16 December 2006 (Vol 333, Issue 7581)

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Editor's Choice

New beginnings

BMJ 2006;333:0.7 (Published 14 December 2006)

US Highlights

BMJ 2006;333:0.8 (Published 14 December 2006)

News

Experts back research using primates

BMJ 2006;333:1235.1 (Published 14 December 2006)

Drug eluting stents are safe for licensed indications, FDA panel says

BMJ 2006;333:1235.2 (Published 14 December 2006)

News

BMJ 2006;333:1236.1 (Published 14 December 2006)

NHS told to make £250m surplus

BMJ 2006;333:1236.2 (Published 14 December 2006)

Staff costs are to blame for NHS deficits, say MPs

BMJ 2006;333:1236.3 (Published 14 December 2006)

Researcher received undisclosed payments of $300 000 from Pfizer

BMJ 2006;333:1237.1 (Published 14 December 2006)

Pfizer stops clinical trials of heart drug

BMJ 2006;333:1237.2 (Published 14 December 2006)

Genetic tests and staff are cut to save money

BMJ 2006;333:1238.1 (Published 14 December 2006)

Woman in persistent vegetative state can die, rules judge

BMJ 2006;333:1238.2 (Published 14 December 2006)

PFI contributes to large deficits of Scottish health boards

BMJ 2006;333:1238.3 (Published 14 December 2006)

Dutch doctors call for action on drug safety

BMJ 2006;333:1238.4 (Published 14 December 2006)

Sponsorship of patients' groups by drug companies should be made transparent

BMJ 2006;333:1238.5 (Published 14 December 2006)

GPs should use “premier” information sources when prescribing

BMJ 2006;333:1239.1 (Published 14 December 2006)

NICE requires primary care trusts to tackle prevention and management of obesity

BMJ 2006;333:1239.2 (Published 14 December 2006)

Review of drug subsidy scheme delayed as test case looms

BMJ 2006;333:1239.3 (Published 14 December 2006)

Cooksey report recommends central coordinating body for research

BMJ 2006;333:1239.4 (Published 14 December 2006)

Dispute over conflicts of interests leads to changes for medical society

BMJ 2006;333:1240.1 (Published 14 December 2006)

Duff's report calls for changes in way drugs are tested

BMJ 2006;333:1240.2 (Published 14 December 2006)

UK government acted “unlawfully” by dropping international doctors scheme claim

BMJ 2006;333:1240.3 (Published 14 December 2006)

Social marketing centre launches in England

BMJ 2006;333:1240.4 (Published 14 December 2006)

Editorials

Influenza in elderly people in care homes

BMJ 2006;333:1229 (Published 14 December 2006)

Rehabilitation of traumatised refugees and survivors of torture

BMJ 2006;333:1230 (Published 14 December 2006)

Editorials - continued

The Cooksey review of UK health research funding

BMJ 2006;333:1231 (Published 14 December 2006)

Drug eluting stents

BMJ 2006;333:1233 (Published 14 December 2006)

Measles in developing countries

BMJ 2006;333:1234 (Published 14 December 2006)

Research

Effectiveness of an influenza vaccine programme for care home staff to prevent death, morbidity, and health service use among residents: cluster randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2006;333:1241 (Published 14 December 2006)

Prophylactic antibiotics to prevent pneumonia and other complications after measles: community based randomised double blind placebo controlled trial in Guinea-Bissau

BMJ 2006;333:1245 (Published 14 December 2006)

Ratio measures in leading medical journals: structured review of accessibility of underlying absolute risks

BMJ 2006;333:1248 (Published 14 December 2006)

Letters

Use of Google as a diagnostic aid

BMJ 2006;333:1270.1 (Published 14 December 2006)

Use of Google as a diagnostic aid

BMJ 2006;333:1270.2 (Published 14 December 2006)

Use of Google as a diagnostic aid

BMJ 2006;333:1270.3 (Published 14 December 2006)

Use of Google as a diagnostic aid

BMJ 2006;333:1270.4 (Published 14 December 2006)

Reconfiguring acute hospitals in England

BMJ 2006;333:1271.1 (Published 14 December 2006)

Reconfiguring acute hospitals in England

BMJ 2006;333:1271.2 (Published 14 December 2006)

Reconfiguring acute hospitals in England

BMJ 2006;333:1271.3 (Published 14 December 2006)

Author's reply to review of Bioethics and Armed Conflict

BMJ 2006;333:1271.4 (Published 14 December 2006)

Effective probiotic treatment is rarely cheap

BMJ 2006;333:1272.1 (Published 14 December 2006)

Sexual relationships between doctors and former patients

BMJ 2006;333:1272.2 (Published 14 December 2006)

Sexual relationships between doctors and former patients

BMJ 2006;333:1272.3 (Published 14 December 2006)

Obituaries

Allen Carr

BMJ 2006;333:1273 (Published 14 December 2006)

William (“Bill”) Harte Callander

BMJ 2006;333:1274.1 (Published 14 December 2006)

John Marshall Davis

BMJ 2006;333:1274.2 (Published 14 December 2006)

Cecil Mary Drillien

BMJ 2006;333:1274.3 (Published 14 December 2006)

Laurence Ian (“Pop”) Holmes-Smith

BMJ 2006;333:1274.4 (Published 14 December 2006)

David Flett Smith

BMJ 2006;333:1274.5 (Published 14 December 2006)

James Brian Turtle

BMJ 2006;333:1274.6 (Published 14 December 2006)

Obituaries - continued

William (“Bill”) Wynne Willson

BMJ 2006;333:1274.7 (Published 14 December 2006)

Clinical Review

Osteoporosis and its management

BMJ 2006;333:1251 (Published 14 December 2006)

Practice

Hypertriglyceridaemia in diabetes

BMJ 2006;333:1257 (Published 14 December 2006)

Obesity—can we turn the tide?

BMJ 2006;333:1261 (Published 14 December 2006)

Routine HIV screening can be cost effective

BMJ 2006;333:1265.1 (Published 14 December 2006)

Interval exercise is well tolerated in people with chronic lung disease

BMJ 2006;333:1265.2 (Published 14 December 2006)

Poor Americans often misinterpret labels on drug bottles

BMJ 2006;333:1265.3 (Published 14 December 2006)

Metformin remains the logical first line drug for type 2 diabetes

BMJ 2006;333:1265.4 (Published 14 December 2006)

Blood products transmit prions between humans

BMJ 2006;333:1266.1 (Published 14 December 2006)

Benefits of breast cancer screening not proved for women under 50

BMJ 2006;333:1266.2 (Published 14 December 2006)

Folic acid fails to protect against cardiovascular disease

BMJ 2006;333:1266.3 (Published 14 December 2006)

Imatinib is effective long term treatment for myeloid leukaemia

BMJ 2006;333:1266.4 (Published 14 December 2006)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2006;333:1278.1 (Published 14 December 2006)

Minerva

BMJ 2006;333:1278.2 (Published 14 December 2006)

Filler

Cardiovascular risk assessment for primary prevention is often inaccurate

BMJ 2006;333:0.6 (Published 14 December 2006)

Another inconvenient truth?

BMJ 2006;333:1256 (Published 14 December 2006)

A place of safety

BMJ 2006;333:1260 (Published 14 December 2006)

Why not “acidically”?

BMJ 2006;333:1269 (Published 14 December 2006)

Analysis and Comment

Anecdotes that provide definitive evidence

BMJ 2006;333:1267 (Published 14 December 2006)

Getting camera happy

BMJ 2006;333:1275 (Published 14 December 2006)

Cardiac arrest on a ski slope

BMJ 2006;333:1276 (Published 14 December 2006)

We risk forgetting what it means to be free

BMJ 2006;333:1277.1 (Published 14 December 2006)

On their high horses

BMJ 2006;333:1277.2 (Published 14 December 2006)