Angioplasters and thrombolysers
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.0-h [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week in the BMJ [Full text] [PDF]

	Infections increase the risk of atopic dermatitis [Full text]

	Lesbian, gay, and bisexual health carers face undue anxiety [Full text]

	More editors and authors from poor countries are needed [Full text]

	Simple mortality data may be misleading... [Full text]

	... and affected by local facilities [Full text]

	School education programmes can reduce obesity [Full text]

	Doctors are not equipped to judge their peers [Full text]

Editorials

	Disclosure of sexual preferences and lesbian, gay, and bisexual practitioners
	David Hughes
	BMJ  2004;328:1211-1212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1211 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Another threat to research in the United Kingdom
	Richard Nicholson
	BMJ  2004;328:1212-1213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1212 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Affirmative action: the lessons for health care
	F Sassi, J Carrier, J Weinberg
	BMJ  2004;328:1213-1214, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1213 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vulval vestibulitis
	Pat Munday, Ann Buchan
	BMJ  2004;328:1214-1215, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1214 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Inhaled insulin
	Stephanie A Amiel, K George M M Alberti
	BMJ  2004;328:1215-1216, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1215 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for uncomplicated falciparum malaria: Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine is not working in Malawi
	Nicholas White
	BMJ  2004;328:1259, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1259 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

	Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for uncomplicated falciparum malaria: Treatment failure and resistance in Malawi remain subject for debate
	P Ringwald
	BMJ  2004;328:1259-1260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1259-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for uncomplicated falciparum malaria: Authors' reply
	Christopher V Plowe, James G Kublin, Fraction K Dzinjalamala, Deborah S Kamwendo, Rabia A G Mukadam, Phillips Chimpeni, Malcolm E Molyneux, Terrie E Taylor
	BMJ  2004;328:1260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1260 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Aid may make roads more dangerous than landmines
	Gregory Rose
	BMJ  2004;328:1260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1260-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Death on the roads could be the chance of life for some
	Alastair D Smith
	BMJ  2004;328:1260-1261, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1260-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Acquiring accurate crash data is important
	J Mark Aitken
	BMJ  2004;328:1261, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1261 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	More on treating homosexuality as a sickness: Publication of bigoted letter is worrying
	Petra Boynton
	BMJ  2004;328:1261, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1261-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	More on treating homosexuality as a sickness: Homosexuality is punishable in India
	Vikas Dhikav
	BMJ  2004;328:1261, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1261-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Diabetes may be undetected in many children in the UK
	Tim Lobstein, Rachel Leach
	BMJ  2004;328:1261-1262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1261-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Implementing guidelines on sudden infant death
	Anne Livesey, Edmund Hick
	BMJ  2004;328:1262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1262 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Advice on ganglions is flawed
	Peter J Mahaffey
	BMJ  2004;328:1262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1262-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	CSM warning on atypical psychotics and stroke may be detrimental for dementia
	Donald Mowat, Douglas Fowlie, Tom MacEwan
	BMJ  2004;328:1262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1262-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Pfizer pleads guilty, but drug sales continue to soar
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2004;328:1217, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1217 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GPs to check on patients' residency status to stop "health tourism"
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;328:1217, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1217-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;328:1218, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1218 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK's "ethical recruitment policy" needs to be strengthened
	Daloni Carlisle
	BMJ  2004;328:1218, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1218-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Report warns of continuing violations of code on breast milk substitute marketing
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;328:1218, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1218-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA rejects over the counter status for emergency contraceptive
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;328:1219, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1219 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Court dismisses appeals of two mothers
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:1219, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1219-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Move to sell statins over the counter raises concerns
	Liza Gibson
	BMJ  2004;328:1221, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1221-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New York's war on tobacco produces record fall in smoking
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2004;328:1222, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1222 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	One hospitality worker a week dies from passive smoking, study shows
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2004;328:1222, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1222-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Tobacco campaigners worried by slow progress on convention
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2004;328:1220, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1220 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Staff may be disciplined over "fiddling" waiting lists
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;328:1220, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1220-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Number reacting to smallpox vaccination is higher than expected
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;328:1220, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1220-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Spending on neglected diseases has increased, says report
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2004;328:1220, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1220-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Non-medical staff play key role in healthcare access for uninsured patients
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2004;328:1220, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1220-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Medical students with science A levels less likely to drop out
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;328:1221, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1221 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Fourteen cases of euthanasia to be referred to French police
	Brad Spurgeon
	BMJ  2004;328:1221, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1221-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Breaches of safety regulations are probable cause of recent SARS outbreak, WHO says
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2004;328:1222, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1222-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Public health programmes will have to prove they are cost effective
	Colleen Shannon
	BMJ  2004;328:1222, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1222-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Russia to raise tax rate for unfiltered cigarettes by 30%
	Andrew Osborn
	BMJ  2004;328:1222, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1222-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Obstetricians at Lisbon hospital go on strike
	Tiago Villanueva
	BMJ  2004;328:1222, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1222-e [Extract] [Full text]

	Canadian health ministry faces criticism for its secrecy
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
	BMJ  2004;328:1222, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1222-f [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Preventing childhood obesity by reducing consumption of carbonated drinks: cluster randomised controlled trial
	Janet James, Peter Thomas, David Cavan, David Kerr
	BMJ  2004;328:1237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38077.458438.EE, (Published 23 April 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Learning in practice

	Review of instruments for peer assessment of physicians
	Richard Evans, Glyn Elwyn, Adrian Edwards
	BMJ  2004;328:1240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1240 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra tables and details] FREE

	Commentary: "Soft" assessment—an oxymoron?
	Murray Lough
	BMJ  2004;328:1243, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1243 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What the educators are saying
	Lambert Schuwirth, Peter Cantillon
	BMJ  2004;328:1244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1244 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: RNA interference
	Julian Downward
	BMJ  2004;328:1245-1248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1245 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Pacemaker induced ventricular fibrillation in coronary care units
	Andrew A McLeod, Percy P Jokhi
	BMJ  2004;328:1249-1250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1249 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of sexually transmitted infections: Main presentations of sexually transmitted infections in men
	John Richens
	BMJ  2004;328:1251-1253, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1251 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Overview of genetal candidiasis]

Education and debate

	For and against: Primary angioplasty should be first line treatment for acute myocardial infarction: FOR
	David Smith
	BMJ  2004;328:1254-1256, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1254 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	For and against: Primary angioplasty should be first line treatment for acute myocardial infarction: AGAINST
	Kevin S Channer
	BMJ  2004;328:1256-1257, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1256 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Primary angioplasty or thrombolysis? a topical parable
	Peter Bogaty, James M Brophy
	BMJ  2004;328:1257-1258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1257 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Press: A new model of patient privacy?
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:1265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1265 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	TV: Bodies
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2004;328:1266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1266 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Film: Super Size Me
	Chloe Veltman
	BMJ  2004;328:1266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1266-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: Should reviewers of papers have their names published?
	Ioannis Dimoliatis
	BMJ  2004;328:1267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1267 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Hello again
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  2004;328:1267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1267-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;328:1268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1268 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Lowering homocysteine did not prevent recurrent stroke
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Time
	Nicholas Hayes
	BMJ  2004;328:1250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1250 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: The risks to life in London
	BMJ  2004;328:1258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1258 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Preventing childhood obesity by reducing consumption of carbonated drinks: cluster randomised controlled trial
	BMJ  2004;328:1236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1236 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;328:1236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1236-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Length of patient's monologue, rate of completion, and relation to other components of the clinical encounter: observational intervention study in primary care
	BMJ  2004;328:1236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1236-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Integrating health care for mothers and children in refugee camps and at district level
	BMJ  2004;328:1236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1236-c [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	I often read in the requirements for a post "MRCP or equivalent." What is meant by equivalent?
	Alan Watson
	BMJ  2004;328:s202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.s202, (Published 22 May 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am interested in a career change from emergency medicine to toxicology. I have membership of the Royal College of Surgeons. Any advice?
	Emma Baker
	BMJ  2004;328:s202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.s202-a, (Published 22 May 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What are the requirements to work as a police surgeon?
	Roy Palmer
	BMJ  2004;328:s202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.s202-b, (Published 22 May 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am from Greece, and I have worked as a senior house officer in paediatrics for two years. I have a PhD in allergiology and I would like to study allergiology in England.
	Elitham Turya
	BMJ  2004;328:s202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.s202-c, (Published 22 May 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I have recently obtained membership of the Royal College of Physicians. I'm interested in intensive care medicine and would like to work in South Africa for a period. Any advice?
	Michael Dobson
	BMJ  2004;328:s202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.s202-d, (Published 22 May 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	THIS WEEK
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2004;328:s203, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.s203, (Published 22 May 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How to manage your boss<$DOWNLINK>
	Raj Persaud
	BMJ  2004;328:s203-s204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.s203-a, (Published 22 May 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	An update on training in cardiology
	Peter Mills
	BMJ  2004;328:s205-s206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.s205, (Published 22 May 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How to pass the MRCPsych
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2004;328:s207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.s207, (Published 22 May 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Courage to change
	Andrew Fowler, Robert Campbell
	BMJ  2004;328:s208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.s208, (Published 22 May 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Paediatricians as child protectors?
	Woody Caan, Cathy Johnson, Jo Tupper, Umesh Prabhu
	BMJ  2004;328:s208-s209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.s208-a, (Published 22 May 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Quoting quotes
	Fred Kavalier
	BMJ  2004;328:s209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.s209, (Published 22 May 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Medicine in Chechnya
	Richard A Sturge
	BMJ  2004;328:s209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.s209-a, (Published 22 May 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Applying for research posts
	Karthik Maruthachalam
	BMJ  2004;328:s209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.s209-b, (Published 22 May 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The march<$DOWNLINK>
	Nicola Sharp
	BMJ  2004;328:s210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.s210, (Published 22 May 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	George Edward Hale Enderby
	David Enderby
	BMJ  2004;328:1263, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1263 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Alfred John ("Jack") Drew
	Keith Stewart
	BMJ  2004;328:1264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1264 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Rhoda Rebecca Law
	Adam Law
	BMJ  2004;328:1264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1264-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Robert Lidstone Lindon
	Pat Lindon
	BMJ  2004;328:1264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1264-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Geoffrey Mitchell
	Stuart Ungar
	BMJ  2004;328:1264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1264-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Richard Perry
	Chris Strachan
	BMJ  2004;328:1264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1264-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Francis Isidore Rackow
	Malcolm Hodkinson
	BMJ  2004;328:1264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1264-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Sheila Anne Robertson (née Martyn)
	Struan Robertson
	BMJ  2004;328:1264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1264-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Cohort study of sibling effect, infectious diseases, and risk of atopic dermatitis during first 18 months of life
	Christine Stabell Benn, Mads Melbye, Jan Wohlfahrt, Bengt Björkstén, Peter Aaby
	BMJ  2004;328:1223, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38069.512245.FE, (Published 30 April 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: the defence of dirt
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2004;328:1226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38075.565822.55, (Published 30 April 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Interaction strategies of lesbian, gay, and bisexual healthcare practitioners in the clinical examination of patients: qualitative study
	Daniel C Riordan
	BMJ  2004;328:1227-1229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38071.774525.EB, (Published 27 April 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Representation of authors and editors from countries with different human development indexes in the leading literature on tropical medicine: survey of current evidence
	Jennifer Keiser, Jürg Utzinger, Marcel Tanner, Burton H Singer
	BMJ  2004;328:1229-1232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38069.518137.F6, (Published 1 April 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Substance misuse and violent crime: Swedish population study
	Martin Grann, Seena Fazel
	BMJ  2004;328:1233-1234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7450.1233 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Regional differences in outcome from subarachnoid haemorrhage: comparative audit
	P Mitchell, T Hope, B A Gregson, A David Mendelow
	BMJ  2004;328:1234-1235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38084.592639.AE, (Published 22 April 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hospital mortality league tables: influence of place of death
	Valerie Seagroatt, Michael J Goldacre
	BMJ  2004;328:1235-1236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38058.517118.47, (Published 29 March 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table][extra: A table showing rates for places of death] FREE

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