More confused—but better informed
	Jane Smith
	BMJ  2005;331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Pregnant smokers don't quit after motivational interviews [Full text]

	Acupuncture cuts days with tension-type headache [Full text]

	Russian doctors vary widely in interpreting chest x rays [Full text]

	Twin and preterm births fell after change in IVF [Full text]

	Bug busting kit of combs increases eradication of head lice [Full text]

Editorials

	The failure of antibiotics to prevent heart attacks
	David Taylor-Robinson, Jens Boman
	BMJ  2005;331:361-362, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.361 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Combing and combating head lice
	Martin Dawes
	BMJ  2005;331:362-363, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.362 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Why the next census needs to ask about language
	Peter J Aspinall
	BMJ  2005;331:363-364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.363 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references]

Letters

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	Timing of tracheostomy in adult patients: Potential ramifications are alarming
	Carl Philpott, Alex Bennett, Peter Tassone
	BMJ  2005;331:404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.404 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Timing of tracheostomy in adult patients: Conclusions may be premature
	Marcus J Schultz, Denise P Veelo, Peter E Spronk
	BMJ  2005;331:404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.404-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Timing of tracheostomy in adult patients: Authors' reply
	J Duncan Young, John Griffiths, Vicki Barber, Lesley Morgan
	BMJ  2005;331:404-405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.404-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Shaving for head lice is unnecessary and distressing
	Christine M Brenton
	BMJ  2005;331:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.405 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Childhood obstructive sleep apnoea: Covariation is not proof of cause
	Mats Reimer
	BMJ  2005;331:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.405-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Childhood obstructive sleep apnoea: Hypertension was not mentioned
	Daniel K Ng, Chung-hong Chan, Ka-li Kwok, Lettie C Leung, Pok-yu Chow
	BMJ  2005;331:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.405-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Childhood obstructive sleep apnoea: Anaesthetic implications for adenotonsillectomy are important
	David R Ball, Paul Jefferson
	BMJ  2005;331:405-406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.405-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Childhood obstructive sleep apnoea: Author's reply
	Suresh Kotagal
	BMJ  2005;331:406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.406 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Baby growth needs proper re-evaluation
	Magda Sachs
	BMJ  2005;331:406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.406-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Teaching students in general practice can affect patients' blood pressure
	Jan H Matthys
	BMJ  2005;331:406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.406-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	English emergency care varies widely, commission finds
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;331:365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.365 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	London think tank warns of backlash over deadlines
	Mark Gould
	BMJ  2005;331:365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.365-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	In brief
	BMJ  2005;331:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.366 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Korea pushes forward on cloning front
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2005;331:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.366-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Simple measures can predict death in malnourished children
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;331:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.366-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Drug only helps slightly to keep shift workers awake at night
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2005;331:367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.367 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Avian flu pandemic could be brought under control in three weeks
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2005;331:367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.367-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS research programme to be transformed
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2005;331:368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.368 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

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	Alternative breast cancer drug shows promise
	Allison Barrett
	BMJ  2005;331:368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.368-a [Extract] [Full text]

	European water treaty hailed as a milestone for public health
	Paul Ress
	BMJ  2005;331:368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.368-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Computerised database monitors vaccine safety in Vietnam
	Sun Tun
	BMJ  2005;331:368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.368-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Increases in testicular cancer may be linked to the rise in maternal body weight
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;331:368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.368-d [Extract] [Full text]

Short cuts

	What's new in the other general journals
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2005;331:369-370, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.369 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Dr Foster's case notes

	Length of hospital stay and subsequent emergency readmission
	Susan Williams, Alex Bottle, Paul Aylin
	BMJ  2005;331:371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.371 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References, methodology, and tables]

BMJ family highlights

	What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2005;331:372, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.372 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Single blind, randomised, comparative study of the Bug Buster kit and over the counter pediculicide treatments against head lice in the United Kingdom
	N Hill, G Moor, M M Cameron, A Butlin, S Preston, M S Williamson, C Bass
	BMJ  2005;331:384-387, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38537.468623.E0, (Published 5 August 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Learning in practice

	Early practical experience and the social responsiveness of clinical education: systematic review
	Sonia Littlewood, Valmae Ypinazar, Stephen A Margolis, Albert Scherpbier, John Spencer, Tim Dornan
	BMJ  2005;331:387-391, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.387 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: The challenges of systematic reviews of educational research
	Jill Morrison
	BMJ  2005;331:391, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.391 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What the educators are saying
	Lambert Schuwirth
	BMJ  2005;331:392, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.392 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Young people's access to tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs
	David Ogilvie, Laurence Gruer, Sally Haw
	BMJ  2005;331:393-396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.393 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional details]

	ABC of conflict and disaster: Weapons of mass destruction—threats and responses
	Christine Gosden, Derek Gardener
	BMJ  2005;331:397-400, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.397 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Effect of media portrayals of removal of children's tissue on UK tumour bank
	Clive Seale, Debbie Kirk, Martin Tobin, Paul Burton, Richard Grundy, Kathy Pritchard-Jones, Mary Dixon-Woods
	BMJ  2005;331:401-403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.401 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional data]

Reviews

	Book: Nazi Medicine and the Nuremberg Trials: From Medical War Crimes to Informed Consent
	Boleslav L Lichterman
	BMJ  2005;331:408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.408 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	TV: The House of Obsessive Compulsives
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2005;331:409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.409 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Press: Front page pill pushers
	Naomi Marks
	BMJ  2005;331:410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.410 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	CD: Drug companies face the music
	Allison Barrett
	BMJ  2005;331:410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.410-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: Moving on from Shipman
	Vikram Tanna
	BMJ  2005;331:411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.411 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Healthism and eugenics
	Imre Loefler
	BMJ  2005;331:411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.411-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;331:412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.412 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Treating gestational diabetes improves neonatal outcomes
	BMJ  2005;331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	When I use a word...: Rabid responses
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2005;331:383, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.383 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: A late diagnosis
	William Mason
	BMJ  2005;331:386, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.386 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BMJ USA

	Terrorism in familiar places
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2005;331:E370, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.E370 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	RAPID RESPONSE FROM BMJ.COM
	Juan-Carlos Maldonado
	BMJ  2005;331:E371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.E371 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Surgery for low back pain
	Paul S Frame
	BMJ  2005;331:E372-E373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.E372 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Nicholas Vyner Todd, Brian R Subach, Thomas C Schuler
	BMJ  2005;331:E373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.E373 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;331:E374, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.E374 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	Can anybody tell me how to prepare for the general practice vocational training scheme (GPVTS) interview? I have already appeared at interview for the same scheme—but I wasn't selected.
	Fiona Jewkes
	BMJ  2005;331:s64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.s64, (Published 13 August 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	When applying for SHO or registrar posts in the United Kingdom, are UK or EU nationals preferred? Thank you.
	Manoj Kumar
	BMJ  2005;331:s64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.s64-a, (Published 13 August 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	THIS WEEK
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2005;331:s65, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.s65, (Published 13 August 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What not to do at an interview
	Adam Poole
	BMJ  2005;331:s65-s66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.s65-a, (Published 13 August 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Off the wall solutions for on the ball doctors
	BMJ  2005;331:s66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.s66, (Published 13 August 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Dressing the part
	Sarah Burnett
	BMJ  2005;331:s67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.s67, (Published 13 August 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Asking questions at the end of an interview for a clinical job
	Carl Heneghan
	BMJ  2005;331:s67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.s67-a, (Published 13 August 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Fair interviewing is harder than it looks
	Carl Gray
	BMJ  2005;331:s68-s69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.s68, (Published 13 August 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Interviewing a disabled doctor
	Ruth Chambers
	BMJ  2005;331:s69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.s69, (Published 13 August 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The research fellow interview
	Wee Leon Lam
	BMJ  2005;331:s70-s71, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.s70, (Published 13 August 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Asking questions at the end of an interview for an academic post
	Carl Heneghan
	BMJ  2005;331:s70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.s70-a, (Published 13 August 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How to be interviewed
	Jennifer King
	BMJ  2005;331:s71, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.s71, (Published 13 August 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Rules of engagement
	John Burscough
	BMJ  2005;331:s72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.s72, (Published 13 August 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Consultant interviews are different
	Michael Harrison
	BMJ  2005;331:s73, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.s73, (Published 13 August 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	General practice—the bigger picture
	Bill Irish
	BMJ  2005;331:s74, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.s74, (Published 13 August 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Dealing with rejection
	Ignasi Agell
	BMJ  2005;331:s75, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.s75, (Published 13 August 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The junior doctor interview process for hospital posts—time to change?
	Karen Marlow
	BMJ  2005;331:s76-s77, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.s76, (Published 13 August 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	More than an interview to land the job
	Adam Poole
	BMJ  2005;331:s78-s79, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.s78, (Published 13 August 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	CV and interview skills
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2005;331:s80, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.s80, (Published 13 August 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Handling Tough Job Interviews
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2005;331:s80, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.s80-a, (Published 13 August 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Mary Helen "Molly" Hargan (née McLaren)
	Mary Cleary
	BMJ  2005;331:407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.407 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Walter Henderson
	Hugh Heggarty
	BMJ  2005;331:407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.407-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Mahir Shakir Mahir
	Ragheed Al Mufti
	BMJ  2005;331:407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.407-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Mohan Lal Poddar
	Prem Misra
	BMJ  2005;331:407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.407-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Donald Ingram Rice
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
	BMJ  2005;331:407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.407-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Randomised controlled trial of home based motivational interviewing by midwives to help pregnant smokers quit or cut down
	D M Tappin, M A Lumsden, W H Gilmour, F Crawford, D McIntyre, D H Stone, R Webber, S MacIndoe, E Mohammed
	BMJ  2005;331:373-377, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.373 [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional details] FREE

	Acupuncture in patients with tension-type headache: randomised controlled trial
	Dieter Melchart, Andrea Streng, Andrea Hoppe, Benno Brinkhaus, Claudia Witt, Stefan Wagenpfeil, Volker Pfaffenrath, Michael Hammes, Josef Hummelsberger, Dominik Irnich, Wolfgang Weidenhammer, Stefan N Willich, Klaus Linde
	BMJ  2005;331:376-382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38512.405440.8F, (Published 29 July 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Trial centres] FREE

	Variability in interpretation of chest radiographs among Russian clinicians and implications for screening programmes: observational study
	Y Balabanova, R Coker, I Fedorin, S Zakharova, S Plavinskij, N Krukov, R Atun, F Drobniewski
	BMJ  2005;331:379-382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.379 [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table] FREE

	Temporal trends in multiple births after in vitro fertilisation in Sweden, 1982-2001: a register study
	Bengt Källén, Orvar Finnström, Karl Gösta Nygren, Petra Otterblad Olausson
	BMJ  2005;331:382-383, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38443.595046.E0, (Published 13 May 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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