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74 articles published between 04 Sep 2006 and 10 Sep 2006

Editor's Choice

Whither medicine?

BMJ 2006;333:0.7 (Published 7 September 2006)

Research

Effectiveness of telephone counselling by a pharmacist in reducing mortality in patients receiving polypharmacy: randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2006;333:522 (Published 7 September 2006)

Underinvestigation and undertreatment of carotid disease in elderly patients with transient ischaemic attack and stroke: comparative population based study

BMJ 2006;333:525 (Published 7 September 2006)

Patients' perceptions of written consent: questionnaire study

BMJ 2006;333:528 (Published 7 September 2006)

News

Children get “weak” services in most NHS trusts

BMJ 2006;333:513.1 (Published 7 September 2006)

Doctors must work in partnership with patients, says GMC

BMJ 2006;333:513.2 (Published 7 September 2006)

In brief

BMJ 2006;333:514.1 (Published 7 September 2006)

Calcium channel blockers associated with less diabetes

BMJ 2006;333:514.2 (Published 7 September 2006)

Troops are needed in Darfur, says UN

BMJ 2006;333:514.3 (Published 7 September 2006)

Unexploded ordnance threatens Lebanese population, says UN

BMJ 2006;333:515.1 (Published 7 September 2006)

Roche employee wins partial victory

BMJ 2006;333:515.2 (Published 7 September 2006)

Society issues guidance on IVF

BMJ 2006;333:517.4 (Published 7 September 2006)

Keeping Paice with reforms

BMJ 2006;333:518 (Published 7 September 2006)

Safety and efficacy of routine postoperative ibuprofen for pain and disability related to ectopic bone formation after hip replacement surgery (HIPAID): randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2006;333:519 (Published 7 September 2006)

Clinical Review

Acute appendicitis

BMJ 2006;333:530 (Published 7 September 2006)

Practice

: BMJ Learning: Benign prostatic hyperplasia: treatment in primary care

BMJ 2006;333:535 (Published 7 September 2006)

Lesson of the week: Acute renal failure induced by contrast medium: steps towards prevention

BMJ 2006;333:539 (Published 7 September 2006)

Interactive case report: Fever of unknown origin: case progression

BMJ 2006;333:541.1 (Published 7 September 2006)

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

BMJ 2006;333:542 (Published 7 September 2006)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2006;333:558 (Published 7 September 2006)

Fillers

Statins work better at higher doses in patients with coronary heart disease

BMJ 2006;333:0.6 (Published 7 September 2006)

What is the greatest medical breakthrough since 1840? Make your nomination at bmj.com

BMJ 2006;333:0.8 (Published 7 September 2006)

Deviation

BMJ 2006;333:541.2 (Published 7 September 2006)

Fillers - continued

Advice

BMJ 2006;333:553.6 (Published 7 September 2006)

This Week In the BMJ

Routine use of ibuprofen after hip replacement is not justified

BMJ 2006;333:0.1 (Published 7 September 2006)

Telephone counselling reduces mortality in patients on polypharmacy

BMJ 2006;333:0.2 (Published 7 September 2006)

Treatment of elderly patients with minor ischaemic attacks is inadequate

BMJ 2006;333:0.3 (Published 7 September 2006)

Improving medical education

BMJ 2006;333:0.4 (Published 7 September 2006)

Patients misunderstand purpose of consent

BMJ 2006;333:0.5 (Published 7 September 2006)

Editorial

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs after hip replacement

BMJ 2006;333:507 (Published 7 September 2006)

Ageism in services for transient ischaemic attack and stroke

BMJ 2006;333:508 (Published 7 September 2006)

Predictive genetic testing for type 2 diabetes

BMJ 2006;333:509 (Published 7 September 2006)

Tackling alcohol misuse at the front line

BMJ 2006;333:510 (Published 7 September 2006)

The Human Tissue Act

BMJ 2006;333:512 (Published 7 September 2006)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

More US citizens lack health insurance

BMJ 2006;333:516.1 (Published 7 September 2006)

Herpes increases because oral sex thought safe

BMJ 2006;333:516.2 (Published 7 September 2006)

Fewer boys born in New York after 9/11 attacks

BMJ 2006;333:516.3 (Published 7 September 2006)

US judge dismisses $50m damages in Vioxx lawsuit

BMJ 2006;333:516.4 (Published 7 September 2006)

Britain tops Europe for childhood skin cancer

BMJ 2006;333:516.5 (Published 7 September 2006)

Junior doctors' training to include patients' safety

BMJ 2006;333:517.1 (Published 7 September 2006)

Israeli cancer patients resume hunger strike

BMJ 2006;333:517.2 (Published 7 September 2006)

Failure to tackle refugees' health needs increases risk of exclusion

BMJ 2006;333:517.3 (Published 7 September 2006)

Analysis and Comment

Challenges for educationalists

BMJ 2006;333:544 (Published 7 September 2006)

Evidence based checklists for objective structured clinical examinations

BMJ 2006;333:546 (Published 7 September 2006)

Letter

Evidence based diagnosis: We may need to be open to new ideas

BMJ 2006;333:549.1 (Published 7 September 2006)

Evidence based diagnosis: Multiple tests with multiple responses are important

BMJ 2006;333:549.2 (Published 7 September 2006)

Evidence based diagnosis: Terminology is unsatisfactory

BMJ 2006;333:549.3 (Published 7 September 2006)

Letter - continued

Evidence based diagnosis: Prior probability saves money, time, and possibly lives

BMJ 2006;333:549.4 (Published 7 September 2006)

Evidence based diagnosis: What about the patients?

BMJ 2006;333:550.1 (Published 7 September 2006)

Subarachnoid haemorrhage: lumbar puncture for every negative scan? Authors' reply

BMJ 2006;333:550.2 (Published 7 September 2006)

Strange things happen when we never qualify the frequency

BMJ 2006;333:550.3 (Published 7 September 2006)

Early intervention in acute renal failure: Assessing fluid status is important

BMJ 2006;333:551.1 (Published 7 September 2006)

Early intervention in acute renal failure: Evidence of inadequate intravenous fluid treatment in UK hospitals

BMJ 2006;333:551.2 (Published 7 September 2006)

Exempting mental health units from smoke-free laws: Nicotine can have beneficial effects

BMJ 2006;333:551.3 (Published 7 September 2006)

Exempting mental health units from smoke-free laws: Issue should no longer be ignored

BMJ 2006;333:551.4 (Published 7 September 2006)

HIV cannot be tackled in isolation

BMJ 2006;333:552.1 (Published 7 September 2006)

Three Bs, please: Don't despise excellence

BMJ 2006;333:552.2 (Published 7 September 2006)

Three Bs, please: More academic excellence, please

BMJ 2006;333:552.3 (Published 7 September 2006)

Obituary

George Henry Reginald Curnock

BMJ 2006;333:553.1 (Published 7 September 2006)

William (“Bill”) George Edge

BMJ 2006;333:553.2 (Published 7 September 2006)

William (“Bill”) Harding Helm

BMJ 2006;333:553.3 (Published 7 September 2006)

John George Macleod

BMJ 2006;333:553.4 (Published 7 September 2006)

John Joseph Mould

BMJ 2006;333:553.5 (Published 7 September 2006)

Trevor Peter Oldham

BMJ 2006;333:554.1 (Published 7 September 2006)

Ernest Philip Quibell

BMJ 2006;333:554.2 (Published 7 September 2006)

Neville Wilson Shephard

BMJ 2006;333:554.3 (Published 7 September 2006)

Colin Starkie

BMJ 2006;333:554.4 (Published 7 September 2006)

Gladys Elsa McArthur Strang (Mrs Scarlett)

BMJ 2006;333:554.5 (Published 7 September 2006)

Helen Holme Tucker (née Barwise)

BMJ 2006;333:554.6 (Published 7 September 2006)

Review

The Worst of Evils: The Fight Against Pain

BMJ 2006;333:555 (Published 7 September 2006)

Letting Him Down: making the euthanasia decision easier

BMJ 2006;333:556 (Published 7 September 2006)

Sleep walking to another Stanley Royd?

BMJ 2006;333:557.1 (Published 7 September 2006)

The history of box ticking

BMJ 2006;333:557.2 (Published 7 September 2006)

RESEARCH

Experiences of belittlement and harassment and their correlates among medical students in the United States: longitudinal survey

BMJ 2006;0:38924.722037.7C (Published 6 September 2006)