14 January 2006 (Vol 332, Issue 7533)

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Editor's Choice

Swept along by the tide

BMJ 2006;332:0.7 (Published 12 January 2006)

News

Children in Turkey die after contracting avian flu

BMJ 2006;332:67.1 (Published 12 January 2006)

Korean cloning studies were fakes

BMJ 2006;332:67.2 (Published 12 January 2006)

In brief

BMJ 2006;332:68.1 (Published 12 January 2006)

US study questions use of black box warning on antidepressants

BMJ 2006;332:68.2 (Published 12 January 2006)

Doctors outraged at Patriot Act's potential to seize medical records

BMJ 2006;332:69.1 (Published 12 January 2006)

UK drug companies must disclose funding of patients' groups

BMJ 2006;332:69.2 (Published 12 January 2006)

US doctors debate safety of abortifacient drug

BMJ 2006;332:71.3 (Published 12 January 2006)

Report on E coli outbreak recommends review of guidance

BMJ 2006;332:72.1 (Published 12 January 2006)

Rains fail to bring relief in Zimbabwe

BMJ 2006;332:72.2 (Published 12 January 2006)

Art for health's sake

BMJ 2006;332:72.3 (Published 12 January 2006)

Editorials

When to test women for human papillomavirus

BMJ 2006;332:61 (Published 12 January 2006)

Primary care for refugees and asylum seekers

BMJ 2006;332:62 (Published 12 January 2006)

Cerebral palsy and perinatal exposure to neurotropic viruses

BMJ 2006;332:63 (Published 12 January 2006)

Introducing new health interventions

BMJ 2006;332:64 (Published 12 January 2006)

Lymphogranuloma venereum

BMJ 2006;332:66 (Published 12 January 2006)

Research

Excess risk of fatal coronary heart disease associated with diabetes in men and women: meta-analysis of 37 prospective cohort studies

BMJ 2006;332:73 (Published 12 January 2006)

Neurotropic viruses and cerebral palsy: population based case-control study

BMJ 2006;332:76 (Published 12 January 2006)

Lifetime effects, costs, and cost effectiveness of testing for human papillomavirus to manage low grade cytological abnormalities: results of the NHS pilot studies

BMJ 2006;332:79 (Published 12 January 2006)

Effect of testing for human papillomavirus as a triage during screening for cervical cancer: observational before and after study

BMJ 2006;332:83 (Published 12 January 2006)

Risk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis in Russia: case-control study

BMJ 2006;332:85 (Published 12 January 2006)

Letters

Good quality monitoring is crucial for informed choice

BMJ 2006;332:118.1 (Published 12 January 2006)

Deficiencies in rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury

BMJ 2006;332:118.2 (Published 12 January 2006)

Mental health legislation and decision making capacity: Autonomy in Alzheimer's disease is ignored and neglected

BMJ 2006;332:118.3 (Published 12 January 2006)

Mental health legislation and decision making capacity: Capacity is more complex than it looks

BMJ 2006;332:119.1 (Published 12 January 2006)

Mental health legislation and decision making capacity: Capacity is of more than practical benefit

BMJ 2006;332:119.2 (Published 12 January 2006)

HIV/AIDS is still a double sentence in prisons

BMJ 2006;332:119.3 (Published 12 January 2006)

Letters - continued

UK experience of smoke-free young offenders institute

BMJ 2006;332:120.1 (Published 12 January 2006)

How Islam changed medicine: Ibn al-Haytham and optics

BMJ 2006;332:120.2 (Published 12 January 2006)

How Islam changed medicine: Ibn Sina (Avicenna) saw medicine and surgery as one

BMJ 2006;332:120.3 (Published 12 January 2006)

How Islam changed medicine: Al-Nafis, Servetus, and Colombo

BMJ 2006;332:120.4 (Published 12 January 2006)

Disappearing teaspoons: French data indicate global phenomenon

BMJ 2006;332:121.1 (Published 12 January 2006)

Disappearing teaspoons: Teabags and forks are confounding factors

BMJ 2006;332:121.2 (Published 12 January 2006)

Disappearing teaspoons: Method of spoon surveillance was not adequate

BMJ 2006;332:121.3 (Published 12 January 2006)

Disappearing teaspoons: Teaspoons may reappear

BMJ 2006;332:121.4 (Published 12 January 2006)

Disappearing teaspoons: Spoon solutions

BMJ 2006;332:121.5 (Published 12 January 2006)

Obituaries

Thomas Royle Dawber

BMJ 2006;332:122 (Published 12 January 2006)

Everard Inseal Davis

BMJ 2006;332:123.1 (Published 12 January 2006)

Basil Haigh

BMJ 2006;332:123.2 (Published 12 January 2006)

William Thomas Lesslie

BMJ 2006;332:123.3 (Published 12 January 2006)

Michael Alexander Pratt

BMJ 2006;332:123.4 (Published 12 January 2006)

John Maxwell Sinclair

BMJ 2006;332:123.5 (Published 12 January 2006)

Alan Douglas Wickes

BMJ 2006;332:123.6 (Published 12 January 2006)

Robert Edward Duncan Williams

BMJ 2006;332:123.7 (Published 12 January 2006)

Colin Henry Woodham

BMJ 2006;332:123.8 (Published 12 January 2006)

Clinical Review

Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease

BMJ 2006;332:88 (Published 12 January 2006)

Practice

Urinary tract infections in women: diagnosis and management in primary care

BMJ 2006;332:94 (Published 12 January 2006)

An alcoholic patient who continues to drink: case progression

BMJ 2006;332:98 (Published 12 January 2006)

Ulcerative proctitis in men who have sex with men: an emerging outbreak

BMJ 2006;332:99 (Published 12 January 2006)

Medical treatment of early breast cancer. II: endocrine therapy

BMJ 2006;332:101 (Published 12 January 2006)

What's new this month in BMJ Journals

BMJ 2006;332:104 (Published 12 January 2006)

What's new in the other general journals

BMJ 2006;332:105 (Published 12 January 2006)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2006;332:128 (Published 12 January 2006)

Fillers

A low allergen diet may help breastfeeding mothers with colicky babies

BMJ 2006;332:0.6 (Published 12 January 2006)

Primum non nocere

BMJ 2006;332:97 (Published 12 January 2006)

A valuable lesson

BMJ 2006;332:100 (Published 12 January 2006)

An unexpected response

BMJ 2006;332:103 (Published 12 January 2006)

Her final days

BMJ 2006;332:117 (Published 12 January 2006)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Vitamin D is associated with a lower risk of cancer

BMJ 2006;332:70.1 (Published 12 January 2006)

Managed alcohol intake improves health of homeless alcoholic people, study shows

BMJ 2006;332:70.2 (Published 12 January 2006)

Coffee is associated with lower risk of breast cancer in women with BRCA mutations

BMJ 2006;332:70.3 (Published 12 January 2006)

New leader commits Tory party to an NHS that is free to all

BMJ 2006;332:70.4 (Published 12 January 2006)

US tries to increase routine hepatitis B vaccination

BMJ 2006;332:70.5 (Published 12 January 2006)

Payment incentives for GPs bear no relation to health benefits

BMJ 2006;332:71.1 (Published 12 January 2006)

Obesity in middle age is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease

BMJ 2006;332:71.2 (Published 12 January 2006)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Commons committee warns of risks in restructuring primary care

BMJ 2006;332:72.4 (Published 12 January 2006)

Private clinic claims it is not liable for failings

BMJ 2006;332:72.5 (Published 12 January 2006)

Introduction of Germany's electronic health cards is delayed

BMJ 2006;332:72.6 (Published 12 January 2006)

Children's mortality increased after hospital introduced computerised ordering system

BMJ 2006;332:72.7 (Published 12 January 2006)

Screening for prostate cancer may not reduce mortality

BMJ 2006;332:72.8 (Published 12 January 2006)

Analysis and Comment

Waiting for radiotherapy

BMJ 2006;332:107 (Published 12 January 2006)

Evaluating and implementing new services

BMJ 2006;332:109 (Published 12 January 2006)

Adoption of new surgical technology

BMJ 2006;332:112 (Published 12 January 2006)

Project: London—supporting vulnerable populations

BMJ 2006;332:115 (Published 12 January 2006)

Reviews

Menopause the Musical

BMJ 2006;332:124 (Published 12 January 2006)

The Body at Risk: Photography of Disorder, Illness, and Healing

BMJ 2006;332:125 (Published 12 January 2006)

The effect on patients' rights of private commissioning of NHS services

BMJ 2006;332:126 (Published 12 January 2006)

Engaging clinicians in IT—one step forward, two back

BMJ 2006;332:127.1 (Published 12 January 2006)

Just call me

BMJ 2006;332:127.2 (Published 12 January 2006)

Corrections

Qualities of a surgeon

BMJ 2006;332:87.1 (Published 12 January 2006)

MPs accuse Medical Research Council of panic over bird flu

BMJ 2006;332:87.2 (Published 12 January 2006)