Editor's choice: How much should doctors earn?
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2007;334, doi:10.1136/bmj.39112.522280.43 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	US editor's choice: On dying and dyeing
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2007;334, doi:10.1136/bmj.39113.523762.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Venlafaxine for major depression
	Andrea Cipriani, John R Geddes, Corrado Barbui
	BMJ  2007;334:215-216, doi:10.1136/bmj.39098.457720.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Childhood intelligence and being a vegetarian
	Marcus Richards
	BMJ  2007;334:216-217, doi:10.1136/bmj.39107.671412.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Leprosy after starting antiretroviral treatment
	Stephen D Lawn, Diana N J Lockwood
	BMJ  2007;334:217-218, doi:10.1136/bmj.39107.480359.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Emergency care in the first 48 hours
	Peter Leman
	BMJ  2007;334:218-219, doi:10.1136/bmj.39099.591528.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Allergy to hair dye
	John P McFadden, Ian R White, Peter J Frosch, Heidi Sosted, Jenne D Johansen, Torkil Menne
	BMJ  2007;334:220, doi:10.1136/bmj.39042.643206.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Teenage pregnancy: Education programme has changed since study
	D Graham Mackenzie, John Taylor
	BMJ  2007;334:221, doi:10.1136/bmj.39108.388345.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Teenage pregnancy: Systematic review addresses socioeconomic inequalities
	Ginny Brunton, Ann Oakley, Angela Harden
	BMJ  2007;334:221, doi:10.1136/bmj.39108.405139.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Semantics: Schizophrenia can and should be renamed
	David G Kingdon, Yoshihiro Kinoshita, Farooq Naeem, Maged Swelam, Lars Hansen, Selveraj Vincent, Shanaya Rathod
	BMJ  2007;334:221-222, doi:10.1136/bmj.39108.396852.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Resuscitation orders: Orthopaedic consultant is responsible in hip fracture
	Paul Diggory
	BMJ  2007;334:222, doi:10.1136/bmj.39108.393380.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NHS cataract service: ISTC programme is an expensive option
	Simon P Kelly, Brenda Billington, Richard Smith, Rhod Daniel
	BMJ  2007;334:222, doi:10.1136/bmj.39108.384572.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Ghost authorship of industry funded drug trials is common, say researchers
	Sally Hargreaves
	BMJ  2007;334:223, doi:10.1136/bmj.39108.653750.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Giving a voice to the unheard
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2007;334:223, doi:10.1136/bmj.39111.697315.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In Brief: News
	BMJ  2007;334:224, doi:10.1136/bmj.39112.338889.43 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Antibiotics in second trimester may reduce risk of preterm birth
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
	BMJ  2007;334:224, doi:10.1136/bmj.39111.364410.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Bush proposes plan to expand health insurance coverage
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2007;334:225, doi:10.1136/bmj.39108.481042.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	$500m investment in poor countries' health systems will boost vaccination
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2007;334:225, doi:10.1136/bmj.39111.668044.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	MPs criticise £0.9bn PFI scheme for failing to consult doctors
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2007;334:226, doi:10.1136/bmj.39111.537477.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	More than 200 000 people ask Novartis to drop its challenge on drug patent
	Sally Hargreaves
	BMJ  2007;334:226, doi:10.1136/bmj.39111.596481.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Kidney patients should get more care from nurse practitioners and have dialysis closer to home
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2007;334:226-227, doi:10.1136/bmj.39111.705162.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Publishers hire PR heavyweight to defend themselves against open access
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;334:227, doi:10.1136/bmj.39112.439051.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors disagree over detention of patients with extensively drug resistant tuberculosis
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2007;334:228, doi:10.1136/bmj.39108.568368.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dutch court acquits suicide counsellor of breaking the law
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2007;334:228-229, doi:10.1136/bmj.39108.711794.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	And the Oscar goes to . . . Salvarsan
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2007;334:229, doi:10.1136/bmj.39111.340023.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Ontario starts colorectal cancer screening programme for adults aged 50-74
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2007;334:229, doi:10.1136/bmj.39108.509167.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE proposes incentives to keep addicts free of drugs
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;334:229, doi:10.1136/bmj.39112.429190.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Politicians should not be making healthcare decisions, survey says
	Anne Griffin
	BMJ  2007;334:229, doi:10.1136/bmj.39111.379688.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	National director calls for five point plan on care of older people
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2007;334:229, doi:10.1136/bmj.39111.622176.4E [Extract] [Full text]

	UK minister is questioned about recruiting too many GPs
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2007;334:229, doi:10.1136/bmj.39108.561470.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	World's first public-private cord blood bank launched in United Kingdom
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;334:229, doi:10.1136/bmj.39114.689850.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Drug safety is too important to leave to industry
	BMJ  2007;334:230, doi:10.1136/bmj.334.7587.230 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Citalopram lifts depression after heart disease
	BMJ  2007;334:230, doi:10.1136/bmj.334.7587.230-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: One fracture predicts another, especially in men
	BMJ  2007;334:230-231, doi:10.1136/bmj.334.7587.230-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Surgery still best treatment for fibroids
	BMJ  2007;334:231, doi:10.1136/bmj.334.7587.231 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Antibodies to myelin don't predict progression to multiple sclerosis
	BMJ  2007;334:231, doi:10.1136/bmj.334.7587.231-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: High school linemen are too heavy for their health
	BMJ  2007;334:231, doi:10.1136/bmj.39108.435938.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Feature

	One for the album: First picturesOne for the album
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2007;334:232-233, doi:10.1136/bmj.39106.494931.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Head to head: Is doctors' self interest undermining the National Health Service
	Alan Maynard
	BMJ  2007;334:234, doi:10.1136/bmj.39066.452847.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Head to head: Is doctors' self interest undermining the National Health Service?
	Laurence Buckman
	BMJ  2007;334:235, doi:10.1136/bmj.39098.405602.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Observations

	THE WEEK IN MEDICINE: So how much do doctors really earn?
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2007;334:236-237, doi:10.1136/bmj.39112.426481.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ATLANTIC CROSSING: Is the president's plan dead even before arrival?
	Uwe E Reinhardt
	BMJ  2007;334:238, doi:10.1136/bmj.39112.449282.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Defining limits in care of terminally ill patients
	Ursula K Braun, Rebecca J Beyth, Marvella E Ford, Laurence B McCullough
	BMJ  2007;334:239-241, doi:10.1136/bmj.39048.475046.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research

	Risk of suicide during treatment with venlafaxine, citalopram, fluoxetine, and dothiepin: retrospective cohort study
	Annalisa Rubino, Neil Roskell, Pat Tennis, Daniel Mines, Scott Weich, Elizabeth Andrews
	BMJ  2007;334:242, doi:10.1136/bmj.39041.445104.BE (published 12 December 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Appendix (pdf)] [extra: Appendix] FREE

	IQ in childhood and vegetarianism in adulthood: 1970 British cohort study
	Catharine R Gale, Ian J Deary, Ingrid Schoon, G David Batty
	BMJ  2007;334:245, doi:10.1136/bmj.39030.675069.55 (published 15 December 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Endometriosis
	Cynthia Farquhar
	BMJ  2007;334:249-253, doi:10.1136/bmj.39073.736829.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

Practice

	Masterclass for GPs: Headaches
	Geraint Fuller, Claire Kaye
	BMJ  2007;334:254-256, doi:10.1136/bmj.39090.652847.DE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Penetrating trauma to the junctional zone needs aggressive management
	J Ahmad, G C Beattie, R Kennedy, J A Kennedy, W D B Clements
	BMJ  2007;334:257-258, doi:10.1136/bmj.39055.459248.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	10-minute consultation: Newly diagnosed iron deficiency anaemia in a premenopausal woman
	Tony Todd, Tim Caroe
	BMJ  2007;334:259, doi:10.1136/bmj.39003.602338.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & reviews

	Personal views: Collecting feathers in the health service
	BMJ  2007;334:260, doi:10.1136/bmj.39051.682535.55 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	REVIEW OF THE WEEK: Telling the inside story?
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2007;334:261, doi:10.1136/bmj.39108.525810.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	FROM THE FRONTLINE: Flagging up a necessary division
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2007;334:262, doi:10.1136/bmj.39111.450301.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug tales and other stories: On the cheap
	Ike Iheanacho
	BMJ  2007;334:262, doi:10.1136/bmj.39108.530150.B7 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BETWEEN THE LINES: "Remember: people—and animals"
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2007;334:263, doi:10.1136/bmj.39113.745451.E0 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MEDICAL CLASSICS: Tropical Diseases
	W F Bynum
	BMJ  2007;334:263, doi:10.1136/bmj.39108.622535.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Roland Jacob Levinsky
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2007;334:264, doi:10.1136/bmj.39108.594352.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	Pamela June Alexander (née Tyson)
	Rosemary Alexander
	BMJ  2007;334:265, doi:10.1136/bmj.39108.704120.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	Peter MacDonald Crawford
	Iain Broom
	BMJ  2007;334:265, doi:10.1136/bmj.39108.699225.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	Thomas Goronwy ("T G") Evans
	Sue Smith
	BMJ  2007;334:265, doi:10.1136/bmj.39108.688646.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	David Pratt
	Roger Peel
	BMJ  2007;334:265, doi:10.1136/bmj.39108.684595.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	Patricia Mary Qura'n (née Gilligan)
	Alex Magee, Bronagh Bunting, Fiona Gibson
	BMJ  2007;334:265, doi:10.1136/bmj.39108.674525.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	Francis James ("Jim") Zacharias
	John Cunningham
	BMJ  2007;334:265, doi:10.1136/bmj.39087.717708.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	Julian Thomas ("Tomi") Spenser
	Shmuel Reis, Eva Alkon-Katz, Jim Shalom, Jonathan Spenser
	BMJ  2007;334:265, doi:10.1136/bmj.39104.665903.FA [Extract] [Full text]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2007;334:266, doi:10.1136/bmj.39107.711655.471 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	Andrew Sherley-Dale, Rod Hughes
	BMJ  2007;334:266, doi:10.1136/bmj.39107.711655.47 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Are you addicted to your "crackberry"?
	Mark Taylor
	BMJ  2007;334:241, doi:10.1136/bmj.39093.506273.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ updates: Drug eluting stents don't reduce mortality in the long term compared with bare metal stents
	BMJ  2007;334:248, doi:10.1136/bmj.39099.483762.BE [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical folklore—the use of your stethoscope's bell
	Michael Reschen
	BMJ  2007;334:253, doi:10.1136/bmj.39098.406852.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The God incarnate
	Ajit Singh Kashyap, Kuldip Parkash Anand, Surekha Kashyap
	BMJ  2007;334:256, doi:10.1136/bmj.39098.439016.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	When I use a word: Geographic metals
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2007;334:258, doi:10.1136/bmj.39113.728322.E0 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Minerva
	BMJ  2007;334, doi:10.1136/bmj.39107.412465.BE [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Obituary of William Ian McDonald
	BMJ  2007;334, doi:10.1136/bmj.39107.418623.BE [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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