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	Chocolate intake and risk of type 2 diabetes: prospective cohort studies
	Binkai Liu, Geng Zong, Lu Zhu, Yang Hu, JoAnn E Manson, Molin Wang, Eric B Rimm, Frank B Hu, Qi Sun
	BMJ  2024;387:e078386, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-078386 (Published 4 December 2024) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web extra]

	Cardiac output-guided haemodynamic therapy for patients undergoing major gastrointestinal surgery: OPTIMISE II randomised clinical trial
	OPTIMISE II Trial Group
	BMJ  2024;387:e080439, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-080439 (Published 3 December 2024) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web extra]

Practice

	Uncertainties: Evidence for local anaesthetic transperineal biopsy versus transrectal prostate biopsy
	Alastair D Lamb, Filipa Landeiro, Ioana R Marian, Steve Tuck, Richard J Bryant
	BMJ  2024;387:e078175, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-078175 (Published 2 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	Scottish budget: NHS to get £2bn funding boost next year
	Elisabeth Mahase
	BMJ  2024;387:q2756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2756 (Published 6 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Physician associates: GMC makes only small changes to regulation after consultation
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2024;387:q2757, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2757 (Published 6 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Taliban bans women from training in nursing and midwifery in Afghanistan
	Sally Howard
	BMJ  2024;387:q2761, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2761 (Published 6 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	WHO sends team to DR Congo as mystery illness kills 71
	Luke Taylor
	BMJ  2024;387:q2760, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2760 (Published 6 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Tuberculosis: Health chiefs issue warning over rise in cases
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2024;387:q2758, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2758 (Published 6 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	News Analysis: Assisted dying: How will it work and what are the implications for doctors?
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2024;387:q2755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2755 (Published 6 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	PM’s pledge to end NHS treatment backlog is big challenge, health leaders warn
	Gareth Iacobucci
	BMJ  2024;387:q2754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2754 (Published 6 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Drug policy: Time to change punitive approach, says global report
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2024;387:q2753, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2753 (Published 6 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Patient died after not being given time critical Parkinson’s medication in emergency department, investigation finds
	Gareth Iacobucci
	BMJ  2024;387:q2741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2741 (Published 6 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Transgender care: US Supreme Court hears case and leans towards permitting a ban on treatment
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2024;387:q2748, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2748 (Published 5 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Spike in flu cases and delays in emergency departments put patients at risk from imminent winter crisis
	Elisabeth Mahase
	BMJ  2024;387:q2745, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2745 (Published 5 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Tirzepatide: Obesity injection will get phased rollout to avoid overwhelming GPs
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2024;387:q2744, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2744 (Published 5 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Assisted dying: RCGP to consult members on shift from opposition to law change
	Gareth Iacobucci
	BMJ  2024;387:q2742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2742 (Published 5 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	The Big Picture: The BMJ Appeal 2024-25: the face of conflict
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2024;387:q2705, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2705 (Published 5 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Sixty seconds on . . . the Christmas number one
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2024;387:q2740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2740 (Published 5 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Seven days in medicine: 27 Nov to 3 Dec 2024
	BMJ  2024;387:q2697, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2697 (Published 4 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Hundreds of hospice beds are out of use because of funding pressures, leaders warn
	Gareth Iacobucci
	BMJ  2024;387:q2731, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2731 (Published 4 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK secures five million doses of human H5 influenza vaccine
	Elisabeth Mahase
	BMJ  2024;387:q2717, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2717 (Published 4 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Plastics pollution: Talks collapse after oil producers resist limits
	Dominic Murphy
	BMJ  2024;387:q2727, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2727 (Published 4 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Australia bans under-16s from social media "to protect their development"
	Bianca Nogrady
	BMJ  2024;387:q2724, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2724 (Published 4 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Letby inquiry: Former trust chair admits series of failures
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2024;387:q2720, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2720 (Published 4 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Long covid: 70% of 11-17 year olds recover within two years, study reports
	Elisabeth Mahase
	BMJ  2024;387:q2713, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2713 (Published 4 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Audit Scotland: NHS services may need to be withdrawn to reform care
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2024;387:q2714, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2714 (Published 3 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Collective action: Seeing just 25 patients a day has brought back the "joy of consulting," says GP
	Elisabeth Mahase
	BMJ  2024;387:q2711, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2711 (Published 3 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS could save millions from lower cost of clinical negligence claims, say experts
	Gareth Iacobucci
	BMJ  2024;387:q2709, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2709 (Published 3 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Trump nominates Jay Bhattacharya to head US National Institutes of Health
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2024;387:q2695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2695 (Published 2 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Sixty seconds on . . . asthma injections
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2024;387:q2690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2690 (Published 2 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

Editor's Choice

	Stealth marketing of food in schools and The BMJ’s 185 year itch
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2024;387:q2718, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2718 (Published 5 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

	Career equality for locally employed doctors
	Shahid Anis Khan
	BMJ  2024;387:q2715, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2715 (Published 6 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The BMJ 2025: fortnightly in print, daily online
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2024;387:q2701, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2701 (Published 5 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Haemodynamic management during major surgery
	Marc-Olivier Fischer, Emmanuel Lorne
	BMJ  2024;387:q2593, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2593 (Published 3 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

	Response: Association for Palliative Medicine replies to Ahmedzai and Fingas
	Sarah Cox, Suzanne Kite, Matt Doré, Natasha Wiggins, Feargal Twomey
	BMJ  2024;387:q2716, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2716 (Published 5 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors' conscientious objection to assisted dying: Death is not a "treatment option"
	David A Jones
	BMJ  2024;387:q2712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2712 (Published 5 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Day of the week and suicide risk: Psychosocial associations with suicide risk
	Tomoyuki Kawada
	BMJ  2024;387:q2692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2692 (Published 4 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Action on social determinants of health: We must take collective responsibility for the social determinants of health
	Ella Raiman
	BMJ  2024;387:q2707, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2707 (Published 4 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Action on social determinants of health: Social determinants of health: more evidence of the power of government led changes
	Sebastian Kraemer
	BMJ  2024;387:q2706, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2706 (Published 4 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Physician associates' unsafe role: Applying the precautionary principle to first contact practitioners too
	Irene Ilott
	BMJ  2024;387:q2674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2674 (Published 3 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Call for more training posts: Increasing competition for histopathology training
	Geraldine M Boyle
	BMJ  2024;387:q2682, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2682 (Published 2 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Call for more training posts: Retention of skilled anaesthetists should be a priority
	Sara L James
	BMJ  2024;387:q2676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2676 (Published 2 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Call for more training posts: SAS pathway is a valuable option for doctors unable to secure training posts
	Imran Sharieff
	BMJ  2024;387:q2683, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2683 (Published 2 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Feature

	Addiction: Gaming addiction: how the NHS is tackling the problem
	Chris Stokel-Walker
	BMJ  2024;387:q2111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2111 (Published 6 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ Investigation: Food industry has infiltrated UK children’s education: stealth marketing exposed
	Emma Wilkinson
	BMJ  2024;387:q2661, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2661 (Published 4 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web extra]

	Women's Health: "Unnecessary hysterectomies": are India’s clinics exploiting an insurance loophole for profit?
	Rishabh Jain
	BMJ  2024;387:q2470, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2470 (Published 4 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Direct-to-consumer tests: emerging trends are cause for concern
	Emma Grundtvig Gram, Tessa Copp, David F Ransohoff, Annette Plüddemann, Barnett S Kramer, Steven Woloshin, Patti Shih
	BMJ  2024;387:e080460, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-080460 (Published 4 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Education is essential for implementing the NHS workforce plan
	Colin F Macdougall, Sarah Allsop, Christine Douglass, Lindsey Pope, Sophie Park, Robert K McKinley
	BMJ  2024;387:e078143, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-078143 (Published 2 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

	Martin Sarner: gastroenterologist who explored the link between the gut and brain—and advised London Zoo on a panda with stomach problems
	Tim Bullamore
	BMJ  2024;387:q2737, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2737 (Published 6 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Jacob Kwadwo Afuakwah
	Charles Afuakwah, Richard Afuakwah
	BMJ  2024;387:q2669, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2669 (Published 4 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Francis Conrad Gormley
	Mark Gormley, Jane Gormley
	BMJ  2024;387:q2666, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2666 (Published 4 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Jeremy Bradshaw-Smith: GP who pioneered computerised medical records and is thought to have produced the world’s first printed prescription
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2024;387:q2702, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2702 (Published 4 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Neville Robinson Rowell
	Bill Cunliffe, John Cotterill, Mark Goodfield, Graeme Stables
	BMJ  2024;387:q2671, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2671 (Published 3 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	John Gareth Llewelyn
	Dafydd Llewelyn
	BMJ  2024;387:q2681, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2681 (Published 3 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Alexander Lister Forrest
	Katharine Forrest, Fiona Forrest
	BMJ  2024;387:q2673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2673 (Published 2 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

Minerva

	Renal agenesis and abdominopelvic cysts
	Yajun Li, Chenghe Wang
	BMJ  2024;387:e080818, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-080818 (Published 5 December 2024) [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Thalamotomy for essential tremor . . . and other stories
	BMJ  2024;387:q2658, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2658 (Published 5 December 2024) [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

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