A very British muddle
	Jane Smith
	BMJ  2006;332, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Education improves long term control of eczema [Full text] FREE

	Delaying operation after hip fracture increases death rate [Full text] FREE

	Preterm births have risen in Denmark in low risk women [Full text] FREE

	Atorvastatin may cause nightmares [Full text] FREE

	Online cancer support groups can police themselves [Full text] FREE

Editorials

	Educational programmes for young people with eczema
	Hywel C Williams
	BMJ  2006;332:923-924, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.923 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Why should preterm births be rising?
	A H Shennan, S Bewley
	BMJ  2006;332:924-925, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.924 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Are virtual communities good for our health?
	Alejandro R Jadad, Murray W Enkin, Sholom Glouberman, Philip Groff, Anita Stern
	BMJ  2006;332:925-926, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.925 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	Prime minister tells troubled trusts to "hold their nerve"
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;332:927, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.927 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Court awards claimant $13.5m in rofecoxib lawsuit
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:927, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.927-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;332:928, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.928 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Trusts can take cost into account when deciding drug treatment
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:928, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.928-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	EC launches debate on the future of scientific journals
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2006;332:928, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.928-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Johns Hopkins scales down its deal with cosmetics firm after criticism
	David Brown
	BMJ  2006;332:929, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.929 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dutch doctors suspended for use of complementary medicine
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2006;332:929, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.929-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Air force doctor imprisoned for refusing third tour in Iraq
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:931, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.931-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Tossed aside
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;332:932, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.932 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	BMA criticises new visa requirements for overseas doctors
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;332:930, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.930 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Hospital is fined £100 000 for failing to supervise junior staff
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:930, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.930-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Charity campaigners win radio awards
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2006;332:930, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.930-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Computer scientists call for audit of NHS IT programme
	Michael Cross
	BMJ  2006;332:930, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.930-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Welsh NHS heads for £32m deficit
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:930, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.930-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors in Nepal take part in democracy protests
	Kaushal Pandey
	BMJ  2006;332:931, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.931 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Indian doctors debate increased affirmative action for lower castes
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2006;332:931, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.931-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Banning trans fatty acids will reduce risk of heart attacks, study says
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;332:931, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.931-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	People are easily duped about new diseases, conference is told
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2006;332:932, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.932-a [Extract] [Full text]

Research

	Age related, structured educational programmes for the management of atopic dermatitis in children and adolescents: multicentre, randomised controlled trial
	Doris Staab, Thomas L Diepgen, Manigé Fartasch, Jörg Kupfer, Thomas Lob-Corzilius, Johannes Ring, Sibylle Scheewe, Reginald Scheidt, Gerhard Schmid-Ott, Christina Schnopp, Rüdiger Szczepanski, Thomas Werfel, Marita Wittenmeier, Ulrich Wahn, Uwe Gieler
	BMJ  2006;332:933-938, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.933 [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra information] FREE

	Commentary: The double benefits of educational programmes for patients with eczema
	Peter Lapsley
	BMJ  2006;332:936, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.936 [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Spontaneous preterm delivery in primiparous women at low risk in Denmark: population based study
	Jens Langhoff-Roos, Ulrik Kesmodel, Bo Jacobsson, Steen Rasmussen, Ida Vogel
	BMJ  2006;332:937-939, doi:10.1136/bmj.38751.524132.2F (published 23 February 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Accuracy and self correction of information received from an internet breast cancer list: content analysis
	Adol Esquivel, Funda Meric-Bernstam, Elmer V Bernstam
	BMJ  2006;332:939-942, doi:10.1136/bmj.38753.524201.7C (published 2 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: False or misleading statements (pdf)] FREE

	Effect of different forms of information produced for cancer patients on their use of the information, social support, and anxiety: randomised trial
	R B Jones, J Pearson, A J Cawsey, D Bental, A Barrett, J White, C A White, W H Gilmour
	BMJ  2006;332:942-948, doi:10.1136/bmj.38807.571042.68 (published 5 April 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional details] FREE

	Mortality associated with delay in operation after hip fracture: observational study
	Alex Bottle, Paul Aylin
	BMJ  2006;332:947-951, doi:10.1136/bmj.38790.468519.55 (published 22 March 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	DRUG POINTS: Atorvastatin may cause nightmares
	Peter J H Smak Gregoor
	BMJ  2006;332:950, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.950 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Panic disorder
	C Barr Taylor
	BMJ  2006;332:951-955, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.951 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	Patient's journey: From burns unit to boardroom
	James Partridge
	BMJ  2006;332:956-959, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.956 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interactive case report: 70 year old man with scrotal swelling, abdominal aortic aneurysm, and renal lesions: case progression
	Saroj Kumar Das, Devdatta Sarwate, J K Mordani, K J Ng, Mark Nel
	BMJ  2006;332:959, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.959 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Lesson of the week: Syncope and falls due to timolol eye drops
	Marije E Müller, Nathalie van der Velde, Jaap W M Krulder, Tischa J M van der Cammen
	BMJ  2006;332:960-961, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.960 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of wound healing: Recent advances and emerging treatments
	Stuart Enoch, Joseph E Grey, Keith G Harding
	BMJ  2006;332:962-965, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.962 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2006;332:966, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.966 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Health economics: Importance of relative measures in policy on health inequalities
	Allan Low, Anne Low
	BMJ  2006;332:967-969, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.967 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Research methods: Reporting attrition in randomised controlled trials
	Jo C Dumville, David J Torgerson, Catherine E Hewitt
	BMJ  2006;332:969-971, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.969 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What the educators are saying
	Phil Cotton, Jill Morrison
	BMJ  2006;332:972, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.972 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Call for shake up in NHS funding: A reply to 900 doctors
	Julian Tudor Hart
	BMJ  2006;332:973, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.973 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Call for shake up in NHS funding: Nye Bevan's view on national and private insurance
	L S Lewis
	BMJ  2006;332:973, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.973-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Call for shake up in NHS funding: Few GPs among the 900 Doctors for Reform
	Richard Ma
	BMJ  2006;332:973, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.973-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Call for shake up in NHS funding: Clarifications from Doctors for Reform
	C David H Wrede
	BMJ  2006;332:973-974, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.973-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pay for efficiency, not simply more work
	Gert Martin Kaiser
	BMJ  2006;332:974, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.974 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hypertension and ethnic group: Not as simple as black or white
	Onyebuchi E Okosieme
	BMJ  2006;332:974, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.974-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hypertension and ethnic group: Eplerenone may have role in hypertension related atrial fibrillation
	Oscar M Jolobe
	BMJ  2006;332:974, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.974-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Competence in children has a Scottish twist
	Mark J Sterrick
	BMJ  2006;332:975, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.975 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Referral management centres: More Hackney carriage than Trojan horse
	David Keene
	BMJ  2006;332:975, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.975-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Referral management centres: General practitioner colleagues could refer among themselves
	Graeme Mackenzie
	BMJ  2006;332:975, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.975-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Referral management centres: Is this an April fool?
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2006;332:975, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.975-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	More on bird flu
	Hilary G Pickles
	BMJ  2006;332:975-976, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.975-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Blanket hepatitis B vaccination is questionable in India
	Peter R Mansfield, Anant Phadke, Ashok Kale
	BMJ  2006;332:976, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.976 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A sexist celebration
	Robert A Jacoby
	BMJ  2006;332:976, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.976-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Jamie Ambrose
	Euan Ambrose, Terry Gould, David Uttley
	BMJ  2006;332:977, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.977 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	William Dawson Catto
	Graeme Catto
	BMJ  2006;332:978, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.978 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Sidney Fuller
	Ken Kirkman
	BMJ  2006;332:978, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.978-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Justin David Gardner
	Hadrian Ball, Christopher Reynolds
	BMJ  2006;332:978, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.978-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Francis Goyder
	Peter Goyder
	BMJ  2006;332:978, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.978-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Ian Anthony Rowland Jenkins
	Michael Helliwell
	BMJ  2006;332:978, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.978-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Peter Cowe Robertson
	Gillon C Ferguson
	BMJ  2006;332:978, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.978-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Brian David Morgan Williams
	J V V Lewis
	BMJ  2006;332:978, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.978-f [Extract] [Full text]

reviews

This week's reviews [PDF]

	Book: How Doctors Think: Clinical Judgment and the Practice of Medicine
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2006;332:979, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.979 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Art: The unkindest cut: emasculated musicians
	Colin Martin
	BMJ  2006;332:980, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.980 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Theatre: Science and art mix creates animal magic
	Balaji Ravichandran
	BMJ  2006;332:980, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.980-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal view: So what's so new about patient choice?
	Philip J Steer
	BMJ  2006;332:981, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.981 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: Gifted and black?
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2006;332:981, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.981-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;332:982, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.982 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Reduced consumption of sugary drinks helps the heaviest teenagers to lose weight
	BMJ  2006;332, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: A match for heaven and earth?
	Conrad Harris
	BMJ  2006;332:946, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.946 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter home
	Surinder Sareen
	BMJ  2006;332:955, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.955 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spellbound by CO2
	Fionnuala Crummy, Matthew T Naughton
	BMJ  2006;332:961, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.961 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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