08 January 2005(vol 330, issue 7482)

This Week In the BMJ

• Migraine may be a risk factor for stroke

  BMJ 2005; 330 :0-b (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Expertise based trials may be the way forward for evaluating surgical interventions

  BMJ 2005; 330 :0-a (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Demedicalising neck pain helps patients

  BMJ 2005; 330 :0 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Trials of gene transfer in humans need more caution

  BMJ 2005; 330 :0-c (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Decision makers need to judge credibility of economic evaluations

  BMJ 2005; 330 :0-d (Published 06 January 2005)

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Editor's Choice

• Death by tsunami and poverty

  BMJ 2005; 330 :0-f (Published 06 January 2005)

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Editorials

• Physiotherapy for neck and back pain

  BMJ 2005; 330 :53 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Migraine and ischaemic stroke

  BMJ 2005; 330 :54 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• The iron triangle of Japan's health care

  BMJ 2005; 330 :55 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Primary care trusts and primary care research

  BMJ 2005; 330 :56 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Specialist palliative care in dementia

  BMJ 2005; 330 :57 (Published 06 January 2005)

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Letters

• Evidence based medicine: does it make a difference?

  BMJ 2005; 330 :92 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Evidence based medicine: does it make a difference?

  BMJ 2005; 330 :92 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Evidence based medicine: does it make a difference?

  BMJ 2005; 330 :92 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Evidence based medicine: does it make a difference?

  BMJ 2005; 330 :93 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Evidence based medicine: does it make a difference?

  BMJ 2005; 330 :93 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Evidence based medicine: does it make a difference?

  BMJ 2005; 330 :93 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Evidence based medicine: does it make a difference?

  BMJ 2005; 330 :93 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Evidence based medicine: does it make a difference?

  BMJ 2005; 330 :94 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Inappropriateness of randomised trials for complex phenomena

  BMJ 2005; 330 :94 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Inappropriateness of randomised trials for complex phenomena

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• Inappropriateness of randomised trials for complex phenomena

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• Rationale for psychostimulants in ADHD

  BMJ 2005; 330 :95 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Impact of congenital colour vision deficiency

  BMJ 2005; 330 :96 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Impact of congenital colour vision deficiency

  BMJ 2005; 330 :96 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Impact of congenital colour vision deficiency

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• Impact of congenital colour vision deficiency

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News

• Disease threatens millions in wake of tsunami

  BMJ 2005; 330 :59 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Charities and rock stars join forces to tackle world poverty

  BMJ 2005; 330 :59 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Equality in the 1990s would have saved 900 000 black Americans

  BMJ 2005; 330 :61 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Rejecting political correctness

  BMJ 2005; 330 :62 (Published 06 January 2005)

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Clinical Reviews

• Recent developments in gene transfer: risk and ethics

  BMJ 2005; 330 :79 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Child abuse and trichotillomania

  BMJ 2005; 330 :83 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Alcohol in the body

  BMJ 2005; 330 :85 (Published 06 January 2005)

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Minerva

• Minerva

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News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

• Holding people indefinitely causes mental health problems

  BMJ 2005; 330 :60 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Doctors protest over Bush's nomination for top legal post

  BMJ 2005; 330 :60 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Ties between regulators and business are attacked after politician takes top job in industry

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• Hospitalisation rate for asthma in US women sailors doubles

  BMJ 2005; 330 :60 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Indian researchers accused of violating ethical guidelines

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• Dutch euthanasia law should apply to patients “suffering through living,” report says

  BMJ 2005; 330 :61 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Articles criticising nevirapine trial may endanger babies' lives

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News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

• US bill to shield drug companies from product liability

  BMJ 2005; 330 :62 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Asbestos company is forced to fund compensation shortfall

  BMJ 2005; 330 :62 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Czech government's move to cut drug costs sparks protests

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Papers

• Risk of ischaemic stroke in people with migraine: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

  BMJ 2005; 330 :63 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Comparing estimates of cost effectiveness submitted to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) by different organisations: retrospective study

  BMJ 2005; 330 :65 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Optimal search strategies for retrieving systematic reviews from Medline: analytical survey

  BMJ 2005; 330 :68 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Rise in “no indicated risk” primary caesareans in the United States, 1991-2001: cross sectional analysis

  BMJ 2005; 330 :71 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Implementation of recommendations for the care of children in UK emergency departments: national postal questionnaire survey

  BMJ 2005; 330 :73 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Synovitis induced by alendronic acid can present as acute carpal tunnel syndrome

  BMJ 2005; 330 :74 (Published 06 January 2005)

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Primary care

• Randomised trial of a brief physiotherapy intervention compared with usual physiotherapy for neck pain patients: outcomes and patients' preference

  BMJ 2005; 330 :75 (Published 06 January 2005)

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Education and debate

• Need for expertise based randomised controlled trials

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Reviews

• Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business & Bad Medicine

  BMJ 2005; 330 :99 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• The Human Body Revealed

  BMJ 2005; 330 :100 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• The P value of empathy

  BMJ 2005; 330 :101 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Sudan in winter

  BMJ 2005; 330 :101 (Published 06 January 2005)

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Fillers

• Optimal oral antiplatelet therapy for vascular disease

  BMJ 2005; 330 :0-e (Published 06 January 2005)

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• The distresses of the indigent

  BMJ 2005; 330 :72 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• None so blind

  BMJ 2005; 330 :78 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• The pledge

  BMJ 2005; 330 :84 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Medical emoticons

  BMJ 2005; 330 :87 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Work based learning

  BMJ 2005; 330 :91 (Published 06 January 2005)

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Corrections

• The next small step

  BMJ 2005; 330 :82 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Monitoring global health: time for new solutions

  BMJ 2005; 330 :82 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• If the honey doesn't get you, the bees will

  BMJ 2005; 330 :82 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Cadavers as teachers: the dissecting room experience in Thailand

  BMJ 2005; 330 :82 (Published 06 January 2005)

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Obituaries

• Henning Ruben

  BMJ 2005; 330 :97 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Samuel Isaac Cohen

  BMJ 2005; 330 :98 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• John Hunter Annan

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• Biswanath Bhattacharjee

  BMJ 2005; 330 :98 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• John Henry Rolland Ramsay

  BMJ 2005; 330 :98 (Published 06 January 2005)

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• Ann Lindsay Stewart

  BMJ 2005; 330 :98 (Published 06 January 2005)

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