syndrome
Ronald C W Ma, Wing Bun Chan, Wing Yee So, Peter C Y Tong, Juliana C N Chan, Chun Chung Chow
BMJ  2005;330:299-300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.299
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ABC of adolescence: Adolescent development
Deborah Christie, Russell Viner
BMJ  2005;330:301-304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.301
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This week's Education and debate

Submission to multiple journals: a method of reducing time to publication?
David J Torgerson, Joy Adamson, Sarah Cockayne, Jo Dumville, Emily Petherick
BMJ  2005;330:305-307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.305
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Norman Harry Brodie
Harry Brünjes
BMJ  2005;330:312, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.312
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Keith Deans Buchanan
Fahmy Hanna, Lee Armstrong, Rodat Cunningham
BMJ  2005;330:312, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.312-a
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Timothy James Carter
Rosemary Carter
BMJ  2005;330:312, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.312-b
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Norman Wemyss Horne
John Crofton
BMJ  2005;330:312, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.312-c
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Patrick Bernard Schofield
Nicola Blandford
BMJ  2005;330:312, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.312-d
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Henry Wolmuth
Philip Wolmuth
BMJ  2005;330:312, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.312-e
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Book: Smoke: A Global History of Smoking
Michael Neve
BMJ  2005;330:313, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.313
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TV: Dispatches: Undercover Angels
Jane Salvage
BMJ  2005;330:314, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.314
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TV: Horizon: Living with ADHD
Charles Essex
BMJ  2005;330:314, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.314-a
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PERSONAL VIEW: How do we set the records straight?
Paul Robinson
BMJ  2005;330:315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.315
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SOUNDINGS: Of cats, mice, and cocaine
George Dunea
BMJ  2005;330:315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.315-a
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This week's Minerva

Minerva
BMJ  2005;330:316, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.316
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This week's Fillers

POEM*: Vaccine is effective against HPV
BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.0-g
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Q&A: Penis enlargement
Frank Martin, John F Bolton
BMJ  2005;330:280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.280
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Endpiece: Strength enough
Fred Charatan
BMJ  2005;330:283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.283
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Q&A: Women's experiences of breast and ovarian cancer
T Scarlett Epstein, Sandi Pniauskas, Theo H Fenton
BMJ  2005;330:288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.288
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Q&A: Anticoagulant treatment during travel
Richard J Young, John F Bolton, Andrew Duncan Muir
BMJ  2005;330:292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.292
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Q&A: Stinging sensation after a bath
Akin T Akinlade, Andrew Clegg, W Havinga
BMJ  2005;330:304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.304
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Q&A: Poverty and mental health
Katy J Booth, Woody Caan
BMJ  2005;330:307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.307-b
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This week's Corrections

Minerva
BMJ  2005;330:307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.307
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Family history of breast cancer
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