20 May 2006 (Vol 332, Issue 7551)

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Editor's Choice

Not for wimps

BMJ 2006;332:0.7 (Published 18 May 2006)

News

UK House of Lords rejects physician assisted suicide

BMJ 2006;332:1169.1 (Published 18 May 2006)

CDC to call for routine AIDS testing for people aged 13-64

BMJ 2006;332:1169.2 (Published 18 May 2006)

In brief

BMJ 2006;332:1170.1 (Published 18 May 2006)

Charity warns of climate impact on poorer nations

BMJ 2006;332:1170.2 (Published 18 May 2006)

Gap in contraceptive use between rich and poor is growing in US

BMJ 2006;332:1170.3 (Published 18 May 2006)

Aid withdrawal is bringing health service in Gaza to brink of collapse

BMJ 2006;332:1171.1 (Published 18 May 2006)

Poor checks for bedside blood transfusion put patients at risk

BMJ 2006;332:1171.2 (Published 18 May 2006)

Can GPs compete with big business?

BMJ 2006;332:1172 (Published 18 May 2006)

Roche denies claims it sacked employee for “whistle blowing”

BMJ 2006;332:1175.4 (Published 18 May 2006)

AIDS in Russia—glasnost arrives at last

BMJ 2006;332:1176.1 (Published 18 May 2006)

Editorials

Ethnicity and adverse drug reactions

BMJ 2006;332:1163 (Published 18 May 2006)

A new human genotype prone to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

BMJ 2006;332:1164 (Published 18 May 2006)

Improved food intake in frail older people

BMJ 2006;332:1165 (Published 18 May 2006)

Decent health care for older people

BMJ 2006;332:1166 (Published 18 May 2006)

Research

Systematic review and meta-analysis of ethnic differences in risks of adverse reactions to drugs used in cardiovascular medicine

BMJ 2006;332:1177 (Published 18 May 2006)

Effect of family style mealtimes on quality of life, physical performance, and body weight of nursing home residents: cluster randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2006;332:1180 (Published 18 May 2006)

Underdosing of antiretrovirals in UK and Irish children with HIV as an example of problems in prescribing medicines to children, 1997-2005: cohort study

BMJ 2006;332:1183 (Published 18 May 2006)

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: prion protein genotype analysis of positive appendix tissue samples from a retrospective prevalence study

BMJ 2006;332:1186 (Published 18 May 2006)

HIV prevention in Mexican schools: prospective randomised evaluation of intervention

BMJ 2006;332:1189 (Published 18 May 2006)

Gabapentin may cause reversible visual field constriction

BMJ 2006;332:1193.1 (Published 18 May 2006)

Letters

Peripheral arterial disease: still on the periphery?

BMJ 2006;332:1213.1 (Published 18 May 2006)

Pneumonia: Are we putting the CURB score into practice?

BMJ 2006;332:1213.2 (Published 18 May 2006)

Pneumonia: Macrolides or amoxicillin for community acquired pneumonia?

BMJ 2006;332:1213.3 (Published 18 May 2006)

Be alert to underlying malignancy in follow up of pneumonia…

BMJ 2006;332:1214.1 (Published 18 May 2006)

Pneumonia: … and to tuberculosis as differential diagnosis in community acquired pneumonia

BMJ 2006;332:1214.2 (Published 18 May 2006)

Pneumonia: Let's avoid confusion of secondary and primary care issues in pneumonia

BMJ 2006;332:1214.3 (Published 18 May 2006)

How should we rate research?: Counting number of publications may be best research performance measure

BMJ 2006;332:1214.4 (Published 18 May 2006)

How should we rate research?: Cost of research should be disclosed publicly

BMJ 2006;332:1215.1 (Published 18 May 2006)

Letters - continued

How should we rate research?: Pedigree: paternity and progeny

BMJ 2006;332:1215.2 (Published 18 May 2006)

Self harm in Goth youth subculture: Study merely reinforces popular stereotypes

BMJ 2006;332:1215.3 (Published 18 May 2006)

Self harm in Goth youth subculture: Conclusion relates only to small sample

BMJ 2006;332:1216.1 (Published 18 May 2006)

Rectal quinine for malaria: Risk of hypoglycaemia may be higher by rectal route

BMJ 2006;332:1216.2 (Published 18 May 2006)

Rectal quinine for malaria: Authors' reply

BMJ 2006;332:1216.3 (Published 18 May 2006)

New term may be needed for data categorisation

BMJ 2006;332:1216.4 (Published 18 May 2006)

Time for evidence based rewards?

BMJ 2006;332:1216.5 (Published 18 May 2006)

Obituaries

Watson Buchanan

BMJ 2006;332:1217 (Published 18 May 2006)

Graham Herbert Anderson

BMJ 2006;332:1218.1 (Published 18 May 2006)

Michael Charles Connell

BMJ 2006;332:1218.2 (Published 18 May 2006)

John (“Ian”) Gowan Gray

BMJ 2006;332:1218.3 (Published 18 May 2006)

Sam Porter Millar

BMJ 2006;332:1218.4 (Published 18 May 2006)

Donagh Declan O'Brien

BMJ 2006;332:1218.5 (Published 18 May 2006)

Stanley Andrew Thomson

BMJ 2006;332:1218.6 (Published 18 May 2006)

Anthony John (“Tony”) Whitaker

BMJ 2006;332:1218.7 (Published 18 May 2006)

Clinical Review

Pulmonary tuberculosis: diagnosis and treatment

BMJ 2006;332:1194 (Published 18 May 2006)

Practice

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

BMJ 2006;332:1198 (Published 18 May 2006)

Patient's view

BMJ 2006;332:1199.1 (Published 18 May 2006)

Team perspective

BMJ 2006;332:1199.2 (Published 18 May 2006)

Vascular lessons

BMJ 2006;332:1200.1 (Published 18 May 2006)

A difficult diagnosis

BMJ 2006;332:1200.2 (Published 18 May 2006)

Interactivity and case learning

BMJ 2006;332:1201.1 (Published 18 May 2006)

Pathology, pathogenesis, and pathophysiology

BMJ 2006;332:1202 (Published 18 May 2006)

What's new in the other general journals

BMJ 2006;332:1205 (Published 18 May 2006)

This Week In the BMJ

HIV positive children were underdosed with antiretrovirals

BMJ 2006;332:0.5 (Published 18 May 2006)

School based HIV education courses should be more successful

BMJ 2006;332:0.4 (Published 18 May 2006)

Ethnicity can affect risk of adverse drug reactions

BMJ 2006;332:0.1 (Published 18 May 2006)

Family-style mealtimes are good for nursing home residents

BMJ 2006;332:0.2 (Published 18 May 2006)

A second prion protein genotype may be susceptible to vCJD

BMJ 2006;332:0.3 (Published 18 May 2006)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2006;332:1222 (Published 18 May 2006)

Fillers

Serotonin selective reuptake inhibitors are associated with increased risk of suicide in older people

BMJ 2006;332:0.6 (Published 18 May 2006)

Prescribing for RITA

BMJ 2006;332:1188 (Published 18 May 2006)

Computers and compassion

BMJ 2006;332:1192 (Published 18 May 2006)

Reusable learning objects

BMJ 2006;332:1193.2 (Published 18 May 2006)

Knives rather than swords

BMJ 2006;332:1201.2 (Published 18 May 2006)

Optimistic lies

BMJ 2006;332:1212 (Published 18 May 2006)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

HFEA widens its criteria for preimplantation genetic diagnosis

BMJ 2006;332:1174.1 (Published 18 May 2006)

Electronic archive of 16 journals dating back 200 years is launched

BMJ 2006;332:1174.2 (Published 18 May 2006)

Switzerland launches naked poster campaign to stop AIDS

BMJ 2006;332:1174.3 (Published 18 May 2006)

PLoS launches open access journal for clinical trials

BMJ 2006;332:1174.4 (Published 18 May 2006)

Clinical trials funded by profit making organisations tend to find positive results

BMJ 2006;332:1174.5 (Published 18 May 2006)

Manufacturer admits increase in suicidal behaviour in patients taking paroxetine

BMJ 2006;332:1175.1 (Published 18 May 2006)

To expunge politically sensitive topics from medical journals is “folly”

BMJ 2006;332:1175.2 (Published 18 May 2006)

NHS must reimburse patients treated abroad because of delays at home

BMJ 2006;332:1175.3 (Published 18 May 2006)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Tomsk—a glimpse of one Russian region's experience with HIV/AIDS

BMJ 2006;332:1176.2 (Published 18 May 2006)

WHO ultimatum on artemisinin monotherapy is showing results

BMJ 2006;332:1176.3 (Published 18 May 2006)

Indian pressure group challenges company's right to patent AIDS drug

BMJ 2006;332:1176.4 (Published 18 May 2006)

Screening newborn babies for hearing defects is effective, pilot finds

BMJ 2006;332:1176.5 (Published 18 May 2006)

Tobacco company considered funding a film to promote smoking in eastern Europe

BMJ 2006;332:1176.6 (Published 18 May 2006)

Body consults to balance public health against private rights

BMJ 2006;332:1176.7 (Published 18 May 2006)

Analysis and Comment

What social marketing can do for you

BMJ 2006;332:1207.1 (Published 18 May 2006)

How social marketing works in health care

BMJ 2006;332:1207.2 (Published 18 May 2006)

Putting social marketing into practice

BMJ 2006;332:1210 (Published 18 May 2006)

Reviews

Ways of seeing

BMJ 2006;332:1219 (Published 18 May 2006)

Hollywood fights bird flu

BMJ 2006;332:1220.1 (Published 18 May 2006)

The Medical Detective: John Snow and the Mystery of Cholera

BMJ 2006;332:1220.2 (Published 18 May 2006)

Which patients with which needs are leading the patient-led NHS?

BMJ 2006;332:1221.1 (Published 18 May 2006)

Souls in cages

BMJ 2006;332:1221.2 (Published 18 May 2006)