Insights into intimacy
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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	Don't expect too much from Viagra [Full text]

	New search strategies retrieve morefrom Medline [Full text]

	Scotland and London have widest health gap [Full text]

	Evidence on standard treatment of hepatic encephalopathy is uncertain [Full text]

	Brief lifestyle interventions do not reduce blood pressure [Full text]

	Patients with unexplained symptoms do not push for treatment [Full text]

Editorials

	The implications for health of European Union enlargement
	Martin McKee, Ellen Nolte
	BMJ  2004;328:1025-1026, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1025 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infection in infants
	Jenny Handforth, Mike Sharland, Jon S Friedland
	BMJ  2004;328:1026-1027, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1026 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Raised cardiac troponins
	Peter Ammann, Matthias Pfisterer, Thomas Fehr, Hans Rickli
	BMJ  2004;328:1028-1029, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1028 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references]

	Data protection, informed consent, and research
	Julian Peto, Olivia Fletcher, Clare Gilham
	BMJ  2004;328:1029-1030, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1029 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Response to radiation incidents and radionuclear threats: Medical treatment should be given only when safe to do so
	Jonathan R Benger
	BMJ  2004;328:1074, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1074 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Response to radiation incidents and radionuclear threats: Other threats may be more serious
	John R Buscombe
	BMJ  2004;328:1074, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1074-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Response to radiation incidents and radionuclear threats: Renunciation of nuclear weapons could lessen the threat
	Douglas Holdstock, Elizabeth Waterston
	BMJ  2004;328:1074, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1074-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Response to radiation incidents and radionuclear threats: Authors' reply
	István Turai, Katalin Veress, Bengül Günalp, Gennadi Souchkevitch
	BMJ  2004;328:1075, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1075 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Penetrating ocular trauma from an exploding microwaved egg
	Saurabh Goyal, Yee Fong Choong, Wagih A Aclimandos, Roger L Coakes
	BMJ  2004;328:1075, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1075-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Management of anorexia nervosa revisited: Emphasis needs to continue to shift to outpatient care
	Mark Berelowitz
	BMJ  2004;328:1075, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1075-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Management of anorexia nervosa revisited: Drug treatment suggestions are questionable
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2004;328:1075-1076, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1075-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Management of anorexia nervosa revisited: Author's reply
	Janice Russell
	BMJ  2004;328:1076, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1076 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Aspirin induced asthma: Clinical relevance of finding was not explained
	Indu Sivanandan, Stephen M Robinson
	BMJ  2004;328:1076, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1076-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Aspirin induced asthma: Effect size needs to be clarified
	Robert D Southward
	BMJ  2004;328:1076, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1076-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Aspirin induced asthma: Authors' reply
	Christine Jenkins, John Costello, Linda Hodge
	BMJ  2004;328:1076-1077, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1076-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	E is for equivocal in EBM
	Matthew R Kiln
	BMJ  2004;328:1077, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1077 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Revalidation: swallow hard
	Geoff Wong
	BMJ  2004;328:1077, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1077-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Continuing medical education: does "no evidence" trump all?
	Michael F Loudon
	BMJ  2004;328:1077, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1077-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	NICE advises against caesarean section on demand
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;328:1031, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1031 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Hepatitis C carriers must be found and treated to avert crisis
	Paul Stephenson
	BMJ  2004;328:1031, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1031-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;328:1032, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1032 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US junior doctors found to be ignorant of drug companies' tactics
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2004;328:1032, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1032-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cardiovascular disease threatens developing countries
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;328:1032, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1032-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Open surgery better than laparoscopic for repair of inguinal hernia
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2004;328:1033, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1033 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO urges Africa to use more effective malaria medicines
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2004;328:1033, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1033-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Living wills will have to specify treatments that patient is refusing
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:1035, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1035-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Squeezing academic research into a commercial straitjacket
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;328:1036, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1036 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Chinese authorities on alert as SARS breaks out again
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2004;328:1034, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1034 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Human Tissue Bill could jeopardise research, scientists warn
	Stephen Pincock
	BMJ  2004;328:1034, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1034-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Where doctors, actors, and athletes meet on equal footing
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2004;328:1034, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1034-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Report clears Labour party of fault in purchase of vaccines
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;328:1034, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1034-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Quarter of hospitals not ready to comply with working time directive
	Debashis Singh
	BMJ  2004;328:1034, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1034-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	GMC regrets failure to act on police warning about gynaecologist
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:1035, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1035 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	AstraZeneca digs in over advertising criticisms
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2004;328:1035, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1035-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Paediatrician cleared of serious professional misconduct
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:1035, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1035-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Creator of Dolly the sheep applies for therapeutic cloning licence
	Nadeeja Koralage
	BMJ  2004;328:1036, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1036-a [Extract] [Full text]

	Children are main victims of trafficking in Africa
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2004;328:1036, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1036-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Private hospitals to provide operations for 25 000 NHS patients
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:1036, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1036-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Drug industry to fight New Zealand's move to ban direct to consumer advertising
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2004;328:1036, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1036-d [Extract] [Full text]

	New report evaluates environmental impact of NHS
	Chibuzo Odigwe
	BMJ  2004;328:1036, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1036-e [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Randomised controlled factorial trial of dietary advice for patients with a single high blood pressure reading in primary care
	Paul Little, Jo Kelly, Jane Barnett, Martina Dorward, Barrie Margetts, Daniel Warm
	BMJ  2004;328:1054, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38037.435972.EE, (Published 13 April 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Tables showing changes from baseline][extra: Extra tables] FREE

	Do patients with unexplained physical symptoms pressurise general practitioners for somatic treatment? A qualitative study
	Adele Ring, Christopher Dowrick, Gerry Humphris, Peter Salmon
	BMJ  2004;328:1057, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38057.622639.EE, (Published 31 March 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table] FREE

	Views of doctors on clinical correspondence: questionnaire survey and audit of content of letters
	Bruce Campbell, Katalijne Vanslembroek, Emma Whitehead, Caroline van de Wauwer, Ronald Eifell, Michael Wyatt, John Campbell
	BMJ  2004;328:1060-1061, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38058.801968.47, (Published 30 March 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	10-minute consultation: Acute cough in children
	Alastair D Hay, Knut Schroeder, Tom Fahey
	BMJ  2004;328:1062, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1062 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Managing nocturia
	Serge P Marinkovic, Lisa M Gillen, Stuart L Stanton
	BMJ  2004;328:1063-1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1063 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of rheumatology: Pain in the hip and knee
	Andrew J Hamer
	BMJ  2004;328:1067-1069, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1067 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Genetics, race, ethnicity, and health
	Neil Pearce, Sunia Foliaki, Andrew Sporle, Chris Cunningham
	BMJ  2004;328:1070-1072, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1070 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Statistics Notes: The logrank test
	J Martin Bland, Douglas G Altman
	BMJ  2004;328:1073, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1073 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Reviews

	Book: Protecting America's Health: The FDA, Business, and One Hundred Years of Regulation
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2004;328:1080, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1080 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Mortal Secrets: Truth and Lies in the Age of AIDS
	Tamsin Wilton
	BMJ  2004;328:1080, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1080-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: AIDS Africa: Continent in Crisis; "Letting Them Die": Why HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes Fail
	Justin O Parkhurst
	BMJ  2004;328:1081, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1081 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NETLINES
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2004;328:1081, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1081-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Film: Carandiru
	Waqar Rashid
	BMJ  2004;328:1082, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1082 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	TV: May 33rd
	Ayan Panja
	BMJ  2004;328:1082, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1082-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: Why did my colleagues turn to crime?
	Jorma Palo
	BMJ  2004;328:1083, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1083 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Personal statement syndrome
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2004;328:1083, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1083-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;328:1084, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1084 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Use a single course of steroids for preterm rupture of membranes
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Growing old
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2004;328:1039, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1039 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	bmjlearning.com: Serious communicable diseases
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2004;328:1045, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1045 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The acme of efficiency
	Alan Gibson
	BMJ  2004;328:1050, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1050 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Illegible prescriptions
	BMJ  2004;328:1053, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1053 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Q&A: Effects of ginkgo extract
	Mahmood M Althahabi, Ali K Yousuf, Vikas Soni, Beth Bain
	BMJ  2004;328:1072, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1072 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advice
	BMJ  2004;328:1078, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1078-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy
	BMJ  2004;328:1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1066 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Why do doctors use treatments that do not work?
	BMJ  2004;328:1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1066-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	This week in the BMJ: Three days of amoxicillin are enough for non-severe pneumonia
	BMJ  2004;328:1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1066-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	How can I find more information on career opportunities in allied areas such as medical ethics or medical law?
	Catriona Richardson
	BMJ  2004;328:s172, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.s172, (Published 12 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I want to do a management course and work in NHS management. (I am a post-FRCA year 2 specialist registrar.) Please advise
	Peter Maguire
	BMJ  2004;328:s172, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.s172-a, (Published 12 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How can I find out which are the "topmost hospitals" in the anaesthesia training programme at senior house officer level?
	Leyla Sanai
	BMJ  2004;328:s172, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.s172-b, (Published 12 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	THIS WEEK
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2004;328:s173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.s173, (Published 12 February 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Adverse incident reporting and significant event auditing: AIR and SEA rescue
	Karen Dalby
	BMJ  2004;328:s173-s174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.s173-a, (Published 12 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Clinical genetics
	Alexandra Murray
	BMJ  2004;328:s175-s176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.s175, (Published 12 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How to pass MRCPCH and DCH
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2004;328:s177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.s177, (Published 12 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mobilised to Iraq: a surgical trainee's tale
	Jo Krysa
	BMJ  2004;328:s178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.s178, (Published 12 February 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Dealing with end of life decisions
	Chitra Pandilwar
	BMJ  2004;328:s178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.s178-a, (Published 12 February 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mentoring for doctors
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2004;328:s179, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.s179, (Published 12 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The return of the three wise men<$DOWNLINK>
	Nicola Sharp
	BMJ  2004;328:s180, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.s180, (Published 12 February 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Aniru Conteh
	Nicholas Mellor
	BMJ  2004;328:1078, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1078 [Extract] [Full text]

	Edward Anderson
	David Crowley
	BMJ  2004;328:1079, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1079 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Hubert Anthony Buck
	D Davies
	BMJ  2004;328:1079, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1079-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Roger Dove
	Martin Collinson
	BMJ  2004;328:1079, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1079-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Henry Friend
	Keith Prowse
	BMJ  2004;328:1079, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1079-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Thomas Gareth Jones
	Niall Martin
	BMJ  2004;328:1079, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1079-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Bertram Mann
	Jackie Naftalin
	BMJ  2004;328:1079, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1079-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Richard Frederic Stevens
	Paul Crook, David Spooner
	BMJ  2004;328:1079, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1079-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Impact of erectile dysfunction and its subsequent treatment with sildenafil: qualitative study
	John Tomlinson, David Wright
	BMJ  2004;328:1037, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38044.662176.EE, (Published 29 March 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Optimal search strategies for retrieving scientifically strong studies of diagnosis from Medline: analytical survey
	R Brian Haynes, Nancy L Wilczynski
	BMJ  2004;328:1040, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38068.557998.EE, (Published 8 April 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full titles of journals][extra: Extra information] FREE

	Is there a north-south divide in social class inequalities in health in Great Britain? Cross sectional study using data from the 2001 census
	Tim Doran, Frances Drever, Margaret Whitehead
	BMJ  2004;328:1043-1045, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1043 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table A] FREE

	Non-absorbable disaccharides for hepatic encephalopathy: systematic review of randomised trials
	Bodil Als-Nielsen, Lise L Gluud, Christian Gluud
	BMJ  2004;328:1046, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38048.506134.EE, (Published 30 March 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Reliability of symptoms to determine use of bone scans to identify bone metastases in lung cancer: prospective study
	Martin Hetzel, Juergen Hetzel, Coskun Arslandemir, Karin Nüssle, Holger Schirrmeister
	BMJ  2004;328:1051-1052, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1051 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Trends in prevalence of symptoms of asthma, hay fever, and eczema in 12-14 year olds in the British Isles, 1995-2002: questionnaire survey
	H Ross Anderson, Ruth Ruggles, David P Strachan, Jane B Austin, Michael Burr, David Jeffs, Peter Standring, Andrea Steriu, Rosie Goulding
	BMJ  2004;328:1052-1053, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38057.583727.47, (Published 17 March 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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