Transparency and trust
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2004;329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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	Sedentary childhood increases the risk of CFS [Full text]

	Clinicians believe patients benefit from placebos [Full text]

	Letters may save time [Full text]

	More than one drug protects the stomach from NSAIDs [Full text]

	Young South Africans are affected by sexual violence [Full text]

	Sleep apnoea increases risks in general anaesthesia [Full text]

Editorials

	Placebos in practice
	David Spiegel
	BMJ  2004;329:927-928, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.927 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w5]

	What causes chronic fatigue syndrome?
	Peter D White
	BMJ  2004;329:928-929, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.928 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w26]

	Reforming the consultant contract again?
	Alan Maynard, Karen Bloor
	BMJ  2004;329:929-930, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.929 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Computed tomography in children
	Paul D Griffiths, Giles D Morrison
	BMJ  2004;329:930-932, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.930 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Back to the future?
	Richard Q Lewis
	BMJ  2004;329:932, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.932 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Safety of antipsychotic drugs for pregnant and breastfeeding women with non-affective psychosis
	Louise Howard, Roger Webb, Kathryn Abel
	BMJ  2004;329:933-934, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.933 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Winter mortality in elderly people in Britain: Action on outdoor cold stress is needed to reduce winter mortality
	William R Keatinge, Gavin C Donaldson
	BMJ  2004;329:976, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.976 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Winter mortality in elderly people in Britain: Outdoor exposure and effect of windchill should be taken into consideration
	Alan A Woodall
	BMJ  2004;329:976, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.976-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Winter mortality in elderly people in Britain: Lack of social gradient in winter excess mortality is obvious in Denmark
	Roland Rau
	BMJ  2004;329:976-977, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.976-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Winter mortality in elderly people in Britain: Author's reply
	Paul Wilkinson
	BMJ  2004;329:977, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.977 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Bioterrorism and compulsory vaccination: United States continues vaccinating to keep troops healthy
	John D Grabenstein, William Winkenwerder, Jr
	BMJ  2004;329:977, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.977-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

	Bioterrorism and compulsory vaccination: Author's reply
	Tom Jefferson
	BMJ  2004;329:977, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.977-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Bioterrorism and compulsory vaccination: Arguments for current vaccines are based on inadequate support for older vaccines
	Walter R Schumm
	BMJ  2004;329:977-978, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.977-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

	Preventing the spread of MRSA: All frontline staff need to be involved...
	Barry A Dale
	BMJ  2004;329:978, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.978 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Preventing the spread of MRSA: ...the epidemiological nature of the problem should be tackled...
	Nicholas Akerman
	BMJ  2004;329:978, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.978-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Preventing the spread of MRSA: ...and the role of practices such as phlebotomy is worth considering
	Frank J Conroy
	BMJ  2004;329:978, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.978-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of impetigo: Paint it blue
	Roderic S MacDonald
	BMJ  2004;329:979, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.979 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of impetigo: Save mupirocin
	Inge Axelsson
	BMJ  2004;329:979, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.979-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Health needs of Zimbabweans are poorly recognised in UK
	Steve Gillam, Raj Khanchandani, Melusi Ndebele
	BMJ  2004;329:979, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.979-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Private sector needs incentives for AIDS vaccine
	Benedict Irvine
	BMJ  2004;329:979, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.979-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	US government agency to investigate FDA over rofecoxib
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2004;329:935, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.935 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pfizer criticised over delay in admitting drug's problems
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2004;329:935, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.935-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;329:936, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.936 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US presidential candidates clash over health care
	Daniel Engber
	BMJ  2004;329:936, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.936-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Consumer organisations criticise influence of drug companies
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;329:937, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.937 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US health workers who give flu jabs to healthy people could face fines or imprisonment
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:939, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.939-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Prisoners held under England's antiterrorism legislation face psychological damage
	Madeleine Brettingham
	BMJ  2004;329:940, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.940 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Infectious diseases increase in Iraq as public health service deteriorates
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:940, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.940-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	UK body calls on UN to allow therapeutic cloning
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;329:938, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.938 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Surgeon found liable for not warning of partial paralysis risk
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:938, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.938-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Malaria vaccine shows encouraging results in children
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;329:938, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.938-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Most GPs are unaware of their duties under new act
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;329:938, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.938-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Indian doctors debate incentives for organ donors
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2004;329:938, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.938-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Parents claiming a link between MMR vaccine and autism lose final appeal for legal aid
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:939, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.939 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	GP visits excluded from Netherlands' no claims bonus scheme
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2004;329:939, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.939-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Doctors favour legalising assisted suicide for dying patients
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;329:939, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.939-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

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	US and UK scientists disagree about causes of Gulf war syndrome
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:940, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.940-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Germany may allow employers to introduce gene tests for job seekers
	Jane Burgermeister
	BMJ  2004;329:940, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.940-c [Extract] [Full text]

	NHS pay rises must lead to better services, say MPs
	Jeremy Davies
	BMJ  2004;329:940, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.940-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Drugs companies are defrauding healthcare systems, conference hears
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;329:940, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.940-e [Extract] [Full text]

	Young pregnant women lack help and support from doctors
	Deborah Cohen
	BMJ  2004;329:940, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.940-f [Extract] [Full text]

	Foundation calls for universal hepatitis B vaccination in UK infants
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;329:940, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.940-g [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	The effectiveness of five strategies for the prevention of gastrointestinal toxicity induced by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: systematic review
	Lee Hooper, Tamara J Brown, Rachel Elliott, Katherine Payne, Chris Roberts, Deborah Symmons
	BMJ  2004;329:948, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38232.680567.EB, (Published 8 October 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	National cross sectional study of views on sexual violence and risk of HIV infection and AIDS among South African school pupils
	Neil Andersson, Ari Ho-Foster, Judith Matthis, Nobantu Marokoane, Vincent Mashiane, Sharmila Mhatre, Steve Mitchell, Tamara Mokoena, Lorenzo Monasta, Ncumisa Ngxowa, Manuel Pascual Salcedo, Heidi Sonnekus
	BMJ  2004;329:952, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38226.617454.7C, (Published 14 October 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Weighting factors] FREE

Clinical review

	Risks of general anaesthesia in people with obstructive sleep apnoea
	Cindy den Herder, Joachim Schmeck, Dick J K Appelboom, Nico de Vries
	BMJ  2004;329:955-959, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.955 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

	Lesson of the week: Childhood leukaemia masquerading as juvenile idiopathic arthritis
	M J Murray, T Tang, C Ryder, D Mabin, J C Nicholson
	BMJ  2004;329:959-961, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.959 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of preterm birth: Respiratory complications of preterm birth
	Jenny Fraser, Moira Walls, William McGuire
	BMJ  2004;329:962-965, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.962 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Individual response to treatment: is it a valid assumption?
	Stephen Senn
	BMJ  2004;329:966-968, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.966 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The PROGRESS trial three years later: time for a balanced report of effectiveness
	Richard Wennberg, Camilla Zimmermann
	BMJ  2004;329:968-970, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.968 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: The PROGRESS trial three years later: time for more action, less distraction
	Stephen MacMahon, Bruce Neal, Anthony Rodgers, John Chalmers
	BMJ  2004;329:970-971, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.970 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Inclusion of cost effectiveness in licensing requirements of new drugs: the fourth hurdle
	R S Taylor, M F Drummond, G Salkeld, S D Sullivan
	BMJ  2004;329:972-975, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.972 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w16, further details and figures showing the effect on drug prices]

Reviews

	Book: Hippocratic Oaths: Medicine and its Discontents
	Stuart W G Derbyshire
	BMJ  2004;329:982, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.982 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Private Complaints and Public Health: Richard Titmuss on the National Health Service
	David J Hunter
	BMJ  2004;329:983, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.983 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Stress, the Brain and Depression
	Ottar Bjerkeset
	BMJ  2004;329:983, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.983-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	TV: Like our toothbrushes? Then try our 3D ultrasound
	Deborah Cohen
	BMJ  2004;329:984, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.984 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hit parade
	BMJ  2004;329:984, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.984-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: Personal services or dangerous liaisons: should we help patients hire prostitutes?
	James Barrett
	BMJ  2004;329:985, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.985 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Dear email correspondent
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2004;329:985, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.985-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;329:986, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.986 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Early surgery for acute calculous cholecystitis is better than delayed
	BMJ  2004;329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2004;329:947, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.947 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	bmjlearning.com: Reflecting on your practice
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2004;329:961, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.961 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Best laid plans
	Petra M Boynton
	BMJ  2004;329:965, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.965 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Q&A: Treating chronic inflammation of the Achilles tendon
	Elizabeth M Theo, Milind M Deshpande, Herbert H Nehrlich, Isobel Knight, Hesham Elsolamy
	BMJ  2004;329:975, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.975 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	How can I go about getting publications in medical journals as a senior house officer?
	Tim Albert
	BMJ  2004;329:s166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.s166, (Published 23 October 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What is the likely impact of Modernising Medical Careers on the number of posts in the vocational training schemes in the deaneries?
	Anne Hastie
	BMJ  2004;329:s166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.s166-a, (Published 23 October 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Can I do an MSc in respiratory medicine while doing a senior house officer job?
	Andrew Whitehouse
	BMJ  2004;329:s166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.s166-b, (Published 23 October 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Is it best to join a scheme or do stand alone posts for senior house officer jobs in London?
	Adam Poole
	BMJ  2004;329:s166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.s166-c, (Published 23 October 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Looking for improvement
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2004;329:s167, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.s167, (Published 23 October 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	General practice in British Columbia
	Parin Patel
	BMJ  2004;329:s167-s168, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.s167-a, (Published 23 October 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Chris Sladden: an Englishman in BC
	Julie Sladden
	BMJ  2004;329:s169, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.s169, (Published 23 October 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Trainer taming: 3
	Ray Clarke
	BMJ  2004;329:s170-s171, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.s170, (Published 23 October 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How to spot a skull fracture 1
	David T Loveday
	BMJ  2004;329:s171, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.s171, (Published 23 October 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How to improve your motivation at work
	Raj Persaud
	BMJ  2004;329:s172-s173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.s172, (Published 23 October 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How to spot a skull fracture 2
	Jon Baker
	BMJ  2004;329:s173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.s173, (Published 23 October 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hospital at Night: diary of the first night
	AR Jenabzadeh
	BMJ  2004;329:s174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.s174, (Published 23 October 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	William C Reeves
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2004;329:980, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.980 [Extract] [Full text]

	Susanna Elizabeth Jane Leighton (née Hurley)
	Susanna Leighton
	BMJ  2004;329:981, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.981 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	James Lister
	Alan Dean, Paul K H Tam
	BMJ  2004;329:981, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.981-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	James Douglas McDonald
	Peter Heath
	BMJ  2004;329:981, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.981-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Lyndsay MacLennan (née Grant)
	James M McCallum, Hamish S Grant
	BMJ  2004;329:981, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.981-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Sardari Lal Malhotra
	Frank Tovey, Gabriella Malhotra
	BMJ  2004;329:981, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.981-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Meena Sharma
	B K Sharma
	BMJ  2004;329:981, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.981-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Blair Alexander Thompson
	Iain A Campbell, P W Brown
	BMJ  2004;329:981, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7472.981-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Childhood predictors of self reported chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis in adults: national birth cohort study
	Russell Viner, Matthew Hotopf
	BMJ  2004;329:941, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38258.507928.55, (Published 6 October 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Questionnaire survey on use of placebo
	Uriel Nitzan, Pesach Lichtenberg
	BMJ  2004;329:944-946, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38236.646678.55, (Published 17 September 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: English translation of the questionnaire] FREE

	Are written responses to some referrals to a general haematology clinic acceptable?
	Allison Tso, Lucy Harris, Tim Littlewood
	BMJ  2004;329:946-947, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38253.703553.F7, (Published 1 October 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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