13 May 2006 (Vol 332, Issue 7550)

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Editor's Choice

Looking for leaders

BMJ 2006;332:0.7 (Published 11 May 2006)

News

Adverse drug reactions result in 250 000 UK admissions a year

BMJ 2006;332:1109.1 (Published 11 May 2006)

Department of Health ends contract with drugs bulletin

BMJ 2006;332:1109.2 (Published 11 May 2006)

In brief

BMJ 2006;332:1110.1 (Published 11 May 2006)

Belgium to tighten drug advertising laws

BMJ 2006;332:1110.2 (Published 11 May 2006)

GMC must consider case against paediatricians who suspected parents of fabricating child's illness

BMJ 2006;332:1110.3 (Published 11 May 2006)

Chairwoman of Shipman inquiry protests at lack of action

BMJ 2006;332:1111 (Published 11 May 2006)

Cost of out of hours care was 22% higher than predicted in England

BMJ 2006;332:1113.4 (Published 11 May 2006)

Rofecoxib may cause heart attacks in first weeks of use

BMJ 2006;332:1114.1 (Published 11 May 2006)

Lamer quits as chairman of CMAJ governance panel

BMJ 2006;332:1114.2 (Published 11 May 2006)

Editorials

Diabetes and lipid lowering: where are we?

BMJ 2006;332:1103 (Published 11 May 2006)

Cerebral embolism and Alzheimer's disease

BMJ 2006;332:1104 (Published 11 May 2006)

Kidneys for transplant

BMJ 2006;332:1105 (Published 11 May 2006)

HPV vaccine and adolescents' sexual activity

BMJ 2006;332:1106 (Published 11 May 2006)

An international standard for disclosure of clinical trial information

BMJ 2006;332:1107 (Published 11 May 2006)

Research

Efficacy of lipid lowering drug treatment for diabetic and non-diabetic patients: metaanalysis of randomised controlled trials

BMJ 2006;332:1115 (Published 11 May 2006)

Cerebral emboli as a potential cause of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia: casecontrol study

BMJ 2006;332:1119 (Published 11 May 2006)

Effects of armed conflict on access to emergency health care in Palestinian West Bank: systematic collection of data in emergency departments

BMJ 2006;332:1122 (Published 11 May 2006)

Potential for organ donation in the United Kingdom: audit of intensive care records

BMJ 2006;332:1124 (Published 11 May 2006)

Sample sizes of studies on diagnostic accuracy: literature survey

BMJ 2006;332:1127 (Published 11 May 2006)

Improving the quality and clinical relevance of diagnostic studies

BMJ 2006;332:1129 (Published 11 May 2006)

Development of adiposity in adolescence: five year longitudinal study of an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse sample of young people in Britain

BMJ 2006;332:1130 (Published 11 May 2006)

Sodium in soluble paracetamol may be linked to raised blood pressure

BMJ 2006;332:1133.1 (Published 11 May 2006)

Letters

Hamstring v patellar tendon autografts: A patient's and clinician's perspective

BMJ 2006;332:1153.1 (Published 11 May 2006)

Hamstring v patellar tendon autografts: When to operate is important

BMJ 2006;332:1153.2 (Published 11 May 2006)

Hamstring v patellar tendon autografts: Author's reply

BMJ 2006;332:1153.3 (Published 11 May 2006)

Confounders in chronic stress at work and metabolic syndrome

BMJ 2006;332:1153.4 (Published 11 May 2006)

Depression should be managed like a chronic disease: Myth of 15% suicide rate was promulgated again

BMJ 2006;332:1154.1 (Published 11 May 2006)

Letters - continued

Depression should be managed like a chronic disease: What exactly is “depression”?

BMJ 2006;332:1154.2 (Published 11 May 2006)

Psychological treatment centres: The case against

BMJ 2006;332:1154.3 (Published 11 May 2006)

Psychological treatment centres: Quality of psychological treatment is important

BMJ 2006;332:1155.1 (Published 11 May 2006)

Psychological treatment centres: May be less effective than suggested

BMJ 2006;332:1155.2 (Published 11 May 2006)

Psychological treatment centres: Layard's vision has already started

BMJ 2006;332:1155.3 (Published 11 May 2006)

Research for profit

BMJ 2006;332:1155.4 (Published 11 May 2006)

Vacuums and maggots in orthopaedic surgery

BMJ 2006;332:1156.1 (Published 11 May 2006)

Selecting medical students: Evidence based admissions procedures for medical students are being tested

BMJ 2006;332:1156.2 (Published 11 May 2006)

Selecting medical students: A struggler responds

BMJ 2006;332:1156.3 (Published 11 May 2006)

Obituaries

Sir Richard Bayliss

BMJ 2006;332:1157 (Published 11 May 2006)

Stewart William Clarke

BMJ 2006;332:1158.1 (Published 11 May 2006)

Muriel Leigh Ford (née Bennett)

BMJ 2006;332:1158.2 (Published 11 May 2006)

David Ronald (“Ronnie”) Kilgour

BMJ 2006;332:1158.3 (Published 11 May 2006)

George Andrew Strain

BMJ 2006;332:1158.4 (Published 11 May 2006)

William Martin Walker

BMJ 2006;332:1158.5 (Published 11 May 2006)

Joan Ellen Maude Watts (née Lambert)

BMJ 2006;332:1158.6 (Published 11 May 2006)

Clinical Review

Diagnosis and management of dysmenorrhoea

BMJ 2006;332:1134 (Published 11 May 2006)

Practice

Anomalous origin of left coronary artery in young athletes with syncope

BMJ 2006;332:1139 (Published 11 May 2006)

Definition, epidemiology, and risk factors

BMJ 2006;332:1142 (Published 11 May 2006)

What's new this month in BMJ Journals

BMJ 2006;332:1145 (Published 11 May 2006)

What's new in the other general journals

BMJ 2006;332:1146 (Published 11 May 2006)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2006;332:1162 (Published 11 May 2006)

Fillers

Delayed clamping of the umbilical cord does no harm and reduces anaemia in newborns

BMJ 2006;332:0.6 (Published 11 May 2006)

A textbook type of mind

BMJ 2006;332:1126 (Published 11 May 2006)

Pain

BMJ 2006;332:1132 (Published 11 May 2006)

Pictures from the past

BMJ 2006;332:1133.2 (Published 11 May 2006)

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

BMJ 2006;332:1141.1 (Published 11 May 2006)

Living with an anomaly

BMJ 2006;332:1141.2 (Published 11 May 2006)

Fillers - continued

Making themselves sicke by phantsye

BMJ 2006;332:1152 (Published 11 May 2006)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Cancer charity is to “borrow” candidate drugs shelved by companies

BMJ 2006;332:1112.1 (Published 11 May 2006)

EU companies can export generic versions of patented drugs to poor countries

BMJ 2006;332:1112.2 (Published 11 May 2006)

Zuma's trial leaves confused messages on AIDS

BMJ 2006;332:1112.3 (Published 11 May 2006)

Thousands of Ugandans with AIDS don't get free drugs

BMJ 2006;332:1112.4 (Published 11 May 2006)

One in four African children have to work

BMJ 2006;332:1112.5 (Published 11 May 2006)

Bush administration announces plan to combat bird flu

BMJ 2006;332:1113.1 (Published 11 May 2006)

Jerusalem Arabs have higher rate of heart attacks than Jews, study finds

BMJ 2006;332:1113.2 (Published 11 May 2006)

Consultant contract fails to deliver expected benefits for patients

BMJ 2006;332:1113.3 (Published 11 May 2006)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Funding cut for deaneries could result in fewer junior doctors, conference told

BMJ 2006;332:1114.3 (Published 11 May 2006)

Doctors' career structure to include management training

BMJ 2006;332:1114.4 (Published 11 May 2006)

UK government consults on health research funding

BMJ 2006;332:1114.5 (Published 11 May 2006)

Couple is given go-ahead to use embryo selection to help existing child

BMJ 2006;332:1114.6 (Published 11 May 2006)

One in three German hospitals faces bankruptcy

BMJ 2006;332:1114.7 (Published 11 May 2006)

Analysis and Comment

Informed choice for screening: implications for evaluation

BMJ 2006;332:1148 (Published 11 May 2006)

Common susceptibility genes for cancer: search for the end of the rainbow

BMJ 2006;332:1150 (Published 11 May 2006)

Reviews

Daniel Isn't Talking

BMJ 2006;332:1159.1 (Published 11 May 2006)

Meeting the Challenge of Chronic Illness

BMJ 2006;332:1159.2 (Published 11 May 2006)

NETLINES

BMJ 2006;332:1160.1 (Published 11 May 2006)

Guideline overload forgets the staff needed to implement them

BMJ 2006;332:1160.2 (Published 11 May 2006)

Dame Janet's disappointments

BMJ 2006;332:1161.1 (Published 11 May 2006)

The Far Wrong

BMJ 2006;332:1161.2 (Published 11 May 2006)

Corrections

Vaccines against cervical cancer provoke US controversy

BMJ 2006;332:1138.1 (Published 11 May 2006)

Minerva

BMJ 2006;332:1138.2 (Published 11 May 2006)

Short cuts

BMJ 2006;332:1138.3 (Published 11 May 2006)

Hypertension and ethnic group

BMJ 2006;332:1138.4 (Published 11 May 2006)