Public health's Holy Grail
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2004;329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Treat migraine with parenteral metoclopramide [Full text]

	Occupational therapy gets stroke patients out of the house [Full text]

	Folate in pregnancy may need caution [Full text]

	Spinal manipulation gives value for money [Full text]

	Non-invasive cardiology excels [Full text]

	Think again about childhood depression [Full text]

Editorials

	Post-communist transition and health in Europe
	Martin McKee, Kristina Fister
	BMJ  2004;329:1355-1356, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1355 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references and figure]

	Tourette's syndrome in children
	Uttom Chowdhury, Isobel Heyman
	BMJ  2004;329:1356-1357, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1356 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Troponin in patients with chest pain
	N Curzen
	BMJ  2004;329:1357-1358, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1357 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Patenting genes
	Gert Matthijs
	BMJ  2004;329:1358-1360, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1358 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Trial protocols at the BMJ
	Giselle Jones, Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2004;329:1360, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1360 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Physiotherapy compared with advice for low back pain: Targeting "physical factors" alone is not evidence based practice
	Maureen Simmonds, Anne Daykin
	BMJ  2004;329:1402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1402 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Physiotherapy compared with advice for low back pain: Study supports concept of self management of pain...
	Dan Doherty
	BMJ  2004;329:1402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1402-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Physiotherapy compared with advice for low back pain: ... but at no point compared physiotherapy with chiropractic
	Richard Bartley
	BMJ  2004;329:1402-1403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1402-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Physiotherapy compared with advice for low back pain: Summary of responses
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2004;329:1403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1403 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Are written responses to referrals acceptable?: Comprehensive referral letters are key to safe written advice
	Abdullah Mohammed
	BMJ  2004;329:1403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1403-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Are written responses to referrals acceptable?: Telephone call may be better way of communicating
	Jean P Fisher
	BMJ  2004;329:1403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1403-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Are written responses to referrals acceptable?: Author's reply
	T J Littlewood
	BMJ  2004;329:1403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1403-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The PROGRESS trial three years later: HOPE trial may shed some light
	John Attia, Catherine D'Este, Christopher R Levi
	BMJ  2004;329:1403-1404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1403-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The PROGRESS trial three years later: Clear and accurate interpretations of studies are needed
	Daniel G Hackam
	BMJ  2004;329:1404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1404 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The PROGRESS trial three years later: Evangelism is understandable
	Peter Ward
	BMJ  2004;329:1404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1404-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The PROGRESS trial three years later: All aspects of secondary prevention after stroke need to be improved
	Helen Rodgers
	BMJ  2004;329:1404-1405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1404-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Seriousness of adverse events: medical judgment is important
	Javier Borja, Esther Donado, Mario Souto
	BMJ  2004;329:1405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1405 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Betting your life on it: Gambling harms both health and equality
	Nick Wilson
	BMJ  2004;329:1405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1405-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Betting your life on it: Author's reply
	Mark D Griffiths
	BMJ  2004;329:1405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1405-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome are being ignored
	Charles Shepherd
	BMJ  2004;329:1405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1405-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Deprivation affects more than half of the world's children
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;329:1361, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1361 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Government tells hospitals to tighten up cleaning contracts
	Ann McGauran
	BMJ  2004;329:1361, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1361-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;329:1362, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1362 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Staff in the drug industry want "to help people," academic says
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;329:1362, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1362-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	MRI does not reduce biopsies in diagnosing breast cancer
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2004;329:1362, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1362-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA panel rejects testosterone patch for women on safety grounds
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2004;329:1363, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1363 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Can medical students learn empathy at the movies?
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;329:1363, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1363-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Agency warns of withdrawal risks for patients taking SSRIs
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;329:1365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1365 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Documents missing from a 10 year old murder case sent to the BMJ
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2004;329:1365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1365-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Raising horizons
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2004;329:1366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1366 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Doctor jailed for “culpable homicide” and possessing child pornography
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2004;329:1364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1364-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Kentucky governor signs death warrant despite medical association guidance
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2004;329:1364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1364-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Health insurance company offers genetic screening to its clients
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2004;329:1364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1364-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	High Court upholds right of woman to travel abroad for suicide
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:1364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1364-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

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	GMC reshapes procedures on fitness to practise
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2004;329:1366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1366-a [Extract] [Full text]

	Discharge rules from medium secure units in Wales to be reviewed after stabbing
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;329:1366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1366-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Erectile dysfunction may be an early sign of heart disease, suggests new research
	Raghav Chawla
	BMJ  2004;329:1366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1366-c [Extract] [Full text]

Dr Foster's case notes

	Death rates in England and Wales and the United States: variation with age, sex, and race
	Brian Jarman, Paul Aylin
	BMJ  2004;329:1367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1367 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References and methodology]

BMJ family highlights

	What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2004;329:1368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1368 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	United Kingdom back pain exercise and manipulation (UK BEAM) randomised trial: effectiveness of physical treatments for back pain in primary care
	UK BEAM Trial Team
	BMJ  2004;329:1377, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38282.669225.AE, (Published 19 November 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Authorship details and a list of collaborators] FREE

	United Kingdom back pain exercise and manipulation (UK BEAM) randomised trial: cost effectiveness of physical treatments for back pain in primary care
	UK BEAM Trial Team
	BMJ  2004;329:1381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38282.607859.AE, (Published 19 November 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Recent developments in non-invasive cardiology
	Sanjay K Prasad, Ravi G Assomull, Dudley J Pennell
	BMJ  2004;329:1386-1389, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1386 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional details]

	ABC of preterm birth: Neurodevelopmental outcomes after preterm birth
	Michael Colvin, William McGuire, Peter W Fowlie
	BMJ  2004;329:1390-1393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1390 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Rethinking childhood depression
	Sami Timimi
	BMJ  2004;329:1394-1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1394 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: abandoning the diagnosis will endanger severely depressed children
	Quentin Spender
	BMJ  2004;329:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1396 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: a controversy too far?
	Paul Wilkinson
	BMJ  2004;329:1397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1397 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Do biomedical models of illness make for good healthcare systems?
	Derick T Wade, Peter W Halligan
	BMJ  2004;329:1398-1401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1398 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References and table]

Reviews

	Book: Aspirin: The Story of a Wonder Drug
	Boleslav L Lichterman
	BMJ  2004;329:1408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1408 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Art: Life Interrupted
	Raghav Chawla
	BMJ  2004;329:1409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1409 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Website of the week: Website aims to distance doctors from drug firms
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;329:1409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1409-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Bhopal: the lingering tragedy
	Prabha Desikan
	BMJ  2004;329:1410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1410 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Pitfalls on the road to drug safety
	Carl Schoenberger
	BMJ  2004;329:1411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1411 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Why doctors don't read research papers
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2004;329:1411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1411-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;329:E335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.E335, (Published 11 December 2004) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;329:1412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1412 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Antioxidants don't prevent GI cancers, but increase overall mortality
	BMJ  2004;329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The curse of the snake god
	Sadananda B Naik
	BMJ  2004;329:1374, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1374 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable teacher: Serendipity
	David Crosby
	BMJ  2004;329:1385, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1385-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	French lessons
	Peter Turkie
	BMJ  2004;329:1393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1393 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2004;329:1397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1397-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: In at the deep end
	Apul Parikh
	BMJ  2004;329:1401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1401 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Inappropriate use of randomised trials to evaluate complex phenomena: case study of vaginal breech delivery
	BMJ  2004;329:1385, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1385 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Newly diagnosed hypothyroidism
	BMJ  2004;329:1385, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1385-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

BMJ USA

	Self-monitoring, systems, and chronic disease
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2004;329:E331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.E331, (Published 11 December 2004) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Better systems, not guidelines, for glucose monitoring
	Paris Roach
	BMJ  2004;329:E332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.E332, (Published 11 December 2004) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Godfrey Oakley, Jr
	BMJ  2004;329:E333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.E333, (Published 11 December 2004) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Samuel Y Wong, Allen J Dietrich, Thomas E Oxman, John W Williams, Jr
	BMJ  2004;329:E334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.E334, (Published 11 December 2004) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	What is the difference between a LAT post and a LAS post?
	Alan Watson
	BMJ  2004;329:s236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.s236, (Published 11 December 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How do I get a postgraduate microbiology degree in the United Kingdom?
	Andrew Wilson
	BMJ  2004;329:s236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.s236-a, (Published 11 December 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What are the minimum requirements for gaining membership of the Royal College of Physicians?
	Lloyd Bradley
	BMJ  2004;329:s236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.s236-b, (Published 11 December 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Is it possible for a person with a PhD in genetics to work as a geneticist in an NHS hospital?
	Fiona Lalloo
	BMJ  2004;329:s236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.s236-c, (Published 11 December 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Can you suggest the best way of getting medical indemnity insurance for general practitioner vocational training schemes at a good price?
	Matthew Lee
	BMJ  2004;329:s236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.s236-d, (Published 11 December 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The art of efficiency
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2004;329:s237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.s237, (Published 11 December 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A career in paediatric nephrology
	Carol Inward
	BMJ  2004;329:s237-s238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.s237-a, (Published 11 December 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Diversity for doctors
	Gamiel Yafai
	BMJ  2004;329:s239-s240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.s239, (Published 11 December 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Managing your emails
	Mark Griffiths
	BMJ  2004;329:s240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.s240, (Published 11 December 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The whole type, and how it relates to job satisfaction
	Anita Houghton
	BMJ  2004;329:s241-s242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.s241, (Published 11 December 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Keeping patients' appointments to seven minutes
	Shaun O'Connell
	BMJ  2004;329:s242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.s242, (Published 11 December 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Project management for doctors—the inside story
	Alan Horgan
	BMJ  2004;329:s243-s244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.s243, (Published 11 December 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Diploma of immediate medical care (DiplMC RCSEd)
	Caroline Lee
	BMJ  2004;329:s244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.s244, (Published 11 December 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Sir John Vane
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2004;329:1406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1406 [Extract] [Full text]

	Usama Abdulla
	John Sutherst
	BMJ  2004;329:1407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1407 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Matthew Crawford Dickson
	Gordon A Clark, Bryan L Whitty
	BMJ  2004;329:1407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1407-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Samuel Rutherford Fee
	Jennifer Wilton, Alastair Fee, Calum Fee
	BMJ  2004;329:1407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1407-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Colin Gagen Ford
	Ann McAra
	BMJ  2004;329:1407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1407-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Brian Hayes
	Mike Foster
	BMJ  2004;329:1407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1407-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Richard Lestrem Rees
	Dewi Owen
	BMJ  2004;329:1407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1407-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Roger Doidge Willcock
	Jennifer Willcock
	BMJ  2004;329:1407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1407-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Parenteral metoclopramide for acute migraine: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
	Ian Colman, Michael D Brown, Grant D Innes, Eric Grafstein, Ted E Roberts, Brian H Rowe
	BMJ  2004;329:1369, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38281.595718.7C, (Published 18 November 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra table and figures][extra: Additional forest plots and details of excluded trials] FREE

	Randomised controlled trial of an occupational therapy intervention to increase outdoor mobility after stroke
	P A Logan, J R F Gladman, A Avery, M F Walker, J Dyas, L Groom
	BMJ  2004;329:1372, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38264.679560.8F, (Published 25 November 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Research pointers: Taking folate in pregnancy and risk of maternal breast cancer
	Deborah Charles, Andy R Ness, Doris Campbell, George Davey Smith, Marion H Hall
	BMJ  2004;329:1375-1376, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1375, (Published 11 December 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Folic acid fortification remains an urgent health priority
	Godfrey P Oakley, Jack S Mandel
	BMJ  2004;329:1376, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7479.1376 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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