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9 June 2007 (Vol 334, No 7605)
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Editor's choice: About children . . . and more
Rajendra Kale
BMJ  2007;334, doi:10.1136/bmj.39237.605150.47
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US editor's choice: Morals and ethics and medicine
Douglas Kamerow
BMJ  2007;334, doi:10.1136/bmj.39239.430613.3A
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Physical activity and health
Lars Bo Andersen
BMJ  2007;334:1173, doi:10.1136/bmj.39225.414537.80
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Teaching children basic life support skills
Ian Maconochie, Sheila Simpson, Bob Bingham
BMJ  2007;334:1174, doi:10.1136/bmj.39218.422650.80
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Treatment of epilepsy in developing countries
Emilio Perucca
BMJ  2007;334:1175-1176, doi:10.1136/bmj.39065.460208.80
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Control of methamphetamine misuse
Tracy D Gunter
BMJ  2007;334:1176-1177, doi:10.1136/bmj.39225.469630.80
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Clinical trial registration
Christine Laine, Richard Horton, Catherine D DeAngelis, Jeffrey M Drazen, Frank A Frizelle, Fiona Godlee, Charlotte Haug, Paul C Hébert, Sheldon Kotzin, Ana Marusic, Peush Sahni, Torben V Schroeder, Harold C Sox, Martin B Van Der Weyden, Freek W A Verheugt
BMJ  2007;334:1177-1178, doi:10.1136/bmj.39233.510810.80 (published 4 June 2007)
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Presumed consent: First address informed consent in organ donation
Michael Potts
BMJ  2007;334:1179, doi:10.1136/bmj.39234.422361.3A
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Presumed consent: Is prognosis key in donation?
Richard Bartley
BMJ  2007;334:1179, doi:10.1136/bmj.39234.443646.3A
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Presumed consent: Tell public about brain death
Joan McClusky
BMJ  2007;334:1179, doi:10.1136/bmj.39234.458762.3A
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Presumed consent: Add carrying a card to QOF
Anne Holmes
BMJ  2007;334:1179, doi:10.1136/bmj.39234.424653.3A
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Cosmetic genitoplasty: Surgical solution is becoming acceptable, as for birth
Jacqueline Doyle
BMJ  2007;334:1179-1180, doi:10.1136/bmj.39234.448067.3A
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Pharmacists in primary care: Study shows wrong people, wrong skills, wrong tools . . .
Duncan R Petty, Arnold Zermansky
BMJ  2007;334:1180, doi:10.1136/bmj.39234.436528.3A
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Anaemia in developing countries: Mass iron treatment is cheaper than routine deworming
Shailendra Kapoor
BMJ  2007;334:1180, doi:10.1136/bmj.39234.444259.3A
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MTAS: Lessons from the disaster
John J Turner
BMJ  2007;334:1180, doi:10.1136/bmj.39234.460440.3A
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Nigeria files criminal charges against Pfizer
Jeanne Lenzer
BMJ  2007;334:1181, doi:10.1136/bmj.39237.658171.DB
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Drugs "refund" scheme proposed for England and Wales
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2007;334:1181, doi:10.1136/bmj.39238.353657.DB
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Questions over human papillomavirus vaccine in the US and Australia
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2007;334:1182-1183, doi:10.1136/bmj.39237.424537.4E
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Reed Elsevier to stop hosting arms exhibitions
Nayanah Siva
BMJ  2007;334:1182, doi:10.1136/bmj.39237.478553.DB
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New system for detecting drug side effects can beat regulatory agency
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2007;334:1183, doi:10.1136/bmj.39234.685417.DB
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Chinese court sentences former drug regulatory chief to death
Jane Parry
BMJ  2007;334:1183, doi:10.1136/bmj.39234.428449.DB
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AIDS and gay groups oppose Bush's nominee for surgeon general
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2007;334:1184, doi:10.1136/bmj.39237.339225.DB
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Indian doctor arrested under antiterrorism law
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2007;334:1184-1185, doi:10.1136/bmj.39237.523206.4E
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Germany may tighten its laws on sports medicine after doping incidents
Annette Tuffs
BMJ  2007;334:1184-1185, doi:10.1136/bmj.39234.707766.DB
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Researcher accused of breaching research ethics faces GMC
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2007;334:1185, doi:10.1136/bmj.39237.710995.DB
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In Brief: News
BMJ  2007;334:1186, doi:10.1136/bmj.39237.470556.4E
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Doctors advise women not to drink any alcohol during pregnancy
Lisa Hitchen
BMJ  2007;334:1186, doi:10.1136/bmj.39238.349410.DB
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Tuberculosis case exposes flaws in international public health systems
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2007;334:1187, doi:10.1136/bmj.39237.452269.DB
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Antibiotic resistant microbes biggest threat to European health
Rory Watson
BMJ  2007;334:1187, doi:10.1136/bmj.39237.646655.DB
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Website gives survival rates for congenital heart disease centres
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2007;334:1187, doi:10.1136/bmj.39234.662384.DB
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UK development secretary sets out strategy to tackle global health crisis
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2007;334:1187, doi:10.1136/bmj.39237.606586.DB
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More women over 40 seek fertility treatment
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2007;334:1187, doi:10.1136/bmj.39238.553322.4E
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Shortcuts from other journals: Fortified maize flour reduces anaemia in Kenyan children
BMJ  2007;334:1188, doi:10.1136/bmj.39233.609271.80
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Shortcuts from other journals: World Trade Center dust blamed for respiratory illnesses
BMJ  2007;334:1188, doi:10.1136/bmj.334.7605.1188-a
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Shortcuts from other journals: Surgery for sciatica should be optional
BMJ  2007;334:1188, doi:10.1136/bmj.334.7605.1188-b
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Shortcuts from other journals: Switching flu vaccination to schoolchildren could be disastrous for older people
BMJ  2007;334:1188, doi:10.1136/bmj.334.7605.1188-c
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Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Failure to ask about cocaine use may put patients at risk
BMJ  2007;334:1189, doi:10.1136/bmj.334.7605.1189
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Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: "Light" cigarettes are not less risky
BMJ  2007;334:1189, doi:10.1136/bmj.334.7605.1189-a
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Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: BMJ press release led to increase in mumps notification
BMJ  2007;334:1189, doi:10.1136/bmj.334.7605.1189-b
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Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Long term results of epilepsy surgery are encouraging
BMJ  2007;334:1189, doi:10.1136/bmj.334.7605.1189-c
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Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: No need to double antibiotic dose in children with non-severe pneumonia
BMJ  2007;334:1189, doi:10.1136/bmj.334.7605.1189-d
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Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: The fisherman's tale
BMJ  2007;334:1189, doi:10.1136/bmj.39224.461296.AD
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Regulation of decongestants: Cold turkey
Rebecca Coombes
BMJ  2007;334:1190-1192, doi:10.1136/bmj.39223.422824.AD
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Head to head: Should genetic information be disclosed to insurers? Yes
Søren Holm
BMJ  2007;334:1196, doi:10.1136/bmj.39216.468495.AD
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Head to head: Should genetic information be disclosed to insurers? No
Richard Ashcroft
BMJ  2007;334:1197, doi:10.1136/bmj.39216.425231.AD
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Atlantic crossing: Faith based health policy: the urge to privatise
Uwe E Reinhardt
BMJ  2007;334:1193, doi:10.1136/bmj.39237.433843.59
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Medicine and the media: The dangers of triage by television
Inez de Beaufort, Frans Meulenberg
BMJ  2007;334:1194-1195, doi:10.1136/bmj.39237.609132.59
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Medicine and the media: Fainting schoolgirls wipe $A1bn off market value of Gardasil producer
Simon Chapman, Ross MacKenzie
BMJ  2007;334:1195, doi:10.1136/bmj.39238.479479.94
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Formula estimation of glomerular filtration rate: have we gone wrong?
Paul D Giles, David A Fitzmaurice
BMJ  2007;334:1198-1200, doi:10.1136/bmj.39226.400694.80
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Ian Jones, Richard Whitfield, Michael Colquhoun, Douglas Chamberlain, Norman Vetter, Robert Newcombe
BMJ  2007;334:1201, doi:10.1136/bmj.39167.459028.DE (published 27 April 2007)
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David Ogilvie, Charles E Foster, Helen Rothnie, Nick Cavill, Val Hamilton, Claire F Fitzsimons, Nanette Mutrie, on behalf of the Scottish Physical Activity Research Collaboration (SPARColl)
BMJ  2007;334:1204, doi:10.1136/bmj.39198.722720.BE (published 31 May 2007)
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Selina H Banu, Moshrat Jahan, Umme Kulsum Koli, Saadia Ferdousi, Naila Z Khan, Brian Neville
BMJ  2007;334:1207, doi:10.1136/bmj.39022.436389.BE (published 4 December 2006)
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Clinical review: Herpes zoster
David W Wareham, Judith Breuer
BMJ  2007;334:1211-1215, doi:10.1136/bmj.39206.571042.AE
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Rational imaging: Investigating hip pain in a well child
A Gough-Palmer, K McHugh
BMJ  2007;334:1216-1217, doi:10.1136/bmj.39188.515741.47
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Pregnancy plus: Management of psoriasis in pregnancy
Sophie Weatherhead, Stephen C Robson, Nick J Reynolds
BMJ  2007;334:1218-1220, doi:10.1136/bmj.39202.518484.80
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10-minute consultation: Tiredness
George Moncrieff, John Fletcher
BMJ  2007;334:1221, doi:10.1136/bmj.39182.615405.94
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Personal views: Time to act on behalf of mentally disordered offenders
Becky Sales, Nigel McKenzie
BMJ  2007;334:1222, doi:10.1136/bmj.39237.692975.94
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Review of the week: Time again for the resurrection men?
Roger Jones
BMJ  2007;334:1223, doi:10.1136/bmj.39237.516285.94
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From the frontline: Wanted: stress monkeys
Des Spence
BMJ  2007;334:1224, doi:10.1136/bmj.39237.429178.59
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Drug tales and other stories: All together now
Ike Iheanacho
BMJ  2007;334:1224, doi:10.1136/bmj.39234.611505.59
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Between the lines: Murder he wrote
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2007;334:1225, doi:10.1136/bmj.39202.466528.59
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Medical classics: Geriatrics: The Diseases of Old Age and Their Treatment
A Mark Clarfield
BMJ  2007;334:1225, doi:10.1136/bmj.39237.488356.94
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This week's obituaries [PDF]

Vladimir Ivanovich Kulakov
Boleslav Lichterman
BMJ  2007;334:1226, doi:10.1136/bmj.39224.617106.BE
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Nicholas Bennett-Jones
Edgar Parry
BMJ  2007;334:1227, doi:10.1136/bmj.39232.634861.BE
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David Bartlett Bower
Beresford Crook, Maureen Sands, J Richard Smith
BMJ  2007;334:1227, doi:10.1136/bmj.39232.666377.BE
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Charles Edward Daniel Hearn
Philip Allen
BMJ  2007;334:1228, doi:10.1136/bmj.39232.814977.BE
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Kenneth Anthony ("Tony") Kalanyi Kebba
Frances Gotch
BMJ  2007;334:1228, doi:10.1136/bmj.39224.702095.BE
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David Mendel
David Thompson
BMJ  2007;334:1228, doi:10.1136/bmj.39231.710741.BE
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Kieran O'Driscoll
Dermot Mac Donald, Declan Meagher
BMJ  2007;334:1228, doi:10.1136/bmj.39223.682824.BE
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Minerva
BMJ  2007;334:1228, doi:10.1136/bmj.39233.459699.BD1
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Minerva
Richard Singleton, Sheelagh Little
BMJ  2007;334:1228, doi:10.1136/bmj.39233.459699.BD
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Question time
R A Joske
BMJ  2007;334:1203, doi:10.1136/bmj.39218.437836.DE
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Call for papers for BMJ theme issue on diabetes
BMJ  2007;334:1217, doi:10.1136/bmj.39225.633438.DE
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BMJ  2007;334:1220, doi:10.1136/bmj.39161.576447.BE
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