15 April 2006 (Vol 332, Issue 7546)

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Editor's Choice

April fools

BMJ 2006;332:0.7 (Published 13 April 2006)

News

Massachusetts is to provide health care for 99% of population

BMJ 2006;332:869.1 (Published 13 April 2006)

US lags in health care despite largest investment, survey shows

BMJ 2006;332:869.2 (Published 13 April 2006)

In brief

BMJ 2006;332:870.1 (Published 13 April 2006)

Inquiry into adverse events in trial blames drug, not study design

BMJ 2006;332:870.2 (Published 13 April 2006)

Disease awareness campaigns turn healthy people into patients

BMJ 2006;332:871.1 (Published 13 April 2006)

UK launches panel to tackle research misconduct

BMJ 2006;332:871.2 (Published 13 April 2006)

Chance of bird flu mutating into virus transmissible between humans is “very low”

BMJ 2006;332:873.4 (Published 13 April 2006)

Creating a level playing field can be an uphill task

BMJ 2006;332:874.1 (Published 13 April 2006)

Editorials

Medical academia is failing patients and clinicians

BMJ 2006;332:863 (Published 13 April 2006)

Brains and mobile phones

BMJ 2006;332:864 (Published 13 April 2006)

Strict glucose control in the critically ill

BMJ 2006;332:865 (Published 13 April 2006)

Regulating the collection and use of fetal stem cells

BMJ 2006;332:866 (Published 13 April 2006)

The care of older people

BMJ 2006;332:867 (Published 13 April 2006)

Research

Accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: systematic review

BMJ 2006;332:875 (Published 13 April 2006)

Clinical value of the metabolic syndrome for long term prediction of total and cardiovascular mortality: prospective, population based cohort study

BMJ 2006;332:878 (Published 13 April 2006)

Metabolic syndrome and mortality

BMJ 2006;332:882.1 (Published 13 April 2006)

Mobile phone use and risk of glioma in adults: case-control study

BMJ 2006;332:883 (Published 13 April 2006)

Are some people sensitive to mobile phone signals? Within participants double blind randomised provocation study

BMJ 2006;332:886 (Published 13 April 2006)

Nicorandil may be associated with gastrointestinal ulceration

BMJ 2006;332:889.1 (Published 13 April 2006)

Letters

Bird flu: Pandemic flu preparation: an unheeded lesson from SARS

BMJ 2006;332:913.1 (Published 13 April 2006)

Bird flu: Pandemic flu is not just about probability

BMJ 2006;332:913.2 (Published 13 April 2006)

Bird flu: Pandemic flu at the coal face

BMJ 2006;332:913.3 (Published 13 April 2006)

Non-European doctors and change in UK policy: Ten thousand international medical graduates may be affected

BMJ 2006;332:913.4 (Published 13 April 2006)

Non-European doctors and change in UK policy: What about highly skilled migrant doctors?

BMJ 2006;332:914.1 (Published 13 April 2006)

Non-European doctors and change in UK policy: Change is cruel and opportunistic

BMJ 2006;332:914.2 (Published 13 April 2006)

NHS financial crisis: signs of crisis or hope?

BMJ 2006;332:914.3 (Published 13 April 2006)

Letters - continued

Risks and benefits of omega 3 fats: Health benefits of omega 3 fats are in doubt

BMJ 2006;332:915.1 (Published 13 April 2006)

Risks and benefits of omega 3 fats: A few thoughts on systematic review

BMJ 2006;332:915.2 (Published 13 April 2006)

Risks and benefits of omega 3 fats: Summary of responses

BMJ 2006;332:915.3 (Published 13 April 2006)

Benefits from detecting dementia are dubious

BMJ 2006;332:916.1 (Published 13 April 2006)

Something old, something new in wound dressings

BMJ 2006;332:916.2 (Published 13 April 2006)

Entrenched misinformation about X and Y sperm

BMJ 2006;332:916.3 (Published 13 April 2006)

New disease: motivational deficiency disorder: Study ignores economic benefits

BMJ 2006;332:916.4 (Published 13 April 2006)

New disease: motivational deficiency disorder: Too much effort

BMJ 2006;332:916.5 (Published 13 April 2006)

Obituaries

Mary Margaret Anderson

BMJ 2006;332:917.1 (Published 13 April 2006)

Edward (“Terry”) Burgess

BMJ 2006;332:917.2 (Published 13 April 2006)

Isabel Young Gibson (née Gebbie)

BMJ 2006;332:917.3 (Published 13 April 2006)

Keith Halnan

BMJ 2006;332:917.4 (Published 13 April 2006)

Vincent William Joseph (“Bill”) Hetreed

BMJ 2006;332:917.5 (Published 13 April 2006)

Robert Kingston Knight

BMJ 2006;332:917.6 (Published 13 April 2006)

Norman Dallas MacRorie

BMJ 2006;332:918.1 (Published 13 April 2006)

Pauline O'Neill (née Ripley)

BMJ 2006;332:918.2 (Published 13 April 2006)

Gustav (“Gus”) Siegmund Plaut

BMJ 2006;332:918.3 (Published 13 April 2006)

Alan Pollock

BMJ 2006;332:918.4 (Published 13 April 2006)

Eleanor Beatrice Schill (Mrs Sykes)

BMJ 2006;332:918.5 (Published 13 April 2006)

Stuart Fotheringham Wood

BMJ 2006;332:918.6 (Published 13 April 2006)

Clinical Review

Systemic lupus erythematosus

BMJ 2006;332:890 (Published 13 April 2006)

Practice

Understanding the NSAID related risk of vascular events

BMJ 2006;332:895 (Published 13 April 2006)

70 year old man with scrotal swelling, abdominal aortic aneurysm, and renal lesions: case report

BMJ 2006;332:899 (Published 13 April 2006)

Non-surgical and drug treatments

BMJ 2006;332:900 (Published 13 April 2006)

What's new this month in BMJ Journals

BMJ 2006;332:904 (Published 13 April 2006)

What's new in the other general journals

BMJ 2006;332:905 (Published 13 April 2006)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2006;332:922 (Published 13 April 2006)

Fillers

Vitamin D plus calcium prevents falls in older women but not older men

BMJ 2006;332:0.6 (Published 13 April 2006)

The 1918 influenza pandemic: a survivor's tale

BMJ 2006;332:889.2 (Published 13 April 2006)

Heartbroken, not heartsink

BMJ 2006;332:894 (Published 13 April 2006)

Dr No

BMJ 2006;332:898 (Published 13 April 2006)

Computers

BMJ 2006;332:908 (Published 13 April 2006)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Guidance does not require mandatory reporting of underage sex

BMJ 2006;332:872.1 (Published 13 April 2006)

Killer tries to stop publication of inquiry into his care

BMJ 2006;332:872.2 (Published 13 April 2006)

EU warns four countries over tobacco advertising

BMJ 2006;332:872.3 (Published 13 April 2006)

Nine drug company chiefs are charged with conspiracy to defraud NHS

BMJ 2006;332:872.4 (Published 13 April 2006)

Uganda sees a rise of 12% in TB cases

BMJ 2006;332:872.5 (Published 13 April 2006)

Keep community hospitals open, primary care trusts told

BMJ 2006;332:873.1 (Published 13 April 2006)

UK government consults public on compulsory folate fortification

BMJ 2006;332:873.2 (Published 13 April 2006)

Links between doctors across the world bring benefits

BMJ 2006;332:873.3 (Published 13 April 2006)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Conference warns of epidemic of unsafe abortions in Africa

BMJ 2006;332:874.2 (Published 13 April 2006)

EU faces tough decisions after budget cuts

BMJ 2006;332:874.3 (Published 13 April 2006)

Row breaks out over German funding of short acting diabetes treatment

BMJ 2006;332:874.4 (Published 13 April 2006)

Agency is creating a pan-European drug database

BMJ 2006;332:874.5 (Published 13 April 2006)

Analysis and Comment

Seven years of feast, seven years of famine: boom to bust in the NHS?

BMJ 2006;332:906 (Published 13 April 2006)

Can fetuses feel pain?

BMJ 2006;332:909 (Published 13 April 2006)

Reviews

When drug news is no news

BMJ 2006;332:919 (Published 13 April 2006)

Tobacco industry satire fails to ignite

BMJ 2006;332:920 (Published 13 April 2006)

How to halt the brain drain

BMJ 2006;332:921.1 (Published 13 April 2006)

Eclipse

BMJ 2006;332:921.2 (Published 13 April 2006)

Corrections

Paracetamol causes most liver failure in UK and US

BMJ 2006;332:882.2 (Published 13 April 2006)

Tetraparesis associated with colchicine is probably due to inhibition by verapamil of the P-glycoprotein efflux pump in the blood-brain barrier

BMJ 2006;332:882.3 (Published 13 April 2006)

Treating refractory epilepsy in adults

BMJ 2006;332:912.1 (Published 13 April 2006)

Effect of combinations of drugs on all cause mortality in patients with ischaemic heart disease: nested case-control analysis

BMJ 2006;332:912.2 (Published 13 April 2006)