Articles

ISSUE

EDITORIAL

24/31 December 2005

(1) Sharing evidence on humanitarian relief

(2)How Islam changed medicine

(3)How Google is changing medicine

(4)Choice

(5)Happiness

17 December 2005

(1) Reaching the poor

(2)The health crisis in Russia

(3)Long term outcome after traumatic brain injury

(4)Launching BMJ Masterclasses

10 December 2005

(1) Facial transplantation

(2)Extra scrutiny for industry funded trials

(3)Sharing the benefits of genetic research

(4)Is methadone too dangerous for opiate addiction?

(5)Treating non-competent patients

3 December 2005

(1) New international consensus on cardiopulmonary resuscitation

(2)Health and climate change: a call for action

(3)End of life decisions

(4)Preventing HIV infection

26 November 2005

(1) Veterinary public health

(2)A walk on the wild side--emerging wildlife diseases

(3)UK government collaborations to manage threats to human and animal health

(4)Foodborne zoonoses

(5)Resistance to antimicrobials in humans and animals

(6)What could Dr Finlay and Mr Herriot learn from each other?

(7)Human health and nature conservation

29 October 2005

(1) Bird flu and pandemic flu

(2)Improving surveillance of MRSA bacteraemia

(3)The need for outcome measures in medical education

(4)Detecting fabricated or induced illness in children

(5)Near patient tests for smoking cessation

22 October 2005

(1) Cervical cancer,human papilloma virus, and vaccination

(2)Left behind: the legacy of hurricane Katrina

(3)Mandatory reporting to the police of all sexually active under-13s

(4)Beta-blockers for patients at risk of cardiac events during non-cardiac surgery

15 October 2005

1) Tackling health inequalities in the enlarged European Union

(2)Complementary therapies and the NHS

(3)Keeping healthy on a minimum wage

(4)Services for liver disease in the United Kingdom

(5)ASCOT:a tale of two treatment regimens

8 October 2005

(1) Sports utility vehicles and older pedestrians

(2)Get in touch

(3)An adequate margin of excision in carcinoma in situ

(4)Ensuring medical students are "fit for purpose"

(5)Is the private finanance initiative dead?

(6)Staphylococcus aureus, Panton-Valentine leukocidin, and necrotising pneumonia

1 October 2005

(1) Addressing inequalities in research capacity in Africa

(2)Antimalarial treatment with artemisinin combination therapy in Africa

(3)Meeting millennium development goals 3 and 5

(4)Medicines supply in Africa

(5)Road safety in Africa

(6)Tackling cardiovascular disease in Africa

24 September 2005

(1) Giving steroids before elective caesarian section

(2)Safer prescribing for children

(3)Stopping routine vaccination for tuberculosis in schools

(4)The Japanese healthcare system

(5)Series,PowerPoint slides, and folders now available on  bmj.com

17 September 2005

(1) Bridging the equity gap between maternal and child health

(2)Evidence based reform of mental health care

(3)Reforming research ethics committees

(4)Which career first?

(5)Soft tissue tumours of the extremeties

10 September 2005

(1) Is the UN broken, and can we fix it?

(2)Funding the public health response to terrorism

(3)Britishing drinking: a suitable case for treatment?

(4)Regulating the drugs industry transparently

(5)SSRIs and gastrointestinal bleeding

03 September 2005

(1) Foundation program for newly qualified doctors

(2)Self monitoring of high blood pressure

(3)Coronary heart disease in women

(4)Clean drinking water for homes in Africa and other less developed countries

(5)Avodiing Rabies

20/27 August 2005

(1) H5N1 influenza and implications for Europe

(2)Survival after stroke in South London

(3)Cardiac impairment of heart failure?

(4)Preventing severe infection after splenectomy

(5)Medical needs of immigrant populations

13 August 2005

(1) The failure of antibiotics to prevent heart attacks

(2)Combing and combating head lice

(3)Why the next census needs to ask about language

06 August 2005

(1) Delayed prescribing of antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infection

(2)The patient safety story

(3)Viatmin and mineral supplements for preventing infections in older people

(4)Roles and responsibilities of medical expert witnesses

30 July 2005

(1) Investigating allegations of scientific misconduct

(2)Tackling the political determinants of global health

(3)Evidence based prescribing

(4)Making prison health care more efficient

(4)Pelvic girdle pain in pregnancy

23 July 2005

(1) Health and health care in transitional Europe

(2)The road to reform

(3)Supply and regulation of medicines

(4)Mental health in post-communist countries

(4)Combating non-communicable diseases

16 July 2005

(1) Blast injury in enclose places

(2)Preventing Blindness from Glaucoma

(3)Investigation of recurrent miscarriages

(4)Video games and health

(4)Secondary prevention of falls and osteoporotic fractures in older people

9 July 2005

(1) NHS foundation trusts

(2)Epilepsy and driving

(3)Regulating herbal medicines in the UK

(4)The quest for quality in the NHS: still searching?

2 July 2005

(1) The future of health care in Africa

(2)Stopping Africa's medical brain drain

(3)Do white British children and adolescents get enough sun light?

(4)Drug safety and regulation

(4)Attempts to prevent postnatal depression

25 June 2005

(1) Hysterectomy for benign conditions

(2)Where next with revalidation?

(3)Health research policy in the European Union

(4)The future of singlehanded general practices

(4)Thresholds for normal blood pressure and serum cholesterol

18 June 2005

11 June 2005

(1) Prognosis in obesity

(2)A middle way of rationing healthcare resources

(3)Highly active antiretroviral therapy

(4)COX 2 inhibitors, traditional NSAIDs, and the heart

(4)Alcohol misuse, public health, and public policy

4 June 2005

(1) The causes of childhood leukaemia

(2)The national service framework for long term conditions

(3)The new pope and medical ethics

(4)Mother to child transmission of HIV in China

(4)Revitalising rapid responses

28 May 2005

(1) Clinical leadership in the provision of hospital care

(2)Surgery versus intensive rehabilitation programmes for chronic low back pain

(3)Reducing knife crime

(4)Next steps in trial registration

(4)Excess coronary heart disease in South Asians in the United Kingdom

21 May 2005

(1) Stem cell therapy: hope or hype?

(2)Aid after disasters

(3)Management of stroke in childhood

(4)Clever searching for evidence

(4)Participants in research

14 May 2005

(1) Antioxidants for children with kwarshiorkor

(2)The fetal origins hypothesis--10 years on

(3)Open access, impact, and demand

(4)Monitoring surgical mortality

(4)Global functions at the World Health Organisation

07 May 2005

(1) The polypill and cardiovascular disease

(2)Pharmacoigenetic and ethnically targeted therapies

(3)Prevalence of asthma

(4)Coping with the aftermath of trauma

(4)Management of chronic kidney disease

30 April 2005

(1) Measuring NHS productivity

(2)Treatment of staphylococcal infection

(3)Surveying the literature from animal experiments

(4)Chilhood obstructive sleep apnoea

(4)Radiotherapy for the future

23 April 2005

(1) Making decisions about mammography

(2)Using pictures in the BMJ

(3)New arrangements for the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

(4)New arrangements for prison health care

16 April 2005

(1) The influence of big pharma

(2)Reducing mortality in myocardial infarction

(3)Drugs for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

(4)Human and veterinary medicine

(5)Treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis

9 April 2005

(1) "Right to Die"

(2)Managing depression in primary care

(3)Aortic Stenosis

(4)Long term sickness absence

(5)New professional roles in Surgery

2 April 2005

(1) Diagnosis of coeliac disease

(2)What makes a good clinical decision support system

(3)Meeting the ethical needs of doctors

(4)Children with psychiatric disorders and learning disabilities

(5)A wolf in sheep's clothing

26 March 2005

(1) Highly active antiretroviral therapy

(2)Nurse led care

(3)Large scale food retail interventions and diet

(4)A theme issue "by, for, and about" Africa

(5)New standards for cardio pulmonary resuscitation

19 March 2005

(1) High quality care for people with chronic diseases

(2)Drugs for preventing cardiovascular disease in China

(3)Palliative care in chronic illness

(4)Nurses as leaders in chronic care

(5)Mental health in Europe

12 March 2005

(1) Pre-eclampsia matters

(2)Counting the dead in Iraq

(3)Diabetes,insulin therapy, and colorectal cancer

(4)Has the UK government lost the battle over MMR?

(5)Patients' safety

5 March 2005

(1) Moratlity in adult cardiac surgery

(2)Data protection and freedom of information

(3)Bat Rabies in the United Kingdom

(4)HIV testing

(5)Simulation based training

26 February 2005

(1) Treatment of irritable bowel syndrome

(2)Primary care for children in the 21st century

(3)Ethics review of research and audit

(4)Mortality from sickle cell disease in Africa

(5)Varicella vaccination for healthcare workers

19 February 2005

(1) Suicide,depression, and antidepressants

(2)Clinical and communication skills

(3)Low level alcohol consumption and fetus

(4)Negelected diseases

(5)The treatment of lupus nephritis

12 February 2005

(1) Treating severe Malaria

(2)Total hip replacement and NICE

(3)Surgery for congenital heart conditions in Oxford

(4)Rising rates of HIV infection

(5)Propsed new International Health Regulations

05 February 2005

(1) More evidence on the risks of passive smoking

(2)Identifying people at high risk of emergency hospital admission

(3)NICE guidelines for the management of depression

(4)Changes in blood supplies,regulations, and transfusion practice

(5)Selecting and supporting contended doctors

29 January 2005

(1) Reduction in mortality from breast cancer

(2)Investigating infant deaths

(3)Managing faecal incontinence

(4)Tetanus in injecting drug users

(5)International recruitment of health professionals

22 January 2005

(1) George W Bush's second term

(2)Opioids for persistent non cancer pain

(3)Reducing the transmission of genital herpes

(4)Schizophrenia: a genetic disorder of the synapse?

(5)Would regional government have been good for your health?

15 January 2005

(1) Referring GMC decisions to the High Court

(2)Appropriateness and safety of blood transfusions

(3)Test and treat for dyspepsia--but which test?

(4)From targets to standards:but not just yet

(5)Advice about sexual health for young people