Head lice: boring for doctors, important to patients
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2003;326, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.0-g [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

This week in the BMJ

This week in the BMJ [Full text] [PDF]

	Neuraminidase inhibitors treat and prevent flu [Full text]

	Quantitative ultrasound scanning increases detection of osteoporosis [Full text]

	Meta-analysis can effectively pool cost data for individual patients [Full text]

	Young women accept Chlamydia screening in a contraceptive service [Full text]

	Minorities are under-represented in RCTs [Full text]

	Poor education was associated with mortality in 1990s Russia [Full text]

Editorials

	Preventing and treating influenza
	Klaus Stöhr
	BMJ  2003;326:1223-1224, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1223 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial misconduct
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2003;326:1224-1225, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1224 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Impartial careers advice for doctors and medical students
	Rhona MacDonald, Graham Easton
	BMJ  2003;326:1225-1226, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1225 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Summary of informing choices]

	Extending the boundaries of transplantation
	Shehan Hettiaratchy, Peter E M Butler
	BMJ  2003;326:1226-1227, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1226 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What do you think of the BMJ's POEMs?
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2003;326:1228, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1228 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	Short term measures to meet NHS targets cannot be sustained
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;326:1229, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1229 [Full text] [PDF]

	EU agrees deal on cheaper drugs for developing world
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2003;326:1229, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1229-a [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2003;326:1230, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1230 [Full text] [PDF]

	Ballot on GP contract opens
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2003;326:1230, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1230-a [Full text] [PDF]

	Governors resist Bush plan to rein in Medicaid costs
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2003;326:1230, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1230-b [Full text] [PDF]

	Prostate specific antigen test must be repeated before biopsy
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2003;326:1231, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1231 [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors should abandon ties and avoid nose rings
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;326:1231, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1231-a [Full text] [PDF]

	Waiting times for breast cancer test results have risen in past two years
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2003;326:1233, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1233-c [Full text] [PDF]

	Independent panel finds alteplase beneficial for acute stroke patients
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2003;326:1234, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1234 [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Spread of SARS slows
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2003;326:1232, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1232 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Canadian government is attacked for plan to legalise marijuana
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2003;326:1232, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1232-a [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Latest HRT trial results show risk of dementia
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2003;326:1232, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1232-b [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Head of ME association is sacked
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;326:1232, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1232-c [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Smoke free areas do not harm profits, survey shows
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2003;326:1232, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1232-d [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Schering-Plough is accused of overcharging and of obstructing justice
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2003;326:1233, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1233 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Court rules food and hydration are treatment
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2003;326:1233, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1233-a [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Bush legislates for $15bn to be spent on AIDS
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2003;326:1233, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1233-b [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Ministry of Defence accused of contravening inoculation guidelines
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;326:1234, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1234-a [Full text]

	Mental health diseases are an economic burden on patients, says report
	Adrián González Aguirre
	BMJ  2003;326:1234, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1234-c [Full text]

	India agrees to help Nigeria tackle the import of fake drugs
	Abiodun Raufu
	BMJ  2003;326:1234, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1234-d [Full text]

Papers

	Effectiveness of neuraminidase inhibitors in treatment and prevention of influenza A and B: systematic review and meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials
	Nicola J Cooper, Alexander J Sutton, Keith R Abrams, Allan Wailoo, David Turner, Karl G Nicholson
	BMJ  2003;326:1235, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1235 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full list of trials]

	Commentary: We need to determine who benefits most from flu treatments
	Lucy Hansen
	BMJ  2003;326:1239-1240, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1239 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Social factors and increase in mortality in Russia in the 1990s: prospective cohort study
	S L Plavinski, S I Plavinskaya, A N Klimov
	BMJ  2003;326:1240-1242, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1240 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Figure and table]

	Instrument for objective assessment of appropriateness of surgical bed occupancy: validation study
	Afshin Alijani, George B Hanna, Dorin Ziyaie, Suzanne L Burns, Kenneth L Campbell, Marion E T McMurdo, Alfred Cuschieri
	BMJ  2003;326:1243-1244, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1243 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Representation of South Asian people in randomised clinical trials: analysis of trials' data
	Su Mason, Mahvash Hussain-Gambles, Brenda Leese, Karl Atkin, Julia Brown
	BMJ  2003;326:1244-1245, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1244 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Research Pointers: Average energy intake among pregnant women carrying a boy compared with a girl
	Rulla M Tamimi, Pagona Lagiou, Lorelei A Mucci, Chung-Cheng Hsieh, Hans-Olov Adami, Dimitrios Trichopoulos
	BMJ  2003;326:1245-1246, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1245 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Meta-analysis of data on costs from trials of counselling in primary care: using individual patient data to overcome sample size limitations in economic analyses
	Peter Bower, Sarah Byford, Julie Barber, Jennifer Beecham, Sharon Simpson, Karin Friedli, Roslyn Corney, Michael King, Ian Harvey
	BMJ  2003;326:1247-1250, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1247 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Patients' characteristics]

	Quantitative ultrasound and risk factor enquiry as predictors of postmenopausal osteoporosis: comparative study in primary care
	Jean Hodson, Jen Marsh
	BMJ  2003;326:1250-1251, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1250 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Quality improvement report

	Opportunistic screening for Chlamydia at a community based contraceptive service for young people
	V Moens, G Baruch, P Fearon
	BMJ  2003;326:1252-1255, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1252 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical review

	Extracts from BestTreatments: Treating head lice
	Beth Nash
	BMJ  2003;326:1256-1257, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1256 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: How to advise a patient when over the counter products have failed
	Ian Burgess
	BMJ  2003;326:1257, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1257 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Information for patients: removal of lice and eggs by combing
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;326:1258, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1258 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: A parent's story: "I felt lost and hysterical"
	BMJ  2003;326:1258, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1258-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of interventional cardiology: Acute coronary syndrome: unstable angina and non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction
	Ever D Grech, David R Ramsdale
	BMJ  2003;326:1259-1261, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1259 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Pitfalls of editorial miscommunication
	Karen Shashok
	BMJ  2003;326:1262-1264, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1262 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Mortality associated with foodborne bacterial gastrointestinal infections: Statistical method is worth examining
	Louis Anthony Cox, Jr
	BMJ  2003;326:1265, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1265 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mortality associated with foodborne bacterial gastrointestinal infections: Case selection and clinical data are important
	Sarah J O'Brien, Roger A Feldman
	BMJ  2003;326:1265, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1265-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mortality associated with foodborne bacterial gastrointestinal infections: Mechanism needs to be explained
	Philip P Mortimer
	BMJ  2003;326:1265-1266, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1265-b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mortality associated with foodborne bacterial gastrointestinal infections: Authors' reply
	Morten Helms, Pernille Vastrup, Kåre Mølbak
	BMJ  2003;326:1266, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1266 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mortality in Swedish women with cosmetic breast implants: Study found increased risk of suicides and cancer deaths
	Diana Zuckerman
	BMJ  2003;326:1266, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1266-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mortality in Swedish women with cosmetic breast implants: Body dysmorphic disorder should be considered
	Jordan Klesmer
	BMJ  2003;326:1266-1267, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1266-b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	"Evidence of absence" can be important
	Michael Joffe
	BMJ  2003;326:1267, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1267 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Routine telephone review of asthma: Measurement of quality dimensions causes concern
	Thanh Huynh, Catherine Lavars
	BMJ  2003;326:1267, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1267-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Routine telephone review of asthma: Further investigation is required
	Brian McKinstry, David Heaney, Jeremy Walker, Sally Wyke
	BMJ  2003;326:1267, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1267-b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Routine telephone review of asthma: Authors' reply
	Hilary Pinnock, Robert Bawden, Stephen Proctor, Stephanie Wolfe, Jane Scullion, David Price, Aziz Sheikh
	BMJ  2003;326:1267-1268, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1267-c [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Consumption of coffee during pregnancy: Article raises more questions than it answers
	Ludwig Tsoi
	BMJ  2003;326:1268, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1268 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Consumption of coffee during pregnancy: Authors should adjust for history of drug abuse
	Michael Sindos, Narendra Pisal, Stavroula Michala
	BMJ  2003;326:1268, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1268-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Consumption of coffee during pregnancy: Data do not support claim
	Adam Jacobs
	BMJ  2003;326:1268-1269, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1268-b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Consumption of coffee during pregnancy: Authors' reply
	Kirsten Wisborg, Morten Hedegaard, Tine Brink Henriksen, Ulrik Kesmodel, Bodil Hammer Bech
	BMJ  2003;326:1269, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1269 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors as servants of patients: Long term patients are underused resource
	Bernard Forbes
	BMJ  2003;326:1269, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1269-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors as servants of patients: Surely we can do better than this
	Kiaran Asthana
	BMJ  2003;326:1269, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1269-b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors as servants of patients: Modesty may be deceptive
	John F Morgan
	BMJ  2003;326:1269, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1269-c [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Gerald Charles Joseph Bennett
	Len Doyal, Shah Ebrahim, Sheila Hillier, Peter Millard, Anthea Tinker, Hilary Scott
	BMJ  2003;326:1270, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1270 [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Michael John Davies
	Cathy Corbishley, Margaret Burke
	BMJ  2003;326:1270, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1270-a [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Kantilal Chaturbhai Patel
	Nikunj K Patel
	BMJ  2003;326:1270, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1270-b [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Minerva

	Minvera
	BMJ  2003;326:1274, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1274 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Azithromycin doesn't prevent recurrent acute coronary syndromes
	BMJ  2003;326, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.0-f [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: The three stages of a man's life
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2003;326:1242, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1242 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Polypharmacy remains an issue in elderly patients
	Becky Hirst
	BMJ  2003;326:1251, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1251 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Using patients for teaching can enhance their lives
	Martin Rhodes
	BMJ  2003;326:1255, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1255 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Exhibition: The Theatre of Life and Death
	Jules Marshall
	BMJ  2003;326:1271, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1271 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Federal Bodysnatchers and the New Guinea Virus: Tales of Parasites, People, and Politics
	Sanjay A Pai
	BMJ  2003;326:1271, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1271-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Press: MMR: more scrutiny, please
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2003;326:1272, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1272 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Website of the week: Chlamydia
	Adrian Gonzalez
	BMJ  2003;326:1272, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1272-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: VOMIT (victims of modern imaging technology)—an acronym for our times
	Richard Hayward
	BMJ  2003;326:1273, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1273 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Young doctors, old lawyers
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2003;326:1273, doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1273-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

Read this week's articles on http://bmjcareers.com/careerfocus

To see an article, click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.