A doctor's dilemma
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Triaging patients with mild head injury with CT is effective... [Full text]

	...and about a third less expensive than admission for observation [Full text]

	Stimulating stunted toddlers improves later psychosocial functioning [Full text]

	Are the dangers of childhood food allergy exaggerated? [Full text]

	Preventing and detecting complications of diabetes [Full text]

Editorials

	Managing minor head injury in children
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2006;333:455-456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38954.516933.DE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Growing pains
	Felicity Goodyear-Smith, Bruce Arroll
	BMJ  2006;333:456-457, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38950.463877.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Restless legs syndrome
	P Medcalf, K P Bhatia
	BMJ  2006;333:457-458, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.457 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

	A prescription for better prescribing
	Jeffrey K Aronson, Graeme Henderson, David J Webb, Michael D Rawlins
	BMJ  2006;333:459-460, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38946.491829.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References and a box]

	Prevention of psychosocial problems in adolescence
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2006;333:460, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38951.482431.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Where next for China?: Rising inequalities in health and wealth are biggest challenge
	Sonal Singh
	BMJ  2006;333:499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.499 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Where next for China?: Keep to the basic principles of critical appraisal
	Carl J Heneghan
	BMJ  2006;333:499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.499-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Where next for China?: User fees increase China's health challenges
	Saroj A Jayasinghe
	BMJ  2006;333:499-500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.499-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Where next for China?: Birth ratio in India is also dwindling
	Charu Chanana
	BMJ  2006;333:500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.500 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Where next for China?: Rose tinted spectacles do not help
	Vaughan P Smith
	BMJ  2006;333:500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.500-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Where next for China?: Doctors' consciences are called on
	Kim D Miller
	BMJ  2006;333:500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.500-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Spironolactone and risk of upper gastrointestinal events: Spironolactone may not be guilty
	Eugene Campbell, Anthony Shonde, Stephen Foley
	BMJ  2006;333:500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.500-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Spironolactone and risk of upper gastrointestinal events: Author's reply
	Katia M Verhamme, Jeanne P Dieleman, Bruno H Ch Stricker, Miriam C J M Sturkenboom
	BMJ  2006;333:500-501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.500-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Spironolactone and risk of upper gastrointestinal events: Association is unproved
	Muhammad F Dawwas
	BMJ  2006;333:501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.501 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Spironolactone and risk of upper gastrointestinal events: Causality remains unconvincing
	Gruffydd P Jones
	BMJ  2006;333:501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.501-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Avoid delaying surgery in patients with severe ulcerative colitis
	Neil J Smart
	BMJ  2006;333:501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.501-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	FDA finally approves Plan B—but with restrictions
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:461, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.461 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Derbyshire village wins court battle
	Sophie Arie
	BMJ  2006;333:461, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.461-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;333:462, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.462 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	England's cancer plan needs an overhaul, think tank says
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;333:462, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.462-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Incidence of childhood cancer rises
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;333:462, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.462-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	More than 12 million adults in England will be obese by 2010
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2006;333:463, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.463 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Waits for diagnostic tests threaten 18 week treatment target
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2006;333:463, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.463-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	On a mission: how Cuba uses its doctors abroad
	Sara Carrillo de Albornoz
	BMJ  2006;333:464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.464 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Israel Medical Association condemns attacks on hospitals—but not Israel’s use of cluster bombs
	Merav Sarig
	BMJ  2006;333:464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.464-a [Extract] [Full text]

	Bush tells federal agencies to gather and share data on health quality and cost
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.464-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Maternity unit is criticised again for high mortality
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.464-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Floods wreak havoc in East Africa
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2006;333:464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.464-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Meagre success rates of drug treatment programmes are falling
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;333:464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.464-e [Extract] [Full text]

Research

	Medical outcome after immediate computed tomography or admission for observation in patients with mild head injury: randomised controlled trial
	Jean-Luc af Geijerstam, Sven Oredsson, Mona Britton, OCTOPUS Study Investigators
	BMJ  2006;333:465, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38918.669317.4F, (Published 8 August 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Immediate computed tomography or admission for observation after mild head injury: cost comparison in randomised controlled trial
	Anders Norlund, Lars-Åke Marké, Jean-Luc af Geijerstam, Sven Oredsson, Mona Britton, OCTOPUS Study
	BMJ  2006;333:469, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38918.659120.4F, (Published 8 August 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Effects of psychosocial stimulation and dietary supplementation in early childhood on psychosocial functioning in late adolescence: follow-up of randomised controlled trial
	Susan P Walker, Susan M Chang, Christine A Powell, Emily Simonoff, Sally M Grantham-McGregor
	BMJ  2006;333:472, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38897.555208.2F, (Published 28 July 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Prevention and early detection of vascular complications of diabetes
	Sally M Marshall, Allan Flyvbjerg
	BMJ  2006;333:475-480, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38922.650521.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional details]

Practice

	Cases in primary care laboratory medicine: Biochemical "liver function tests"
	W Stuart A Smellie, Stephen D Ryder
	BMJ  2006;333:481-483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.481 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interactive case report: Fever of unknown origin: case presentation
	R Sivakumar, S Pavulari, S Ellis
	BMJ  2006;333:484, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38950.394340.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	10-minute consultation: Preventing development of allergic disorders in children
	Chantelle Anandan, Aziz Sheikh
	BMJ  2006;333:485, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.485 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

	ABC of urology: Common paediatric problems
	A R Prem
	BMJ  2006;333:486-489, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.486 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Kristina Fister
	BMJ  2006;333:490, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.490 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Controversy: Role of cholinesterase inhibitors in dementia care needs rethinking
	Anthony J Pelosi, Seamus V McNulty, Graham A Jackson
	BMJ  2006;333:491-493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38945.478160.94 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w14]

	For and against: Are the dangers of childhood food allergy exaggerated?
	Allan Colver
	BMJ  2006;333:494-496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.494 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

	For and against: Are the dangers of childhood food allergy exaggerated?
	Jonathan O'B Hourihane
	BMJ  2006;333:496-498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38931.581505.801 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Book: The New NHS: A Guide
	David J Hunter
	BMJ  2006;333:503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.503 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2006;333:504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.504 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal view: The sour taste of aid snobbery
	Daniel Magnus
	BMJ  2006;333:505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.505 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: Busman's holiday
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2006;333:505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.505-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;333:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.506 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: People with psychoses commit about 5% of the violent crimes in Sweden
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The conscientious physician
	Jeremy Hugh Baron
	BMJ  2006;333:474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.474 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The first teaching ward round: Leyden 1660
	Jeremy Hugh Baron
	BMJ  2006;333:483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.483 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Wrong side surgery—the "code of silence"
	Wai Pui Ng
	BMJ  2006;333:484, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.484-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Retrospective blues: Robert Johnson—an open letter to Eric Clapton
	David Connell
	BMJ  2006;333:489, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.489 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: For foundation year doctors
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2006;333:493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.493 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Health professionals' and service users' interpretation of screening test results: experimental study
	BMJ  2006;333:468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.468 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book review
	BMJ  2006;333:468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.468-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Serum cholesterol, haemorrhagic stroke, ischaemic stroke, and myocardial infarction: Korean national health system prospective cohort study
	BMJ  2006;333:468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.468-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mortality after Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in two hospitals in Oxfordshire, 1997-2003: cohort study
	BMJ  2006;333:468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.468-c [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A randomised controlled trial of management strategies for acute infective conjunctivitis in general practice
	BMJ  2006;333:468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.468-d [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	I am a Greek doctor who graduated from the Czech Republic in November 2004. Currently, I am on a yearly locum post in general medicine, which is considered a foundation programme. I was appointed to a three month surgical training post in Greece. After my locum rural service, I wish to take a basic surgical rotation post in the NHS. I have been applying for such posts since March 2006, but I have not been shortlisted. Do I stand any chance, or should I do a foundation programme first? Does graduating in another country affect my applications?
	James McCaul
	BMJ  2006;333:s82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.s82, (Published 2 September 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I want to join a vocational training scheme and I need to find a job for three to four months first. Which specialty would prove useful?
	Judith Harvey
	BMJ  2006;333:s82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.s82-a, (Published 2 September 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am a full time GP looking to develop a special interest in male sexual dysfunction (erectile dysfunction treatment, psychosexual counselling, etc). I cannot find a specific course and wondered about the best way of getting educated and accredited for independent practice
	Alison Bigrigg
	BMJ  2006;333:s82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.s82-b, (Published 2 September 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Are there any MSc courses in biostatistics?
	Howard Clark
	BMJ  2006;333:s82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.s82-c, (Published 2 September 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;333:s83, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.s83, (Published 2 September 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What's to become of SHOs?
	John Bonner
	BMJ  2006;333:s83-s85, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.s83-a, (Published 2 September 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Setting up your own blog
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2006;333:s85, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.s85, (Published 2 September 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Written words
	Patrick Hutt
	BMJ  2006;333:s86-s87, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.s86, (Published 2 September 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Changing your specialty
	Hind Khalifeh
	BMJ  2006;333:s87, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.s87, (Published 2 September 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Formal management training at medical school
	Imran Kausar
	BMJ  2006;333:s88, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.s88, (Published 2 September 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Postgraduate diploma in adolescent addiction studies
	Jayne Reed
	BMJ  2006;333:s89, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.s89, (Published 2 September 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A seminar superstar
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;333:s90, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.s90, (Published 2 September 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	John Calder
	Martin Eastwood
	BMJ  2006;333:502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.502 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Shah Mazharul ("Mazhar") Islam Chowdhury
	Peter Halim Chowdhury, Mariam Chowdhury, Sophia Chowdhury, James Yasin Chowdhury
	BMJ  2006;333:502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.502-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Mangalam Kumaraswamy Sridhar
	Eamonn Brankin, Martyn R Partridge
	BMJ  2006;333:502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.502-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Richard ("Dick") Vernon Sykes
	Ian Sykes
	BMJ  2006;333:502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.502-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	William Tod Thom
	Charles Court-Brown
	BMJ  2006;333:502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7566.502-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

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