Trial results: the next battle
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Shedding light on role of 2 agonists in deaths from asthma [Full text]

	Month of birth is linked to risk of multiple sclerosis [Full text]

	Mental health care is being reinstitutionalised [Full text]

	Afghan children are more at danger from unexploded ordnance than landmines [Full text]

	Home treatment of cellulitis with IV antibiotics is safe [Full text]

	Clustering in trials needs more recognition [Full text]

Editorials

	Referring GMC decisions to the High Court
	Ash Samanta, Jo Samanta
	BMJ  2005;330:103-104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.103 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Appropriateness and safety of blood transfusion
	Brian McClelland, Marcela Contreras
	BMJ  2005;330:104-105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.104 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Test and treat for dyspepsia—but which test?
	Cliodna McNulty, Louise Teare, Robert Owen, David Tompkins, Peter Hawtin, Kenneth McColl
	BMJ  2005;330:105-106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.105 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references and table]

	From targets to standards: but not just yet
	Chris Ham
	BMJ  2005;330:106-107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.106 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advice about sexual health for young people
	Caroline Free
	BMJ  2005;330:107-108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.107 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Users' guide to detecting misleading claims in research: Misleading claims may be symptom of even more serious flaws
	James Penston
	BMJ  2005;330:145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.145 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Users' guide to detecting misleading claims in research: Discussion section helps redress the balance
	S Anuradha
	BMJ  2005;330:145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.145-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Users' guide to detecting misleading claims in research: Meta-analyses have led to misleading claims in the past
	Peter J Horsey
	BMJ  2005;330:145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.145-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Users' guide to detecting misleading claims in research: Authors' reply
	Victor M Montori, Roman Jaeschke, Holger J Schünemann
	BMJ  2005;330:146, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.146 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Issues in reporting epidemiological studies: Can't we all agree on confidence intervals?
	Matthew W Gillman
	BMJ  2005;330:146, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.146-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Issues in reporting epidemiological studies: No data are given to support generalisation
	David F Blackburn
	BMJ  2005;330:146, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.146-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Issues in reporting epidemiological studies: Study raises several concerns
	Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Andreas Stang
	BMJ  2005;330:146, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.146-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Issues in reporting epidemiological studies: Authors' reply
	Stuart J Pocock, Timothy J Collier, Kimberley J Dandreo
	BMJ  2005;330:146-147, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.146-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	HIV in injecting drug users in Asian countries: Naltrexone implants are set to supersede harm minimisation
	Albert S Reece
	BMJ  2005;330:147, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.147 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	HIV in injecting drug users in Asian countries: Authors' reply
	Alex Wodak, Robert Ali, M Farrell
	BMJ  2005;330:147, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.147-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Paternal age and schizophrenia: One swallow does not make a summer
	Marco Procopio
	BMJ  2005;330:147-148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.147-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Paternal age and schizophrenia: Authors' reply
	Attila Sipos, Glynn Harrison, Finn Rasmussen
	BMJ  2005;330:148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.148 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Self monitoring of blood pressure at home: Informed self regulation of drug treatment could be next step
	Caroline L Kelham
	BMJ  2005;330:148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.148-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Self monitoring of blood pressure at home: Primary care professionals remain sceptical
	Malcolm Aylett
	BMJ  2005;330:148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.148-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Drug companies agree to make clinical trial results public
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.109 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Parents should restrict children's use of mobile phones, report says
	Madeleine Brettingham
	BMJ  2005;330:109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.109-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2005;330:110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.110 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Peace deal in southern Sudan brings little respite for Darfur
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2005;330:110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.110-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO launches health recovery strategy for the Indian Ocean
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2005;330:110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.110-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Raised glucose concentrations and diabetes are associated with cancer risk
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.111 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Evidence grows that eating red meat increases cancer risk
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2005;330:111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.111-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Plan aims to end discrimination in mental health services
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;330:113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.113-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Fighting for justice
	Samena Chaudhry
	BMJ  2005;330:114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.114 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Justice department fails to mention emergency contraception after rape
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;330:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.112 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Treatment centres may destabilise NHS, doctors claim
	Madeleine Brettingham
	BMJ  2005;330:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.112-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Mother who drowned her five children is granted a retrial after witness gave false evidence
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2005;330:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.112-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Case management to be used for people with chronic conditions
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.112-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Increase in autism due to change in definition, not MMR vaccine
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;330:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.112-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	UK public lacks knowledge on preventable cancers
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2005;330:113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.113 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Agencies "failed miserably" over COX-2 inhibitor
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
	BMJ  2005;330:113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.113-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	GMC changes its mind over allegations against anaesthetist
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.113-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Fertility authority consults on screening prospective parents to ensure children's welfare
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2005;330:114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.114-a [Extract] [Full text]

Dr Foster's case notes

	Hospital admissions for drug and alcohol use in people aged under 45
	Susan Williams, Matt Hickman, Alex Bottle, Paul Aylin
	BMJ  2005;330:115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.115 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References, methodology and figure]

BMJ family highlights

	What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2005;330:116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.116 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Randomised controlled trial of intravenous antibiotic treatment for cellulitis at home compared with hospital
	Paul Corwin, Les Toop, Graham McGeoch, Martin Than, Simon Wynn-Thomas, J Elisabeth Wells, Robin Dawson, Paul Abernethy, Alan Pithie, Stephen Chambers, Lynn Fletcher, Dee Richards
	BMJ  2005;330:129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38309.447975.EB, (Published 16 December 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Appendix and table] FREE

Clinical review

	Hajj: journey of a lifetime
	Abdul Rashid Gatrad, Aziz Sheikh
	BMJ  2005;330:133-137, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.133 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Spectrophotometry of cerebrospinal fluid in suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage
	Anne Cruickshank, Robert Beetham, Ian Holbrook, Ian Watson, Philip Wenham, Geoffrey Keir, Peter White, William Egner
	BMJ  2005;330:138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.138 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of alcohol: Treatment for alcohol related problems
	Bruce Ritson
	BMJ  2005;330:139-141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.139 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Clustering by health professional in individually randomised trials
	Katherine J Lee, Simon G Thompson
	BMJ  2005;330:142-144, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.142 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional details]

Reviews

	Book: An Intelligent Person's Guide to Genetics
	Fred Kavalier
	BMJ  2005;330:151, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.151 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Health Impact Assessment
	Anna García-Altés
	BMJ  2005;330:151, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.151-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Press: Keeping mum over child abuse
	Raj Persaud
	BMJ  2005;330:152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.152 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: Teaching students—whose job is it anyway?
	Anisur Rahman
	BMJ  2005;330:153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.153 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: The demise of the British classic
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2005;330:153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.153-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;330:154, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.154 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Blood transfusion might increase ACS mortality
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Insolent students, 1584
	Jeremy Hugh Baron
	BMJ  2005;330:128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.128 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Roots of the Atkins diet
	Timo Strandberg
	BMJ  2005;330:132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.132 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: With a serene face
	Ramaswamy Akhileswaran
	BMJ  2005;330:137, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.137-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: A physician who is constantly busied
	Jeremy Hugh Baron
	BMJ  2005;330:138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.138-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advice
	BMJ  2005;330:149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.149-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Randomised controlled trial of an occupational therapy intervention to increase outdoor mobility after stroke
	BMJ  2005;330:137, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.137 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Systematic review of lipid lowering for primary prevention of coronary heart disease in diabetes
	BMJ  2005;330:137, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.137-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Retraction of correction
	BMJ  2005;330:137, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.137-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	I am ambitious and family life is important to me. Are there any female oncologists who would recommend clinical oncology as an option where one can have both a career and a family?
	Rebecca Fitzgerald
	BMJ  2005;330:s22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.s22, (Published 12 February 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am taking the PLAB test part 2 in 2005. I have a disabled left hand and require assistance for many medical procedures that are specific for the test. How should I discuss this with the GMC?
	Brian Keighley
	BMJ  2005;330:s22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.s22-a, (Published 12 February 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What are the criteria for shortlisting someone for a senior house officer post in medicine?
	Alan Watson
	BMJ  2005;330:s22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.s22-b, (Published 12 February 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Pulling together
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2005;330:s23, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.s23, (Published 12 February 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Becoming a sexologist in the United Kingdom<$DOWNLINK>
	Kevan R Wylie
	BMJ  2005;330:s23-s24, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.s23-a, (Published 12 February 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Diploma in genitourinary medicine
	Macky Natha
	BMJ  2005;330:s25, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.s25, (Published 12 February 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Advice on writing multiple choice questions (MCQs)
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2005;330:s25-s27, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.s25-a, (Published 12 February 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Dictating letters
	Mark Parry, Amy Haddon
	BMJ  2005;330:s27, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.s27, (Published 12 February 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Research training in the 21st century: the part time MSc
	Patrick Maxwell
	BMJ  2005;330:s28, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.s28, (Published 12 February 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Nurses
	David T Loveday
	BMJ  2005;330:s28, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.s28-a, (Published 12 February 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Professor Sir Andrew Haines<$DOWNLINK>
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2005;330:s29, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.s29, (Published 12 February 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Diploma in medical jurisprudence (DMJ (Clin))
	Hadrian Ball
	BMJ  2005;330:s30, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.s30, (Published 12 February 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Revision MCQs
	Karen Hebert
	BMJ  2005;330:s30, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.s30-a, (Published 12 February 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Michael Brough
	Joanna Lyall
	BMJ  2005;330:149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.149 [Extract] [Full text]

	Herta Julie Altschulova
	Simon Cohen
	BMJ  2005;330:150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.150 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	David Smith Anderson
	Ann S Anderson
	BMJ  2005;330:150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.150-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Samuel Henry Creighton Clarke
	Richard Montgomery
	BMJ  2005;330:150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.150-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Norman Stanwell ("Percy") Hooton
	K Hooton
	BMJ  2005;330:150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.150-c [Extract] [Full text]

	James Barry Douglas Palmer
	Gavin Stark
	BMJ  2005;330:150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.150-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Marcus Mortimer Sundle
	J Saperia
	BMJ  2005;330:150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.150-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	George Rowland Taylor
	John Taylor
	BMJ  2005;330:150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.150-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Nettleton Warren
	Robert Warren
	BMJ  2005;330:150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7483.150-g [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	Bronchodilator treatment and deaths from asthma: case-control study
	H Ross Anderson, Jon G Ayres, Patricia M Sturdy, J Martin Bland, Barbara K Butland, Clare Peckitt, Jennifer C Taylor, Christina R Victor
	BMJ  2005;330:117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38316.729907.8F, (Published 23 December 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Timing of birth and risk of multiple sclerosis: population based study
	Cristen J Willer, David A Dyment, A Dessa Sadovnick, Peter M Rothwell, T Jock Murray, George C Ebers
	BMJ  2005;330:120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38301.686030.63, (Published 7 December 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Reinstitutionalisation in mental health care: comparison of data on service provision from six European countries
	Stefan Priebe, Alli Badesconyi, Angelo Fioritti, Lars Hansson, Reinhold Kilian, Francisco Torres-Gonzales, Trevor Turner, Durk Wiersma
	BMJ  2005;330:123-126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38296.611215.AE, (Published 26 November 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Data sources] FREE

	Use of clomifene during early pregnancy and risk of hypospadias: population based case-control study
	Henrik Toft Sørensen, Lars Pedersen, Mette Vinther Skriver, Mette Nørgaard, Bente Nørgård, Elizabeth E Hatch
	BMJ  2005;330:126-127, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38326.606979.79, (Published 21 December 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Injuries and deaths caused by unexploded ordnance in Afghanistan: review of surveillance data, 1997-2002
	Oleg O Bilukha, Muireann Brennan
	BMJ  2005;330:127-128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38337.361782.82, (Published 7 January 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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