The way of the world
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2007;335, doi:10.1136/bmj.39363.612095.47 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Primary prevention of age related macular degeneration
	Jennifer Evans
	BMJ  2007;335:729, doi:10.1136/bmj.39351.478924.BE (published 8 October 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Data sources and performance measurement
	Stephen Singleton
	BMJ  2007;335:730, doi:10.1136/bmj.39356.610544.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Participation in mammography screening
	Lisa M Schwartz, Steven Woloshin
	BMJ  2007;335:731-732, doi:10.1136/bmj.39350.590625.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm
	Roger Greenhalgh, Janet Powell
	BMJ  2007;335:732-733, doi:10.1136/bmj.39307.634560.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Modernising Medical Careers laid bare
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2007;335:733-734, doi:10.1136/bmj.39364.512685.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	NICE transparency: Let cost effectiveness models be open to scrutiny
	Chris Poole, Samir Agrawal, Craig J Currie
	BMJ  2007;335:735, doi:10.1136/bmj.39360.379664.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The primary care market: More questions than answers
	Hendrik J Beerstecher
	BMJ  2007;335:735, doi:10.1136/bmj.39360.402083.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Alcohol industry: Brazil's market is unregulated
	Ronaldo R Laranjeira
	BMJ  2007;335:735, doi:10.1136/bmj.39360.432940.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Declaration of Helsinki: Dead
	John H Noble, Jr
	BMJ  2007;335:736, doi:10.1136/bmj.39360.415833.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	CAM: What to do about CAM?
	David Colquhoun
	BMJ  2007;335:736, doi:10.1136/bmj.39360.446528.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	More going ape: Psychosocial interventions?
	Dave W H Baillie
	BMJ  2007;335:736, doi:10.1136/bmj.39360.457743.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Tooke inquiry calls for major overhaul of specialist training
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2007;335:737, doi:10.1136/bmj.39363.596273.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Many trusts fail to monitor whether complaints have any effect, says watchdog
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:738, doi:10.1136/bmj.39363.575660.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Patients admitted as emergencies should see consultant in 12 hours, NCEPOD recommends
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:738-739, doi:10.1136/bmj.39359.687025.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Health department scraps national training application system
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2007;335:738-739, doi:10.1136/bmj.39363.658056.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Government promises easier access to GPs
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:739, doi:10.1136/bmj.39360.699977.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Nobel prize is awarded for work leading to "knockout mouse"
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2007;335:740, doi:10.1136/bmj.39364.367361.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scientists welcome ruling on patent on breast cancer gene
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2007;335:740-741, doi:10.1136/bmj.39360.646435.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Gay bomb and BMJ authors win prizes
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2007;335:741, doi:10.1136/bmj.39363.414780.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Government backs down on merger of regulators but gives go-ahead to inter-species embryos
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2007;335:741, doi:10.1136/bmj.39364.347731.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In Brief: News
	BMJ  2007;335:742, doi:10.1136/bmj.39363.548715.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK report calls for better access to nicotine replacement treatment for heavily addicted smokers
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;335:742, doi:10.1136/bmj.39360.482558.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Bristol-Myers Squibb to pay $0.5bn to settle US lawsuits
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2007;335:742-743, doi:10.1136/bmj.39363.346771.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Review shows no evidence that individualised herbal treatments are effective
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;335:743, doi:10.1136/bmj.39360.499097.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	German pharmacists are investigated for using unregistered drugs in chemotherapy
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2007;335:743, doi:10.1136/bmj.39363.350648.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Mother asks surgeons to perform hysterectomy on daughter with cerebral palsy
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:743, doi:10.1136/bmj.39364.522303.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Flu vaccine does not reduce number of elderly people admitted to hospital with respiratory disease
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2007;335:743, doi:10.1136/bmj.39360.652454.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctors and officials should not have been charged over infected blood, lawyers say
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2007;335:743, doi:10.1136/bmj.39363.347338.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	GMC clears obstetrician over claims of wrongly delaying a caesarean section
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:743, doi:10.1136/bmj.39359.457905.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors should "just do it" to implement clinical visions
	Robert Short
	BMJ  2007;335:743, doi:10.1136/bmj.39360.723391.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Collaboration between regulators and industry on design of drugs could reduce errors
	Lisa Hitchen
	BMJ  2007;335:743, doi:10.1136/bmj.39360.653553.94 [Extract] [Full text]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Flu vaccines help older people live longer
	BMJ  2007;335:744, doi:10.1136/bmj.39360.485475.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: People with low back pain have a good choice of treatments
	BMJ  2007;335:744, doi:10.1136/bmj.335.7623.744-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Implantable cardioverter defibrillators given more often to men
	BMJ  2007;335:744, doi:10.1136/bmj.335.7623.744-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Donepezil fails to reduce agitation in people with dementia
	BMJ  2007;335:744, doi:10.1136/bmj.335.7623.744-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Measure blood pressure both day and night
	BMJ  2007;335:745, doi:10.1136/bmj.335.7623.745 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Zinc supplements don't save lives in Nepal
	BMJ  2007;335:745, doi:10.1136/bmj.335.7623.745-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: DNA test outperforms cytology in Dutch cervical screening
	BMJ  2007;335:745, doi:10.1136/bmj.335.7623.745-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: New drug approved for age related macular degeneration
	BMJ  2007;335:746, doi:10.1136/bmj.39324.649919.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Less chest illness reported in upgraded social housing
	BMJ  2007;335:746, doi:10.1136/bmj.335.7623.746-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Cannabis is bad for the airways
	BMJ  2007;335:746, doi:10.1136/bmj.335.7623.746-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Magnetic resonance imaging can define type of arthritis
	BMJ  2007;335:746, doi:10.1136/bmj.335.7623.746-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Meningitis impairs memory
	BMJ  2007;335:746, doi:10.1136/bmj.335.7623.746-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from BMJPG journals: Organic pollutants may affect learning
	BMJ  2007;335:746, doi:10.1136/bmj.335.7623.746-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Feature

	Mitochondrial research: From small things
	Toby Reynolds
	BMJ  2007;335:747-748, doi:10.1136/bmj.39328.503785.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Head to head: Should young people be given antidepressants? Yes
	Andrew Cotgrove
	BMJ  2007;335:750, doi:10.1136/bmj.39316.399931.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Head to head: Should young people be given antidepressants? No
	Sami Timimi
	BMJ  2007;335:751, doi:10.1136/bmj.39316.406470.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Observations

	Atlantic crossing: The US muddle over a child's right to health care
	Uwe E Reinhardt
	BMJ  2007;335:749, doi:10.1136/bmj.39360.488576.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Use and misuse of preimplantation genetic testing
	Peter Braude, Frances Flinter
	BMJ  2007;335:752-754, doi:10.1136/bmj.39314.439491.AD (published 6 September 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research

	Dietary antioxidants and primary prevention of age related macular degeneration: systematic review and meta-analysis
	Elaine W-T Chong, Tien Y Wong, Andreas J Kreis, Julie A Simpson, Robyn H Guymer
	BMJ  2007;335:755, doi:10.1136/bmj.39350.500428.47 (published 8 October 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Comparison of hospital episode statistics and central cardiac audit database in public reporting of congenital heart surgery mortality
	Stephen Westaby, Nicholas Archer, Nicola Manning, Satish Adwani, Catherine Grebenik, Oliver Ormerod, Ravi Pillai, Neil Wilson
	BMJ  2007;335:759, doi:10.1136/bmj.39318.644549.AE (published 20 September 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Preventing childhood obesity: two year follow-up results from the Christchurch obesity prevention programme in schools (CHOPPS)
	Janet James, Peter Thomas, David Kerr
	BMJ  2007;335:762, doi:10.1136/bmj.39342.571806.55 (published 8 October 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Diagnosis and management of cervical cancer
	Patrick Petignat, Michel Roy
	BMJ  2007;335:765-768, doi:10.1136/bmj.39337.615197.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	Pregnancy plus: Epilepsy in pregnancy
	Torbjörn Tomson, Vilho Hiilesmaa
	BMJ  2007;335:769-773, doi:10.1136/bmj.39266.473113.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: An unusual cause of jaundice
	P J D Owen, A Baghomian, J H Lazarus, A J Godkin
	BMJ  2007;335:773-774, doi:10.1136/bmj.39247.452141.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & reviews

	Personal View: Why the culture of medicine has to change
	Richard Hayward
	BMJ  2007;335:775, doi:10.1136/bmj.39349.488484.43 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: The medical rumour mill
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2007;335:776, doi:10.1136/bmj.39364.451528.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drugs, tales, and other stories: Don't mention it
	Ike Iheanacho
	BMJ  2007;335:776, doi:10.1136/bmj.39359.685301.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the lines: A foolish, fond old man
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2007;335:777, doi:10.1136/bmj.39364.461736.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical classics: Clinical Epidemiology: A Basic Science for Clinical Medicine
	Allen F Shaughnessy
	BMJ  2007;335:777, doi:10.1136/bmj.39349.461678.43 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: Selling health the Tesco way—every little helps?
	Petra M Boynton
	BMJ  2007;335:778, doi:10.1136/bmj.39360.707002.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	William Hector Ninian Angus
	Tim Billington
	BMJ  2007;335:779, doi:10.1136/bmj.39351.577419.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Shujja-Ud-Din
	N S Palta
	BMJ  2007;335:779, doi:10.1136/bmj.39357.595799.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Richard Cedric Horwitz
	Carolyn Charlesworth, Anthony Bradlow, Andrew Kirk
	BMJ  2007;335:779, doi:10.1136/bmj.39357.704167.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Francis John Caldwell Roe
	Peter N Lee
	BMJ  2007;335:779, doi:10.1136/bmj.39357.539213.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Jack Salem
	Richard Salem
	BMJ  2007;335:779, doi:10.1136/bmj.39351.721181.BE [Extract] [Full text]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2007;335:780, doi:10.1136/bmj.39360.521898.471 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	L O'Connor-Read, JA Davidson
	BMJ  2007;335:780, doi:10.1136/bmj.39360.521898.47 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	An age old problem
	BMJ  2007;335, doi:10.1136/bmj.39363.453275.AD [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

Read this week's articles on http://bmjcareers.com/careerfocus

To see an article, click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.