26 July 2008(vol 337, issue 7663)

Editor's Choice

• The world is watching the English experiment

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a953 (Published 24 July 2008)

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Editorials

• Dietary iron and blood pressure

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a547 (Published 15 July 2008)

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• Prophylaxis with co-trimoxazole for HIV infected adults in Africa

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a304 (Published 09 July 2008)

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• A strategy for end of life care in the UK

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a943 (Published 23 July 2008)

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• Evidence of support for biobanking practices

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a337 (Published 10 July 2008)

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• Tackling knife violence

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a849 (Published 17 July 2008)

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Letters

• Medicalising sport will yield unintended results

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a909 (Published 22 July 2008)

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• Screening is inefficient and too expensive for the NHS

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a906 (Published 22 July 2008)

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• “Doping” is pejorative and misleading

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a910 (Published 22 July 2008)

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• Poverty, murder, and respect: unlikely to be linked in UK

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a911 (Published 22 July 2008)

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• Who decides on treatment for mental illness?

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a899 (Published 22 July 2008)

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• Authors’ reply

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a902 (Published 22 July 2008)

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• Clarification of mental capacity and psychiatric admission

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a917 (Published 22 July 2008)

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• Geriatric medicine remains a specialty

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a894 (Published 22 July 2008)

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• Geriatric syndromes continue to be poorly managed and recognised

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a892 (Published 22 July 2008)

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• Antipsychotic prescribing in care homes

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a895 (Published 22 July 2008)

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• Irreversible tide of technological advancement?

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a903 (Published 22 July 2008)

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• Capsule endoscopy in a district general hospital

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a905 (Published 22 July 2008)

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• Trend in left handed presidents may be due to chance

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a915 (Published 22 July 2008)

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News

• Health care in US ranks lowest among developed countries

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a889 (Published 21 July 2008)

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• Violence and overcrowding characterise many mental health wards in England

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a959 (Published 23 July 2008)

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• In brief

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a931 (Published 22 July 2008)

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• Joint guidelines call for speedier assessment of patients with stroke

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a955 (Published 23 July 2008)

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• Watchdog says councils are unprepared for England’s ageing population

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a872 (Published 17 July 2008)

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• End of life strategy offers home nursing care for 24 hours a day

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a871 (Published 17 July 2008)

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• Human rights abuses are fuelling HIV epidemic, charities say

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a900 (Published 21 July 2008)

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• Human and animal health agencies must cooperate to prevent spread of infections

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a927 (Published 21 July 2008)

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• Senator asks psychiatrists’ association about drug company funding

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a929 (Published 21 July 2008)

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• Three jailed in Germany for selling a fraudulent cancer cure to terminally ill patients

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a875 (Published 18 July 2008)

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• German genetics society condemns doctors who took part in eugenics programme in Nazi era

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a876 (Published 17 July 2008)

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• Sudanese doctor describes “hell on earth” in Darfur

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a951 (Published 22 July 2008)

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• European Commission proposes moves to increase tax on cigarettes and reduce influence of tobacco industry

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a873 (Published 17 July 2008)

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• WHO returns to Iraq to find major problems among 2.8 million internally displaced Iraqis

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a928 (Published 21 July 2008)

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Short Cuts

• All you need to read in the other general journals

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a891 (Published 22 July 2008)

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Feature

• How the internet is changing health care

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a883 (Published 22 July 2008)

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Head to Head

• Is sun exposure a major cause of melanoma? No

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a764 (Published 22 July 2008)

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• Is sun exposure a major cause of melanoma? Yes

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a763 (Published 22 July 2008)

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Observations

• Naming names: is there an (unbiased) doctor in the house?

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a930 (Published 23 July 2008)

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• Should we screen for and treat childhood dyslipidaemia?

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a886 (Published 23 July 2008)

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Analysis

• Will the NHS strategic plan benefit patients?

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a824 (Published 17 July 2008)

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• A transatlantic review of the NHS at 60

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a838 (Published 17 July 2008)

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Research

• Relation of iron and red meat intake to blood pressure: cross sectional epidemiological study

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a258 (Published 15 July 2008)

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• A model based on age, sex, and morbidity to explain variation in UK general practice prescribing: cohort study

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a238 (Published 14 July 2008)

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• Role of co-trimoxazole prophylaxis in reducing mortality in HIV infected adults being treated for tuberculosis: randomised clinical trial

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a257 (Published 10 July 2008)

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• Patients’ refusal to consent to storage and use of samples in Swedish biobanks: cross sectional study

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a345 (Published 10 July 2008)

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Clinical Review

• Guillain-Barré syndrome

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a671 (Published 17 July 2008)

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Practice

• Antibiotic prescribing for self limiting respiratory tract infections in primary care: summary of NICE guidance

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a437 (Published 23 July 2008)

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• Commentary: Controversies in NICE guidance on antibiotic prescribing for self limiting respiratory tract infections in primary care

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a656 (Published 23 July 2008)

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Views & Reviews

• Health care USA: don’t make a drama out of a crisis

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a946 (Published 23 July 2008)

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• Lessons from polyclinics in Central and Eastern Europe

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a952 (Published 23 July 2008)

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• Harms of target driven health care

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a885 (Published 17 July 2008)

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• Reveille

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a940 (Published 23 July 2008)

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• Not a silly story

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a919 (Published 23 July 2008)

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• Success stories

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a877 (Published 23 July 2008)

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• Doctors

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a922 (Published 23 July 2008)

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Obituaries

• Michael Ellis DeBakey

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a870 (Published 18 July 2008)

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• Ivor Ernest Doney

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a754 (Published 11 July 2008)

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• Thomas Bryce Dunn

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a862 (Published 18 July 2008)

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• Ronald Napier Robertson Grant

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a858 (Published 18 July 2008)

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• John Robert Hearnshaw

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a856 (Published 18 July 2008)

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• Stanley Laurie Kaye

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a861 (Published 18 July 2008)

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• Malcolm Panter-Brick

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a846 (Published 18 July 2008)

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• Sylvia Todd (née Dennison)

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a860 (Published 18 July 2008)

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Minerva

• Minerva

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a898 (Published 23 July 2008)

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• Minerva

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a904 (Published 23 July 2008)

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Filler

• Tom Swifties

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a836 (Published 17 July 2008)

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