21 January 2006 (Vol 332, Issue 7534)

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Editor's Choice

Singing the body electronic

BMJ 2006;332:0.7 (Published 19 January 2006)

News

Hospital trust prosecuted for not supervising junior doctors

BMJ 2006;332:135.1 (Published 19 January 2006)

Surgery journal bans authors who hide conflicts of interest

BMJ 2006;332:135.2 (Published 19 January 2006)

In brief

BMJ 2006;332:136.1 (Published 19 January 2006)

Turkey reports more cases as Asia prepares for bird flu

BMJ 2006;332:136.2 (Published 19 January 2006)

Campaigners predict a complete public smoking ban for England

BMJ 2006;332:136.3 (Published 19 January 2006)

Ultra-Orthodox Jews criticised over circumcision practice

BMJ 2006;332:137.1 (Published 19 January 2006)

Regular exercise reduces risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease

BMJ 2006;332:137.2 (Published 19 January 2006)

Prostate cancer patients get worse care than other cancer patients

BMJ 2006;332:139.4 (Published 19 January 2006)

Hanging doctors out to dry

BMJ 2006;332:140.1 (Published 19 January 2006)

Editorials

Personal knowledge

BMJ 2006;332:129 (Published 19 January 2006)

Using personal health information in medical research

BMJ 2006;332:130 (Published 19 January 2006)

Turning around NHS deficits

BMJ 2006;332:131 (Published 19 January 2006)

Naltrexone and problems in pain management

BMJ 2006;332:132 (Published 19 January 2006)

Intrapleural streptokinase for pleural infection

BMJ 2006;332:133 (Published 19 January 2006)

Research

Impact of adverse events on prescribing warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation: matched pair analysis

BMJ 2006;332:141 (Published 19 January 2006)

Secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in older patients after the national service framework: population based study

BMJ 2006;332:144 (Published 19 January 2006)

Effects of a web based decision aid on parental attitudes to MMR vaccination: a before and after study

BMJ 2006;332:146 (Published 19 January 2006)

Promotion to hospital consultant: regression analysis using NHS administrative data

BMJ 2006;332:148 (Published 19 January 2006)

Letters

JAMA's policy on industry sponsored studies

BMJ 2006;332:177.1 (Published 19 January 2006)

US flu mortality estimates are based on solid science

BMJ 2006;332:177.2 (Published 19 January 2006)

Stockpiling of raw material for oseltamivir is not justified

BMJ 2006;332:178.1 (Published 19 January 2006)

Dummies and SIDS: Causality has not been established

BMJ 2006;332:178.2 (Published 19 January 2006)

Dummies and SIDS: Low response rates generate considerable uncertainty

BMJ 2006;332:178.3 (Published 19 January 2006)

Funduscopy: to dilate or not?: Precipitation of angle closure may not be a disservice

BMJ 2006;332:179.1 (Published 19 January 2006)

Funduscopy: to dilate or not?: Other drugs can cause partial pupil dilatation

BMJ 2006;332:179.2 (Published 19 January 2006)

Mobile medical teams rethink

BMJ 2006;332:179.3 (Published 19 January 2006)

Resistance to HIV drugs in UK may be lower in some areas

BMJ 2006;332:179.4 (Published 19 January 2006)

Patients get four choices for NHS treatments: Choose and book has not left the station

BMJ 2006;332:180.1 (Published 19 January 2006)

Letters - continued

Patients get four choices for NHS treatments: Choose and book will hinder development of good outpatient services

BMJ 2006;332:180.2 (Published 19 January 2006)

Wishful thinking about primary care in 2015

BMJ 2006;332:180.3 (Published 19 January 2006)

Don't discount magnet therapy

BMJ 2006;332:180.4 (Published 19 January 2006)

Obituaries

John Beale

BMJ 2006;332:181 (Published 19 January 2006)

Naresh Gandhi

BMJ 2006;332:182.1 (Published 19 January 2006)

Alan Higgitt

BMJ 2006;332:182.2 (Published 19 January 2006)

Hans O Lithell

BMJ 2006;332:182.3 (Published 19 January 2006)

Maurice Gerald Nelson

BMJ 2006;332:182.4 (Published 19 January 2006)

Alan Hewett Phillips

BMJ 2006;332:182.5 (Published 19 January 2006)

Richard William Porter

BMJ 2006;332:182.6 (Published 19 January 2006)

John Gibson (Ian) Taylor

BMJ 2006;332:182.7 (Published 19 January 2006)

Clinical Review

Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

BMJ 2006;332:152 (Published 19 January 2006)

Practice

Pulmonary embolism in hospital practice

BMJ 2006;332:156 (Published 19 January 2006)

Medical treatment of early breast cancer. III: chemotherapy

BMJ 2006;332:161 (Published 19 January 2006)

What's new in the other general journals

BMJ 2006;332:163 (Published 19 January 2006)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2006;332:186 (Published 19 January 2006)

This Week In the BMJ

Early treatment for rheumatoid arthritis could virtually cure

BMJ 2006;332:0.4 (Published 19 January 2006)

Oncolytic gene therapy is not innocuous

BMJ 2006;332:0.5 (Published 19 January 2006)

Promotion process for consultants needs examining

BMJ 2006;332:0.2 (Published 19 January 2006)

Secondary prevention for CHD increases after framework

BMJ 2006;332:0.3 (Published 19 January 2006)

Bleeding on warfarin influences doctors' prescribing

BMJ 2006;332:0.1 (Published 19 January 2006)

Filler

Cardiac rehabilitation can be cost effective after a heart attack or an episode of unstable angina

BMJ 2006;332:0.6 (Published 19 January 2006)

How to put NICE guidelines into practice

BMJ 2006;332:143 (Published 19 January 2006)

Bonds of the profession

BMJ 2006;332:145 (Published 19 January 2006)

An alcoholic patient who continues to drink

BMJ 2006;332:160.1 (Published 19 January 2006)

Blind obedience

BMJ 2006;332:160.2 (Published 19 January 2006)

A memorable accident

BMJ 2006;332:176 (Published 19 January 2006)

News roundup

Religious women in the US are more likely to use health screening

BMJ 2006;332:138.1 (Published 19 January 2006)

Cloning pioneer denies intentionally falsifying results

BMJ 2006;332:138.2 (Published 19 January 2006)

News roundup - continued

Poor patients in rich countries have fair access to GPs but not to specialists

BMJ 2006;332:138.3 (Published 19 January 2006)

UK trusts urged to stamp out bullying and harassment at work

BMJ 2006;332:138.4 (Published 19 January 2006)

Roma women were unlawfully sterilised

BMJ 2006;332:138.5 (Published 19 January 2006)

Independent treatment centres will have to provide training

BMJ 2006;332:139.1 (Published 19 January 2006)

New campaign to encourage use of national IT programme begins

BMJ 2006;332:139.2 (Published 19 January 2006)

NHS trusts are using cash meant for sexual health services to balance their books

BMJ 2006;332:139.3 (Published 19 January 2006)

News Extra

Gene tests show that two fifths of Ashkenazi Jews are descended from four women

BMJ 2006;332:140.2 (Published 19 January 2006)

Doctors decry Darfur “genocide”

BMJ 2006;332:140.3 (Published 19 January 2006)

Guarantee of anonymity leads to surge in reports of safety incidents

BMJ 2006;332:140.4 (Published 19 January 2006)

Better access to personal data is urgently needed to improve health for all

BMJ 2006;332:140.5 (Published 19 January 2006)

Analysis and Comment

Consent, confidentiality, and the Data Protection Act

BMJ 2006;332:165 (Published 19 January 2006)

Not lucrative

BMJ 2006;332:169.2 (Published 19 January 2006)

Fighting cancer with oncolytic viruses

BMJ 2006;332:170 (Published 19 January 2006)

Cannabis and psychosis

BMJ 2006;332:172 (Published 19 January 2006)

Cannabis confusions

BMJ 2006;332:175 (Published 19 January 2006)

Commentary

Evidence will help achieve consensus

BMJ 2006;332:169.1 (Published 19 January 2006)

Reviews

A Surgical Temptation: The Demonisation of the Foreskin and the Rise of Circumcision in Britain

BMJ 2006;332:183 (Published 19 January 2006)

Medical Mysteries: The Testament of a Clinical Scientist

BMJ 2006;332:184.1 (Published 19 January 2006)

Medical Investigation

BMJ 2006;332:184.2 (Published 19 January 2006)

Diagnosing Pinochet syndrome

BMJ 2006;332:185.1 (Published 19 January 2006)

Rocky in suburbia

BMJ 2006;332:185.2 (Published 19 January 2006)

Corrections

Achieving the millennium development goals for health: Cost effectiveness analysis of strategies to combat malaria in developing countries

BMJ 2006;332:151.1 (Published 19 January 2006)

ABC of health informatics: Improving services with informatics tools

BMJ 2006;332:151.2 (Published 19 January 2006)

Legislation for smoke-free workplaces and health of bar workers in Ireland: before and after study

BMJ 2006;332:151.3 (Published 19 January 2006)

Primary care in the United States: problems and possibilities

BMJ 2006;332:151.4 (Published 19 January 2006)

Extra scrutiny for industry funded trials

BMJ 2006;332:151.5 (Published 19 January 2006)

Treatment of bites by adders and exotic venomous snakes

BMJ 2006;332:151.6 (Published 19 January 2006)

Randomised placebo controlled multicentre trial to assess short term clarithromycin for patients with stable coronary heart disease: CLARICOR trial

BMJ 2006;332:151.7 (Published 19 January 2006)