This Week In the BMJ Improvements in services haven't matched increased spending in NHS BMJ 2006; 332 :0-b (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Presence of metabolic syndrome improves mortality risk prediction BMJ 2006; 332 :0-a (Published 13 April 2006) Permission …and nor do they cause worse headaches in “sensitive” people BMJ 2006; 332 :0-d (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Responses Mobile phones do not increase risk of glioma… BMJ 2006; 332 :0-c (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Caution needed over role of MRI in diagnosing multiple sclerosis BMJ 2006; 332 :0 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Editor's Choice April fools BMJ 2006; 332 :0-f (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Editorials Medical academia is failing patients and clinicians BMJ 2006; 332 :863 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Responses Brains and mobile phones BMJ 2006; 332 :864 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Responses Strict glucose control in the critically ill BMJ 2006; 332 :865 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Responses Regulating the collection and use of fetal stem cells BMJ 2006; 332 :866 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission The care of older people BMJ 2006; 332 :867 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Responses Letters Bird flu: Pandemic flu preparation: an unheeded lesson from SARS BMJ 2006; 332 :913 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Bird flu: Pandemic flu is not just about probability BMJ 2006; 332 :913 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Bird flu: Pandemic flu at the coal face BMJ 2006; 332 :913 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Non-European doctors and change in UK policy: Ten thousand international medical graduates may be affected BMJ 2006; 332 :913 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Responses Non-European doctors and change in UK policy: What about highly skilled migrant doctors? BMJ 2006; 332 :914 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Non-European doctors and change in UK policy: Change is cruel and opportunistic BMJ 2006; 332 :914 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Responses NHS financial crisis: signs of crisis or hope? BMJ 2006; 332 :914 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Responses Risks and benefits of omega 3 fats: Health benefits of omega 3 fats are in doubt BMJ 2006; 332 :915 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Risks and benefits of omega 3 fats: A few thoughts on systematic review BMJ 2006; 332 :915 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Risks and benefits of omega 3 fats: Summary of responses BMJ 2006; 332 :915 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Responses Benefits from detecting dementia are dubious BMJ 2006; 332 :916 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Something old, something new in wound dressings BMJ 2006; 332 :916 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Responses Entrenched misinformation about X and Y sperm BMJ 2006; 332 :916 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission New disease: motivational deficiency disorder: Study ignores economic benefits BMJ 2006; 332 :916 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission New disease: motivational deficiency disorder: Too much effort BMJ 2006; 332 :916 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission News Massachusetts is to provide health care for 99% of population BMJ 2006; 332 :869 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission US lags in health care despite largest investment, survey shows BMJ 2006; 332 :869 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission In brief BMJ 2006; 332 :870 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Inquiry into adverse events in trial blames drug, not study design BMJ 2006; 332 :870 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Responses Disease awareness campaigns turn healthy people into patients BMJ 2006; 332 :871 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Responses UK launches panel to tackle research misconduct BMJ 2006; 332 :871 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Chance of bird flu mutating into virus transmissible between humans is “very low” BMJ 2006; 332 :873 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Responses Creating a level playing field can be an uphill task BMJ 2006; 332 :874 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Responses Research Accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: systematic review BMJ 2006; 332 :875 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Responses Clinical value of the metabolic syndrome for long term prediction of total and cardiovascular mortality: prospective, population based cohort study BMJ 2006; 332 :878 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Responses Metabolic syndrome and mortality BMJ 2006; 332 :882 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Mobile phone use and risk of glioma in adults: case-control study BMJ 2006; 332 :883 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Responses Are some people sensitive to mobile phone signals? Within participants double blind randomised provocation study BMJ 2006; 332 :886 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Responses Nicorandil may be associated with gastrointestinal ulceration BMJ 2006; 332 :889 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Clinical Review Systemic lupus erythematosus BMJ 2006; 332 :890 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Responses Practice Understanding the NSAID related risk of vascular events BMJ 2006; 332 :895 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Responses 70 year old man with scrotal swelling, abdominal aortic aneurysm, and renal lesions: case report BMJ 2006; 332 :899 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Responses Non-surgical and drug treatments BMJ 2006; 332 :900 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Responses What's new this month in BMJ Journals BMJ 2006; 332 :904 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Responses What's new in the other general journals BMJ 2006; 332 :905 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Minerva Minerva BMJ 2006; 332 :922 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Responses News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] Guidance does not require mandatory reporting of underage sex BMJ 2006; 332 :872 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Killer tries to stop publication of inquiry into his care BMJ 2006; 332 :872 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission EU warns four countries over tobacco advertising BMJ 2006; 332 :872 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Responses Nine drug company chiefs are charged with conspiracy to defraud NHS BMJ 2006; 332 :872 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Uganda sees a rise of 12% in TB cases BMJ 2006; 332 :872 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Keep community hospitals open, primary care trusts told BMJ 2006; 332 :873 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission UK government consults public on compulsory folate fortification BMJ 2006; 332 :873 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Responses Links between doctors across the world bring benefits BMJ 2006; 332 :873 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission News extra [these stories appear only on the web] Conference warns of epidemic of unsafe abortions in Africa BMJ 2006; 332 :874 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission EU faces tough decisions after budget cuts BMJ 2006; 332 :874 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Row breaks out over German funding of short acting diabetes treatment BMJ 2006; 332 :874 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Agency is creating a pan-European drug database BMJ 2006; 332 :874 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Analysis and Comment Seven years of feast, seven years of famine: boom to bust in the NHS? BMJ 2006; 332 :906 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Responses Can fetuses feel pain? BMJ 2006; 332 :909 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Responses Reviews When drug news is no news BMJ 2006; 332 :919 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Responses Tobacco industry satire fails to ignite BMJ 2006; 332 :920 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission How to halt the brain drain BMJ 2006; 332 :921 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Responses Eclipse BMJ 2006; 332 :921 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Fillers Vitamin D plus calcium prevents falls in older women but not older men BMJ 2006; 332 :0-e (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission The 1918 influenza pandemic: a survivor's tale BMJ 2006; 332 :889 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Heartbroken, not heartsink BMJ 2006; 332 :894 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Dr No BMJ 2006; 332 :898 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Computers BMJ 2006; 332 :908 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Corrections Paracetamol causes most liver failure in UK and US BMJ 2006; 332 :882 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Tetraparesis associated with colchicine is probably due to inhibition by verapamil of the P-glycoprotein efflux pump in the blood-brain barrier BMJ 2006; 332 :882 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Treating refractory epilepsy in adults BMJ 2006; 332 :912 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Effect of combinations of drugs on all cause mortality in patients with ischaemic heart disease: nested case-control analysis BMJ 2006; 332 :912 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Obituaries Mary Margaret Anderson BMJ 2006; 332 :917 (Published 13 April 2006) PDF Permission Edward (“Terry”) Burgess BMJ 2006; 332 :917 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Isabel Young Gibson (née Gebbie) BMJ 2006; 332 :917 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Keith Halnan BMJ 2006; 332 :917 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Vincent William Joseph (“Bill”) Hetreed BMJ 2006; 332 :917 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Robert Kingston Knight BMJ 2006; 332 :917 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Norman Dallas MacRorie BMJ 2006; 332 :918 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Pauline O'Neill (née Ripley) BMJ 2006; 332 :918 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Gustav (“Gus”) Siegmund Plaut BMJ 2006; 332 :918 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Alan Pollock BMJ 2006; 332 :918 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Eleanor Beatrice Schill (Mrs Sykes) BMJ 2006; 332 :918 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Stuart Fotheringham Wood BMJ 2006; 332 :918 (Published 13 April 2006) Permission Responses Back to top PreviousNext