18 February 2006 (Vol 332, Issue 7538)

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Editor's Choice

Disentangling separate effects

BMJ 2006;332:0.7 (Published 16 February 2006)

News

Bush proposes cutting Medicare budget by $36bn

BMJ 2006;332:379.1 (Published 16 February 2006)

US agency launches initiative on better prescribing for hypertension

BMJ 2006;332:379.2 (Published 16 February 2006)

In brief

BMJ 2006;332:380.1 (Published 16 February 2006)

FDA committee votes for warning labels on stimulant drugs

BMJ 2006;332:380.2 (Published 16 February 2006)

Africa is ill equipped to fight a bird flu epidemic

BMJ 2006;332:380.3 (Published 16 February 2006)

Expert witnesses are issued with new advice after high profile failings

BMJ 2006;332:381.1 (Published 16 February 2006)

Industry association suspends drug company for entertaining doctors

BMJ 2006;332:381.2 (Published 16 February 2006)

Work of staff grade doctors does not get proper recognition

BMJ 2006;332:383.4 (Published 16 February 2006)

Hanging in the balance

BMJ 2006;332:384.1 (Published 16 February 2006)

Editorials

Does melatonin help people sleep?

BMJ 2006;332:373 (Published 16 February 2006)

Clinical course of infection with hepatitis C

BMJ 2006;332:374 (Published 16 February 2006)

Surgery for emphysema

BMJ 2006;332:375 (Published 16 February 2006)

Liver transplantation from non-heart beating donors

BMJ 2006;332:376 (Published 16 February 2006)

Diarrhoea and malnutrition in children

BMJ 2006;332:378 (Published 16 February 2006)

Research

Efficacy and safety of exogenous melatonin for secondary sleep disorders and sleep disorders accompanying sleep restriction: meta-analysis

BMJ 2006;332:385 (Published 16 February 2006)

Determinants of primary medical care quality measured under the new UK contract: cross sectional study

BMJ 2006;332:389 (Published 16 February 2006)

Sham device v inert pill: randomised controlled trial of two placebo treatments

BMJ 2006;332:391 (Published 16 February 2006)

Importance of free access to research articles on decision to submit to the BMJ: survey of authors

BMJ 2006;332:394 (Published 16 February 2006)

Letters

An alcoholic patient who continues to drink: endoscopic treatment is preferred

BMJ 2006;332:423.1 (Published 16 February 2006)

The incidence of gastroschisis: Research urgently needs resources

BMJ 2006;332:423.2 (Published 16 February 2006)

The incidence of gastroschisis: Is also increasing in Spain, particularly among babies of young mothers

BMJ 2006;332:424.1 (Published 16 February 2006)

Assessing fitness to practise: Common sense approach to revalidation/accreditation

BMJ 2006;332:424.2 (Published 16 February 2006)

Letters - continued

Assessing fitness to practise: Revalidation is a long and winding road

BMJ 2006;332:424.3 (Published 16 February 2006)

Conscientious objection in medicine: Author did not meet standards of argument based ethics

BMJ 2006;332:425.1 (Published 16 February 2006)

Conscientious objection in medicine: Doctors' freedom of conscience

BMJ 2006;332:425.2 (Published 16 February 2006)

Conscientious objection in medicine: The ethics of responding to bird flu

BMJ 2006;332:425.3 (Published 16 February 2006)

Obituaries

Tony Jackson

BMJ 2006;332:426 (Published 16 February 2006)

John Hammerton

BMJ 2006;332:427.1 (Published 16 February 2006)

Robin Frank Holloway Horn

BMJ 2006;332:427.2 (Published 16 February 2006)

James Ewart Horrocks

BMJ 2006;332:427.3 (Published 16 February 2006)

John Martel Hughes

BMJ 2006;332:427.4 (Published 16 February 2006)

Douglas Reginald Sturrock Leslie

BMJ 2006;332:427.5 (Published 16 February 2006)

Joseph Magri

BMJ 2006;332:427.6 (Published 16 February 2006)

David John Rudman

BMJ 2006;332:427.7 (Published 16 February 2006)

Andre Jacques van Amerongen

BMJ 2006;332:427.8 (Published 16 February 2006)

Clinical Review

Dupuytren's contracture unfolded

BMJ 2006;332:397 (Published 16 February 2006)

Practice

Pregnancy and congenital heart disease

BMJ 2006;332:401 (Published 16 February 2006)

A 28 year old postpartum woman with right sided chest discomfort: case presentation

BMJ 2006;332:406 (Published 16 February 2006)

Diabetic foot ulcers

BMJ 2006;332:407 (Published 16 February 2006)

What's new in the other general journals

BMJ 2006;332:411 (Published 16 February 2006)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2006;332:432 (Published 16 February 2006)

Fillers

More evidence that hormone replacement therapy causes incontinence in postmenopausal women

BMJ 2006;332:0.6 (Published 16 February 2006)

An unusual ending to an anatomy lesson

BMJ 2006;332:422 (Published 16 February 2006)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

NHS is urged to become more energy conscious

BMJ 2006;332:382.1 (Published 16 February 2006)

Partially sighted woman takes Polish government to international court over denial of abortion

BMJ 2006;332:382.2 (Published 16 February 2006)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] - continued

Methamphetamine epidemic hits middle America

BMJ 2006;332:382.3 (Published 16 February 2006)

Doctor reignites euthanasia row in Belgium after mercy killing

BMJ 2006;332:382.4 (Published 16 February 2006)

University clears scientist of misconduct but says his conduct was misbehaviour

BMJ 2006;332:382.5 (Published 16 February 2006)

Lawyers in MMR vaccine cases have had £1.3m from public funds

BMJ 2006;332:383.1 (Published 16 February 2006)

NHS patients who do not want their information shared will have to opt out of IT system

BMJ 2006;332:383.2 (Published 16 February 2006)

Waiting times fall in Scotland, but watchdog urges caution

BMJ 2006;332:383.3 (Published 16 February 2006)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

US stroke patients don't reach hospital quickly enough

BMJ 2006;332:384.2 (Published 16 February 2006)

Supporters of Canada's health system express fears about new government

BMJ 2006;332:384.3 (Published 16 February 2006)

Abolishing prescription charges for generic drugs should be considered, NHS Confederation says

BMJ 2006;332:384.4 (Published 16 February 2006)

Partnership publishes data on patients who repeatedly use hospital services

BMJ 2006;332:384.5 (Published 16 February 2006)

Analysis and Comment

Process evaluation in randomised controlled trials of complex interventions

BMJ 2006;332:413 (Published 16 February 2006)

Lessons for clinical trials from natalizumab in multiple sclerosis

BMJ 2006;332:416 (Published 16 February 2006)

Have targets improved performance in the English NHS?

BMJ 2006;332:419 (Published 16 February 2006)

Reviews

Contact Wounds: A War Surgeon's Education

BMJ 2006;332:428 (Published 16 February 2006)

Cultivating a Thinking Surgeon: New Perspectives on Clinical Teaching, Learning and Assessment

BMJ 2006;332:429.1 (Published 16 February 2006)

The Hills of Angheri

BMJ 2006;332:429.2 (Published 16 February 2006)

The Welfare Show

BMJ 2006;332:430.1 (Published 16 February 2006)

Proof

BMJ 2006;332:430.2 (Published 16 February 2006)

Assessment of doctors in training: should patients give consent?

BMJ 2006;332:431.1 (Published 16 February 2006)

The old man's friend

BMJ 2006;332:431.2 (Published 16 February 2006)

Corrections

Interactive case report: an alcoholic patient who continues to drink: case outcome

BMJ 2006;332:396.1 (Published 16 February 2006)

Patients get four choices for NHS treatments

BMJ 2006;332:396.2 (Published 16 February 2006)

Barriers to using warfarin in non-valvular atrial fibrillation

BMJ 2006;332:396.3 (Published 16 February 2006)