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25 March 2006 (Vol 332, No 7543)
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Count the harms
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2006;332, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.0-f [Full text]2070 [PDF]454 FREE  

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Treat low back pain with acupressure [Full text]1089 FREE  
Education can improve GPs' detection of dementia [Full text]527 FREE  
Breast cancer screening yields 10% over-diagnosis [Full text]846 FREE  
Should all children be immunised against hepatitis A? [Full text]613 FREE  
Cost effectiveness studies show publication bias [Full text]595 FREE  

Editorials

Learning from the TGN1412 trial
Michael Goodyear
BMJ  2006;332:677-678, doi:10.1136/bmj.38797.635012.47 (published 22 March 2006) [Extract]619 [Full text]2886 [PDF]1006 FREE  

Evaluating new screening tests for breast cancer
Les Irwig, Nehmat Houssami, Bruce Armstrong, Paul Glasziou
BMJ  2006;332:678-679, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.678 [Extract]422 [Full text]1693 [PDF]531  

Acupressure for low back pain
Helen Frost, Sarah Stewart-Brown
BMJ  2006;332:680-681, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.680 [Extract]394 [Full text]1302 [PDF]345  

Improving the management of dementia
Elizabeth England
BMJ  2006;332:681-682, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.681 [Extract]331 [Full text]1279 [PDF]346  

Alcohol misuse and ethnicity
Rahul Rao
BMJ  2006;332:682, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.682 [Extract]687 [Full text]1669 [PDF]198 [extra: References w1-w12]88  

News

Severe adverse reactions prompt call for trial design changes
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2006;332:683, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.683 [Extract]905 [Full text]5099 [PDF]619 [extra: Longer version]295  

In brief
BMJ  2006;332:684, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.684 [Extract]113 [Full text]356 [PDF]48  

Court delays takeover of Derbyshire practice
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2006;332:684, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.684-a [Extract]208 [Full text]674 [PDF]23 [extra: Longer version]79  

Researchers funded by NIH are failing to make data available
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2006;332:684, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.684-b [Extract]194 [Full text]589 [PDF]85 [extra: Longer version]93  

Judge rules that baby boy should not be allowed to die
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2006;332:685, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.685 [Extract]253 [Full text]1167 [PDF]139  

Project retrains prostitutes as care workers for elderly people
Katy Duke
BMJ  2006;332:685, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.685-a [Extract]451 [Full text]1685 [PDF]147  

US cigarette consumption falls to lowest point since 1951
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2006;332:687, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.687-c [Extract]145 [Full text]512 [PDF]122 [extra: Longer version]70  

Health secretary urges better management of chronic disease
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2006;332:688, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.688 [Extract]144 [Full text]518 [PDF]104  

Doctors will test whether Mozart can reduce stress in babies
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2006;332:688, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.688-a [Extract]348 [Full text]813 [PDF]129  

Surgeons may need to work from "chambers" to meet local demand
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2006;332:688, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.688-b [Extract]313 [Full text]918 [PDF]44 [extra: Longer version]81  

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Senators block Bush nominee to head FDA
Janice Tanne
BMJ  2006;332:686, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.686 [Extract]214 [Full text]745 [PDF]75  

Foundation trusts turn in strong financial performance
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2006;332:686, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.686-a [Extract]138 [Full text]583 [PDF]37  

German hospital doctors strike over pay
Annette Tuffs
BMJ  2006;332:686, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.686-b [Extract]221 [Full text]962 [PDF]69  

MEPs fight to reinstate EU health funding
Rory Watson
BMJ  2006;332:686, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.686-c [Extract]53 [Full text]275 [PDF]34  

European group targets overuse of antibiotics
Rory Watson
BMJ  2006;332:686, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.686-d [Extract]151 [Full text]715 [PDF]130  

Israelis won’t get cover for transplantations unless they can show organ is legal
Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
BMJ  2006;332:687, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.687 [Extract]134 [Full text]332 [PDF]36  

Most of CMAJ editorial board resigns
David Spurgeon
BMJ  2006;332:687, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.687-a [Extract]237 [Full text]998 [PDF]88  

Department of Health issues new tariffs for NHS trusts
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2006;332:687, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.687-b [Extract]136 [Full text]635 [PDF]59  

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Tuberculosis guidance aims to improve case detection and reduce drug resistance
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2006;332:688, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.688-c [Extract]126 [Full text]481  

Cancer mortality in England and Wales varies with country of birth
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2006;332:688, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.688-d [Extract]129 [Full text]392  

GP tests feasibility of putting patients’ records on internet
Michael Cross
BMJ  2006;332:688, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.688-e [Extract]138 [Full text]586  

Extending life brings conceptual as well as technological challenges
Lisa Hitchen
BMJ  2006;332:688, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.688-f [Extract]91 [Full text]393  

Gastroenterologists outline plan for care of their patients
Lisa Hitchen
BMJ  2006;332:688, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.688-g [Extract]105 [Full text]350  

Civil rights group urges Czech government to act on report on sterilisation of Gypsies
Katka Krosnar
BMJ  2006;332:688, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.688-h [Extract]71 [Full text]194  

Research

Rate of over-diagnosis of breast cancer 15 years after end of Malmö mammographic screening trial: follow-up study
Sophia Zackrisson, Ingvar Andersson, Lars Janzon, Jonas Manjer, Jens Peter Garne
BMJ  2006;332:689-692, doi:10.1136/bmj.38764.572569.7C (published 3 March 2006) [Abstract]537 [Abridged PDF]124 [Full text]2211 [PDF]1081 [extra: Description of time period]69 FREE  

Commentary: Over-diagnosis in breast cancer screening
Henrik Møller, Elizabeth Davies
BMJ  2006;332:691-692, doi:10.1136/bmj.38768.401030.7C (published 3 March 2006) [Full text]510 [PDF]568 FREE  

Effectiveness of educational interventions in improving detection and management of dementia in primary care: cluster randomised controlled study
Murna Downs, Stephen Turner, Michelle Bryans, Jane Wilcock, John Keady, Enid Levin, Ronan O'Carroll, Kate Howie, Steve Iliffe
BMJ  2006;332:692-696, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.692 [Abstract]280 [Abridged PDF]62 [Full text]777 [PDF]671 FREE  

Treatment of low back pain by acupressure and physical therapy: randomised controlled trial
Lisa Li-Chen Hsieh, Chung-Hung Kuo, Liang Huei Lee, Amy Ming-Fang Yen, Kuo-Liong Chien, Tony Hsiu-Hsi Chen
BMJ  2006;332:696-700, doi:10.1136/bmj.38744.672616.AE (published 17 February 2006) [Abstract]571 [Abridged PDF]116 [Full text]1278 [PDF]1117 FREE  

Bias in published cost effectiveness studies: systematic review
Chaim M Bell, David R Urbach, Joel G Ray, Ahmed Bayoumi, Allison B Rosen, Dan Greenberg, Peter J Neumann
BMJ  2006;332:699-703, doi:10.1136/bmj.38737.607558.80 (published 22 February 2006) [Abstract]327 [Abridged PDF]80 [Full text]797 [PDF]1341 FREE  

Clinical review

Disorders of sodium balance
Rebecca M Reynolds, Paul L Padfield, Jonathan R Seckl
BMJ  2006;332:702-705, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.702 [Extract]837 [Full text]3647 [PDF]2284  

Practice

BMJ Learning: Accidental hypothermia
Elliot Epstein, Kiran Anna
BMJ  2006;332:706-709, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.706 [Full text]828 [PDF]414  

ABC of wound healing: Reconstructive surgery
Dean E Boyce, Kayvan Shokrollahi
BMJ  2006;332:710-712, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.710 [Full text]543 [PDF]442  

Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
Alison Tonks
BMJ  2006;332:713-714, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.713 [Full text]893 [PDF]184  

Analysis and Comment

Child health: Should all children be immunised against hepatitis A?
Jonathan L Temte
BMJ  2006;332:715-718, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.715 [Full text]1000 [PDF]352  

Health policy: Contracting out health services in fragile states
Natasha Palmer, Lesley Strong, Abdul Wali, Egbert Sondorp
BMJ  2006;332:718-721, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.718 [Full text]328 [PDF]121  

Public health: Do enforced bicycle helmet laws improve public health?
BMJ  2006;332:722, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.722 [Full text]869 [PDF]351  

No clear evidence from countries that have enforced the wearing of helmets
D L Robinson
BMJ  2006;332:722-725, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.722-a [Full text]1160 [extra: Further details]402  

Arguments against helmet legislation are flawed
Brent Hagel, Alison Macpherson, Frederick P Rivara, Barry Pless
BMJ  2006;332:725-726, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.725 [Full text]897 [PDF]172 [extra: References w1- w11]81  

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]247

Ramifications of screening for breast cancer: 1 in 4 cancers detected by mammography are pseudocancers
H Gilbert Welch, Lisa M Schwartz, Steven Woloshin
BMJ  2006;332:727, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.727 [Extract]251 [Full text]1008  

Ramifications of screening for breast cancer: Overdiagnosis in the Malmö trial was considerably underestimated
Peter C Gøtzsche
BMJ  2006;332:727, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.727-a [Extract]53 [Full text]222  

Ramifications of screening for breast cancer: Definition of overdiagnosis is confusing in follow-up of Malmö trial
Per-Henrik Zahl, Jan Mæhlen
BMJ  2006;332:727-728, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.727-b [Extract]34 [Full text]140  

Ramifications of screening for breast cancer: Consent for screening
Michael Baum
BMJ  2006;332:728, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.728 [Extract]82 [Full text]303  

Ramifications of screening for breast cancer: More debate and better information still needed
Hazel Thornton
BMJ  2006;332:728, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.728-a [Extract]45 [Full text]221  

Prophylactic heparin in palliative care: A cautious welcome...
Victor Pace, Emma Hall, Catherine Bailey
BMJ  2006;332:728-729, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.728-b [Extract]57 [Full text]198  

Prophylactic heparin in palliative care: ...to a challenging idea
John C Chambers
BMJ  2006;332:729, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.729 [Extract]45 [Full text]136  

Effectiveness of hip protectors: Wider picture is important
Kenneth Nesbitt
BMJ  2006;332:729, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.729-a [Extract]56 [Full text]198  

Effectiveness of hip protectors: It's more the effectiveness of compliance strategies
Peter D O'Halloran
BMJ  2006;332:729, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.729-b [Extract]32 [Full text]152  

Ethics committees: Current research ethics forms are an over-reaction that will stifle research
David Oliver
BMJ  2006;332:730, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.730 [Extract]70 [Full text]374  

Ethics committees: We all need research ethics committees
G Michael Addison
BMJ  2006;332:730, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.730-a [Extract]54 [Full text]264  

Approval of inhaled insulin in Europe and United States
Bruce Charlesworth
BMJ  2006;332:730, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.730-b [Extract]128 [Full text]384  

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]124

Leonard Glynn
Michael Denman
BMJ  2006;332:731, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.731 [Full text]411  

Henry Hemsted
John R Hemsted
BMJ  2006;332:732, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.732 [Full text]164 [extra: Longer version]206  

Elizabeth Weir Hopkins (née Hall)
Angela Scott
BMJ  2006;332:732, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.732-a [Full text]206 [extra: Longer version]233  

Anne Cecilia Metten
Lesley Baker
BMJ  2006;332:732, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.732-b [Full text]182 [extra: Longer version]219  

Timothy Roper Peskett
J Gwyn Thomas
BMJ  2006;332:732, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.732-c [Full text]181 [extra: Longer version]238  

Alfred William Raffan
Alexander Adam, Iain Levack
BMJ  2006;332:732, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.732-d [Full text]152 [extra: Longer version]218  

Vincent England Sherburn
Bob Redfern
BMJ  2006;332:732, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.732-e [Full text]147 [extra: Longer version]206  

David Alexander Thomson
David Neden
BMJ  2006;332:732, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.732-f [Full text]222 [extra: Longer version]227  

reviews

This week's reviews [PDF]86

Book: The Cutter Incident: How America's First Polio Vaccine Led to the Growing Vaccine Crisis
Jonathan R Carapetis
BMJ  2006;332:733, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.733 [Extract]117 [Full text]381  

Art: 1 of 48
Sabreena Malik
BMJ  2006;332:734, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.734 [Extract]80 [Full text]258  

TV: The Family Man
James Owen Drife
BMJ  2006;332:734, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.734-a [Extract]131 [Full text]481 [extra: Review of Taboo]61  

Personal views: My life as a guinea pig
Kate Mandeville
BMJ  2006;332:735, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.735 [Extract]608 [Full text]2849  

Soundings: Let's be fair about equity and equality
Imre Loefler
BMJ  2006;332:735, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.735-a [Extract]137 [Full text]733  

Minerva

Minerva
BMJ  2006;332:736, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.736 [Full text]742 [PDF]85  

Fillers

bmjupdates+: Cone biopsy shortens the cervix and is associated with preterm birth in later pregnancies
BMJ  2006;332, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.0-e [Full text]200 [PDF]33  

Blade Runner
Stephen Workman
BMJ  2006;332:695, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.695 [Full text]470 [PDF]39  

Endpiece: Einstein on truth
Rajesh K Choudhary
BMJ  2006;332:698, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.698 [Full text]494 [PDF]62  

Advice
BMJ  2006;332:731, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.731-a [Full text]196  

Corrections

Hanging in the balance
BMJ  2006;332:701, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.701 [Full text]108 [PDF]22 FREE  

Obituary: Sir John Peel
BMJ  2006;332:701, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.701-a [Full text]324 [PDF]39 FREE  

Optimising prenatal diagnosis of Down's syndrome
BMJ  2006;332:701, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.701-b [Full text]132 [PDF]58 FREE  

Please do not resuscitate: Automatic refusal is as harmful as offering resuscitation to all
BMJ  2006;332:701, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.701-c [Full text]202 [PDF]57 FREE  

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