Head lice: boring for doctors, important to patients
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2003;326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Neuraminidase inhibitors treat and prevent flu [Full text] FREE

	Quantitative ultrasound scanning increases detection of osteoporosis [Full text] FREE

	Meta-analysis can effectively pool cost data for individual patients [Full text] FREE

	Young women accept Chlamydia screening in a contraceptive service [Full text] FREE

	Minorities are under-represented in RCTs [Full text] FREE

	Poor education was associated with mortality in 1990s Russia [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Preventing and treating influenza
	Klaus Stöhr
	BMJ  2003;326:1223-1224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1223 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Editorial misconduct
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2003;326:1224-1225, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1224 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Impartial careers advice for doctors and medical students
	Rhona MacDonald, Graham Easton
	BMJ  2003;326:1225-1226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1225 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Summary of informing choices] FREE

	Extending the boundaries of transplantation
	Shehan Hettiaratchy, Peter E M Butler
	BMJ  2003;326:1226-1227, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1226 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What do you think of the BMJ's POEMs?
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2003;326:1228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1228 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Mortality associated with foodborne bacterial gastrointestinal infections: Statistical method is worth examining
	Louis Anthony Cox, Jr
	BMJ  2003;326:1265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1265 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mortality associated with foodborne bacterial gastrointestinal infections: Case selection and clinical data are important
	Sarah J O'Brien, Roger A Feldman
	BMJ  2003;326:1265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1265-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mortality associated with foodborne bacterial gastrointestinal infections: Mechanism needs to be explained
	Philip P Mortimer
	BMJ  2003;326:1265-1266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1265-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mortality associated with foodborne bacterial gastrointestinal infections: Authors' reply
	Morten Helms, Pernille Vastrup, Kåre Mølbak
	BMJ  2003;326:1266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1266 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mortality in Swedish women with cosmetic breast implants: Study found increased risk of suicides and cancer deaths
	Diana Zuckerman
	BMJ  2003;326:1266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1266-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mortality in Swedish women with cosmetic breast implants: Body dysmorphic disorder should be considered
	Jordan Klesmer
	BMJ  2003;326:1266-1267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1266-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	"Evidence of absence" can be important
	Michael Joffe
	BMJ  2003;326:1267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1267 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Routine telephone review of asthma: Measurement of quality dimensions causes concern
	Thanh Huynh, Catherine Lavars
	BMJ  2003;326:1267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1267-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Routine telephone review of asthma: Further investigation is required
	Brian McKinstry, David Heaney, Jeremy Walker, Sally Wyke
	BMJ  2003;326:1267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1267-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Routine telephone review of asthma: Authors' reply
	Hilary Pinnock, Robert Bawden, Stephen Proctor, Stephanie Wolfe, Jane Scullion, David Price, Aziz Sheikh
	BMJ  2003;326:1267-1268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1267-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Consumption of coffee during pregnancy: Article raises more questions than it answers
	Ludwig Tsoi
	BMJ  2003;326:1268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1268 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Consumption of coffee during pregnancy: Authors should adjust for history of drug abuse
	Michael Sindos, Narendra Pisal, Stavroula Michala
	BMJ  2003;326:1268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1268-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Consumption of coffee during pregnancy: Data do not support claim
	Adam Jacobs
	BMJ  2003;326:1268-1269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1268-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Consumption of coffee during pregnancy: Authors' reply
	Kirsten Wisborg, Morten Hedegaard, Tine Brink Henriksen, Ulrik Kesmodel, Bodil Hammer Bech
	BMJ  2003;326:1269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1269 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Doctors as servants of patients: Long term patients are underused resource
	Bernard Forbes
	BMJ  2003;326:1269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1269-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Doctors as servants of patients: Surely we can do better than this
	Kiaran Asthana
	BMJ  2003;326:1269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1269-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Doctors as servants of patients: Modesty may be deceptive
	John F Morgan
	BMJ  2003;326:1269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1269-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	Short term measures to meet NHS targets cannot be sustained
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;326:1229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1229 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	EU agrees deal on cheaper drugs for developing world
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2003;326:1229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1229-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2003;326:1230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1230 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Ballot on GP contract opens
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2003;326:1230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1230-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Governors resist Bush plan to rein in Medicaid costs
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2003;326:1230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1230-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Prostate specific antigen test must be repeated before biopsy
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2003;326:1231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1231 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Doctors should abandon ties and avoid nose rings
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;326:1231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1231-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Waiting times for breast cancer test results have risen in past two years
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2003;326:1233, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1233-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Independent panel finds alteplase beneficial for acute stroke patients
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2003;326:1234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1234 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Spread of SARS slows
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2003;326:1232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1232 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Canadian government is attacked for plan to legalise marijuana
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2003;326:1232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1232-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Latest HRT trial results show risk of dementia
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2003;326:1232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1232-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Head of ME association is sacked
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;326:1232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1232-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Smoke free areas do not harm profits, survey shows
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2003;326:1232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1232-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Schering-Plough is accused of overcharging and of obstructing justice
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2003;326:1233, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1233 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Court rules food and hydration are treatment
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2003;326:1233, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1233-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Bush legislates for $15bn to be spent on AIDS
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2003;326:1233, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1233-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Ministry of Defence accused of contravening inoculation guidelines
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;326:1234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1234-a [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Mental health diseases are an economic burden on patients, says report
	Adrián González Aguirre
	BMJ  2003;326:1234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1234-c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	India agrees to help Nigeria tackle the import of fake drugs
	Abiodun Raufu
	BMJ  2003;326:1234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1234-d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's 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, Karl G Nicholson
	BMJ  2003;326:1235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1235 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full list of trials] FREE

	Commentary: We need to determine who benefits most from flu treatments
	Lucy Hansen
	BMJ  2003;326:1239-1240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1239 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Social factors and increase in mortality in Russia in the 1990s: prospective cohort study
	S L Plavinski, S I Plavinskaya, A N Klimov
	BMJ  2003;326:1240-1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1240 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Figure and table] FREE

	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, Alfred Cuschieri
	BMJ  2003;326:1243-1244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1243 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Representation of South Asian people in randomised clinical trials: analysis of trials' data
	Su Mason, Mahvash Hussain-Gambles, Brenda Leese, Karl Atkin, Julia Brown
	BMJ  2003;326:1244-1245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1244 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Research Pointers: 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, Dimitrios Trichopoulos
	BMJ  2003;326:1245-1246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1245 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's 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, Ian Harvey
	BMJ  2003;326:1247-1250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1247 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Patients' characteristics] FREE

	Quantitative ultrasound and risk factor enquiry as predictors of postmenopausal osteoporosis: comparative study in primary care
	Jean Hodson, Jen Marsh
	BMJ  2003;326:1250-1251, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1250 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Quality improvement report

This week's Quality improvement report

	Opportunistic screening for Chlamydia at a community based contraceptive service for young people
	V Moens, G Baruch, P Fearon
	BMJ  2003;326:1252-1255, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1252 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Extracts from BestTreatments: Treating head lice
	Beth Nash
	BMJ  2003;326:1256-1257, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1256 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: How to advise a patient when over the counter products have failed
	Ian Burgess
	BMJ  2003;326:1257, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1257 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Information for patients: removal of lice and eggs by combing
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;326:1258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1258 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: A parent's story: "I felt lost and hysterical"
	BMJ  2003;326:1258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1258-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of interventional cardiology: Acute coronary syndrome: unstable angina and non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction
	Ever D Grech, David R Ramsdale
	BMJ  2003;326:1259-1261, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1259 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Pitfalls of editorial miscommunication
	Karen Shashok
	BMJ  2003;326:1262-1264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1262 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Gerald Charles Joseph Bennett
	Len Doyal, Shah Ebrahim, Sheila Hillier, Peter Millard, Anthea Tinker, Hilary Scott
	BMJ  2003;326:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1270 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Michael John Davies
	Cathy Corbishley, Margaret Burke
	BMJ  2003;326:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1270-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Kantilal Chaturbhai Patel
	Nikunj K Patel
	BMJ  2003;326:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1270-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minvera
	BMJ  2003;326:1274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1274 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM*: Azithromycin doesn't prevent recurrent acute coronary syndromes
	BMJ  2003;326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: The three stages of a man's life
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2003;326:1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1242 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A memorable patient: Polypharmacy remains an issue in elderly patients
	Becky Hirst
	BMJ  2003;326:1251, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1251 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A memorable patient: Using patients for teaching can enhance their lives
	Martin Rhodes
	BMJ  2003;326:1255, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1255 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Reviews

This week's Reviews

	Exhibition: The Theatre of Life and Death
	Jules Marshall
	BMJ  2003;326:1271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1271 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: Federal Bodysnatchers and the New Guinea Virus: Tales of Parasites, People, and Politics
	Sanjay A Pai
	BMJ  2003;326:1271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1271-a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Press: MMR: more scrutiny, please
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2003;326:1272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1272 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Website of the week: Chlamydia
	Adrian Gonzalez
	BMJ  2003;326:1272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1272-a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEW: VOMIT (victims of modern imaging technology)—an acronym for our times
	Richard Hayward
	BMJ  2003;326:1273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1273 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	SOUNDINGS: Young doctors, old lawyers
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2003;326:1273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1273-a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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