Nothingness: the role of journals
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Adenoidectomy does not reduce recurrent otitis in young children [Full text] FREE

	Pelvic rocking exercise does not help the baby to rotate [Full text] FREE

	Drinking plenty of fluids may be harmful [Full text] FREE

	Low dose ramipril is not optimal in diabetes [Full text] FREE

	Single patient trials may guide treatment [Full text] FREE

	Does animal research benefit humans? [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	What doesn't work and how to show it
	Phil Alderson, Trish Groves
	BMJ  2004;328:473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.473 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Why do doctors use treatments that do not work?
	Jenny Doust, Chris Del Mar
	BMJ  2004;328:474-475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.474 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references] FREE

	Well informed uncertainties about the effects of treatments
	Iain Chalmers
	BMJ  2004;328:475-476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.475 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
	Phil Alderson
	BMJ  2004;328:476-477, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.476 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Aspirin resistance
	Graeme J Hankey, John W Eikelboom
	BMJ  2004;328:477-479, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.477 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Management of anorexia nervosa revisited
	Janice Russell
	BMJ  2004;328:479-480, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.479 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Screening without evidence of efficacy: Thyroid ultrasonography is another example
	Yair Liel
	BMJ  2004;328:521, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.521 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Screening without evidence of efficacy: Screening uncertainties concern evidence, efficacy, decisions
	Hazel Thornton
	BMJ  2004;328:521, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.521-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Screening without evidence of efficacy: Summary of responses
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2004;328:521-522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.521-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	New European clinical trials directive: Is European research possible?
	Francis P Crawley
	BMJ  2004;328:522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.522 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	New European clinical trials directive: Implementation requires funding for effective training programmes
	Allan Gaw, Moira M B Mungall
	BMJ  2004;328:522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.522-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Reconfiguration of surgical, emergency, and trauma services: Bigger is not better
	David G Currie
	BMJ  2004;328:522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.522-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Reconfiguration of surgical, emergency, and trauma services: Patient power may be the way forward
	Patrick M Trust
	BMJ  2004;328:522-523, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.522-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Reconfiguration of surgical, emergency, and trauma services: Recommendations are useful for configuring emergency services in the developing world
	Adnan A Hyder
	BMJ  2004;328:523, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.523 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Data on neuraminidase inhibitors were made available
	Zoya Panahloo
	BMJ  2004;328:523, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.523-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Decline in mortality in children with HIV in the UK and Ireland: Argument is flawed
	S W P Mhlongo, P M H Maduna
	BMJ  2004;328:523, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.523-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Decline in mortality in children with HIV in the UK and Ireland: HIV positive adolescents urgently need dedicated services
	K P Prime, E A Jungmann, S G Edwards
	BMJ  2004;328:524, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.524 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Decline in mortality in children with HIV in the UK and Ireland: Authors' reply
	D M Gibb, T Duong, P A Tookey
	BMJ  2004;328:524, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.524-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Treating major depression in children and adolescents: Research is needed into safer and more effective drugs
	Macey L Murray, Ian C K Wong, Corinne S de Vries
	BMJ  2004;328:524-525, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.524-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Treating major depression in children and adolescents: Depressed adolescents may lose out
	Kenneth D Shenderey
	BMJ  2004;328:525, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.525 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Treating major depression in children and adolescents: Use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors needs urgent clarification
	Andrew Herxheimer
	BMJ  2004;328:525, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.525-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Children and parents need better information on medicines
	Joanne M Shaw
	BMJ  2004;328:525, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.525-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	National reporting system for medical errors is launched
	Vittal Katikireddi
	BMJ  2004;328:481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.481 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Emergency team phone numbers should be standardised
	Vittal Katikireddi
	BMJ  2004;328:481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.481-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;328:482, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.482 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Infertile couples to be given three shots at IVF
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2004;328:482, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.482-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Fewer care cases to be reopened than originally thought
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:482, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.482-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Seven doctors accused of over-prescribing heroin
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.483 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Pressure mounts for inquiry into MMR furore
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.483-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Netherlands to crack down on complementary medicine
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2004;328:485, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.485-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Australia's contribution to global health fund provokes dismay
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2004;328:486, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.486 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Framework shows countries' contributions
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2004;328:486, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.486-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	World Bank conference debates how to reach the poor
	Jocalyn Clark
	BMJ  2004;328:486, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.486-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Bill will set up court of protection for those lacking mental capacity
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:484, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.484 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Human cloning is justified in preventing genetic disease
	Debashis Singh
	BMJ  2004;328:484, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.484-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Cat on a hot tiled wall
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;328:484, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.484-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Sweden bans privatisation of hospitals
	Jane Burgermeister
	BMJ  2004;328:484, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.484-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Trusts are ill prepared for 58 hour week for junior doctors
	Katherine Burke
	BMJ  2004;328:484, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.484-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	West Africa polio campaign boycotted by Nigerian states
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2004;328:485, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.485 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Only 6% of drug advertising material is supported by evidence
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2004;328:485, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.485-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Americans are told to reduce sodium and increase potassium intake
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;328:485, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.485-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Drug regulators study global treaty to tackle counterfeit drugs
	Liza Gibson
	BMJ  2004;328:486, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.486-c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Mucolytics useful for COPD, guidelines say
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2004;328:486, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.486-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Update: Mucolytics useful for COPD, guidelines say] FREE

	Eastern Europe and Russia face world's fastest growing HIV epidemic
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2004;328:486, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.486-e [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Private insurance subsidy has increased stress on public health system, report says
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2004;328:486, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.486-f [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Inappropriate physical restraint harms patients with learning difficulties
	Vittal Katikireddi
	BMJ  2004;328:486, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.486-g [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Adenoidectomy versus chemoprophylaxis and placebo for recurrent acute otitis media in children aged under 2 years: randomised controlled trial
	Petri Koivunen, Matti Uhari, Jukka Luotonen, Aila Kristo, Risto Raski, Tytti Pokka, Olli-Pekka Alho
	BMJ  2004;328:487, doi: 10.1136/bmj.37972.678345.0D, (Published 9 February 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Randomised controlled trial of effect of hands and knees posturing on incidence of occiput posterior position at birth
	Azar Kariminia, Marie E Chamberlain, John Keogh, Agnes Shea
	BMJ  2004;328:490, doi: 10.1136/bmj.37942.594456.44, (Published 26 January 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Clinicians' roles in management of arsenicosis in Bangladesh: interview study
	Rubaiul Murshed, Robert M Douglas, Geetha Ranmuthugala, Bruce Caldwell
	BMJ  2004;328:493-494, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.493 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Effects of low dose ramipril on cardiovascular and renal outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and raised excretion of urinary albumin: randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial (the DIABHYCAR study)
	Michel Marre, Michel Lievre, Gilles Chatellier, Johannes F E Mann, Philippe Passa, Joël Ménard
	BMJ  2004;328:495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.37970.629537.0D, (Published 11 February 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table][extra: Table] FREE

	"Drink plenty of fluids": a systematic review of evidence for this recommendation in acute respiratory infections
	Michelle P B Guppy, Sharon M Mickan, Chris B Del Mar
	BMJ  2004;328:499-500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38028.627593.BE [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra details] FREE

	Effect of statin treatment for familial hypercholesterolaemia on life assurance: results of consecutive surveys in 1990 and 2002
	H A W Neil, T Hammond, D Mant, S E Humphries
	BMJ  2004;328:500-501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.500 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Length of patient's monologue, rate of completion, and relation to other components of the clinical encounter: observational intervention study in primary care
	Israel Rabinowitz, Rachel Luzzati, Ada Tamir, Shmuel Reis
	BMJ  2004;328:501-502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.501 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Interactive case report: Treating nausea and vomiting during pregnancy: case outcome
	Nicola Harker, Alan Montgomery, Tom Fahey
	BMJ  2004;328:503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.503 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Patient's perspective
	Sally Reynolds, Nicola Harker
	BMJ  2004;328:504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.504 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Obstetrician's perspective—therapeutic trial and error?
	Ian A Greer
	BMJ  2004;328:504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.504-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: n of 1 learning
	Ed Peile
	BMJ  2004;328:505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.505 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: General practitioners are wary of treating sickness in pregnancy
	Roger Gadsby
	BMJ  2004;328:505-506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.505-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Statistical aspects
	Michael J Campbell
	BMJ  2004;328:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.506 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Lesson of the week: Useless and dangerous—fine needle aspiration of hepatic colorectal metastases
	M S Metcalfe, F H G Bridgewater, E J Mullin, G J Maddern
	BMJ  2004;328:507-508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.507 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of smoking cessation: Bupropion and other non-nicotine pharmacotherapies
	Elin Roddy
	BMJ  2004;328:509-511, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.509 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Mentoring to reduce antisocial behaviour in childhood
	Helen Roberts, Kristin Liabo, Patricia Lucas, David DuBois, Trevor A Sheldon
	BMJ  2004;328:512-514, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.512 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Where is the evidence that animal research benefits humans?
	Pandora Pound, Shah Ebrahim, Peter Sandercock, Michael B Bracken, Ian Roberts
	BMJ  2004;328:514-517, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.514 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of search strategy] FREE

	Synthesising licensing data to assess drug safety
	Klim McPherson, Elina Hemminki
	BMJ  2004;328:518-520, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.518 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Tom Waller
	Gerry V Stimson
	BMJ  2004;328:526, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.526 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Derek Herbert Clarke
	Julian Clarke
	BMJ  2004;328:526, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.526-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Anthony William Inglis Hall
	Philippa Hall
	BMJ  2004;328:527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.527 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	John Duncan Hay
	Alan Craft
	BMJ  2004;328:527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.527-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version][extra: Longer version] FREE

	Malcolm McIlroy
	Grant de J Lee, Peter Sleight
	BMJ  2004;328:527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.527-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	David Leslie Palmer
	Roger Hart
	BMJ  2004;328:527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.527-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Barbora Richardson
	Gill Livingston, Martin Orrell, Cornelius Katona
	BMJ  2004;328:527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.527-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Llewellyn Charles Rutter
	Michael Rutter
	BMJ  2004;328:527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.527-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Philip Snaith
	Andrew Sims
	BMJ  2004;328:527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.527-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

reviews

This week's reviews

	The Press: Editor in the eye of a storm
	Joanna Lyall
	BMJ  2004;328:528, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.528 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: Effectiveness and Efficiency: Random Reflections on Health Services
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2004;328:529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.529 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	NETLINES
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2004;328:529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.529-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	TV: Battle Hospital: Medics at War
	Bill Kirkup
	BMJ  2004;328:530, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.530 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	The Press: How PR firms use research to sell products
	Petra Boynton, Sara Shaw, Will Callaghan
	BMJ  2004;328:530, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.530-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEW: An unfinished trip through uncertainties
	Alessandro Liberati
	BMJ  2004;328:531, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.531 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	SOUNDINGS: Weapons of mass destruction
	Imre Loefler
	BMJ  2004;328:531, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.531-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;328:532, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.532 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM*: Sildenafil is not effective in postmenopausal women with acquired genital sexual arousal disorder
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2004;328:502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.502 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Medscape conference coverage: 69th Annual Meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians
	BMJ  2004;328:503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.503-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: Paris and London consultants 1815
	Jeremy Hugh Baron
	BMJ  2004;328:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.506-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	bmjlearning.com: Understanding statistics—"Is there a significant difference?"
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2004;328:508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7438.508 [Extract]