Swept along by the tide
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Women with diabetes are more at risk of fatal CHD than men [Full text]

	HPV triage could be cost effective [Full text]

	Neurotropic viruses are associated with cerebral palsy [Full text]

	Poverty, unemployment and raw milk are associated with TB in Russia [Full text]

	"Treat first, endoscope later" in GORD [Full text]

Editorials

	When to test women for human papillomavirus
	Mark Schiffman, Philip E Castle
	BMJ  2006;332:61-62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.61 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Primary care for refugees and asylum seekers
	Sally A Hull, Kambiz Boomla
	BMJ  2006;332:62-63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.62 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cerebral palsy and perinatal exposure to neurotropic viruses
	Eva Alberman, Catherine Peckham
	BMJ  2006;332:63-64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.63 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Introducing new health interventions
	John Gabbay, Tom Walley
	BMJ  2006;332:64-65, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.64 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Figure]

	Lymphogranuloma venereum
	Lisa Collins, John A White, Caroline Bradbeer
	BMJ  2006;332:66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.66 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Good quality monitoring is crucial for informed choice
	Paul R Brogden, Ian G Simmons
	BMJ  2006;332:118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.118 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Deficiencies in rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury
	Peter J Hutchinson, John D Pickard
	BMJ  2006;332:118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.118-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mental health legislation and decision making capacity: Autonomy in Alzheimer's disease is ignored and neglected
	Robert Stewart
	BMJ  2006;332:118-119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.118-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mental health legislation and decision making capacity: Capacity is more complex than it looks
	Jacinta O A Tan, Tony Hope
	BMJ  2006;332:119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.119 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mental health legislation and decision making capacity: Capacity is of more than practical benefit
	Brian J Murray
	BMJ  2006;332:119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.119-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	HIV/AIDS is still a double sentence in prisons
	Oscar Ozmund Simooya, Nawa Sanjobo
	BMJ  2006;332:119-120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.119-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	UK experience of smoke-free young offenders institute
	Ruth R Kipping, June Martin, Lee Barnes
	BMJ  2006;332:120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.120 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	How Islam changed medicine: Ibn al-Haytham and optics
	Mohammad T Masoud, Faiza Masoud
	BMJ  2006;332:120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.120-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	How Islam changed medicine: Ibn Sina (Avicenna) saw medicine and surgery as one
	John Urquhart
	BMJ  2006;332:120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.120-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	How Islam changed medicine: Al-Nafis, Servetus, and Colombo
	Giles N Cattermole
	BMJ  2006;332:120-121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.120-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Disappearing teaspoons: French data indicate global phenomenon
	Bertrand Herer
	BMJ  2006;332:121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.121 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Disappearing teaspoons: Teabags and forks are confounding factors
	Alan A Woodall
	BMJ  2006;332:121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.121-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Disappearing teaspoons: Method of spoon surveillance was not adequate
	David A Silver
	BMJ  2006;332:121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.121-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Disappearing teaspoons: Teaspoons may reappear
	Katherine Darton
	BMJ  2006;332:121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.121-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Disappearing teaspoons: Spoon solutions
	Trevor Watts
	BMJ  2006;332:121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.121-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Children in Turkey die after contracting avian flu
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2006;332:67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.67 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Korean cloning studies were fakes
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2006;332:67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.67-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;332:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US study questions use of black box warning on antidepressants
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;332:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.68-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors outraged at Patriot Act's potential to seize medical records
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2006;332:69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.69 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK drug companies must disclose funding of patients' groups
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;332:69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.69-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US doctors debate safety of abortifacient drug
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:71, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.71-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Report on E coli outbreak recommends review of guidance
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.72 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Rains fail to bring relief in Zimbabwe
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2006;332:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.72-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Art for health's sake
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;332:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.72-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Vitamin D is associated with a lower risk of cancer
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;332:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.70 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Managed alcohol intake improves health of homeless alcoholic people, study shows
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
	BMJ  2006;332:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.70-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Coffee is associated with lower risk of breast cancer in women with BRCA mutations
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
	BMJ  2006;332:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.70-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New leader commits Tory party to an NHS that is free to all
	Faye van Emmerik
	BMJ  2006;332:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.70-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US tries to increase routine hepatitis B vaccination
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;332:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.70-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Payment incentives for GPs bear no relation to health benefits
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:71, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.71 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Obesity in middle age is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;332:71, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.71-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Commons committee warns of risks in restructuring primary care
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2006;332:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.72-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Private clinic claims it is not liable for failings
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.72-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Introduction of Germany�s electronic health cards is delayed
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2006;332:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.72-e [Extract] [Full text]

	Children�s mortality increased after hospital introduced computerised ordering system
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.72-f [Extract] [Full text]

	Screening for prostate cancer may not reduce mortality
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2006;332:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.72-g [Extract] [Full text]

Research

	Excess risk of fatal coronary heart disease associated with diabetes in men and women: meta-analysis of 37 prospective cohort studies
	Rachel Huxley, Federica Barzi, Mark Woodward
	BMJ  2006;332:73-78, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38678.389583.7C, (Published 21 December 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra figures] FREE

	Neurotropic viruses and cerebral palsy: population based case-control study
	Catherine S Gibson, Alastair H MacLennan, Paul N Goldwater, Eric A Haan, Kevin Priest, Gustaaf A Dekker, South Australian Cerebral Palsy Research Group
	BMJ  2006;332:76-80, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38668.616806.3A, (Published 6 January 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Lifetime effects, costs, and cost effectiveness of testing for human papillomavirus to manage low grade cytological abnormalities: results of the NHS pilot studies
	Rosa Legood, Alastair Gray, Jane Wolstenholme, Sue Moss
	BMJ  2006;332:79-85, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38698.458866.7C, (Published 6 January 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Effect of testing for human papillomavirus as a triage during screening for cervical cancer: observational before and after study
	Sue Moss, Alastair Gray, Rosa Legood, Martin Vessey, Julietta Patnick, Henry Kitchener, Liquid Based Cytology/Human Papillomavirus Cervical Pilot Studies Group
	BMJ  2006;332:83-85, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38701.440961.7C, (Published 6 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Members of the studies group] FREE

	Risk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis in Russia: case-control study
	Richard Coker, Martin McKee, Rifat Atun, Boika Dimitrova, Ekaterina Dodonova, Sergei Kuznetsov, Francis Drobniewski
	BMJ  2006;332:85-87, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38684.687940.80, (Published 8 December 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
	Mark Fox, Ian Forgacs
	BMJ  2006;332:88-93, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.88 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details]

Practice

	BMJ Learning: Urinary tract infections in women: diagnosis and management in primary care
	Josip Car
	BMJ  2006;332:94-97, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references]

	Interactive case report: An alcoholic patient who continues to drink: case progression
	Stuart McPherson, Colin John Rees
	BMJ  2006;332:98, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.98 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Ulcerative proctitis in men who have sex with men: an emerging outbreak
	Deborah Williams, Duncan Churchill
	BMJ  2006;332:99-100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.99 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of breast diseases: Medical treatment of early breast cancer. II: endocrine therapy
	Ian Smith, Susan Chua
	BMJ  2006;332:101-103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.101 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ family highlights: What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2006;332:104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.104 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2006;332:105-106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.105 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Cancer care: Waiting for radiotherapy
	D Dodwell, A Crellin
	BMJ  2006;332:107-109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.107 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health policy: Evaluating and implementing new services
	Ann McDonnell, Richard Wilson, Steve Goodacre
	BMJ  2006;332:109-112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.109 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surgery: Adoption of new surgical technology
	Charles B Wilson
	BMJ  2006;332:112-114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.112 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Primary care: Project: London—supporting vulnerable populations
	Karen McColl, Sarah Pickworth, Isabelle Raymond
	BMJ  2006;332:115-117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.115 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Theatre: Menopause the Musical
	Chloe Veltman
	BMJ  2006;332:124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.124 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Art: The Body at Risk: Photography of Disorder, Illness, and Healing
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:125, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.125 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: The effect on patients' rights of private commissioning of NHS services
	Christopher Newdick, Christopher M Danbury
	BMJ  2006;332:126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.126 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: Engaging clinicians in IT—one step forward, two back
	BMJ  2006;332:127, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.127 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: Just call me
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2006;332:127, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.127-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;332:128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.128 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: A low allergen diet may help breastfeeding mothers with colicky babies
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Primum non nocere
	Laura Wilkins
	BMJ  2006;332:97, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.97 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A valuable lesson
	Monika Bajaj
	BMJ  2006;332:100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.100 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	An unexpected response
	A Mark Clarfield
	BMJ  2006;332:103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.103 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Her final days
	Caleb Tucker
	BMJ  2006;332:117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.117 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Qualities of a surgeon
	BMJ  2006;332:87, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.87 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	MPs accuse Medical Research Council of panic over bird flu
	BMJ  2006;332:87, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.87-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	When working abroad what advantages does membership of a British college (for example, MRCP) offer?
	Michael Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:s12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.s12, (Published 14 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How do I apply for clinical attachments—to the dean, consultant, or medical staffing?
	Shaaz Mahboob
	BMJ  2006;332:s12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.s12-a, (Published 14 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am about to take the GP VTS exam for the London Deanery. Can you tell me what they are looking for and how they shortlist candidates?
	Anne Hastie
	BMJ  2006;332:s12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.s12-b, (Published 14 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Is there funding available for medical students who are experiencing financial difficulty?
	Paul O'Neill
	BMJ  2006;332:s12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.s12-c, (Published 14 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2006;332:gp13, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.sgp13, (Published 14 January 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The GP flexible career scheme— past, present, and future
	Rebecca Viney
	BMJ  2006;332:gp13-gp14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.sgp13-a, (Published 14 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2006;332:s13, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.s13, (Published 14 January 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Intensive care medicine
	Timothy W Evans
	BMJ  2006;332:s13-s14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.s13-a, (Published 14 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Everyone can benefit from the GP foundation programme
	Salaheldin Abusin
	BMJ  2006;332:s15, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.s15, (Published 14 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Learning in the foundation years
	Mich Lajeunesse
	BMJ  2006;332:s16-s17, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.s16, (Published 14 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Making radiology requests
	D S Jeyaretna
	BMJ  2006;332:s17, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.s17, (Published 14 January 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Are we really helping?
	Richard Gale
	BMJ  2006;332:s18-s19, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.s18, (Published 14 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Off the wall solutions for on the ball doctors
	BMJ  2006;332:s19, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.s19, (Published 14 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Professor Sir Michael Rawlins
	Leyla Sanai
	BMJ  2006;332:gp20, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.sgp20, (Published 14 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Psychiatry on the web
	Abdi Sanati
	BMJ  2006;332:s20, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.s20, (Published 14 January 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	MRCPsych
	Lucy Watkin
	BMJ  2006;332:s20, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.s20-a, (Published 14 January 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Thomas Royle Dawber
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2006;332:122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.122 [Extract] [Full text]

	Everard Inseal Davis
	Peter Davis
	BMJ  2006;332:123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.123 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Basil Haigh
	Peter Haigh
	BMJ  2006;332:123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.123-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	William Thomas Lesslie
	Janet Lesslie
	BMJ  2006;332:123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.123-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Michael Alexander Pratt
	David Millar, Andrew Hutcheon
	BMJ  2006;332:123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.123-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Maxwell Sinclair
	David M Sinclair
	BMJ  2006;332:123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.123-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Alan Douglas Wickes
	Jay Whimster
	BMJ  2006;332:123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.123-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Robert Edward Duncan Williams
	John Blandy, Bryony Williams
	BMJ  2006;332:123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.123-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Colin Henry Woodham
	Basil Shepstone
	BMJ  2006;332:123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7533.123-g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

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