What did you do about climate change Mum?
	Fiona Godllee
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Off-pump CABG may be better than conventional CABG [Full text] FREE

	Amoxicillin for CAP—three days, or longer? [Full text] FREE

	Some personality traits may affect risk of chronic disease [Full text] FREE

	What colour is bilious vomit? [Full text] FREE

	How to manage thyrotoxicosis [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	What health services could do about climate change
	Anna Coote
	BMJ  2006;332:1343-1344, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1343 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w12] FREE

	Switching statins
	James C Moon, Richard G Bogle
	BMJ  2006;332:1344-1345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1344 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

	The great medicines scandal
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2006;332:1345-1346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38868.651736.47, (Published 1 June 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Are older antipsychotic drugs obsolete?
	Rohan Ganguli, Martin Strassnig
	BMJ  2006;332:1346-1347, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1346 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Should UK allergy services focus on primary care?
	Mark L Levy, Aziz Sheikh, Samantha Walker, Angie Woods
	BMJ  2006;332:1347-1348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1347 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Rugby union should ban contested scrums: Scrums are contested in junior rugby
	Dylan M Wilson
	BMJ  2006;332:1391, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1391 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Rugby union should ban contested scrums: Technique is important
	Robert W Standfield
	BMJ  2006;332:1391, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1391-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Rugby union should ban contested scrums: Reality check is needed
	Malcolm Cameron
	BMJ  2006;332:1391, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1391-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Rugby union should ban contested scrums: Engage, don't ban
	John J Macfarlane
	BMJ  2006;332:1391-1392, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1391-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Protecting the heart may not protect the public health
	Rahul Rao
	BMJ  2006;332:1392, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1392 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pulmonary tuberculosis: Chest radiograph can appear normal in immunocompromised patients
	Ben C Creagh-Brown, Ruth Whitfield
	BMJ  2006;332:1392, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1392-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pulmonary tuberculosis: Management in children has special considerations
	David Burgner, Sarah Cherian, Janet Geddes, Delane Shingadia
	BMJ  2006;332:1392-1393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1392-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ethnic differences in risks of adverse reactions: Is personalised drug treatment better with pharmacokinetic modelling?
	David S Millson
	BMJ  2006;332:1393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1393 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ethnic differences in risks of adverse reactions: Biomedical approach is insufficient to explain ethnic differences
	Sam W P Mhlongo, Acquira J Mbokazi
	BMJ  2006;332:1393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1393-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	WHO perspective on preventing avoidable harm from medicines
	Mary R Couper, Shanthi N Pal, Lembit Rägo, Jacqueline Sawyer
	BMJ  2006;332:1393-1394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1393-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NICE work: Nice try
	Sam Shuster
	BMJ  2006;332:1394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1394 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NICE work: Level playing field requires transparency
	Rubin Minhas
	BMJ  2006;332:1394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1394-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Number of consultant posts has fallen
	W A Holden
	BMJ  2006;332:1394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1394-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	UN conference on AIDS settles on compromise statement
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:1349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1349 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Ban on smoking in public places "disproportionate to the problem"
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;332:1349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1349-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;332:1350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1350 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Health gap between educated and less educated Russians widens
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:1350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1350-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	FDA regulations make it harder to sue drug companies
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;332:1350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1350-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Foundation trusts fear that PCTs will renege on payments
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;332:1351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1351 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	World Cup attacked for failing to ban smoking
	Katy Duke
	BMJ  2006;332:1351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1351-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Fertility treatment regulator steps up warning about multiple births
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2006;332:1353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1353-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Fighting the "white plague"
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;332:1354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1354 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Congresswoman criticises US drug plan for elderly people
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:1352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1352 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Patients demanding access to cancer drugs call off hunger strike
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2006;332:1352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1352-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Swiss child has successful bone marrow transplant from “saviour sibling”
	Bojan Pancevski
	BMJ  2006;332:1352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1352-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	EU offers incentives to firms to produce medicines for children
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2006;332:1352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1352-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Active commuting is important in raising exercise levels
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:1352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1352-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Search engines increase online journal use more than open access
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;332:1353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1353 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Hospital trusts fined because they cannot spare staff to work on IT
	Michael Cross
	BMJ  2006;332:1353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1353-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Clarify role of NHS market or patients may suffer, says King’s Fund
	Debashis Singh
	BMJ  2006;332:1353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1353-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Failure to tackle flu in birds threatens Indonesia’s human population
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2006;332:1354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1354-a [Extract] [Full text]

	Judge slams BAT’s shredding policy as part of “a fraud”
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2006;332:1354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1354-b [Extract] [Full text]

Research

This week's Research

	Effectiveness of discontinuing antibiotic treatment after three days versus eight days in mild to moderate-severe community acquired pneumonia: randomised, double blind study
	Rachida el Moussaoui, Corianne A J M de Borgie, Peterhans van den Broek, Willem N Hustinx, Paul Bresser, Guido E L van den Berk, Jan-Werner Poley, Bob van den Berg, Frans H Krouwels, Marc J M Bonten, Carla Weenink, Patrick M M Bossuyt, Peter Speelman, Brent C Opmeer, Jan M Prins
	BMJ  2006;332:1355, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1355 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Study group members] FREE

	Commentary: What is the optimal duration of antibiotic therapy?
	John Paul
	BMJ  2006;332:1358, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1358 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Personality, lifestyle, and risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer: follow-up of population based cohort
	Til Stürmer, Petra Hasselbach, Manfred Amelang
	BMJ  2006;332:1359, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38833.479560.80, (Published 10 May 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional table][extra: Additional table] FREE

	Colour of bile vomiting in intestinal obstruction in the newborn: questionnaire study
	Gregor M Walker, Andrew Neilson, David Young, Peter A M Raine
	BMJ  2006;332:1363, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38859.614352.55, (Published 31 May 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effect of off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery on clinical, angiographic, neurocognitive, and quality of life outcomes: randomised controlled trial
	Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, Shane George, Mahmoud Bustami, Jo Wray, Charles Ilsley, Thanos Athanasiou, Mohamed Amrani
	BMJ  2006;332:1365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38852.479907.7C, (Published 1 June 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Diagnosis and management of thyrotoxicosis
	Elizabeth N Pearce
	BMJ  2006;332:1369-1373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1369 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w13]

Practice

This week's Practice

	The patient's journey: systemic lupus erythematosus
	Jane Robinson
	BMJ  2006;332:1374-1376, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1374 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: New football boots and toxic shock syndrome
	C M Taylor, F A I Riordan, C Graham
	BMJ  2006;332:1376-1378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1376 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Non-pharmacological management
	Graeme P Currie, J Graham Douglas
	BMJ  2006;332:1379-1381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1379 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ family highlights: What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2006;332:1382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1382 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Kristina Fister
	BMJ  2006;332:1383-1384, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1383 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

This week's Analysis and Comment

	Contraction and convergence: Healthy response to climate change
	Robin Stott
	BMJ  2006;332:1385-1387, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1385 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Personal carbon allowances
	Mayer Hillman
	BMJ  2006;332:1387-1388, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1387 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Green buildings
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;332:1389-1390, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1389 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Reviews

This week's Reviews

	Film: An Inconvenient Truth
	Paul R Epstein
	BMJ  2006;332:1397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1397 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Art: Arctic art
	Sally Carter
	BMJ  2006;332:1398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1398 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: How We Can Save the Planet
	Ian Roberts
	BMJ  2006;332:1398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1398-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal view: A magical education
	Daniel K Sokol
	BMJ  2006;332:1399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1399 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: The threat
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2006;332:1399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1399-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;332:1400, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1400 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	bmjupdates+: It's harder to eradicate Helicobacter pylori in smokers
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: The art of medicine
	E Tullo
	BMJ  2006;332:1373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1373 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ter die sumendus
	Chris Ellis
	BMJ  2006;332:1378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1378 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A good surgeon should know when to abandon a procedure
	Anuruddha M Abeygunasekera
	BMJ  2006;332:1390, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1390 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Bump starting the heart
	BMJ  2006;332:1368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1368 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Comparative accuracy: assessing new tests against existing diagnostic pathways
	BMJ  2006;332:1368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1368-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cancer charity is to "borrow" candidate drugs shelved by companies
	BMJ  2006;332:1368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1368-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Jean Bernard
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2006;332:1395, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1395 [Extract] [Full text]

	Thomas Spencer Leslie Beswick
	Nicki Lewis-Smith
	BMJ  2006;332:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1396 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Sheena Dutton Bonnyman
	John Simpson
	BMJ  2006;332:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1396-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Denys Charles L'Estrange Burges
	Richard Green
	BMJ  2006;332:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1396-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Harry Coll
	Alison Coll
	BMJ  2006;332:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1396-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Peter Alan De Raeve
	Michael Helliwell
	BMJ  2006;332:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1396-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Constance ("Connie") Catherine Forsyth
	Ross Mitchell, Keith Hall, Peter Smail
	BMJ  2006;332:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1396-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Peter George Mellett
	Malcolm Carruthers
	BMJ  2006;332:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1396-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

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