Vice versa
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	H pylori screening and eradication cuts dyspepsia—but at a cost [Full text]

	Providing study results to participants is complex [Full text]

	Rape victims want holistic post-rape services [Full text]

	Stool tests don't reliably screen for coeliac disease in children [Full text]

	Let's look at duplicate systematic reviews [Full text]

Editorials

	Who benefits from Helicobacter pylori eradication?
	Brendan C Delaney
	BMJ  2006;332:187-188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.187 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Offering results to research participants
	S Danielle MacNeil, Conrad V Fernandez
	BMJ  2006;332:188-189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.188 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Acknowledgements]

	Funding the global control of bird flu
	Jennifer A Roberts
	BMJ  2006;332:189-190, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.189 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sex workers to pay the price
	Petra Boynton, Linda Cusick
	BMJ  2006;332:190-191, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.190 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Oxygen treatment at home
	G J Gibson
	BMJ  2006;332:191-192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.191 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Waiting for radiotherapy: New initiatives may transform service
	Robin D Hunter
	BMJ  2006;332:235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.235 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Waiting for radiotherapy: Financing increased capacity is a must
	S Michael Crawford
	BMJ  2006;332:235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.235-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Introducing new health interventions: Diagnostics is the Cinderella of health technology assessment
	Peter N Furness
	BMJ  2006;332:235-236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.235-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Introducing new health interventions: Some initial risk taking is essential in adopting new surgical technology
	Vinay P Rao
	BMJ  2006;332:236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.236 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Underfunding of primary care in deprived areas affects everyone
	James N Hardy
	BMJ  2006;332:236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.236-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: Surgery is an alternative
	David Mahon, Michael Rhodes
	BMJ  2006;332:236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.236-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: Posture is important
	Norman K Gibbon
	BMJ  2006;332:236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.236-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	When to test women for human papillomavirus: Testing is possible without increasing colposcopy referral rate
	Johannes Berkhof, Folkert J van Kemenade, Peter J Snijders, René H Verheijen, Chris J Meijer
	BMJ  2006;332:237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.237 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	When to test women for human papillomavirus: Take this opportunity to screen for anal cancer too
	Awori J Hayanga
	BMJ  2006;332:237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.237-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Incapable patients and the law
	David W Hewitt
	BMJ  2006;332:237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.237-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Management of Clostridium difficile in NHS trusts
	David Green
	BMJ  2006;332:238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.238 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Research governance: Research governance approval is putting people off research
	Niall Galbraith, Carol Hawley, Valerie De-Souza
	BMJ  2006;332:238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.238-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Research governance: Whose idea is it?
	Hazel Thornton
	BMJ  2006;332:238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.238-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Many cancer networks are failing to improve services
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;332:193, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.193 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Norwegian researcher admits that his data were faked
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;332:193, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.193-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;332:194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.194 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Negative reports of mental health deter people from seeking help
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2006;332:194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.194-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Private group wins Derbyshire GP contract
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.194-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	NICE recommends drugs for moderate Alzheimer's disease
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;332:195, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.195 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US Supreme Court upholds Oregon's Death with Dignity Act
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2006;332:195, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.195-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Twin study shows cannabis makes moving to hard drugs more likely
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2006;332:197, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.197-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Woman loses fight for parents' right to know of abortion advice
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.198 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US health spending reaches a sixth of gross domestic product
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.198-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Review says oseltamivir and zanamivir should be kept for epidemics of flu
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;332:196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.196 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Media�s treatment of Roy Meadow was "unfair," says High Court judge
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.196-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	German doctors march in protest at health cuts
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2006;332:196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.196-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Three hospital PFI schemes are delayed while government looks at their cost
	Adrian O�Dowd
	BMJ  2006;332:196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.196-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US agency wants to limit lawsuits against drug manufacturers
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2006;332:196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.196-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GPs facing removal from primary care trusts� lists may get legal representation
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:197, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.197 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Health department gives �12m backing to Dr Foster company
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;332:197, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.197-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Funding of bird flu initiative exceeds expectations
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2006;332:198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.198-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Moralistic campaigns are pushing out AIDS prevention work that is based on science, report says
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2006;332:198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.198-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Claim that “smart” weapons pose little risk to civilians is “absurd”
	Tessa Smallwood
	BMJ  2006;332:198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.198-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Switzerland moves to curb healthcare costs by sending patients abroad
	Clare Chapman
	BMJ  2006;332:198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.198-e [Extract] [Full text]

	Health officials say free prescriptions will not be available to more patients
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2006;332:198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.198-f [Extract] [Full text]

	Hospital compromised safety of its patients, report says
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2006;332:198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.198-g [Extract] [Full text]

	Scientists produce new tool for studying brain development
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.198-h [Extract] [Full text]

Research

	Impact of Helicobacter pylori eradication on dyspepsia, health resource use, and quality of life in the Bristol helicobacter project: randomised controlled trial
	J Athene Lane, Liam J Murray, Sian Noble, Matthias Egger, Ian M Harvey, Jenny L Donovan, Prakash Nair, Richard F Harvey
	BMJ  2006;332:199-204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38702.662546.55, (Published 20 January 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Compliance with QUOROM and quality of reporting of overlapping meta-analyses on the role of acetylcysteine in the prevention of contrast associated nephropathy: case study
	Giuseppe G L Biondi-Zoccai, Marzia Lotrionte, Antonio Abbate, Luca Testa, Enrico Remigi, Francesco Burzotta, Marco Valgimigli, Enrico Romagnoli, Filippo Crea, Pierfrancesco Agostoni
	BMJ  2006;332:202-209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38693.516782.7C, (Published 16 January 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references][extra: Appendix] FREE

	Receiving a summary of the results of a trial: qualitative study of participants' views
	Mary Dixon-Woods, Clare Jackson, Kate C Windridge, Sara Kenyon
	BMJ  2006;332:206-210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38675.677963.3A, (Published 9 January 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Women's experiences of and preferences for services after rape in South Africa: interview study
	N J Christofides, D Muirhead, R K Jewkes, L Penn-Kekana, D N Conco
	BMJ  2006;332:209-213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38664.482060.55, (Published 5 December 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Detection of secretory IgA antibodies against gliadin and human tissue transglutaminase in stool to screen for coeliac disease in children: validation study
	Matthias Kappler, Susanne Krauss-Etschmann, Veronika Diehl, Hannelore Zeilhofer, Sibylle Koletzko
	BMJ  2006;332:213-214, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38688.654028.AE, (Published 23 December 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Venous thromboembolism
	Andrew D Blann, Gregory Y H Lip
	BMJ  2006;332:215-219, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.215 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details]

Practice

	Impact of a medically supervised safer injection facility on community drug use patterns: a before and after study
	Thomas Kerr, Jo-Anne Stoltz, Mark Tyndall, Kathy Li, Ruth Zhang, Julio Montaner, Evan Wood
	BMJ  2006;332:220-222, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.220 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of breast diseases: Medical treatment of early breast cancer. IV: neoadjuvant treatment
	Ian Smith, Susan Chua
	BMJ  2006;332:223-224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.223 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2006;332:225-226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.225 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Public health: Blowing smoke: British American Tobacco's air filtration scheme
	Nadine Rae Leavell, Monique E Muggli, Richard D Hurt, James Repace
	BMJ  2006;332:227-229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.227 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details]

	Professional regulation: Developing standards, criteria, and thresholds to assess fitness to practise
	Richard Baker
	BMJ  2006;332:230-232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.230 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Criteria, competencies, and confidence tricks
	Richard Wakeford
	BMJ  2006;332:233, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.233 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Learning and teaching: What the educators are saying
	Brian Jolly
	BMJ  2006;332:234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.234 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	TV: Alternative Medicine
	John Garrow
	BMJ  2006;332:241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.241 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Press: Scientists seek chemical reaction from journalists
	Naomi Marks
	BMJ  2006;332:242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.242 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Web: Dream Anatomy
	Trevor Rimmer
	BMJ  2006;332:242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.242-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Art: Bio-bling: making jewellery from human tissue
	Colin Martin
	BMJ  2006;332:243, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.243 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Placebo Effect and Health: Combining Science and Compassionate Care
	Anton J M de Craen
	BMJ  2006;332:243, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.243-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: Do doctors who volunteer their services in disasters overseas do more harm than good?
	Hasan Tahir, Zafar Iqbal
	BMJ  2006;332:244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.244 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prostitution shake-up: one sex worker's view
	BMJ  2006;332:245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.245 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: Emerging infections
	Imre Loefler
	BMJ  2006;332:245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.245-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;332:246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.246 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Most patients with sciatica get no worthwhile relief from epidural steroids
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: The ABC of pharmacy
	RG Hamilton
	BMJ  2006;332:212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.212 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Colour blindness on the football field
	BMJ  2006;332:214, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.214 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	So, those who can't do it, teach it?
	Farhad B Naini
	BMJ  2006;332:219, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.219 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interactive case report: An alcoholic patient who continues to drink
	BMJ  2006;332:222, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.222 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: The tortures that result from high living
	Jeremy Hugh Baron
	BMJ  2006;332:229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.229 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	Surviving the night shift
	BMJ  2006;332:s32, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.s32, (Published 28 January 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Saving for a rainy day
	BMJ  2006;332:s32, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.s32-a, (Published 28 January 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Back to business
	BMJ  2006;332:s32, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.s32-b, (Published 28 January 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Oh, I'm going to Barbados...
	BMJ  2006;332:s32, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.s32-c, (Published 28 January 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Tough talking
	BMJ  2006;332:s32, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.s32-d, (Published 28 January 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Career confusion?
	BMJ  2006;332:s32, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.s32-e, (Published 28 January 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Are you fully covered?
	BMJ  2006;332:s32, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.s32-f, (Published 28 January 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Board lays down guidance
	BMJ  2006;332:s32, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.s32-g, (Published 28 January 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;332:gp33, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.sgp33, (Published 28 January 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Careers in academic general practice
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2006;332:gp33-gp34, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.sgp33-a, (Published 28 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;332:s33, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.s33, (Published 28 January 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Oral medicine
	Alan Mighell
	BMJ  2006;332:s33-s35, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.s33-a, (Published 28 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The savvy doctor
	Peter Old
	BMJ  2006;332:gp35-gp36, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.sgp35, (Published 28 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Off the wall solutions for on the ball doctors
	BMJ  2006;332:gp36, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.sgp36, (Published 28 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How to become an oral and maxillofacial surgeon
	Noman Shah
	BMJ  2006;332:s36-s37, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.s36, (Published 28 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Child care in the NHS
	Julie Sladden
	BMJ  2006;332:gp37-gp38, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.sgp37, (Published 28 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Career development for academic medicine—a nine step strategy
	Linda Pololi
	BMJ  2006;332:s38-s39, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.s38, (Published 28 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How to make the most of your GP registrar year
	Subia Rushd
	BMJ  2006;332:gp39, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.sgp39, (Published 28 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Applying for grants
	Shreelata Datta, Penny Law
	BMJ  2006;332:s39, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.s39, (Published 28 January 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Doctors' health
	Julie Sladden
	BMJ  2006;332:gp40, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.sgp40, (Published 28 January 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Irish Songs and Ballads
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2006;332:gp40, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.sgp40-a, (Published 28 January 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The chairman of a head and neck cancer charity
	Elina Kiverniti
	BMJ  2006;332:s40, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.s40, (Published 28 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	David Greenfield
	Robert Graham, David Banks, Peter Fentem
	BMJ  2006;332:239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.239 [Extract] [Full text]

	Elizabeth Gemmell
	Ray Kerry
	BMJ  2006;332:240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.240 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	James Harper
	Morag Williams
	BMJ  2006;332:240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.240-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Brendan Keane
	Des Collins
	BMJ  2006;332:240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.240-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Francis Rankin Kilpatrick
	Stewart Kilpatrick
	BMJ  2006;332:240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.240-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Fergus James Macartney
	Bob Anderson
	BMJ  2006;332:240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.240-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Douglas Andrew Campbell Reid
	Hugh Henderson
	BMJ  2006;332:240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.240-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	David Vigushin
	R C Coombes
	BMJ  2006;332:240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7535.240-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

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