Count the harms
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Treat low back pain with acupressure [Full text]

	Education can improve GPs' detection of dementia [Full text]

	Breast cancer screening yields 10% over-diagnosis [Full text]

	Should all children be immunised against hepatitis A? [Full text]

	Cost effectiveness studies show publication bias [Full text]

Editorials

	Learning from the TGN1412 trial
	Michael Goodyear
	BMJ  2006;332:677-678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38797.635012.47, (Published 22 March 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Evaluating new screening tests for breast cancer
	Les Irwig, Nehmat Houssami, Bruce Armstrong, Paul Glasziou
	BMJ  2006;332:678-679, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.678 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acupressure for low back pain
	Helen Frost, Sarah Stewart-Brown
	BMJ  2006;332:680-681, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.680 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Improving the management of dementia
	Elizabeth England
	BMJ  2006;332:681-682, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.681 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Alcohol misuse and ethnicity
	Rahul Rao
	BMJ  2006;332:682, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.682 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1-w12]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Ramifications of screening for breast cancer: 1 in 4 cancers detected by mammography are pseudocancers
	H Gilbert Welch, Lisa M Schwartz, Steven Woloshin
	BMJ  2006;332:727, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.727 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ramifications of screening for breast cancer: Overdiagnosis in the Malmö trial was considerably underestimated
	Peter C Gøtzsche
	BMJ  2006;332:727, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.727-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ramifications of screening for breast cancer: Definition of overdiagnosis is confusing in follow-up of Malmö trial
	Per-Henrik Zahl, Jan Mæhlen
	BMJ  2006;332:727-728, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.727-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ramifications of screening for breast cancer: Consent for screening
	Michael Baum
	BMJ  2006;332:728, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.728 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ramifications of screening for breast cancer: More debate and better information still needed
	Hazel Thornton
	BMJ  2006;332:728, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.728-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prophylactic heparin in palliative care: A cautious welcome...
	Victor Pace, Emma Hall, Catherine Bailey
	BMJ  2006;332:728-729, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.728-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prophylactic heparin in palliative care: ...to a challenging idea
	John C Chambers
	BMJ  2006;332:729, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.729 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Effectiveness of hip protectors: Wider picture is important
	Kenneth Nesbitt
	BMJ  2006;332:729, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.729-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Effectiveness of hip protectors: It's more the effectiveness of compliance strategies
	Peter D O'Halloran
	BMJ  2006;332:729, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.729-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ethics committees: Current research ethics forms are an over-reaction that will stifle research
	David Oliver
	BMJ  2006;332:730, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.730 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ethics committees: We all need research ethics committees
	G Michael Addison
	BMJ  2006;332:730, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.730-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Approval of inhaled insulin in Europe and United States
	Bruce Charlesworth
	BMJ  2006;332:730, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.730-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Severe adverse reactions prompt call for trial design changes
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;332:683, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.683 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;332:684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.684 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Court delays takeover of Derbyshire practice
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.684-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Researchers funded by NIH are failing to make data available
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.684-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Judge rules that baby boy should not be allowed to die
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:685, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.685 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Project retrains prostitutes as care workers for elderly people
	Katy Duke
	BMJ  2006;332:685, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.685-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US cigarette consumption falls to lowest point since 1951
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:687, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.687-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Health secretary urges better management of chronic disease
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;332:688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.688 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors will test whether Mozart can reduce stress in babies
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.688-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Surgeons may need to work from "chambers" to meet local demand
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2006;332:688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.688-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Senators block Bush nominee to head FDA
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:686, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.686 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Foundation trusts turn in strong financial performance
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2006;332:686, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.686-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	German hospital doctors strike over pay
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2006;332:686, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.686-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	MEPs fight to reinstate EU health funding
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2006;332:686, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.686-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	European group targets overuse of antibiotics
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2006;332:686, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.686-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Israelis won’t get cover for transplantations unless they can show organ is legal
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2006;332:687, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.687 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Most of CMAJ editorial board resigns
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;332:687, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.687-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Department of Health issues new tariffs for NHS trusts
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2006;332:687, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.687-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

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	Tuberculosis guidance aims to improve case detection and reduce drug resistance
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;332:688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.688-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Cancer mortality in England and Wales varies with country of birth
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.688-d [Extract] [Full text]

	GP tests feasibility of putting patients’ records on internet
	Michael Cross
	BMJ  2006;332:688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.688-e [Extract] [Full text]

	Extending life brings conceptual as well as technological challenges
	Lisa Hitchen
	BMJ  2006;332:688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.688-f [Extract] [Full text]

	Gastroenterologists outline plan for care of their patients
	Lisa Hitchen
	BMJ  2006;332:688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.688-g [Extract] [Full text]

	Civil rights group urges Czech government to act on report on sterilisation of Gypsies
	Katka Krosnar
	BMJ  2006;332:688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.688-h [Extract] [Full text]

Research

	Rate of over-diagnosis of breast cancer 15 years after end of Malmö mammographic screening trial: follow-up study
	Sophia Zackrisson, Ingvar Andersson, Lars Janzon, Jonas Manjer, Jens Peter Garne
	BMJ  2006;332:689-692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38764.572569.7C, (Published 3 March 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Description of time period] FREE

	Commentary: Over-diagnosis in breast cancer screening
	Henrik Møller, Elizabeth Davies
	BMJ  2006;332:691-692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38768.401030.7C, (Published 3 March 2006) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effectiveness of educational interventions in improving detection and management of dementia in primary care: cluster randomised controlled study
	Murna Downs, Stephen Turner, Michelle Bryans, Jane Wilcock, John Keady, Enid Levin, Ronan O'Carroll, Kate Howie, Steve Iliffe
	BMJ  2006;332:692-696, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.692 [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Treatment of low back pain by acupressure and physical therapy: randomised controlled trial
	Lisa Li-Chen Hsieh, Chung-Hung Kuo, Liang Huei Lee, Amy Ming-Fang Yen, Kuo-Liong Chien, Tony Hsiu-Hsi Chen
	BMJ  2006;332:696-700, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38744.672616.AE, (Published 17 February 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Bias in published cost effectiveness studies: systematic review
	Chaim M Bell, David R Urbach, Joel G Ray, Ahmed Bayoumi, Allison B Rosen, Dan Greenberg, Peter J Neumann
	BMJ  2006;332:699-703, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38737.607558.80, (Published 22 February 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Disorders of sodium balance
	Rebecca M Reynolds, Paul L Padfield, Jonathan R Seckl
	BMJ  2006;332:702-705, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.702 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	BMJ Learning: Accidental hypothermia
	Elliot Epstein, Kiran Anna
	BMJ  2006;332:706-709, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.706 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of wound healing: Reconstructive surgery
	Dean E Boyce, Kayvan Shokrollahi
	BMJ  2006;332:710-712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.710 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2006;332:713-714, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.713 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Child health: Should all children be immunised against hepatitis A?
	Jonathan L Temte
	BMJ  2006;332:715-718, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.715 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health policy: Contracting out health services in fragile states
	Natasha Palmer, Lesley Strong, Abdul Wali, Egbert Sondorp
	BMJ  2006;332:718-721, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.718 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Public health: Do enforced bicycle helmet laws improve public health?
	BMJ  2006;332:722, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.722 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	No clear evidence from countries that have enforced the wearing of helmets
	D L Robinson
	BMJ  2006;332:722-725, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.722-a [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details]

	Arguments against helmet legislation are flawed
	Brent Hagel, Alison Macpherson, Frederick P Rivara, Barry Pless
	BMJ  2006;332:725-726, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.725 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1- w11]

Reviews

	Book: The Cutter Incident: How America's First Polio Vaccine Led to the Growing Vaccine Crisis
	Jonathan R Carapetis
	BMJ  2006;332:733, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.733 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Art: 1 of 48
	Sabreena Malik
	BMJ  2006;332:734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.734 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	TV: The Family Man
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2006;332:734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.734-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Review of Taboo]

	Personal views: My life as a guinea pig
	Kate Mandeville
	BMJ  2006;332:735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.735 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: Let's be fair about equity and equality
	Imre Loefler
	BMJ  2006;332:735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.735-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;332:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.736 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Cone biopsy shortens the cervix and is associated with preterm birth in later pregnancies
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Blade Runner
	Stephen Workman
	BMJ  2006;332:695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.695 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Einstein on truth
	Rajesh K Choudhary
	BMJ  2006;332:698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.698 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advice
	BMJ  2006;332:731, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.731-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Hanging in the balance
	BMJ  2006;332:701, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.701 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Obituary: Sir John Peel
	BMJ  2006;332:701, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.701-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Optimising prenatal diagnosis of Down's syndrome
	BMJ  2006;332:701, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.701-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Please do not resuscitate: Automatic refusal is as harmful as offering resuscitation to all
	BMJ  2006;332:701, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.701-c [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	Hold the front page
	BMJ  2006;332:s112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.s112, (Published 25 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Visa plans threaten overseas doctors
	BMJ  2006;332:s112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.s112-a, (Published 25 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Less than firm foundations
	BMJ  2006;332:s112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.s112-b, (Published 25 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Fees: a semi-victory
	BMJ  2006;332:s112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.s112-c, (Published 25 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Patient choice?
	BMJ  2006;332:s112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.s112-d, (Published 25 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Non-career grades
	BMJ  2006;332:s112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.s112-e, (Published 25 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Gobbledygook
	BMJ  2006;332:s112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.s112-f, (Published 25 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2006;332:gp113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.sgp113, (Published 25 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2006;332:s113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.s113, (Published 25 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Junior doctors and person specifications
	Shahida Azeez
	BMJ  2006;332:s113-s115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.s113-a, (Published 25 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Starting out as a GP locum
	Deen Mirza
	BMJ  2006;332:gp115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.sgp115, (Published 25 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Passing PACES
	John Blakey
	BMJ  2006;332:s115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.s115, (Published 25 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The art of portfolio general practice
	Vik Mohan
	BMJ  2006;332:gp116-gp117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.sgp116, (Published 25 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Anatomy demonstration: a personal perspective
	Anup Shah
	BMJ  2006;332:s116-s117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.s116, (Published 25 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effective time management
	M Vouros
	BMJ  2006;332:gp117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.sgp117, (Published 25 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effective time management
	M Vouros
	BMJ  2006;332:s117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.s117, (Published 25 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A hard day's night
	Dilini J Vasanthakumar, Janine L Wright
	BMJ  2006;332:s118-s119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.s118, (Published 25 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A prize winning clinical tutor
	John Bonner
	BMJ  2006;332:s120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.s120, (Published 25 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Leonard Glynn
	Michael Denman
	BMJ  2006;332:731, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.731 [Extract] [Full text]

	Henry Hemsted
	John R Hemsted
	BMJ  2006;332:732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.732 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Elizabeth Weir Hopkins (née Hall)
	Angela Scott
	BMJ  2006;332:732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.732-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Anne Cecilia Metten
	Lesley Baker
	BMJ  2006;332:732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.732-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Timothy Roper Peskett
	J Gwyn Thomas
	BMJ  2006;332:732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.732-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Alfred William Raffan
	Alexander Adam, Iain Levack
	BMJ  2006;332:732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.732-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Vincent England Sherburn
	Bob Redfern
	BMJ  2006;332:732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.732-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	David Alexander Thomson
	David Neden
	BMJ  2006;332:732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.732-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

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