Simple problems please, and one at a time
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Try the new optimal strategy for searching Medline [Full text]

	Trial outcomes are applicable to all comparable patients [Full text]

	Hip x rays help to predict worsening of osteoarthritis [Full text]

	1 in 8 Indian women report chronic fatigue [Full text]

	RCTs can't properly assess effectiveness of acupuncture [Full text]

	Prevalence of asthma in Finland hasn't stabilised [Full text]

Editorials

	Stem cell therapy: hope or hype?
	Peter Braude, Stephen L Minger, Ruth M Warwick
	BMJ  2005;330:1159-1160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1159 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

	Aid after disasters
	Mark van Ommeren, Shekhar Saxena, Benedetto Saraceno
	BMJ  2005;330:1160-1161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1160 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table]

	Management of stroke in childhood
	Lewis Rosenbloom
	BMJ  2005;330:1161-1162, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1161 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clever searching for evidence
	Sharon Sanders, Chris Del Mar
	BMJ  2005;330:1162-1163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1162 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

	Participants in research
	David L Sackett
	BMJ  2005;330:1164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1164 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Secondary prevention of heart disease with statins: Groups were as different as chalk and cheese
	James Penston
	BMJ  2005;330:1208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1208 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Secondary prevention of heart disease with statins: Findings are unexpected
	Robert Fleetcroft, Nicholas Steel
	BMJ  2005;330:1208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1208-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Secondary prevention of heart disease with statins: Study seems to be about tertiary rather than secondary prevention
	Christina J Mills
	BMJ  2005;330:1208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1208-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Secondary prevention of heart disease with statins: Authors' reply
	Shah Ebrahim, Li Wei, Peter D Davey, Thomas M MacDonald, Frank M Sullivan
	BMJ  2005;330:1208-1209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1208-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Using antibiotics in suspected haemolytic-uraemic syndrome: Antibiotics should not be used in Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection
	Stephanie Dundas, W T Andrew Todd, Marguerite A Neill, Phillip I Tarr
	BMJ  2005;330:1209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1209 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Using antibiotics in suspected haemolytic-uraemic syndrome: Authors' reply
	Bob Phillips, Kay Tyerman, Simon M Whiteley
	BMJ  2005;330:1209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1209-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	HIV/AIDS demographics in US county and southeast England are similar
	Stefan P Kruszewski
	BMJ  2005;330:1209-1210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1209-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Crusading for change in the Catholic Church: What is the evidence that condoms prevent transmission of HIV?
	Rhett S Kahn
	BMJ  2005;330:1210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1210 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Crusading for change in the Catholic Church: Condom promotion does not explain data
	Anthony S D McCarthy
	BMJ  2005;330:1210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1210-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence on youth suicide prevention highlights research gaps
	Philip A Crowley
	BMJ  2005;330:1210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1210-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Access controls on bmj.com: Where's the evidence for restricting access?
	Frank W Arnold
	BMJ  2005;330:1211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1211 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Access controls on bmj.com: Dual models are possible
	Gunther Eysenbach
	BMJ  2005;330:1211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1211-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prevailing publishing system is irrevocably broken
	Gavin Yamey, Andy Gass
	BMJ  2005;330:1211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1211-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	GMC challenges court ruling on end of life decisions
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:1165, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1165 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Private sector operations to rise from 4% to 11% of total
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;330:1165, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1165-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	In brief
	BMJ  2005;330:1166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1166 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Bill Gates says rich governments are failing the developing world
	Paul Ress
	BMJ  2005;330:1166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1166-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	FDA needs more sophisticated approach to drug safety
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2005;330:1166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1166-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Chemotherapy and hormonal treatments improve the 15 year survival rate for breast cancer
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:1167, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1167 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Research suggests thrombolysis is effective for acute ischaemic stroke
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
	BMJ  2005;330:1167, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1167-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	WHO admits to "blundering around" in fight against avian flu
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2005;330:1169, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1169-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	A Blairite before Blair?
	Nick Timmins
	BMJ  2005;330:1170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1170 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	UK group puts £74m into research infrastructure
	Madeleine Brettingham
	BMJ  2005;330:1168, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1168 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	MEPs vote to end right of individuals to opt out of 48 hour week
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2005;330:1168, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1168-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	WHO should take the lead in combating obesity
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;330:1168, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1168-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Doctor who exaggerated child abuse is cleared of misconduct
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:1168, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1168-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Row breaks out over paying for artificial nutrition in Germany
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2005;330:1169, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1169 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Many US doctors do not want to share performance data with patients
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;330:1169, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1169-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Medical journals are corrupted by dependence on drug companies
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;330:1169, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1169-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

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	Israeli health ministry lambasted for negligence over medical experiments
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2005;330:1170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1170-a [Extract] [Full text]

	UK government is failing to meet health needs of detainees
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2005;330:1170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1170-b [Extract] [Full text]

	NIH research funding does not recognise importance of sex differences
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2005;330:1170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1170-c [Extract] [Full text]

	MEP proposes giving patients the right to seek treatment abroad without prior government approval
	Madeleine Brettingham
	BMJ  2005;330:1170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1170-d [Extract] [Full text]

	AIDS vaccine is a long way off
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;330:1170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1170-e [Extract] [Full text]

	French surgeons descend on England to protest about pay
	Brad Spurgeon
	BMJ  2005;330:1170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1170-f [Extract] [Full text]

Short cuts

	What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2005;330:1171-1172, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1171 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Dr Foster's case notes

	Hospital indicators of poor sexual health
	Helen Ward, Jackie Cassell, Susan Williams, Paul Aylin
	BMJ  2005;330:1173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1173 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Unabridged version - methods and references][extra: Unabridged version - figures (pdf)]

BMJ family highlights

	What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2005;330:1174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1174 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Chronic fatigue in developing countries: population based survey of women in India
	Vikram Patel, Betty R Kirkwood, Helen Weiss, Sulochana Pednekar, Janice Fernandes, Bernadette Pereira, Medha Upadhye, David Mabey
	BMJ  2005;330:1190, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38442.636181.E0, (Published 3 May 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	More common skin infections in children
	Michael J Sladden, Graham A Johnston
	BMJ  2005;330:1194-1198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1194 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of conflict and disaster: Humanitarian assistance: standards, skills, training, and experience
	Marion Birch, Simon Miller
	BMJ  2005;330:1199-1201, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1199 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Characteristic and incidental (placebo) effects in complex interventions such as acupuncture
	Charlotte Paterson, Paul Dieppe
	BMJ  2005;330:1202-1205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1202 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	GMC and the future of revalidation: Building on the GMC's achievements
	Graeme Catto
	BMJ  2005;330:1205-1207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1205 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Book: The March of Unreason: Science, Democracy, and the New Fundamentalism
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2005;330:1214, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1214 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Issues and Controversies
	Simon Wessely
	BMJ  2005;330:1215, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1215 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Longer version]

	TV: The rise of reality science
	Deborah Cohen
	BMJ  2005;330:1216, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1216 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: Text messaging and breaking bad news
	Monica Lamont
	BMJ  2005;330:1217, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1217 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Compassionate care
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2005;330:1217, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1217-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;330:1218, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1218 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Aspirin + PPI is safer than clopidogrel if patient has history of GI bleeding
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical dress code
	David N Rushton
	BMJ  2005;330:1182, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1182 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2005;330:1189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1189 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A little give and take
	Luke Wheeler
	BMJ  2005;330:1193, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1193 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiologists embrace new terminology
	Crispin Fisher
	BMJ  2005;330:1207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1207 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	Any tips on starting in a new place of work?
	Zoe Goodman
	BMJ  2005;330:s204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.s204, (Published 21 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I'm an SHO and I need to live my life for a while. Can I return to medicine in five years' time?
	Anne Hastie
	BMJ  2005;330:s204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.s204-a, (Published 21 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2005;330:gp205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.sgp205, (Published 21 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Community paediatrics
	David Lewis
	BMJ  2005;330:gp205-gp207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.sgp205-a, (Published 21 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2005;330:s205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.s205, (Published 21 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Community paediatrics
	David Lewis
	BMJ  2005;330:s205-s207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.s205-a, (Published 21 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Diploma in Child Health (DCH)
	Cyrus Fernandes
	BMJ  2005;330:s207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.s207, (Published 21 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PMETB—countdown to "go live"
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2005;330:s208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.s208, (Published 21 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Off the wall solutions for on the ball doctors
	BMJ  2005;330:s209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.s209, (Published 21 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mother tongue blues
	Tim Albert
	BMJ  2005;330:s209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.s209-a, (Published 21 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Sabbaticals in general practice
	Shera Chok
	BMJ  2005;330:gp210-gp211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.sgp210, (Published 21 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Follow-up in general practice
	Georgia Ingram
	BMJ  2005;330:gp210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.sgp210-a, (Published 21 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Eastern European doctors and the NHS—everyone wins?
	Mark Gould
	BMJ  2005;330:s210-s211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.s210, (Published 21 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Maintaining a log book
	Amit Roshan
	BMJ  2005;330:s210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.s210-a, (Published 21 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The GP Contract Made Easy: Getting Paid
	Bill Irish
	BMJ  2005;330:gp211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.sgp211, (Published 21 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	1000 EMQs for PLAB: based on current exams
	Kuntal J Patel
	BMJ  2005;330:s211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.s211, (Published 21 May 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A top medical cartoonist
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2005;330:s212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.s212, (Published 21 May 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	William Paton Cleland
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2005;330:1212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1212 [Extract] [Full text]

	John Andrew Burton
	Stephen Hutchison, Malcolm Steven
	BMJ  2005;330:1213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1213 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Margaret Curtis (née Fisher)
	David Curtis
	BMJ  2005;330:1213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1213-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Eric Kay Gardner
	Michael Essex-Lopresti
	BMJ  2005;330:1213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1213-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Stuart Hishon
	David Wayne, Jenny Jenkins
	BMJ  2005;330:1213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1213-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Joseph Lowry
	Raymond Lowry
	BMJ  2005;330:1213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1213-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Timothy Andrew Plunkett
	Robert Rubens
	BMJ  2005;330:1213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1213-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Francis Weir Wigzell
	W K Stewart, Stuart McDowall
	BMJ  2005;330:1213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1213-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Systematic review to determine whether participation in a trial influences outcome
	Gunn Elisabeth Vist, Kåre Birger Hagen, P J Devereaux, Dianne Bryant, Doris Tove Kristoffersen, Andrew David Oxman
	BMJ  2005;330:1175, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7501.1175 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table][extra: Extra references - Abridged text only] FREE

	Optimal search strategies for retrieving scientifically strong studies of treatment from Medline: analytical survey
	R Brian Haynes, K Ann McKibbon, Nancy L Wilczynski, Stephen D Walter, Stephen R Werre, for the Hedges Team
	BMJ  2005;330:1179, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38446.498542.8F, (Published 13 May 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Role of radiography in predicting progression of osteoarthritis of the hip: prospective cohort study
	Max Reijman, J M W Hazes, H.A.P Pols, R M D Bernsen, B W Koes, S M A Bierma-Zeinstra
	BMJ  2005;330:1183, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38442.457488.8F, (Published 13 May 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table] FREE

	Trends in prevalence of asthma and allergy in Finnish young men: nationwide study, 1966-2003
	Jari Latvala, Leena von Hertzen, Harri Lindholm, Tari Haahtela
	BMJ  2005;330:1186-1187, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38448.603924.AE, (Published 22 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Changes in atopy over a quarter of a century, based on cross sectional data at three time periods
	Malcolm Law, Joan K Morris, Nicholas Wald, Christina Luczynska, Peter Burney
	BMJ  2005;330:1187-1188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38435.582975.AE, (Published 15 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Analysis of the distribution of time that patients spend in emergency departments
	Thomas E Locker, Suzanne M Mason
	BMJ  2005;330:1188-1189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38440.588449.AE, (Published 20 April 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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