Editor's choice Editor's choice: Evidence not ideology Fiona Godlee BMJ  2005;331, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.0-h [Full text]4107 [PDF]439   This week in the BMJ This week in the BMJ [Full text]474 [PDF]153 Postcards can save lives [Full text]1758   Optimal therapy after kidney transplantation varies [Full text]522   "Me-too" drugs drive the rise in drug expenditure [Full text]1556   Safer homes may cut falls in elderly people with poor vision [Full text]662   Pioglitazone may not reduce macrovascular events [Full text]1236   UK drug regulatory body describes attempts to ensure independence [Full text]481   Adequate dietary folate may reduce alcohol related breast cancer [Full text]812   Editorials Sports utility vehicles and older pedestrians Ciaran Simms, Desmond O'Neill BMJ  2005;331:787-788, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.787 [Extract]452 [Full text]4339 [PDF]559 [extra: Additional references]80   Do get in touch Simon Hatcher, David Owens BMJ  2005;331:788-789, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.788 [Extract]219 [Full text]1541 [PDF]135   An adequate margin of excision in ductal carcinoma in situ Malcolm R Kell, Monica Morrow BMJ  2005;331:789-790, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.789 [Extract]138 [Full text]1004 [PDF]331   Ensuring medical students are "fit for purpose" Val Wass BMJ  2005;331:791-792, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.791 [Extract]332 [Full text]2887 [PDF]381   Is the private finance initiative dead? Rifat A Atun, Martin McKee BMJ  2005;331:792-793, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.792 [Extract]125 [Full text]1740 [PDF]304   Staphylococcus aureus, Panton-Valentine leukocidin, and necrotising pneumonia Marina Morgan BMJ  2005;331:793-794, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.793 [Extract]113 [Full text]1173 [PDF]427   News Nobel prize is awarded to doctors who discovered H pylori Geoff Watts BMJ  2005;331:795, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.795 [Extract]344 [Full text]2585 [PDF]542   Alternative therapies could save the NHS money, says report commissioned by Prince Charles Roger Dobson BMJ  2005;331:795, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.795-a [Extract]215 [Full text]2159 [PDF]380 [extra: Longer version]236   In brief BMJ  2005;331:796, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.796 [Extract]86 [Full text]670 [PDF]99   UN appoints official to combat threat from avian flu Paul Ress BMJ  2005;331:796, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.796-a [Extract]96 [Full text]702 [PDF]165 [extra: Longer version]89   WHO confirms four human cases of avian flu in Indonesia Jane Parry BMJ  2005;331:796, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.796-b [Extract]101 [Full text]848 [PDF]190 [extra: Longer version]84   Labour party will continue use of private contractors in the NHS Sophie Arie BMJ  2005;331:797, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.797 [Extract]54 [Full text]467 [PDF]88   NHS trust plans to cut consultant posts to make savings Owen Dyer BMJ  2005;331:797, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.797-a [Extract]198 [Full text]2016 [PDF]86 [extra: Longer version]70   Independent centres threaten training Zosia Kmietowicz BMJ  2005;331:797, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.797-b [Extract]80 [Full text]541 [PDF]45   Treatment for colorectal cancer should be based on genetic analysis Claire Laurent BMJ  2005;331:799, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.799-b [Extract]148 [Full text]1156 [PDF]284   Do GPs deserve their recent pay rise? Nicholas Timmins BMJ  2005;331:800, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.800 [Extract]269 [Full text]6101 [PDF]279   News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] Trusts should cut workload of senior physicians to retain them Madeleine Brettingham BMJ  2005;331:798, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.798 [Extract]109 [Abridged PDF]62 [Full text]691   US lawsuit challenges teaching on evolution Jeanne Lenzer BMJ  2005;331:798, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.798-a [Extract]101 [Abridged PDF]50 [Full text]939   WHO calls for 2% reduction a year in chronic disease mortality John Zarocostas BMJ  2005;331:798, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.798-b [Extract]121 [Abridged PDF]161 [Full text]626   Study of 100 000 children is due to start next year Charles Marwick BMJ  2005;331:798, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.798-c [Extract]223 [Abridged PDF]130 [Full text]1429   Surgeons perform Germany's first crossover kidney transplantation Annette Tuffs BMJ  2005;331:798, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.798-d [Extract]225 [Abridged PDF]73 [Full text]999   Service outlines plan to help suspended doctors back to work Andrew Cole BMJ  2005;331:799, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.799 [Extract]56 [Abridged PDF]21 [Full text]459   Surgery patients in Northern Ireland are still waiting too long, MPs say Owen Dyer BMJ  2005;331:799, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.799-a [Extract]27 [Abridged PDF]27 [Full text]237   News extra [these stories appear only on the web] South African foundation is accused of "compromising" care of people with HIV and AIDS Pat Sidley BMJ  2005;331:800, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.800-a [Extract]60 [Full text]475   Cholera outbreaks in west Africa kill more than 700 John Zarocostas BMJ  2005;331:800, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.800-b [Extract]75 [Full text]365   EU tightens rules on blood safety Rory Watson BMJ  2005;331:800, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.800-c [Extract]77 [Full text]534   Nearly half of patients with migraine with aura are found to have a heart defect, study finds Roger Dobson BMJ  2005;331:800, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.800-d [Extract]362 [Full text]1858   Papers Postcards from the EDge project: randomised controlled trial of an intervention using postcards to reduce repetition of hospital treated deliberate self poisoning Gregory L Carter, Kerrie Clover, Ian M Whyte, Andrew H Dawson, Catherine D'Este BMJ  2005;331:805, doi:10.1136/bmj.38579.455266.E0 (published 23 September 2005) [Abstract]396 [Abridged PDF]50 [Full text]1084 [PDF]393 [extra: Post card]226   Does dietary folate intake modify effect of alcohol consumption on breast cancer risk? Prospective cohort study Laura Baglietto, Dallas R English, Dorota M Gertig, John L Hopper, Graham G Giles BMJ  2005;331:807, doi:10.1136/bmj.38551.446470.06 (published 8 August 2005) [Abstract]592 [Abridged PDF]181 [Full text]1211 [PDF]581   Tacrolimus versus ciclosporin as primary immunosuppression for kidney transplant recipients: meta-analysis and meta-regression of randomised trial data Angela C Webster, Rebecca C Woodroffe, Rod S Taylor, Jeremy R Chapman, Jonathan C Craig BMJ  2005;331:810, doi:10.1136/bmj.38569.471007.AE (published 12 September 2005) [Abstract]389 [Abridged PDF]70 [Full text]938 [PDF]602   "Breakthrough" drugs and growth in expenditure on prescription drugs in Canada Steven G Morgan, Kenneth L Bassett, James M Wright, Robert G Evans, Morris L Barer, Patricia A Caetano, Charlyn D Black BMJ  2005;331:815-816, doi:10.1136/bmj.38582.703866.AE (published 2 September 2005) [Full text]1250 [PDF]948   DRUG POINTS: Epirubicin for breast cancer may cause considerable venous sclerosis Paula Bolton-Maggs, Aileen Flavin BMJ  2005;331:816, doi:10.1136/bmj.38574.659225.79 (published 9 September 2005) [Full text]621 [PDF]203   Short cuts What's new in the other general journals Alison Tonks BMJ  2005;331:801-802, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.801 [Full text]2129 [PDF]326   Dr Foster's case notes Trends in day surgery rates Paul Aylin, Susan Williams, Brian Jarman, Alex Bottle BMJ  2005;331:803, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.803 [Full text]594 [PDF]195 [extra: Further details]70   BMJ family highlights What's new this month in BMJ Journals Harvey Marcovitch BMJ  2005;331:804, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.804 [Full text]1143 [PDF]140   Primary care Randomised controlled trial of prevention of falls in people aged 75 with severe visual impairment: the VIP trial A John Campbell, M Clare Robertson, Steven J La Grow, Ngaire M Kerse, Gordon F Sanderson, Robert J Jacobs, Dianne M Sharp, Leigh A Hale BMJ  2005;331:817, doi:10.1136/bmj.38601.447731.55 (published 23 September 2005) [Abstract]495 [Abridged PDF]78 [Full text]1645 [PDF]788   Information in practice How do elderly patients decide where to go for major surgery? Telephone interview survey Lisa M Schwartz, Steven Woloshin, John D Birkmeyer BMJ  2005;331:821, doi:10.1136/bmj.38614.449016.DE (published 28 September 2005) [Abstract]252 [Abridged PDF]30 [Full text]871 [PDF]211   Clinical review The role of opioids in cancer pain Columba Quigley BMJ  2005;331:825-829, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.825 [Extract]324 [Full text]2603 [PDF]1800   Lesson of the week: Osmotic demyelination syndrome Rachel Abbott, Eli Silber, Joerg Felber, Enefiok Ekpo BMJ  2005;331:829-830, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.829 [Extract]203 [Full text]1783 [PDF]1040   ABC of health informatics: How decision support tools help define clinical problems Frank Sullivan, Jeremy C Wyatt BMJ  2005;331:831-833, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.831 [Extract]177 [Full text]1504 [PDF]1057   Education and debate Medicines regulation and the pharmaceutical industry Alasdair Breckenridge, Kent Woods BMJ  2005;331:834-836, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.834 [Extract]124 [Full text]1465 [PDF]842   How well does the evidence on pioglitazone back up researchers' claims for a reduction in macrovascular events? Nick Freemantle BMJ  2005;331:836-838, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.836 [Extract]221 [Full text]1612 [PDF]1283   At the frontier of biomedical publication: Chicago 2005 Kristina Fister BMJ  2005;331:838-840, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.838 [Extract]78 [Full text]718 [PDF]372   Letters This week's letters [PDF]169 Time to legalise assisted dying?: RCGP is not neutral: it opposes a change in legislation Mayur K Lakhani BMJ  2005;331:841, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.841 [Extract]49 [Full text]370   Time to legalise assisted dying?: Response from the Association for Palliative Medicine David I Jeffrey BMJ  2005;331:841, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.841-a [Extract]38 [Full text]303   Time to legalise assisted dying?: BMA should take an active role, whatever that may be Michael G Peckitt BMJ  2005;331:841, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.841-b [Extract]21 [Full text]199   Time to legalise assisted dying?: What autonomy really means Charles A Foster BMJ  2005;331:841-842, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.841-c [Extract]22 [Full text]230   Time to legalise assisted dying?: Do we make decisions by our feelings or the truth? Anne M H Williams BMJ  2005;331:842, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.842 [Extract]20 [Full text]266   Time to legalise assisted dying?: No, thank you Thomas H Emmett BMJ  2005;331:842, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.842-a [Extract]21 [Full text]235   Time to legalise assisted dying?: Recruiting more vulnerable doctors may be the answer Anne Tynan BMJ  2005;331:842, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.842-b [Extract]22 [Full text]274   Time to legalise assisted dying?: Use of Baxter products in figure for physician assisted suicide was inappropriate Mark Baxter BMJ  2005;331:842, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.842-c [Extract]26 [Full text]256   Time to legalise assisted dying?: Doctors cannot simultaneously be patient centred and reject assisted suicide Hazel Smith, Richard Smith BMJ  2005;331:842-843, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.842-d [Extract]25 [Full text]239   Time to legalise assisted dying?: Summary of responses Birte Twisselmann BMJ  2005;331:843, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.843 [Extract]31 [Full text]432   LIFT study to continue as planned Diederick E Grobbee BMJ  2005;331:843, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.843-a [Extract]75 [Full text]420 [extra: Details of LIFT Committee members]98   Capacity building in collaborative research is essential Prem K Mony, Anura Kurpad, Mario Vaz BMJ  2005;331:843-844, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.843-b [Extract]26 [Full text]191   Bridging the equity gap in maternal and child health: Health systems research is needed to improve implementation Øystein E Olsen BMJ  2005;331:844, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.844 [Extract]19 [Full text]173   Bridging the equity gap in maternal and child health: Lay health workers may help bridge equity gap in maternal and child health Simon Lewin BMJ  2005;331:844, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.844-a [Extract]20 [Full text]168   Sarcomas and specialism Peter J Mahaffey BMJ  2005;331:844-845, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.844-b [Extract]35 [Full text]249   Working time directive shift patterns may improve care J F Cosgrove, D Saunders, A Terblanche, S Bolton, C Snowden BMJ  2005;331:845, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.845 [Extract]22 [Full text]220   Which career first?: Women remain caught in dilemma Antje Lindenmeyer BMJ  2005;331:846, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.846 [Extract]76 [Full text]571   Which career first?: Skewed argument should be put to bed Kathleen Sullivan BMJ  2005;331:846, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.846-a [Extract]34 [Full text]373   Which career first?: Women don't want it all, but they may want children Ray Noble BMJ  2005;331:846, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.846-b [Extract]43 [Full text]493   Which career first?: Financial and social reasons should have been taken into account Lindsey C Harris BMJ  2005;331:846, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.846-c [Extract]16 [Full text]266   Which career first?: Economic perspective on later pregnancy is positive Timothy D Heymann BMJ  2005;331:846, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.846-d [Extract]38 [Full text]350   Obituaries This week's obituaries [PDF]249 Colin McEvedy Caroline Richmond BMJ  2005;331:847, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.847 [Full text]895   Hugh Bannerman Vincent J Marmion BMJ  2005;331:848, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.848 [Full text]613 [extra: Longer version]248   Tina Chan Philippa Groves BMJ  2005;331:848, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.848-a [Full text]606 [extra: Longer version]316   Richard Farrow Giles Maskell, Alan Freeman BMJ  2005;331:848, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.848-b [Full text]506 [extra: Longer version]262   Arthur Oliver Nixon Morris Geoffrey Morris BMJ  2005;331:848, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.848-c [Full text]480 [extra: Longer version]202   Andrew Douglas Scott Martin Schuster-Bruce, Colin Berry BMJ  2005;331:848, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.848-d [Full text]561 [extra: Longer version]495   John David Williams Alasdair Geddes, Norman Simmons BMJ  2005;331:848, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.848-e [Full text]632 [extra: Longer version]263   reviews This week's reviews [PDF]72 Art: Disabled woman wins battle of Trafalgar John Quin BMJ  2005;331:849, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.849 [Extract]72 [Full text]526   Art: Coffins to die for Colin Martin BMJ  2005;331:850, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.850 [Extract]64 [Full text]628   Book: Message in a Bottle: The Making of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Raja A S Mukherjee BMJ  2005;331:850, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.850-a [Extract]96 [Full text]795   Book: The Rhesus Factor and Disease Prevention. Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine. Volume 22 Ian M Franklin BMJ  2005;331:851, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.851 [Extract]44 [Full text]349   Book: Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life John Alcolado BMJ  2005;331:851, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.851-a [Extract]102 [Full text]1432   NETLINES Harry Brown BMJ  2005;331:852, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.852 [Extract]43 [Full text]564   PERSONAL VIEWS: Reforming the NHS in England Jennifer Dixon BMJ  2005;331:852, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.852-a [Extract]99 [Full text]973   PERSONAL VIEWS: Bevan betrayed: the demise of the NHS Robert Lane, Alex Paton BMJ  2005;331:853, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.853 [Extract]67 [Full text]1554 [extra: Longer version]231   SOUNDINGS: Give reorganisation a chance Colin Douglas BMJ  2005;331:853, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.853-a [Extract]40 [Full text]528   Minerva Minerva BMJ  2005;331:854, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.854 [Full text]1399 [PDF]156   Fillers POEM*: Dietary supplements for erectile dysfunction may contain sildenafil or tadalafil BMJ  2005;331, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.0-g [Full text]665 [PDF]106   When I use a word: Bottled lightning Jeff Aronson BMJ  2005;331:824, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.824 [Full text]938 [PDF]76   Endpiece: Salutary lesson Dean Wingerchuk BMJ  2005;331:840, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7520.840 [Full text]855 [PDF]49

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