17 April 2010(vol 340, issue 7751)

Editor's Choice

• Moments of truth

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Editorials

• Does autistic enterocolitis exist?

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• Improving pharmacovigilance in Europe

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• Antimicrobials in children admitted to hospital in malaria endemic areas

  BMJ 2010; 340 :c1818 (Published 08 April 2010)

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• Differences in clinic and ambulatory measurements of blood pressure

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Letters

• Exercise ECG useful in finding coronary artery disease

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• Don’t forget local epidemiology and guidance …

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• … and hepatitis B immunisation

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• Time for a culture change?

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• Reconsider the locum system

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• UK, wise up

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• No morbid anatomists remain

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• Leave Jenner in peace

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News

• Doctors may sometimes disclose a patient’s genetic information to relatives without permission

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• King’s Fund praises work on smoking and cancer but says NHS is still “not world class”

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• Limits to be put on whole body scans as part of health screening MOTs

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• Schemes that reward GPs for prescribing generics may breach EU law

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• MPs back calls for tighter checks on European doctors

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• Doctor is found guilty of exploiting “desperate” MS patients

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• Tories urge patients to complain to health secretary over cancer leaflets

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• Doctors join rally to demand that politicians protect welfare state

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• Study finds that anticancer effect of “5 a day” is less than expected

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• Department of Health agrees deal with GSK to cancel part of swine flu vaccine order

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• Doctors in shaken baby syndrome case are accused of “scientific prejudice”

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• Winning poem takes a doctor’s life as its inspiration

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• Salons face £20 000 fine for allowing under 18s to use sunbeds

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• In brief

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• Some countries cut their own spending on health when given health aid

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• Proposal to boost number of rural doctors sparks heated debate in Germany

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• Medical abortion becomes available in Italy

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• Canada bans blood donations from people with history of chronic fatigue syndrome

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Short Cuts

• All you need to read in the other general journals

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Head to Head

• Can the NHS cut costs without substantially damaging the quality of health care? Yes

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• Can the NHS cut costs without substantially damaging the quality of health care? No

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• Can the NHS cut costs without substantially damaging the quality of health care? Yes

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• Can the NHS cut costs without substantially damaging the quality of health care? No

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Feature

• Wakefield’s “autistic enterocolitis” under the microscope

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Analysis

• Europe’s opportunity to open up drug regulation

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Observations

• The moment of truth

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Research

• Statins, antihypertensive treatment, and blood pressure control in clinic and over 24 hours: evidence from PHYLLIS randomised double blind trial

  BMJ 2010; 340 :c1197 (Published 26 March 2010)

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• The impact of advance care planning on end of life care in elderly patients: randomised controlled trial

  BMJ 2010; 340 :c1345 (Published 24 March 2010)

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• WHO guidelines for antimicrobial treatment in children admitted to hospital in an area of intense Plasmodium falciparum transmission: prospective study

  BMJ 2010; 340 :c1350 (Published 30 March 2010)

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• Definition of ambulatory blood pressure targets for diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in relation to clinic blood pressure: prospective cohort study

  BMJ 2010; 340 :c1104 (Published 14 April 2010)

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Research Methods & Reporting

• Is a subgroup effect believable? Updating criteria to evaluate the credibility of subgroup analyses

  BMJ 2010; 340 :c117 (Published 30 March 2010)

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Clinical Review

• Management of refractive errors

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Practice

• Using care bundles to reduce in-hospital mortality: quantitative survey

  BMJ 2010; 340 :c1234 (Published 01 April 2010)

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• Copper deficiency as a treatable cause of poor balance

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Obituaries

• James Black

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• Alexander Adam

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• Ananda Lal Goswani

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• John Russell Grant Grice

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• Peter Julius Denison Heaf

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• Jean Eileen Lawrie (née Grant)

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• Alistair MacGregor Michael

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• Geoffrey Wooler

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Views & Reviews

• Where are the clinicians when you need them?

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• Great Ormond Street: great expectations

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• How long is a life?

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• On Liberty

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• Be wary of patients bearing gifts

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• The Black knights: Sir James and Sir Douglas

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Endgames

• An unusual cause of myocardial infarction

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• Evaluation of breast masses in male patients

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• Primary and secondary outcome measures

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• HIV

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Minerva

• Minerva

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• Minerva

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