25 November 2006 (Vol 333, Issue 7578)

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Editor's Choice

US Highlights

BMJ 2006;333:0.7 (Published 23 November 2006)

Fear not the heat

BMJ 2006;333:0.6 (Published 23 November 2006)

News

NICE faces legal challenge over restriction on dementia drugs

BMJ 2006;333:1085.1 (Published 23 November 2006)

NICE emphasises social care for people with dementia

BMJ 2006;333:1085.2 (Published 23 November 2006)

News

BMJ 2006;333:1086.1 (Published 23 November 2006)

NHS employs too many hospital doctors, minister says

BMJ 2006;333:1086.2 (Published 23 November 2006)

More than one antiviral should be stockpiled to fight flu pandemic

BMJ 2006;333:1086.3 (Published 23 November 2006)

Experts defend NICE against attack by US politician

BMJ 2006;333:1087.1 (Published 23 November 2006)

Germany's drug regulatory body is attacked

BMJ 2006;333:1087.2 (Published 23 November 2006)

Guide tells editors how to root out plagiarism and fraud

BMJ 2006;333:1088.1 (Published 23 November 2006)

European nations draw up strategy to fight obesity

BMJ 2006;333:1088.2 (Published 23 November 2006)

Report on health of migrants to UK shows high risk of TB and HIV

BMJ 2006;333:1088.3 (Published 23 November 2006)

WHO report highlights Africa's health challenges

BMJ 2006;333:1088.4 (Published 23 November 2006)

Charity highlights decline in health in Gaza

BMJ 2006;333:1088.5 (Published 23 November 2006)

US television science news is sometimes public relations in disguise

BMJ 2006;333:1089.1 (Published 23 November 2006)

Incidence of syphilis in UK rises as HIV diagnoses hold steady

BMJ 2006;333:1089.2 (Published 23 November 2006)

Judge over-rules family's wish that patient should be allowed to die

BMJ 2006;333:1089.3 (Published 23 November 2006)

WHO is to change its polio programme in India to try to eradicate the disease

BMJ 2006;333:1089.4 (Published 23 November 2006)

Third time lucky?

BMJ 2006;333:1090.1 (Published 23 November 2006)

European foundations should address global health, says umbrella body

BMJ 2006;333:1090.2 (Published 23 November 2006)

Universities' drug discoveries must aid poor countries, student group says

BMJ 2006;333:1090.3 (Published 23 November 2006)

EU should strengthen protection against fake drugs, UK report says

BMJ 2006;333:1090.4 (Published 23 November 2006)

Editorials

Risk assessment after acute coronary syndrome

BMJ 2006;333:1079 (Published 23 November 2006)

Educational performance in twins

BMJ 2006;333:1080 (Published 23 November 2006)

Pandemic obesity in Europe

BMJ 2006;333:1081 (Published 23 November 2006)

Opinion leader interventions in social networks

BMJ 2006;333:1082 (Published 23 November 2006)

A model clinical trials agreement

BMJ 2006;333:1083 (Published 23 November 2006)

Research

Prediction of risk of death and myocardial infarction in the six months after presentation with acute coronary syndrome: prospective multinational observational study (GRACE)

BMJ 2006;333:1091 (Published 23 November 2006)

Comparison of academic performance of twins and singletons in adolescence: follow-up study

BMJ 2006;333:1095 (Published 23 November 2006)

Prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases in high risk social networks of young Roma (Gypsy) men in Bulgaria: randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2006;333:1098 (Published 23 November 2006)

Letters

How doctors' anonymity in family courts is under threat

BMJ 2006;333:1121.1 (Published 23 November 2006)

How doctors' anonymity in family courts is under threat

BMJ 2006;333:1121.2 (Published 23 November 2006)

Doctors as lapdogs to drug firms

BMJ 2006;333:1121.3 (Published 23 November 2006)

Doctors as lapdogs to drug firms

BMJ 2006;333:1121.4 (Published 23 November 2006)

Doctors as lapdogs to drug firms

BMJ 2006;333:1122.1 (Published 23 November 2006)

Knee pain interventions show no net gain

BMJ 2006;333:1122.2 (Published 23 November 2006)

Osteonecrosis of the jaw and bisphosphonates

BMJ 2006;333:1122.3 (Published 23 November 2006)

Osteonecrosis of the jaw and bisphosphonates

BMJ 2006;333:1123.1 (Published 23 November 2006)

Predicting mental illness in soldiers

BMJ 2006;333:1123.2 (Published 23 November 2006)

Predicting mental illness in soldiers

BMJ 2006;333:1123.3 (Published 23 November 2006)

Statins and outcomes in patients with pneumonia

BMJ 2006;333:1123.4 (Published 23 November 2006)

Statins and outcomes in patients with pneumonia

BMJ 2006;333:1124.1 (Published 23 November 2006)

Statins and outcomes in patients with pneumonia

BMJ 2006;333:1124.2 (Published 23 November 2006)

Doctors leading climate change is self delusion

BMJ 2006;333:1124.3 (Published 23 November 2006)

Obituaries

Teresa (“Tessa”) Elizabeth Ann Addenbrooke

BMJ 2006;333:1125 (Published 23 November 2006)

Harold James Brown

BMJ 2006;333:1126.1 (Published 23 November 2006)

Florence Cadogan

BMJ 2006;333:1126.2 (Published 23 November 2006)

William Graham Hickey Gamble

BMJ 2006;333:1126.3 (Published 23 November 2006)

Victor Walker Johnson

BMJ 2006;333:1126.4 (Published 23 November 2006)

Jozef Kaleba

BMJ 2006;333:1126.5 (Published 23 November 2006)

Agnes Kramer

BMJ 2006;333:1126.6 (Published 23 November 2006)

David Shaw Miller

BMJ 2006;333:1126.7 (Published 23 November 2006)

Clinical Review

Clinically localised prostate cancer

BMJ 2006;333:1102 (Published 23 November 2006)

Practice

Polyarticular septic arthritis

BMJ 2006;333:1107 (Published 23 November 2006)

Obesity and cancer

BMJ 2006;333:1109 (Published 23 November 2006)

Bypassing cardiologists speeds up reperfusion treatment for heart attack

BMJ 2006;333:1112.1 (Published 23 November 2006)

Few women seeking abortion use emergency contraception

BMJ 2006;333:1112.2 (Published 23 November 2006)

Psychiatrists face a small but real risk from seriously ill patients

BMJ 2006;333:1112.3 (Published 23 November 2006)

Inappropriate prostate cancer screening is common among elderly US men

BMJ 2006;333:1112.4 (Published 23 November 2006)

Lifestyle factors linked to a healthy old age for men

BMJ 2006;333:1112.5 (Published 23 November 2006)

Support from pharmacists improves adherence to complex drug regimens

BMJ 2006;333:1113.1 (Published 23 November 2006)

Etoricoxib and diclofenac are associated with similar cardiovascular risks

BMJ 2006;333:1113.2 (Published 23 November 2006)

Unblocking a persistently occluded coronary artery won't improve outcome after a heart attack

BMJ 2006;333:1113.3 (Published 23 November 2006)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2006;333:1130.1 (Published 23 November 2006)

Minerva

BMJ 2006;333:1130.2 (Published 23 November 2006)

Filler

Latest review supports warnings about safety of newer generation antidepressants in young people

BMJ 2006;333:0.5 (Published 23 November 2006)

Complex yet delicate

BMJ 2006;333:1097 (Published 23 November 2006)

What's in December's studentBMJ?

BMJ 2006;333:1108 (Published 23 November 2006)

Complaints, Shetland Islands style

BMJ 2006;333:1111 (Published 23 November 2006)

Somebody cut my brain in half with a Sabatier knife

BMJ 2006;333:1120 (Published 23 November 2006)

Analysis and Comment

Folic acid, homocysteine, and cardiovascular disease: judging causality in the face of inconclusive trial evidence

BMJ 2006;333:1114 (Published 23 November 2006)

How much will Herceptin really cost?

BMJ 2006;333:1118 (Published 23 November 2006)

Rain in my Heart

BMJ 2006;333:1127.1 (Published 23 November 2006)

Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures

BMJ 2006;333:1127.2 (Published 23 November 2006)

Are reports of “man flu” just Nuts?

BMJ 2006;333:1128.1 (Published 23 November 2006)

Nutrition and Arthritis

BMJ 2006;333:1128.2 (Published 23 November 2006)

Shark cartilage in the water

BMJ 2006;333:1129.1 (Published 23 November 2006)

Being non-rational rather than irrational

BMJ 2006;333:1129.2 (Published 23 November 2006)

Corrections

Obituary: Peter Maguire

BMJ 2006;333:0.10 (Published 23 November 2006)

Resuscitation using albumin in critically ill patients: Research in patients at high risk of complications is now needed

BMJ 2006;333:0.9 (Published 23 November 2006)

Chronic constipation in children

BMJ 2006;333:0.8 (Published 23 November 2006)