Looking for leaders
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Statins show greater benefit for diabetic patients [Full text]

	Sample size considerations are under-reported in studies of diagnostic accuracy [Full text]

	Adolescent obesity is established in childhood [Full text]

	Cerebral emboli are linked with Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia [Full text]

	Delayed hospital access in the West Bank may worsen medical conditions [Full text]

Editorials

	Diabetes and lipid lowering: where are we?
	John P D Reckless
	BMJ  2006;332:1103-1104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1103 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cerebral embolism and Alzheimer's disease
	Miia Kivipelto, Alina Solomon
	BMJ  2006;332:1104-1105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1104 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Kidneys for transplant
	Colin C Geddes, R Stuart C Rodger
	BMJ  2006;332:1105-1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38833.785984.47, (Published 27 April 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	HPV vaccine and adolescents' sexual activity
	Bernard Lo
	BMJ  2006;332:1106-1107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1106 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	An international standard for disclosure of clinical trial information
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2006;332:1107-1108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1107 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Box and references]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Hamstring v patellar tendon autografts: A patient's and clinician's perspective
	Sanjay Purkayastha
	BMJ  2006;332:1153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1153 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hamstring v patellar tendon autografts: When to operate is important
	Peter Mrak
	BMJ  2006;332:1153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1153-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hamstring v patellar tendon autografts: Author's reply
	David J Biau
	BMJ  2006;332:1153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1153-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Confounders in chronic stress at work and metabolic syndrome
	John S Yudkin
	BMJ  2006;332:1153-1154, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1153-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Depression should be managed like a chronic disease: Myth of 15% suicide rate was promulgated again
	Melissa K Raven
	BMJ  2006;332:1154, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1154 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Depression should be managed like a chronic disease: What exactly is "depression"?
	Derek A Summerfield
	BMJ  2006;332:1154, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1154-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Psychological treatment centres: The case against
	Suresh A Joseph
	BMJ  2006;332:1154-1155, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1154-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Psychological treatment centres: Quality of psychological treatment is important
	Steven Taylor
	BMJ  2006;332:1155, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1155 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Psychological treatment centres: May be less effective than suggested
	Martin Zinkler
	BMJ  2006;332:1155, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1155-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Psychological treatment centres: Layard's vision has already started
	Denise Barulis
	BMJ  2006;332:1155, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1155-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Research for profit
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2006;332:1155-1156, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1155-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Vacuums and maggots in orthopaedic surgery
	S Thomas, S S Asaad
	BMJ  2006;332:1156, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1156 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Selecting medical students: Evidence based admissions procedures for medical students are being tested
	David A Powis, Miles Bore, Donald Munro
	BMJ  2006;332:1156, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1156-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Selecting medical students: A struggler responds
	Stephen M Taylor
	BMJ  2006;332:1156, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1156-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Adverse drug reactions result in 250 000 UK admissions a year
	Lisa Hitchen
	BMJ  2006;332:1109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1109 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Department of Health ends contract with drugs bulletin
	Madeleine Brettingham
	BMJ  2006;332:1109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1109-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;332:1110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1110 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Belgium to tighten drug advertising laws
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2006;332:1110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1110-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GMC must consider case against paediatricians who suspected parents of fabricating child's illness
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:1110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1110-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Chairwoman of Shipman inquiry protests at lack of action
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2006;332:1111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1111 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cost of out of hours care was 22% higher than predicted in England
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2006;332:1113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1113-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Rofecoxib may cause heart attacks in first weeks of use
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:1114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1114 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Lamer quits as chairman of CMAJ governance panel
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;332:1114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1114-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Cancer charity is to “borrow” candidate drugs shelved by companies
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;332:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1112 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	EU companies can export generic versions of patented drugs to poor countries
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2006;332:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1112-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Zuma’s trial leaves confused messages on AIDS
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2006;332:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1112-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Thousands of Ugandans with AIDS don’t get free drugs
	Henry Wasswa
	BMJ  2006;332:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1112-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	One in four African children have to work
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2006;332:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1112-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Bush administration announces plan to combat bird flu
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:1113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1113 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Jerusalem Arabs have higher rate of heart attacks than Jews, study finds
	Shahid Osman
	BMJ  2006;332:1113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1113-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Consultant contract fails to deliver expected benefits for patients
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;332:1113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1113-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Funding cut for deaneries could result in fewer junior doctors, conference told
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2006;332:1114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1114-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctors’ career structure to include management training
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;332:1114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1114-c [Extract] [Full text]

	UK government consults on health research funding
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;332:1114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1114-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Couple is given go-ahead to use embryo selection to help existing child
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:1114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1114-e [Extract] [Full text]

	One in three German hospitals faces bankruptcy
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2006;332:1114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1114-f [Extract] [Full text]

Research

	Efficacy of lipid lowering drug treatment for diabetic and non-diabetic patients: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
	João Costa, Margarida Borges, Cláudio David, António Vaz Carneiro
	BMJ  2006;332:1115-1124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38793.468449.AE, (Published 3 April 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cerebral emboli as a potential cause of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia: case-control study
	Nitin Purandare, Alistair Burns, Kevin J Daly, Jayne Hardicre, Julie Morris, Gary Macfarlane, Charles McCollum
	BMJ  2006;332:1119-1124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38814.696493.AE, (Published 28 April 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Appendix] FREE

	Effects of armed conflict on access to emergency health care in Palestinian West Bank: systematic collection of data in emergency departments
	Maren Johanne Heilskov Rytter, Anne-Lene Kjældgaard, Henrik Brønnum-Hansen, Karin Helweg-Larsen
	BMJ  2006;332:1122-1124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38793.695081.AE, (Published 3 April 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Potential for organ donation in the United Kingdom: audit of intensive care records
	Kerri Barber, Sue Falvey, Claire Hamilton, Dave Collett, Chris Rudge
	BMJ  2006;332:1124-1127, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38804.658183.55, (Published 26 April 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Audit form] FREE

	Sample sizes of studies on diagnostic accuracy: literature survey
	Lucas M Bachmann, Milo A Puhan, Gerben ter Riet, Patrick M Bossuyt
	BMJ  2006;332:1127-1129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38793.637789.2F, (Published 20 April 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Improving the quality and clinical relevance of diagnostic studies
	Frans H Rutten, Karel G M Moons, Arno W Hoes
	BMJ  2006;332:1129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1129 [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Development of adiposity in adolescence: five year longitudinal study of an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse sample of young people in Britain
	Jane Wardle, Naomi Henning Brodersen, Tim J Cole, Martin J Jarvis, David R Boniface
	BMJ  2006;332:1130-1135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38807.594792.AE, (Published 5 May 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra table] FREE

	Drug points: Sodium in soluble paracetamol may be linked to raised blood pressure
	Lucy Douglas, Mohammed Akil
	BMJ  2006;332:1133, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1133 [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Diagnosis and management of dysmenorrhoea
	Michelle Proctor, Cynthia Farquhar
	BMJ  2006;332:1134-1138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1134 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references]

Practice

	Lesson of the week: Anomalous origin of left coronary artery in young athletes with syncope
	Matthias Kumpf, Ludger Sieverding, Matthias Gass, Renate Kaulitz, Gerhard Ziemer, Michael Hofbeck
	BMJ  2006;332:1139-1141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1139 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Definition, epidemiology, and risk factors
	Graham Devereux
	BMJ  2006;332:1142-1144, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1142 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ family highlights: What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2006;332:1145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1145 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2006;332:1146-1147, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1146 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Screening and choice: Informed choice for screening: implications for evaluation
	Les Irwig, Kirsten McCaffery, Glenn Salkeld, Patrick Bossuyt
	BMJ  2006;332:1148-1150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1148 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cancer genetics: Common susceptibility genes for cancer: search for the end of the rainbow
	Stuart G Baker, Jaakko Kaprio
	BMJ  2006;332:1150-1152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1150 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Sample size calculations]

Reviews

	Book: Daniel Isn't Talking
	Charles Essex
	BMJ  2006;332:1159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1159 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Meeting the Challenge of Chronic Illness
	Timothy P Daaleman
	BMJ  2006;332:1159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1159-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NETLINES
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2006;332:1160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1160 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: Guideline overload forgets the staff needed to implement them
	Yuen Cheng Looi
	BMJ  2006;332:1160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1160-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: Dame Janet's disappointments
	Glyn Elwyn
	BMJ  2006;332:1161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1161 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: The Far Wrong
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2006;332:1161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1161-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;332:1162, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1162 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Delayed clamping of the umbilical cord does no harm and reduces anaemia in newborns
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: A textbook type of mind
	J G Fairer
	BMJ  2006;332:1126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1126 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Pain
	Luke Cascarini
	BMJ  2006;332:1132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1132 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pictures from the past
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2006;332:1133, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1133-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interactive case report: 70 year old man with scrotal swelling, abdominal aortic aneurysm, and renal lesions
	BMJ  2006;332:1141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1141 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Living with an anomaly
	Charles Briscoe
	BMJ  2006;332:1141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1141-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Making themselves sicke by phantsye
	Elizabeth Wager
	BMJ  2006;332:1152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1152 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Vaccines against cervical cancer provoke US controversy
	BMJ  2006;332:1138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1138 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;332:1138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1138-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Short cuts
	BMJ  2006;332:1138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1138-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hypertension and ethnic group
	BMJ  2006;332:1138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1138-c [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	I want to know how I can work as a medical journalist. I have worked in this field in addition to general practice for more than eight years.
	Rachel Hooke
	BMJ  2006;332:s188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.s188, (Published 13 May 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am a newly qualified nurse and have just finished the advanced diploma in nursing. I would like to know if I could apply for medicine for 2007-8, which means I will be working for 18 months as a nurse. I have 16 credits in a health and science access course to higher education, and a certificate in counselling skills as well as the diploma. I also have a high school certificate in science from my home country. Do you think I have enough academic preparation considering I have six years' experience in caring for patients in various clinical settings?
	Roger Charlton
	BMJ  2006;332:s188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.s188-a, (Published 13 May 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Can I take MRCPCH exams directly after my MD training in India? Are there any centres providing training for the part 3 clinical round of the exam and do I need to clear any hurdles if I don't want to work in the UK?
	Rajeev Gupta
	BMJ  2006;332:s188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.s188-b, (Published 13 May 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;332:gp189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.sgp189, (Published 13 May 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Career tailoring in Lambeth
	Virginia Morley
	BMJ  2006;332:gp189-gp190, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.sgp189-a, (Published 13 May 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;332:s189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.s189, (Published 13 May 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Communicating with the on-call consultant
	Dev Srivastava
	BMJ  2006;332:s189-s190, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.s189-a, (Published 13 May 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Applying to a GP vocational training scheme
	Jenny Blythe
	BMJ  2006;332:gp191, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.sgp191, (Published 13 May 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	New visa rules for IMGs: cutting through the confusion
	Koshy Eapen, Jajini Varghese
	BMJ  2006;332:s191, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.s191, (Published 13 May 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Producing a business case
	Roger Parr
	BMJ  2006;332:s192-s193, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.s192, (Published 13 May 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Developing trust with work colleagues
	Mark Griffiths
	BMJ  2006;332:s193, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.s193, (Published 13 May 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Safety, culture, and leadership
	Norman Johnson
	BMJ  2006;332:s194-s195, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.s194, (Published 13 May 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Writing a coroner's report
	Bhavani Balakrishnan
	BMJ  2006;332:s195, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.s195, (Published 13 May 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The president of the GMC
	Leyla Sanai
	BMJ  2006;332:s196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.s196, (Published 13 May 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Sir Richard Bayliss
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2006;332:1157, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1157 [Extract] [Full text]

	Stewart William Clarke
	Stephen Spiro
	BMJ  2006;332:1158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1158 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Muriel Leigh Ford (née Bennett)
	Hazel Ford
	BMJ  2006;332:1158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1158-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	David Ronald ("Ronnie") Kilgour
	Hugh Kilgour, Pharic Gillibrand
	BMJ  2006;332:1158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1158-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	George Andrew Strain
	Hazel Isaacs
	BMJ  2006;332:1158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1158-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	William Martin Walker
	Eamon O'Neill, Alistair Walker
	BMJ  2006;332:1158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1158-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Joan Ellen Maude Watts (née Lambert)
	Richard W E Watts, Richard A Watts
	BMJ  2006;332:1158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1158-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

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