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BMJ: British Medical Journal 20 January 2007 (Vol 334, No 7585 , pp. 103-162) Editor's choice Editor's choice: A redesigned bmj.com Tony Delamothe BMJ 2007;334, doi:10.1136/bmj.39098.502836.47 US editor's choice: Milestones, tombstones, and sex education Douglas Kamerow BMJ 2007;334, doi:10.1136/bmj.39099.504583.3A Editorials Sexual health in adolescents Trevor Stammers BMJ 2007;334:103-104, doi:10.1136/bmj.39087.374653.BE Iron and zinc deficiency in children in developing countries Zulfiqar A Bhutta BMJ 2007;334:104-105, doi:10.1136/bmj.39094.513924.BE Tuberculosis in resource poor countries Robert Colebunders, Ludwig Apers, Greet Dieltiens, William Worodria BMJ 2007;334:105-106, doi:10.1136/bmj.39092.388796.80 Surgery for cataract Christopher M Wood BMJ 2007;334:107, doi:10.1136/bmj.39093.388900.80 Renaming schizophrenia Jeffrey A Lieberman, Michael B First BMJ 2007;334:108, doi:10.1136/bmj.39057.662373.80 Letters This week's letters Case management: Government should have respected evidence David Oliver BMJ 2007;334:109, doi:10.1136/bmj.39094.396123.1F Case management: Community matrons do make a difference Martin J Howard BMJ 2007;334:109, doi:10.1136/bmj.39094.383796.1F National Sickness Service: Fundamental problem is not lack of preventive care Richard J Lyus BMJ 2007;334:109, doi:10.1136/bmj.39094.381366.1F Surgical follow-up by GPs: Proposal strikes at the heart of medicine Andrew N Bamji BMJ 2007;334:109-110, doi:10.1136/bmj.39094.393912.1F Smokers and surgery: The best time to die (to help fellow taxpayers) Robert A Da Prato BMJ 2007;334:110, doi:10.1136/bmj.39094.388588.1F Anatomy crisis: Make surgeons more active in teaching anatomy at all levels Sanjay Purkayastha, Paraskeva Paraskevas, Ara Darzi BMJ 2007;334:110, doi:10.1136/bmj.39094.394606.1F Child safety in cars: Seats must be secured when children are not using them Adam C Frosh, Jonathan Wernick BMJ 2007;334:110, doi:10.1136/bmj.39094.386215.1F News Lack of hospital beds causes emergency departments to miss targets Susan Mayor BMJ 2007;334:111, doi:10.1136/bmj.39098.461968.DB BMJ readers choose the "sanitary revolution" as greatest medical advance since 1840 Annabel Ferriman BMJ 2007;334:111, doi:10.1136/bmj.39097.611806.DB UK regulatory body wants public consultation on human-animal hybrid research Susan Mayor BMJ 2007;334:112, doi:10.1136/bmj.39097.380313.DB Democrats push for stem cell research in US Janice Hopkins Tanne BMJ 2007;334:112, doi:10.1136/bmj.39094.683056.94 Compulsive gamblers must get free NHS treatment, BMA says Lisa Hitchen BMJ 2007;334:113, doi:10.1136/bmj.39098.396563.DB Government suffers its first defeat over Mental Health Bill Clare Dyer BMJ 2007;334:113, doi:10.1136/bmj.39097.637049.DB In Brief: News BMJ 2007;334:114, doi:10.1136/bmj.39097.458044.4E NHS is accused of "appalling lack of workforce planning" Sally Hargreaves BMJ 2007;334:114, doi:10.1136/bmj.39097.341944.DB One in four trainee doctors have concerns about their NHS career, study shows Sally Hargreaves BMJ 2007;334:114, doi:10.1136/bmj.39097.605822.DB Fertilisation authority raids controversial fertility clinics Lynn Eaton BMJ 2007;334:115, doi:10.1136/bmj.39097.746030.4E Group asks US National Institutes of Health to reveal industry ties Janice Hopkins Tanne BMJ 2007;334:115, doi:10.1136/bmj.39097.388218.DB High court upholds GMC's rejection of case against neurologist Clare Dyer BMJ 2007;334:116, doi:10.1136/bmj.39112.756262.E0 Plan to halve MRSA cases by 2008 is probably not achievable, memo says Michael Day BMJ 2007;334:116, doi:10.1136/bmj.39094.632697.DB US health spending grew more slowly in 2005, but it's not all good news Janice Hopkins Tanne BMJ 2007;334:117, doi:10.1136/bmj.39097.487616.4E GMC accuses doctor of handing out slimming pills "as if they were Smarties" Owen Dyer BMJ 2007;334:117, doi:10.1136/bmj.39098.554734.DB Hospital withdraws letter to GPs saying how patients can jump queues Michael Day BMJ 2007;334:117, doi:10.1136/bmj.39098.337454.DB Arabian Peninsula states launch plan to eradicate malaria May Meleigy BMJ 2007;334:117, doi:10.1136/bmj.39097.499641.4E EU is urged to press for global ban on mercury Rory Watson BMJ 2007;334:117, doi:10.1136/bmj.39097.341076.DB Shortcuts from other journals: Candidate drug for familial hypercholesterolaemia needs more work BMJ 2007;334:118, doi:10.1136/bmj.334.7585.118 Shortcuts from other journals: Adherence to drug treatments prolongs survival after heart attack BMJ 2007;334:118, doi:10.1136/bmj.39093.538542.80 Shortcuts from other journals: Syphilis returns to China BMJ 2007;334:118, doi:10.1136/bmj.334.7585.118-b Shortcuts from other journals: Many Canadian immigrants are susceptible to measles, mumps, or rubella BMJ 2007;334:118-119, doi:10.1136/bmj.334.7585.118-c Shortcuts from other journals: Race is a relentless and exhausting burden for some black American doctors BMJ 2007;334:119, doi:10.1136/bmj.334.7585.119 Shortcuts from other journals: US prisoners have high death rates in the weeks after release BMJ 2007;334:119, doi:10.1136/bmj.334.7585.119-a Shortcuts from other journals: Patients with drug eluting stents do better on long term clopidogrel BMJ 2007;334:119, doi:10.1136/bmj.334.7585.119-b Feature What have we learnt from Vioxx? Harlan M Krumholz, Joseph S Ross, Amos H Presler, David S Egilman BMJ 2007;334:120-123, doi:10.1136/bmj.39024.487720.68 Observations THE WEEK IN MEDICINE: No quick fix for the NHS Rebecca Coombes BMJ 2007;334:124-125, doi:10.1136/bmj.39097.690428.59 WHAT'S ON BMJ.COM: The Trouble with Medical Journals by Richard Smith: an alternative view Pritpal S Tamber BMJ 2007;334:125, doi:10.1136/bmj.39098.446065.59 Yankee Doodling: Today's doctor's dilemma Douglas Kamerow BMJ 2007;334:126, doi:10.1136/bmj.39097.516609.59 Analysis Graphical method for depicting randomised trials of complex interventions Rafael Perera, Carl Heneghan, Patricia Yudkin BMJ 2007;334:127-129, doi:10.1136/bmj.39045.396817.68 The in-between world of knowledge brokering Jonathan Lomas BMJ 2007;334:129-132, doi:10.1136/bmj.39038.593380.AE Research Impact of a theoretically based sex education programme (SHARE) delivered by teachers on NHS registered conceptions and terminations: final results of cluster randomised trial M Henderson, D Wight, G M Raab, C Abraham, A Parkes, S Scott, G Hart BMJ 2007;334:133, doi:10.1136/bmj.39014.503692.55 (published 21 November 2006) Effect of isoniazid prophylaxis on mortality and incidence of tuberculosis in children with HIV: randomised controlled trial Heather J Zar, Mark F Cotton, Stanzi Strauss, Janine Karpakis, Gregory Hussey, H Simon Schaaf, Helena Rabie, Carl J Lombard BMJ 2007;334:136, doi:10.1136/bmj.39000.486400.55 (published 3 November 2006) Effects of fortified milk on morbidity in young children in north India: community based, randomised, double masked placebo controlled trial Sunil Sazawal, Usha Dhingra, Pratibha Dhingra, Girish Hiremath, Jitendra Kumar, Archana Sarkar, Venugopal P Menon, Robert E Black BMJ 2007;334:140, doi:10.1136/bmj.39035.482396.55 (published 28 November 2006) Clinical review Syphilis Patrick French BMJ 2007;334:143-147, doi:10.1136/bmj.39085.518148.BE Practice Redesign and modernisation of an NHS cataract service (Fife 1997-2004): multifaceted approach Adrian Tey, Barbara Grant, Dawn Harbison, Shona Sutherland, Patrick Kearns, Roshini Sanders BMJ 2007;334:148-152, doi:10.1136/bmj.39050.520069.BE 10-minute consultation: Collapse with loss of awareness Dougall McCorry, Angela McCorry BMJ 2007;334:153, doi:10.1136/bmj.39070.390961.DE Change page: Don't use minocycline as first line oral antibiotic in acne Paul McManus, Ike Iheanacho BMJ 2007;334:154, doi:10.1136/bmj.39048.540394.BE Views & reviews Personal views: Who is responsible for do not resuscitate status in patients with broken hips? Rahij Anwar, Azeem Ahmed BMJ 2007;334:155, doi:10.1136/bmj.39085.659248.59 Netlines Harry Brown BMJ 2007;334:156, doi:10.1136/bmj.39094.711238.94 Personal views: Referral management schemes are damaging patients' interests Peter Lapsley BMJ 2007;334:156, doi:10.1136/bmj.39094.602569.94 Shopping for patients on the high street Margaret McCartney BMJ 2007;334:157, doi:10.1136/bmj.39091.442720.59 FROM THE FRONTLINE: Law and disorders Des Spence BMJ 2007;334:158, doi:10.1136/bmj.39097.614977.94 THE BEST MEDICINE: What goes around, comes around Liam Farrell BMJ 2007;334:158, doi:10.1136/bmj.39094.508218.59 BETWEEN THE LINES: A historical whopper Theodore Dalrymple BMJ 2007;334:159, doi:10.1136/bmj.39066.561551.B7 Medical Classics: Doctor in the House James Owen Drife BMJ 2007;334:159, doi:10.1136/bmj.39091.730000.59 Obituaries This week's obituaries William Ian McDonald Caroline Richmond BMJ 2007;334:160, doi:10.1136/bmj.39097.535093.FA Moyna Gladys Clark Nicola Pritchard BMJ 2007;334:161, doi:10.1136/bmj.39094.614942.FA Alexander ("Sandy") Gordon Elder Ewan B Macdonald, Ian S Symington, Richard Soutar BMJ 2007;334:161, doi:10.1136/bmj.39094.548056.FA Gwilym Penrose Hosking Emma-Jane Hosking, Suzie Mitchell BMJ 2007;334:161, doi:10.1136/bmj.39094.641956.FA Aloysius ("Lou") Michels Kenneth Lamb, Jonathan Falla, Josephine McGettigan BMJ 2007;334:161, doi:10.1136/bmj.39087.743310.FA Imrich ("Emery") Sarkany Robin Graham-Brown BMJ 2007;334:161, doi:10.1136/bmj.39094.526991.FA Peter Thomas John Christopher Plumbly Warner Iona Warner BMJ 2007;334:161, doi:10.1136/bmj.39094.564468.FA Minerva Minerva BMJ 2007;334:162, doi:10.1136/bmj.39093.672697.801 Minerva Jason Y K Chan, Richard Oakley, Michael J Gleeson BMJ 2007;334:162, doi:10.1136/bmj.39093.672697.80 Fillers