24 June 2006 (Vol 332, Issue 7556)

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This Week In the BMJ

Sure Start local programmes may have limited effects

BMJ 2006;332:0.4 (Published 22 June 2006)

Screening for trypanosomiasis in Angola

BMJ 2006;332:0.5 (Published 22 June 2006)

Treating carpal tunnel syndrome endoscopically may not be cost effective

BMJ 2006;332:0.1 (Published 22 June 2006)

Adding metformin doesn't increase number of ovulations in women with PCOS cost effective

BMJ 2006;332:0.3 (Published 22 June 2006)

Perioperative β blockade may not benefit patients with diabetes

BMJ 2006;332:0.2 (Published 22 June 2006)

Editor's Choice

A good read

BMJ 2006;332:0.7 (Published 22 June 2006)

Editorials

Drugs for anovulatory infertility in polycystic ovary syndrome

BMJ 2006;332:1461 (Published 22 June 2006)

Doctors, interrogation, and torture

BMJ 2006;332:1462 (Published 22 June 2006)

The diagnosis and treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome

BMJ 2006;332:1463 (Published 22 June 2006)

Rational prescribing for children

BMJ 2006;332:1464 (Published 22 June 2006)

Ketamine: a misunderstood analgesic?

BMJ 2006;332:1466 (Published 22 June 2006)

Letters

Climate change

BMJ 2006;332:1509.1 (Published 22 June 2006)

Climate change

BMJ 2006;332:1509.2 (Published 22 June 2006)

Indigenous hepatitis E virus infection in England and Wales

BMJ 2006;332:1509.3 (Published 22 June 2006)

Health research funding

BMJ 2006;332:1510.1 (Published 22 June 2006)

Health research funding

BMJ 2006;332:1510.2 (Published 22 June 2006)

It's difficult being green (as in vomit)

BMJ 2006;332:1510.3 (Published 22 June 2006)

New antipsychotic agents are much awaited

BMJ 2006;332:1511.1 (Published 22 June 2006)

Gabapentin may cause reversible visual field constriction

BMJ 2006;332:1511.2 (Published 22 June 2006)

Gabapentin may cause reversible visual field constriction

BMJ 2006;332:1511.3 (Published 22 June 2006)

Improving surveillance for Barrett's oesophagus: Better to be looked over than be overlooked

BMJ 2006;332:1511.4 (Published 22 June 2006)

Improving surveillance for Barrett's oesophagus: AspECT and BOSS trials provide an evidence base

BMJ 2006;332:1512.1 (Published 22 June 2006)

Switching statins: Cost of simvastatin is overestimated

BMJ 2006;332:1512.2 (Published 22 June 2006)

Switching statins: NICE tool overestimates benefits of statins

BMJ 2006;332:1512.3 (Published 22 June 2006)

Switching statins: How to do it without tears and to benefit the NHS

BMJ 2006;332:1513.1 (Published 22 June 2006)

Smoking, Helicobacter pylori, and periodontitis

BMJ 2006;332:1513.2 (Published 22 June 2006)

Injury from lightning strike while using mobile phone

BMJ 2006;332:1513.3 (Published 22 June 2006)

News

England sets up task force to hasten use of electronic records

BMJ 2006;332:1467.1 (Published 22 June 2006)

Four in five asthma deaths may be due to long acting β agonists

BMJ 2006;332:1467.2 (Published 22 June 2006)

In brief

BMJ 2006;332:1468.1 (Published 22 June 2006)

Overtaxed US emergency care system needs reorganisation

BMJ 2006;332:1468.2 (Published 22 June 2006)

US campaign to save 100 000 lives exceeds its target

BMJ 2006;332:1468.3 (Published 22 June 2006)

Councillor loses legal battle over Derbyshire general practice

BMJ 2006;332:1469.1 (Published 22 June 2006)

Canada may be forced to allow direct to consumer advertising

BMJ 2006;332:1469.2 (Published 22 June 2006)

BMA's claim of unemployment among junior doctors is rejected

BMJ 2006;332:1471.4 (Published 22 June 2006)

An eye opening technique

BMJ 2006;332:1472.1 (Published 22 June 2006)

Research

Outcomes of endoscopic surgery compared with open surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome among employed patients: randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2006;332:1473 (Published 22 June 2006)

Effects of Sure Start local programmes on children and families: early findings from a quasi-experimental, cross sectional study

BMJ 2006;332:1476 (Published 22 June 2006)

Diagnosing human African trypanosomiasis in Angola using a card agglutination test: observational study of active and passive case finding strategies

BMJ 2006;332:1479 (Published 22 June 2006)

Effect of perioperative β blockade in patients with diabetes undergoing major non-cardiac surgery: randomised placebo controlled, blinded multicentre trial

BMJ 2006;332:1482 (Published 22 June 2006)

Effect of clomifene citrate plus metformin and clomifene citrate plus placebo on induction of ovulation in women with newly diagnosed polycystic ovary syndrome: randomised double blind clinical trial

BMJ 2006;332:1485 (Published 22 June 2006)

Clinical Review

Antiretroviral treatment of HIV infected adults

BMJ 2006;332:1489 (Published 22 June 2006)

Practice

The patient's journey: palliative careX—a parent's view

BMJ 2006;332:1494 (Published 22 June 2006)

A 22 year old man with persistent regurgitation and vomiting: case progression

BMJ 2006;332:1496 (Published 22 June 2006)

Pharmacological management—oral treatment

BMJ 2006;332:1497 (Published 22 June 2006)

What's new in the other general journals

BMJ 2006;332:1500 (Published 22 June 2006)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2006;332:1520 (Published 22 June 2006)

News roundup

GPs are being paid more for doing less, MPs are told

BMJ 2006;332:1470.1 (Published 22 June 2006)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

UK urges free basic health care in poor countries

BMJ 2006;332:1470.2 (Published 22 June 2006)

Improving safety could save 15 000 children's lives a year in Europe, says WHO

BMJ 2006;332:1470.3 (Published 22 June 2006)

Scotland's free personal care for elderly people runs into trouble

BMJ 2006;332:1470.4 (Published 22 June 2006)

California will be only state to meet government target on smoking

BMJ 2006;332:1470.5 (Published 22 June 2006)

New technique makes it easier to test for genetic conditions

BMJ 2006;332:1471.1 (Published 22 June 2006)

UK needs 10 000 extra psychologists

BMJ 2006;332:1471.2 (Published 22 June 2006)

Address poverty to reduce mental health problems among children, says BMA

BMJ 2006;332:1471.3 (Published 22 June 2006)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

“Lean” thinking may cut NHS inefficiencies and improves patient care

BMJ 2006;332:1472.2 (Published 22 June 2006)

Dutch health minister orders probe into influence of industry on medical guidelines

BMJ 2006;332:1472.3 (Published 22 June 2006)

Cholera outbreak in Darfur is made worse by advent of rains

BMJ 2006;332:1472.4 (Published 22 June 2006)

German doctors are expected to call off strike

BMJ 2006;332:1472.5 (Published 22 June 2006)

Defence ministry denies ignoring Gulf war syndrome in pension award

BMJ 2006;332:1472.6 (Published 22 June 2006)

Analysis and Comment

Challenges of training doctors in the new English NHS

BMJ 2006;332:1502 (Published 22 June 2006)

Is restricted randomisation necessary?

BMJ 2006;332:1506 (Published 22 June 2006)

Analysis and Comment

Dutch perspective

BMJ 2006;332:1504 (Published 22 June 2006)

Australian perspective

BMJ 2006;332:1505 (Published 22 June 2006)

Reviews

Testing Treatments: Better Research for Better Healthcare

BMJ 2006;332:1516 (Published 22 June 2006)

Liking it raw

BMJ 2006;332:1517.1 (Published 22 June 2006)

When flesh thinks

BMJ 2006;332:1517.2 (Published 22 June 2006)

It is time to separate the NHS from direct government involvement

BMJ 2006;332:1518 (Published 22 June 2006)

Why is it so hard to work abroad?

BMJ 2006;332:1519.1 (Published 22 June 2006)

Slugs and snails and puppy dog tails

BMJ 2006;332:1519.2 (Published 22 June 2006)

Fillers

A self help guidebook on irritable bowel syndrome reduces primary care consultations

BMJ 2006;332:0.6 (Published 22 June 2006)

How times have changed

BMJ 2006;332:1488.1 (Published 22 June 2006)

Professor Blandy's response:

BMJ 2006;332:1488.2 (Published 22 June 2006)

Class war

BMJ 2006;332:1499 (Published 22 June 2006)

Obituaries

Robert Usher

BMJ 2006;332:1514.1 (Published 22 June 2006)

Robin Coombs

BMJ 2006;332:1514.2 (Published 22 June 2006)

John Bernard Fox

BMJ 2006;332:1515.1 (Published 22 June 2006)

Ann Mary Rathie Guldberg (née Black)

BMJ 2006;332:1515.2 (Published 22 June 2006)

Barbara Hamilton (née Hunter)

BMJ 2006;332:1515.3 (Published 22 June 2006)

Herbert (“Bert”) Spencer Kellett

BMJ 2006;332:1515.4 (Published 22 June 2006)

Hamid Shafi Qazi

BMJ 2006;332:1515.5 (Published 22 June 2006)

Samuel (“Sam”) Chandrarajan Sanders

BMJ 2006;332:1515.6 (Published 22 June 2006)