Editor's choice: Jam tomorrow
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39049.547442.F7, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	US editor's choice: US Highlights
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39050.451759.3A, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Google is a good diagnostician [Full text]

	Should statins be used perioperatively? [Full text]

	Acute rheumatic fever is still a clinical challenge [Full text]

	Practice based commissioning shares fundholding's flaws [Full text]

	Don't miss acute angle closure glaucoma [Full text]

Editorials

	Diagnosis using search engines
	Martin Gardner
	BMJ  2006;333:1131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39044.369745.BE, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sexual relationships between doctors and former patients
	Julian Sheather
	BMJ  2006;333:1132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39042.529641.BE, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Donor breast milk banking
	Neena Modi
	BMJ  2006;333:1133-1134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39034.651563.80, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Uninsured Americans and the new Democratic Congress
	Uwe E Reinhardt
	BMJ  2006;333:1134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39042.375544.BE, (Published 23 November 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reconfiguring acute hospitals in England
	Chris Ham
	BMJ  2006;333:1135-1136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39044.592662.BE, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Physical activity to prevent obesity in young children: Negative outcome or protocol problem?
	Alastair Michell
	BMJ  2006;333:1171, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.398646.1F, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Physical activity to prevent obesity in young children: BMI in the BMJ
	Daniel J Green, Tim Cable
	BMJ  2006;333:1171, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.484167.FA, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Physical activity to prevent obesity in young children: Dietary and behavioural modifications in managing childhood obesity
	S Kapoor
	BMJ  2006;333:1171, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.412593.1F, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Physical activity to prevent obesity in young children: Authors' reply
	John J Reilly, James Y Paton, J H McColl, A Williamson
	BMJ  2006;333:1171-1172, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.503958.FA, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Author's response to influenza vaccination: policy v evidence
	Tom Jefferson
	BMJ  2006;333:1172, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.403808.1F, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Methadone tolerance testing in drug misusers: Beyond the edge of safety
	Deborah A Zador, Michael Farrell
	BMJ  2006;333:1172-1173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.381991.1F, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Methadone tolerance testing in drug misusers: Author's response
	Adam Bakker
	BMJ  2006;333:1173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.392928.1F, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Refusing to provide a prenatal test: can it ever be ethical?: Time to re-think the autonomy of future individuals
	Paul D Kelly
	BMJ  2006;333:1173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.377037.1F, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Refusing to provide a prenatal test: can it ever be ethical?: Rights of future children
	Tom W Shakespeare
	BMJ  2006;333:1173-1174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.375324.1F, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Refusing to provide a prenatal test: can it ever be ethical?: The darker side of medicine
	Nushan P Gunawardana
	BMJ  2006;333:1174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.378819.1F, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Refusing to provide a prenatal test: can it ever be ethical?: Ethics or humanity?
	Neha S Godre
	BMJ  2006;333:1174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.370301.1F, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Even clinician led management won't fix the NHS
	Adam R Greenbaum
	BMJ  2006;333:1174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.400220.1F, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Patients' views on access will affect GPs' pay
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;333:1137, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39048.704838.DB, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Former spy's death causes public health alert
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;333:1137, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39048.690116.DB, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	News
	BMJ  2006;333:1138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39048.497859.6C, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Canadian doctors develop triage protocol for influenza pandemic
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
	BMJ  2006;333:1138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.452292.DB, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US cancer patients have problems with insurance and care, says survey
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:1138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39048.334005.DB, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA approves silicone breast implants 14 years after their withdrawal
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:1139, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39048.332650.DB, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Nurses should be allowed to run abortion services up to nine weeks, charity says
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;333:1139, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39048.615440.DB, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Impasse over patient consent may delay NHS computerisation
	Michael Cross
	BMJ  2006;333:1140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39048.682153.DB, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Red Cross accuses Israeli forces of killing two ambulance workers
	Merav Sarig
	BMJ  2006;333:1140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39041.573403.DB, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Relief worker killed as conflict in Darfur spreads to neighbours
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2006;333:1140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.569120.DB, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Second cancers more common in people who receive donor stem cell transplants
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:1140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39048.334595.DB, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Hungary to close 9000 hospital beds to bring it closer to EU average
	Thomas Land
	BMJ  2006;333:1140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39048.339606.DB, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US health insurers propose expansion of cover, but plan is widely criticised
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:1141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39048.354132.DB, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS needs more consultant surgeons to cope with demand
	Claire Frauenfelder
	BMJ  2006;333:1141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39048.341227.DB, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Regulator finds advertising of complementary product "misleading"
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2006;333:1141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39044.539097.DB, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Bowel cancer treatment gets better, report says
	Toby Reynolds
	BMJ  2006;333:1141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39048.340428.DB, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Feeling the squeeze
	Lisa Hitchen
	BMJ  2006;333:1142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39044.677280.DB, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Southall defends keeping private case files for child protection work
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:1142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39049.503958.DB, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Promotion of NHS to be governed by Department of Health code
	Claire Frauenfelder
	BMJ  2006;333:1142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39049.389028.DB, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Professor Doll failed to declare interests when working on vinyl chloride
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;333:1142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39035.565648.DB, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Influenza kills up to 25 000 people a year in England and Wales, report says
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;333:1142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.477384.DB, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Research

	Googling for a diagnosis—use of Google as a diagnostic aid: internet based study
	Hangwi Tang, Jennifer Hwee Kwoon Ng
	BMJ  2006;333:1143-1145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39003.640567.AE, (Published 10 November 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table] FREE

	Lifetime cost effectiveness of simvastatin in a range of risk groups and age groups derived from a randomised trial of 20 536 people
	Heart Protection Study Collaborative
	BMJ  2006;333:1145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38993.731725.BE, (Published 10 November 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Strength of evidence for perioperative use of statins to reduce cardiovascular risk: systematic review of controlled studies
	Anmol S Kapoor, Hussein Kanji, Jeanette Buckingham, P J Devereaux, Finlay A McAlister
	BMJ  2006;333:1149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39006.531146.BE, (Published 6 November 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References] FREE

Clinical review

	Rheumatic fever and its management
	Antoinette M Cilliers
	BMJ  2006;333:1153-1156, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39031.420637.BE, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

Practice

	Lesson of the week: Misdiagnosis of angle closure glaucoma
	Patel Gordon-Bennett, Tsiang Ung, Chris Stephenson, Melanie Hingorani
	BMJ  2006;333:1157-1158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.570313.AE, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of obesity: Obesity and reproduction
	Jane E Ramsay, Ian Greer, Naveed Sattar
	BMJ  2006;333:1159-1162, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39049.439444.DE1, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Lumbar discectomy remains unproved
	BMJ  2006;333:1163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7579.1163, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Care management helps people live with dementia
	BMJ  2006;333:1163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7579.1163-a, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Chlorhexidine mouthwash and nasal gel helps prevent infections after cardiac surgery
	BMJ  2006;333:1163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.366377.BE, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Fetal pulse oximetry doesn't help women in labour or their infants
	BMJ  2006;333:1163-1164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7579.1163-c, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Bird flu season is back
	BMJ  2006;333:1164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7579.1164, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: US guidelines on epoetin alfa tainted by links with industry
	BMJ  2006;333:1164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7579.1164-a, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Medicaid patients miss out on treatments for acute coronary syndrome
	BMJ  2006;333:1164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7579.1164-b, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Most patients with ischaemic stroke need recanalisation treatments within three hours
	BMJ  2006;333:1164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7579.1164-c, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Special report: Was message of sudden infant death study misleading?
	Jonathan Gornall
	BMJ  2006;333:1165-1168, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39031.590914.68, (Published 2 December 2006) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Primary care: Does practice based commissioning avoid the problems of fundholding?
	Ian Greener, Russell Mannion
	BMJ  2006;333:1168-1170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39022.486921.94, (Published 2 December 2006) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Social Inequalities in Health: New Evidence and Policy Implications
	Petter Kristensen
	BMJ  2006;333:1177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39049.564502.59, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Bioethics and Armed Conflict: Moral Dilemmas of Medicine and War
	Vivienne Nathanson
	BMJ  2006;333:1177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39048.681424.59, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The Brain Hospital
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2006;333:1178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39048.600590.59, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: AIDS: a cause for optimism?
	Balaji Ravichandran
	BMJ  2006;333:1179, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39048.719525.59, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: GP or travel agent?
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2006;333:1179, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39049.432859.59, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;333:1180, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.538356.471, (Published 2 December 2006) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	Hangwi Tang, Khoa Tran
	BMJ  2006;333:1180, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.538356.47, (Published 2 December 2006) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Midtrimester amniocentesis is safer than we thought
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.665671.BE, (Published 2 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Dead or alive?
	BMJ  2006;333:1148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39030.662500.F7, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	On falling over
	Elizabeth Davies
	BMJ  2006;333:1152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39035.495150.BE, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Independence may be most cost effective way to improve health care
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39049.447650.68, (Published 2 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	This week in the BMJ
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39049.457130.68, (Published 2 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effectiveness of telephone counselling by a pharmacist in reducing mortality in patients receiving polypharmacy: randomised controlled trial
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39049.404433.68, (Published 2 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	When is the best time to do VSO?
	Shelley Heard
	BMJ  2006;333:s202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7579.s202, (Published 2 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I'm thinking of going to Australia after F1. What do you think?
	Shelley Heard
	BMJ  2006;333:s202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7579.s202-a, (Published 2 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I really don't understand how the new application process will work. Can you help?
	Carrie Moore
	BMJ  2006;333:s202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7579.s202-b, (Published 2 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I'd like to do my F2 year abroad. Is this possible?
	Derek Galle
	BMJ  2006;333:s202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7579.s202-c, (Published 2 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What happens to couples—will they be able to stay together?
	Sarah Thomas
	BMJ  2006;333:s202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7579.s202-d, (Published 2 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I'm in F1 and pregnant—what do I do now?
	Sarah Thomas
	BMJ  2006;333:s202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7579.s202-e, (Published 2 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Alan Crockard
	BMJ  2006;333:s203, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7579.s203, (Published 2 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The MMC story
	John Bonner
	BMJ  2006;333:s203-s205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7579.s203-a, (Published 2 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Modernising Medical Careers and surgical training
	Shervanthi Homer-Vanniasinkam
	BMJ  2006;333:s205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7579.s205, (Published 2 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The new GP curriculum
	Clare Wedderburn
	BMJ  2006;333:s206-s207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7579.s206, (Published 2 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Dispelling the myths
	Shelley Heard
	BMJ  2006;333:s208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7579.s208, (Published 2 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Foundation year 2 in public health
	Sam Ghebrehewet
	BMJ  2006;333:s209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7579.s209, (Published 2 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Our foundation year 2 abroad
	Katie Patton
	BMJ  2006;333:s210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7579.s210, (Published 2 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Maximise your medical career
	Marc A Gladman
	BMJ  2006;333:s211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7579.s211, (Published 2 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	MMC: New game, old rules
	Ben Davis
	BMJ  2006;333:s212-s213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7579.s212, (Published 2 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	MMC: Must medicine change?
	Gira Patel
	BMJ  2006;333:s214-s215, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7579.s214, (Published 2 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	MMC's National Director (England)
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;333:s216, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7579.s216, (Published 2 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Sir Martin Roth
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2006;333:1175, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.720775.FA, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text]

	Thomas ("Tom") Brearley
	Peter McWilliam
	BMJ  2006;333:1176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.706204.FA, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text]

	Dorothy Maud Record (née Tidmas)
	Ian Leck
	BMJ  2006;333:1176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39034.542905.FA, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text]

	John Michael Rice-Oxley
	Tim Rice-Oxley
	BMJ  2006;333:1176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.718576.FA, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text]

	Hugh Bernard Langford Russell
	Neil Edward
	BMJ  2006;333:1176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39048.529132.FA, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text]

	John Andrew Savin
	John Hunter
	BMJ  2006;333:1176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39048.555718.FA, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text]

	Henry Stoll
	James Carne
	BMJ  2006;333:1176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.547951.FA, (Published 2 December 2006) [Extract] [Full text]

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