Editor's choice: New beginnings
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39063.556042.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	US editor's choice: US Highlights
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39064.463368.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Antibiotic prevents complications of measles [Full text]

	Flu vaccine for staff protects care home residents [Full text]

	Journals omit absolute risks [Full text]

	How to manage osteoporosis [Full text]

	Lab tests for diabetic dyslipidaemia [Full text]

Editorials

	Influenza in elderly people in care homes
	Rachel E Jordan, Jeremy I Hawker
	BMJ  2006;333:1229-1230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39050.408044.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references (pdf)]

	Rehabilitation of traumatised refugees and survivors of torture
	Metin Basoglu
	BMJ  2006;333:1230-1231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39036.739236.43 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The Cooksey review of UK health research funding
	Nick Black
	BMJ  2006;333:1231-1232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39059.444120.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug eluting stents
	A H Gershlick, G Richardson
	BMJ  2006;333:1233-1234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39058.554884.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Measles in developing countries
	Neal A Halsey
	BMJ  2006;333:1234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39058.361620.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Use of Google as a diagnostic aid: Bias your search
	Mark Taubert
	BMJ  2006;333:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39058.703194.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Use of Google as a diagnostic aid: Is Google like 10 000 monkeys?
	Reinhard Wentz
	BMJ  2006;333:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39058.700266.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Use of Google as a diagnostic aid: Authors' reply to responses
	Hangwi Tang, Jennifer H K Ng
	BMJ  2006;333:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39058.709537.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Use of Google as a diagnostic aid: Summary of other responses
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2006;333:1270-1271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39059.575556.FA [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Reconfiguring acute hospitals in England: Clinicians are fatigued by health policy and policy makers
	Richard Venn, Lui G Forni
	BMJ  2006;333:1271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39058.701065.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Reconfiguring acute hospitals in England: Try reconfiguring services to improve standards and meet patient preferences
	Steven Ford
	BMJ  2006;333:1271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39058.720150.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Reconfiguring acute hospitals in England: A side effect of patient choice?
	Ike Anya
	BMJ  2006;333:1271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39058.712280.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Author's reply to review of Bioethics and Armed Conflict
	Michael L Gross
	BMJ  2006;333:1271-1272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39058.718067.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Effective probiotic treatment is rarely cheap
	Simon D McLaughlin, Sue K Clark, R John Nicholls, Paris P Tekkis, Paul J Ciclitira
	BMJ  2006;333:1272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39051.732095.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sexual relationships between doctors and former patients: Already guilty?
	Gerald Freshwater
	BMJ  2006;333:1272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39058.699491.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sexual relationships between doctors and former patients: Dating patients
	Chris Jones
	BMJ  2006;333:1272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39058.711725.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Experts back research using primates
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;333:1235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39063.532917.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Drug eluting stents are safe for licensed indications, FDA panel says
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;333:1235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39063.481285.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In Brief: News
	BMJ  2006;333:1236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39062.488796.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS told to make £250m surplus
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;333:1236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39063.351667.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Staff costs are to blame for NHS deficits, say MPs
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2006;333:1236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39063.580694.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Researcher received undisclosed payments of $300 000 from Pfizer
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2006;333:1237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39062.603495.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pfizer stops clinical trials of heart drug
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:1237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39059.438044.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Genetic tests and staff are cut to save money
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2006;333:1238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39059.421852.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Woman in persistent vegetative state can die, rules judge
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:1238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39062.472060.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	PFI contributes to large deficits of Scottish health boards
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2006;333:1238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39059.423461.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dutch doctors call for action on drug safety
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2006;333:1238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39059.629120.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Sponsorship of patients' groups by drug companies should be made transparent
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2006;333:1238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39062.360289.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GPs should use "premier" information sources when prescribing
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;333:1239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39059.512269.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE requires primary care trusts to tackle prevention and management of obesity
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;333:1239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39062.338079.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Review of drug subsidy scheme delayed as test case looms
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2006;333:1239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39062.420995.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cooksey report recommends central coordinating body for research
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2006;333:1239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39059.559213.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dispute over conflicts of interests leads to changes for medical society
	Nina Vinther Andersen
	BMJ  2006;333:1240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.420938.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Duff's report calls for changes in way drugs are tested
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;333:1240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39062.336157.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK government acted "unlawfully" by dropping international doctors scheme claim
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:1240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39062.572454.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Social marketing centre launches in England
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2006;333:1240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39063.511644.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Research

	Effectiveness of an influenza vaccine programme for care home staff to prevent death, morbidity, and health service use among residents: cluster randomised controlled trial
	Andrew C Hayward, Richard Harling, Sally Wetten, Anne M Johnson, Susan Munro, Julia Smedley, Shahed Murad, John M Watson
	BMJ  2006;333:1241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39010.581354.55, (Published 1 December 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Prophylactic antibiotics to prevent pneumonia and other complications after measles: community based randomised double blind placebo controlled trial in Guinea-Bissau
	May-Lill Garly, Carlitos Balé, Cesário Lourenco Martins, Hilton C Whittle, Jens Nielsen, Ida M Lisse, Peter Aaby
	BMJ  2006;333:1245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38989.684178.AE, (Published 23 October 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Ratio measures in leading medical journals: structured review of accessibility of underlying absolute risks
	Lisa M Schwartz, Steven Woloshin, Evan L Dvorin, H Gilbert Welch
	BMJ  2006;333:1248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38985.564317.7C, (Published 23 October 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional details] FREE

Clinical review

	Osteoporosis and its management
	Kenneth E S Poole, Juliet E Compston
	BMJ  2006;333:1251-1256, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39050.597350.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references (pdf)]

Practice

	Cases in primary care laboratory medicine: Hypertriglyceridaemia in diabetes
	W Stuart A Smellie
	BMJ  2006;333:1257-1260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39043.398738.DE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of obesity: Obesity—can we turn the tide?
	Mike Lean, Laurence Gruer, George Alberti, Naveed Sattar
	BMJ  2006;333:1261-1264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39049.626076.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Routine HIV screening can be cost effective
	BMJ  2006;333:1265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39059.380961.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Interval exercise is well tolerated in people with chronic lung disease
	BMJ  2006;333:1265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7581.1265-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Poor Americans often misinterpret labels on drug bottles
	BMJ  2006;333:1265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7581.1265-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Metformin remains the logical first line drug for type 2 diabetes
	BMJ  2006;333:1265-1266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7581.1265-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Blood products transmit prions between humans
	BMJ  2006;333:1266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7581.1266 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Benefits of breast cancer screening not proved for women under 50
	BMJ  2006;333:1266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7581.1266-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Folic acid fails to protect against cardiovascular disease
	BMJ  2006;333:1266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7581.1266-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Imatinib is effective long term treatment for myeloid leukaemia
	BMJ  2006;333:1266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7581.1266-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Drug safety: Anecdotes that provide definitive evidence
	Jeffrey K Aronson, Manfred Hauben
	BMJ  2006;333:1267-1269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39036.666389.94 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Getting camera happy
	Jane Cassidy
	BMJ  2006;333:1275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39062.693113.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: Cardiac arrest on a ski slope
	Sarah Davies, Tarek F T Antonios
	BMJ  2006;333:1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39058.661528.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: We risk forgetting what it means to be free
	Lesley Morrison
	BMJ  2006;333:1277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39062.601285.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: On their high horses
	Imre Loefler
	BMJ  2006;333:1277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39062.654294.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;333:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39058.480486.801 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	Akheel A Syed
	BMJ  2006;333:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39058.480486.80 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Cardiovascular risk assessment for primary prevention is often inaccurate
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39059.491065.DE [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Another inconvenient truth?
	Julian Crane, Brent Caldwell
	BMJ  2006;333:1256, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39050.686111.DE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A place of safety
	Andrew Ludman, Sian Ludman
	BMJ  2006;333:1260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39030.710972.F7 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Why not "acidically"?
	Imran Zakria
	BMJ  2006;333:1269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39057.536296.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	this week
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2006;333:gp225, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7581.sgp225, (Published 16 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Locuming in North West Sutherland
	Miles Mack
	BMJ  2006;333:gp225-gp226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7581.sgp225-a, (Published 16 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	After the amendment made by the visa office what is the chance of getting a specialist job in this field after finishing two years of an SHO job in the UK?
	Sunder R Gopaul
	BMJ  2006;333:s226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7581.s226, (Published 16 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I have recently been shortlisted for two different jobs and the interviews take place in the same week. If I am successful in the first job before knowing the outcome of the second, how long can I delay the answer as my preferred job is the second one?
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2006;333:s226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7581.s226-a, (Published 16 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I want to know the way to get a job as an ENT specialist in Dubai/United Arab Emirates/Muscat/Kuwait/Bahrain. Do these countries respect Indian qualifications MS(ENT) and DLO (diploma in laryngology and otology)? I do not know where I can see the right job adverts for these countries. Please advise, because in India I see adverts only for Saudi Arabia, with none for the other Gulf countries
	Shakeel Ahmed Qureshi
	BMJ  2006;333:s226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7581.s226-b, (Published 16 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am an Indian doctor who married a British doctor and came to the UK on a permanent settlement spouse visa. What are my career prospects in the UK with the new work permit rules?
	Shaaz Mahboob
	BMJ  2006;333:s226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7581.s226-c, (Published 16 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2006;333:s227, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7581.s227, (Published 16 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I do?
	Karen Hebert
	BMJ  2006;333:s227-s228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7581.s227-a, (Published 16 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Five minute consultation with Relate counsellor Christine Northam
	BMJ  2006;333:s228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7581.s228, (Published 16 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Building a safer NHS—September rather than August?
	Elizabeth Clements
	BMJ  2006;333:s229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7581.s229, (Published 16 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Advanced trauma life support can be studied overseas
	Sherilyn Tay
	BMJ  2006;333:s230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7581.s230, (Published 16 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Article 14 and the PMETB: light at the end of the tunnel
	Matt Green
	BMJ  2006;333:s231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7581.s231, (Published 16 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Medics in the spotlight
	Philippa Ashmore
	BMJ  2006;333:s232-s233, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7581.s232, (Published 16 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How to miss meetings
	Mark Griffiths
	BMJ  2006;333:s233, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7581.s233, (Published 16 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The writer of Bodies
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2006;333:s234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7581.s234, (Published 16 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Allen Carr
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;333:1273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39059.581123.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	William ("Bill") Harte Callander
	Joan Callander
	BMJ  2006;333:1274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39059.619884.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	John Marshall Davis
	K W Symons
	BMJ  2006;333:1274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39059.693495.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	Cecil Mary Drillien
	Margaret Drummond
	BMJ  2006;333:1274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39062.552141.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	Laurence Ian ("Pop") Holmes-Smith
	Brian Dooley, Ralph Followell
	BMJ  2006;333:1274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39062.533102.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	David Flett Smith
	Roger P S Smith
	BMJ  2006;333:1274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39062.511574.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	James Brian Turtle
	Jack Cantor
	BMJ  2006;333:1274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.693090.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	William ("Bill") Wynne Willson
	Susie Wynne Willson
	BMJ  2006;333:1274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.598542.FA [Extract] [Full text]

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