14 October 2006 (Vol 333, Issue 7572)

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Editor's Choice

Obviously

BMJ 2006;333:0.7 (Published 12 October 2006)

News

Watchdog brands two thirds of NHS trusts as “fair” or “weak”

BMJ 2006;333:769.1 (Published 12 October 2006)

Stop “micromanaging” health care, says Tory leader

BMJ 2006;333:769.2 (Published 12 October 2006)

In brief

BMJ 2006;333:770.1 (Published 12 October 2006)

Dutch clinic is ordered to stop giving stem cell therapy

BMJ 2006;333:770.2 (Published 12 October 2006)

UN questions China over organ harvesting

BMJ 2006;333:770.3 (Published 12 October 2006)

Newer antipsychotic drugs are no better than older ones, study finds

BMJ 2006;333:771.1 (Published 12 October 2006)

The importance of smelly feet and stinky cheese

BMJ 2006;333:771.2 (Published 12 October 2006)

Failure to control mosquitoes has led to two fever epidemics in India

BMJ 2006;333:773.4 (Published 12 October 2006)

North-south divide in health persists in England

BMJ 2006;333:774.1 (Published 12 October 2006)

Ignorance about HIV is still high in many parts of Europe

BMJ 2006;333:774.2 (Published 12 October 2006)

Editorials

Bone health in children

BMJ 2006;333:763 (Published 12 October 2006)

Prevention of diabetes

BMJ 2006;333:764 (Published 12 October 2006)

X ray imaging goes digital

BMJ 2006;333:765 (Published 12 October 2006)

Preoperative staging for rectal cancer

BMJ 2006;333:766 (Published 12 October 2006)

Use of mobile phones in hospitals

BMJ 2006;333:767 (Published 12 October 2006)

Research

Effects of calcium supplementation on bone density in healthy children: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

BMJ 2006;333:775 (Published 12 October 2006)

Diagnostic accuracy of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging in predicting curative resection of rectal cancer: prospective observational study

BMJ 2006;333:779 (Published 12 October 2006)

Cochrane reviews compared with industry supported meta-analyses and other meta-analyses of the same drugs: systematic review

BMJ 2006;333:782 (Published 12 October 2006)

Epileptic seizures can follow high doses of oral vardenafil

BMJ 2006;333:785 (Published 12 October 2006)

Letters

Parachute approach to evidence based medicine: As obvious as ABC

BMJ 2006;333:807.1 (Published 12 October 2006)

Letters - continued

Parachute approach to evidence based medicine: Arguments are easily refuted

BMJ 2006;333:807.2 (Published 12 October 2006)

Parachute approach to evidence based medicine: Summary of other responses

BMJ 2006;333:807.3 (Published 12 October 2006)

MRI in predicting curative resection of rectal cancer: New dilemma in multidisciplinary team management

BMJ 2006;333:808.1 (Published 12 October 2006)

MRI in predicting curative resection of rectal cancer: Does post-neoadjuvant MRI have a role?

BMJ 2006;333:808.2 (Published 12 October 2006)

MRI in predicting curative resection of rectal cancer: Defining a “window of opportunity” for laparoscopic surgery

BMJ 2006;333:808.3 (Published 12 October 2006)

Obesity is a wake up call for developing world too

BMJ 2006;333:809.1 (Published 12 October 2006)

Belittlement and harassment of medical students: Is a source of medical education

BMJ 2006;333:809.2 (Published 12 October 2006)

Belittlement and harassment of medical students: Remedial training—ethics and sensitivity

BMJ 2006;333:809.3 (Published 12 October 2006)

Obituaries

Sir Norman Blacklock

BMJ 2006;333:810 (Published 12 October 2006)

John Buadoo Dodoo

BMJ 2006;333:811.1 (Published 12 October 2006)

John Michael Ludlow

BMJ 2006;333:811.2 (Published 12 October 2006)

Ian Allingham Magnus

BMJ 2006;333:811.3 (Published 12 October 2006)

Alick John Robertson

BMJ 2006;333:811.4 (Published 12 October 2006)

Richard (“Dick”) John Ronald Ropner

BMJ 2006;333:811.5 (Published 12 October 2006)

James (“Jimmie”) Wallace Stewart

BMJ 2006;333:811.6 (Published 12 October 2006)

James (“Jim”) Ward

BMJ 2006;333:811.7 (Published 12 October 2006)

Clinical Review

Acute renal failure

BMJ 2006;333:786 (Published 12 October 2006)

Practice

Investigating iron status in microcytic anaemia

BMJ 2006;333:791 (Published 12 October 2006)

Management: Part II—Drugs

BMJ 2006;333:794 (Published 12 October 2006)

What's new in the other general journals

BMJ 2006;333:799 (Published 12 October 2006)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2006;333:814 (Published 12 October 2006)

Fillers

External support and early mobilisation works best for mild or moderate ankle sprains

BMJ 2006;333:0.6 (Published 12 October 2006)

Lots of remedies

BMJ 2006;333:778 (Published 12 October 2006)

Anaesthesia, Elvis, and lawnmowers

BMJ 2006;333:793 (Published 12 October 2006)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

New England journal endorses institute's proposals for FDA

BMJ 2006;333:772.1 (Published 12 October 2006)

Doctors call for end to unsafe shift system

BMJ 2006;333:772.2 (Published 12 October 2006)

Guideline calls for better treatment of atrial fibrillation

BMJ 2006;333:772.3 (Published 12 October 2006)

GMC will fight to retain its role in medical education

BMJ 2006;333:772.4 (Published 12 October 2006)

New York plans to restrict trans fats in restaurants

BMJ 2006;333:772.5 (Published 12 October 2006)

Suspended doctors are to be offered a quicker route back to work

BMJ 2006;333:773.1 (Published 12 October 2006)

EU seeks views on patients' rights to care across borders

BMJ 2006;333:773.2 (Published 12 October 2006)

Preoperative radiotherapy cuts recurrence of rectal cancer

BMJ 2006;333:773.3 (Published 12 October 2006)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

South Africa sidelines its health minister on AIDS issues

BMJ 2006;333:774.3 (Published 12 October 2006)

NICE says anti-dementia drugs should be used only for moderate Alzheimer's disease

BMJ 2006;333:774.4 (Published 12 October 2006)

Doctors in Germany protest at a new restrictive law on tissue banks

BMJ 2006;333:774.5 (Published 12 October 2006)

Forced evictions in Africa create healthcare crisis

BMJ 2006;333:774.6 (Published 13 October 2006)

BMJ family highlights

What's new this month in BMJ Journals

BMJ 2006;333:798 (Published 12 October 2006)

Analysis and Comment

NHS maternity units should not encourage commercial banking of umbilical cord blood

BMJ 2006;333:801 (Published 12 October 2006)

How to formulate research recommendations

BMJ 2006;333:804 (Published 12 October 2006)

Reviews

Projecting health

BMJ 2006;333:812 (Published 12 October 2006)

Medical education must be more patient centred to be relevant

BMJ 2006;333:813.1 (Published 12 October 2006)

Symphonic praise

BMJ 2006;333:813.2 (Published 12 October 2006)