This Week In the BMJ Nine million US citizens are both obese and smokers BMJ 2006; 333 :0-c (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Patients' views are not enough to judge quality of care BMJ 2006; 333 :0-a (Published 29 June 2006) Permission How to manage hip fractures BMJ 2006; 333 :0-d (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Adherence to treatment or placebo is linked to lower mortality BMJ 2006; 333 :0 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Responses Low cholesterol may not increase risk of stroke BMJ 2006; 333 :0-b (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Editor's Choice Say no to the market BMJ 2006; 333 :0-f (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Editorials Can patients assess the quality of health care? BMJ 2006; 333 :1 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Soft paternalism and the ethics of shared electronic patient records BMJ 2006; 333 :2 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses The NHS programme for information technology BMJ 2006; 333 :3 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Antipyretic drugs for children BMJ 2006; 333 :4 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Psychological interventions for treatment of adult sex offenders BMJ 2006; 333 :5 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Letters Obesity association clarifies definitions of obesity and links with drug firms BMJ 2006; 333 :44 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses The great medicines scandal: Access is not just about cost BMJ 2006; 333 :44 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission The great medicines scandal: Next steps? BMJ 2006; 333 :44 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission We still need artesunate monotherapy BMJ 2006; 333 :45 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Responses Censorship of medical journals BMJ 2006; 333 :45 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Responses Care is needed before single test results are combined BMJ 2006; 333 :45 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Statin guidelines should give best statin BMJ 2006; 333 :46 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Gloomy prognoses: Represent honesty, not fear of litigation BMJ 2006; 333 :46 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Gloomy prognoses: Be neither optimistic nor pessimistic, but realistic BMJ 2006; 333 :46 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission News Chinese man died three years ago of avian flu, not SARS BMJ 2006; 333 :7 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Doctors explain why they resigned from the NHS's IT programme BMJ 2006; 333 :7 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses In brief BMJ 2006; 333 :8 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission NICE removes β blockers as first line treatment for hypertension BMJ 2006; 333 :8 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Publicity will highlight problem of obstetric fistula BMJ 2006; 333 :8 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Doctors blame untested policies for financial crisis in the NHS BMJ 2006; 333 :9 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Conference attacks referral centres BMJ 2006; 333 :9 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission BMA leaders accused of weak opposition to the government BMJ 2006; 333 :9 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Faster delivery of drugs to heart attack patients cuts mortality BMJ 2006; 333 :11 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Obesity is less common in richer countries BMJ 2006; 333 :12 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Direct to consumer medical tests are offered in United States BMJ 2006; 333 :12 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses NEJM corrects its study on rofecoxib BMJ 2006; 333 :12 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Too close for comfort? BMJ 2006; 333 :13 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Escalating costs and falling receipts spell trouble BMJ 2006; 333 :14 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Research A meta-analysis of the association between adherence to drug therapy and mortality BMJ 2006; 333 :15 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses The healthy adherer and the placebo effect BMJ 2006; 333 :18 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Patients' own assessments of quality of primary care compared with objective records based measures of technical quality of care: cross sectional study BMJ 2006; 333 :19 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Serum cholesterol, haemorrhagic stroke, ischaemic stroke, and myocardial infarction: Korean national health system prospective cohort study BMJ 2006; 333 :22 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Smoking, obesity, and their co-occurrence in the United States: cross sectional analysis BMJ 2006; 333 :25 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Clinical Review Hip fracture BMJ 2006; 333 :27 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Practice A patient's journey: living with breast cancer BMJ 2006; 333 :31 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Oxygen and inhalers BMJ 2006; 333 :34 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses What's new in the other general journals BMJ 2006; 333 :37 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Minerva Minerva BMJ 2006; 333 :52 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] “Social marketing” would boost effectiveness of health campaigns, says report BMJ 2006; 333 :10 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission UN report calls for governments to intensify fight against drug abuse BMJ 2006; 333 :10 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Condom from Cromwell's time goes on display in Austria BMJ 2006; 333 :10 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses European health survey ranks UK performance as “mediocre” BMJ 2006; 333 :10 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission US doctors lobby for end to torture of terrorism suspects BMJ 2006; 333 :10 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission US doctors' incomes are falling, new survey finds BMJ 2006; 333 :11 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Drug company chief urges faster introduction of new vaccines in poor nations BMJ 2006; 333 :11 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission News extra [these stories appear only on the web] Head of Public Library of Science defends financial security of publishing group BMJ 2006; 333 :14 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission International consumer group slates drug companies' marketing practices BMJ 2006; 333 :14 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Meeting hears of health consequences of rape and violence in war zones BMJ 2006; 333 :14 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission New WHO book outlines health systems of EU neighbours BMJ 2006; 333 :14 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Israeli doctors are told what to do when medicine and religion clash BMJ 2006; 333 :14 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Inhaled insulin no longer recommende as routine diabetes treatment BMJ 2006; 333 :14 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Only specialists should diagnose Parkinson's disease BMJ 2006; 333 :14 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Responses BMA Annual Representative Meeting: Doctors oppose plans for GPs' surgeries in supermarkets BMJ 2006; 333 :14 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission BMA Annual Representative Meeting: BMA votes against affiliating with anti-privatisation group BMJ 2006; 333 :14 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission BMA Annual Representative Meeting: Allowing private companies to commission services is “a step too far” BMJ 2006; 333 :14 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission BMA Annual Representative Meeting: Tackle the government over job cuts, doctors tell BMA BMJ 2006; 333 :14 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission BMA Annual Representative Meeting: Doctors recommend a “traffic light” system to signal nutritional content of food products BMJ 2006; 333 :14 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Responses BMA Annual Representative Meeting: “Black hole” is opening up for 11 500 junior doctors BMJ 2006; 333 :14 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Analysis and Comment Patients should have to opt out of national electronic care recordsFORAGAINST BMJ 2006; 333 :39 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses What's all the fuss about? BMJ 2006; 333 :42 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Reviews Measuring Medical Professionalism; Understanding Doctors' Performance BMJ 2006; 333 :49 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Intuition BMJ 2006; 333 :50 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Is Gordon Ramsay good for our health? BMJ 2006; 333 :50 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Thinking the unthinkable: selling kidneys BMJ 2006; 333 :51 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Responses Giving up on getting better BMJ 2006; 333 :51 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Responses Fillers Salt enriched with potassium reduces cardiovascular mortality in older men BMJ 2006; 333 :0-e (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission A 22 year old man with persistent regurgitation and vomiting BMJ 2006; 333 :33 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission The penicillin teapot BMJ 2006; 333 :33 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Responses Scientific art for beginners BMJ 2006; 333 :43 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Corrections Minerva BMJ 2006; 333 :30 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and suicide in adults: meta-analysis of drug company data from placebo controlled, randomised controlled trials submitted to the MHRA's safety review BMJ 2006; 333 :30 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission 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; 333 :30 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Obituaries Fritz Klein BMJ 2006; 333 :47 (Published 29 June 2006) PDF Permission Bridget (“Biddy”) Kathleen Attlee BMJ 2006; 333 :48 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Derek Harvey BMJ 2006; 333 :48 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission John Peter Malone BMJ 2006; 333 :48 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Robert (“Bob”) Tennant BMJ 2006; 333 :48 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission John Luscombe Tester BMJ 2006; 333 :48 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Frederick (“Fred”) James Watson BMJ 2006; 333 :48 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Henry Thomas (“Tom”) Gee Williams BMJ 2006; 333 :48 (Published 29 June 2006) Permission Back to top PreviousNext