Editorial

Reducing deaths from smoking - p5

Research reviews

Cardiovascular risk increased in patients with resistant hypertension - p7

Perineal tears raise risk of pelvic floor disorders - p8

Prostate cancer screening has no effect on all-cause mortality - p8-11

Are newer anticoagulants as cost-effective as warfarin? - p11-12

Depression is more difficult to recognise in older patients - p12

Comparing testing methods for Neisseria gonorrhoeae - p12-14

Symposium

Identifying patients at risk of perinatal mood disorders - p15-18

Primary care management of patients who self-harm - p19-22

Special Report

GPs have key role in helping patients to stop smoking - p23-25

Photoguide

Scalp and hair conditions - p26-27

Other sections

A hundred years ago: Therapeutic use of mud - p28

CPD

The Practitioner - CPD exercise May 2012 - p29-30

Haslam

Nursing home patients are falling through the net - p31