Editor's choice: Trust me
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2006;333, doi:10.1136/bmj.39028.561875.43 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Evidence based interventions reduce knee pain in older people [Full text] FREE

	Statin use does not reduce severity of pneumonia [Full text] FREE

	Probiotics are relatively safe and beneficial [Full text] FREE

	WHO needs a major refocus [Full text] FREE

Editorials

	Mental health screening before troop deployment: Is not supported by current evidence
	Kenneth Craig Hyams
	BMJ  2006;333:979-980, doi:10.1136/bmj.39023.648970.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The lesser known effects of statins: Benefits on infectious outcomes may be explained by "healthy user" effect
	Reimar W Thomsen
	BMJ  2006;333:980-981, doi:10.1136/bmj.39024.513218.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of knee pain in primary care: Pharmacists and physiotherapists need to be a part of the team
	Carmel M Hughes, Chris M Bleakley
	BMJ  2006;333:981-982, doi:10.1136/bmj.39024.417813.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Osteonecrosis of the jaw after treatment with bisphosphonates: Is irreversible, so the focus must be on prevention
	Basile Nicolas Landis, Michel Richter, Ivan Dojcinovic, Max Hugentobler
	BMJ  2006;333:982-983, doi:10.1136/bmj.39024.647558.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What should we do about climate change?: Health professionals need to act now, collectively and individually
	Robin Stott, Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2006;333:983-984, doi:10.1136/bmj.39028.427164.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

	UK fares well in survey of primary care, but US doesn't
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:985, doi:10.1136/bmj.39024.460463.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Controversy has led to small fall in sales of drug eluting stents
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2006;333:985, doi:10.1136/bmj.39027.561493.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	In Brief: In brief
	BMJ  2006;333:986, doi:10.1136/bmj.39027.673924.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Worldwide water crisis is a "silent emergency," UN agency says
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2006;333:986, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7576.986-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Government needs better scientific advice, MPs say
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;333:986, doi:10.1136/bmj.39028.393218.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	GMC denies that changes will mean more doctors being struck off
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:987, doi:10.1136/bmj.39028.547778.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	BMA rejects chief medical officer's proposals on medical regulation
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;333:987, doi:10.1136/bmj.39024.632569.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Guidelines on treating risk factors turn healthy people into patients, doctors say
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2006;333:988, doi:10.1136/bmj.39024.405602.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New agreement aims to streamline sponsored clinical trials in NHS
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;333:988, doi:10.1136/bmj.39023.609676.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Black Africans have highest prevalence of tuberculosis in UK
	Robert Short
	BMJ  2006;333:988, doi:10.1136/bmj.39024.660949.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Israeli Arabs undergo less preventive screening than Jews
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2006;333:988, doi:10.1136/bmj.39023.634213.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS is failing refused asylum seekers, says Refugee Council
	Claire Frauenfelder
	BMJ  2006;333:988, doi:10.1136/bmj.39027.396794.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Professional teams who deal with young offenders lack healthcare expertise
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;333:989, doi:10.1136/bmj.39024.433356.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Care of mentally ill prisoners is "clearly dysfunctional"
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;333:989, doi:10.1136/bmj.39028.469965.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Brazil celebrates 10 years of universal access to antiretrovirals
	Klaus Morales
	BMJ  2006;333:989, doi:10.1136/bmj.39027.354097.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors demonstrate against "incoherent" reforms of NHS
	Oona Mashta
	BMJ  2006;333:989, doi:10.1136/bmj.39027.476979.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Gynaecology sans Frontières
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;333:990, doi:10.1136/bmj.39028.439907.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	WHO suppressed evidence on effects of depleted uranium, expert says
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:990, doi:10.1136/bmj.39027.603264.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Standard procedures are needed to improve patients' safety, says England's chief medical officer
	Claire Frauenfelder
	BMJ  2006;333:990, doi:10.1136/bmj.39028.605313.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Research

	Mental health screening in armed forces before the Iraq war and prevention of subsequent psychological morbidity: follow-up study
	Roberto J Rona, Richard Hooper, Margaret Jones, Lisa Hull, Tess Browne, Oded Horn, Dominic Murphy, Matthew Hotopf, Simon Wessely
	BMJ  2006;333:991, doi:10.1136/bmj.38985.610949.55 (published 5 October 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effectiveness of community physiotherapy and enhanced pharmacy review for knee pain in people aged over 55 presenting to primary care: pragmatic randomised trial
	Elaine M Hay, Nadine E Foster, Elaine Thomas, George Peat, Mike Phelan, Hannah E Yates, Alison Blenkinsopp, Julius Sim
	BMJ  2006;333:995, doi:10.1136/bmj.38977.590752.0B (published 20 October 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Statins and outcomes in patients admitted to hospital with community acquired pneumonia: population based prospective cohort study
	Sumit R Majumdar, Finlay A McAlister, Dean T Eurich, Raj S Padwal, Thomas J Marrie
	BMJ  2006;333:999, doi:10.1136/bmj.38992.565972.7C (published 23 October 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Intermittent claudication
	Kevin Cassar
	BMJ  2006;333:1002-1005, doi:10.1136/bmj.39001.562813.DE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

Practice

	Safety of probiotics: comparison of two popular strains
	Cathy Hammerman, Alona Bin-Nun, Michael Kaplan
	BMJ  2006;333:1006-1008, doi:10.1136/bmj.39010.630799.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of obesity: Risk factors for diabetes and coronary heart disease
	Sarah H Wild, Christopher D Byrne
	BMJ  2006;333:1009-1011, doi:10.1136/bmj.39024.568738.43 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ family highlights: Hypnotherapy relieves non-cardiac chest pain
	BMJ  2006;333:1012, doi:10.1136/bmj.39016.680197.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ family highlights: Weighing babies to assess milk intake is unreliable
	BMJ  2006;333:1012, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7576.1012-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ family highlights: Dental bacteraemia is short lasting
	BMJ  2006;333:1012, doi:10.1136/bmj.39016.658808.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ family highlights: Skin necrosis from amiodarone
	BMJ  2006;333:1012, doi:10.1136/bmj.39020.659803.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ family highlights: Walking and cycling mitigates COPD
	BMJ  2006;333:1012, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7576.1012-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Improved oral hygiene doesn't prevent preterm birth
	BMJ  2006;333:1013, doi:10.1136/bmj.39024.429803.DE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Doctors must wait for decent evidence on treatments for renal artery stenosis
	BMJ  2006;333:1013, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7576.1013-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: "Forced use" helps patients with stroke regain function in their weak arm
	BMJ  2006;333:1013, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7576.1013-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Central serotonin pathways implicated in sudden infant deaths
	BMJ  2006;333:1013-1014, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7576.1013-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: End stage heart failure may be reversible
	BMJ  2006;333:1014, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7576.1014 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Social influences conspire against safe sex
	BMJ  2006;333:1014, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7576.1014-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Statins are associated with a lower risk of death in people with heart failure
	BMJ  2006;333:1014, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7576.1014-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Epirubicin improves classic chemotherapy for early breast cancer
	BMJ  2006;333:1014, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7576.1014-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	International health: Open letter to the incoming director general of the World Health Organization: time to refocus
	Ruth Levine
	BMJ  2006;333:1015-1017, doi:10.1136/bmj.39020.383102.68 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health economics: Investment in health could be good for Europe's economies
	Marc Suhrcke, Martin McKee, Regina Sauto Arce, Svetla Tsolova, Jørgen Mortensen
	BMJ  2006;333:1017-1019, doi:10.1136/bmj.38951.614144.68 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Summary of methods] FREE

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Influenza vaccination: policy versus evidence: No gap between policy and evidence
	David S Fedson, Kristin L Nichol
	BMJ  2006;333:1020, doi:10.1136/bmj.39024.451389.FA [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Influenza vaccination: policy versus evidence: Protection from disease versus disease severity
	Christian W Mandl
	BMJ  2006;333:1020, doi:10.1136/bmj.39024.354120.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Influenza vaccination: policy versus evidence: Policy is in the lead
	Peter Doshi
	BMJ  2006;333:1020-1021, doi:10.1136/bmj.39024.370116.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Influenza vaccination: policy versus evidence: Vested interests will always trump evidence
	G H Hall
	BMJ  2006;333:1021, doi:10.1136/bmj.39023.947037.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Word limits best explain failings of industry supported meta-analyses
	Jonathan J Deeks
	BMJ  2006;333:1021, doi:10.1136/bmj.39024.372662.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Measles outbreak in Surrey
	Peter M English, Nicola Lang, Anna Raleigh, Kevin Carroll, Margot Nicholls
	BMJ  2006;333:1021-1022, doi:10.1136/bmj.39024.355822.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Community acceptance is needed to eradicate polio in India
	Anandagiri M Shankar, Sam Ramaiah
	BMJ  2006;333:1022, doi:10.1136/bmj.39017.432269.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Reconstructive surgery is often needed after obesity surgery
	Chidi C Ekwobi, Adam R Greenbaum
	BMJ  2006;333:1022, doi:10.1136/bmj.39024.366667.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Humanitarian aid starts at home
	Les Ashton
	BMJ  2006;333:1022, doi:10.1136/bmj.39017.430266.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The Full English: the full picture
	Fiona Crawford, Pauline Craig
	BMJ  2006;333:1022, doi:10.1136/bmj.39024.383750.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Donald Duck
	J Duck, A K Henderson
	BMJ  2006;333:1023, doi:10.1136/bmj.39024.717095.FA [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Brian Oliver Lyndhurst Duke
	Hugh Taylor
	BMJ  2006;333:1023, doi:10.1136/bmj.39017.706076.FA [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Joan Frances Godfrey
	Joanna Hopkins, Chris Robinson
	BMJ  2006;333:1023, doi:10.1136/bmj.39027.500093.FA [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Michael Edward Hincks
	H I E Hincks
	BMJ  2006;333:1023, doi:10.1136/bmj.39024.725694.FA [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Lawrence John Page
	David Inchley
	BMJ  2006;333:1023, doi:10.1136/bmj.39023.711100.FA [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

reviews

This week's reviews [PDF]

	How doctors' anonymity in family courts is under threat
	Jonathan Gornall
	BMJ  2006;333:1024-1025, doi:10.1136/bmj.39027.665220.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Living with AIDS
	Joanna Busza
	BMJ  2006;333:1026, doi:10.1136/bmj.39027.706933.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Postpsychiatry: Mental Health in a Postmodern World
	Jack Piachaud
	BMJ  2006;333:1026, doi:10.1136/bmj.39016.513449.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: Doctors must not be lapdogs to drug firms
	Adriane Fugh-Berman
	BMJ  2006;333:1027, doi:10.1136/bmj.39024.654086.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details]

	Soundings: An Auchendreich farewell
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  2006;333:1027, doi:10.1136/bmj.39024.692095.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;333:1028, doi:10.1136/bmj.39023.735810.471 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	Ranjan Laskar, Prabhat Sood
	BMJ  2006;333:1028, doi:10.1136/bmj.39023.735810.47 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Doubt remains over the equivalence of two treatments for carotid artery stenosis
	BMJ  2006;333, doi:10.1136/bmj.39024.597118.DE [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: A trouble shared is a trouble halved
	BMJ  2006;333:998, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7576.998 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Doctors and duellists
	BMJ  2006;333:1005, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7576.1005 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Einstein on research
	BMJ  2006;333:1008, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7576.1008 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A complication of becoming a centenarian
	Kevin Hockridge
	BMJ  2006;333:1019, doi:10.1136/bmj.39024.572847.DE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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