What price integrity?
	Fiona Godllee
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Alternating pressure mattresses are more cost effective than overlays [Full text]

	Managing low back pain [Full text]

	Guidelines on statin treatment should focus on high risk patients [Full text]

	Sentinel node status has high prognostic value for melanoma [Full text]

	Kidney function tests plus data on proteinuria give better estimate of mortality risk [Full text]

Editorials

	Overlays or mattresses to prevent pressure sores?
	Luke Vale, David W Noble
	BMJ  2006;332:1401-1402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1401 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Proteinuria, renal impairment, and death
	Jeremy Levy
	BMJ  2006;332:1402-1403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1402 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Broadband learning for doctors
	James Johnson, Stella Dutton, Edward Briffa, Dame Carol Black
	BMJ  2006;332:1403-1404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1403 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: PowerPoint presentations]

	Charges of corporate manslaughter in the NHS
	Ash Samanta, Jo Samanta
	BMJ  2006;332:1404-1405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1404 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consent for research in hyperacute stroke
	Lynne Stobbart, Madeleine J Murtagh, Stephen J Louw, Gary A Ford, Helen Rodgers
	BMJ  2006;332:1405-1406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1405 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Prehospital parenteral penicillin for meningitis: Urgent review of treatment criteria is needed
	Amanda J Kvalsvig, Michael Baker, Graham Mills
	BMJ  2006;332:1451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1451 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prehospital parenteral penicillin for meningitis: Trial in children with suspected meningococcal disease would be useful
	D Graham Mackenzie, Charles J P Saunders, Diptendu N Bhattacharyya, Chris R Steer
	BMJ  2006;332:1451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1451-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Life without COX 2 inhibitors: Risks and benefits are determined by dose and potency
	Enrique J Sánchez-Delgado
	BMJ  2006;332:1451-1452, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1451-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Life without COX 2 inhibitors: Opioids can be prescribed safely in osteoarthritis
	Colette M Reid, Jeremy Horwood
	BMJ  2006;332:1452, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1452 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Should we lower cholesterol as much as possible?: Policy on high dose statins is startlingly absent
	Martin G Duerden
	BMJ  2006;332:1452-1453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1452-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Should we lower cholesterol as much as possible?: Cholesterol is good?
	Jacob F de Wolff
	BMJ  2006;332:1453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1453 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Suicidal behaviour and SSRIs: updated meta-analysis
	Julia Saperia, Deborah Ashby, David Gunnell
	BMJ  2006;332:1453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1453-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hydatidiform mole and medical management of miscarriage
	Neil J Sebire
	BMJ  2006;332:1454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1454 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Postcripts to letter to God: Six fingers and testes tucked out of harm's way would be good
	Kenneth Campbell
	BMJ  2006;332:1454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1454-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Postcripts to letter to God: Some cosmetic changes would be helpful
	Kirti Kain
	BMJ  2006;332:1454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1454-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Postcripts to letter to God: Separating pipework for swallowing and breathing would be safer
	Dominic C Horne
	BMJ  2006;332:1454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1454-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Postcripts to letter to God: On why the eye lacks intelligent design
	Andy Wood
	BMJ  2006;332:1454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1454-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Antipsychotic use among US young people has risen sixfold
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:1407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1407 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	European agency approves use of fluoxetine for children and teens
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;332:1407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1407-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;332:1408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1408 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS computer programme is "roughly to timetable," IT chief says
	Michael Cross
	BMJ  2006;332:1408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1408-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Seven die in polio outbreak in Namibia
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2006;332:1408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1408-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Government rejects independent verification of all death certificates
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;332:1409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1409 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	NICE approves trastuzumab for early stage breast cancer
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;332:1409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1409-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	NHS deficit doubles to £512m, but true figure may be higher
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2006;332:1411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1411-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Expanding definitions of obesity may harm children
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2006;332:1412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1412 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Obesity task force linked to WHO takes "millions" from drug firms
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2006;332:1412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1412-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	End pharma influence on CME, says AMA journal
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:1410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1410 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	World Cup fever boosts fight against neglected diseases
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2006;332:1410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1410-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Parents’ vigil ends in tragedy after mix-up in identities
	Bojan Pancevski
	BMJ  2006;332:1410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1410-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Royal college is forced to retreat on star rating system for GP clinics
	Madeleine Brettingham
	BMJ  2006;332:1410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1410-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Antismoking groups lobby against Lords report
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;332:1410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1410-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Postoperative radiotherapy can improve chances of survival in some lung cancer patients
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;332:1411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1411 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Australian GPs “named and shamed” for abusing Medicare programme
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2006;332:1411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1411-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Many cord blood banks’ claims are unfounded, says royal college
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;332:1411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1411-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Millions of deaths from environmental causes are preventable, says WHO
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2006;332:1412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1412-b [Extract] [Full text]

	MRC is failing to turn basic research into commercial success, report says
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;332:1412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1412-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Underage drinking in US costs £5bn a year in medical costs
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:1412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1412-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Survival rates after heart attack improve in Canada; after stroke they remain steady
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
	BMJ  2006;332:1412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1412-e [Extract] [Full text]

	New consultant contract has improved the quality of care, BMA claims
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2006;332:1412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1412-f [Extract] [Full text]

Research

	Randomised, controlled trial of alternating pressure mattresses compared with alternating pressure overlays for the prevention of pressure ulcers: PRESSURE (pressure relieving support surfaces) trial
	Jane Nixon, Gillian Cranny, Cynthia Iglesias, E Andrea Nelson, Kim Hawkins, Angela Phillips, David Torgerson, Su Mason, Nicky Cullum, PRESSURE Trial Group
	BMJ  2006;332:1413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38849.478299.7C, (Published 1 June 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Pressure relieving support surfaces (PRESSURE) trial: cost effectiveness analysis
	Cynthia Iglesias, Jane Nixon, Gillian Cranny, E Andrea Nelson, Kim Hawkins, Angela Phillips, David Torgerson, Su Mason, Nicky Cullum, PRESSURE Trial Group
	BMJ  2006;332:1416, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38850.711435.7C, (Published 1 June 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effectiveness and efficiency of different guidelines on statin treatment for preventing deaths from coronary heart disease: modelling study
	Douglas G Manuel, Kelvin Kwong, Peter Tanuseputro, Jenny Lim, Cameron A Mustard, Geoffrey M Anderson, Sten Ardal, David A Alter, Andreas Laupacis
	BMJ  2006;332:1419, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38849.487546.DE, (Published 31 May 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Commentary: Cardiovascular risk estimation: important but may be inaccurate
	Vishnu Madhok, Tom Fahey
	BMJ  2006;332:1422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38849.517257.DE, (Published 31 May 2006) [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Value of sentinel node status as a prognostic factor in melanoma: prospective observational study
	Stephen Kettlewell, Colin Moyes, Caroline Bray, David Soutar, Alan MacKay, Dominique Byrne, Taimur Shoaib, Barun Majumder, Rona MacKie
	BMJ  2006;332:1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38849.680509.AE, (Published 30 May 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Proteinuria, impaired kidney function, and adverse outcomes in people with coronary disease: analysis of a previously conducted randomised trial
	Marcello Tonelli, Powell Jose, Gary Curhan, Frank Sacks, Eugene Braunwald, Marc Pfeffer, Cholesterol and Recurrent Events (CARE) Trial Investigators
	BMJ  2006;332:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38814.566019.2F, (Published 19 May 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Diagnosis and treatment of low back pain
	B W Koes, M W van Tulder, S Thomas
	BMJ  2006;332:1430-1434, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1430 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w10]

Practice

	Quality improvement report: Reducing dialysis associated bacteraemia, and recommendations for surveillance in the United Kingdom: prospective study
	Abraham George, Jerome I Tokars, Elaine J Clutterbuck, Kathleen B Bamford, Charles Pusey, Alison H Holmes
	BMJ  2006;332:1435, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1435 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interactive case report: A 22 year old man with persistent regurgitation and vomiting: case presentation
	Mark Fox, Alasdair Young, Roy Anggiansah, Angela Anggiansah, Jeremy Sanderson
	BMJ  2006;332:1438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1438 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Pharmacological management—inhaled treatment
	Graeme P Currie, Brian J Lipworth
	BMJ  2006;332:1439-1441, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1439 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Kristina Fister
	BMJ  2006;332:1442-1443, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1442 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Commercial bias in medical journals: Commercial influence and the content of medical journals
	Joel Lexchin, Donald W Light
	BMJ  2006;332:1444-1447, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1444 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	First person: The price of independence
	Joe Collier
	BMJ  2006;332:1447-1449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1447 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What the educators are saying
	Murray Lough
	BMJ  2006;332:1450, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1450 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	TV: Wanted: spunky TV doctor
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2006;332:1457, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1457 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Catharsis: On the Art of Medicine
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2006;332:1458, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1458 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Everyman
	John Quin
	BMJ  2006;332:1458, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1458-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal view: Gloomy prognoses keep lawyers happy but are bad for patients
	Richard Lawson
	BMJ  2006;332:1459, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1459 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: Unauthorised practices
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2006;332:1459, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1459-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;332:1460, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1460 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: If treated, babies with moderately severe hyperbilirubinaemia develop normally
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Distress
	Luke Cascarini
	BMJ  2006;332:1422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1422-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Immediate, underlying, and macro-underlying causes
	Anna Goodman
	BMJ  2006;332:1425, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1425 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Double trouble
	Sadananda B Naik
	BMJ  2006;332:1429, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1429 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Walk the line
	Michelle J Thompson
	BMJ  2006;332:1434, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1434 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The enigma
	Samuel A Collins
	BMJ  2006;332:1449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1449 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	An international standard for disclosure of clinical trial information
	BMJ  2006;332:1418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1418 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Short cuts: Two antiplatelet agents work better than one after stroke
	BMJ  2006;332:1418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1418-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effect of patient completed agenda forms and doctors' education about the agenda on the outcome of consultations: randomised controlled trial
	BMJ  2006;332:1418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1418-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Randomised controlled trial of four commercial weight loss programmes in the UK: initial findings from the BBC "diet trials"
	BMJ  2006;332:1418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1418-c [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	Letter of the month Head for northern Oz
	Jonathan Hanson
	BMJ  2006;332:s238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.s238, (Published 17 June 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Returners' reference is out of date
	Gary Wilson
	BMJ  2006;332:s238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.s238-a, (Published 17 June 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Tokyo is a must
	Wasif Ali Siddiqui
	BMJ  2006;332:s238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.s238-b, (Published 17 June 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	East Australia is not the only way to go
	Lee D Hudson
	BMJ  2006;332:s238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.s238-c, (Published 17 June 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Summary of rapid responses Used and exploited
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2006;332:s238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.s238-d, (Published 17 June 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Combining SpR training with breast feeding
	Kamilla Porter
	BMJ  2006;332:s238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.s238-e, (Published 17 June 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;332:gp239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.sgp239, (Published 17 June 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Low self esteem in GP registrars
	Rachel Hooke
	BMJ  2006;332:gp239-gp240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.sgp239-a, (Published 17 June 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;332:s239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.s239, (Published 17 June 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Why do a foundation programme job in anaesthetics?
	Helen Findley
	BMJ  2006;332:s239-s240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.s239-a, (Published 17 June 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Life as an expedition dive doctor
	Vik Mohan
	BMJ  2006;332:gp241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.sgp241, (Published 17 June 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Revision aids for the intercollegiate MRCS parts 1 and 2
	Anna Pozo
	BMJ  2006;332:s241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.s241, (Published 17 June 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Making the most of your job
	Mark Griffiths
	BMJ  2006;332:s241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.s241-a, (Published 17 June 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Giving presentations without palpitations
	Jayne Kavanagh
	BMJ  2006;332:s242-s243, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.s242, (Published 17 June 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A really simple guide to a powerful tool: RSS
	Adel Abdellaoui
	BMJ  2006;332:s244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.s244, (Published 17 June 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	MA in bioethics
	Helen Barratt
	BMJ  2006;332:s245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.s245, (Published 17 June 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Making the most of online and in hospital training courses
	Ravi Natarajan
	BMJ  2006;332:s245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.s245-a, (Published 17 June 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How health informatics will revolutionise medicine
	Apul R Parikh, Mark Lloyd, Jon Simmons, Simon Withey, Peter E M Butler
	BMJ  2006;332:s246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.s246, (Published 17 June 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Peter Scheuer
	Roddy MacSween, Jim McLaughlin
	BMJ  2006;332:1455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1455 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Helen Ann Adam (née Smith)
	James Dickson
	BMJ  2006;332:1456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1456 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Anderson
	A A Brown
	BMJ  2006;332:1456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1456-a [Extract] [Full text]

	John Edward Dann Charles-Jones
	David Campbell
	BMJ  2006;332:1456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1456-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Roger Ernest Cotton
	Christopher Elston, Roger Blamey, John Fletcher
	BMJ  2006;332:1456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1456-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	George Anthony Knight ("Tony") Missen
	Andrew M Hanby, Rosemary Millis
	BMJ  2006;332:1456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1456-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Anilkumar ("Anil") Patel
	Krishna Somers
	BMJ  2006;332:1456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1456-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

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