Say no to the free lunch
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Evidence doesn't support routine use of multivitamins [Full text]

	Quetiapine and rivastigmine may not work for dementia [Full text]

	Mode of delivery doesn't affect postnatal depression [Full text]

	Young people's health needs action [Full text]

	The shift of funding should not hamper joint approaches [Full text]

	Learn how to critically appraise cohort studies [Full text]

Editorials

	The influence of big pharma
	R E Ferner
	BMJ  2005;330:855-856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.855, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reducing mortality in myocardial infarction
	Jonathan N Townend, Sagar N Doshi
	BMJ  2005;330:856-857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.856, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drugs for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
	Serge Gauthier
	BMJ  2005;330:857-858, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.857, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Human and veterinary medicine
	Martin Alder, Graham Easton
	BMJ  2005;330:858-859, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.858, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis
	Jean-Yves Reginster
	BMJ  2005;330:859-860, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.859, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Access controls on bmj.com: Restore true open access to bmj.com
	Iain Chalmers
	BMJ  2005;330:904, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.904, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Access controls on bmj.com: Enable accessibility and avoid formation of two tier journal
	Rodger Charlton
	BMJ  2005;330:904, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.904-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Access controls on bmj.com: List of countries with free access seems incomplete
	Aijaz Mohammad
	BMJ  2005;330:904, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.904-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Switching prescription drugs to over the counter: Consumers may benefit financially in examples from the US
	Patrick W Sullivan
	BMJ  2005;330:904-905, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.904-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Switching prescription drugs to over the counter: Chicken and egg scenario is possible
	Magnus Hird
	BMJ  2005;330:905, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.905, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Switching prescription drugs to over the counter: Willingness to buy statin over the counter is not related to risk of heart disease
	Jerry Quill, Richard Martin
	BMJ  2005;330:905-906, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.905-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Switching prescription drugs to over the counter: Over the counter licensing is linked to direct to consumer advertising
	Robert G Bunney
	BMJ  2005;330:906, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.906, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Direct to consumer marketing: Switch to over the counter can become indirect advertising directly to consumers
	Martin Duerden, Tom Walley
	BMJ  2005;330:906, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.906-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Direct to consumer marketing: Advertising directly to consumers may affect patients' safety
	Mark Hochhauser
	BMJ  2005;330:906, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.906-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mapping choice in the NHS: Analysis is only as good as data
	Matthew Walmsley
	BMJ  2005;330:906-907, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.906-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mapping choice in the NHS: Authors' reply
	Carol Propper, Michael Damiani, Jennifer Dixon
	BMJ  2005;330:907, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.907, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Rising healthcare costs, equity, and electoral success constitute trio of tensions
	Ian H Kunkler
	BMJ  2005;330:907, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.907-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	We must argue against choice
	Jim Boddington
	BMJ  2005;330:907, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.907-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	NHS is failing to reap benefit of new technologies, MPs say
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:861, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.861, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Mother convicted of killing her children is freed on appeal
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:861, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.861-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2005;330:862, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.862, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pfizer is asked to suspend sales of painkiller
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2005;330:862, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.862-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Wet nursing increases risk of HIV infection among babies
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2005;330:862, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.862-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Some countries will not achieve millennium development goals for health by 2015, WHO says
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:863, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.863, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scientists develop prototype of more sensitive test for cancer
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2005;330:863, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.863-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US black women are less likely to have genetic tests for breast cancer
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:865, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.865-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	2005 UK election special: A kinder, gentler age
	Nicholas Timmins
	BMJ  2005;330:866, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.866, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Attempts to contain Marburg disease epidemic have limited effect
	Chibuzo Odigwe
	BMJ  2005;330:864, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.864-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	French doctors go on strike to demand reintroduction of compulsory out of hours work
	Brad Spurgeon
	BMJ  2005;330:864, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.864-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	MPs call for free personal care for elderly people
	Madeleine Brettingham
	BMJ  2005;330:864, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.864-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	People with mild asthma can control symptoms without daily steroids
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2005;330:864, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.864-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	"Fighting spirit" after cancer diagnosis does not improve outcome
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;330:865, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.865-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Drug company is reprimanded by UK regulator
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2005;330:865, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.865-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	EU to tackle issue of patient safety
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2005;330:866, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.866-a [Extract] [Full text]

	Canadian doctors suggest acceptable waiting times for care
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
	BMJ  2005;330:866, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.866-b [Extract] [Full text]

	US states get healthcare ratings
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;330:866, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.866-c [Extract] [Full text]

	UK response to global HIV epidemic is condemned for lack of coordination
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;330:866, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.866-d [Extract] [Full text]

	GPs are dissatisfied with the care they are giving patients with eating disorders
	Jill Graham
	BMJ  2005;330:866, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.866-e [Extract] [Full text]

Short cuts

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2005;330:867-868, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.867, (Published 16 April 2005) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Dr Foster's case notes

	"Frequent flier" patients
	Susan Williams, Alex Bottle, Raquel Rogers, Paul Aylin
	BMJ  2005;330:869, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.869, (Published 16 April 2005) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Longer version]

BMJ family highlights

	What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2005;330:870, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.870, (Published 16 April 2005) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Shared help seeking behaviour within families: a retrospective cohort study
	M Cardol, P P Groenewegen, D H de Bakker, P Spreeuwenberg, L van Dijk, W van den Bosch
	BMJ  2005;330:882, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38411.378229.E0, (Published 16 March 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	The patient's journey: multiple sclerosis
	Michaela Langgartner, Ingrid Langgartner, Marcus Drlicek
	BMJ  2005;330:885-888, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.885, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extended version]

	Interactive case report: Postoperative hypoxia in a woman with Down's syndrome: case progression
	A K Siotia, A Chaudhuri, S I Muzulu, D Harling, R Muthusamy
	BMJ  2005;330:888, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.888, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: A life threatening complication after colonoscopy
	Simon E J Janes, Ian A Cowan, Birgit Dijkstra
	BMJ  2005;330:889, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.889, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of adolescence: Suicide and deliberate self harm in young people
	Keith Hawton, Anthony James
	BMJ  2005;330:891-894, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.891, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Reader's guide to critical appraisal of cohort studies: 1. Role and design
	Paula A Rochon, Jerry H Gurwitz, Kathy Sykora, Muhammad Mamdani, David L Streiner, Susan Garfinkel, Sharon-Lise T Normand, M Geoffrey
	BMJ  2005;330:895-897, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.895, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Improving diet and physical activity: 12 lessons from controlling tobacco smoking
	Derek Yach, Martin McKee, Alan D Lopez, Tom Novotny, on be-half-of for Oxford Vision 2020
	BMJ  2005;330:898-900, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.898, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Young people's health: the need for action
	Russell M Viner, Maggie Barker
	BMJ  2005;330:901-903, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.901, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Mobididity data and references]

Reviews

	Book: Confronting an Ill Society: David Widgery, General Practice, Idealism and the Chase for Change
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2005;330:910, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.910, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	FILM: Bullet Boy
	Piyal Sen
	BMJ  2005;330:910, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.910-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	FILM: Confessions of a drug rep
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2005;330:911, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.911, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Die another day
	Mary Mather
	BMJ  2005;330:912, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.912, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Longer version]

	PERSONAL VIEWS: The hazards of good memory
	Mukaila Raji
	BMJ  2005;330:913, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.913, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Good morning Iraq
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2005;330:913, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.913-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;330:914, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.914, (Published 16 April 2005) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Popular diets are equally effective for losing weight
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	bmjlearning.com: When less is more
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2005;330:884, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.884, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	My most unfortunate mistake: Clinical skills
	Femi Idowu
	BMJ  2005;330:890, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.890-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	An unusual interview
	Grant D Stewart
	BMJ  2005;330:894, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.894, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Good advice
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2005;330:897, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.897, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Journalists accused of wrecking doctors' lives
	BMJ  2005;330:890, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.890, (Published 16 April 2005) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: A Wish
	BMJ  2005;330:890, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.890-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

BMJ USA

	Prevention, early detection, or treatment?
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2005;330:E344, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.E344, (Published 16 April 2005) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Female sexual dysfunction
	Vivian Lewis
	BMJ  2005;330:E345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.E345, (Published 16 April 2005) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	RAPID RESPONSE FROM BMJ.COM
	Joel W Hay
	BMJ  2005;330:E347, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.E347, (Published 16 April 2005) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;330:E348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.E348, (Published 16 April 2005) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	I am currently applying for SHO posts starting in August 2005. I would like to become a GP. Should I apply directly for a VTS post or should I consider doing one of the new F2 posts first?
	Bill Irish
	BMJ  2005;330:s152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.s152, (Published 16 April 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am a specialist registrar 2 in anaesthetics preparing for the final exam for FRCA. However, I am considering a career change to general practice. Is it possible to be a GP with a special interest in anaesthetics and continue to do sessions in anaesthetics part time? How important is it to have the FRCA if I wish to do this?
	Leyla Sanai
	BMJ  2005;330:s152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.s152-a, (Published 16 April 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Presenting yourself
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2005;330:s153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.s153, (Published 16 April 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Working in general internal medicine
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2005;330:s153-s155, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.s153-a, (Published 16 April 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Grand round presentations
	Phyo K Myint
	BMJ  2005;330:s155, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.s155, (Published 16 April 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Training doctors to be expert witnesses
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2005;330:s156, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.s156, (Published 16 April 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Acting as a medical witness
	Claire Martin
	BMJ  2005;330:s157, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.s157, (Published 16 April 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Back to medicine (3)
	Trisha Macnair
	BMJ  2005;330:s157, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.s157-a, (Published 16 April 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Ever had a good idea?
	Andy Goldberg
	BMJ  2005;330:s158-s159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.s158, (Published 16 April 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Developing your idea
	Andy Goldberg
	BMJ  2005;330:s159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.s159, (Published 16 April 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What's on the web?: Health informatics
	Stephen J Southern
	BMJ  2005;330:s160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.s160, (Published 16 April 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Master Pass series—the perfect study aid?
	Stephanie Young
	BMJ  2005;330:s160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.s160-a, (Published 16 April 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Chris Pallis
	BMJ  2005;330:908, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.908, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text]

	Patricia Anne Doran
	BMJ  2005;330:909, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.909, (Published 16 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	William Walton Gooddy
	Andrew Lees
	BMJ  2005;330:909, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.909-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Chakanambarth Mutteriyil Gopinath
	Preethi Gopinath, Praveen Gopinath
	BMJ  2005;330:909, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.909-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Abul Faiz Ahmed Khalid
	M A Wajed
	BMJ  2005;330:909, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.909-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Peter Sanderson
	Hugh Sanderson
	BMJ  2005;330:909, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.909-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Marjorie Bernelle Thumpston (née Curties)
	Alison J Rhodes
	BMJ  2005;330:909, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7496.909-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Role of multivitamins and mineral supplements in preventing infections in elderly people: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
	Alia El-Kadiki, Alexander J Sutton
	BMJ  2005;330:871, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38399.495648.8F, (Published 31 March 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Search strategies][extra: Sensitivity analysis] FREE

	Quetiapine and rivastigmine and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease: randomised double blind placebo controlled trial
	Clive Ballard, Marisa Margallo-Lana, Edmund Juszczak, Simon Douglas, Alan Swann, Alan Thomas, John O'Brien, Anna Everratt, Stuart Sadler, Clare Maddison, Lesley Lee, Carol Bannister, Ruth Elvish, Robin Jacoby
	BMJ  2005;330:874, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38369.459988.8F, (Published 18 February 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A feasibility study of signed consent for the collection of patient identifiable information for a national paediatric clinical audit database
	Patricia A McKinney, Samantha Jones, Roger Parslow, Nicola Davey, Mark Darowski, Bill Chaudhry, Charles Stack, Gareth Parry, Elizabeth S Draper
	BMJ  2005;330:877-879, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38404.650208.AE, (Published 18 March 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Operative delivery and postnatal depression: a cohort study
	Roshni R Patel, Deirdre J Murphy, Tim J Peters, for ALSPAC
	BMJ  2005;330:879, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38376.603426.D3, (Published 25 February 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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