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7 June 2003 (Volume 326, Issue 7401)
 
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 Editor's choice
This week in the BMJ
Editorials
News
News roundup
News extra
Papers
Primary care
Quality improvement report
Clinical review
Education and debate
Letters
Obituaries
reviews
Minerva
Fillers
Career focus
Press releases

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Editor's choice

 

Head lice: boring for doctors, important to patients
Richard Smith [Full text] [PDF]  

 

This week in the BMJ

 

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

 

Neuraminidase inhibitors treat and prevent flu [Full text]
Quantitative ultrasound scanning increases detection of osteoporosis [Full text]
Meta-analysis can effectively pool cost data for individual patients [Full text]
Young women accept Chlamydia screening in a contraceptive service [Full text]
Minorities are under-represented in RCTs [Full text]
Poor education was associated with mortality in 1990s Russia [Full text]

Editorials

 

  Preventing and treating influenza
Klaus Stöhr
BMJ 2003; 326: 1223-1224. [Full text] [PDF]  
 
  Editorial misconduct
Richard Smith
BMJ 2003; 326: 1224-1225. [Full text] [PDF]  
 
  Impartial careers advice for doctors and medical students
Rhona MacDonald and Graham Easton
BMJ 2003; 326: 1225-1226. [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Summary of informing choices]  
 
  Extending the boundaries of transplantation
Shehan Hettiaratchy and Peter E M Butler
BMJ 2003; 326: 1226-1227. [Full text] [PDF]  
 
  What do you think of the BMJ's POEMs?
Abi Berger
BMJ 2003; 326: 1228. [Full text] [PDF]  
 

News

 

Short term measures to meet NHS targets cannot be sustained [Full text] [PDF]  
EU agrees deal on cheaper drugs for developing world [Full text] [PDF]  
In brief [Full text] [PDF]  
Ballot on GP contract opens [Full text] [PDF]  
Governors resist Bush plan to rein in Medicaid costs [Full text] [PDF]  
Prostate specific antigen test must be repeated before biopsy [Full text] [PDF]  
Doctors should abandon ties and avoid nose rings [Full text] [PDF]  
Waiting times for breast cancer test results have risen in past two years [Full text] [PDF]  
Independent panel finds alteplase beneficial for acute stroke patients [Full text] [PDF]  

News roundup

 

Spread of SARS slows [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]  
Canadian government is attacked for plan to legalise marijuana [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]  
Latest HRT trial results show risk of dementia [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]  
Head of ME association is sacked [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]  
Smoke free areas do not harm profits, survey shows [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]  
Schering-Plough is accused of overcharging and of obstructing justice [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]  
Court rules food and hydration are treatment [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]  
Bush legislates for $15bn to be spent on AIDS [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]  

News extra

 

Ministry of Defence accused of contravening inoculation guidelines [Full text]  
Mental health diseases are an economic burden on patients, says report [Full text]  
India agrees to help Nigeria tackle the import of fake drugs [Full text]  

 

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Papers

 

Effectiveness of neuraminidase inhibitors in treatment and prevention of influenza A and B: systematic review and meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials
Nicola J Cooper, Alexander J Sutton, Keith R Abrams, Allan Wailoo, David Turner, and Karl G Nicholson
BMJ 2003; 326: 1235. [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Full list of trials]  
 
  Commentary: We need to determine who benefits most from flu treatments
Lucy Hansen
BMJ 2003; 326: 1239-1240. [Full text]  
 
Social factors and increase in mortality in Russia in the 1990s: prospective cohort study
S L Plavinski, S I Plavinskaya, and A N Klimov
BMJ 2003; 326: 1240-1242. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Figure and table]  
 
  Instrument for objective assessment of appropriateness of surgical bed occupancy: validation study
Afshin Alijani, George B Hanna, Dorin Ziyaie, Suzanne L Burns, Kenneth L Campbell, Marion E T McMurdo, and Alfred Cuschieri
BMJ 2003; 326: 1243-1244. [Full text] [PDF]  
 
  Representation of South Asian people in randomised clinical trials: analysis of trials' data
Su Mason, Mahvash Hussain-Gambles, Brenda Leese, Karl Atkin, and Julia Brown
BMJ 2003; 326: 1244-1245. [Full text] [PDF]  
 
  Average energy intake among pregnant women carrying a boy compared with a girl
Rulla M Tamimi, Pagona Lagiou, Lorelei A Mucci, Chung-Cheng Hsieh, Hans-Olov Adami, and Dimitrios Trichopoulos
BMJ 2003; 326: 1245-1246. [Full text] [PDF]  
 

Primary care

 

Meta-analysis of data on costs from trials of counselling in primary care: using individual patient data to overcome sample size limitations in economic analyses
Peter Bower, Sarah Byford, Julie Barber, Jennifer Beecham, Sharon Simpson, Karin Friedli, Roslyn Corney, Michael King, and Ian Harvey
BMJ 2003; 326: 1247-1250. [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Patients' characteristics]  
 
  Quantitative ultrasound and risk factor enquiry as predictors of postmenopausal osteoporosis: comparative study in primary care
Jean Hodson and Jen Marsh
BMJ 2003; 326: 1250-1251. [Full text] [PDF]  
 

Quality improvement report

 

Opportunistic screening for Chlamydia at a community based contraceptive service for young people
V Moens, G Baruch, and P Fearon
BMJ 2003; 326: 1252-1255. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]  
 

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Clinical review

 

  Extracts from BestTreatments: Treating head lice
Beth Nash
BMJ 2003; 326: 1256-1257. [Full text] [PDF]  
 
  Commentary: How to advise a patient when over the counter products have failed
Ian Burgess
BMJ 2003; 326: 1257. [Full text]  
 
  Commentary: Information for patients: removal of lice and eggs by combing
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ 2003; 326: 1258. [Full text]  
 
  Commentary: A parent's story: "I felt lost and hysterical"
BMJ 2003; 326: 1258. [Full text]  
 
  ABC of interventional cardiology: Acute coronary syndrome: unstable angina and non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction
Ever D Grech and David R Ramsdale
BMJ 2003; 326: 1259-1261. [Full text] [PDF]  
 

Education and debate

 

  Pitfalls of editorial miscommunication
Karen Shashok
BMJ 2003; 326: 1262-1264. [Full text] [PDF]  
 

Letters

 

  This week's letters [PDF]
 
  Mortality associated with foodborne bacterial gastrointestinal infections: Statistical method is worth examining
Louis Anthony Cox, Jr
BMJ 2003; 326: 1265. [Full text]  
 
  Mortality associated with foodborne bacterial gastrointestinal infections: Case selection and clinical data are important
Sarah J O'Brien and Roger A Feldman
BMJ 2003; 326: 1265. [Full text]  
 
  Mortality associated with foodborne bacterial gastrointestinal infections: Mechanism needs to be explained
Philip P Mortimer
BMJ 2003; 326: 1265-1266. [Full text]  
 
  Mortality associated with foodborne bacterial gastrointestinal infections: Authors' reply
Morten Helms, Pernille Vastrup, and Kåre Mølbak
BMJ 2003; 326: 1266. [Full text]  
 
  Mortality in Swedish women with cosmetic breast implants: Study found increased risk of suicides and cancer deaths
Diana Zuckerman
BMJ 2003; 326: 1266. [Full text]  
 
  Mortality in Swedish women with cosmetic breast implants: Body dysmorphic disorder should be considered
Jordan Klesmer
BMJ 2003; 326: 1266-1267. [Full text]  
 
  "Evidence of absence" can be important
Michael Joffe
BMJ 2003; 326: 1267. [Full text]  
 
  Routine telephone review of asthma: Measurement of quality dimensions causes concern
Thanh Huynh and Catherine Lavars
BMJ 2003; 326: 1267. [Full text]  
 
  Routine telephone review of asthma: Further investigation is required
Brian McKinstry, David Heaney, Jeremy Walker, and Sally Wyke
BMJ 2003; 326: 1267. [Full text]  
 
  Routine telephone review of asthma: Authors' reply
Hilary Pinnock, Robert Bawden, Stephen Proctor, Stephanie Wolfe, Jane Scullion, David Price, and Aziz Sheikh
BMJ 2003; 326: 1267-1268. [Full text]  
 
  Consumption of coffee during pregnancy: Article raises more questions than it answers
Ludwig Tsoi
BMJ 2003; 326: 1268. [Full text]  
 
  Consumption of coffee during pregnancy: Authors should adjust for history of drug abuse
Michael Sindos, Narendra Pisal, and Stavroula Michala
BMJ 2003; 326: 1268. [Full text]  
 
  Consumption of coffee during pregnancy: Data do not support claim
Adam Jacobs
BMJ 2003; 326: 1268-1269. [Full text]  
 
  Consumption of coffee during pregnancy: Authors' reply
Kirsten Wisborg, Morten Hedegaard, Tine Brink Henriksen, Ulrik Kesmodel, and Bodil Hammer Bech
BMJ 2003; 326: 1269. [Full text]  
 
  Doctors as servants of patients: Long term patients are underused resource
Bernard Forbes
BMJ 2003; 326: 1269. [Full text]  
 
  Doctors as servants of patients: Surely we can do better than this
Kiaran Asthana
BMJ 2003; 326: 1269. [Full text]  
 
  Doctors as servants of patients: Modesty may be deceptive
John F Morgan
BMJ 2003; 326: 1269. [Full text]  
 

Obituaries

 

This week's obituaries [PDF]

 

Gerald Charles Joseph Bennett [Full text] [extra: Longer version]  
Michael John Davies [Full text] [extra: Longer version]  
Kantilal Chaturbhai Patel [Full text] [extra: Longer version]  

reviews

 

Multimedia

 

Exhibition: The Theatre of Life and Death
Jules Marshall [Full text] [PDF]  

 

Book: Federal Bodysnatchers and the New Guinea Virus: Tales of Parasites, People, and Politics
Sanjay A Pai [Full text]  

 

Press: MMR: more scrutiny, please
Trevor Jackson [Full text]  

 

Website of the week: Chlamydia
Adrian Gonzalez [Full text]  

 

Personal views

VOMIT (victims of modern imaging technology)—an acronym for our times
Richard Hayward [Full text]  

 

Soundings

Young doctors, old lawyers
George Dunea [Full text]  

 

Minerva

[Full text] [PDF]

Fillers

 

POEM*: Azithromycin doesn't prevent recurrent acute coronary syndromes [Full text] [PDF]  
Endpiece: The three stages of a man's life [Full text] [PDF]  
A memorable patient: Polypharmacy remains an issue in elderly patients [Full text] [PDF]  
A memorable patient: Using patients for teaching can enhance their lives [Full text] [PDF]  

Career focus

 

   
THIS WEEK: THIS WEEK
Rhona MacDonald [Full text]  

 

Unfinished Business and Modernising Medical Careers
Alan Naftalin [Full text]  

 

Informing choices: the inside story
Rhona MacDonald [Full text] [extra: Summary of informing choices]  

 

Senior house officer foundation programmes in action
Andrew Whitehouse, Catherine Anderson, Sadaf Bashir, Carolyn Gee, and Kate Massey [Full text]  

 

Changing the culture to support doctors' careers
Ruth Chambers, Kay Mohanna, Andrew Thornett, and Maureen Baker [Full text] [extra: Description of competent information providers]  

 

THE WAY I SEE IT: The implications of Modernising Medical Careers for specialist registrars
Adam Poole [Full text]  

 

SOAP OPERA: Episode 27: The gnome at the end of the garden
Nicola Sharp [Full text]  

 

 

 

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