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Editor's choice

War and peace

Frontiers

The month in research

Editorials

Alzheimer's at 100
A century ago, Alois Alzheimer first described his eponymous condition. Bushra A Khawaja and Basil H Ridha look at how our understanding has since changed

Bullying in medical schools
Harassment in medical schools is still rife and must be tackled, says Diana F Wood

News

Beyond the wars
The humanitarian crises unfolding in the Middle East

Newsbites
Medical education, AIDS in Africa, and hurricane Katrina

Education

Hirsutism in women
Excessive hair growth in women is usually a psychological concern, but it may indicate underlying morbidity. Nadia Soliman and Peter Wardle consider the options for treatment

Picture quiz: An unusual laparoscopic finding
Expect the unexpected

Understanding stroke: Management of acute stroke
Five and a half million survivors of stroke are living in the world today. In the second and final part of the series, K A L Carroll and J Chataway explain how to manage this emergency

Clegg Scholarship
Learn about medical journalism: apply for the Clegg Scholarship

Careers

Mind the gap
Many doctors leave their country of training to work in the United States. US graduates get first choice, in terms of specialty and location, and international trainees are often left filling the gaps, says Ellen M Soffin

The rules of confidentiality
Patients have a right to confidentiality , but in some instances the rules must be broken. Geoffrey Robinson and colleagues explain, in the penultimate article of the series

Distance learning the Gambian way
A distance learning course from the UK for biomedical students in the Gambia might be a blueprint for programmes throughout Africa, says Mareeni Raymond

People

An enthusiastic innovator
David Moore was overall winner at the 2005 Medical Futures Innovation Awards, where he also scooped first place for the best innovation to improve global health. His idea is a new test for detecting active tuberculosis. Keri-Michèle Lodge caught up with him.

Papers

Harassment at medical school: longitudinal survey
How do US medical students perceive belittlement and bullying at medical school.Christiane Rehwagen discusses.

Life

Is the pen mightier than the scalpel?
What possible role could poetry and creative writing play in modern day medicine? James C Thomas explores

Spotlight on: The detox diaries
Do so called detox diets work? Tarig Babiker and Alexander Hamilton spent a week on one and describe the highs and the lows

Writing for peace
Camille Gajria and coauthors examine the power of words and peace over war

Students who shook the medical world
One medical student's contribution to medicine nearly won him a Nobel prize, and others have been immortalised eponymously.Sanjay A Pai investigates

Letters

Prescribing:medical education is a continuum

Summary of responses

Beyond vomiting

On psychiatry

Reviews

Doctor in the House

Radiology

To be a doctor

Why cost must influence thought

Not a professional act, this

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