Editor's choice A time for courage Fiona Godlee BMJ  2006;332, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.0-f [Full text]1979 [PDF]208   This week in the BMJ This week in the BMJ [Full text]386 [PDF]384 Fondaparinux reduces thromboembolism in elderly medical patients [Full text]916   Babies of HBsAg positive mothers should be immunised [Full text]464   Primary care has to be considered in STI surveillance [Full text]384   Displaced survivors of tsunami had reduced mortality [Full text]283   Case reports of suspected adverse drug reactions are of limited value [Full text]495   Editorials The tobacco industry in developing countries Ernesto Sebrié, Stanton A Glantz BMJ  2006;332:313-314, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.313 [Extract]563 [Full text]2713 [PDF]359 [extra: Additional details]115   President Bush's proposals for healthcare reform Uwe Reinhardt BMJ  2006;332:314-315, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.314 [Extract]414 [Full text]1447 [PDF]230   A new direction for NHS community services Richard Q Lewis BMJ  2006;332:315-316, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.315 [Extract]425 [Full text]2517 [PDF]201   Is amiodarone safe in heart failure? Michele Coceani, Rita Mariotti BMJ  2006;332:317-318, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.317 [Extract]873 [Full text]2720 [PDF]462   Research and development in stroke services Damian Jenkinson, Gary A Ford BMJ  2006;332:318, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.318 [Extract]256 [Full text]1117 [PDF]266 [extra: Additional references]90   News Half of extra money for the NHS has gone on pay rises Adrian O'Dowd BMJ  2006;332:319, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.319 [Extract]474 [Full text]2020 [PDF]116   In brief BMJ  2006;332:320, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.320 [Extract]199 [Full text]433 [PDF]46   Patient takes her fight for trastuzumab to the High Court Clare Dyer BMJ  2006;332:320, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.320-a [Extract]265 [Full text]780 [PDF]103   US primary care is on verge of collapse, says doctors' body Janice Hopkins Tanne BMJ  2006;332:320, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.320-b [Extract]480 [Full text]1441 [PDF]133 [extra: Longer version]202   Inhaled insulin is approved in Europe and United States Jeanne Lenzer BMJ  2006;332:321, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.321 [Extract]659 [Full text]2054 [PDF]444   Study shows that tobacco firms covertly hired scientists Roger Dobson BMJ  2006;332:321, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.321-a [Extract]426 [Full text]1273 [PDF]133 [extra: Longer version]211   UK trainee doctors spurn obstetrics and gynaecology Madeleine Brettingham BMJ  2006;332:323, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.323-c [Extract]481 [Full text]1598 [PDF]125 [extra: Longer version]159   Published death rates may distort work of Scottish surgical "heroes" Bryan Christie BMJ  2006;332:324, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.324 [Extract]249 [Full text]827 [PDF]75   Rebuilding of Afghanistan is hampered by the Taliban Peter Moszynski BMJ  2006;332:324, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.324-a [Extract]120 [Full text]395 [PDF]28   News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] UK defies US by funding abortion programmes Lynn Eaton BMJ  2006;332:322, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.322 [Extract]196 [Full text]803 [PDF]66   Charities laud Scotland’s free personal care for elderly people Bryan Christie BMJ  2006;332:322, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.322-a [Extract]93 [Full text]401 [PDF]30   Italy introduces “baby boxes” to save lives of abandoned newborns Clare Chapman BMJ  2006;332:322, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.322-b [Extract]411 [Full text]1440 [PDF]88   UK report supports EU proposals to test drugs in children Susan Mayor BMJ  2006;332:322, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.322-c [Extract]71 [Full text]307 [PDF]70   Doctors with history of drug misuse will face spot checks Michael Day BMJ  2006;332:322, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.322-d [Extract]200 [Full text]479 [PDF]46   Saw palmetto extract is not effective for benign prostatic hyperplasia David Spurgeon BMJ  2006;332:323, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.323 [Extract]248 [Full text]703 [PDF]115   Watchdog rules that Merck violated the UK industry code of practice Owen Dyer BMJ  2006;332:323, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.323-a [Extract]211 [Full text]1004 [PDF]93   New coroners’ system to be set up in England and Wales Clare Dyer BMJ  2006;332:323, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.323-b [Extract]150 [Full text]536 [PDF]73   News extra [these stories appear only on the web] Twin study shows that genetic factors influence the development and timing of Alzheimer’s disease Susan Mayor BMJ  2006;332:324, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.324-b [Extract]268 [Full text]843   Scottish study will look at genetic and lifestyle causes of ill health in families Bryan Christie BMJ  2006;332:324, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.324-c [Extract]100 [Full text]364   NHS prescription charges work against aims of new white paper Adrian O’Dowd BMJ  2006;332:324, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.324-d [Extract]89 [Full text]276   Scientists refute claims that pesticides cause ill health Adrian O’Dowd BMJ  2006;332:324, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.324-e [Extract]172 [Full text]481   Spain’s smoking restrictions spark tobacco price war Sophie Arie BMJ  2006;332:324, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.324-f [Extract]118 [Full text]370   Bid to cut waiting lists has pushed safety down NHS agenda Lisa Hitchen BMJ  2006;332:324, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.324-g [Extract]89 [Full text]360   Research Efficacy and safety of fondaparinux for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in older acute medical patients: randomised placebo controlled trial Alexander T Cohen, Bruce L Davidson, Alexander S Gallus, Michael R Lassen, Martin H Prins, Witold Tomkowski, Alexander G G Turpie, Jan F M Egberts, Anthonie W A Lensing, ARTEMIS Investigators BMJ  2006;332:325-329, doi:10.1136/bmj.38733.466748.7C (published 26 January 2006) [Abstract]581 [Abridged PDF]132 [Full text]1068 [PDF]1063 [extra: ARTEMIS group members]83   Effect of hepatitis B immunisation in newborn infants of mothers positive for hepatitis B surface antigen: systematic review and meta-analysis Chuanfang Lee, Yan Gong, Jesper Brok, Elizabeth H Boxall, Christian Gluud BMJ  2006;332:328-336, doi:10.1136/bmj.38719.435833.7C (published 27 January 2006) [Abstract]271 [Abridged PDF]96 [Full text]704 [PDF]648 [extra: Extra references]53   Trends in sexually transmitted infections in general practice 1990-2000: population based study using data from the UK general practice research database Jackie A Cassell, Catherine H Mercer, Lorna Sutcliffe, Irene Petersen, Amir Islam, M Gary Brook, Jonathan D Ross, George R Kinghorn, Ian Simms, Gwenda Hughes, Azeem Majeed, Judith M Stephenson, Anne M Johnson, Andrew C Hayward BMJ  2006;332:332-334, doi:10.1136/bmj.38726.404120.7C (published 26 January 2006) [Abstract]335 [Full text]655 [PDF]533   Timing of mortality among internally displaced persons due to the tsunami in Sri Lanka: cross sectional household survey Nobuyuki Nishikiori, Tomoko Abe, Dehiwala G M Costa, Samath D Dharmaratne, Osamu Kunii, Kazuhiko Moji BMJ  2006;332:334-335, doi:10.1136/bmj.38693.465023.7C (published 6 January 2006) [Abstract]91 [Full text]319 [PDF]144   Case reports of suspected adverse drug reactions—systematic literature survey of follow-up Yoon Kong Loke, Deirdre Price, Sheena Derry, Jeffrey K Aronson BMJ  2006;332:335-339, doi:10.1136/bmj.38701.399942.63 (published 18 January 2006) [Abstract]348 [Abridged PDF]81 [Full text]810 [PDF]918 [extra: References]73   Clinical review The first seizure and its management in adults and children Bernd Pohlmann-Eden, Ettore Beghi, Carol Camfield, Peter Camfield BMJ  2006;332:339-342, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.339 [Extract]755 [Full text]2482 [PDF]1202   Practice Identifying a hepatitis B outbreak by molecular surveillance: a case study N Fisker, N L T Carlsen, H J Kolmos, L Tønning-Sørensen, A Høst, P B Christensen BMJ  2006;332:343-345, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.343 [Full text]345 [PDF]144   Lesson of the week: Opiate toxicity in patients with renal failure B R Conway, D G Fogarty, W E Nelson, C C Doherty BMJ  2006;332:345-346, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.345 [Full text]1146 [PDF]433   ABC of wound healing: Venous and arterial leg ulcers Joseph E Grey, Keith G Harding, Stuart Enoch BMJ  2006;332:347-350, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.347 [Full text]1521 [PDF]916   Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals Alison Tonks BMJ  2006;332:351-352, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.351 [Full text]1009 [PDF]148   Analysis and Comment Public health: Mexico and the tobacco industry: doing the wrong thing for the right reason? Jonathan Samet, Heather Wipfli, Rogelio Perez-Padilla, Derek Yach BMJ  2006;332:353-354, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.353 [Full text]859 [PDF]169 [extra: Further details]133   Public health: British American Tobacco's erosion of health legislation in Uzbekistan Anna B Gilmore, Jeff Collin, Martin McKee BMJ  2006;332:355-358, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.355 [Full text]534 [PDF]121 [extra: Further details]62   Health policy: Applying clinical epidemiological methods to health equity: the equity effectiveness loop Peter Tugwell, Don de Savigny, Gillian Hawker, Vivian Robinson BMJ  2006;332:358-361, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.358 [Full text]655 [PDF]509 [extra: Further details]183   Letters This week's letters [PDF]122 Partial smoking ban would worsen health inequalities Geraint H Lewis, David C Osborne, Tim J B Crayford, Adrian C Brown BMJ  2006;332:362, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.362 [Extract]124 [Full text]432   Sex workers to pay the price: Prostitution strategy is a missed opportunity Sam Ramaiah BMJ  2006;332:362, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.362-a [Extract]116 [Full text]314   Sex workers to pay the price: A street sex worker responds to new government strategy Linda Cusick BMJ  2006;332:362, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.362-b [Extract]118 [Full text]426   Turning round NHS deficits: ...is more difficult for PCTs Hilary G Pickles BMJ  2006;332:363, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.363 [Extract]129 [Full text]587   Turning round NHS deficits: Who says there are surplus hospital beds? Peter G Davies BMJ  2006;332:363, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.363-a [Extract]37 [Full text]176   Turning round NHS deficits: Deficits are not for turning David Churchill BMJ  2006;332:363, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.363-b [Extract]34 [Full text]145   Turning round NHS deficits: Clinical governance, 1998-2006: RIP Neville W Goodman BMJ  2006;332:363-364, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.363-c [Extract]90 [Full text]393   Venous thromboembolism: Potentially dangerous diagnostic pitfalls arise from diagnostic tests Oscar M Jolobe BMJ  2006;332:364, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.364 [Extract]116 [Full text]393   Venous thromboembolism: Stockings are important Daniel A Shaerf BMJ  2006;332:364, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.364-a [Extract]96 [Full text]212   Venous thromboembolism: Heparins are of porcine origin Colin White BMJ  2006;332:364, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.364-b [Extract]81 [Full text]227   Diagnostics is not Cinderella of health technology assessment John Gabbay, Tom Walley BMJ  2006;332:364-365, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.364-c [Extract]64 [Full text]186   Students validate problem based learning J Burke, R G Matthew, M Field, D Lloyd BMJ  2006;332:365, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.365 [Extract]129 [Full text]541   Research governance is important Mick E Bond BMJ  2006;332:365, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.365-a [Extract]71 [Full text]248   Obituaries This week's obituaries [PDF]124 Sir John Peel Caroline Richmond BMJ  2006;332:366, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.366 [Full text]865   Alan Margeston Harris Stuart D Rosen, Aubrey Leatham BMJ  2006;332:367, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.367 [Full text]216 [extra: Longer version]210   Philip John Pegg David E Pegg BMJ  2006;332:367, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.367-a [Full text]147 [extra: Longer version]190   Lucien Read Pauline Edgson BMJ  2006;332:367, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.367-b [Full text]160 [extra: Longer version]198   Denis Wilson Robertson Derek Bull BMJ  2006;332:367, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.367-c [Full text]158 [extra: Longer version]163   Cecilia Valentine Russell (née Urquhart) Hilary Lancaster BMJ  2006;332:367, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.367-d [Full text]187 [extra: Longer version]200   Mathew Philip Thoppil Joseph Thoppil BMJ  2006;332:367, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.367-e [Full text]199 [extra: Longer version]288   William Kenneth Johnstone Walls L M Adams BMJ  2006;332:367, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.367-f [Full text]181 [extra: Longer version]226   Mary Lorraine Whiteside (née Stringer) Trevor Whiteside BMJ  2006;332:367, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.367-g [Full text]206 [extra: Longer version]244   reviews This week's reviews [PDF]140 TV: Panorama: Herceptin: Wanting the Wonder Drug Joe Collier BMJ  2006;332:368, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.368 [Extract]346 [Full text]1244   TV: The Secret Life of Dr Chandra Terry Hamblin BMJ  2006;332:369, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.369 [Extract]345 [Full text]1128   Theatre: Thalidomide!! A Musical Aula Abbara, Huda Al-Hadithy BMJ  2006;332:369, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.369-a [Extract]98 [Full text]367   NETLINES Harry Brown BMJ  2006;332:370, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.370 [Extract]72 [Full text]306   Personal views: Changing titles Sam Ramaiah BMJ  2006;332:370, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.370-a [Extract]200 [Full text]1208   Defending referrals between consultants Michael Goodman BMJ  2006;332:371, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.371 [Extract]202 [Full text]1128   Soundings: Great Toe of This Assembly Liam Farrell BMJ  2006;332:371, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.371-a [Extract]62 [Full text]330   Minerva Minerva BMJ  2006;332:372, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.372 [Full text]799 [PDF]83   Fillers bmjupdates+: Diclofenac gel provides modest pain relief for people with osteoarthritis in one knee BMJ  2006;332, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.0-e [Full text]318 [PDF]60   A memorable patient: Students forever Sadananda B Naik BMJ  2006;332:346, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.346 [Full text]693 [PDF]60   Memorable patients: Prisoners of war Ian D Conacher BMJ  2006;332:350, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.350 [Full text]563 [PDF]32   Advice BMJ  2006;332:367, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.367-h [Full text]189

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