06 May 2006 (Vol 332, Issue 7549)

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Editor's Choice

Improving on improvement

BMJ 2006;332:0.7 (Published 4 May 2006)

News

Middle aged white people are healthier in England than US

BMJ 2006;332:1047.1 (Published 4 May 2006)

Number of uninsured middle class US citizens grows

BMJ 2006;332:1047.2 (Published 4 May 2006)

In brief

BMJ 2006;332:1048.1 (Published 4 May 2006)

GPs can shape services by bidding for provider contracts

BMJ 2006;332:1048.2 (Published 4 May 2006)

Concordia Health wins south London contract for primary care

BMJ 2006;332:1048.3 (Published 4 May 2006)

UK website publishes cardiac surgery survival rates

BMJ 2006;332:1049.1 (Published 4 May 2006)

Dutch want publication of data on heart surgery

BMJ 2006;332:1049.2 (Published 4 May 2006)

Unicef warns of “epidemic” of childhood malnutrition

BMJ 2006;332:1051.3 (Published 4 May 2006)

Will UK Biobank pay off?

BMJ 2006;332:1052.9 (Published 4 May 2006)

Editorials

Inhaled insulin

BMJ 2006;332:1043 (Published 4 May 2006)

Passive smoking's role in diabetes

BMJ 2006;332:1044 (Published 4 May 2006)

Community acquired pneumonia in primary care

BMJ 2006;332:1045 (Published 4 May 2006)

Research

Can sutures get wet? Prospective randomised controlled trial of wound management in general practice

BMJ 2006;332:1053 (Published 4 May 2006)

Safety and efficacy of rectal compared with intramuscular quinine for the early treatment of moderately severe malaria in children: randomised clinical trial

BMJ 2006;332:1055 (Published 4 May 2006)

Prevalence of deliberate self harm and attempted suicide within contemporary Goth youth subculture: longitudinal cohort study

BMJ 2006;332:1058 (Published 4 May 2006)

Origin and funding of the most frequently cited papers in medicine: database analysis

BMJ 2006;332:1061 (Published 4 May 2006)

Is society losing control of the medical research agenda?

BMJ 2006;332:1063 (Published 4 May 2006)

Active and passive smoking and development of glucose intolerance among young adults in a prospective cohort: CARDIA study

BMJ 2006;332:1064 (Published 4 May 2006)

National survey of British public's views on use of identifiable medical data by the National Cancer Registry

BMJ 2006;332:1068 (Published 4 May 2006)

Galactorrhoea may be associated with methadone use

BMJ 2006;332:1071.1 (Published 4 May 2006)

Letters

Mortality associated with delay in operation after hip fracture: Scottish data provide additional information…

BMJ 2006;332:1093.1 (Published 4 May 2006)

Mortality associated with delay in operation after hip fracture: … but Italian data seem to contradict study findings

BMJ 2006;332:1093.2 (Published 4 May 2006)

Panic disorder: propranolol and behavioural therapy

BMJ 2006;332:1094.1 (Published 4 May 2006)

Preterm delivery in primiparous women at low risk: Preterm birth or delivery? Study authors suggest new terms

BMJ 2006;332:1094.2 (Published 4 May 2006)

Preterm delivery in primiparous women at low risk: Could epidemic chlamydia contribute to rise in preterm births?

BMJ 2006;332:1094.3 (Published 4 May 2006)

Is any involvement with the UK military unethical?

BMJ 2006;332:1094.4 (Published 4 May 2006)

Compensation and complaints in New Zealand

BMJ 2006;332:1095.1 (Published 4 May 2006)

Letters - continued

Policing of information from internet breast cancer list: Findings may not be generally applicable

BMJ 2006;332:1095.2 (Published 4 May 2006)

Policing of information from internet breast cancer list: “List mining” raises new issues in research ethics

BMJ 2006;332:1095.3 (Published 4 May 2006)

The cause for quiet celebration

BMJ 2006;332:1095.4 (Published 4 May 2006)

Boom to bust in the NHS: Income in general practice

BMJ 2006;332:1096.1 (Published 4 May 2006)

Boom to bust in the NHS: Consultant productivity

BMJ 2006;332:1096.2 (Published 4 May 2006)

Boom to bust in the NHS: Questions on productivity

BMJ 2006;332:1096.3 (Published 4 May 2006)

Money for nothing, and your kicks for free

BMJ 2006;332:1096.4 (Published 4 May 2006)

Obituaries

Andrew William Morrison

BMJ 2006;332:1097 (Published 4 May 2006)

Jennifer Asscher (née Lloyd)

BMJ 2006;332:1098.1 (Published 4 May 2006)

Gwenda Delany

BMJ 2006;332:1098.2 (Published 4 May 2006)

Neil Alexander Duncan

BMJ 2006;332:1098.3 (Published 4 May 2006)

Derek Julius Salfield

BMJ 2006;332:1098.4 (Published 4 May 2006)

Charles Seeley

BMJ 2006;332:1098.5 (Published 4 May 2006)

Austin Tate

BMJ 2006;332:1098.6 (Published 4 May 2006)

Elena Zadik (née Matskevich)

BMJ 2006;332:1098.7 (Published 4 May 2006)

Clinical Review

Acute pancreatitis

BMJ 2006;332:1072 (Published 4 May 2006)

Practice

Pneumonia: update on diagnosis and management

BMJ 2006;332:1077 (Published 4 May 2006)

The cost of dichotomising continuous variables

BMJ 2006;332:1080.1 (Published 4 May 2006)

Difficult pain

BMJ 2006;332:1081 (Published 4 May 2006)

What's new in the other general journals

BMJ 2006;332:1084 (Published 4 May 2006)

This Week In the BMJ

Goth subculture is strongly linked with self harm and attempted suicide

BMJ 2006;332:0.5 (Published 4 May 2006)

Consider rectal quinine for moderately severe malaria

BMJ 2006;332:0.3 (Published 4 May 2006)

Skin sutures can get wet safely after minor excisions

BMJ 2006;332:0.1 (Published 4 May 2006)

Academics may be losing control of clinical research

BMJ 2006;332:0.2 (Published 4 May 2006)

Tobacco exposure is associated with glucose intolerance

BMJ 2006;332:0.4 (Published 4 May 2006)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2006;332:1102 (Published 4 May 2006)

Fillers

Statins rarely cause serious side effects

BMJ 2006;332:0.6 (Published 4 May 2006)

The art of medicine

BMJ 2006;332:1054 (Published 4 May 2006)

Fillers - continued

The name of the illness

BMJ 2006;332:1070 (Published 4 May 2006)

Ditch the digraph

BMJ 2006;332:1071.2 (Published 4 May 2006)

A salutary lesson

BMJ 2006;332:1076 (Published 4 May 2006)

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

BMJ 2006;332:1079 (Published 4 May 2006)

Reading and reflecting

BMJ 2006;332:1080.2 (Published 4 May 2006)

A complaint that changed my practice

BMJ 2006;332:1092 (Published 4 May 2006)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Trastuzumab wins backing of European drug regulator

BMJ 2006;332:1050.1 (Published 4 May 2006)

Watchdog gives spoof awards for aggressive marketing of drugs

BMJ 2006;332:1050.2 (Published 4 May 2006)

Malaria experts criticise World Bank

BMJ 2006;332:1050.3 (Published 4 May 2006)

Healthcare Commission to review independent treatment centres

BMJ 2006;332:1050.4 (Published 4 May 2006)

NHS should remain funded by tax

BMJ 2006;332:1050.5 (Published 4 May 2006)

German law to cuts drug costs angers doctors

BMJ 2006;332:1051.1 (Published 4 May 2006)

NHS trust is losing out to private investors, says watchdog

BMJ 2006;332:1051.2 (Published 4 May 2006)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

NICE rules on chemotherapy drugs for colon and breast cancer

BMJ 2006;332:1052.1 (Published 4 May 2006)

England approves first mental health foundation trusts

BMJ 2006;332:1052.2 (Published 4 May 2006)

UK is urged to rethink funding of long term care of elderly people

BMJ 2006;332:1052.3 (Published 4 May 2006)

Investment in health research needs scrutiny

BMJ 2006;332:1052.4 (Published 4 May 2006)

Children worldwide can grow to the same height, says WHO

BMJ 2006;332:1052.5 (Published 4 May 2006)

Australian health insurance to include preventive measures

BMJ 2006;332:1052.6 (Published 4 May 2006)

France to pilot testing for prostate cancer

BMJ 2006;332:1052.7 (Published 4 May 2006)

Protests and bombing disrupt health care in Nepal

BMJ 2006;332:1052.8 (Published 4 May 2006)

Analysis and Comment

Waiving confidentiality for the greater good

BMJ 2006;332:1086 (Published 4 May 2006)

Comparative accuracy: assessing new tests against existing diagnostic pathways

BMJ 2006;332:1089 (Published 4 May 2006)

Reviews

Medics face the music

BMJ 2006;332:1099 (Published 4 May 2006)

When lecturers need patient consent

BMJ 2006;332:1100.1 (Published 4 May 2006)

Hit parade

BMJ 2006;332:1100.2 (Published 4 May 2006)

The French connection: how I found orthopaedic surgery on the internet

BMJ 2006;332:1101.1 (Published 4 May 2006)

Bring back post-nominals

BMJ 2006;332:1101.2 (Published 4 May 2006)