More confused—but better informed
	Jane Smith
	BMJ  2005;331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Pregnant smokers don't quit after motivational interviews [Full text] FREE

	Acupuncture cuts days with tension-type headache [Full text] FREE

	Russian doctors vary widely in interpreting chest x rays [Full text] FREE

	Twin and preterm births fell after change in IVF [Full text] FREE

	Bug busting kit of combs increases eradication of head lice [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	The failure of antibiotics to prevent heart attacks
	David Taylor-Robinson, Jens Boman
	BMJ  2005;331:361-362, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.361 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Combing and combating head lice
	Martin Dawes
	BMJ  2005;331:362-363, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.362 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Why the next census needs to ask about language
	Peter J Aspinall
	BMJ  2005;331:363-364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.363 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Timing of tracheostomy in adult patients: Potential ramifications are alarming
	Carl Philpott, Alex Bennett, Peter Tassone
	BMJ  2005;331:404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.404 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Timing of tracheostomy in adult patients: Conclusions may be premature
	Marcus J Schultz, Denise P Veelo, Peter E Spronk
	BMJ  2005;331:404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.404-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Timing of tracheostomy in adult patients: Authors' reply
	J Duncan Young, John Griffiths, Vicki Barber, Lesley Morgan
	BMJ  2005;331:404-405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.404-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Shaving for head lice is unnecessary and distressing
	Christine M Brenton
	BMJ  2005;331:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.405 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Childhood obstructive sleep apnoea: Covariation is not proof of cause
	Mats Reimer
	BMJ  2005;331:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.405-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Childhood obstructive sleep apnoea: Hypertension was not mentioned
	Daniel K Ng, Chung-hong Chan, Ka-li Kwok, Lettie C Leung, Pok-yu Chow
	BMJ  2005;331:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.405-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Childhood obstructive sleep apnoea: Anaesthetic implications for adenotonsillectomy are important
	David R Ball, Paul Jefferson
	BMJ  2005;331:405-406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.405-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Childhood obstructive sleep apnoea: Author's reply
	Suresh Kotagal
	BMJ  2005;331:406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.406 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Baby growth needs proper re-evaluation
	Magda Sachs
	BMJ  2005;331:406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.406-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Teaching students in general practice can affect patients' blood pressure
	Jan H Matthys
	BMJ  2005;331:406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.406-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	English emergency care varies widely, commission finds
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;331:365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.365 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	London think tank warns of backlash over deadlines
	Mark Gould
	BMJ  2005;331:365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.365-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2005;331:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.366 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Korea pushes forward on cloning front
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2005;331:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.366-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Simple measures can predict death in malnourished children
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;331:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.366-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Drug only helps slightly to keep shift workers awake at night
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2005;331:367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.367 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Avian flu pandemic could be brought under control in three weeks
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2005;331:367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.367-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	NHS research programme to be transformed
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2005;331:368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.368 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Alternative breast cancer drug shows promise
	Allison Barrett
	BMJ  2005;331:368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.368-a [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	European water treaty hailed as a milestone for public health
	Paul Ress
	BMJ  2005;331:368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.368-b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Computerised database monitors vaccine safety in Vietnam
	Sun Tun
	BMJ  2005;331:368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.368-c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Increases in testicular cancer may be linked to the rise in maternal body weight
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;331:368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.368-d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Short cuts

This week's Short cuts

	What's new in the other general journals
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2005;331:369-370, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.369 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Randomised controlled trial of home based motivational interviewing by midwives to help pregnant smokers quit or cut down
	D M Tappin, M A Lumsden, W H Gilmour, F Crawford, D McIntyre, D H Stone, R Webber, S MacIndoe, E Mohammed
	BMJ  2005;331:373-377, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.373 [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional details] FREE

	Acupuncture in patients with tension-type headache: randomised controlled trial
	Dieter Melchart, Andrea Streng, Andrea Hoppe, Benno Brinkhaus, Claudia Witt, Stefan Wagenpfeil, Volker Pfaffenrath, Michael Hammes, Josef Hummelsberger, Dominik Irnich, Wolfgang Weidenhammer, Stefan N Willich, Klaus Linde
	BMJ  2005;331:376-382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38512.405440.8F, (Published 29 July 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Trial centres] FREE

	Variability in interpretation of chest radiographs among Russian clinicians and implications for screening programmes: observational study
	Y Balabanova, R Coker, I Fedorin, S Zakharova, S Plavinskij, N Krukov, R Atun, F Drobniewski
	BMJ  2005;331:379-382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.379 [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table] FREE

	Temporal trends in multiple births after in vitro fertilisation in Sweden, 1982-2001: a register study
	Bengt Källén, Orvar Finnström, Karl Gösta Nygren, Petra Otterblad Olausson
	BMJ  2005;331:382-383, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38443.595046.E0, (Published 13 May 2005) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Dr Foster's case notes

This week's Dr Foster's case notes

	Length of hospital stay and subsequent emergency readmission
	Susan Williams, Alex Bottle, Paul Aylin
	BMJ  2005;331:371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.371 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References, methodology, and tables] FREE

BMJ family highlights

This week's BMJ family highlights

	What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2005;331:372, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.372 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Single blind, randomised, comparative study of the Bug Buster kit and over the counter pediculicide treatments against head lice in the United Kingdom
	N Hill, G Moor, M M Cameron, A Butlin, S Preston, M S Williamson, C Bass
	BMJ  2005;331:384-387, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38537.468623.E0, (Published 5 August 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Learning in practice

This week's Learning in practice

	Early practical experience and the social responsiveness of clinical education: systematic review
	Sonia Littlewood, Valmae Ypinazar, Stephen A Margolis, Albert Scherpbier, John Spencer, Tim Dornan
	BMJ  2005;331:387-391, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.387 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: The challenges of systematic reviews of educational research
	Jill Morrison
	BMJ  2005;331:391, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.391 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What the educators are saying
	Lambert Schuwirth
	BMJ  2005;331:392, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.392 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Young people's access to tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs
	David Ogilvie, Laurence Gruer, Sally Haw
	BMJ  2005;331:393-396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.393 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional details] FREE

	ABC of conflict and disaster: Weapons of mass destruction—threats and responses
	Christine Gosden, Derek Gardener
	BMJ  2005;331:397-400, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.397 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Effect of media portrayals of removal of children's tissue on UK tumour bank
	Clive Seale, Debbie Kirk, Martin Tobin, Paul Burton, Richard Grundy, Kathy Pritchard-Jones, Mary Dixon-Woods
	BMJ  2005;331:401-403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.401 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional data] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Mary Helen "Molly" Hargan (née McLaren)
	Mary Cleary
	BMJ  2005;331:407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.407 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Walter Henderson
	Hugh Heggarty
	BMJ  2005;331:407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.407-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Mahir Shakir Mahir
	Ragheed Al Mufti
	BMJ  2005;331:407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.407-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Mohan Lal Poddar
	Prem Misra
	BMJ  2005;331:407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.407-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Donald Ingram Rice
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
	BMJ  2005;331:407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.407-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

reviews

This week's reviews

	Book: Nazi Medicine and the Nuremberg Trials: From Medical War Crimes to Informed Consent
	Boleslav L Lichterman
	BMJ  2005;331:408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.408 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	TV: The House of Obsessive Compulsives
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2005;331:409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.409 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Press: Front page pill pushers
	Naomi Marks
	BMJ  2005;331:410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.410 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	CD: Drug companies face the music
	Allison Barrett
	BMJ  2005;331:410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.410-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEW: Moving on from Shipman
	Vikram Tanna
	BMJ  2005;331:411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.411 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	SOUNDINGS: Healthism and eugenics
	Imre Loefler
	BMJ  2005;331:411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.411-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;331:412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.412 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM*: Treating gestational diabetes improves neonatal outcomes
	BMJ  2005;331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	When I use a word...: Rabid responses
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2005;331:383, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.383 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A memorable patient: A late diagnosis
	William Mason
	BMJ  2005;331:386, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.386 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

BMJ USA

This week's BMJ USA

	Terrorism in familiar places
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2005;331:E370, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.E370 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	RAPID RESPONSE FROM BMJ.COM
	Juan-Carlos Maldonado
	BMJ  2005;331:E371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.E371 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Surgery for low back pain
	Paul S Frame
	BMJ  2005;331:E372-E373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.E372 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Nicholas Vyner Todd, Brian R Subach, Thomas C Schuler
	BMJ  2005;331:E373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.E373 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;331:E374, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.E374 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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