Editor's choice An uncomfortable ride Fiona Godlee BMJ  2005;331, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.0-f [Full text]2373 [PDF]220   This week in the BMJ This week in the BMJ [Full text]381 [PDF]423 Sedative use in older people with insomnia may not be advantageous [Full text]1769   Women with treated CIN remain at increased risk of cervical and other cancers [Full text]1160   Medically conceived twins have an increased risk of preterm birth [Full text]489   Ensure the basics for children in developing countries [Full text]430   UK patients want fast access to good care [Full text]613   Editorials Metabolic syndrome Kamlesh Khunti, Melanie Davies BMJ  2005;331:1153-1154, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1153 [Extract]607 [Full text]5350 [PDF]2234 [extra: References]166   Extended prescribing by UK nurses and pharmacists Anthony J Avery, Mike Pringle BMJ  2005;331:1154-1155, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1154 [Extract]341 [Full text]4601 [PDF]1064   European developments in labelling allergenic foods Chantelle Anandan, Aziz Sheikh BMJ  2005;331:1155-1156, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1155 [Extract]102 [Full text]872 [PDF]280   Primary care trusts: do they have a future? Judith Smith, Nicholas Mays BMJ  2005;331:1156-1157, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1156 [Extract]212 [Full text]2456 [PDF]503   The private health sector in India Amit Sengupta, Samiran Nundy BMJ  2005;331:1157-1158, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1157 [Extract]163 [Full text]1869 [PDF]373   News UK doctors protest at extension to nurses' prescribing powers Michael Day BMJ  2005;331:1159, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1159 [Extract]336 [Full text]2897 [PDF]465   Italy's smoking ban has led to an 8% drop in tobacco consumption Roger Dobson BMJ  2005;331:1159, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1159-a [Extract]172 [Full text]1280 [PDF]317 [extra: Longer version]232   In brief BMJ  2005;331:1160, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1160 [Extract]60 [Full text]523 [PDF]61   Dignitas is investigated for helping healthy woman to die Michael Leidig BMJ  2005;331:1160, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1160-a [Extract]170 [Full text]1604 [PDF]154 [extra: Longer version]189   Lords back bill to legalise assisted suicide Clare Dyer BMJ  2005;331:1160, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1160-b [Extract]134 [Full text]1098 [PDF]142 [extra: Longer version]115   Watchdog finds that NHS is failing stroke patients Rebecca Coombes BMJ  2005;331:1161, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1161 [Extract]112 [Full text]924 [PDF]171   Woman fights for parents' right to know abortion advice to under 16s Clare Dyer BMJ  2005;331:1161, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1161-a [Extract]95 [Full text]987 [PDF]113   UK doctors move towards general practice and flexible working Madeleine Brettingham BMJ  2005;331:1163, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1163-b [Extract]200 [Full text]1431 [PDF]132 [extra: Longer version]86   Uncertainty over reorganisation is destabilising primary care Adrian O'Dowd BMJ  2005;331:1164, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1164 [Extract]72 [Full text]642 [PDF]99   Private commissioning plan raises question over conflicts of interest Adrian O'Dowd BMJ  2005;331:1164, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1164-a [Extract]58 [Full text]431 [PDF]77   News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] Primary care trust reverses decision not to fund trastuzumab Susan Mayor BMJ  2005;331:1162, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1162 [Extract]138 [Abridged PDF]114 [Full text]841   Improving choice for patients from disadvantaged groups should reduce health inequalities Susan Mayor BMJ  2005;331:1162, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1162-a [Extract]74 [Abridged PDF]114 [Full text]771   Austrian town uses mirrors to tackle lack of daylight Michael Leidig BMJ  2005;331:1162, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1162-b [Extract]272 [Abridged PDF]109 [Full text]1546   GMC hears charge that doctor ended a patient's life prematurely Clare Dyer BMJ  2005;331:1162, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1162-c [Extract]100 [Abridged PDF]29 [Full text]708   Austrian woman sues doctor and hospital for sterilising her without consent Michael Leidig BMJ  2005;331:1162, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1162-d [Extract]119 [Abridged PDF]64 [Full text]1187   Holland is criticised for the way it deported a mentally ill asylum seeker Tony Sheldon BMJ  2005;331:1163, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1163 [Extract]66 [Abridged PDF]54 [Full text]754   EU is urged to reduce injuries to children Rory Watson BMJ  2005;331:1163, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1163-a [Extract]51 [Abridged PDF]34 [Full text]389   News extra [these stories appear only on the web] WHO agrees global action plan to control avian flu Paul Ress BMJ  2005;331:1164, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1164-b [Extract]98 [Full text]778   Industry steps up efforts to develop avian flu vaccine John Zarocostas BMJ  2005;331:1164, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1164-c [Extract]81 [Full text]581   Ugandan rebel soldiers target aid operations after indictment of their leaders Peter Moszynski BMJ  2005;331:1164, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1164-d [Extract]28 [Full text]276   Rebuilding Afghanistan's health service is hampered by insecurity and lack of funds Klaus Morales BMJ  2005;331:1164, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1164-e [Extract]21 [Full text]180   UK regulator seeks views on genetic testing of embryos Zosia Kmietowicz BMJ  2005;331:1164, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1164-f [Extract]40 [Full text]321   Some independent treatment centres have a high cancellation rate, audit finds Andrew Cole BMJ  2005;331:1164, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1164-g [Extract]35 [Full text]334   Lifestyle modification with drug treatment achieves most weight loss, study finds David Spurgeon BMJ  2005;331:1164, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1164-h [Extract]171 [Full text]1364   Papers Sedative hypnotics in older people with insomnia: meta-analysis of risks and benefits Jennifer Glass, Krista L Lanctôt, Nathan Herrmann, Beth A Sproule, Usoa E Busto BMJ  2005;331:1169, doi:10.1136/bmj.38623.768588.47 (published 11 November 2005) [Abstract]871 [Abridged PDF]187 [Full text]2331 [PDF]1646 [extra: References w1 - w24]85   Preterm birth in twins after subfertility treatment: population based cohort study Hans Verstraelen, Sylvie Goetgeluk, Catherine Derom, Stijn Vansteelandt, Robert Derom, Els Goetghebeur, Marleen Temmerman BMJ  2005;331:1173, doi:10.1136/bmj.38625.685706.AE (published 25 October 2005) [Abstract]172 [Abridged PDF]52 [Full text]659 [PDF]394   Achieving the millennium development goals for health: Cost effectiveness analysis of strategies for child health in developing countries Tessa Tan-Torres Edejer, Moses Aikins, Robert Black, Lara Wolfson, Raymond Hutubessy, David B Evans BMJ  2005;331:1177, doi:10.1136/bmj.38652.550278.7C (published 10 November 2005) [Abstract]164 [Abridged PDF]89 [Full text]1391 [PDF]652 [extra: Additional tables and descriptions]93   How does progress towards the child mortality millennium development goal affect inequalities between the poorest and least poor? Analysis of Demographic and Health Survey data Kath A Moser, David A Leon, Davidson R Gwatkin BMJ  2005;331:1180-1182, doi:10.1136/bmj.38659.588125.79 (published 11 November 2005) [Full text]1393 [PDF]642   Short cuts What's new in the other general journals Alison Tonks BMJ  2005;331:1165-1166, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1165 [Full text]2334 [PDF]345   Dr Foster's case notes Obesity and type 2 diabetes in children, 1996-7 to 2003-4 BMJ  2005;331:1167, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1167 [Full text]1685 [PDF]906 [extra: Further details]139   BMJ family highlights What's new this month in BMJ Journals Harvey Marcovitch BMJ  2005;331:1168, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1168 [Full text]1136 [PDF]193   Primary care Risk of cervical and other cancers after treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: retrospective cohort study Ilkka Kalliala, Ahti Anttila, Eero Pukkala, Pekka Nieminen BMJ  2005;331:1183-1185, doi:10.1136/bmj.38663.459039.7C [Abstract]473 [Full text]1265 [PDF]717 [extra: Cancer coding]71   Clinical review The parents' journey: continuing a pregnancy after a diagnosis of Patau's syndrome Louise Locock BMJ  2005;331:1186-1189, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1186 [Extract]191 [Full text]1881 [PDF]488   ABC of health informatics: Improving services with informatics tools Frank Sullivan, Jeremy C Wyatt BMJ  2005;331:1190-1192, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1190 [Extract]119 [Full text]1435 [PDF]1037   Education and debate The NHS revolution: health care in the market place: Challenges of private provision in the NHS Nicholas Timmins BMJ  2005;331:1193-1195, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1193 [Extract]118 [Full text]2017 [PDF]612   The NHS revolution: health care in the market place: Competition in general practice Martin Marshall, Tim Wilson BMJ  2005;331:1196-1199, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1196 [Extract]94 [Full text]1691 [PDF]564   The NHS revolution: health care in the market place: What do patients and the public want from primary care? Angela Coulter BMJ  2005;331:1199-1201, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1199 [Extract]145 [Full text]2108 [PDF]928   Letters This week's letters [PDF]288 Adjuvant trastuzumab for breast cancer: Assessing HER2/neu status incurs more costs for treatment Malcolm R Kell, Colm P Power BMJ  2005;331:1202, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1202 [Extract]70 [Full text]582   Adjuvant trastuzumab for breast cancer: Advent of pharmacogenetics raises many issues Hazel Thornton BMJ  2005;331:1202, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1202-a [Extract]38 [Full text]311   Adjuvant trastuzumab for breast cancer: An increasingly common ethical and economic conundrum Matthew L Grove BMJ  2005;331:1202, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1202-b [Extract]33 [Full text]312   Adjuvant trastuzumab for breast cancer: The other side of the coin Somasundari Gopalakrishnan, John Linnane BMJ  2005;331:1202-1203, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1202-c [Extract]49 [Full text]433   Adjuvant trastuzumab for breast cancer: Editorial does not mention health economics of drug E Hamish McLaren BMJ  2005;331:1203, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1203 [Extract]54 [Full text]411   Stockpiling oseltamivir: What is the number needed to treat with oseltamivir to prevent one flu death? A Rouse BMJ  2005;331:1203, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1203-a [Extract]90 [Full text]627   Stockpiling oseltamivir: Roche clarifies data for improved mortality with oseltamivir James R Smith, Regina Dutkowski BMJ  2005;331:1203, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1203-b [Extract]54 [Full text]503   Health in Africa: International experience may provoke animosity towards those returning home Andrew C Don-Wauchope BMJ  2005;331:1203, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1203-c [Extract]41 [Full text]210   Health in Africa: There is more to the crisis Albert M E Coleman BMJ  2005;331:1203-1204, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1203-d [Extract]23 [Full text]208   Croatia's brain drain Ozren Polasek, Kolcic Ivana BMJ  2005;331:1204, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1204 [Extract]52 [Full text]375   Postpartum eclampsia of late onset: a complicated case Kirsten Duckitt BMJ  2005;331:1204, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1204-a [Extract]43 [Full text]336   Data are still needed for HPV immunisation programme O Noel Gill, Catherine M Lowndes BMJ  2005;331:1204, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1204-b [Extract]28 [Full text]234   India plans to audit clinical trials Biju Basil, Maju Mathews, Jamal Mahmud, Babatunde Adetunji, Kumar Budur BMJ  2005;331:1204-1205, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1204-c [Extract]35 [Full text]189   CAM before the storm: authors' reply Trevor D Thompson, Gene Feder BMJ  2005;331:1205, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1205 [Extract]48 [Full text]294   Consultants' hours of work: a new perspective Austin A Leach BMJ  2005;331:1205, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1205-a [Extract]74 [Full text]557   Lady doctors: where are the gentleman doctors? Alan Davies BMJ  2005;331:1205, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1205-b [Extract]170 [Full text]1302   Obituaries This week's obituaries [PDF]236 Michael Phelps Ward Caroline Richmond BMJ  2005;331:1206, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1206 [Full text]759   Robert Lisle Gadd Iain Robertson BMJ  2005;331:1207, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1207 [Full text]454 [extra: Longer version]218   Valerian Pius Kimati P M Barnes BMJ  2005;331:1207, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1207-a [Full text]393 [extra: Longer version]180   Joseph Towfiq Thomas Marrow Luay Zebouni, Namir Al-Mokhtar BMJ  2005;331:1207, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1207-b [Full text]415 [extra: Longer version]191   Jean Katherine Patterson (née Ritchie) John Lennard-Jones BMJ  2005;331:1207, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1207-c [Full text]455 [extra: Longer version]196   David Ian Rushton Lynn Jones BMJ  2005;331:1207, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1207-d [Full text]513 [extra: Longer version]221   Michael John Stone Pauline A Stone BMJ  2005;331:1207, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1207-e [Full text]554 [extra: Longer version]241   Stewart G Wolf Paul J Rosch BMJ  2005;331:1207, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1207-f [Full text]443 [extra: Longer version]213   reviews This week's reviews [PDF]93 Book: The Year of Magical Thinking John Quin BMJ  2005;331:1208, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1208 [Extract]96 [Full text]888   Book: The Vaccine Controversy: The History, Use, and Safety of Vaccinations Richard Roberts BMJ  2005;331:1209, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1209 [Extract]92 [Full text]831   Film: The Death of Mr Lazarescu Khalid Ali BMJ  2005;331:1209, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1209-a [Extract]71 [Full text]599 [extra: Further reviews]34   Press: Why doctors' outcomes should be published in the press Ben Bridgewater BMJ  2005;331:1210, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1210 [Extract]77 [Full text]691   PERSONAL VIEW: Flexible training for men and women—is this the way forward for medicine? Christopher Schofield, Zena Schofield BMJ  2005;331:1211, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1211 [Extract]57 [Full text]774   SOUNDINGS: Dr A will see you now Colin Douglas BMJ  2005;331:1211, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1211-a [Extract]117 [Full text]1793   Minerva Minerva BMJ  2005;331:1212, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1212 [Full text]1247 [PDF]173   Fillers bmjupdates+: Early analgesia for children with acute abdominal pain did not affect management or outcome BMJ  2005;331, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.0-e [Full text]223 [PDF]42   Endpiece: Qualities of a surgeon S N Anjum, P Quinn, R Anwar BMJ  2005;331:1176, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1176 [Full text]913 [PDF]85   A memorable patient: A ship too far Sajid Mahmud BMJ  2005;331:1182, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1182-b [Full text]1122 [PDF]57   Tellymedicine Jurgen A H R Claassen BMJ  2005;331:1185, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1185 [Full text]855 [PDF]63   A shocking affair John Zorab BMJ  2005;331:1189, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1189 [Full text]1267 [PDF]80   Human and animal health BMJ  2005;331:1195, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1195 [Full text]621 [PDF]49   Corrections Influenza pandemics and avian flu BMJ  2005;331:1182, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1182 [Full text]291 [PDF]120   Rethinking breast screening—again BMJ  2005;331:1182, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7526.1182-a [Full text]288 [PDF]48

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