While Rome burns
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Acupuncture may help in non-specific low back pain... [Full text] FREE

	... and seems to be cost effective in the long term [Full text] FREE

	Obesity may bankrupt health services [Full text] FREE

	Fast breathing is not enough to diagnose childhood pneumonia [Full text] FREE

	How to manage oral malodour? [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Acupuncture in mainstream health care
	David Wonderling
	BMJ  2006;333:611-612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38954.627361.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Childhood pneumonia in developing countries
	Zulfiqar A Bhutta
	BMJ  2006;333:612-613, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38975.602836.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References] FREE

	Caesarean delivery in the second stage of labour
	Chris Spencer, Deirdre Murphy, Susan Bewley
	BMJ  2006;333:613-614, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38971.466979.DE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References] FREE

	Emergency naloxone for heroin overdose
	John Strang, Michael Kelleher, David Best, Soraya Mayet, Victoria Manning
	BMJ  2006;333:614-615, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.614 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Teratogenicity of antiepileptic drugs
	David P Breen, Richard J Davenport
	BMJ  2006;333:615-616, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38961.437639.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Stabbing: data support public perception
	Tom König, Charles H Knowles, Alison West, Alastair Wilson, Frank Cross
	BMJ  2006;333:652, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.652 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Acute appendicitis: Leaving normal looking appendices
	Faheez Mohamed, Kevin K Khoo
	BMJ  2006;333:652, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.652-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Acute appendicitis: Weighing up risks and benefits of investigations and treatments
	Sanjay Purkayastha, Sudipta Purkayastha, Paraskeva Paraskevas
	BMJ  2006;333:652-653, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.652-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Acute appendicitis: Acute appendicitis or acute appendicectomy?
	John G R Howie
	BMJ  2006;333:653, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.653 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Acute renal failure from contrast medium: Beware patients taking metformin...
	John A Sayer
	BMJ  2006;333:653, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.653-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Acute renal failure from contrast medium: ... and remember simple and cheap measures
	Amit Patel
	BMJ  2006;333:653-654, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.653-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Benign prostatic hyperplasia: Caveat for finasteride should be discussed before prescribing
	Hussam Ammar, Ashok K Malani, Chakshu Gupta
	BMJ  2006;333:654, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.654 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Benign prostatic hyperplasia: Authors' reply
	Anand K Patel, Christopher R Chapple
	BMJ  2006;333:654, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.654-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Society's advice on low weight and IVF was ignored by media
	Helen C Murphy, John F Morgan
	BMJ  2006;333:654, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.654-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Possible cause of false normal B-12 assays
	Malcolm S Hamilton, Sheena Blackmore, Anne Lee
	BMJ  2006;333:654-655, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.654-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	More on switching statins: Comments from Pfizer
	Kate Lloyd
	BMJ  2006;333:655, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.655 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	More on switching statins: Authors' reply
	James C Moon, Richard G Bogle
	BMJ  2006;333:655-656, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.655-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Long term safety of statins should be monitored
	Steven J Haas, Rosana Hage-Ali, Brian G Priestly, Andrew Tonkin, Lisa Demos, John J McNeil, Mark Nelson
	BMJ  2006;333:656, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.656 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Ageism in services for transient ischaemic attack and stroke: Clinical leadership is key in changing practice
	S H Guptha, P Owusu-Agyei
	BMJ  2006;333:656, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.656-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Ageism in services for transient ischaemic attack and stroke: Ageism or cost-benefit analysis?
	Michael A McDowall
	BMJ  2006;333:656, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.656-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	Health secretary pledges to continue NHS changes
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;333:617, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.617 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	British doctors call for independent scrutiny of Guantanamo Bay detainees
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2006;333:617, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.617-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;333:618, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.618 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	British soldiers are "guinea pigs" for new use of blood clotting agent
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:618, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.618-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Gulf war symptoms do not constitute a syndrome
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2006;333:618, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.618-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Inquiry opens into state of childhood in the UK
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2006;333:619, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.619 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Try psychology before drugs for children with mental problems
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:619, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.619-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Indian association questions plan for hepatitis B immunisation
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2006;333:621, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.621-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	The difference a Day makes
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;333:622, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.622 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	No progress in reducing childhood obesity despite increased awareness, report says
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:620, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.620 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Challenge food industry to improve Scots’ diet, says review
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2006;333:620, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.620-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Risk of breast cancer stabilising in UK, study shows
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;333:620, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.620-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Over 70s should also get screening for bowel cancer
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2006;333:620, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.620-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	The 13 key neglected tropical diseases (listed by PloS)
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2006;333:620, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.620-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	NHS Logistics staff plan strike
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2006;333:621, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.621 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Hungary confronts corruption in its health service
	Thomas Land
	BMJ  2006;333:621, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.621-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Dr Matthias Rath: an apology
	BMJ  2006;333:621, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.621-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

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This week's News extra

	Study finds no link between hospital cleanliness and MRSA
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;333:622, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.622-a [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	WHO recommends DDT to control malaria
	Christiane Rehwagen
	BMJ  2006;333:622, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.622-b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Outpatient thyroidectomy is safe in selected patients
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;333:622, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.622-c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Poorest areas have best smoking cessation services, report shows
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;333:622, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.622-d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	More televisions and less noise diffuse aggression on mental health wards
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:622, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.622-e [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Review of high risk mental health patients starts
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:622, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.622-f [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Research

This week's Research

	Randomised controlled trial of a short course of traditional acupuncture compared with usual care for persistent non-specific low back pain
	K J Thomas, H MacPherson, L Thorpe, J Brazier, M Fitter, M J Campbell, M Roman, S J Walters, J Nicholl
	BMJ  2006;333:623, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38878.907361.7C, (Published 15 September 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A randomised controlled trial of acupuncture care for persistent low back pain: cost effectiveness analysis
	J Ratcliffe, K J Thomas, H MacPherson, J Brazier
	BMJ  2006;333:626, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38932.806134.7C, (Published 15 September 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Chest radiography in children aged 2-59 months diagnosed with non-severe pneumonia as defined by World Health Organization: descriptive multicentre study in Pakistan
	Tabish Hazir, Yasir Bin Nisar, Shamim A Qazi, Shazia F Khan, Mujahid Raza, Shehla Zameer, Syed Asif Masood
	BMJ  2006;333:629, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38915.673322.80, (Published 21 August 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Oral malodour (halitosis)
	S R Porter, C Scully
	BMJ  2006;333:632-635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38954.631968.AE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References] FREE

Practice

This week's Practice

	A patient's journey: living with paranoid schizophrenia
	Stuart Baker-Brown
	BMJ  2006;333:636-638, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38968.608275.AE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	10-minute consultation: Problem drug use
	Nigel Williams
	BMJ  2006;333:639, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.639 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of obesity: Obesity—time to wake up
	David Haslam, Naveed Sattar, Mike Lean
	BMJ  2006;333:640-642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.640 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2006;333:643-644, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.643 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Analysis and Comment

This week's Analysis and Comment

	NHS reorganisation: Who's kicking who?
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2006;333:645-648, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38967.410428.68 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Controversy: Race and mental health: there is more to race than racism
	Swaran P Singh, Tom Burns
	BMJ  2006;333:648-651, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38930.501516.BE [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	David James Ieuan Bennett
	Justine Foster, Sue Young
	BMJ  2006;333:657, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.657 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	David Edward Brown
	William D Turner
	BMJ  2006;333:657, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.657-a [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Edward ("Eddie") James Mac Flynn
	R L Carson
	BMJ  2006;333:657, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.657-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Sidney Gerrish Hamilton
	V P Smith
	BMJ  2006;333:657, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.657-c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	James Gordon Hill
	Graham Thomas
	BMJ  2006;333:657-658, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.657-d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Peter Gratton Parry
	David Gratton Parry
	BMJ  2006;333:658, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.658 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Richard Francis Pearson
	Mary Pearson
	BMJ  2006;333:658, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.658-a [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	John Pinching
	Anthony Pinching
	BMJ  2006;333:658, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.658-b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Leslie Gordon Scott
	Annie Bennett, Issac Suleman, John Surtees
	BMJ  2006;333:658, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.658-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	John Joseph Waldron
	Gerard J Waldron
	BMJ  2006;333:658, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.658-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Charles Kay Warrick
	Peter Hacking, Phil Owen
	BMJ  2006;333:658, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.658-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

reviews

This week's reviews

	Book: Allergy: The History of a Modern Malady
	John Henderson
	BMJ  2006;333:659, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.659 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Personal views: Where are the medical voices raised in protest?
	Ian Greener
	BMJ  2006;333:660, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.660 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Personal views: Doctors must debate hospital closures
	Richard Lehman
	BMJ  2006;333:661, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.661 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Soundings: Spend, spend, spend
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2006;333:661, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.661-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;333:662, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.662 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Probiotics may help prevent antibiotic associated diarrhoea in children
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Ferrous musings from the CABG patch
	Gary Reynolds
	BMJ  2006;333:631, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.631 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A perfect job
	Paul Blenkiron
	BMJ  2006;333:635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.635 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Interactive case report: Fever of unknown origin
	BMJ  2006;333:638, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.638 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A no-win situation
	Anne Foley
	BMJ  2006;333:638, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.638-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Symptoms and semeions
	Ronald Ingle
	BMJ  2006;333:651, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.651 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Advice
	BMJ  2006;333:658, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.658-f [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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