28 October 2006 (Vol 333, Issue 7574)

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Editor's Choice

Of measles and flu

BMJ 2006;333:0.7 (Published 26 October 2006)

News

NHS is told to save £2.2bn by being more efficient

BMJ 2006;333:873.1 (Published 26 October 2006)

European Medicines Agency gives favourable ruling on NSAIDs

BMJ 2006;333:873.2 (Published 26 October 2006)

In brief

BMJ 2006;333:874.1 (Published 26 October 2006)

Former FDA commissioner pleads guilty to two charges

BMJ 2006;333:874.2 (Published 26 October 2006)

Cancer group denies company funding will influence its agenda

BMJ 2006;333:874.3 (Published 26 October 2006)

Are the Scots getting a better deal on prescribed drugs than the English?

BMJ 2006;333:875 (Published 26 October 2006)

Germany will penalise cancer patients who do not undergo regular screening

BMJ 2006;333:877.4 (Published 26 October 2006)

Is Liam Donaldson the new José Mourinho?

BMJ 2006;333:878 (Published 26 October 2006)

Editorials

Osteoarthritis in primary care

BMJ 2006;333:867 (Published 26 October 2006)

Advance care planning in primary care

BMJ 2006;333:868 (Published 26 October 2006)

Age related macular degeneration

BMJ 2006;333:869 (Published 26 October 2006)

Spirometry in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BMJ 2006;333:870 (Published 26 October 2006)

A European alcohol strategy

BMJ 2006;333:871 (Published 26 October 2006)

Research

Self management of arthritis in primary care: randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2006;333:879 (Published 26 October 2006)

Telephone administered cognitive behaviour therapy for treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder: randomised controlled non-inferiority trial

BMJ 2006;333:883 (Published 26 October 2006)

Hope and advance care planning in patients with end stage renal disease: qualitative interview study

BMJ 2006;333:886 (Published 26 October 2006)

Letters

Cochrane reviews v industry supported meta-analyses: We should read all reviews with caution

BMJ 2006;333:916.1 (Published 26 October 2006)

Cochrane reviews v industry supported meta-analyses: Has Cochrane really achieved its goals?

BMJ 2006;333:916.2 (Published 26 October 2006)

Cochrane reviews v industry supported meta-analyses: Ten questions to assess bias in medical research

BMJ 2006;333:916.3 (Published 26 October 2006)

How to formulate research recommendations: Format is not enough

BMJ 2006;333:917.1 (Published 26 October 2006)

How to formulate research recommendations: The pie or the slice?

BMJ 2006;333:917.2 (Published 26 October 2006)

Acute renal failure: Estimated glomerular filtration rate should be entered on drug charts

BMJ 2006;333:917.3 (Published 26 October 2006)

Acute renal failure: Beware development of abdominal compartment syndrome

BMJ 2006;333:917.4 (Published 26 October 2006)

How to measure renal function in clinical practice: Age affects estimated glomerular filtration rate

BMJ 2006;333:918.1 (Published 26 October 2006)

How to measure renal function in clinical practice: Estimated glomerular filtration rate in general practice

BMJ 2006;333:918.2 (Published 26 October 2006)

Letters - continued

GMC to convene meeting for prescribing debate

BMJ 2006;333:918.3 (Published 26 October 2006)

Prevention of diabetes: Ethical consideration

BMJ 2006;333:918.4 (Published 26 October 2006)

Prevention of diabetes: Lifestyle and metformin are the way forward

BMJ 2006;333:918.5 (Published 26 October 2006)

Living organ donation needs debate on harm to donors

BMJ 2006;333:919.1 (Published 26 October 2006)

Commercial cord blood banking: Immediate cord clamping is not safe

BMJ 2006;333:919.2 (Published 26 October 2006)

Commercial cord blood banking: Public cord blood banking should be more widely adopted

BMJ 2006;333:919.3 (Published 26 October 2006)

Good financial management does not lead to better services

BMJ 2006;333:920.1 (Published 26 October 2006)

Belittlement and harassment of medical students: Seems to achieve focus

BMJ 2006;333:920.2 (Published 26 October 2006)

Belittlement and harassment of medical students: The roots of education are bitter but the fruits are sweet

BMJ 2006;333:920.3 (Published 26 October 2006)

Medical education must be more patient centred: Si jeunesse savait, si villesse pouvait

BMJ 2006;333:920.4 (Published 26 October 2006)

Medical education must be more patient centred: Good in theory but not in practice

BMJ 2006;333:920.5 (Published 26 October 2006)

Obituaries

James Scott

BMJ 2006;333:921 (Published 26 October 2006)

Maurice Aloysius Carroll

BMJ 2006;333:922.1 (Published 26 October 2006)

Muthyala Chinna Pulliah Chetty

BMJ 2006;333:922.2 (Published 26 October 2006)

George Felix Macdonald Hall

BMJ 2006;333:922.3 (Published 26 October 2006)

Towy Owen Watkin Myrddin-Evans

BMJ 2006;333:922.4 (Published 26 October 2006)

Francis (“Frank”) Joseph O'Kelly

BMJ 2006;333:922.5 (Published 26 October 2006)

Peter John Verrill

BMJ 2006;333:922.6 (Published 26 October 2006)

Clinical Review

Measles in the United Kingdom: can we eradicate it by 2010?

BMJ 2006;333:890 (Published 26 October 2006)

Practice

Monitoring renal function in hypertension

BMJ 2006;333:896 (Published 26 October 2006)

Management: Part III—Surgery

BMJ 2006;333:900 (Published 26 October 2006)

What's new in the other general journals

BMJ 2006;333:904 (Published 26 October 2006)

This Week In the BMJ

Self care knowledge reduces anxiety in patients with arthritis

BMJ 2006;333:0.1 (Published 26 October 2006)

Reappearance of measles in the UK raises questions

BMJ 2006;333:0.4 (Published 26 October 2006)

Advance care planning instils hope in patients with end stage renal failure

BMJ 2006;333:0.3 (Published 26 October 2006)

Monitor renal function and electrolytes in hypertension

BMJ 2006;333:0.5 (Published 26 October 2006)

This Week In the BMJ - continued

Telephone therapy works for obsessive compulsive disorder

BMJ 2006;333:0.2 (Published 26 October 2006)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2006;333:926 (Published 26 October 2006)

Fillers

Medical treatment helps the passage of ureteric stones

BMJ 2006;333:0.6 (Published 26 October 2006)

A bloody day at the accident and emergency department

BMJ 2006;333:882 (Published 26 October 2006)

An American medical poet

BMJ 2006;333:895 (Published 26 October 2006)

BMJ Learning Foundation Programme

BMJ 2006;333:899.4 (Published 26 October 2006)

Never mind the gym, do medicine

BMJ 2006;333:911 (Published 26 October 2006)

Eating twice as much as is necessary

BMJ 2006;333:915 (Published 26 October 2006)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Doctors are warned against sex with former patients

BMJ 2006;333:876.1 (Published 26 October 2006)

Incidence of breast cancer is rising in Australia, while death rate falls

BMJ 2006;333:876.2 (Published 26 October 2006)

Screening with computed tomography detects early lung cancer

BMJ 2006;333:876.3 (Published 26 October 2006)

NICE issues new guidance on urinary incontinence in women

BMJ 2006;333:876.4 (Published 26 October 2006)

NHS launches electronic resource for research into ethnicity and health

BMJ 2006;333:876.5 (Published 26 October 2006)

Sharing emergency department data with police could reduce violence

BMJ 2006;333:877.1 (Published 26 October 2006)

UK hospital infection rates are down from 1993-4 rates

BMJ 2006;333:877.2 (Published 26 October 2006)

People with chronic mental illness will be worse off under new NHS, doctors say

BMJ 2006;333:877.3 (Published 26 October 2006)

Analysis and Comment

The path to safer patients

BMJ 2006;333:906 (Published 26 October 2006)

Influenza vaccination: policy versus evidence

BMJ 2006;333:912 (Published 26 October 2006)

Reviews

A steady eye

BMJ 2006;333:923 (Published 26 October 2006)

Can stories of personal tragedy spark a healthcare revolution?

BMJ 2006;333:924 (Published 26 October 2006)

Why this abortion ban is a threat to women's health

BMJ 2006;333:925.1 (Published 26 October 2006)

The Full English

BMJ 2006;333:925.2 (Published 26 October 2006)

Corrections

Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals

BMJ 2006;333:899.1 (Published 26 October 2006)

Totally transforming Auchendreich

BMJ 2006;333:899.2 (Published 26 October 2006)

Sudanese health minister's advocacy of condoms sparks protest

BMJ 2006;333:899.3 (Published 26 October 2006)