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	Body mass index and risk of liver cirrhosis in middle aged UK women: prospective study
	Bette Liu, Angela Balkwill, Gillian Reeves, Valerie Beral, on behalf of the Million Women Study Collaborators.
	BMJ  2010;340:c912, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c912 (Published 11 March 2010) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mortality among contraceptive pill users: cohort evidence from Royal College of General Practitioners’ Oral Contraception Study
	Philip C Hannaford, Lisa Iversen, Tatiana V Macfarlane, Alison M Elliott, Valerie Angus, Amanda J Lee
	BMJ  2010;340:c927, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c927 (Published 11 March 2010) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	HPV testing on self collected cervicovaginal lavage specimens as screening method for women who do not attend cervical screening: cohort study
	Murat Gök, Daniëlle A M Heideman, Folkert J van Kemenade, Johannes Berkhof, Lawrence Rozendaal, Johan W M Spruyt, Feja Voorhorst, Jeroen A M Beliën, Milena Babovic, Peter J F Snijders, Chris J L M Meijer
	BMJ  2010;340:c1040, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1040 (Published 11 March 2010) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of body mass index and alcohol consumption on liver disease: analysis of data from two prospective cohort studies
	Carole L Hart, David S Morrison, G David Batty, Richard J Mitchell, George Davey Smith
	BMJ  2010;340:c1240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1240 (Published 11 March 2010) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web Extra]

	Sex, health, and years of sexually active life gained due to good health: evidence from two US population based cross sectional surveys of ageing
	Stacy Tessler Lindau, Natalia Gavrilova
	BMJ  2010;340:c810, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c810 (Published 9 March 2010) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vitamin A supplementation and BCG vaccination at birth in low birthweight neonates: two by two factorial randomised controlled trial
	Christine Stabell Benn, Ane Bærent Fisker, Bitiguida Mutna Napirna, Adam Roth, Birgitte Rode Diness, Karen Rokkedal Lausch, Henrik Ravn, Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Amabelia Rodrigues, Hilton Whittle, Peter Aaby
	BMJ  2010;340:c1101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1101 (Published 9 March 2010) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical Review

	Prevention and medical management of Clostridium difficile infection
	J Shannon-Lowe, N J Matheson, F J Cooke, S H Aliyu
	BMJ  2010;340:c1296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1296 (Published 12 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web references]

Practice

	A Patient's Journey: Living with lymphangioleiomyomatosis
	Havi Carel, Simon Johnson, Liz Gamble
	BMJ  2010;340:c848, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c848 (Published 12 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Uncertainties Page: Does avoidance of peanuts in early life reduce the risk of peanut allergy?
	Susannah McLean, Aziz Sheikh
	BMJ  2010;340:c424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c424 (Published 11 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A Patient's Journey: Recovering from severe brain injury
	D J B Thomas, Martin Skelton-Robinson
	BMJ  2010;340:c839, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c839 (Published 11 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the Week: Treatment for lymph node tuberculosis
	Rob S Sellar, E L Corbett, Shirley D’Sa, David C Linch, Kirit M Ardeshna
	BMJ  2010;340:c63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c63 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the Week: Tachycardia due to atrial flutter with rapid 1:1 conduction following treatment of atrial fibrillation with flecainide
	Robert Taylor, Manish M Gandhi, Gavin Lloyd
	BMJ  2010;340:b4684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b4684 (Published 10 March 2010) [Abstract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	GMC calls for law to plug "gaping hole" in registration of EU doctors working in UK
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2010;340:c1462, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1462 (Published 12 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text]

	Colleagues of dismissed Karolinska professor issue letter of support
	Ned Stafford
	BMJ  2010;340:c1470, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1470 (Published 12 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text]

	A glimpse of a better future for Zimbabwe
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2010;340:c1447, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1447 (Published 12 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text]

	BMJ awards honour courage, determination, vision, and insight in medicine
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2010;340:c1450, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1450 (Published 12 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Man with cerebral palsy can claim for damages after 35 years
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2010;340:c1455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1455 (Published 12 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctors’ pay is frozen for 2010-11
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2010;340:c1463, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1463 (Published 12 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text]

	Progress on health inequalities disappointing despite extra funding
	Helen Mooney
	BMJ  2010;340:c1440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1440 (Published 12 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text]

	Surgeon who removed most of baby’s bladder allowed to practise under conditions
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2010;340:c1445, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1445 (Published 12 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	MPs demand urgent action to tackle social care’s many shortcomings
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2010;340:c1441, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1441 (Published 11 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text]

	Charities call for all UK parties to keep commitment to health development goals
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2010;340:c1414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1414 (Published 11 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text]

	Patient champions fail to support BMA’s opposition to electronic patient records
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2010;340:c1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1424 (Published 11 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text]

	Tories will put GPs in charge of commissioning services for patients
	Deborah Cohen
	BMJ  2010;340:c1428, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1428 (Published 11 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text]

	Australia’s health reform plans focus on hospital financing and governance
	Melissa Sweet
	BMJ  2010;340:c1403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1403 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text]

	Health department still sees itself as "HQ of the hospital system," says former regulator
	Nicholas Timmins
	BMJ  2010;340:c1405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1405 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text]

	South Korean funding helps North Korea improve health care
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2010;340:c1369, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1369 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text]

	Tissue watchdog warns against unlawful collection of umbilical cord blood
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2010;340:c1381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1381 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Healthcare workers need more support in seeking help when they are ill
	Helen Mooney
	BMJ  2010;340:c1382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1382 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text]

	Aftershocks hamper rescue efforts in Chile
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2010;340:c1383, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1383 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text]

	In brief
	BMJ  2010;340:c1391, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1391 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Overhaul hospital payment system to reflect care pathways, say doctors’ representatives
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2010;340:c1306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1306 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text]

	Malaria treatment should begin with parasitological diagnosis where possible, says WHO
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2010;340:c1402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1402 (Published 9 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Karolinska research dean calls his dismissal an over-reaction
	Ned Stafford
	BMJ  2010;340:c1389, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1389 (Published 9 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Spain allows abortion on demand up to 14 weeks
	María de Lago
	BMJ  2010;340:c1401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1401 (Published 9 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

Editor's Choice

	Reform our libel laws, but not our NHS
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2010;340:c1404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1404 (Published 11 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

	Body fat and increased risk of cirrhosis
	Christopher D Byrne, S H Wild
	BMJ  2010;340:c774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c774 (Published 11 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Stem cell treatments and multiple sclerosis
	Robin J M Franklin, Charles ffrench-Constant, professor of medical neurology
	BMJ  2010;340:c1387, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1387 (Published 11 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors and assisted suicide
	John Coggon
	BMJ  2010;340:c1394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1394 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sexual activity in middle to later life
	Patricia Goodson
	BMJ  2010;340:c850, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c850 (Published 9 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vitamin A supplements and survival in children
	Andrew M Prentice
	BMJ  2010;340:c977, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c977 (Published 9 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

	Withdrawal of sibutramine: Author’s reply
	Gareth Williams
	BMJ  2010;340:c1349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1349 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Withdrawal of sibutramine: Magic bullets now uncontrolled
	John S Garrow
	BMJ  2010;340:c1351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1351 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Osteonecrosis of the jaw: Note on dental procedures
	Michael N Pemberton
	BMJ  2010;340:c1317, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1317 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors on the front line: Time for a civilian front line?
	Janos P Baombe
	BMJ  2010;340:c1318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1318 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	SSRIs and tamoxifen: Why condemn fluoxetine?
	Michael L Jenkinson
	BMJ  2010;340:c1319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1319 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	SSRIs and tamoxifen: Authors’ reply
	Frank Andersohn, Stefan N Willich
	BMJ  2010;340:c1321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1321 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Improving research: Publications shouldn’t be key to advancement
	John A Ford
	BMJ  2010;340:c1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1322 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Evaluating complex interventions: Health improvement programmes: really too complex to evaluate?
	Lyndal Bond, Peter Craig, Matthew Egan, Kathryn Skivington, Hilary Thomson
	BMJ  2010;340:c1332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1332 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Guideline development: Missing published and unpublished data in guidelines
	G Elliott Cook
	BMJ  2010;340:c1337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1337 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Evaluating complex interventions: What is and what could be
	Peter A West
	BMJ  2010;340:c1340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1340 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Withdrawal of sibutramine: Editorial is judgment in advance of the facts
	Nick Finer, On behalf of the Executive Steering Committee of the Sibutramine Cardiovascular Outcome Trial (SCOUT): Ian Caterson, Walmir Coutinho, Luc Van Gaal, Aldo Maggioni, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Arya Sharma, and Philip James.
	BMJ  2010;340:c1346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1346 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Response: Steven L Shafer responds to Jeanne Lenzer
	Steven L Shafer
	BMJ  2010;340:b3920, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b3920 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Feature

	Libel laws and scientific debate: An old battle: England’s libel laws versus scientific debate
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2010;340:c1227, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1227 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	BMA Campaign: Stop wasting money on commercialising the NHS
	Hamish Meldrum
	BMJ  2010;340:c1357, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1357 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Yankee Doodling: Is hypertension really a neglected disease?
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2010;340:c1353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1353 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lobby Watch: Nurses for Reform
	Tamasin Cave
	BMJ  2010;340:c1371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1371 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Head to Head

	Will a market deliver quality and efficiency in health care better than central planning ever could? No
	Jonathon Tomlinson
	BMJ  2010;340:c1302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1302 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Will a market deliver quality and efficiency in health care better than central planning ever could? Yes
	Stephen Smith
	BMJ  2010;340:c1299, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1299 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Will a market deliver quality and efficiency in health care better than central planning ever could? No
	Neal Lawson
	BMJ  2010;340:c1300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1300 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Will a market deliver quality and efficiency in health care better than central planning ever could? Yes
	James Gubb
	BMJ  2010;340:c1297, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1297 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Methods & Reporting

	Problem of immortal time bias in cohort studies: example using statins for preventing progression of diabetes
	Linda E Lévesque, James A Hanley, Abbas Kezouh, Samy Suissa
	BMJ  2010;340:b5087, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b5087 (Published 12 March 2010) [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

	Between the Lines: The expert witness, or God’s locum
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2010;340:c1384, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1384 (Published 11 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: Understanding disease: the ninjas are with you
	Joe Knight
	BMJ  2010;340:c1388, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1388 (Published 11 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Past Caring: Royal insights on smoking
	Wendy Moore
	BMJ  2010;340:c1408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1408 (Published 11 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: Doctors on the dole
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2010;340:c1392, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1392 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View: An unusual visit to court
	BMJ  2010;340:c1377, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1377 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: The Man with a Shattered World
	Desmond O’Neill
	BMJ  2010;340:c1315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1315 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

	Michael Albert Voyce
	Anne Prendergast, (né
	BMJ  2010;340:c1316, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1316 (Published 11 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Edward A Patrick
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2010;340:c1314, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1314 (Published 11 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

Endgames

	Case report: A pain in the leg and breathlessness
	Harpreet Ranu, Emma Holden, Brendan Madden
	BMJ  2010;340:c925, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c925 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Statistical Question: Describing the spread of data II
	Philip Sedgwick
	BMJ  2010;340:c1282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1282 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OnExamination quiz: Potassium
	BMJ  2010;340:c1286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1286 (Published 10 March 2010) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

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