US editor's choice: US Highlights
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39042.724907.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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	Does birth weight affect school performance in twins? [Full text]

	Teaching social leaders in Bulgaria about HIV prevention [Full text]

	Remember to check for polyarticular septic arthritis [Full text]

	How to manage prostate cancer [Full text]

Editorials

	Risk assessment after acute coronary syndrome
	Cornelia Junghans, Adam D Timmis
	BMJ  2006;333:1079-1080, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39035.509016.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Educational performance in twins
	Ian J Deary
	BMJ  2006;333:1080-1081, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.543148.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pandemic obesity in Europe
	Trish Groves
	BMJ  2006;333:1081, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.449769.BE, (Published 17 November 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Opinion leader interventions in social networks
	Thomas W Valente
	BMJ  2006;333:1082-1083, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39042.435984.43 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A model clinical trials agreement
	Michael D E Goodyear
	BMJ  2006;333:1083-1084, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39030.418229.BE, (Published 17 November 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

Letters

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	How doctors' anonymity in family courts is under threat: Gornall is way out of date
	Sarah Harman
	BMJ  2006;333:1121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.704931.3A1 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	How doctors' anonymity in family courts is under threat: Author's reply
	Jonathan Gornall
	BMJ  2006;333:1121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.705463.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors as lapdogs to drug firms: The beast is ourselves
	Aubrey Blumsohn
	BMJ  2006;333:1121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.697315.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors as lapdogs to drug firms: Independence may be most cost effective way to improve health care
	Peter R Mansfield
	BMJ  2006;333:1121-1122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.695069.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors as lapdogs to drug firms: Not lapdogs, not pit bulls
	Augusto Pimazoni
	BMJ  2006;333:1122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.700150.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Knee pain interventions show no net gain
	James M Noon
	BMJ  2006;333:1122, doi: 10.1136/sbmj.39037.693588.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Osteonecrosis of the jaw and bisphosphonates: Editorial was confusing
	Mark J Bolland, Andrew Grey, Ian R Reid
	BMJ  2006;333:1122-1123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.696759.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Osteonecrosis of the jaw and bisphosphonates: Historical lesson from occupational medicine
	Eugene R Waclawski
	BMJ  2006;333:1123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.699039.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Predicting mental illness in soldiers: Pre-deployment screening for vulnerability to post- traumatic stress disorder
	Ferhal Utku, Ken Checinski
	BMJ  2006;333:1123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.702211.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Predicting mental illness in soldiers: Too broad a conclusion
	Matthew P Newton Ede, Su-Wen Goh
	BMJ  2006;333:1123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.695984.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Statins and outcomes in patients with pneumonia: Not only healthy user bias
	Eric M Mortensen, Marcos I Restrepo, Laurel A Copeland, Mary Jo V Pugh, Antonio Anzueto
	BMJ  2006;333:1123-1124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.509167.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Statins and outcomes in patients with pneumonia: Not the best combination
	Robert Nipah
	BMJ  2006;333:1124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.505012.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Statins and outcomes in patients with pneumonia: Appreciating bias and precision in study
	Eelko Hak, Arno W Hoes
	BMJ  2006;333:1124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.515521.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors leading climate change is self delusion
	William T Stevenson
	BMJ  2006;333:1124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.699549.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	NICE faces legal challenge over restriction on dementia drugs
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:1085, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.497315.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE emphasises social care for people with dementia
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;333:1085, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39042.529954.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In Brief: News
	BMJ  2006;333:1086, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.421690.6C [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS employs too many hospital doctors, minister says
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;333:1086, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39042.572569.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	More than one antiviral should be stockpiled to fight flu pandemic
	Oona Mashta
	BMJ  2006;333:1086, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.580625.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Experts defend NICE against attack by US politician
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;333:1087, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.354074.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Germany's drug regulatory body is attacked
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2006;333:1087, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39042.547674.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Guide tells editors how to root out plagiarism and fraud
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;333:1088, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.511644.6C [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	European nations draw up strategy to fight obesity
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2006;333:1088, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.1088-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Report on health of migrants to UK shows high risk of TB and HIV
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;333:1088, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.1088-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO report highlights Africa's health challenges
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2006;333:1088, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.697824.6C [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Charity highlights decline in health in Gaza
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:1088, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.571898.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US television science news is sometimes public relations in disguise
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:1089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.373021.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Incidence of syphilis in UK rises as HIV diagnoses hold steady
	Claire Frauenfelder
	BMJ  2006;333:1089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39042.491400.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Judge over-rules family's wish that patient should be allowed to die
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:1089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.664433.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO is to change its polio programme in India to try to eradicate the disease
	Claire Frauenfelder
	BMJ  2006;333:1089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.642083.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Third time lucky?
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:1090, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.1090 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	European foundations should address global health, says umbrella body
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2006;333:1090, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.1090-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Universities' drug discoveries must aid poor countries, student group says
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:1090, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.374086.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	EU should strengthen protection against fake drugs, UK report says
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;333:1090, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.1090-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Research

	Prediction of risk of death and myocardial infarction in the six months after presentation with acute coronary syndrome: prospective multinational observational study (GRACE)
	Keith A A Fox, Omar H Dabbous, Robert J Goldberg, Karen S Pieper, Kim A Eagle, Frans Van de Werf, Álvaro Avezum, Shaun G Goodman, Marcus D Flather, Frederick A Anderson, Jr, Christopher B Granger
	BMJ  2006;333:1091, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38985.646481.55, (Published 10 October 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Comparison of academic performance of twins and singletons in adolescence: follow-up study
	Kaare Christensen, Inge Petersen, Axel Skytthe, Anne Maria Herskind, Matt McGue, Paul Bingley
	BMJ  2006;333:1095, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38959.650903.7C, (Published 29 September 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases in high risk social networks of young Roma (Gypsy) men in Bulgaria: randomised controlled trial
	Jeffrey A Kelly, Yuri A Amirkhanian, Elena Kabakchieva, Sylvia Vassileva, Boyan Vassilev, Timothy L McAuliffe, Wayne J DiFranceisco, Radostina Antonova, Elena Petrova, Roman A Khoursine, Borislav Dimitrov
	BMJ  2006;333:1098, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38992.478299.55, (Published 13 October 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Clinically localised prostate cancer
	Timothy J Wilt, Ian M Thompson
	BMJ  2006;333:1102-1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39022.423588.DE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

Practice

	Lesson of the week: Polyarticular septic arthritis
	C Christodoulou, P Gordon, G Coakley
	BMJ  2006;333:1107-1108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39020.401331.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of obesity: Obesity and cancer
	Donald C McMillan, Naveed Sattar, Mike Lean, Colin S McArdle
	BMJ  2006;333:1109-1111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39042.565035.BE1 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Bypassing cardiologists speeds up reperfusion treatment for heart attack
	BMJ  2006;333:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.611725.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Few women seeking abortion use emergency contraception
	BMJ  2006;333:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.1112-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Psychiatrists face a small but real risk from seriously ill patients
	BMJ  2006;333:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.1112-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Inappropriate prostate cancer screening is common among elderly US men
	BMJ  2006;333:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.1112-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Lifestyle factors linked to a healthy old age for men
	BMJ  2006;333:1112-1113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.1112-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Support from pharmacists improves adherence to complex drug regimens
	BMJ  2006;333:1113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.1113 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Etoricoxib and diclofenac are associated with similar cardiovascular risks
	BMJ  2006;333:1113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.1113-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Unblocking a persistently occluded coronary artery won't improve outcome after a heart attack
	BMJ  2006;333:1113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.1113-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Cardiovascular disease: Folic acid, homocysteine, and cardiovascular disease: judging causality in the face of inconclusive trial evidence
	David S Wald, Nicholas J Wald, Joan K Morris, Malcolm Law
	BMJ  2006;333:1114-1117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39000.486701.68 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

	Rationing: How much will Herceptin really cost?
	Ann Barrett, Tom Roques, Matthew Small, Richard D Smith
	BMJ  2006;333:1118-1120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39008.624051.BE [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

Reviews

	Rain in my Heart
	Michael Farrell
	BMJ  2006;333:1127, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.457199.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures
	Helen Roberts
	BMJ  2006;333:1127, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.622859.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Are reports of "man flu" just Nuts?
	Petra Boynton
	BMJ  2006;333:1128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.590556.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Nutrition and Arthritis
	Helen Macdonald
	BMJ  2006;333:1128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.689063.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: Shark cartilage in the water
	Jonathan Waxman
	BMJ  2006;333:1129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39037.692743.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: Being non-rational rather than irrational
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2006;333:1129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.665324.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;333:1130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.654213.471 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	Iain Varley, Craig Wales, Lachlan Carter
	BMJ  2006;333:1130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.654213.47 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Latest review supports warnings about safety of newer generation antidepressants in young people
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.388032.68 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Complex yet delicate
	BMJ  2006;333:1097, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39030.655625.F7 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	What's in December's studentBMJ?
	BMJ  2006;333:1108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39031.765255.F7 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Complaints, Shetland Islands style
	Paul Brooksby
	BMJ  2006;333:1111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39035.567940.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	bmjlearning.com: Somebody cut my brain in half with a Sabatier knife
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2006;333:1120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39034.659722.DE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Chronic constipation in children
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39042.460741.68 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Resuscitation using albumin in critically ill patients: Research in patients at high risk of complications is now needed
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.739479.68 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Obituary: Peter Maguire
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39042.498403.68 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	Greetings
	BMJ  2006;333:s192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.s192, (Published 25 November 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Future perfect
	BMJ  2006;333:s192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.s192-a, (Published 25 November 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Bribery... without corruption?
	BMJ  2006;333:s192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.s192-b, (Published 25 November 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Jobs for the boys (and girls)?
	BMJ  2006;333:s192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.s192-c, (Published 25 November 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Band aid
	BMJ  2006;333:s192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.s192-d, (Published 25 November 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Trust me, I'm a media doc
	BMJ  2006;333:s192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.s192-e, (Published 25 November 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2006;333:s193, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.s193, (Published 25 November 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hitting the right note
	Philippa Ashmore
	BMJ  2006;333:s193-s194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.s193-a, (Published 25 November 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Spin doctor
	Rob McGuire
	BMJ  2006;333:s194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.s194, (Published 25 November 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Music is the best medicine
	James R Cameron
	BMJ  2006;333:s195, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.s195, (Published 25 November 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	From music to medicine
	Mike Cheshire
	BMJ  2006;333:s196-s197, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.s196, (Published 25 November 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	So you want to be a rock `n' roll star?
	Rick Fraser
	BMJ  2006;333:s198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.s198, (Published 25 November 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The mother of all maestros
	Tonyanna Borkovi
	BMJ  2006;333:s199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.s199, (Published 25 November 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Love & Other Vices
	Marcia Willis
	BMJ  2006;333:s200, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.s200, (Published 25 November 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Deep Waters
	Rob McGuire
	BMJ  2006;333:s200, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7578.s200-a, (Published 25 November 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Teresa ("Tessa") Elizabeth Ann Addenbrooke
	Paul Snell
	BMJ  2006;333:1125, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.618218.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	Harold James Brown
	Tom Richards
	BMJ  2006;333:1126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.596296.FA [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Florence Cadogan
	Hastings Carson, Jack Cadogan
	BMJ  2006;333:1126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39034.670394.FA [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	William Graham Hickey Gamble
	John Collinge, Nick Humphry
	BMJ  2006;333:1126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39034.606007.FA [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Victor Walker Johnson
	Richard FitzGerald
	BMJ  2006;333:1126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.562558.FA [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Jozef Kaleba
	Christina McCallum
	BMJ  2006;333:1126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.614190.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	Agnes Kramer
	Leela Kapila
	BMJ  2006;333:1126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.634907.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	David Shaw Miller
	D S Miller
	BMJ  2006;333:1126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.682315.FA [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

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