04 June 2005(vol 330, issue 7503)

This Week In the BMJ

• Co-prescribed heroin adds value to methadone treatment

  BMJ 2005; 330 :0-b (Published 02 June 2005)

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• HIV infections should be diagnosed earlier

  BMJ 2005; 330 :0-c (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Heterosexual HIV is still mostly imported to the UK

  BMJ 2005; 330 :0-e (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Leukaemia: avoid living near high voltage lines…

  BMJ 2005; 330 :0 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Aspirin to prevent cardiovascular disease in elderly people: the jury's still out

  BMJ 2005; 330 :0-d (Published 02 June 2005)

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• … and let your baby acquire infections early in life

  BMJ 2005; 330 :0-a (Published 02 June 2005)

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Editor's Choice

• Making sense of things

  BMJ 2005; 330 :0-g (Published 02 June 2005)

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Editorials

• The causes of childhood leukaemia

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1279 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• The national service framework for long term conditions

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1280 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• The new pope and medical ethics

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1281 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Mother to child transmission of HIV in China

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1282 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Revitalising rapid responses

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1284 (Published 02 June 2005)

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Letters

• Modified Mediterranean diet and survival

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1329 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Modified Mediterranean diet and survival

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1329 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Modified Mediterranean diet and survival

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1329 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Licensing diagnostic tests may benefit everyone

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1330 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Radiotherapy in breast reconstruction is mostly safe

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1330 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Health care is paradox in India

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1330 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Who needs health care?

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1330 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Who needs health care?

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1331 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Who needs health care?

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1331 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Who needs health care?

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1331 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Who needs health care?

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1331 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Consumer advertising and doctors' prescribing

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1332 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Consumer advertising and doctors' prescribing

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1332 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Consumer advertising and doctors' prescribing

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1332 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Consumer advertising and doctors' prescribing

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1332 (Published 02 June 2005)

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News

• US president and Congress set to clash over stem cell research

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1285 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Exaggerated claims of cures threaten stem cell research

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1285 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• In brief

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1286 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Armed conflict is a leading cause of hunger, says FAO

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1286 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• NICE guidance to prevent strokes and heart attacks lacks evidence

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1286 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Adverse reaction reports may be vulnerable to manipulation

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1287 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Dutch GPs strike over reforms

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1287 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Group aims to silence claims that vitamins are better than drugs for AIDS

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1288 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Age discrimination denies elderly people a “dignified death”

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1288 (Published 02 June 2005)

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Short cuts

• What's new in the other general journals

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1289 (Published 02 June 2005)

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Clinical Reviews

• Poliomyelitis and the postpolio syndrome

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1314 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Postpolio syndrome—“We aren't dead yet”

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1318 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Needs assessment of humanitarian crises

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1320 (Published 02 June 2005)

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Minerva

• Minerva

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News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

• Suicidal behaviour is not lessened by higher treatment rate, study shows

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1288 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Report calls for more community based health care in Scotland

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Papers

• Childhood cancer in relation to distance from high voltage power lines in England and Wales: a case-control study

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1290 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Power to confuse

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1293 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Day care in infancy and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: findings from UK case-control study

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1294 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Cost utility analysis of co-prescribed heroin compared with methadone maintenance treatment in heroin addicts in two randomised trials

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1297 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Newly diagnosed HIV infections: review in UK and Ireland

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1301 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• HIV infections acquired through heterosexual intercourse in the United Kingdom: findings from national surveillance

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1303 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Metformin and reduced risk of cancer in diabetic patients

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1304 (Published 02 June 2005)

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Primary care

• Epidemiological modelling of routine use of low dose aspirin for the primary prevention of coronary heart disease and stroke in those aged ≥70

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1306 (Published 02 June 2005)

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Quality Improvement Report

• Improving the quality of palliative care for ambulatory patients with lung cancer

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1309 (Published 02 June 2005)

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Education and debate

• Sterilisation of young, competent, and childless adults

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1323 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• A way forward

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Reviews

• Horizon: Does the MMR Jab Cause Autism?

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1335 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Narrative Research in Health and Illness

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1336 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Using Cost-Effectiveness Analysis to Improve Health Care: Opportunities and Barriers

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1336 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Exercise or relaxation after stroke?

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1337 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Dangerous places

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Fillers

• Progestins prevent recurrence of preterm birth

  BMJ 2005; 330 :0-f (Published 02 June 2005)

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• The road to fame

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1300 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Submitting articles to the BMJ

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1302 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• The spitting nuisance

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1305 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Satisfaction

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1308 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• The giggly girl

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1313 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Simulators

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1319 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• A helpful patient

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1325 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Importance of freedom in science

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1328 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Advice

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1333 (Published 02 June 2005)

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Corrections

• Half of patients in intensive care receive suboptimal care

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1293 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Short Cuts: A single computed tomogram can rule out pulmonary embolus

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1293 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• President Bush and Congress intervene in “right to die” case

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1293 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• GMC and the future of revalidation: building on the GMC's achievements

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1293 (Published 02 June 2005)

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Obituaries

• David Somerset Short

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1333 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Elizabeth Gladstone Archer

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1334 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• John Crocker

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1334 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Ali Abdel Razek Abd El-Hadi

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1334 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Brenda Grace King

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1334 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Kai Lau

  BMJ 2005; 330 :1334 (Published 02 June 2005)

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• Dennis Parker

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