This Week In the BMJ Guidelines on statin treatment should focus on high risk patients BMJ 2006; 332 :0-b (Published 15 June 2006) Permission Alternating pressure mattresses are more cost effective than overlays BMJ 2006; 332 :0 (Published 15 June 2006) Permission Managing low back pain BMJ 2006; 332 :0-a (Published 15 June 2006) Permission Responses Sentinel node status has high prognostic value for melanoma BMJ 2006; 332 :0-c (Published 15 June 2006) Permission Kidney function tests plus data on proteinuria give better estimate of mortality risk BMJ 2006; 332 :0-d (Published 15 June 2006) Permission Editor's Choice What price integrity? BMJ 2006; 332 :0-f (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Editorials Overlays or mattresses to prevent pressure sores? BMJ 2006; 332 :1401 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Proteinuria, renal impairment, and death BMJ 2006; 332 :1402 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Broadband learning for doctors BMJ 2006; 332 :1403 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Charges of corporate manslaughter in the NHS BMJ 2006; 332 :1404 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Consent for research in hyperacute stroke BMJ 2006; 332 :1405 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Letters Prehospital parenteral penicillin for meningitis: Urgent review of treatment criteria is needed BMJ 2006; 332 :1451 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Prehospital parenteral penicillin for meningitis: Trial in children with suspected meningococcal disease would be useful BMJ 2006; 332 :1451 (Published 15 June 2006) Permission Life without COX 2 inhibitors: Risks and benefits are determined by dose and potency BMJ 2006; 332 :1451 (Published 15 June 2006) Permission Responses Life without COX 2 inhibitors:Opioids can be prescribed safely in osteoarthritis BMJ 2006; 332 :1452 (Published 15 June 2006) Permission Should we lower cholesterol as much as possible?: Policy on high dose statins is startlingly absent BMJ 2006; 332 :1452 (Published 15 June 2006) Permission Should we lower cholesterol as much as possible?: Cholesterol is good? BMJ 2006; 332 :1453 (Published 15 June 2006) Permission Responses Suicidal behaviour and SSRIs: updated meta-analysis BMJ 2006; 332 :1453 (Published 15 June 2006) Permission Hydatidiform mole and medical management of miscarriage BMJ 2006; 332 :1454 (Published 15 June 2006) Permission Postcripts to letter to God: Six fingers and testes tucked out of harm's way would be good BMJ 2006; 332 :1454 (Published 15 June 2006) Permission Postcripts to letter to God: Some cosmetic changes would be helpful BMJ 2006; 332 :1454 (Published 15 June 2006) Permission Postcripts to letter to God: Separating pipework for swallowing and breathing would be safer BMJ 2006; 332 :1454 (Published 15 June 2006) Permission Postcripts to letter to God: On why the eye lacks intelligent design BMJ 2006; 332 :1454 (Published 15 June 2006) Permission News Antipsychotic use among US young people has risen sixfold BMJ 2006; 332 :1407 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission European agency approves use of fluoxetine for children and teens BMJ 2006; 332 :1407 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission In brief BMJ 2006; 332 :1408 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission NHS computer programme is “roughly to timetable,” IT chief says BMJ 2006; 332 :1408 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Seven die in polio outbreak in Namibia BMJ 2006; 332 :1408 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Government rejects independent verification of all death certificates BMJ 2006; 332 :1409 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission NICE approves trastuzumab for early stage breast cancer BMJ 2006; 332 :1409 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses NHS deficit doubles to £512m, but true figure may be higher BMJ 2006; 332 :1411 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Expanding definitions of obesity may harm children BMJ 2006; 332 :1412 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Obesity task force linked to WHO takes “millions” from drug firms BMJ 2006; 332 :1412 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Research Randomised, controlled trial of alternating pressure mattresses compared with alternating pressure overlays for the prevention of pressure ulcers: PRESSURE (pressure relieving support surfaces) trial BMJ 2006; 332 :1413 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Pressure relieving support surfaces (PRESSURE) trial: cost effectiveness analysis BMJ 2006; 332 :1416 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Effectiveness and efficiency of different guidelines on statin treatment for preventing deaths from coronary heart disease: modelling study BMJ 2006; 332 :1419 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Cardiovascular risk estimation: important but may be inaccurate BMJ 2006; 332 :1422 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Value of sentinel node status as a prognostic factor in melanoma: prospective observational study BMJ 2006; 332 :1423 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Proteinuria, impaired kidney function, and adverse outcomes in people with coronary disease: analysis of a previously conducted randomised trial BMJ 2006; 332 :1426 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Clinical Review Diagnosis and treatment of low back pain BMJ 2006; 332 :1430 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Practice Reducing dialysis associated bacteraemia, and recommendations for surveillance in the United Kingdom: prospective study BMJ 2006; 332 :1435 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses A 22 year old man with persistent regurgitation and vomiting: case presentation BMJ 2006; 332 :1438 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Pharmacological management—inhaled treatment BMJ 2006; 332 :1439 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses What's new in the other general journals BMJ 2006; 332 :1442 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Minerva Minerva BMJ 2006; 332 :1460 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses News roundup End pharma influence on CME, says AMA journal BMJ 2006; 332 :1410 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission World Cup fever boosts fight against neglected diseases BMJ 2006; 332 :1410 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] Parents' vigil ends in tragedy after mix-up in identities BMJ 2006; 332 :1410 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Royal college is forced to retreat on star rating system for GP clinics BMJ 2006; 332 :1410 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Antismoking groups lobby against Lords report BMJ 2006; 332 :1410 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Postoperative radiotherapy can improve chances of survival in some lung cancer patients BMJ 2006; 332 :1411 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Australian GPs “named and shamed” for abusing Medicare programme BMJ 2006; 332 :1411 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Many cord blood banks' claims are unfounded, says royal college BMJ 2006; 332 :1411 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission News extra [these stories appear only on the web] Millions of deaths from environmental causes are preventable, says WHO BMJ 2006; 332 :1412 (Published 15 June 2006) Permission MRC is failing to turn basic research into commercial success, report says BMJ 2006; 332 :1412 (Published 15 June 2006) Permission Underage drinking in US costs £5bn a year in medical costs BMJ 2006; 332 :1412 (Published 15 June 2006) Permission Survival rates after heart attack improve in Canada; after stroke they remain steady BMJ 2006; 332 :1412 (Published 15 June 2006) Permission New consultant contract has improved the quality of care, BMA claims BMJ 2006; 332 :1412 (Published 15 June 2006) Permission Analysis and Comment Commercial influence and the content of medical journals BMJ 2006; 332 :1444 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses The price of independence BMJ 2006; 332 :1447 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses What the educators are saying BMJ 2006; 332 :1450 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Reviews Wanted: spunky TV doctor BMJ 2006; 332 :1457 (Published 15 June 2006) PDF Permission Catharsis: On the Art of Medicine BMJ 2006; 332 :1458 (Published 15 June 2006) Permission Everyman BMJ 2006; 332 :1458 (Published 15 June 2006) Permission Gloomy prognoses keep lawyers happy but are bad for patients BMJ 2006; 332 :1459 (Published 15 June 2006) Permission Responses Unauthorised practices BMJ 2006; 332 :1459 (Published 15 June 2006) Permission Fillers If treated, babies with moderately severe hyperbilirubinaemia develop normally BMJ 2006; 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