29 April 2006 (Vol 332, Issue 7548)

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Editor's Choice

Where next for the research assessment exercise?

BMJ 2006;332:0.7 (Published 27 April 2006)

News

Paired kidney transplants to start in the United Kingdom

BMJ 2006;332:989.1 (Published 27 April 2006)

International medical graduates protest at UK visa changes

BMJ 2006;332:989.2 (Published 27 April 2006)

In brief

BMJ 2006;332:990.1 (Published 27 April 2006)

The public needs better understanding of drug regulation

BMJ 2006;332:990.2 (Published 27 April 2006)

Payment offered to injured trial participants has strings attached

BMJ 2006;332:990.3 (Published 27 April 2006)

US scientists urge overhaul of clinical trials to restore confidence

BMJ 2006;332:991.1 (Published 27 April 2006)

Conflicts of interest are common at FDA

BMJ 2006;332:991.2 (Published 27 April 2006)

Doctors charged with ensuring dignity for older patients

BMJ 2006;332:993.4 (Published 27 April 2006)

All change for funding of medical research in the United Kingdom

BMJ 2006;332:994 (Published 27 April 2006)

Editorials

How should we rate research?

BMJ 2006;332:983 (Published 27 April 2006)

Creative destruction in the NHS

BMJ 2006;332:984 (Published 27 April 2006)

Depression should be managed like a chronic disease

BMJ 2006;332:985 (Published 27 April 2006)

Cure of cutaneous melanoma

BMJ 2006;332:987 (Published 27 April 2006)

Research

Bone-patellar tendon-bone autografts versus hamstring autografts for reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligament: meta-analysis

BMJ 2006;332:995 (Published 27 April 2006)

Breast cancer in the family—children's perceptions of their mother's cancer and its initial treatment: qualitative study

BMJ 2006;332:998 (Published 27 April 2006)

Early determinants of physical activity in adolescence: prospective birth cohort study

BMJ 2006;332:1002 (Published 27 April 2006)

Admissions processes for five year medical courses at English schools: review

BMJ 2006;332:1005 (Published 27 April 2006)

Standardising the process versus improving the methods

BMJ 2006;332:1008 (Published 27 April 2006)

Predicting the “strugglers”: a case-control study of students at Nottingham University Medical School

BMJ 2006;332:1009 (Published 27 April 2006)

Letters

New UK policy on overseas doctors: What future for international medical graduates in the NHS?

BMJ 2006;332:1033.1 (Published 27 April 2006)

New UK policy on overseas doctors: International medical graduates invest £7500 in getting first job

BMJ 2006;332:1033.2 (Published 27 April 2006)

New UK policy on overseas doctors: Also affects international medical graduates graduating from UK institutions

BMJ 2006;332:1033.3 (Published 27 April 2006)

New UK policy on overseas doctors: Has far reaching effects

BMJ 2006;332:1033.4 (Published 27 April 2006)

New UK policy on overseas doctors: Thank God for the American Dream

BMJ 2006;332:1033.5 (Published 27 April 2006)

New ethical framework for pharmaceutical physicians

BMJ 2006;332:1034.1 (Published 27 April 2006)

Letters - continued

Role of MRI in diagnosing multiple sclerosis: Magnetic resonance imaging is valuable

BMJ 2006;332:1034.2 (Published 27 April 2006)

Role of MRI in diagnosing multiple sclerosis: Early diagnosis using MRI and early treatment delays disease conversion

BMJ 2006;332:1034.3 (Published 27 April 2006)

Textbook of Pharmaceutical Medicine warns of trial risks

BMJ 2006;332:1035.1 (Published 27 April 2006)

Mobile phone use and risk of glioma in adults: Results are difficult to interpret because of limitations

BMJ 2006;332:1035.2 (Published 27 April 2006)

Mobile phone use and risk of glioma in adults: Study has many flaws

BMJ 2006;332:1035.3 (Published 27 April 2006)

Mobile phone use and risk of glioma in adults: Conclusions are questionable

BMJ 2006;332:1035.4 (Published 27 April 2006)

Fetuses can feel pain

BMJ 2006;332:1036.1 (Published 27 April 2006)

Predictive value of metabolic syndrome is not clear

BMJ 2006;332:1036.2 (Published 27 April 2006)

Clinical research in primary care needs urgent boost

BMJ 2006;332:1036.3 (Published 27 April 2006)

Obituaries

Sir Henry Yellowlees

BMJ 2006;332:1037 (Published 27 April 2006)

Rupert Bennett

BMJ 2006;332:1038.1 (Published 27 April 2006)

John Harry Howard Glyn

BMJ 2006;332:1038.2 (Published 27 April 2006)

Alastair Macaulay

BMJ 2006;332:1038.3 (Published 27 April 2006)

Brendan Francis MacCarthy

BMJ 2006;332:1038.4 (Published 27 April 2006)

John Mein Main

BMJ 2006;332:1038.5 (Published 27 April 2006)

Barbara Jean Roberts (née Simpson)

BMJ 2006;332:1038.6 (Published 27 April 2006)

George Battersby Shuttleworth Roberts

BMJ 2006;332:1038.7 (Published 27 April 2006)

John Roderick

BMJ 2006;332:1038.8 (Published 27 April 2006)

Clinical Review

Diagnosis and treatment of chronic hepatitis C infection

BMJ 2006;332:1013 (Published 27 April 2006)

Practice

The patient's journey: living with diabetes

BMJ 2006;332:1018 (Published 27 April 2006)

Normal skull suture variant mimicking intentional injury

BMJ 2006;332:1020 (Published 27 April 2006)

Principles of control of cancer pain

BMJ 2006;332:1022 (Published 27 April 2006)

What's new in the other general journals

BMJ 2006;332:1025 (Published 27 April 2006)

This Week In the BMJ

Predicting the “strugglers” in medical school

BMJ 2006;332:0.5 (Published 27 April 2006)

Do English medical schools need a single admissions process?

BMJ 2006;332:0.4 (Published 27 April 2006)

Early social factors may affect adolescents' physical activity

BMJ 2006;332:0.3 (Published 27 April 2006)

This Week In the BMJ - continued

Don't forget the children of newly diagnosed cancer patients

BMJ 2006;332:0.2 (Published 27 April 2006)

Hamstring autografts may be better than patellar tendon autografts

BMJ 2006;332:0.1 (Published 27 April 2006)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2006;332:1042 (Published 27 April 2006)

Fillers

Giving up smoking is easier for patients with access to telephone counselling

BMJ 2006;332:0.6 (Published 27 April 2006)

A funny kind of flu

BMJ 2006;332:1001 (Published 27 April 2006)

Consciousness: a surprising encounter

BMJ 2006;332:1017 (Published 27 April 2006)

70 year old man with scrotal swelling, abdominal aortic aneurysm, and renal lesions

BMJ 2006;332:1021.1 (Published 27 April 2006)

The cultivation of liquorice in Mesopotamia

BMJ 2006;332:1021.2 (Published 27 April 2006)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

France urged to close high risk operating theatres

BMJ 2006;332:992.1 (Published 27 April 2006)

Bush administration promotes health savings accounts

BMJ 2006;332:992.2 (Published 27 April 2006)

Screen Camelford residents, researchers say, after woman's death linked to poisoned water supply

BMJ 2006;332:992.3 (Published 27 April 2006)

A few health insurers monopolise US market

BMJ 2006;332:992.4 (Published 27 April 2006)

Generic medicines could rescue EU governments' spending

BMJ 2006;332:992.5 (Published 27 April 2006)

Legalising assisted dying does not affect palliative care, says US expert

BMJ 2006;332:993.1 (Published 27 April 2006)

Bird flu adds to Sudan's woes as UN warns of risk to aid operations

BMJ 2006;332:993.2 (Published 27 April 2006)

UK has inadequate services for victims of sexual assault

BMJ 2006;332:993.3 (Published 27 April 2006)

Analysis and Comment

Should we screen for depression?

BMJ 2006;332:1027 (Published 27 April 2006)

The case for psychological treatment centres

BMJ 2006;332:1030 (Published 27 April 2006)

Reviews

Drug Trials—the Dark Side: This World

BMJ 2006;332:1039 (Published 27 April 2006)

Indian film-maker tackles hypochondriasis

BMJ 2006;332:1040.1 (Published 27 April 2006)

Helping Patients Understand Risks: 7 Simple Strategies for Successful Communication

BMJ 2006;332:1040.2 (Published 27 April 2006)

A way out for the conscientious objector: “become” a mental patient

BMJ 2006;332:1041.1 (Published 27 April 2006)

Glimpses of the past

BMJ 2006;332:1041.2 (Published 27 April 2006)

Corrections

Factors influencing death at home in terminally ill patients with cancer: systematic review

BMJ 2006;332:1012.1 (Published 27 April 2006)

Reproductive outcome after chromosome analysis in couples with two or more miscarriages: case-control study

BMJ 2006;332:1012.2 (Published 27 April 2006)