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6 January 2007 (Vol 334, No 7583)
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Editor's choice: The new BMJ
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2007;334, doi:10.1136/bmj.39079.452280.43
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US editor's choice: US Highlights
Douglas Kamerow
BMJ  2007;334, doi:10.1136/bmj.39085.624873.3A
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Communicating with parents on the neonatal unit
Peter W Fowlie, Allan Jackson
BMJ  2007;334:1, doi:10.1136/bmj.39063.441076.BE
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Lower urinary tract symptoms in men
Christopher R Chapple, Anand K Patel
BMJ  2007;334:2, doi:10.1136/bmj.39063.645532.BE
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Case management for elderly people in the community
David A Black
BMJ  2007;334:3-4, doi:10.1136/bmj.39027.550324.47 (published 15 November 2006)
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Why submit your research to the BMJ?
Trish Groves
BMJ  2007;334:4-5, doi:10.1136/bmj.39057.516250.80
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GPs, operations, and the community
Roger Kneebone
BMJ  2007;334:5-6, doi:10.1136/bmj.39049.376829.43
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SIDS paper: Special report adds nothing new, say paper authors
R G Carpenter, A Waite, R C Coombs, C Daman-Willems, A McKenzie, J Huber
BMJ  2007;334:7, doi:10.1136/bmj.39070.643009.3A
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SIDS paper: Ellipsis marks an important omission
Richard Webster
BMJ  2007;334:7, doi:10.1136/bmj.39070.649398.3A
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SIDS paper: Author's reply
Jonathan Gornall
BMJ  2007;334:7-8, doi:10.1136/bmj.39070.639201.3A
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Practice nurses: New contract reduces quality of patient-nurse relationship
Stewart W Mercer, Wendy McGregor
BMJ  2007;334:8, doi:10.1136/bmj.39070.553924.3A
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Osteoporosis: What of Asian, African, and South American patients?
Suranjith L Seneviratne, Padmalal Gurugama, Devaka J Fernando
BMJ  2007;334:8, doi:10.1136/bmj.39070.651481.3A
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Feeding in dementia: Taste in food also changes
Pat Ansell
BMJ  2007;334:8, doi:10.1136/bmj.39070.564190.3A
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Anaesthetist helps Italian patient who wanted to die
Fabio Turone
BMJ  2007;334:9, doi:10.1136/bmj.39079.456400.DB
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GPs to follow up patients after surgery
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2007;334:9, doi:10.1136/bmj.39084.530405.DB
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In Brief: News
BMJ  2007;334:10, doi:10.1136/bmj.39079.660370.DB
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Hepatitis C morbidity is set to double in next decade
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2007;334:10, doi:10.1136/bmj.39071.665116.DB1
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New MRSA strain is not at epidemic level, expert says
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2007;334:10, doi:10.1136/bmj.39073.635613.DB
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Outrage over death sentences in Libyan AIDS trial
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2007;334:11, doi:10.1136/bmj.39072.485556.DB
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Dramatic drop in HIV infections halts circumcision trials
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2007;334:11, doi:10.1136/bmj.39073.473634.DB
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The Netherlands bans private stem cell therapy
Tony Sheldon
BMJ  2007;334:12, doi:10.1136/bmj.39072.458449.DB
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Safety agency must simplify reporting of patient incidents
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2007;334:12, doi:10.1136/bmj.39071.679595.DB
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Anatomy teaching in United Kingdom is in crisis, new report says
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2007;334:12, doi:10.1136/bmj.39080.510394.DB
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Patients can opt out of controversial national records system
Michael Day
BMJ  2007;334:12, doi:10.1136/bmj.39072.441620.DB
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Planned changes in law on embryo research will hit researchers
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2007;334:12, doi:10.1136/bmj.39080.500648.DB
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FDA proposes changes in access and charges for experimental drugs
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2007;334:12, doi:10.1136/bmj.39084.415162.DE
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Doctors criticise proposal for community practitioners in rural India
Ganapati Mudur
BMJ  2007;334:12, doi:10.1136/bmj.39079.507639.DB
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Government got its NHS workforce plans wrong, say experts
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2007;334:12, doi:10.1136/bmj.39071.695544.DB
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High court upholds General Medical Council's rejection of case against neurologist
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2007;334:12, doi:10.1136/bmj.39084.423657.DB
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GMC must disclose files on Wakefield to documentary makers
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2007;334:12, doi:10.1136/bmj.39084.440509.DB
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Short cuts: Herbal supplements don't relieve menopausal flushes
BMJ  2007;334:13, doi:10.1136/bmj.39071.390012.80
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Short cuts: We don't know the best way to treat renal artery stenosis
BMJ  2007;334:13, doi:10.1136/bmj.334.7583.13-a
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Short cuts: Cognitive training may improve daily functioning in elderly people
BMJ  2007;334:13, doi:10.1136/bmj.334.7583.13-b
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Short cuts: High serum vitamin D may protect against multiple sclerosis
BMJ  2007;334:13, doi:10.1136/bmj.334.7583.13-c
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Clicking for pills
Graham Easton
BMJ  2007;334:14-15, doi:10.1136/bmj.39063.418391.68
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Head to head: Should smokers be refused surgery?
Matthew J Peters
BMJ  2007;334:20, doi:10.1136/bmj.39059.503495.68
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Should smokers be refused surgery?
Leonard Glantz
BMJ  2007;334:21, doi:10.1136/bmj.39059.532095.68
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QUOTES OF THE WEEK
BMJ  2007;334:16, doi:10.1136/bmj.39084.769699.B7
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The week in medicine: Are medical secrets up for grabs?
Rebecca Coombes
BMJ  2007;334:16-17, doi:10.1136/bmj.39084.441053.59
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What's on the web?: Libyan HIV death sentences
BMJ  2007;334:17, doi:10.1136/bmj.39084.500995.B7
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Sucked into the Herceptin maelstrom
Jane Keidan
BMJ  2007;334:18, doi:10.1136/bmj.39080.481551.47
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LIFE AND DEATH: In defence of a National Sickness Service
Iona Heath
BMJ  2007;334:19, doi:10.1136/bmj.39066.541678.B7
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Jan van der Meulen, Christian T Brown, Tet Yap, David A Cromwell, Lorna Rixon, Liz Steed, Kathleen Mulligan, Anthony Mundy, Stanton P Newman, Mark Emberton
BMJ  2007;334:25, doi:10.1136/bmj.39010.551319.AE (published 21 November 2006)
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Tieh Hee Hai Guan Koh, Phyllis N Butow, Michael Coory, Donna Budge, Li-An Collie, John Whitehall, Martin H Tattersall
BMJ  2007;334:28, doi:10.1136/bmj.39017.675648.BE (published 1 December 2006)
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Hugh Gravelle, Mark Dusheiko, Rod Sheaff, Penny Sargent, Ruth Boaden, Susan Pickard, Stuart Parker, Martin Roland
BMJ  2007;334:31, doi:10.1136/bmj.39020.413310.55 (published 15 November 2006)
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Acute gastroenteritis in children
Elizabeth Jane Elliott
BMJ  2007;334:35-40, doi:10.1136/bmj.39036.406169.80
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BMJ Masterclass for GPs: Dyspepsia and Helicobacter pylori
Rupal Shah
BMJ  2007;334:41-43, doi:10.1136/bmj.39014.468900.BE
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Health policy: A new look at NHS commissioning
Joan Higgins
BMJ  2007;334:22-24, doi:10.1136/bmj.39038.476435.68
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Anthony Oakhill
Caroline Richmond
BMJ  2007;334:48, doi:10.1136/bmj.39069.681169.FA
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Lewis Saunt Castleden
Matthew Castleden, Andrew Castleden, William Castleden
BMJ  2007;334:49, doi:10.1136/bmj.39069.526586.FA
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James Irvine Havelock Hadfield
John Fergus, John Watkinson
BMJ  2007;334:49, doi:10.1136/bmj.39069.566644.FA
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George Masterton
George Masterton, Robert Masterton
BMJ  2007;334:49, doi:10.1136/bmj.39069.548600.FA
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Frances Mary Mules
Nicola Payne
BMJ  2007;334:49, doi:10.1136/bmj.39069.676574.FA
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Isobel Stewart Proctor
Carmen Coupland
BMJ  2007;334:49, doi:10.1136/bmj.39069.582176.FA
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Roger Unwin
Jonathan Unwin, Peter Livesey
BMJ  2007;334:49, doi:10.1136/bmj.39069.644826.FA
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PERSONAL VIEW: We don't need another 400 plastic surgeons
M Justin S Zaman
BMJ  2007;334:44, doi:10.1136/bmj.39055.393542.59
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Medical journals: past their sell by date?
Stuart W G Derbyshire
BMJ  2007;334:45, doi:10.1136/bmj.39072.461979.59
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FROM THE FRONTLINE: The generation game
Des Spence
BMJ  2007;334:46, doi:10.1136/bmj.39069.654688.59
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IN AND OUT OF HOSPITAL: Shy and retiring?
James Owen Drife
BMJ  2007;334:46, doi:10.1136/bmj.39065.650150.B7
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BETWEEN THE LINES: Home truths about anatomy
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2007;334:47, doi:10.1136/bmj.39066.487106.B7
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MEDICAL CLASSICS: M*A*S*H
David Haslam
BMJ  2007;334:47, doi:10.1136/bmj.39072.633241.59
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Minerva
BMJ  2007;334:50, doi:10.1136/bmj.39066.383750.BE1
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Minerva
Suparna Dasgupta, Ula El-Kafrawy, Matthew Harries
BMJ  2007;334:50, doi:10.1136/bmj.39066.383750.BE
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A former colleague?
Gordon Shepherd
BMJ  2007;334:24, doi:10.1136/bmj.39056.501412.DE
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BMJ  2007;334:3434, doi:10.1136/bmj.39072.686331.DE
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