04 June 2005 (Vol 330, Issue 7503)

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This Week In the BMJ

Co-prescribed heroin adds value to methadone treatment

BMJ 2005;330:0.3 (Published 2 June 2005)

HIV infections should be diagnosed earlier

BMJ 2005;330:0.4 (Published 2 June 2005)

Heterosexual HIV is still mostly imported to the UK

BMJ 2005;330:0.6 (Published 2 June 2005)

Leukaemia: avoid living near high voltage lines…

BMJ 2005;330:0.1 (Published 2 June 2005)

Aspirin to prevent cardiovascular disease in elderly people: the jury's still out

BMJ 2005;330:0.5 (Published 2 June 2005)

… and let your baby acquire infections early in life

BMJ 2005;330:0.2 (Published 2 June 2005)

Editor's Choice

Making sense of things

BMJ 2005;330:0.8 (Published 2 June 2005)

Editorials

The causes of childhood leukaemia

BMJ 2005;330:1279 (Published 2 June 2005)

The national service framework for long term conditions

BMJ 2005;330:1280 (Published 2 June 2005)

The new pope and medical ethics

BMJ 2005;330:1281 (Published 2 June 2005)

Mother to child transmission of HIV in China

BMJ 2005;330:1282 (Published 2 June 2005)

Revitalising rapid responses

BMJ 2005;330:1284 (Published 2 June 2005)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Modified Mediterranean diet and survival

BMJ 2005;330:1329.1 (Published 2 June 2005)

Modified Mediterranean diet and survival

BMJ 2005;330:1329.2 (Published 2 June 2005)

Modified Mediterranean diet and survival

BMJ 2005;330:1329.3 (Published 2 June 2005)

Licensing diagnostic tests may benefit everyone

BMJ 2005;330:1330.1 (Published 2 June 2005)

Radiotherapy in breast reconstruction is mostly safe

BMJ 2005;330:1330.2 (Published 2 June 2005)

Health care is paradox in India

BMJ 2005;330:1330.3 (Published 2 June 2005)

Who needs health care?

BMJ 2005;330:1330.4 (Published 2 June 2005)

Who needs health care?

BMJ 2005;330:1331.1 (Published 2 June 2005)

Who needs health care?

BMJ 2005;330:1331.2 (Published 2 June 2005)

Who needs health care?

BMJ 2005;330:1331.3 (Published 2 June 2005)

Who needs health care?

BMJ 2005;330:1331.4 (Published 2 June 2005)

Consumer advertising and doctors' prescribing

BMJ 2005;330:1332.1 (Published 2 June 2005)

Consumer advertising and doctors' prescribing

BMJ 2005;330:1332.2 (Published 2 June 2005)

Consumer advertising and doctors' prescribing

BMJ 2005;330:1332.3 (Published 2 June 2005)

Consumer advertising and doctors' prescribing

BMJ 2005;330:1332.4 (Published 2 June 2005)

News

US president and Congress set to clash over stem cell research

BMJ 2005;330:1285.1 (Published 2 June 2005)

Exaggerated claims of cures threaten stem cell research

BMJ 2005;330:1285.2 (Published 2 June 2005)

In brief

BMJ 2005;330:1286.1 (Published 2 June 2005)

Armed conflict is a leading cause of hunger, says FAO

BMJ 2005;330:1286.2 (Published 2 June 2005)

NICE guidance to prevent strokes and heart attacks lacks evidence

BMJ 2005;330:1286.3 (Published 2 June 2005)

Adverse reaction reports may be vulnerable to manipulation

BMJ 2005;330:1287.1 (Published 2 June 2005)

Dutch GPs strike over reforms

BMJ 2005;330:1287.2 (Published 2 June 2005)

Group aims to silence claims that vitamins are better than drugs for AIDS

BMJ 2005;330:1288.1 (Published 2 June 2005)

Age discrimination denies elderly people a “dignified death”

BMJ 2005;330:1288.2 (Published 2 June 2005)

Short cuts

What's new in the other general journals

BMJ 2005;330:1289 (Published 2 June 2005)

Clinical Reviews

Poliomyelitis and the postpolio syndrome

BMJ 2005;330:1314 (Published 2 June 2005)

Postpolio syndrome—“We aren't dead yet”

BMJ 2005;330:1318 (Published 2 June 2005)

Needs assessment of humanitarian crises

BMJ 2005;330:1320 (Published 2 June 2005)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2005;330:1338 (Published 2 June 2005)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Suicidal behaviour is not lessened by higher treatment rate, study shows

BMJ 2005;330:1288.3 (Published 2 June 2005)

Report calls for more community based health care in Scotland

BMJ 2005;330:1288.4 (Published 2 June 2005)

Papers

Childhood cancer in relation to distance from high voltage power lines in England and Wales: a case-control study

BMJ 2005;330:1290 (Published 2 June 2005)

Power to confuse

BMJ 2005;330:1293.1 (Published 2 June 2005)

Day care in infancy and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: findings from UK case-control study

BMJ 2005;330:1294 (Published 2 June 2005)

Cost utility analysis of co-prescribed heroin compared with methadone maintenance treatment in heroin addicts in two randomised trials

BMJ 2005;330:1297 (Published 2 June 2005)

Newly diagnosed HIV infections: review in UK and Ireland

BMJ 2005;330:1301 (Published 2 June 2005)

HIV infections acquired through heterosexual intercourse in the United Kingdom: findings from national surveillance

BMJ 2005;330:1303 (Published 2 June 2005)

Metformin and reduced risk of cancer in diabetic patients

BMJ 2005;330:1304 (Published 2 June 2005)

Primary care

Epidemiological modelling of routine use of low dose aspirin for the primary prevention of coronary heart disease and stroke in those aged ≥70

BMJ 2005;330:1306 (Published 2 June 2005)

Quality Improvement Report

Improving the quality of palliative care for ambulatory patients with lung cancer

BMJ 2005;330:1309 (Published 2 June 2005)

Education and debate

Sterilisation of young, competent, and childless adults

BMJ 2005;330:1323 (Published 2 June 2005)

A way forward

BMJ 2005;330:1326 (Published 2 June 2005)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

Horizon: Does the MMR Jab Cause Autism?

BMJ 2005;330:1335 (Published 2 June 2005)

Narrative Research in Health and Illness

BMJ 2005;330:1336.1 (Published 2 June 2005)

Using Cost-Effectiveness Analysis to Improve Health Care: Opportunities and Barriers

BMJ 2005;330:1336.2 (Published 2 June 2005)

Exercise or relaxation after stroke?

BMJ 2005;330:1337.1 (Published 2 June 2005)

Dangerous places

BMJ 2005;330:1337.2 (Published 2 June 2005)

Fillers

Progestins prevent recurrence of preterm birth

BMJ 2005;330:0.7 (Published 2 June 2005)

The road to fame

BMJ 2005;330:1300 (Published 2 June 2005)

Submitting articles to the BMJ

BMJ 2005;330:1302 (Published 2 June 2005)

The spitting nuisance

BMJ 2005;330:1305 (Published 2 June 2005)

Satisfaction

BMJ 2005;330:1308 (Published 2 June 2005)

The giggly girl

BMJ 2005;330:1313 (Published 2 June 2005)

Simulators

BMJ 2005;330:1319 (Published 2 June 2005)

A helpful patient

BMJ 2005;330:1325 (Published 2 June 2005)

Importance of freedom in science

BMJ 2005;330:1328 (Published 2 June 2005)

Advice

BMJ 2005;330:1333.2 (Published 2 June 2005)

Corrections

Half of patients in intensive care receive suboptimal care

BMJ 2005;330:1293.2 (Published 2 June 2005)

Short Cuts: A single computed tomogram can rule out pulmonary embolus

BMJ 2005;330:1293.3 (Published 2 June 2005)

President Bush and Congress intervene in “right to die” case

BMJ 2005;330:1293.4 (Published 2 June 2005)

GMC and the future of revalidation: building on the GMC's achievements

BMJ 2005;330:1293.5 (Published 2 June 2005)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

David Somerset Short

BMJ 2005;330:1333.1 (Published 2 June 2005)

Elizabeth Gladstone Archer

BMJ 2005;330:1334.1 (Published 2 June 2005)

John Crocker

BMJ 2005;330:1334.2 (Published 2 June 2005)

Ali Abdel Razek Abd El-Hadi

BMJ 2005;330:1334.3 (Published 2 June 2005)

Brenda Grace King

BMJ 2005;330:1334.4 (Published 2 June 2005)

Kai Lau

BMJ 2005;330:1334.5 (Published 2 June 2005)

Dennis Parker

BMJ 2005;330:1334.6 (Published 2 June 2005)