11 February 2006 (Vol 332, Issue 7537)

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This Week In the BMJ

Displaced survivors of tsunami had reduced mortality

BMJ 2006;332:0.4 (Published 9 February 2006)

Primary care has to be considered in STI surveillance

BMJ 2006;332:0.3 (Published 9 February 2006)

Babies of HBsAg positive mothers should be immunised

BMJ 2006;332:0.2 (Published 9 February 2006)

Fondaparinux reduces thromboembolism in elderly medical patients

BMJ 2006;332:0.1 (Published 9 February 2006)

Case reports of suspected adverse drug reactions are of limited value

BMJ 2006;332:0.5 (Published 9 February 2006)

Editor's Choice

A time for courage

BMJ 2006;332:0.7 (Published 9 February 2006)

Editorials

The tobacco industry in developing countries

BMJ 2006;332:313 (Published 9 February 2006)

President Bush's proposals for healthcare reform

BMJ 2006;332:314 (Published 9 February 2006)

A new direction for NHS community services

BMJ 2006;332:315 (Published 9 February 2006)

Is amiodarone safe in heart failure?

BMJ 2006;332:317 (Published 9 February 2006)

Research and development in stroke services

BMJ 2006;332:318 (Published 9 February 2006)

Letters

Partial smoking ban would worsen health inequalities

BMJ 2006;332:362.1 (Published 9 February 2006)

Sex workers to pay the price: Prostitution strategy is a missed opportunity

BMJ 2006;332:362.2 (Published 9 February 2006)

Sex workers to pay the price: A street sex worker responds to new government strategy

BMJ 2006;332:362.3 (Published 9 February 2006)

Turning round NHS deficits: …is more difficult for PCTs

BMJ 2006;332:363.1 (Published 9 February 2006)

Turning round NHS deficits: Who says there are surplus hospital beds?

BMJ 2006;332:363.2 (Published 9 February 2006)

Turning round NHS deficits: Deficits are not for turning

BMJ 2006;332:363.3 (Published 9 February 2006)

Turning round NHS deficits: Clinical governance, 1998-2006: RIP

BMJ 2006;332:363.4 (Published 9 February 2006)

Venous thromboembolism: Potentially dangerous diagnostic pitfalls arise from diagnostic tests

BMJ 2006;332:364.1 (Published 9 February 2006)

Venous thromboembolism: Stockings are important

BMJ 2006;332:364.2 (Published 9 February 2006)

Venous thromboembolism: Heparins are of porcine origin

BMJ 2006;332:364.3 (Published 9 February 2006)

Diagnostics is not Cinderella of health technology assessment

BMJ 2006;332:364.4 (Published 9 February 2006)

Students validate problem based learning

BMJ 2006;332:365.1 (Published 9 February 2006)

Research governance is important

BMJ 2006;332:365.2 (Published 9 February 2006)

News

Half of extra money for the NHS has gone on pay rises

BMJ 2006;332:319 (Published 9 February 2006)

In brief

BMJ 2006;332:320.1 (Published 9 February 2006)

Patient takes her fight for trastuzumab to the High Court

BMJ 2006;332:320.2 (Published 9 February 2006)

News - continued

US primary care is on verge of collapse, says doctors' body

BMJ 2006;332:320.3 (Published 9 February 2006)

Inhaled insulin is approved in Europe and United States

BMJ 2006;332:321.1 (Published 9 February 2006)

Study shows that tobacco firms covertly hired scientists

BMJ 2006;332:321.2 (Published 9 February 2006)

UK trainee doctors spurn obstetrics and gynaecology

BMJ 2006;332:323.4 (Published 9 February 2006)

Published death rates may distort work of Scottish surgical “heroes”

BMJ 2006;332:324.1 (Published 9 February 2006)

Rebuilding of Afghanistan is hampered by the Taliban

BMJ 2006;332:324.2 (Published 9 February 2006)

Research

Efficacy and safety of fondaparinux for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in older acute medical patients: randomised placebo controlled trial

BMJ 2006;332:325 (Published 9 February 2006)

Effect of hepatitis B immunisation in newborn infants of mothers positive for hepatitis B surface antigen: systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ 2006;332:328 (Published 9 February 2006)

Trends in sexually transmitted infections in general practice 1990-2000: population based study using data from the UK general practice research database

BMJ 2006;332:332 (Published 9 February 2006)

Timing of mortality among internally displaced persons due to the tsunami in Sri Lanka: cross sectional household survey

BMJ 2006;332:334 (Published 9 February 2006)

Case reports of suspected adverse drug reactions—systematic literature survey of follow-up

BMJ 2006;332:335 (Published 9 February 2006)

Clinical Review

The first seizure and its management in adults and children

BMJ 2006;332:339 (Published 9 February 2006)

Practice

Identifying a hepatitis B outbreak by molecular surveillance: a case study

BMJ 2006;332:343 (Published 9 February 2006)

Opiate toxicity in patients with renal failure

BMJ 2006;332:345 (Published 9 February 2006)

Venous and arterial leg ulcers

BMJ 2006;332:347 (Published 9 February 2006)

What's new in the other general journals

BMJ 2006;332:351 (Published 9 February 2006)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2006;332:372 (Published 9 February 2006)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

UK defies US by funding abortion programmes

BMJ 2006;332:322.1 (Published 9 February 2006)

Charities laud Scotland's free personal care for elderly people

BMJ 2006;332:322.2 (Published 9 February 2006)

Italy introduces “baby boxes” to save lives of abandoned newborns

BMJ 2006;332:322.3 (Published 9 February 2006)

UK report supports EU proposals to test drugs in children

BMJ 2006;332:322.4 (Published 9 February 2006)

Doctors with history of drug misuse will face spot checks

BMJ 2006;332:322.5 (Published 9 February 2006)

Saw palmetto extract is not effective for benign prostatic hyperplasia

BMJ 2006;332:323.1 (Published 9 February 2006)

Watchdog rules that Merck violated the UK industry code of practice

BMJ 2006;332:323.2 (Published 9 February 2006)

New coroners' system to be set up in England and Wales

BMJ 2006;332:323.3 (Published 9 February 2006)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Twin study shows that genetic factors influence the development and timing of Alzheimer's disease

BMJ 2006;332:324.3 (Published 9 February 2006)

Scottish study will look at genetic and lifestyle causes of ill health in families

BMJ 2006;332:324.4 (Published 9 February 2006)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web] - continued

NHS prescription charges work against aims of new white paper

BMJ 2006;332:324.5 (Published 9 February 2006)

Scientists refute claims that pesticides cause ill health

BMJ 2006;332:324.6 (Published 9 February 2006)

Spain's smoking restrictions spark tobacco price war

BMJ 2006;332:324.7 (Published 9 February 2006)

Bid to cut waiting lists has pushed safety down NHS agenda

BMJ 2006;332:324.8 (Published 9 February 2006)

Analysis and Comment

Mexico and the tobacco industry: doing the wrong thing for the right reason?

BMJ 2006;332:353 (Published 9 February 2006)

British American Tobacco's erosion of health legislation in Uzbekistan

BMJ 2006;332:355 (Published 9 February 2006)

Applying clinical epidemiological methods to health equity: the equity effectiveness loop

BMJ 2006;332:358 (Published 9 February 2006)

Reviews

Panorama: Herceptin: Wanting the Wonder Drug

BMJ 2006;332:368 (Published 9 February 2006)

The Secret Life of Dr Chandra

BMJ 2006;332:369.1 (Published 9 February 2006)

Thalidomide!! A Musical

BMJ 2006;332:369.2 (Published 9 February 2006)

NETLINES

BMJ 2006;332:370.1 (Published 9 February 2006)

Changing titles

BMJ 2006;332:370.2 (Published 9 February 2006)

Defending referrals between consultants

BMJ 2006;332:371.1 (Published 9 February 2006)

Great Toe of This Assembly

BMJ 2006;332:371.2 (Published 9 February 2006)

Fillers

Diclofenac gel provides modest pain relief for people with osteoarthritis in one knee

BMJ 2006;332:0.6 (Published 9 February 2006)

Students forever

BMJ 2006;332:346 (Published 9 February 2006)

Prisoners of war

BMJ 2006;332:350 (Published 9 February 2006)

Advice

BMJ 2006;332:367.9 (Published 9 February 2006)

Obituaries

Sir John Peel

BMJ 2006;332:366 (Published 9 February 2006)

Alan Margeston Harris

BMJ 2006;332:367.1 (Published 9 February 2006)

Philip John Pegg

BMJ 2006;332:367.2 (Published 9 February 2006)

Lucien Read

BMJ 2006;332:367.3 (Published 9 February 2006)

Denis Wilson Robertson

BMJ 2006;332:367.4 (Published 9 February 2006)

Cecilia Valentine Russell (née Urquhart)

BMJ 2006;332:367.5 (Published 9 February 2006)

Mathew Philip Thoppil

BMJ 2006;332:367.6 (Published 9 February 2006)

William Kenneth Johnstone Walls

BMJ 2006;332:367.7 (Published 9 February 2006)

Mary Lorraine Whiteside (née Stringer)

BMJ 2006;332:367.8 (Published 9 February 2006)