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	Christmas 2024: Seasons of Love: Effect of heated mittens on physical hand function in people with hand osteoarthritis: randomised controlled trial
	Cecilie Bartholdy, Anna Døssing, Zara R Stisen, Sabrina M Nielsen, Robin Christensen, Bente Danneskiold-Samsøe, Henning Bliddal, Marius Henriksen, Karen Ellegaard
	BMJ  2024;387:e078222, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-078222 (Published 17 December 2024) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web extra]

	Christmas 2024: Death is Just Around the Corner: Alzheimer’s disease mortality among taxi and ambulance drivers: population based cross sectional study
	Vishal R Patel, Michael Liu, Christopher M Worsham, Anupam B Jena
	BMJ  2024;387:e082194, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-082194 (Published 17 December 2024) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web extra]

	Christmas 2024: Could We Start Again, Please?: Coaching inexperienced clinicians before a high stakes medical procedure: randomized clinical trial
	Stephen G Flynn, Raymond S Park, Anupam B Jena, Steven J Staffa, Samuel Y Kim, Julia D Clarke, Ivy V Pham, Karina E Lukovits, Sheng Xiang Huang, Georgios D Sideridis, Rachel S Bernier, John E Fiadjoe, Peter H Weinstock, James M Peyton, Mary Lyn Stein, Pete G Kovatsis
	BMJ  2024;387:e080924, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-080924 (Published 16 December 2024) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web extra]

Clinical Review

	State of the Art Review: Non-pharmaceutical treatments for irritable bowel syndrome
	Xiao Jing Wang, Elyse Thakur, Jordan Shapiro
	BMJ  2024;387:e075777, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-075777 (Published 16 December 2024) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	Physician associates: RCP guidance limits role to "basic clinical and administrative tasks"
	Elisabeth Mahase
	BMJ  2024;387:q2842, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2842 (Published 18 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Cervical cancer: US taskforce recommends HPV tests for screening, in updated guidelines
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2024;387:q2840, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2840 (Published 18 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Martha’s rule is prompting treatment changes in NHS hospitals, early data show
	Gareth Iacobucci
	BMJ  2024;387:q2843, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2843 (Published 17 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Government must prioritise affordable healthy homes not just a target number, says Marmot
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2024;387:q2839, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2839 (Published 17 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Assisted dying now accounts for one in 20 deaths in Canada, but rate of growth slows
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2024;387:q2831, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2831 (Published 17 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US abortion: Texas sues New York doctor accused of prescribing abortion drugs
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2024;387:q2830, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2830 (Published 17 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Italy abolishes fines for refusing covid-19 vaccination
	Marta Paterlini
	BMJ  2024;387:q2833, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2833 (Published 16 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Gaza: UK doctors recount horrific hospital scenes as they urge Keir Starmer to act
	Elisabeth Mahase
	BMJ  2024;387:q2828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2828 (Published 16 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Rota gaps: Paediatric services only operating at 80% capacity, report warns
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2024;387:q2824, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2824 (Published 16 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Healthy life expectancy in England and Wales remains lower than a decade ago
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2024;387:q2819, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2819 (Published 13 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cost of new drugs does not always justify benefits, say researchers
	Elisabeth Mahase
	BMJ  2024;387:q2818, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2818 (Published 13 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GP leaders in Scotland demand investment to avert industrial action
	Gareth Iacobucci
	BMJ  2024;387:q2816, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2816 (Published 13 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Clinical trials: New UK framework aims to streamline process and improve transparency
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2024;387:q2812, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2812 (Published 13 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Puberty blockers: UK bans drugs indefinitely after safety advice
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2024;387:q2814, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2814 (Published 13 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	PAHO: Americas report record dengue and Oropouche cases
	Luke Taylor
	BMJ  2024;387:q2808, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2808 (Published 12 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	CMO Chris Whitty asks policy makers to "be brave" with public health decisions
	Elisabeth Mahase
	BMJ  2024;387:q2805, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2805 (Published 12 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS spent £140m on management consultants in four years, data show
	Gareth Iacobucci
	BMJ  2024;387:q2803, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2803 (Published 12 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Irish medical regulator says regulating physician associates is outside its remit
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2024;387:q2800, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2800 (Published 12 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Simplify safety advice, report warns as harms rise in NHS in England
	Carla Delgado
	BMJ  2024;387:q2796, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2796 (Published 12 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Editor's Choice

	The storm that blew the Royal College of Physicians off course
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2024;387:q2785, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2785 (Published 12 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

	Christmas 2024: Do You Hear the People Sing: Degrowth: a new logic for the global economy
	Omer Tayyab, Meghna Goyal, Morena Hanbury Lemos, Jason Hickel
	BMJ  2024;387:q2781, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2781 (Published 17 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Just-in-time training could be just what the doctor ordered
	Justine M Naylor
	BMJ  2024;387:q2747, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2747 (Published 16 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ’s approach to deceased authors
	Helen Macdonald, Helen Beynon, Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2024;387:q2568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2568 (Published 16 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reducing the risk of preterm birth
	Jane Sandall, Jenny Carter, Naomi Carlisle
	BMJ  2024;387:q2772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2772 (Published 16 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	GLP-1 receptor agonists and obesity care
	Juan V A Franco, Jen Manne-Goehler
	BMJ  2024;387:q2732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2732 (Published 13 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Overcoming gender gaps in health leadership
	Jocalyn Clark, Sarah Hawkes
	BMJ  2024;387:q2768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2768 (Published 12 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

	GP requests for MRI scans: More scans, more problems—let’s fund prevention instead
	Jamie S McConnell
	BMJ  2024;387:q2806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2806 (Published 17 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Early warning scores: Early warning scores: a system designed in a hospital ward is unlikely to work in general practice
	Damian T Roland
	BMJ  2024;387:q2777, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2777 (Published 13 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mass containment sites for asylum seekers: Enhancing general practice care for asylum seekers and refugees in the community
	Datapwa Mujong, Lisa Harrod-Rothwell, Agatha Nortley-Meshe, Leonora G Weil
	BMJ  2024;387:q2766, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2766 (Published 13 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	GP requests for MRI scans: Ramifications of magnetic resonance imaging in general practice
	David J Swienton
	BMJ  2024;387:q2789, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2789 (Published 12 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	UK palliative medicine doctors' views on assisted dying: Association for Palliative Medicine and its members’ dissenting views
	Sam H Ahmedzai, Samuel Fingas, On behalf of three anonymous coauthors
	BMJ  2024;387:q2746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2746 (Published 12 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Feature

	Christmas 2024: For Forever: Good nights: optimising children’s health through bedtime stories
	Megan Thomas, Victoria Foxall, MacKayla Williams
	BMJ  2024;387:q2548, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2548 (Published 18 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas 2024: For Forever: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: peace is the best medicine
	Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
	BMJ  2024;387:q2629, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2629 (Published 18 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas 2024: From friend at the bedside to health adviser to all: how hospital radio’s ambitions are expanding
	Richard Hurley
	BMJ  2024;387:q2788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2788 (Published 18 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas 2024: Can You Hear the People Sing: Weathering storms together: the stories behind Scandinavian support for high taxes
	Sandy Goldbeck-Wood
	BMJ  2024;387:q2700, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2700 (Published 18 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas 2024: For Forever: From plague to planetary crisis: climate fiction before cli-fi
	Lakshmi Krishnan
	BMJ  2024;387:q2583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2583 (Published 18 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas 2024: How to transport a polar bear, and other idiosyncrasies in providing emergency medical services in the Arctic
	Astrid K V Harring, Siri Idland, Mari Mowe Martinsen, Ingelin Skjørland-Bolkesjø, Trine M Jørgensen
	BMJ  2024;387:q2417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2417 (Published 18 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas 2024: For Forever: Gang of four: when BMJ editors met
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2024;387:q2455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2455 (Published 17 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas 2024: Do You Hear The People Sing?: Trump, the rise of the Global South, and a new world order for health
	Ilona Kickbusch, founder
	BMJ  2024;387:q2708, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2708 (Published 17 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas 2024: Do You Hear the People Sing?: The dangers of industrialisation: why we need to rebuild a convivial society
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2024;387:q2577, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2577 (Published 17 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas 2024: For Forever: Living happily ever after? The hidden health risks of Disney princesses
	Sanne H B van Dijk, Michael Bui, Anouk H Eijkelboom
	BMJ  2024;387:q2497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2497 (Published 16 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas 2024: Death is Just Around the Corner: Broken chords: the music of grief
	Desmond O’Neill
	BMJ  2024;387:q2512, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2512 (Published 16 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Christmas 2024: Death is Just Around the Corner: Ethics of posthumous scholarly authorship in the sciences
	David Nunan, Jeffrey K Aronson
	BMJ  2024;387:e080830, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-080830 (Published 16 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

	Leslie Bow Bartlet
	Cathy Hill, Victoria McGrigor, Josie Brown
	BMJ  2024;387:q2802, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2802 (Published 18 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Nishi Gupta
	Hugh Jones
	BMJ  2024;387:q2797, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2797 (Published 18 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Dewi Richards Brown
	Peter Brown
	BMJ  2024;387:q2794, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2794 (Published 17 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Mike Pawson: obstetrician and gynaecologist who reflected on the psychological aspects of fertility and pregnancy
	John Illman
	BMJ  2024;387:q2778, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2778 (Published 12 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

Endgames

	Case Review: Tender erythematous plaques with fever
	Changyi Yang, Jianjun Qiao
	BMJ  2024;387:e076856, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-076856 (Published 12 December 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Progressive breathlessness in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1
	Jun Liu, Zhichao Wang
	BMJ  2024;387:e081414, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-081414 (Published 12 December 2024) [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Long term cognitive effects of menopausal hormone therapy . . . and other stories
	BMJ  2024;387:q2728, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2728 (Published 12 December 2024) [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

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