This Week In the BMJ Dieting for six months pays off irrespective of the regimen BMJ 2006; 332 :0-d (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Prehospital penicillin for meningococcal disease might be harmful… BMJ 2006; 332 :0 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission …but such findings are likely to be confounded by disease severity BMJ 2006; 332 :0-a (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Responses COX 2 inhibitors and some NSAIDs increase the risk of vascular events BMJ 2006; 332 :0-b (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Cardiologists provide best care for patients with MI BMJ 2006; 332 :0-c (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Editor's Choice Intelligent analysis BMJ 2006; 332 :0-f (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Editorials Parenteral penicillin before admission to hospital for meningitis BMJ 2006; 332 :1283 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses The BBC diet trials BMJ 2006; 332 :1284 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission More money for medical research BMJ 2006; 332 :1285 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Improving health care through redesign BMJ 2006; 332 :1286 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Life without COX 2 inhibitors BMJ 2006; 332 :1287 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Letters Empyema thoracis is still increasing in UK children BMJ 2006; 332 :1333 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission More on pneumonia: Clinical judgment is also needed with CURB score BMJ 2006; 332 :1333 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission More on pneumonia: “Surviving Sepsis” campaign may contradict CURB score BMJ 2006; 332 :1333 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission More on pneumonia: Treatment of MRSA in community acquired pneumonia BMJ 2006; 332 :1334 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Pulmonary tuberculosis: diagnosis and management: Interferon test is new advance in diagnosis… BMJ 2006; 332 :1334 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Pulmonary tuberculosis: diagnosis and management: … and barrier nursing is recommended in management BMJ 2006; 332 :1334 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Benefits of family mealtimes for nursing home residents: Study is step in the right direction BMJ 2006; 332 :1334 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Benefits of family mealtimes for nursing home residents: Protecting mealtimes may similarly benefit elderly inpatients BMJ 2006; 332 :1334 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Ethnic misclassifications hamper progress in research BMJ 2006; 332 :1335 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Self harm in Goth youth subculture: authors' reply BMJ 2006; 332 :1335 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Can general practitioners compete with big business?: Changing drivers in the NHS BMJ 2006; 332 :1335 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Can general practitioners compete with big business?: NHS privatisation was piloted in prisons BMJ 2006; 332 :1336 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Healthcare crisis in Gaza: the BMA responds BMJ 2006; 332 :1336 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Responses News Nearly 40 million people worldwide are infected with HIV BMJ 2006; 332 :1289 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Indonesia seeks supplies for earthquake survivors BMJ 2006; 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332 :1297 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Effectiveness of antibiotics given before admission in reducing mortality from meningococcal disease: systematic review BMJ 2006; 332 :1299 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Impact of specialty of admitting physician and type of hospital on care and outcome for myocardial infarction in England and Wales during 2004-5: observational study BMJ 2006; 332 :1306 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Randomised controlled trial of four commercial weight loss programmes in the UK: initial findings from the BBC “diet trials” BMJ 2006; 332 :1309 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Differences in risk factors for partial and no immunisation in the first year of life: prospective cohort study BMJ 2006; 332 :1312 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Socially or materially marginal children are less likely to be fully immunised—a systems response BMJ 2006; 332 :1314 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Clinical Review Diagnosis and management of gout BMJ 2006; 332 :1315 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Practice Improving surveillance for Barrett's oesophagus BMJ 2006; 332 :1320 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Smoking cessation BMJ 2006; 332 :1324 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses What's new in the other general journals BMJ 2006; 332 :1327 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Minerva Minerva BMJ 2006; 332 :1342 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] Patients' satisfaction with the NHS is growing, survey shows BMJ 2006; 332 :1292 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Marijuana use in early pregnancy increases child's risk of cancer BMJ 2006; 332 :1292 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Neighbours complain about Dignitas clinic's bodies in lift BMJ 2006; 332 :1292 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Two thirds of US intensive care patients get suboptimal care BMJ 2006; 332 :1292 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission NICE recommends aromatase inhibitors for early breast cancer BMJ 2006; 332 :1292 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Uninsured Dutch patients are being denied hospital care, say doctors BMJ 2006; 332 :1293 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission US experts revise heart treatment guidelines BMJ 2006; 332 :1293 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission News extra [these stories appear only on the web] More than 100 000 Europeans die prematurely each year from drinking, report warns BMJ 2006; 332 :1294 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission WHO alliance aims to tackle the world's lack of health workers BMJ 2006; 332 :1294 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Health assembly resolves to support final stages of polio eradication BMJ 2006; 332 :1294 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Responses More than 200 excess infant deaths a year in England and Wales are associated with multiple births after assisted conception BMJ 2006; 332 :1294 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Analysis and Comment Saving 100 000 lives in US hospitals BMJ 2006; 332 :1328 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Should we lower cholesterol as much as possible? BMJ 2006; 332 :1330 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Reviews Woolly views on alternative treatments BMJ 2006; 332 :1339 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission NETLINES BMJ 2006; 332 :1340 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Dr Pod's Healthcast BMJ 2006; 332 :1340 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Responses Letter to God BMJ 2006; 332 :1341 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Responses Clinical myths BMJ 2006; 332 :1341 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Responses Fillers Light therapy and fluoxetine both work in seasonal affective disorder BMJ 2006; 332 :0-e (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Parent power BMJ 2006; 332 :1301 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Do selective cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitors and traditional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs increase the risk of atherothrombosis? Meta-analysis of randomised trials BMJ 2006; 332 :1302 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses A warning to scholars BMJ 2006; 332 :1305 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission What's in a name BMJ 2006; 332 :1311 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission A shaky moment BMJ 2006; 332 :1314 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Physician, treat thyself BMJ 2006; 332 :1323 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Corrections Cannabis intoxication and fatal road crashes in France: population based case-control study BMJ 2006; 332 :1298 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Editor's choice: Improving on improvement BMJ 2006; 332 :1298 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Active and passive smoking and development of glucose intolerance among young adults in a prospective cohort: CARDIA study BMJ 2006; 332 :1298 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission Obituaries Lee Jong-wook BMJ 2006; 332 :1337 (Published 01 June 2006) PDF Permission John Hilary Ebbetts BMJ 2006; 332 :1338 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Leszek Stanislaw Galazka BMJ 2006; 332 :1338 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Frederick Brian Gibberd BMJ 2006; 332 :1338 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission George Bryan Gillett BMJ 2006; 332 :1338 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Guillaume Lam Shang (“Bill”) Leen BMJ 2006; 332 :1338 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Thomas (“Tom”) John Parkinson BMJ 2006; 332 :1338 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Clement John (“Jack”) White BMJ 2006; 332 :1338 (Published 01 June 2006) Permission Back to top PreviousNext