What did you do about climate change Mum?
	Fiona Godllee
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Off-pump CABG may be better than conventional CABG [Full text]

	Amoxicillin for CAP—three days, or longer? [Full text]

	Some personality traits may affect risk of chronic disease [Full text]

	What colour is bilious vomit? [Full text]

	How to manage thyrotoxicosis [Full text]

Editorials

	What health services could do about climate change
	Anna Coote
	BMJ  2006;332:1343-1344, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1343 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w12]

	Switching statins
	James C Moon, Richard G Bogle
	BMJ  2006;332:1344-1345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1344 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

	The great medicines scandal
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2006;332:1345-1346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38868.651736.47, (Published 1 June 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Are older antipsychotic drugs obsolete?
	Rohan Ganguli, Martin Strassnig
	BMJ  2006;332:1346-1347, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1346 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Should UK allergy services focus on primary care?
	Mark L Levy, Aziz Sheikh, Samantha Walker, Angie Woods
	BMJ  2006;332:1347-1348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1347 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Rugby union should ban contested scrums: Scrums are contested in junior rugby
	Dylan M Wilson
	BMJ  2006;332:1391, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1391 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Rugby union should ban contested scrums: Technique is important
	Robert W Standfield
	BMJ  2006;332:1391, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1391-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Rugby union should ban contested scrums: Reality check is needed
	Malcolm Cameron
	BMJ  2006;332:1391, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1391-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Rugby union should ban contested scrums: Engage, don't ban
	John J Macfarlane
	BMJ  2006;332:1391-1392, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1391-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Protecting the heart may not protect the public health
	Rahul Rao
	BMJ  2006;332:1392, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1392 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pulmonary tuberculosis: Chest radiograph can appear normal in immunocompromised patients
	Ben C Creagh-Brown, Ruth Whitfield
	BMJ  2006;332:1392, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1392-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pulmonary tuberculosis: Management in children has special considerations
	David Burgner, Sarah Cherian, Janet Geddes, Delane Shingadia
	BMJ  2006;332:1392-1393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1392-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ethnic differences in risks of adverse reactions: Is personalised drug treatment better with pharmacokinetic modelling?
	David S Millson
	BMJ  2006;332:1393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1393 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ethnic differences in risks of adverse reactions: Biomedical approach is insufficient to explain ethnic differences
	Sam W P Mhlongo, Acquira J Mbokazi
	BMJ  2006;332:1393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1393-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	WHO perspective on preventing avoidable harm from medicines
	Mary R Couper, Shanthi N Pal, Lembit Rägo, Jacqueline Sawyer
	BMJ  2006;332:1393-1394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1393-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NICE work: Nice try
	Sam Shuster
	BMJ  2006;332:1394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1394 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NICE work: Level playing field requires transparency
	Rubin Minhas
	BMJ  2006;332:1394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1394-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Number of consultant posts has fallen
	W A Holden
	BMJ  2006;332:1394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1394-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	UN conference on AIDS settles on compromise statement
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:1349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1349 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Ban on smoking in public places "disproportionate to the problem"
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;332:1349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1349-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;332:1350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1350 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Health gap between educated and less educated Russians widens
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:1350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1350-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	FDA regulations make it harder to sue drug companies
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;332:1350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1350-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Foundation trusts fear that PCTs will renege on payments
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;332:1351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1351 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	World Cup attacked for failing to ban smoking
	Katy Duke
	BMJ  2006;332:1351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1351-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Fertility treatment regulator steps up warning about multiple births
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2006;332:1353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1353-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Fighting the "white plague"
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;332:1354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1354 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Congresswoman criticises US drug plan for elderly people
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:1352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1352 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Patients demanding access to cancer drugs call off hunger strike
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2006;332:1352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1352-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Swiss child has successful bone marrow transplant from “saviour sibling”
	Bojan Pancevski
	BMJ  2006;332:1352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1352-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	EU offers incentives to firms to produce medicines for children
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2006;332:1352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1352-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Active commuting is important in raising exercise levels
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:1352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1352-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Search engines increase online journal use more than open access
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;332:1353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1353 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Hospital trusts fined because they cannot spare staff to work on IT
	Michael Cross
	BMJ  2006;332:1353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1353-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Clarify role of NHS market or patients may suffer, says King’s Fund
	Debashis Singh
	BMJ  2006;332:1353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1353-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

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	Failure to tackle flu in birds threatens Indonesia’s human population
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2006;332:1354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1354-a [Extract] [Full text]

	Judge slams BAT’s shredding policy as part of “a fraud”
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2006;332:1354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1354-b [Extract] [Full text]

Research

	Effectiveness of discontinuing antibiotic treatment after three days versus eight days in mild to moderate-severe community acquired pneumonia: randomised, double blind study
	Rachida el Moussaoui, Corianne A J M de Borgie, Peterhans van den Broek, Willem N Hustinx, Paul Bresser, Guido E L van den Berk, Jan-Werner Poley, Bob van den Berg, Frans H Krouwels, Marc J M Bonten, Carla Weenink, Patrick M M Bossuyt, Peter Speelman, Brent C Opmeer, Jan M Prins
	BMJ  2006;332:1355, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1355 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Study group members] FREE

	Commentary: What is the optimal duration of antibiotic therapy?
	John Paul
	BMJ  2006;332:1358, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1358 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Personality, lifestyle, and risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer: follow-up of population based cohort
	Til Stürmer, Petra Hasselbach, Manfred Amelang
	BMJ  2006;332:1359, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38833.479560.80, (Published 10 May 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional table][extra: Additional table] FREE

	Colour of bile vomiting in intestinal obstruction in the newborn: questionnaire study
	Gregor M Walker, Andrew Neilson, David Young, Peter A M Raine
	BMJ  2006;332:1363, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38859.614352.55, (Published 31 May 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effect of off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery on clinical, angiographic, neurocognitive, and quality of life outcomes: randomised controlled trial
	Sharif Al-Ruzzeh, Shane George, Mahmoud Bustami, Jo Wray, Charles Ilsley, Thanos Athanasiou, Mohamed Amrani
	BMJ  2006;332:1365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38852.479907.7C, (Published 1 June 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Diagnosis and management of thyrotoxicosis
	Elizabeth N Pearce
	BMJ  2006;332:1369-1373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1369 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w13]

Practice

	The patient's journey: systemic lupus erythematosus
	Jane Robinson
	BMJ  2006;332:1374-1376, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1374 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: New football boots and toxic shock syndrome
	C M Taylor, F A I Riordan, C Graham
	BMJ  2006;332:1376-1378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1376 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Non-pharmacological management
	Graeme P Currie, J Graham Douglas
	BMJ  2006;332:1379-1381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1379 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ family highlights: What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2006;332:1382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1382 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Kristina Fister
	BMJ  2006;332:1383-1384, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1383 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Contraction and convergence: Healthy response to climate change
	Robin Stott
	BMJ  2006;332:1385-1387, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1385 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Personal carbon allowances
	Mayer Hillman
	BMJ  2006;332:1387-1388, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1387 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Green buildings
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;332:1389-1390, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1389 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Film: An Inconvenient Truth
	Paul R Epstein
	BMJ  2006;332:1397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1397 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Art: Arctic art
	Sally Carter
	BMJ  2006;332:1398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1398 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: How We Can Save the Planet
	Ian Roberts
	BMJ  2006;332:1398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1398-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal view: A magical education
	Daniel K Sokol
	BMJ  2006;332:1399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1399 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: The threat
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2006;332:1399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1399-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;332:1400, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1400 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: It's harder to eradicate Helicobacter pylori in smokers
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: The art of medicine
	E Tullo
	BMJ  2006;332:1373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1373 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ter die sumendus
	Chris Ellis
	BMJ  2006;332:1378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1378 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A good surgeon should know when to abandon a procedure
	Anuruddha M Abeygunasekera
	BMJ  2006;332:1390, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1390 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Bump starting the heart
	BMJ  2006;332:1368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1368 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Comparative accuracy: assessing new tests against existing diagnostic pathways
	BMJ  2006;332:1368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1368-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cancer charity is to "borrow" candidate drugs shelved by companies
	BMJ  2006;332:1368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1368-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	I am about to take up a training number as an SpR in general surgery. I am interested in a career in breast surgery and would like to be able to do oncoplastic procedures. I have no plastics experience to date. Is it possible to become an oncoplastic breast surgeon through a general surgical route with perhaps a clinical fellowship in oncoplastics?
	Abhilash Jain
	BMJ  2006;332:gp228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.sgp228, (Published 10 June 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What is the next step for current F2 trainees with interest in general medicine? Application process is not very clear to us. Where should we be looking for job advertisements apart from BMJ Careers?
	Howard Clark
	BMJ  2006;332:gp228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.sgp228-a, (Published 10 June 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	If I am contracted to do 1:8 weekend, can my trust change it to 1:7? Where do I stand legally?
	David Adsett
	BMJ  2006;332:gp228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.sgp228-b, (Published 10 June 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;332:gp229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.sgp229, (Published 10 June 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mission statements
	Clare Mullins
	BMJ  2006;332:gp229-gp230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.sgp229-a, (Published 10 June 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;332:s229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.s229, (Published 10 June 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Orthopaedic surgery
	Quamar Bismil, Christopher PJ Wood, Marc Patterson, David M Ricketts
	BMJ  2006;332:s229-s230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.s229-a, (Published 10 June 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The problem with doctors
	Mark Frame
	BMJ  2006;332:s231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.s231, (Published 10 June 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Fair gain
	Sabreena Malik
	BMJ  2006;332:s232-s233, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.s232, (Published 10 June 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mr Motivator
	Rachel Hooke
	BMJ  2006;332:s234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.s234, (Published 10 June 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Diploma in advanced trauma life support (ATLS)
	Jonathan Botting
	BMJ  2006;332:s235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.s235, (Published 10 June 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hand surgery
	Negin Shamsian, Stephen J Southern
	BMJ  2006;332:s235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.s235-a, (Published 10 June 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The president of the Royal College of Physicians
	Leyla Sanai
	BMJ  2006;332:s236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.s236, (Published 10 June 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Jean Bernard
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2006;332:1395, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1395 [Extract] [Full text]

	Thomas Spencer Leslie Beswick
	Nicki Lewis-Smith
	BMJ  2006;332:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1396 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Sheena Dutton Bonnyman
	John Simpson
	BMJ  2006;332:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1396-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Denys Charles L'Estrange Burges
	Richard Green
	BMJ  2006;332:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1396-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Harry Coll
	Alison Coll
	BMJ  2006;332:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1396-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Peter Alan De Raeve
	Michael Helliwell
	BMJ  2006;332:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1396-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Constance ("Connie") Catherine Forsyth
	Ross Mitchell, Keith Hall, Peter Smail
	BMJ  2006;332:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1396-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Peter George Mellett
	Malcolm Carruthers
	BMJ  2006;332:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7554.1396-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

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