Character building
	Jane Smith
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Severe anaphylaxis due to contrast media is rare and prophylaxis unhelpful [Full text] FREE

	Public health can't always wait for RCTs [Full text] FREE

	Congenital malformations may be linked to infertility [Full text] FREE

	Bullying is rife at US medical schools [Full text] FREE

	Meningococcal disease is a paediatric emergency [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Adverse reactions to intravascular contrast agents
	Peter Dawson
	BMJ  2006;333:663-664, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38981.652118.DE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References] FREE

	Bullying and harassment in medical schools
	Diana F Wood
	BMJ  2006;333:664-665, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38954.568148.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Congenital anomalies after treatment for infertility
	Soo-Mi Park, Raj Mathur, Gordon C S Smith
	BMJ  2006;333:665-666, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38982.702581.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Criminal prosecution for HIV transmission
	Ruth Lowbury, George R Kinghorn
	BMJ  2006;333:666-667, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38980.470093.DE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commissioning health education in primary care
	Kristin McCarthy, Pamela Prentice
	BMJ  2006;333:667-668, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38958.498484.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Are eligibility criteria for over the counter statins appropriate?
	D Graham Mackenzie, Sarah H Wild, Philip Rutledge
	BMJ  2006;333:704, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.704 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Implications of ejection fraction value for trastuzumab
	D Schlosshan, C Dickinson, R Sapsford, D Dodwell, T Perren
	BMJ  2006;333:704, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.704-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Extensively drug resistant tuberculosis: Beware patients lost to follow-up
	Ulf R Dahle
	BMJ  2006;333:705, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.705 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Extensively drug resistant tuberculosis: Problem will get worse in South Africa unless poverty is alleviated
	Solomon R Benatar
	BMJ  2006;333:705, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.705-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Clinical examination for non-cephalic presentation: Royal College of Midwives' response to research
	Sue Macdonald
	BMJ  2006;333:705, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.705-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Clinical examination for non-cephalic presentation: External cephalic version should be a maternity service quality indicator
	Stephanie Kuku, Susan Bewley
	BMJ  2006;333:705-706, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.705-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Detecting plagiarism: Current quality control systems don't work
	Tom Jefferson
	BMJ  2006;333:706, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.706 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Detecting plagiarism: Meaning of citations is important
	Gary Holden
	BMJ  2006;333:706, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.706-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Detecting plagiarism: Google could be the way forward
	Andrew D Weeks
	BMJ  2006;333:706, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.706-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	US agency recommends opportunistic HIV testing
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2006;333:669, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.669 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	UK chancellor proposes independent board to run NHS
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2006;333:669, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.669-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;333:670, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.670 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Guantanamo breaches right to health, says UN
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2006;333:670, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.670-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Better care for Michael Stone might still not have prevented the killings
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:670, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.670-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	More cancer patients in England are getting approved drugs
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;333:671, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.671 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Advertisements highlight MSD's inappropriate hospitality
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;333:671, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.671-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	FDA warns US consumers not to eat spinach after E coli outbreak
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2006;333:673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.673-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Combating chaos
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2006;333:674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.674 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Angioplasty is cheaper than surgery and is just as effective
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;333:672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.672 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Diabetes, not obesity, increases risk of death in middle age
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.672-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	US gets mediocre results despite high spending on health care
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.672-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Uganda struggles to cope with rise in diabetes incidence
	Henry Wasswa
	BMJ  2006;333:672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.672-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Australia is to inquire into GPs’ sale of complementary medicines
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2006;333:672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.672-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	US Institute of Medicine calls for major changes at FDA
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.673 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Iraqi hospitals prove unwilling to treat injured soldiers
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;333:673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.673-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Guidelines on drug trials in children go out for consultation
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2006;333:673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.673-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Two thirds of doctors in UK say the NHS could not cope with bird flu epidemic
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2006;333:674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.674-a [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Junior doctors call for delay to new training programme
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;333:674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.674-b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Higher but “safe” level of lead in blood increases risk of death
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;333:674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.674-c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Research

This week's Research

	Pharmacological prevention of serious anaphylactic reactions due to iodinated contrast media: systematic review
	Martin R Tramèr, Erik von Elm, Pierre Loubeyre, Conrad Hauser
	BMJ  2006;333:675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38905.634132.AE, (Published 31 July 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references] FREE

	Infertility, infertility treatment, and congenital malformations: Danish national birth cohort
	Jin Liang Zhu, Olga Basso, Carsten Obel, Camilla Bille, Jørn Olsen
	BMJ  2006;333:679, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38919.495718.AE, (Published 7 August 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra table] FREE

	Experiences of belittlement and harassment and their correlates among medical students in the United States: longitudinal survey
	Erica Frank, Jennifer S Carrera, Terry Stratton, Janet Bickel, Lois Margaret Nora
	BMJ  2006;333:682, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38924.722037.7C, (Published 6 September 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Meningococcal disease and its management in children
	C Anthony Hart, Alistair P J Thomson
	BMJ  2006;333:685-690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38968.683958.AE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References] FREE

Practice

This week's Practice

	Interactive case report: Fever of unknown origin: case outcome
	R Sivakumar, S Pavulari, S Ellis
	BMJ  2006;333:691, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38950.395868.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Parents' view
	S Ellis
	BMJ  2006;333:692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38975.459688.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Few clues to diagnosis
	Paul Emery, Jane Freeston
	BMJ  2006;333:692-693, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38978.380000.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Management of uncertainty
	Dee Mangin
	BMJ  2006;333:693, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38978.491667.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Theory and practice of making difficult clinical decisions
	Ed Peile
	BMJ  2006;333:694, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38975.473889.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of obesity: Assessment of obesity and its clinical implications
	Thang S Han, Naveed Sattar, Mike Lean
	BMJ  2006;333:695-698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.695 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2006;333:699-700, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.699 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Analysis and Comment

This week's Analysis and Comment

	Controversy: Parachute approach to evidence based medicine
	Malcolm Potts, Ndola Prata, Julia Walsh, Amy Grossman
	BMJ  2006;333:701-703, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.701 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Abiodun ("Abi") Akande (née Alonge)
	J O Ajala
	BMJ  2006;333:707, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.707 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Betty Cowan
	Kim Mammen
	BMJ  2006;333:707, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.707-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Kuljit Gill (née Sidhu)
	Tina Gill, Raj Gill, Angela Bhan
	BMJ  2006;333:707, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.707-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Raymond Victor Honywood Goulder
	T J Goulder
	BMJ  2006;333:707, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.707-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Arthur Dudley Payne
	Helen Payne
	BMJ  2006;333:707, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.707-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

reviews

This week's reviews

	Art: Leonardo da Vinci: Experience, Experiment and Design
	Colin Martin
	BMJ  2006;333:708, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.708 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Personal view: "Did you ever suffer from any mental illness?"
	Arnob Chakraborti
	BMJ  2006;333:709, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.709 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Soundings: Illness behaviour
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2006;333:709, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.709-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;333:710, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.710 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Low dose aspirin for cardiovascular prevention increases risk of bleeding, but absolute risks remain small
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A memorable patient: Just following advice
	Hugo Wellesley
	BMJ  2006;333:684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.684 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	To do is not to do
	Abdi Sanati
	BMJ  2006;333:694, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.694-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A memorable patient: Legacies
	Anthony S Oberman
	BMJ  2006;333:698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.698 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	When actions speak just as loudly as words
	Gwyn Samuel Williams
	BMJ  2006;333:703, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.703 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Plagiarists should be publicly exposed
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.0-e [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	On a mission: how Cuba uses its doctors abroad
	BMJ  2006;333:678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.678 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Waits for diagnostic tests threaten 18 week treatment target
	BMJ  2006;333:678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.678-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Filler: bmjupdates+
	BMJ  2006;333:678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.678-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Editor's choice: Whither medicine?
	BMJ  2006;333:678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.678-c [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Evidence based diagnosis: does the language reflect the theory?
	BMJ  2006;333:690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.690 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effectiveness of discontinuing antibiotic treatment after three days versus eight days in mild to moderate-severe community acquired pneumonia: randomised, double blind study
	BMJ  2006;333:690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.690-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Obituary: Fred Mosteller
	BMJ  2006;333:690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.690-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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