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	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Calcium supplements in healthy children are unlikely to reduce fractures [Full text]

	MRI helps predict curative resection of rectal cancer [Full text]

	Assessing and managing acute renal failure [Full text]

	Read industry supported drug reviews with caution [Full text]

	Commercial cord blood banking: should we encourage it? [Full text]

Editorials

	Bone health in children
	Amy Joy Lanou
	BMJ  2006;333:763-764, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38996.499410.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prevention of diabetes
	Carl Heneghan, M Thompson, R Perera
	BMJ  2006;333:764-765, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38996.709340.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	X ray imaging goes digital
	Kwan-Hoong Ng, Madan M Rehani
	BMJ  2006;333:765-766, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38977.669769.2C [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

	Preoperative staging for rectal cancer
	Ian Finlay
	BMJ  2006;333:766-767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38996.423102.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Use of mobile phones in hospitals
	Stuart W G Derbyshire, Adam Burgess
	BMJ  2006;333:767-768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38995.599769.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Parachute approach to evidence based medicine: As obvious as ABC
	Barnaby C Reeves
	BMJ  2006;333:807, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.807 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Parachute approach to evidence based medicine: Arguments are easily refuted
	William McGuire
	BMJ  2006;333:807, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.807-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Parachute approach to evidence based medicine: Summary of other responses
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2006;333:807-808, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.807-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	MRI in predicting curative resection of rectal cancer: New dilemma in multidisciplinary team management
	R J Heald, Brian D P O'Neill, Brendan Moran, Gina Brown, Ara W Darzi, Andrew C Wotherspoon, David Cunningham, Diana M Tait
	BMJ  2006;333:808, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.808 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	MRI in predicting curative resection of rectal cancer: Does post-neoadjuvant MRI have a role?
	Durgesh S Raje
	BMJ  2006;333:808, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.808-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	MRI in predicting curative resection of rectal cancer: Defining a "window of opportunity" for laparoscopic surgery
	Bruce F Sizer, Tan Arulampalam, Ralph Austin, Nicola Lacey, Don Menzies, Roger Motson
	BMJ  2006;333:808-809, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.808-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Obesity is a wake up call for developing world too
	Pushpa Ranjan Wijesinghe
	BMJ  2006;333:809, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.809 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Belittlement and harassment of medical students: Is a source of medical education
	Golnar Aref-Adib
	BMJ  2006;333:809, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.809-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Belittlement and harassment of medical students: Remedial training—ethics and sensitivity
	P A Geis
	BMJ  2006;333:809, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.809-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Watchdog brands two thirds of NHS trusts as "fair" or "weak"
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2006;333:769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.769 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Stop "micromanaging" health care, says Tory leader
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;333:769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.769-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;333:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.770 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dutch clinic is ordered to stop giving stem cell therapy
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2006;333:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.770-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	UN questions China over organ harvesting
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2006;333:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.770-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Newer antipsychotic drugs are no better than older ones, study finds
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:771, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.771 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	The importance of smelly feet and stinky cheese
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2006;333:771, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.771-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Failure to control mosquitoes has led to two fever epidemics in India
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2006;333:773, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.773-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	North-south divide in health persists in England
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;333:774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.774 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Ignorance about HIV is still high in many parts of Europe
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2006;333:774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.774-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	New England journal endorses institute’s proposals for FDA
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.772 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors call for end to unsafe shift system
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;333:772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.772-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Guideline calls for better treatment of atrial fibrillation
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;333:772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.772-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GMC will fight to retain its role in medical education
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;333:772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.772-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New York plans to restrict trans fats in restaurants
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.772-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Suspended doctors are to be offered a quicker route back to work
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2006;333:773, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.773 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	EU seeks views on patients’ rights to care across borders
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2006;333:773, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.773-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Preoperative radiotherapy cuts recurrence of rectal cancer
	Toby Reynolds
	BMJ  2006;333:773, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.773-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	South Africa sidelines its health minister on AIDS issues
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2006;333:774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.774-b [Extract] [Full text]

	NICE says anti-dementia drugs should be used only for moderate Alzheimer’s disease
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;333:774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.774-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctors in Germany protest at a new restrictive law on tissue banks
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2006;333:774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.774-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Forced evictions in Africa create healthcare crisis
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2006;333:774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.774-e [Extract] [Full text]

Research

	Effects of calcium supplementation on bone density in healthy children: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
	Tania Winzenberg, Kelly Shaw, Jayne Fryer, Graeme Jones
	BMJ  2006;333:775, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38950.561400.55, (Published 15 September 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Diagnostic accuracy of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging in predicting curative resection of rectal cancer: prospective observational study
	MERCURY Study Group
	BMJ  2006;333:779, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38937.646400.55, (Published 19 September 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Cochrane reviews compared with industry supported meta-analyses and other meta-analyses of the same drugs: systematic review
	Anders W Jørgensen, Jørgen Hilden, Peter C Gøtzsche
	BMJ  2006;333:782, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38973.444699.0B, (Published 6 October 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional details] FREE

	DRUG POINTS: Epileptic seizures can follow high doses of oral vardenafil
	Pasquale Striano, Federico Zara, Carlo Minetti, Salvatore Striano
	BMJ  2006;333:785, doi: 10.1136/sbmj.38953.758565.79 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

BMJ family highlights

	BMJ family highlights: What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2006;333:798, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.798 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical review

	Acute renal failure
	Rachel Hilton
	BMJ  2006;333:786-790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38975.657639.AE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	Cases in primary care laboratory medicine: Investigating iron status in microcytic anaemia
	Michael J Galloway, W Stuart A Smellie
	BMJ  2006;333:791-793, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38979.358032.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of obesity: Management: Part II—Drugs
	Mike Lean, Nick Finer
	BMJ  2006;333:794-797, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.794 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2006;333:799-800, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.799 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Controversy: NHS maternity units should not encourage commercial banking of umbilical cord blood
	Leroy C Edozien
	BMJ  2006;333:801-804, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38950.628519.68 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health research: How to formulate research recommendations
	Polly Brown, Klara Brunnhuber, Kalipso Chalkidou, Iain Chalmers, Mike Clarke, Mark Fenton, Carol Forbes, Julie Glanville, Nicholas J Hicks, Janet Moody, Sara Twaddle, Hazim Timimi, Pamela Young
	BMJ  2006;333:804-806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38987.492014.94 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional details]

Reviews

	Film: Projecting health
	Colin Martin
	BMJ  2006;333:812, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.812 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal view: Medical education must be more patient centred to be relevant
	Caroline Wellbery
	BMJ  2006;333:813, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.813 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: Symphonic praise
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2006;333:813, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.813-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;333:814, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.814 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: External support and early mobilisation works best for mild or moderate ankle sprains
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lots of remedies
	Ruth Green
	BMJ  2006;333:778, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.778 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Anaesthesia, Elvis, and lawnmowers
	M Dylan Bould
	BMJ  2006;333:793, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.793 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	Roll up, roll up... there's room on board
	BMJ  2006;333:s142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.s142, (Published 14 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Building on strong foundations
	BMJ  2006;333:s142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.s142-a, (Published 14 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	On a road to nowhere?
	BMJ  2006;333:s142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.s142-b, (Published 14 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Visa hearing on the cards
	BMJ  2006;333:s142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.s142-c, (Published 14 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Accepted: don't work and drive
	BMJ  2006;333:s142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.s142-d, (Published 14 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	All change
	BMJ  2006;333:s142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.s142-e, (Published 14 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2006;333:s143, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.s143, (Published 14 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	People power
	Cath Janes
	BMJ  2006;333:s143-s144, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.s143-a, (Published 14 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Can you sell your skills?
	Sebastian Dawson-Bowling
	BMJ  2006;333:s145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.s145, (Published 14 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Ever thought about working in Australia?
	Joanna Curwen
	BMJ  2006;333:s146-s147, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.s146, (Published 14 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Twelve years of solitude: reflections of a Spanish doctor in England
	Monica Lalanda
	BMJ  2006;333:s148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.s148, (Published 14 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ATLS instructor course
	Hesham Al-Khateeb
	BMJ  2006;333:s149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.s149, (Published 14 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A psychiatrist and established poet
	Sanju George
	BMJ  2006;333:s150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.s150, (Published 14 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Sir Norman Blacklock
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2006;333:810, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.810 [Extract] [Full text]

	John Buadoo Dodoo
	D G Daniel
	BMJ  2006;333:811, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.811 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Michael Ludlow
	Paul Gill, Andrew MacNeill
	BMJ  2006;333:811, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.811-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Ian Allingham Magnus
	John Hawk
	BMJ  2006;333:811, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.811-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Alick John Robertson
	Anthony Seaton
	BMJ  2006;333:811, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.811-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Richard ("Dick") John Ronald Ropner
	Keith Hawton
	BMJ  2006;333:811, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.811-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	James ("Jimmie") Wallace Stewart
	Sam Machin, Keith Shinton
	BMJ  2006;333:811, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.811-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	James ("Jim") Ward
	David Ward
	BMJ  2006;333:811, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7572.811-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

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