Contents of The Lancet, Volume 264, August 21 to 27

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Article Date: 20 Aug 2004 - 0:00 PDT

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Here are the contents of The Lancet, Volume 264, August 21-27

Editorial

637 How complicit are doctors in abuses of detainees?

638 Ejecting the FDA from the courtroom

Comment

639 A coxib a day won't keep the doctor away
E J Topol, G W Falk

641 Statins for all patients with type 2 diabetes: not so soon
A Garg

642 Tonsillectomy technique-tradition versus technology
M Hilton

644 Nosocomial bacteraemia caused by Staphylococcus aureus
P Vaudaux, J Schrenzel

645 Women undergoing termination of pregnancy should be screened for gestational trophoblastic neoplasia
B Piura

646 Unhealthy airports
J Banatvala

648 Rabies transmission from organ transplants in the USA
B Dietzschold, H Koprowski

649 Is repeated caesarean section a consequence of elective caesarean section?
E F C Murta, R S Nomelini

World Report

651 Fat of the land
P Neroth

654 Disease and hunger in Sudan
H Brown

Perspectives

655 Book: Reclaiming dignity from despair in Alzheimer's disease
M B Holstein

656 In brief
H East, C A Brown; M T White

657 Ten most wanted

657 Lifeline
K Abbasi

Obituary

658 Edward B Lewis
T Tannen

Correspondence

659 Practicalities of consent
I A Laing, N McIntosh

659 Use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in childhood depression
T Wohlfarth and others; F Curtin, P Schulz; A J Salerian; C J Whittington and others

662 Free sugars and human health
C W Baker; J J Segall; J Mann; M L Wahlqvist

663 Outdoor air pollution: the effects of ozone
A C Lewis and others

663 A positive outcome
K Davies, A Sophat

664 Hospital versus home
P F James

Articles

665 Comparison of lumiracoxib with naproxen and ibuprofen in the Therapeutic Arthritis Research and Gastrointestinal Event Trial (TARGET), reduction in ulcer complications
T J Schnitzer and others

675 Comparison of lumiracoxib with naproxen and ibuprofen in the Therapeutic Arthritis Research and Gastrointestinal Event Trial (TARGET), cardiovascular outcomes
M E Farkouh and others

685 Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease with atorvastatin in type 2 diabetes in the Collaborative Atorvastatin Diabetes Study (CARDS)
H M Colhoun and others

697 Tonsillectomy technique as a risk factor for postoperative haemorrhage
National Prospective Tonsillectomy Audit

Research Letters

703 Risk and outcome of nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in nasal carriers versus non-carriers
H F L Wertheim and others

705 Routine terminations of pregnancy-should we screen for gestational trophoblastic neoplasia?
M J Seckl and others

Clinical Picture

708 Babies and batteries
J Bekhof and others

Seminar

709 Pathophysiology of air.ow limitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
J C Hogg

Rapid Review

722 Pathogenetic mechanisms of parkin in Parkinson's disease
N Hattori, Y Mizuno

Health and Human Rights

725 Abu Ghraib: its legacy for military medicine
S H Miles

Case Report

730 A red tattoo and a sword.sh supper
D Tsuruta and others

Editor

Richard Horton

Deputy editor

Astrid James

Executive editors

Sabine Kleinert
David McNamee
Pia Pini
Stuart Spencer
Charles Young

Managing editor

Stephanie Clark

Senior editors

Hannah Brown
Helen Frankish
Laragh Gollogly
Zoë Mullan
Joanna Palmer
Abigail Pound
Sarah Ramsay
William Summerskill
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North American editor

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North American senior editor

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European senior editor

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Senior assistant editors

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Assistant editors

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Edward Morrison
Priya Shetty
Laura Thomas

Editorial researcher

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Editorial assistant

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Contributing editors

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Dan Greenberg
William Jeffcoate
Marilynn Larkin
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