April fools
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2006;332, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week in the BMJ [Full text] [PDF]

	Caution needed over role of MRI in diagnosing multiple sclerosis [Full text] FREE

	Presence of metabolic syndrome improves mortality risk prediction [Full text] FREE

	Improvements in services haven't matched increased spending in NHS [Full text] FREE

	Mobile phones do not increase risk of glioma... [Full text] FREE

	...and nor do they cause worse headaches in "sensitive" people [Full text] FREE

Editorials

	Medical academia is failing patients and clinicians
	Peter M Rothwell
	BMJ  2006;332:863-864, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.863 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Brains and mobile phones
	Michael Maier
	BMJ  2006;332:864-865, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.864 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Strict glucose control in the critically ill
	Peter Watkinson, Vicki S Barber, J Duncan Young
	BMJ  2006;332:865-866, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.865 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Regulating the collection and use of fetal stem cells
	Julie Kent, Naomi Pfeffer
	BMJ  2006;332:866-867, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.866 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The care of older people
	Christopher Deeming, Justin Keen
	BMJ  2006;332:867-868, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.867 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	Massachusetts is to provide health care for 99% of population
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2006;332:869, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.869 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	US lags in health care despite largest investment, survey shows
	Nellie Bristol
	BMJ  2006;332:869, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.869-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;332:870, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.870 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Inquiry into adverse events in trial blames drug, not study design
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;332:870, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.870-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Disease awareness campaigns turn healthy people into patients
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:871, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.871 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	UK launches panel to tackle research misconduct
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2006;332:871, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.871-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Chance of bird flu mutating into virus transmissible between humans is "very low"
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;332:873, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.873-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Creating a level playing field can be an uphill task
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2006;332:874, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.874 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Guidance does not require mandatory reporting of underage sex
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;332:872, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.872 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Killer tries to stop publication of inquiry into his care
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:872, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.872-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	EU warns four countries over tobacco advertising
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2006;332:872, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.872-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Nine drug company chiefs are charged with conspiracy to defraud NHS
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:872, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.872-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Uganda sees a rise of 12% in TB cases
	Henry Wasswa
	BMJ  2006;332:872, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.872-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Keep community hospitals open, primary care trusts told
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2006;332:873, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.873 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK government consults public on compulsory folate fortification
	Robert Short
	BMJ  2006;332:873, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.873-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Links between doctors across the world bring benefits
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2006;332:873, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.873-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Conference warns of epidemic of unsafe abortions in Africa
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2006;332:874, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.874-a [Extract] [Full text]

	EU faces tough decisions after budget cuts
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2006;332:874, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.874-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Row breaks out over German funding of short acting diabetes treatment
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2006;332:874, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.874-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Agency is creating a pan-European drug database
	Madeleine Brettingham
	BMJ  2006;332:874, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.874-d [Extract] [Full text]

Research

	Accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: systematic review
	Penny Whiting, Roger Harbord, Caroline Main, Jonathan J Deeks, Graziella Filippini, Matthias Egger, Jonathan A C Sterne
	BMJ  2006;332:875-884, doi:10.1136/bmj.38771.583796.7C (published 24 March 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional details] FREE

	Clinical value of the metabolic syndrome for long term prediction of total and cardiovascular mortality: prospective, population based cohort study
	Johan Sundström, Ulf Risérus, Liisa Byberg, Björn Zethelius, Hans Lithell, Lars Lind
	BMJ  2006;332:878-882, doi:10.1136/bmj.38766.624097.1F (published 1 March 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Criteria for metabolic syndrome] FREE

	Commentary: Metabolic syndrome and mortality
	Andrew Farmer
	BMJ  2006;332:882, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.882 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mobile phone use and risk of glioma in adults: case-control study
	Sarah J Hepworth, Minouk J Schoemaker, Kenneth R Muir, Anthony J Swerdlow, Martie J A van Tongeren, Patricia A McKinney
	BMJ  2006;332:883-887, doi:10.1136/bmj.38720.687975.55 (published 20 January 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Are some people sensitive to mobile phone signals? Within participants double blind randomised provocation study
	G James Rubin, Gareth Hahn, Brian S Everitt, Anthony J Cleare, Simon Wessely
	BMJ  2006;332:886-891, doi:10.1136/bmj.38765.519850.55 (published 6 March 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	DRUG POINTS: Nicorandil may be associated with gastrointestinal ulceration
	Mohaned Egred, Mohammed Andron, W Lindsay Morrison
	BMJ  2006;332:889, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.889 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Systemic lupus erythematosus
	David P D'Cruz
	BMJ  2006;332:890-894, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.890 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further references]

Practice

	Practice pointer: Understanding the NSAID related risk of vascular events
	Harald E Vonkeman, Jacobus R B J Brouwers, Mart A F J van de Laar
	BMJ  2006;332:895-898, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.895 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interactive case report: 70 year old man with scrotal swelling, abdominal aortic aneurysm, and renal lesions: case report
	Saroj Kumar Das, Devdatta Sarwate, J K Mordani, K J Ng, Mark Nel
	BMJ  2006;332:899, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.899 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of wound healing: Non-surgical and drug treatments
	Stuart Enoch, Joseph E Grey, Keith G Harding
	BMJ  2006;332:900-903, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.900 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ family highlights: What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2006;332:904, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.904 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2006;332:905, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.905 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Health service reform: Seven years of feast, seven years of famine: boom to bust in the NHS?
	Alan Maynard, Andrew Street
	BMJ  2006;332:906-908, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.906 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Controversy: Can fetuses feel pain?
	Stuart W G Derbyshire
	BMJ  2006;332:909-912, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.909 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Bird flu: Pandemic flu preparation: an unheeded lesson from SARS
	Meng-Kin Lim
	BMJ  2006;332:913, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.913 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Bird flu: Pandemic flu is not just about probability
	C Raina MacIntyre
	BMJ  2006;332:913, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.913-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Bird flu: Pandemic flu at the coal face
	Jonathan D Sleath
	BMJ  2006;332:913, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.913-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Non-European doctors and change in UK policy: Ten thousand international medical graduates may be affected
	Peter Trewby, Gareth Williams, Peter Williamson, Edward Barnes, Peter Carr, Jennifer Crilley, Alwyn Foden, Stephen Mitchell, Jeremy Murphy
	BMJ  2006;332:913-914, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.913-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Non-European doctors and change in UK policy: What about highly skilled migrant doctors?
	Krishnamoorthy Narayan
	BMJ  2006;332:914, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.914 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Non-European doctors and change in UK policy: Change is cruel and opportunistic
	M A I Khan
	BMJ  2006;332:914, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.914-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NHS financial crisis: signs of crisis or hope?
	Stephen Black
	BMJ  2006;332:914, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.914-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Risks and benefits of omega 3 fats: Health benefits of omega 3 fats are in doubt
	Johanna M Geleijnse, Ingeborg A Brouwer, Edith J M Feskens
	BMJ  2006;332:915, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.915 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Risks and benefits of omega 3 fats: A few thoughts on systematic review
	Ka He, Yiqing Song
	BMJ  2006;332:915, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.915-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Risks and benefits of omega 3 fats: Summary of responses
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2006;332:915-916, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.915-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Benefits from detecting dementia are dubious
	Laurie R Davis
	BMJ  2006;332:916, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.916 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Something old, something new in wound dressings
	Peter J Mahaffey
	BMJ  2006;332:916, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.916-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Entrenched misinformation about X and Y sperm
	Valerie J Grant
	BMJ  2006;332:916, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.916-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	New disease: motivational deficiency disorder: Study ignores economic benefits
	David Atkins
	BMJ  2006;332:916, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.916-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	New disease: motivational deficiency disorder: Too much effort
	John L Cliff
	BMJ  2006;332:916, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.916-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Mary Margaret Anderson
	Alasdair Fraser, Anne Rodway
	BMJ  2006;332:917, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.917 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Edward ("Terry") Burgess
	John Burgess
	BMJ  2006;332:917, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.917-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Isabel Young Gibson (née Gebbie)
	J N A Gibson
	BMJ  2006;332:917, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.917-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Keith Halnan
	Clare Vernon
	BMJ  2006;332:917, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.917-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Vincent William Joseph ("Bill") Hetreed
	Michael Hetreed
	BMJ  2006;332:917, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.917-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Robert Kingston Knight
	Robert Rubens
	BMJ  2006;332:917-918, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.917-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Norman Dallas MacRorie
	Roderick MacRorie
	BMJ  2006;332:918, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.918 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Pauline O'Neill (née Ripley)
	Ian Phillips
	BMJ  2006;332:918, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.918-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Gustav ("Gus") Siegmund Plaut
	William Carver
	BMJ  2006;332:918, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.918-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Alan Pollock
	Iain Chalmers
	BMJ  2006;332:918, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.918-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Eleanor Beatrice Schill (Mrs Sykes)
	Martin Sykes
	BMJ  2006;332:918, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.918-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Stuart Fotheringham Wood
	Graham Watt, Jill Morrison
	BMJ  2006;332:918, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.918-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

reviews

This week's reviews [PDF]

	TV: When drug news is no news
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2006;332:919, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.919 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Film: Tobacco industry satire fails to ignite
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2006;332:920, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.920 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: How to halt the brain drain
	Imre Loefler
	BMJ  2006;332:921, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.921 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: Eclipse
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2006;332:921, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.921-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;332:922, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.922 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Vitamin D plus calcium prevents falls in older women but not older men
	BMJ  2006;332, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The 1918 influenza pandemic: a survivor's tale
	Kieran J Moriarty
	BMJ  2006;332:889, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.889-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Heartbroken, not heartsink
	Ruth Booker
	BMJ  2006;332:894, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.894 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dr No
	John C Nicholls
	BMJ  2006;332:898, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.898 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Computers
	Rajesh K Choudhary
	BMJ  2006;332:908, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.908 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Paracetamol causes most liver failure in UK and US
	BMJ  2006;332:882, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.882-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Tetraparesis associated with colchicine is probably due to inhibition by verapamil of the P-glycoprotein efflux pump in the blood-brain barrier
	BMJ  2006;332:882, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.882-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Treating refractory epilepsy in adults
	BMJ  2006;332:912, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.912 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effect of combinations of drugs on all cause mortality in patients with ischaemic heart disease: nested case-control analysis
	BMJ  2006;332:912, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7546.912-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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