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4 February 2006 (Vol 332, No 7536)
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Editor's choice

Learning for life
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2006;332, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.0-f [Full text]1244 [PDF]269  

This week in the BMJ

This week in the BMJ [Full text]411 [PDF]271

Collaborative care improves late life depression [Full text]730  
Didgeridoo playing could improve sleep apnoea [Full text]869  
New mothers in UK do use child records booklet [Full text]251  
Scoring prognosis in stable angina [Full text]536  
What's new in diverticulitis? [Full text]765  

Editorials

Best research
Allyson M Pollock, Nick McNally, Sue Kerrison
BMJ  2006;332:247-248, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.247 [Extract]368 [Full text]2588 [PDF]341 [extra: Acknowledgement]89  

Antibiotics in pandemic flu
Marc J M Bonten, Jan M Prins
BMJ  2006;332:248-249, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.248 [Extract]412 [Full text]2464 [PDF]436  

Collaborative care for depression
Gregory Simon
BMJ  2006;332:249-250, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.249 [Extract]211 [Full text]1086 [PDF]209  

The incidence of gastroschisis
Mark D Kilby
BMJ  2006;332:250-251, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.250 [Extract]247 [Full text]1262 [PDF]173  

Detention of refugees
Mina Fazel, Derrick Silove
BMJ  2006;332:251-252, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.251 [Extract]119 [Full text]1068 [PDF]269  

News

UK government to shift NHS power to community health care
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2006;332:253, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.253 [Extract]198 [Full text]1249 [PDF]163  

In brief
BMJ  2006;332:254, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.254 [Extract]90 [Full text]457 [PDF]38  

Babies born after preimplantation genetic diagnosis need follow-up
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2006;332:254, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.254-a [Extract]141 [Full text]764 [PDF]120 [extra: Longer version]113  

Dutch insurance company will pay doctors to prescribe cheap drugs
Tony Sheldon
BMJ  2006;332:254, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.254-b [Extract]132 [Full text]710 [PDF]97 [extra: Longer version]125  

Doctors told to shun rewards from industry as size of payments becomes clear
Fred Charatan
BMJ  2006;332:255, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.255 [Extract]236 [Full text]1527 [PDF]153 [extra: Longer version]540  

NEJM editor gives pretrial evidence in Vioxx case
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2006;332:255, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.255-a [Extract]140 [Full text]957 [PDF]132 [extra: Longer version]135  

Doctors in India prosecuted for sex determination, but few convicted
Ganapati Mudur
BMJ  2006;332:257, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.257-c [Extract]131 [Full text]697 [PDF]57 [extra: Longer version]96  

Where GPs go, politicians will follow
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2006;332:258, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.258 [Extract]126 [Full text]868 [PDF]78  

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Strategy launched to boost research in the NHS in England
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2006;332:256, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.256 [Extract]120 [Full text]897 [PDF]144  

Three quarters of NHS trusts in deficit are cutting staff
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2006;332:256, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.256-a [Extract]191 [Full text]1366 [PDF]53  

Serious birth defects kill at least three million children a year
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2006;332:256, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.256-b [Extract]137 [Full text]663 [PDF]101  

Police question former GP about assisted suicide
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2006;332:256, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.256-c [Extract]125 [Full text]565 [PDF]43  

NICE calls for wider use of statins
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2006;332:256, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.256-d [Extract]262 [Full text]1469 [PDF]244  

Corruption in health care "kills en masse"
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2006;332:257, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.257 [Extract]175 [Full text]964 [PDF]108  

Heart disease tests increase, but attack rate is unchanged
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2006;332:257, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.257-a [Extract]158 [Full text]672 [PDF]92  

EU health budget may be almost halved
Tessa Richards
BMJ  2006;332:257, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.257-b [Extract]80 [Full text]433 [PDF]50  

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English pilots to include older people’s views in shaping health care
Caroline White
BMJ  2006;332:258, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.258-a [Extract]66 [Full text]382  

No evidence found that homoeopathy is effective against cancer
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2006;332:258, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.258-b [Extract]227 [Full text]1073  

Rheumatologists feel devalued by NHS changes
Lisa Hitchen
BMJ  2006;332:258, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.258-c [Extract]94 [Full text]563  

China’s HIV/AIDS epidemic is sharply on the rise
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2006;332:258, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.258-d [Extract]66 [Full text]420  

Reporter who accused surgeon of experimentation told to reveal sources
Michael Leidig
BMJ  2006;332:258, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.258-e [Extract]128 [Full text]762  

Research

Long term outcomes from the IMPACT randomised trial for depressed elderly patients in primary care
Enid M Hunkeler, Wayne Katon, Lingqi Tang, John W Williams, Jr, Kurt Kroenke, Elizabeth H B Lin, Linda H Harpole, Patricia Arean, Stuart Levine, Lydia M Grypma, William A Hargreaves, Jürgen Unützer
BMJ  2006;332:259-263, doi:10.1136/bmj.38683.710255.BE (published 20 January 2006) [Abstract]538 [Abridged PDF]70 [Full text]795 [PDF]752  

Predicting prognosis in stable angina—results from the Euro heart survey of stable angina: prospective observational study
Caroline A Daly, Bianca De Stavola, Jose L Lopez Sendon, Luigi Tavazzi, Eric Boersma, Felicity Clemens, Nicholas Danchin, Francois Delahaye, Anselm Gitt, Desmond Julian, David Mulcahy, Witold Ruzyllo, Kristian Thygesen, Freek Verheugt, Kim M Fox, on behalf of the Euro Heart Survey Investigators
BMJ  2006;332:262-267, doi:10.1136/bmj.38695.605440.AE (published 13 January 2006) [Abstract]441 [Abridged PDF]76 [Full text]1050 [PDF]802 [extra: Appendices A and B]107  

Didgeridoo playing as alternative treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome: randomised controlled trial
Milo A Puhan, Alex Suarez, Christian Lo Cascio, Alfred Zahn, Markus Heitz, Otto Braendli
BMJ  2006;332:266-270, doi:10.1136/bmj.38705.470590.55 (published 23 December 2005) [Abstract]740 [Abridged PDF]134 [Full text]1943 [PDF]881  

Use of personal child health records in the UK: findings from the millennium cohort study
Suzanne Walton, Helen Bedford, Carol Dezateux, the Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group
BMJ  2006;332:269-270, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.269 [Abstract]188 [Full text]456 [PDF]259  

Clinical review

Management of diverticulitis
Simon E J Janes, Allan Meagher, Frank A Frizelle
BMJ  2006;332:271-275, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.271 [Extract]688 [Full text]2780 [PDF]1110  

Practice

Interactive case report: An alcoholic patient who continues to drink: case outcome
Stuart McPherson, Colin John Rees
BMJ  2006;332:276, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.276 [Full text]1387 [PDF]220 [extra: Commentary]57  

Commentary: Patient's experience
Colin John Rees
BMJ  2006;332:277, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.277 [Full text]669 [PDF]96  

Commentary: Challenge for doctors and policy makers
Paul Haber
BMJ  2006;332:277-278, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.277-a [Full text]295 [PDF]61  

Commentary: Integrated learning
Ed Peile
BMJ  2006;332:278, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.278 [Full text]312 [PDF]86  

Commentary: When should patients be held responsible for their lifestyle choices?
John Gillies, Mark Sheehan
BMJ  2006;332:279, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.279 [Full text]635 [PDF]183  

BMJ Learning: Irritable bowel syndrome: diagnosis and management
A Agrawal, P J Whorwell
BMJ  2006;332:280-283, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.280 [Full text]1569 [PDF]702  

10-minute consultation: Proteinuria
Jayne Haynes, Richard Haynes
BMJ  2006;332:284, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.284 [Full text]1486 [PDF]585  

ABC of wound healing: Wound assessment
Joseph E Grey, Stuart Enoch, Keith G Harding
BMJ  2006;332:285-288, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.285 [Full text]1370 [PDF]624  

Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
Alison Tonks
BMJ  2006;332:289-290, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.289 [Full text]894 [PDF]109  

Analysis and Comment

Public health: Influence of Islam on smoking among Muslims
Nazim Ghouri, Mohammed Atcha, Aziz Sheikh
BMJ  2006;332:291-294, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.291 [Full text]3977 [PDF]268 [extra: Further details]193  

Ethics: Conscientious objection in medicine
Julian Savulescu
BMJ  2006;332:294-297, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.294 [Full text]2384 [PDF]313  

Ethics: Just a family medical history?
Dagmar Schmitz, Urban Wiesing
BMJ  2006;332:297-299, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.297 [Full text]702 [PDF]139  

Ethics: Implications of data protection legislation for family history
Anneke Lucassen, Michael Parker, Robert Wheeler
BMJ  2006;332:299-301, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.299 [Full text]352 [PDF]139  

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]130

How did UK cigarette makers reduce tar to 10 mg or less?
Richard J O'Connor, K Michael Cummings, Gary A Giovino, Ann McNeill, Lynn T Kozlowski
BMJ  2006;332:302, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.302 [Extract]162 [Full text]569  

People seem confused about sensible drinking messages
Jan S Gill, Fiona O'May
BMJ  2006;332:302-303, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.302-a [Extract]116 [Full text]534  

Cannabis and psychosis: Let's start from the null hypothesis
D B Double
BMJ  2006;332:303, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.303 [Extract]125 [Full text]665  

Cannabis and psychosis: Does cannabis really cause psychosis?
Alasdair J Macdonald
BMJ  2006;332:303, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.303-a [Extract]107 [Full text]432  

Barriers to using warfarin in non-valvular atrial fibrillation
Melina Gattellari, Nicholas A Zwar, John M Worthington, Sandy Middleton
BMJ  2006;332:303-304, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.303-b [Extract]62 [Full text]252  

Pulmonary embolism in hospital practice: Certain crucial procedures were omitted
Adrian J B Brady
BMJ  2006;332:304, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.304 [Extract]53 [Full text]340  

Pulmonary embolism in hospital practice: View from primary care is chest pain and breathlessness, but not together
John Sharvill
BMJ  2006;332:304, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.304-a [Extract]38 [Full text]199  

Severe hepatic injury and adulterated Chinese medicines
Vincent Lai, Amanda Smith, Douglas Thorburn, V S Raman
BMJ  2006;332:304-305, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.304-b [Extract]48 [Full text]225  

NHS Direct did not emerge from an evidence free void
Geoff H Royston
BMJ  2006;332:305, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.305 [Extract]39 [Full text]257  

JAMA's policy does not go far enough
Stephen J Senn
BMJ  2006;332:305, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.305-a [Extract]55 [Full text]335  

One step forward in engaging clinicians in IT
Mark E Lloyd, Paul A Reilly
BMJ  2006;332:305, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.305-b [Extract]38 [Full text]216  

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]163

Anne Turner
Michael Day
BMJ  2006;332:306, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.306 [Full text]991  

Alan Hamilton Cruickshank
Robert Cruickshank
BMJ  2006;332:307, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.307 [Full text]290 [extra: Longer version]242  

Peter Dally
Ann Dally
BMJ  2006;332:307, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.307-a [Full text]259 [extra: Longer version]245  

David Shaw Dick
Margaret Newton
BMJ  2006;332:307, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.307-c [Full text]213 [extra: Longer version]218  

Douglas Francis Freebody
Barrie Parker
BMJ  2006;332:307, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.307-d [Full text]152 [extra: Longer version]207  

Patrick Huck
Gerald Sandler
BMJ  2006;332:307, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.307-e [Full text]161 [extra: Longer version]210  

Ian Macalister
P N Paterson-Brown, D A Buchanan
BMJ  2006;332:307, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.307-f [Full text]232 [extra: Longer version]237  

Jacob Mackinnon
Peter Hill
BMJ  2006;332:307, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.307-g [Full text]203 [extra: Longer version]243  

reviews

This week's reviews [PDF]44

Book: Nerve Endings: The Discovery of the Synapse
Boleslav L Lichterman
BMJ  2006;332:308, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.308 [Extract]52 [Full text]260  

Book: Using Terri: The Religious Right's Conspiracy to Take Away Our Rights
Fred Charatan
BMJ  2006;332:309, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.309 [Extract]134 [Full text]983  

Theatre: Gladiator Games
Piyal Sen
BMJ  2006;332:309, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.309-a [Extract]38 [Full text]148  

Personal views: How can we improve the rate of autopsies among Muslims?
Mudher Al-Adnani, Irene Scheimberg
BMJ  2006;332:310, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.310 [Extract]121 [Full text]819  

Lessons for doctors from Jewish philosophy
Naomi Lear
BMJ  2006;332:311, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.311 [Extract]292 [Full text]1594  

Soundings: Failure to die
Colin Douglas
BMJ  2006;332:311, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.311-a [Extract]93 [Full text]754  

Minerva

Minerva
BMJ  2006;332:312, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.312 [Full text]788 [PDF]97  

Fillers

bmjupdates+: Intensive treatment and support helps patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes
BMJ  2006;332, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.0-e [Full text]265 [PDF]57  

Endpiece: Fashionable successions and popular rages
Jeremy Hugh Baron
BMJ  2006;332:265, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.265 [Full text]276 [PDF]21  

Exciting lessons
M J Leong
BMJ  2006;332:268, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.268 [Full text]448 [PDF]32  

One hundred years ago: Modern prescriptions
BMJ  2006;332:270, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.270 [Full text]260 [PDF]46  

A memorable patient: Keep me in the loop
Venkita Suresh
BMJ  2006;332:279, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.279-a [Full text]546 [PDF]32  

PPUD syndrome (post PLAB unemployed doctor's syndrome)
Surinder Sareen
BMJ  2006;332:283, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.283 [Full text]779 [PDF]62  

Advice
BMJ  2006;332:307, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.307-b [Full text]155  

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