Diminishing returns
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2006;333, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.0-f [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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	Delay prescribing of antibiotics for acute conjunctivitis [Full text] FREE

	Metoclopramide helps reduce postoperative nausea and vomiting [Full text] FREE

	Spironolactone is associated with upper GI events [Full text] FREE

	Managing infective endocarditis: take blood cultures first, treat later [Full text] FREE

	Algorithm estimates risk of hospital readmission [Full text] FREE

Editorials

	Antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections and conjunctivitis in primary care
	Remco P Rietveld, Patrick J E Bindels, Gerben ter Riet
	BMJ  2006;333:311-312, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.311 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health care productivity
	Nick Black, John Browne, John Cairns
	BMJ  2006;333:312-313, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.312 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Postoperative nausea and vomiting
	Brian Sweeney
	BMJ  2006;333:313-314, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.313 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Heat waves and health protection
	R Sari Kovats
	BMJ  2006;333:314-315, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.314 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Governance of research that uses identifiable personal data
	Robert Souhami
	BMJ  2006;333:315-316, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.315 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	FDA appointment is stalled as revelations emerge over Plan B
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:317, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.317 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;333:318, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.318 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pathology services are to be overhauled
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;333:318, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.318-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Stroke services could do better
	Paul Dinsdale
	BMJ  2006;333:318, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.318-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Canadian medical journal faces threat from new online rival
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;333:319, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.319 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Violence in Darfur region is jeopardising world's largest aid operation
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2006;333:319, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.319-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Middle East crisis: Aid convoys are hampered by destroyed roads and bridges
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:320, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.320 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Middle East crisis: Rockets land around hospital in Haifa
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2006;333:320, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.320-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

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	Young people with HIV in Romania face discrimination
	Michael Leidig
	BMJ  2006;333:320, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.320-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Tobacco giant denies encouraging smuggling to China
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;333:320, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.320-c [Extract] [Full text]

Research

	A randomised controlled trial of management strategies for acute infective conjunctivitis in general practice
	Hazel A Everitt, Paul S Little, Peter W F Smith
	BMJ  2006;333:321, doi:10.1136/bmj.38891.551088.7C (published 17 July 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting by metoclopramide combined with dexamethasone: randomised double blind multicentre trial
	Jan Wallenborn, Götz Gelbrich, Detlef Bulst, Katrin Behrends, Hasso Wallenborn, Andrea Rohrbach, Uwe Krause, Thomas Kühnast, Martin Wiegel, Derk Olthoff
	BMJ  2006;333:324, doi:10.1136/bmj.38903.419549.80 (published 21 July 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Case finding for patients at risk of readmission to hospital: development of algorithm to identify high risk patients
	John Billings, Jennifer Dixon, Tod Mijanovich, David Wennberg
	BMJ  2006;333:327, doi:10.1136/bmj.38870.657917.AE (published 30 June 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Appendix] FREE

	Spironolactone and risk of upper gastrointestinal events: population based case-control study
	Katia Verhamme, Georgio Mosis, Jeanne Dieleman, Bruno Stricker, Miriam Sturkenboom
	BMJ  2006;333:330, doi:10.1136/bmj.38883.479549.2F (published 13 July 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Infective endocarditis
	Rhys P Beynon, V K Bahl, Bernard D Prendergast
	BMJ  2006;333:334-339, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.334 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references] [extra: Video clips] FREE

Practice

	Ulcerative colitis: diagnosis and management
	Paul Collins, Jonathan Rhodes
	BMJ  2006;333:340-343, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.340 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Kristina Fister
	BMJ  2006;333:344-345, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.344 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Research methodology: Assessment of generalisability in trials of health interventions: suggested framework and systematic review
	C Bonell, A Oakley, J Hargreaves, V Strange, R Rees
	BMJ  2006;333:346-349, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.346 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w10]

	Confidentiality and consent in medical research: Balancing potential risks and benefits of using confidential data
	Christina Davies, Rory Collins
	BMJ  2006;333:349-351, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.349 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Whooping cough is quite common and can be diagnosed clinically
	Doug Jenkinson
	BMJ  2006;333:352, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.352 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Author's reply to review of his book on autism
	Richard Lathe
	BMJ  2006;333:352, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.352-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	What works in schizophrenia: Depot preparations may improve outcomes
	Peter M Haddad, Omair Niaz
	BMJ  2006;333:353, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.353 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	What works in schizophrenia: Cognitive behaviour therapy is not effective
	Peter J McKenna
	BMJ  2006;333:353, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.353-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Fluoroquinolone resistance in Salmonella Typhi
	Fiona J Cooke, John Wain, E John Threlfall
	BMJ  2006;333:353-354, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.353-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	An independent NHS?: Why it really is time to separate from direct government involvement
	Layla Jader
	BMJ  2006;333:354, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.354 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	An independent NHS?: There is no "UK health service"
	Philip A Gaskell
	BMJ  2006;333:354, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.354-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	An independent NHS?: Towards evidence based changes in NHS in all UK countries
	Robert W Leckridge
	BMJ  2006;333:354, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.354-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	An independent NHS?: Suffering from files
	Sarah J Farrow
	BMJ  2006;333:354, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.354-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	John Anderson
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;333:355, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.355 [Full text]

	Thomas ("Tom") Ferguson
	Ingrid Ferguson
	BMJ  2006;333:356, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.356 [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Daniel ("Danny") Francis McGeehan
	Peter McGeehan
	BMJ  2006;333:356, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.356-a [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John James ("Jack") McGhee
	Carolyn McGhee
	BMJ  2006;333:356, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.356-b [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Ronald Stewart McNeill
	J A Wilson, M M Faulds
	BMJ  2006;333:356, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.356-c [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Peter Hele Spencer-Silver
	Bernard Wood
	BMJ  2006;333:356, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.356-d [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Neville Stidolph
	Paul Stidolph
	BMJ  2006;333:356, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.356-e [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

reviews

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	Radio: The Memory Experience
	Balaji Ravichandran
	BMJ  2006;333:357, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.357 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: More and better management is the key to fixing the NHS
	Stephen Black
	BMJ  2006;333:358, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.358 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Personal views: I just wanted to be a doctor
	Tara Hunt
	BMJ  2006;333:359, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.359 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: Deliver us from evil
	Imre Loefler
	BMJ  2006;333:359, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.359-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;333:360, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.360 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Parathyroid hormone reduces fractures in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis
	BMJ  2006;333, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.0-e [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Foundation (nursery) schools
	Chris Bird
	BMJ  2006;333:333, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.333 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Pressure relieving support surfaces (PRESSURE) trial: cost effectiveness analysis
	BMJ  2006;333:339, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.339 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction for Nixon et al
	BMJ  2006;333:339, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.339-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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