Questions and answers
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.0-h [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Evidence is unfavourable for passive smoking [Full text]

	Helmets protect skiers and snowboarders, but may also cause harm [Full text]

	Control group is needed to assess admission avoidance schemes [Full text]

	Drug interactions may cause misdiagnosis of Cushing's syndrome [Full text]

	Home based medication reviews fail to improve outcomes [Full text]

	Would multiple submission reduce the time to publication? [Full text]

	A new series starts: the ABC of adolescence [Full text]

Editorials

	More evidence on the risks of passive smoking
	Ichiro Kawachi
	BMJ  2005;330:265-266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.265 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Identifying people at high risk of emergency hospital admission
	Jill Morrison
	BMJ  2005;330:266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.266 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NICE guidelines for the management of depression
	Hugh Middleton, Ian Shaw, Sally Hull, Gene Feder
	BMJ  2005;330:267-268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.267 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Changes in blood supplies, regulations, and transfusion practice
	J Adrian Copplestone
	BMJ  2005;330:268-269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.268 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Selecting and supporting contented doctors
	Ed Peile, Yvonne Carter
	BMJ  2005;330:269-270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.269 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Save the FDA
	Alexander S D Spiers
	BMJ  2005;330:308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.308 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Post-marketing surveillance should include effects during pregnancy
	Patricia Yeargin
	BMJ  2005;330:308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.308-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Upper gastrointestinal surgeons comment on NICE dyspepsia guidelines
	S M Griffin, D J Bowrey, W H Allum
	BMJ  2005;330:308-309, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.308-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

	NICE responds to criticism of hypertension guidelines
	Peter Littlejohns, Gillian Leng, Andrea Sutcliffe
	BMJ  2005;330:309, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.309 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Aspartame and its effects on health: Independently funded studies have found potential for adverse effects
	John Briffa
	BMJ  2005;330:309-310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.309-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Aspartame and its effects on health: Readers may prefer balanced and impartial editorials
	Ian J Gordon
	BMJ  2005;330:310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.310 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Aspartame and its effects on health: Approach seems simplistic in electronic responses to editorial
	Nick Finer
	BMJ  2005;330:310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.310-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Aspartame and its effects on health: Authors' reply
	Michael E J Lean, Catherine R Hankey
	BMJ  2005;330:310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.310-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Another lesson from the Japan Medical Association
	Masamine Jimba
	BMJ  2005;330:310-311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.310-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Economic evaluation and society's health values: Price and value are different
	Peter Davies
	BMJ  2005;330:311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.311 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Economic evaluation and society's health values: View from the other side of the pond
	Rhiannon Tudor Edwards
	BMJ  2005;330:311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.311-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	France's "right to die" law: Doctors may not be disinterested parties
	Harold A Maio
	BMJ  2005;330:311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.311-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	France's "right to die" law: Emphasis on changing behaviour makes question more acute
	Joan T McClusky
	BMJ  2005;330:311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.311-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	GMC must protect patients says government minister
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.271 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2005;330:272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.272 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US commercial scanning clinics are closing down
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2005;330:272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.272-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pathologist in Sally Clark case accused of being "slapdash"
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.272-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Officials report first Cambodian case of avian flu
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2005;330:273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.273 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Clash over public access rights and patient confidentiality sparks trial
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2005;330:273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.273-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Gypsy women launch claim following sterilisation
	Katka Kosner
	BMJ  2005;330:275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.275-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	IT gurus attempt to win doctors' hearts and minds
	Michael Cross
	BMJ  2005;330:276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.276 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Judge rules not to resuscitate baby despite some improvement
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.274 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Surgeon is struck off for failing to mention disciplinary action
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.274-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Chief medical officer announces regulations on cosmetic surgery
	Katie Reid
	BMJ  2005;330:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.274-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	CDC recommends immediate HIV drugs after exposur
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;330:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.274-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Public education campaign could overwhelm sexual health services
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2005;330:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.274-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Quebec increases funding to fight infections in hospitals
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2005;330:275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.275 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Inquiry questions long term effects on health of Camelford incident
	Kunal Khanna
	BMJ  2005;330:275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.275-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Missing medical information adversely affects care of patients
	Kunal Khanna
	BMJ  2005;330:276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.276-a [Extract] [Full text]

	Regulatory authorities review use of galantamine in mild cognitive impairment
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.276-b [Extract] [Full text]

	One in 100 US deaths is related to sexual behaviour
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2005;330:276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.276-c [Extract] [Full text]

	More counselling is needed for couples opting for donor insemination
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2005;330:276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.276-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Study of doctors� smoking habits shows links to 11 types of cancer
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;330:276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.276-e [Extract] [Full text]

	Man whose tumour went untreated loses negligence battle
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.276-f [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Follow up of people aged 65 and over with a history of emergency admissions: analysis of routine admission data
	Martin Roland, Mark Dusheiko, Hugh Gravelle, Stuart Parker
	BMJ  2005;330:289-292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.289 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Does home based medication review keep older people out of hospital? The HOMER randomised controlled trial
	Richard Holland, Elizabeth Lenaghan, Ian Harvey, Richard Smith, Lee Shepstone, Alistair Lipp, Maria Christou, David Evans, Christopher Hand
	BMJ  2005;330:293, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38338.674583.AE, (Published 21 January 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Recent developments in vasectomy
	Kerry Wright Aradhya, Kim Best, David C Sokal
	BMJ  2005;330:296-299, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.296 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Photographs of family planning clinics and a handheld cautery device]

	Lesson of the week: Carbamazepine and false positive dexamethasone suppression tests for Cushing's syndrome
	Ronald C W Ma, Wing Bun Chan, Wing Yee So, Peter C Y Tong, Juliana C N Chan, Chun Chung Chow
	BMJ  2005;330:299-300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.299 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of adolescence: Adolescent development
	Deborah Christie, Russell Viner
	BMJ  2005;330:301-304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.301 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Submission to multiple journals: a method of reducing time to publication?
	David J Torgerson, Joy Adamson, Sarah Cockayne, Jo Dumville, Emily Petherick
	BMJ  2005;330:305-307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.305 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Book: Smoke: A Global History of Smoking
	Michael Neve
	BMJ  2005;330:313, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.313 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	TV: Dispatches: Undercover Angels
	Jane Salvage
	BMJ  2005;330:314, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.314 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	TV: Horizon: Living with ADHD
	Charles Essex
	BMJ  2005;330:314, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.314-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: How do we set the records straight?
	Paul Robinson
	BMJ  2005;330:315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.315 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Of cats, mice, and cocaine
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2005;330:315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.315-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;330:316, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.316 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Vaccine is effective against HPV
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Q&A: Penis enlargement
	Frank Martin, John F Bolton
	BMJ  2005;330:280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.280 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Strength enough
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2005;330:283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.283 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Q&A: Women's experiences of breast and ovarian cancer
	T Scarlett Epstein, Sandi Pniauskas, Theo H Fenton
	BMJ  2005;330:288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.288 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Q&A: Anticoagulant treatment during travel
	Richard J Young, John F Bolton, Andrew Duncan Muir
	BMJ  2005;330:292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.292 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Q&A: Stinging sensation after a bath
	Akin T Akinlade, Andrew Clegg, W Havinga
	BMJ  2005;330:304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.304 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Q&A: Poverty and mental health
	Katy J Booth, Woody Caan
	BMJ  2005;330:307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.307-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;330:307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.307 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Family history of breast cancer
	BMJ  2005;330:307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.307-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	What is meant by standalone posts, and what are the criteria for getting them?
	Simon Eccles
	BMJ  2005;330:s52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.s52, (Published 12 February 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What sort of things should I consider when looking for a locum job?
	Adam Harrison
	BMJ  2005;330:s52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.s52-a, (Published 12 February 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Should I send a covering letter when applying for a senior house officer post, and what should it contain?
	John Adsett
	BMJ  2005;330:s52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.s52-b, (Published 12 February 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am a doctor in India with PLAB part 1 and an MD in clinical biochemistry. How should I go about applying for a training post in clinical biochemistry (chemical pathology) in the United Kingdom?
	Adrian Park
	BMJ  2005;330:s52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.s52-c, (Published 12 February 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	And so to bed...
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2005;330:s53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.s53, (Published 12 February 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Dying for a kip: the importance of sleep medicine
	Chris Hanning
	BMJ  2005;330:s53-s55, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.s53-a, (Published 12 February 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Surviving night shifts
	Sue Nichols, Jooles Allison
	BMJ  2005;330:s55, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.s55, (Published 12 February 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The importance of having all types in a workforce
	Anita Houghton
	BMJ  2005;330:s56-s57, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.s56, (Published 12 February 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Organising taster sessions in plastic surgery for school pupils
	Amar Ghattaura
	BMJ  2005;330:s58-s59, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.s58, (Published 12 February 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Diploma of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London (DRCOphth)
	Jayasis Bandyopadhyay
	BMJ  2005;330:s59, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.s59, (Published 12 February 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Postgraduate diploma in medical education (DipMedEd)
	Jason Ward
	BMJ  2005;330:s60, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.s60, (Published 12 February 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Radiology
	Syed Arsalan Raza
	BMJ  2005;330:s60, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.s60-a, (Published 12 February 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Norman Harry Brodie
	Harry Brünjes
	BMJ  2005;330:312, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.312 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Keith Deans Buchanan
	Fahmy Hanna, Lee Armstrong, Rodat Cunningham
	BMJ  2005;330:312, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.312-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Timothy James Carter
	Rosemary Carter
	BMJ  2005;330:312, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.312-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Norman Wemyss Horne
	John Crofton
	BMJ  2005;330:312, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.312-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Patrick Bernard Schofield
	Nicola Blandford
	BMJ  2005;330:312, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.312-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Henry Wolmuth
	Philip Wolmuth
	BMJ  2005;330:312, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.312-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Environmental tobacco smoke and risk of respiratory cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in former smokers and never smokers in the EPIC prospective study
	P Vineis, L Airoldi, F Veglia, L Olgiati, R Pastorelli, H Autrup, A Dunning, S Garte, E Gormally, P Hainaut, C Malaveille, G Matullo, M Peluso, K Overvad, A Tjonneland, F Clavel-Chapelon, H Boeing, V Krogh, D Palli, S Panico, R Tumino, B Bueno-De-Mesquita, P Peeters, G Berglund, G Hallmans, R Saracci, E Riboli
	BMJ  2005;330:277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38327.648472.82, (Published 28 January 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effectiveness of helmets in skiers and snowboarders: case-control and case crossover study
	Brent E Hagel, I Barry Pless, Claude Goulet, Robert W Platt, Yvonne Robitaille
	BMJ  2005;330:281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38314.480035.7C, (Published 4 January 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mapping choice in the NHS: cross sectional study of routinely collected data
	Mike Damiani, Carol Propper, Jennifer Dixon
	BMJ  2005;330:284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.284 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mortality associated with passive smoking in Hong Kong
	S M McGhee, S Y Ho, M Schooling, L M Ho, G N Thomas, A J Hedley, K H Mak, R Peto, T H Lam
	BMJ  2005;330:287-288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38342.706748.47, (Published 27 January 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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