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18 March 2006 (Vol 332, No 7542)
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Editor's choice

The ground or the goal posts?
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2006;332, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.0-f [Full text]1153 [PDF]188 FREE  

This week in the BMJ

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Blood pressure drop in MONICA populations is not from use of antihypertensives [Full text]1246 FREE  
Energy supplements may not be necessary for children with cystic fibrosis [Full text]236 FREE  
Guidelines on blood pressure after stroke may not apply to primary care [Full text]801 FREE  
Longer needles needed for gluteal intramuscular injections [Full text]550 FREE  
What works for osteoarthritis? [Full text]1113 FREE  

Editorials

Preventing coronary heart disease
Rod Jackson, John Lynch, Sam Harper
BMJ  2006;332:617-618, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.617 [Extract]698 [Full text]3092 [PDF]1660 FREE  

Nutritional supplements in cystic fibrosis
Matthias Kappler, Matthias Griese
BMJ  2006;332:618-619, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.618 [Extract]212 [Full text]1101 [PDF]177  

What sort of evidence do we need in primary care?
Sharon Mickan, Deborah Askew
BMJ  2006;332:619-620, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.619 [Extract]456 [Full text]1779 [PDF]482  

Grieving the death of a child
Beverley Raphael
BMJ  2006;332:620-621, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.620 [Extract]371 [Full text]1680 [PDF]211  

Standards for infant formula milk
Berthold Koletzko, Raanan Shamir
BMJ  2006;332:621-622, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.621 [Extract]589 [Full text]1823 [PDF]329  

News

Surgeons claim independent centres produce poor results
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2006;332:623, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.623 [Extract]307 [Full text]1159 [PDF]102 [extra: Longer version]105  

Code sets out framework for "living wills"
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2006;332:623, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.623-a [Extract]190 [Full text]1005 [PDF]144 [extra: Longer version]106  

In brief
BMJ  2006;332:624, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.624 [Extract]82 [Full text]298 [PDF]37  

CMAJ editorial board members vent anger at lack of openness
David Spurgeon
BMJ  2006;332:624, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.624-a [Extract]134 [Full text]671 [PDF]80 [extra: Longer version]99  

FDA rejected contraception for political reasons
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2006;332:624, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.624-b [Extract]190 [Full text]778 [PDF]86 [extra: Longer version]74  

Doctors defend online system for allocating junior doctor posts
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2006;332:625, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.625 [Extract]371 [Full text]1456 [PDF]75  

Poorest children under 10 are 40% more likely to die than the richest
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2006;332:627, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.627-c [Extract]194 [Full text]749 [PDF]178 [extra: Longer version]124  

How the mighty came to fall
Nicholas Timmins
BMJ  2006;332:628, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.628 [Extract]387 [Full text]1418 [PDF]108 [extra: Longer version]124  

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

South Dakota abortion ban encourages other states
Janice Tanne
BMJ  2006;332:626, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.626 [Extract]134 [Full text]671 [PDF]66  

Trusts to be graded by finances as well as quality of care
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2006;332:626, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.626-a [Extract]73 [Full text]350 [PDF]42  

Proportion of babies born in Europe after IVF varies 20-fold
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2006;332:626, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.626-b [Extract]135 [Full text]568 [PDF]103  

Antidepressants double suicidality in children, says FDA
Jeanne Lenzer
BMJ  2006;332:626, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.626-c [Extract]374 [Full text]1227 [PDF]212  

Barts and the London redevelopment to go ahead
Madeleine Brettingham
BMJ  2006;332:626, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.626-d [Extract]111 [Full text]476 [PDF]32  

Primary care trusts to continue direct provision of services
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2006;332:627, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.627 [Extract]90 [Full text]529 [PDF]50  

Russian woman may lose grandson conceived from dead son’s frozen sperm
Michael Leidig
BMJ  2006;332:627, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.627-a [Extract]289 [Full text]1216 [PDF]80  

GPs’ leader sets conditions for electronic care records
Michael Cross
BMJ  2006;332:627, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.627-b [Extract]124 [Full text]523 [PDF]67  

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Paracetamol causes most liver failure in UK and US
Janice Tanne
BMJ  2006;332:628, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.628-a [Extract]695 [Full text]1789  

Journals are not doing enough to protect themselves from fraud
Michael Day
BMJ  2006;332:628, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.628-b [Extract]124 [Full text]494  

Millions of unprotected civilians in Darfur are at risk, aid agencies warn
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2006;332:628, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.628-c [Extract]33 [Full text]110  

WHO to strengthen rapid response against threat of flu pandemic
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2006;332:628, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.628-d [Extract]83 [Full text]275  

Parents who smoke put their children at risk of infections
Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
BMJ  2006;332:628, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.628-e [Extract]142 [Full text]468  

Research

Pattern of declining blood pressure across replicate population surveys of the WHO MONICA project, mid-1980s to mid-1990s, and the role of medication
Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe, John Connaghan, Mark Woodward, Hanna Tolonen, Kari Kuulasmaa
BMJ  2006;332:629-635, doi:10.1136/bmj.38753.779005.BE (published 10 March 2006) [Abstract]449 [Abridged PDF]106 [Full text]2970 [PDF]1062 [extra: Further details]78 FREE  

Oral protein energy supplements for children with cystic fibrosis: CALICO multicentre randomised controlled trial
Vanessa J Poustie, Jayne E Russell, Ruth M Watling, Deborah Ashby, Rosalind L Smyth, CALICO Trial Collaborative Group
BMJ  2006;332:632-636, doi:10.1136/bmj.38737.600880.AE (published 8 February 2006) [Abstract]171 [Abridged PDF]38 [Full text]352 [PDF]306 [extra: Further details]39 FREE  

Applicability to primary care of national clinical guidelines on blood pressure lowering for people with stroke: cross sectional study
Jonathan Mant, Richard J McManus, Rachel Hare
BMJ  2006;332:635-637, doi:10.1136/bmj.38758.600116.AE (published 24 February 2006) [Abstract]382 [Full text]912 [PDF]865 FREE  

Intramuscular gluteal injections in the increasingly obese population: retrospective study
Andrew Charles Nisbet
BMJ  2006;332:637-638, doi:10.1136/bmj.38706.742731.47 (published 8 March 2006) [Abstract]338 [Full text]845 [PDF]432 FREE  

Clinical review

Osteoarthritis
David J Hunter, David T Felson
BMJ  2006;332:639-642, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.639 [Extract]994 [Full text]3767 [PDF]1866 [extra: References w1 - w12]132  

Practice

Interactive case report: A 28 year old postpartum woman with right sided chest discomfort: case outcome
Girish Dwivedi, Sajad Ahmed Hayat, Andonis G Violaris, Roxy Senior
BMJ  2006;332:643, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.643 [Full text]1385 [PDF]224  

Commentary: Patient's experience
Patel, Roxy Senior
BMJ  2006;332:644, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.644 [Full text]540 [PDF]85  

Commentary: Cardiological management
Peter Henriksen, Nicholas Boon
BMJ  2006;332:644-645, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.644-a [Full text]450 [PDF]107  

Commentary: Knowing and knowing about
Ed Peile
BMJ  2006;332:645, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.645 [Full text]403 [PDF]105  

Commentary: Pattern recognition versus bayesian approach for diagnosis in primary care
John Fletcher, Robin Fox
BMJ  2006;332:646, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.646 [Full text]380 [PDF]146  

Commentary: Diagnosing chest pain in general practice
Neil C Campbell
BMJ  2006;332:646-647, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.646-a [Full text]521 [PDF]180  

Lesson of the week: Parental suicide after the expected death of a child at home
Dawn E Davies
BMJ  2006;332:647-648, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.647 [Full text]1151 [PDF]185  

ABC of wound healing: Burns
Alex Benson, William A Dickson, Dean E Boyce
BMJ  2006;332:649-652, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.649 [Full text]896 [PDF]589  

BMJ family highlights: What's new this month in BMJ Journals
Harvey Marcovitch
BMJ  2006;332:653, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.653 [Full text]420 [PDF]64  

Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
Alison Tonks
BMJ  2006;332:654-655, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.654 [Full text]637 [PDF]109  

Analysis and Comment

Information technology: Keeping the NHS electronic spine on track
Michael Cross
BMJ  2006;332:656-658, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.656 [Full text]585 [PDF]189  

Preventive medicine: Revisiting Rose: strategies for reducing coronary heart disease
Douglas G Manuel, Jenny Lim, Peter Tanuseputro, Geoffrey M Anderson, David A Alter, Andreas Laupacis, Cameron A Mustard
BMJ  2006;332:659-662, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.659 [Full text]1760 [PDF]1167 [extra: Further details]158 FREE  

HIV and global health: Global inequality of life expectancy due to AIDS
Danny Dorling, Mary Shaw, George Davey Smith
BMJ  2006;332:662-664, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.662 [Full text]1014 [PDF]406 [extra: Nation states of the United Nations]77  

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]136

One-time general consent for research on biological samples: Opt out system for patients is optimal and endorsed in many countries
Jan Willem W Coebergh, Evert-Ben van Veen, Jan P Vandenbroucke, Paul van Diest, Wolter Oosterhuis
BMJ  2006;332:665, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.665 [Extract]48 [Full text]225  

One-time general consent for research on biological samples: Good idea, but will it happen?
Peter N Furness
BMJ  2006;332:665, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.665-a [Extract]26 [Full text]121  

One-time general consent for research on biological samples: Autonomy and majority rules have been misunderstood
David Hunter
BMJ  2006;332:665-666, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.665-b [Extract]23 [Full text]130  

Harmful impact of EU clinical trials directive: Trial of alerting drug in fibromyalgia has had to be abandoned...
Christopher D Hanning, Patricia Rentowl
BMJ  2006;332:666, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.666 [Extract]94 [Full text]340  

Harmful impact of EU clinical trials directive: ...and so has trial of melatonin in cancer related weight loss...
Max Watson
BMJ  2006;332:666, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.666-a [Extract]43 [Full text]213  

Harmful impact of EU clinical trials directive: ...while paediatric oncology is being scuppered
Christopher D Mitchell
BMJ  2006;332:666, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.666-b [Extract]30 [Full text]164  

Who will fund hypothesis testing studies?
Mira Harrison-Woolrych
BMJ  2006;332:666-667, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.666-c [Extract]63 [Full text]190  

LIFT study is discontinued
Steven R Cummings, LIFT Steering Committee
BMJ  2006;332:667, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.667 [Extract]161 [Full text]395  

Stress and illness: call to action
Woody Caan
BMJ  2006;332:667, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.667-a [Extract]90 [Full text]398  

Alcohol use disorders identification test has bias
Rahul Rao
BMJ  2006;332:667-668, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.667-b [Extract]113 [Full text]371  

Where patients with cancer die in Cuba
Alfredo A Espinosa-Roca, Alfredo D Espinosa-Brito, Eduardo Fernández-Casteleiro, Teresita Sabatés-Llerandi
BMJ  2006;332:668, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.668 [Extract]74 [Full text]220  

Diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis: Potential changes in management for clinically isolated episode of optic neuritis
Peter D Cackett, James Cameron, Harry Bennett
BMJ  2006;332:668, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.668-a [Extract]79 [Full text]354  

Diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis: Ocular manifestations of multiple sclerosis
Mohammad T Masoud
BMJ  2006;332:668, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.668-b [Extract]73 [Full text]240  

Postnatal economic burden of limited karyotyping
Suneel B Bhat, Sanjay B Bhat, Jessica Stevens
BMJ  2006;332:668-669, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.668-c [Extract]22 [Full text]128  

Physiological-social scoring is important in pandemic flu
Kirsty Challen, John Bright, Andrew Bentley, Darren Walter
BMJ  2006;332:669, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.669 [Extract]34 [Full text]143  

GPs provide valuable continuity during age transition
Eleanore A Simm, Michael Brown, Brian McKinstry
BMJ  2006;332:669, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.669-a [Extract]28 [Full text]89  

The importance of being naked from the elbow down
Ian A Laing
BMJ  2006;332:669, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.669-b [Extract]254 [Full text]589  

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]139

Paul Polani
Peter Harper
BMJ  2006;332:670, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.670 [Full text]262 [extra: Longer version]216  

Ronald Patrick Grimley
Richard Blunt
BMJ  2006;332:671, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.671 [Full text]209 [extra: Longer version]232  

John Arundel Kirkby
Peter Bowen Simpkins, Colin Williams, Sharon Guest
BMJ  2006;332:671, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.671-a [Full text]181 [extra: Longer version]205  

Charles James Kirkpatrick Orr
Ian Orr, Inder Bali
BMJ  2006;332:671, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.671-b [Full text]224 [extra: Longer version]227  

Thomas Allan Sanderson
Martin Eastwood
BMJ  2006;332:671, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.671-c [Full text]159 [extra: Longer version]213  

Kenneth Herbert Walker
Michael Walter
BMJ  2006;332:671, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.671-d [Full text]341  

Rupert Walker Wilkinson
Fiona Wilkinson, David Wilkinson, Caroline Wilkinson
BMJ  2006;332:671, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.671-e [Full text]178 [extra: Longer version]222  

David John Woolford
Marcus Woolford
BMJ  2006;332:671, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.671-f [Full text]170 [extra: Longer version]205  

reviews

This week's reviews [PDF]247

Book: Big Pharma: How the World's Biggest Drug Companies Control Illness
Ike Iheanacho
BMJ  2006;332:672, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.672 [Extract]457 [Full text]1315  

TV: Miracle Workers
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2006;332:673, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.673 [Extract]115 [Full text]502  

NETLINES
Harry Brown
BMJ  2006;332:673, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.673-a [Extract]66 [Full text]306  

Personal views: On being downstream from faked scientific reports
Timothy F Murphy
BMJ  2006;332:674, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.674 [Extract]138 [Full text]731  

Personal views: Online selection of junior doctors: a student's view
Nadeeja Koralage
BMJ  2006;332:675, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.675 [Extract]209 [Full text]919  

Soundings: A sporting chance
Des Spence
BMJ  2006;332:675, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.675-a [Extract]75 [Full text]406  

Minerva

Minerva
BMJ  2006;332:676, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.676 [Full text]760 [PDF]128  

Fillers

bmjupdates+: Perineal massage in the weeks leading up to delivery helps some women avoid episiotomy
BMJ  2006;332, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.0-e [Full text]308 [PDF]59  

An instrumental history of medicine
Rajvinder Khasriya
BMJ  2006;332:638, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.638 [Full text]390 [PDF]47  

The red sticker
A C Leong
BMJ  2006;332:648, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.648 [Full text]421 [PDF]35  

bmjlearning.com: The Napsterisation of learning
Kieran Walsh
BMJ  2006;332:652, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.652 [Full text]344 [PDF]30  

Endpiece: Seeking enlightenment
Hazem Lashin
BMJ  2006;332:658, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.658 [Full text]301 [PDF]24  

Advice
BMJ  2006;332:671, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7542.671-g [Full text]144  

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