Living dangerously
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2006;332, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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	Managing atopic eczema [Full text] FREE

	Low molecular weight heparin preferred in palliative care [Full text] FREE

	Does IQ explain socioeconomic inequalities in health? [Full text] FREE

	Hip protectors may not be effective [Full text] FREE

	Public-private collaboration improves tuberculosis control in India [Full text] FREE

Editorials

	Hip protectors to prevent femoral fracture
	Sophia E de Rooij
	BMJ  2006;332:559-560, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.559 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Guantanamo: a call for action
	Michael Wilks
	BMJ  2006;332:560-561, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.560 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Inverse association between appendicectomy and ulcerative colitis
	Morten Frisch
	BMJ  2006;332:561-562, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.561 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treating refractory epilepsy in adults
	Edward Reynolds
	BMJ  2006;332:562-563, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.562 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The burden of chronic kidney disease
	Rizwan A Hamer, A Meguid El Nahas
	BMJ  2006;332:563-564, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.563 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	Nigel Crisp steps down from NHS amid financial pressures
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2006;332:565, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.565 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	CMAJ owner fails to guarantee editorial independence
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;332:565, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.565-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;332:566, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.566 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Indian study sparks debate on the use of placebo in psychiatry trials
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2006;332:566, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.566-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Breast cancer incidence rises in contaminated areas 10 years after explosion at Chernobyl reactor
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:567, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.567 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GMC hears complaints about UK fertility specialist
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:567, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.567-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Force feeding at Guantanamo breaches ethics, doctors say
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:569, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.569-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Sickle cell screening makes genetic counselling everybody's business
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;332:570, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.570 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	New consultants’ contract sees pay bill rise by 38% in Scotland
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2006;332:568, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.568 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GMC appeals against extending immunity for expert witnesses
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:568, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.568-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Exhibition explores diversity of medical traditions
	Christiane Rehwagen
	BMJ  2006;332:568, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.568-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US study finds data changes in drug companies’ brochures
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;332:568, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.568-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Germany says people in areas with bird flu should keep cats indoors
	Katy Duke
	BMJ  2006;332:568, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.568-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Subsidies for malaria treatment could save 25,000 lives a month
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:569, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.569 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Malnutrition programmes are most effective before age of 2
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2006;332:569, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.569-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Radical reforms may end Canada’s public health service monopoly
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;332:569, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.569-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Number of African children dying from malaria approaches a million a year
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:570, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.570-a [Extract] [Full text]

	People travelling abroad issued advice on bird flu
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;332:570, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.570-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Cholera outbreak highlights poor health services in southern Sudan
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2006;332:570, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.570-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Goal of eradicating tuberculosis is under threat from rise in HIV infection in Africa and eastern Europe
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:570, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.570-d [Extract] [Full text]

Research

	Effectiveness of hip protectors for preventing hip fractures in elderly people: systematic review
	Martyn J Parker, William J Gillespie, Lesley D Gillespie
	BMJ  2006;332:571-574, doi:10.1136/bmj.38753.375324.7C (published 2 March 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w15] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Improving tuberculosis control through public-private collaboration in India: literature review
	Puneet K Dewan, S S Lal, Knut Lonnroth, Fraser Wares, Mukund Uplekar, Suvanand Sahu, Reuben Granich, Lakhbir Singh Chauhan
	BMJ  2006;332:574-578, doi:10.1136/bmj.38738.473252.7C (published 8 February 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: List of projects] FREE

	Acceptability of low molecular weight heparin thromboprophylaxis for inpatients receiving palliative care: qualitative study
	S I R Noble, A Nelson, C Turner, I G Finlay
	BMJ  2006;332:577-580, doi:10.1136/bmj.38733.616065.802 (published 3 February 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Does IQ explain socioeconomic inequalities in health? Evidence from a population based cohort study in the west of Scotland
	G David Batty, Geoff Der, Sally Macintyre, Ian J Deary
	BMJ  2006;332:580-584, doi:10.1136/bmj.38723.660637.AE (published 1 February 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Atopic and non-atopic eczema
	Sara Brown, Nick J Reynolds
	BMJ  2006;332:584-588, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.584 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Longer version]

Practice

	Practice pointer: Treating erectile dysfunction when PDE5 inhibitors fail
	Chelsea N McMahon, Christopher J Smith, Ridwan Shabsigh
	BMJ  2006;332:589-592, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.589 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	10-minute consultation: Erectile dysfunction
	Jonathan Rees, Biral Patel
	BMJ  2006;332:593, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.593 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of wound healing: Uncommon causes of ulceration
	Girish K Patel, Joseph E Grey, Keith G Harding
	BMJ  2006;332:594-596, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.594 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2006;332:597-598, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.597 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Information technology: Will Connecting for Health deliver its promises?
	Michael Cross
	BMJ  2006;332:599-601, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.599 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	HIV and global health: Monitoring HIV treatment in developing countries
	Serena P Koenig, Daniel R Kuritzkes, Martin S Hirsch, Fernet Léandre, Joia S Mukherjee, Paul E Farmer, Carlos del Rio
	BMJ  2006;332:602-604, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.602 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	HIV and risk behaviour: Risk compensation: the Achilles' heel of innovations in HIV prevention?
	Michael M Cassell, Daniel T Halperin, James D Shelton, David Stanton
	BMJ  2006;332:605-607, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.605 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w17]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Please do not resuscitate: Solution is flawed
	Claud Regnard
	BMJ  2006;332:608, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.608 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Please do not resuscitate: Do we perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on living or dead people?
	John C Chambers
	BMJ  2006;332:608, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.608-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Please do not resuscitate: Automatic refusal is as harmful as offering resuscitation to all
	Carmelo Aquilina, Suki Greaves, Mohammed Al-Saadi, Henk Parmentier, Catherine Tarrant, Elaine Wantoch
	BMJ  2006;332:608-609, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.608-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Please do not resuscitate: Communication is key
	Gordon Lishman
	BMJ  2006;332:609, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.609 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Obesity, polycystic ovary syndrome, infertility treatment: Lifestyle modification is paramount
	Jonathan M Lord, Robert Norman
	BMJ  2006;332:609, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.609-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Obesity, polycystic ovary syndrome, infertility treatment: Asking obese women to lose weight before treatment increases stigmatisation
	Sheila E Laredo
	BMJ  2006;332:609, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.609-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Paying for research related injuries in the US
	Mark Hochhauser
	BMJ  2006;332:610, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.610 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	"That's all I got handed over": Missed opportunities and opportunity for near misses in Wales
	Mathew Tokode, Breden O'Riordan, Ludger Barthelmes
	BMJ  2006;332:610, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.610-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	"That's all I got handed over": Views from a teaching hospital
	Faiyaz Mohammed
	BMJ  2006;332:610, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.610-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnosis at all costs won't make Bentham turn in his grave
	Richard Lehman
	BMJ  2006;332:610, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.610-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Bradford Cannon
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2006;332:611, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.611 [Extract] [Full text]

	Michael James Boyle
	J F Boyle
	BMJ  2006;332:612, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.612 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Marie Carrie (née Renwick)
	Donald R Carrie, Rebecca A Carrie
	BMJ  2006;332:612, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.612-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Raisley Coope
	Gerald Coope
	BMJ  2006;332:612, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.612-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Gerard ("Gerry") Patrick Crean
	George Misiewicz
	BMJ  2006;332:612, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.612-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Horn France
	David J M Sinclair
	BMJ  2006;332:612, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.612-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Sholem Glaser
	Theo L Schofield
	BMJ  2006;332:612, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.612-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Iain Douglas Stewart
	Stewart Pringle
	BMJ  2006;332:612, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.612-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Stanley Douglas Victor ("Sam") Weller
	Robin Weller
	BMJ  2006;332:612, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.612-g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

reviews

This week's reviews [PDF]

	Art: Freud's Sculpture
	Colin Martin
	BMJ  2006;332:613, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.613 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: Independent sector treatment centres: how the NHS is left to pick up the pieces
	W Angus Wallace
	BMJ  2006;332:614, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.614 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: Two decades on an ethics committee
	George Masterton
	BMJ  2006;332:615, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.615 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: Privates on parade
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2006;332:615, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.615-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;332:616, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.616 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Pale sulphonated shale oil reduces the size of venous ulcers
	BMJ  2006;332, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advice that shaped my practice: Doctor who?
	Charles Essex
	BMJ  2006;332:583, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.583 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interactive case report: A 28 year old postpartum woman with right sided chest discomfort
	BMJ  2006;332:592, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.592 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: The force of truth
	A Váradi
	BMJ  2006;332:604, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.604 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Tinnitus, listening, and learning why telephone consultations can be useful
	Beena Raschkes
	BMJ  2006;332:607, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.607 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advice
	BMJ  2006;332:611, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.611-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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