16 April 2005 (Vol 330, Issue 7496)

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This Week In the BMJ

Mode of delivery doesn't affect postnatal depression

BMJ 2005;330:0.3 (Published 14 April 2005)

The shift of funding should not hamper joint approaches

BMJ 2005;330:0.5 (Published 14 April 2005)

Quetiapine and rivastigmine may not work for dementia

BMJ 2005;330:0.2 (Published 14 April 2005)

Learn how to critically appraise cohort studies

BMJ 2005;330:0.6 (Published 14 April 2005)

Evidence doesn't support routine use of multivitamins

BMJ 2005;330:0.1 (Published 14 April 2005)

Young people's health needs action

BMJ 2005;330:0.4 (Published 14 April 2005)

Editor's Choice

Say no to the free lunch

BMJ 2005;330:0.8 (Published 14 April 2005)

Editorials

The influence of big pharma

BMJ 2005;330:855 (Published 14 April 2005)

Reducing mortality in myocardial infarction

BMJ 2005;330:856 (Published 14 April 2005)

Drugs for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

BMJ 2005;330:857 (Published 14 April 2005)

Human and veterinary medicine

BMJ 2005;330:858 (Published 14 April 2005)

Treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis

BMJ 2005;330:859 (Published 14 April 2005)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Access controls on bmj.com: Restore true open access to bmj.com

BMJ 2005;330:904.1 (Published 14 April 2005)

Access controls on bmj.com: Enable accessibility and avoid formation of two tier journal

BMJ 2005;330:904.2 (Published 14 April 2005)

Access controls on bmj.com: List of countries with free access seems incomplete

BMJ 2005;330:904.3 (Published 14 April 2005)

Switching prescription drugs to over the counter: Consumers may benefit financially in examples from the US

BMJ 2005;330:904.4 (Published 14 April 2005)

Switching prescription drugs to over the counter: Chicken and egg scenario is possible

BMJ 2005;330:905.1 (Published 14 April 2005)

Switching prescription drugs to over the counter: Willingness to buy statin over the counter is not related to risk of heart disease

BMJ 2005;330:905.2 (Published 14 April 2005)

Switching prescription drugs to over the counter: Over the counter licensing is linked to direct to consumer advertising

BMJ 2005;330:906.1 (Published 14 April 2005)

Direct to consumer marketing: Switch to over the counter can become indirect advertising directly to consumers

BMJ 2005;330:906.2 (Published 14 April 2005)

Direct to consumer marketing: Advertising directly to consumers may affect patients' safety

BMJ 2005;330:906.3 (Published 14 April 2005)

Mapping choice in the NHS: Analysis is only as good as data

BMJ 2005;330:906.4 (Published 14 April 2005)

Mapping choice in the NHS: Authors' reply

BMJ 2005;330:907.1 (Published 14 April 2005)

Rising healthcare costs, equity, and electoral success constitute trio of tensions

BMJ 2005;330:907.2 (Published 14 April 2005)

We must argue against choice

BMJ 2005;330:907.3 (Published 14 April 2005)

News

NHS is failing to reap benefit of new technologies, MPs say

BMJ 2005;330:861.1 (Published 14 April 2005)

Mother convicted of killing her children is freed on appeal

BMJ 2005;330:861.2 (Published 14 April 2005)

In brief

BMJ 2005;330:862.1 (Published 14 April 2005)

Pfizer is asked to suspend sales of painkiller

BMJ 2005;330:862.2 (Published 14 April 2005)

Wet nursing increases risk of HIV infection among babies

BMJ 2005;330:862.3 (Published 14 April 2005)

News - continued

Some countries will not achieve millennium development goals for health by 2015, WHO says

BMJ 2005;330:863.1 (Published 14 April 2005)

Scientists develop prototype of more sensitive test for cancer

BMJ 2005;330:863.2 (Published 14 April 2005)

US black women are less likely to have genetic tests for breast cancer

BMJ 2005;330:865.4 (Published 14 April 2005)

A kinder, gentler age

BMJ 2005;330:866.1 (Published 14 April 2005)

Short cuts

Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals

BMJ 2005;330:867 (Published 14 April 2005)

Clinical Reviews

The patient's journey: multiple sclerosis

BMJ 2005;330:885 (Published 14 April 2005)

Postoperative hypoxia in a woman with Down's syndrome: case progression

BMJ 2005;330:888 (Published 14 April 2005)

A life threatening complication after colonoscopy

BMJ 2005;330:889 (Published 14 April 2005)

Suicide and deliberate self harm in young people

BMJ 2005;330:891 (Published 14 April 2005)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2005;330:914 (Published 14 April 2005)

BMJ USA

Prevention, early detection, or treatment?

BMJ 2005;330:E344 (Published 14 April 2005)

Female sexual dysfunction

BMJ 2005;330:E345 (Published 14 April 2005)

RAPID RESPONSE FROM BMJ.COM

BMJ 2005;330:E347 (Published 14 April 2005)

Minerva

BMJ 2005;330:E348 (Published 14 April 2005)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

New rules drive off NIH researchers

BMJ 2005;330:864.1 (Published 14 April 2005)

Attempts to contain Marburg disease epidemic have limited effect

BMJ 2005;330:864.2 (Published 14 April 2005)

French doctors go on strike to demand reintroduction of compulsory out of hours work

BMJ 2005;330:864.3 (Published 14 April 2005)

MPs call for free personal care for elderly people

BMJ 2005;330:864.4 (Published 14 April 2005)

People with mild asthma can control symptoms without daily steroids

BMJ 2005;330:864.5 (Published 14 April 2005)

US teenagers think oral sex isn't real sex

BMJ 2005;330:865.1 (Published 14 April 2005)

“Fighting spirit” after cancer diagnosis does not improve outcome

BMJ 2005;330:865.2 (Published 14 April 2005)

Drug company is reprimanded by UK regulator

BMJ 2005;330:865.3 (Published 14 April 2005)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

EU to tackle issue of patient safety

BMJ 2005;330:866.2 (Published 14 April 2005)

Canadian doctors suggest acceptable waiting times for care

BMJ 2005;330:866.3 (Published 14 April 2005)

US states get healthcare ratings

BMJ 2005;330:866.4 (Published 14 April 2005)

UK response to global HIV epidemic is condemned for lack of coordination

BMJ 2005;330:866.5 (Published 14 April 2005)

GPs are dissatisfied with the care they are giving patients with eating disorders

BMJ 2005;330:866.6 (Published 14 April 2005)

Dr Foster's case notes

“Frequent flier” patients

BMJ 2005;330:869 (Published 14 April 2005)

BMJ family highlights

What's new this month in BMJ Journals

BMJ 2005;330:870 (Published 14 April 2005)

Papers

Role of multivitamins and mineral supplements in preventing infections in elderly people: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

BMJ 2005;330:871 (Published 14 April 2005)

Quetiapine and rivastigmine and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease: randomised double blind placebo controlled trial

BMJ 2005;330:874 (Published 14 April 2005)

A feasibility study of signed consent for the collection of patient identifiable information for a national paediatric clinical audit database

BMJ 2005;330:877 (Published 14 April 2005)

Operative delivery and postnatal depression: a cohort study

BMJ 2005;330:879 (Published 14 April 2005)

Primary care

Shared help seeking behaviour within families: a retrospective cohort study

BMJ 2005;330:882 (Published 14 April 2005)

Education and debate

Reader's guide to critical appraisal of cohort studies: 1. Role and design

BMJ 2005;330:895 (Published 14 April 2005)

Improving diet and physical activity: 12 lessons from controlling tobacco smoking

BMJ 2005;330:898 (Published 14 April 2005)

Young people's health: the need for action

BMJ 2005;330:901 (Published 14 April 2005)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

Confronting an Ill Society: David Widgery, General Practice, Idealism and the Chase for Change

BMJ 2005;330:910.1 (Published 14 April 2005)

Bullet Boy

BMJ 2005;330:910.2 (Published 14 April 2005)

Confessions of a drug rep

BMJ 2005;330:911 (Published 14 April 2005)

Die another day

BMJ 2005;330:912 (Published 14 April 2005)

The hazards of good memory

BMJ 2005;330:913.1 (Published 14 April 2005)

Good morning Iraq

BMJ 2005;330:913.2 (Published 14 April 2005)

Fillers

Popular diets are equally effective for losing weight

BMJ 2005;330:0.7 (Published 14 April 2005)

When less is more

BMJ 2005;330:884 (Published 14 April 2005)

Clinical skills

BMJ 2005;330:890.3 (Published 14 April 2005)

An unusual interview

BMJ 2005;330:894 (Published 14 April 2005)

Good advice

BMJ 2005;330:897 (Published 14 April 2005)

Corrections

Journalists accused of wrecking doctors' lives

BMJ 2005;330:890.1 (Published 14 April 2005)

Endpiece: A Wish

BMJ 2005;330:890.2 (Published 14 April 2005)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Chris Pallis

BMJ 2005;330:908 (Published 14 April 2005)

Patricia Anne Doran

BMJ 2005;330:909.1 (Published 14 April 2005)

William Walton Gooddy

BMJ 2005;330:909.2 (Published 14 April 2005)

Chakanambarth Mutteriyil Gopinath

BMJ 2005;330:909.3 (Published 14 April 2005)

Abul Faiz Ahmed Khalid

BMJ 2005;330:909.4 (Published 14 April 2005)

Peter Sanderson

BMJ 2005;330:909.5 (Published 14 April 2005)

Marjorie Bernelle Thumpston (née Curties)

BMJ 2005;330:909.6 (Published 14 April 2005)