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11 March 2006 (Vol 332, No 7541)
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Living dangerously
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.0-f
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Hip protectors to prevent femoral fracture
Sophia E de Rooij
BMJ  2006;332:559-560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.559
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Guantanamo: a call for action
Michael Wilks
BMJ  2006;332:560-561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.560
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Inverse association between appendicectomy and ulcerative colitis
Morten Frisch
BMJ  2006;332:561-562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.561
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Treating refractory epilepsy in adults
Edward Reynolds
BMJ  2006;332:562-563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.562
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The burden of chronic kidney disease
Rizwan A Hamer, A Meguid El Nahas
BMJ  2006;332:563-564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.563
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Please do not resuscitate: Solution is flawed
Claud Regnard
BMJ  2006;332:608, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.608
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Please do not resuscitate: Do we perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on living or dead people?
John C Chambers
BMJ  2006;332:608, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.608-a
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Please do not resuscitate: Automatic refusal is as harmful as offering resuscitation to all
Carmelo Aquilina, Suki Greaves, Mohammed Al-Saadi, Henk Parmentier, Catherine Tarrant, Elaine Wantoch
BMJ  2006;332:608-609, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.608-b
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Please do not resuscitate: Communication is key
Gordon Lishman
BMJ  2006;332:609, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.609
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Obesity, polycystic ovary syndrome, infertility treatment: Lifestyle modification is paramount
Jonathan M Lord, Robert Norman
BMJ  2006;332:609, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.609-a
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Obesity, polycystic ovary syndrome, infertility treatment: Asking obese women to lose weight before treatment increases stigmatisation
Sheila E Laredo
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Paying for research related injuries in the US
Mark Hochhauser
BMJ  2006;332:610, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.610
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"That's all I got handed over": Missed opportunities and opportunity for near misses in Wales
Mathew Tokode, Breden O'Riordan, Ludger Barthelmes
BMJ  2006;332:610, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.610-a
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"That's all I got handed over": Views from a teaching hospital
Faiyaz Mohammed
BMJ  2006;332:610, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.610-b
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Diagnosis at all costs won't make Bentham turn in his grave
Richard Lehman
BMJ  2006;332:610, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.610-c
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Nigel Crisp steps down from NHS amid financial pressures
Rebecca Coombes
BMJ  2006;332:565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.565
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CMAJ owner fails to guarantee editorial independence
David Spurgeon
BMJ  2006;332:565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.565-a
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In brief
BMJ  2006;332:566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.566
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Indian study sparks debate on the use of placebo in psychiatry trials
Ganapati Mudur
BMJ  2006;332:566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.566-a
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Breast cancer incidence rises in contaminated areas 10 years after explosion at Chernobyl reactor
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2006;332:567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.567
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GMC hears complaints about UK fertility specialist
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2006;332:567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.567-a
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Force feeding at Guantanamo breaches ethics, doctors say
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2006;332:569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.569-c
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Sickle cell screening makes genetic counselling everybody's business
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2006;332:570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.570
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New consultants’ contract sees pay bill rise by 38% in Scotland
Bryan Christie
BMJ  2006;332:568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.568
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GMC appeals against extending immunity for expert witnesses
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2006;332:568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.568-a
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Exhibition explores diversity of medical traditions
Christiane Rehwagen
BMJ  2006;332:568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.568-b
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US study finds data changes in drug companies’ brochures
Michael Day
BMJ  2006;332:568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.568-c
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Germany says people in areas with bird flu should keep cats indoors
Katy Duke
BMJ  2006;332:568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.568-d
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Subsidies for malaria treatment could save 25,000 lives a month
Janice Tanne
BMJ  2006;332:569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.569
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Malnutrition programmes are most effective before age of 2
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2006;332:569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.569-a
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Radical reforms may end Canada’s public health service monopoly
David Spurgeon
BMJ  2006;332:569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.569-b
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Number of African children dying from malaria approaches a million a year
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2006;332:570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.570-a
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People travelling abroad issued advice on bird flu
Michael Day
BMJ  2006;332:570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.570-b
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Cholera outbreak highlights poor health services in southern Sudan
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2006;332:570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.570-c
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Goal of eradicating tuberculosis is under threat from rise in HIV infection in Africa and eastern Europe
Janice Tanne
BMJ  2006;332:570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.570-d
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Effectiveness of hip protectors for preventing hip fractures in elderly people: systematic review
Martyn J Parker, William J Gillespie, Lesley D Gillespie
BMJ  2006;332:571-574, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38753.375324.7C, (Published 2 March 2006)
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Improving tuberculosis control through public-private collaboration in India: literature review
Puneet K Dewan, S S Lal, Knut Lonnroth, Fraser Wares, Mukund Uplekar, Suvanand Sahu, Reuben Granich, Lakhbir Singh Chauhan
BMJ  2006;332:574-578, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38738.473252.7C, (Published 8 February 2006)
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Acceptability of low molecular weight heparin thromboprophylaxis for inpatients receiving palliative care: qualitative study
S I R Noble, A Nelson, C Turner, I G Finlay
BMJ  2006;332:577-580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38733.616065.802, (Published 3 February 2006)
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Does IQ explain socioeconomic inequalities in health? Evidence from a population based cohort study in the west of Scotland
G David Batty, Geoff Der, Sally Macintyre, Ian J Deary
BMJ  2006;332:580-584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38723.660637.AE, (Published 1 February 2006)
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This week's Clinical review

Atopic and non-atopic eczema
Sara Brown, Nick J Reynolds
BMJ  2006;332:584-588, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.584
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Practice pointer: Treating erectile dysfunction when PDE5 inhibitors fail
Chelsea N McMahon, Christopher J Smith, Ridwan Shabsigh
BMJ  2006;332:589-592, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.589
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10-minute consultation: Erectile dysfunction
Jonathan Rees, Biral Patel
BMJ  2006;332:593, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.593
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ABC of wound healing: Uncommon causes of ulceration
Girish K Patel, Joseph E Grey, Keith G Harding
BMJ  2006;332:594-596, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.594
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Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
Alison Tonks
BMJ  2006;332:597-598, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.597
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This week's Analysis and Comment

Information technology: Will Connecting for Health deliver its promises?
Michael Cross
BMJ  2006;332:599-601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.599
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HIV and global health: Monitoring HIV treatment in developing countries
Serena P Koenig, Daniel R Kuritzkes, Martin S Hirsch, Fernet Léandre, Joia S Mukherjee, Paul E Farmer, Carlos del Rio
BMJ  2006;332:602-604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.602
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HIV and risk behaviour: Risk compensation: the Achilles' heel of innovations in HIV prevention?
Michael M Cassell, Daniel T Halperin, James D Shelton, David Stanton
BMJ  2006;332:605-607, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.605
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Bradford Cannon
Caroline Richmond
BMJ  2006;332:611, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.611
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Michael James Boyle
J F Boyle
BMJ  2006;332:612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.612
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Marie Carrie (née Renwick)
Donald R Carrie, Rebecca A Carrie
BMJ  2006;332:612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.612-a
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John Raisley Coope
Gerald Coope
BMJ  2006;332:612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.612-b
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Gerard ("Gerry") Patrick Crean
George Misiewicz
BMJ  2006;332:612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.612-c
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John Horn France
David J M Sinclair
BMJ  2006;332:612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.612-d
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Sholem Glaser
Theo L Schofield
BMJ  2006;332:612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.612-e
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Iain Douglas Stewart
Stewart Pringle
BMJ  2006;332:612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.612-f
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Stanley Douglas Victor ("Sam") Weller
Robin Weller
BMJ  2006;332:612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.612-g
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Art: Freud's Sculpture
Colin Martin
BMJ  2006;332:613, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.613
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Personal views: Independent sector treatment centres: how the NHS is left to pick up the pieces
W Angus Wallace
BMJ  2006;332:614, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.614
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Personal views: Two decades on an ethics committee
George Masterton
BMJ  2006;332:615, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.615
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Soundings: Privates on parade
James Owen Drife
BMJ  2006;332:615, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.615-a
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This week's Minerva

Minerva
BMJ  2006;332:616, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.616
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This week's Fillers

bmjupdates+: Pale sulphonated shale oil reduces the size of venous ulcers
BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.0-e
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Advice that shaped my practice: Doctor who?
Charles Essex
BMJ  2006;332:583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.583
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Interactive case report: A 28 year old postpartum woman with right sided chest discomfort
BMJ  2006;332:592, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.592
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Endpiece: The force of truth
A Váradi
BMJ  2006;332:604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.604
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Tinnitus, listening, and learning why telephone consultations can be useful
Beena Raschkes
BMJ  2006;332:607, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.607
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