Articles

ISSUE

EDITORIAL

7 October 2006

(1) Serological tests for visceral leishmaniasis

(2)Combining aspirin with antithrombitic agents

(3)Morbidity and mortality after emergency surgery

(4)New arrhythmias after non-cardiothoracic surgery

(5)Two and a bit cheers for academic medicine

30 September 2006

(1) Adverse reactions to intravascular contrast agents

(2)Bullying and harassment in medical schools

(3)Congenital anomalies after treatment for infertility

(4)Criminal prosecution for HIV transmission

(5)Commissioning health education in primary care

23 September 2006

(1) Acupuncture in mainstream health care

(2)Childhood pneumonia in developing countries

(3)Cassarian delivery in the second stage of labour

(4)Emergency nalaxone for heroin overdose

(5)Teratogenicity of antiepileptic drugs

16 September 2006

(1) Extensively drug resistant tuberculosis

(2)Emergency contraception

(3)Salt reduction in the United States

(4)Non-cephalic presentation in late pregnancy

(5)Size of the needle for infant vaccination

9 September 2006

(1) Non-steroidal ant-inflammatory drugs after hip replacement

(2)Ageism in services for transient ischaemic attack and stroke

(3)Predictive genetic testing for type 2 diabetes

(4)Tackling alcohol misuse in the front line

(5)The Human Tissue Act

2 September 2006

(1) Managing minor head injury in children

(2)Growing pains

(3)Restless legs syndrome

(4)A prescription for better prescribing

(5)Prevention of psychosocial problems in adolescence

26 August 2006

(1) Bridging the gaps in evidence based diagnosis

(2)Early intervention in acute renal failure

(3)Exempting mental health units from smoke-free laws

19 August 2006

(1) China's one child policy

(2)Overweight and obesity in China

(3)Meeting the needs of elderly people in China

(4)China's health challenges

(5)Evidence based publishing

12 August 2006

(1) Antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections and conjunctivitis in primary care

(2)Healthcare productivity

(3)Postoperative nausea and vomiting

(4)Heat waves and health protection

(5)Governance of research that uses identifiable personal data

5 August 2006

(1) Surveillance and management of all type of Stphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

(2)Further lessons from the TGN 1412 tragedy

(3)What to tell patients about radioiodine therapy

(4)Classification of illegal and harmful drugs

(5)Measuring disparities in healthcare

29 July 2006

(1) Quality of  life after donor nephrectomy

(2)Europe's mental health strategy

(3)Reforms to NHS commissioning in England

(4)Psychological and social interventions for schizophrenia

(5)Trans fatty acids and coronary heart disease

22 July 2006

(1) Diabetes and pregnancy

(2)Vagina speculum examinations without stirrups

(3)Whooping cough in general practice

(4)The evidence base in child protection litigation

(5)Regulation and revalidation of doctors

15 July 2006

(1) Mass deworming in Ugandan children

(2)Female genital mutilation: whose problem, whose solution?

(3)Reform of investigation of deaths

(4)Analgesia in the second stage of labour

(5)Falied asylum seekers and health care

8 July 2006

(1) Death and injury on roads

(2)Colorectal cancer in primary care

(3)Support for young people with diabetes

(4)Better services and more choice in the NHS

(5)Tuberculosis and social exclusion

1 July 2006

(1) Can patients assess the quality of health care?

(2)Soft paternalism and the ethics of shared patients electronic records

(3)The NHS programme for information technology

(4)Antipyretic drugs for children

(5)Psychological interventions for treatment of adult sex offenders

24 June 2006

(1) Drugs for anovulatory infertility in polycystic ovary syndrome

(2)Doctors,interrogation, and torture

(3)The diagnosis and treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome

(4)Rational prescribing for children

(5)Ketamine: a misunderstood analgesic?

17 June 2006

(1) Overlays or mattresses to prevent pressure sores?

(2)Proteinuria,renal impairment, and death

(3)Broadband learning for doctors

(4)Charges of corporate manslaughter in the NHS

(5)Consent for research in hyperacute stroke

10 June 2006

(1) What health services could do about climate change

(2)Swithching statins

(3)The great medicines scandal

(4)Are older antipsychotic drugs obsolete?

(5)Should UK allergy services focus on primary care?

3 June 2006

(1) Parenteral penicillin before admission to hospital for meningitis

(2)The BBC diet trials

(3)More money for medical research

(4)Improving healthcare through redesign

(5)Life without COX 2 inhibitors

27 May 2006

(1) Spontaneous miscarriage in the first trimester

(2)How much and how often should we drink?

(3)Patient agendas in primary care

(4)Information and intelligence for healthy populations

(5)The palliative role of orthopaedics

20 May 2006

(1) Ethnicity and adverse drug reactions

(2)A new genotype prone to variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease

(3)Improved food intake in frail older people

(4)Decent health care for older people

13 May 2006

(1) Diabetes and lipid lowering

(2)Cerebral embolism and Alzheimer's disease

(3)Kidneys for transplant

(4)HPV vaccine and adolescent's sexual activity

(5)An international standard for disclosure of clinical trial information

6 May 2006

(1) Inhaled insulin

(2)Passive smoking's role in diabetes

(3)Community acquired pneumonia in primary care

29 April 2006

(1) How should we rate research?

(2)Craetive destruction in the NHS

(3)Depression should be managed like a chronic disease

(4)Cure of cutaneous melanoma

22 April 2006

(1) Educational programmes for young people with eczema

(2)Why should preterm births be rising?

(3)Are virtual communities good for our health?

15 April 2006

(1) Medical academia is failing patients and clinicians

(2)Brains and mobile phones

(3)Strict glucose control in the critically ill

(4)Regulating the collection and use of fetal stem cells

(5)The care of older people

8 April 2006

(1) Ecstasy and antecedents of illicit drug use

(2)Hepatitis B immunisation in Britain: time to change?

(3)The neglect of trauma surgery

(4)Gillikc or Fraser?A plea for consistency over competence in children

(5)Life expectancy: women now on top everywhere

1 April 2006

(1) Reforming mental health law in England and Wales

(2)Oliy fish and omega 3 fat supplements

(3)Increasing the number of medical students from under-represented minorities

(4)Managing challenging behaviour in dementia

(5)Impending or pending?The nationa bowel cancer screening programme

25 March 2006

(1) Learning from the TGN1412 trial

(2)Evaluating new screening tests for breast cancer

(3)Accupressure for low back pain

(4)Improving the management of dementia

(5)Alcohol misuse and ethnicity

18 March 2006

(1) Preventing coronary heart disease

(2)Nutritional supplement in cystic fibrosis

(3)What sort of evidence do we need in primary care?

(4)Grieving the death of a child

(5)Standards for infant formula milk

11 March 2006

(1) Hip protector to prevent femoral fracture

(2)Guantanamo: a call for action

(3)Invesre association between appendicectomy and ulcerative colitis

(4)Treating refractory epilepsy in adults

(5)The burden of chronic kidney disease

4 March 2006

(1) Screening for breast cancer

(2)Where expert witnesses fear to tread

(3)Harmful impact of EU clinical trials directive

25 February 2006

(1) Optimising prenatal diagnosis of Down's syndrome

(2)Should obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome receive treatment for infertility?

(3)Lost in transition? Between paediatric and adult services

(4)Behavioural medicine: changing our behaviour

18 February 2006

(1) Does melatonin help people sleep?

(2)Clinical course of infection with Hepatitis C

(3)Surgery for emphysema

(4)Liver transplantation from non-heart beating donors

(5)Diarhhoea and malnutrition in children

11 February 2006

(1) The tobacco industry in developing countries

(2)President Bush' proposals for healthcare reforms

(3)A new direction for NHS community services

(4)Is amiodarone safe in heart failure?

(5)Research and development in stroke services

4 February 2006

(1) Best research

(2)Antibiotics in pandemic flu

(3)Collaborative care for depression

(4)The incidence of gastroschisis

(5)Detention of refugees

28 January 2006

(1) Who benefits from Helicobacter pylori eradication?

(2)Offering results to research participants

(3)Funding the global control of bird flu

(4)Sex workers to pay the price

(5)Oxygen treatment at home

21 January 2006

(1) Personal knowledge

(2)Using personal health information in medical research

(3)Turning around NHS deficits

(4)Nalterxone and problems in pain management

(5)Intrapleural streptokinase for pleural infection

14 January 2006

(1) When to test women for human papillomavirus

(2)Primary care for refugees and asylum seekers

(3)Cerebral palsy and perinatal exposure to neurotropic viruses

(4)Introducing new health interventions

(5)Lypmphogranuloma venereum

7 January 2006

(1) The BMJ is evolving

(2)Epilepsy and supplementary nurse prescribing

(3)Fundoscopy:to dilate or not to dilate?

(4)Magnet therapy