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	Intake of sugar sweetened beverages among children and adolescents in 185 countries between 1990 and 2018: population based study
	Laura Lara-Castor, Renata Micha, Frederick Cudhea, Victoria Miller, Peilin Shi, Jianyi Zhang, Julia R Sharib, Josh Erndt-Marino, Sean B Cash, Simon Barquera, Dariush Mozaffarian, on behalf of the Global Dietary Database
	BMJ  2024;386:e079234, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-079234 (Published 7 August 2024) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web extra]

	Decompression alone or with fusion for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (Nordsten-DS): five year follow-up of a randomised, multicentre, non-inferiority trial
	Eric Loratang Kgomotso, Christian Hellum, Morten Wang Fagerland, Tore Solberg, Jens Ivar Brox, Kjersti Storheim, Erland Hermansen, Eric Franssen, Clemens Weber, Helena Brisby, Knut Robert Hector Algaard, Havard Furunes, Hasan Banitalebi, Inger Ljøstad, Kari Indrekvam, Ivar Magne Austevoll, on behalf of the Nordsten collaborators
	BMJ  2024;386:e079771, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-079771 (Published 7 August 2024) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web extra]

Practice

	Practice Pointer: Caring for dying patients in the community
	Rebecca Holdsworth, Grace Rowley, Emma Farrington
	BMJ  2024;386:e071661, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-071661 (Published 8 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Practice Pointer: Assessment and management of self-harm and suicide risk in young people
	Faraz Mughal, Dennis Ougrin, Lucy Stephens, Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Nav Kapur
	BMJ  2024;386:e073515, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-073515 (Published 5 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	Whooping cough: Health officials urge pregnant women to get vaccinated as another infant dies
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2024;386:q1777, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1777 (Published 9 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS must "learn from mistakes" after failure to organise woman’s 24 hour care, says ombudsman
	Gareth Iacobucci
	BMJ  2024;386:q1778, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1778 (Published 9 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	HIV: Breakthrough study raises hopes of effective prevention if drug’s cost can be lowered
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2024;386:q1776, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1776 (Published 9 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Nearly 900 doctors sign letter urging BMA to abandon inquiry into Cass review
	Jane Feinmann
	BMJ  2024;386:q1772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1772 (Published 8 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Thalassaemia: NICE recommends "life changing" gene editing therapy
	Elisabeth Mahase
	BMJ  2024;386:q1771, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1771 (Published 8 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE recommends new treatment option for osteoporosis after menopause
	Elisabeth Mahase
	BMJ  2024;386:q1769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1769 (Published 8 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US abortion bans have led to health harms, discrimination, and unwanted births, reports Amnesty
	Luke Taylor
	BMJ  2024;386:q1768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1768 (Published 8 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Michael Bloomberg donates $600m to historically black US medical schools
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2024;386:q1766, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1766 (Published 8 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Struggling doctors reduce hours to avoid burnout, finds GMC survey
	Katharine Lang
	BMJ  2024;386:q1764, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1764 (Published 8 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Gender healthcare: Six new services for children and teenagers to open in England by 2026
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2024;386:q1765, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1765 (Published 8 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Physician associates must be supervised by a GP straight after seeing each patient, says BMA
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2024;386:q1763, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1763 (Published 8 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Seven days in medicine: 31 July to 6 August 2024
	BMJ  2024;386:q1730, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1730 (Published 8 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Paediatricians call for fund to help poorer families get to hospital appointments
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2024;386:q1762, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1762 (Published 8 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Company that lost medical records of nearly 83 000 people faces £6m fine
	Stephen Armstrong
	BMJ  2024;386:q1759, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1759 (Published 7 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors call for ban on cutting artificial stone after reporting first UK cases of silicosis
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2024;386:q1755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1755 (Published 7 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS staff urged to "accompany vulnerable colleagues" to work amid riots
	Elisabeth Mahase
	BMJ  2024;386:q1756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1756 (Published 7 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GP who faked assault by patient to get him removed from list is suspended for 12 months
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2024;386:q1754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1754 (Published 7 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	The Big Picture: Quentin Blake’s art discharged—temporarily
	Alison Shepherd
	BMJ  2024;386:q1741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1741 (Published 7 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Collective action could become norm, warns head of England’s GPs
	Gareth Iacobucci
	BMJ  2024;386:q1742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1742 (Published 6 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	UN fires nine staff members over potential involvement in 7 October Hamas attack on Israel
	Elisabeth Mahase
	BMJ  2024;386:q1739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1739 (Published 6 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Diabetes: One in 10 patients on NHS’s "soups and shakes" diet plan went into remission
	Elisabeth Mahase
	BMJ  2024;386:q1733, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1733 (Published 6 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Incidence of cardiovascular events was lower after covid-19 vaccination, study finds
	Elisabeth Mahase
	BMJ  2024;386:q1732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1732 (Published 5 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Covid-19: NHS staff will be offered vaccine this autumn, but JCVI recommends more limited rollout
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2024;386:q1728, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1728 (Published 5 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Sixty seconds on . . . food allergies
	Abi Rimmer
	BMJ  2024;386:q1724, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1724 (Published 5 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

Editor's Choice

	The potential burden of overinvestigation
	Juliet Dobson
	BMJ  2024;386:q1748, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1748 (Published 8 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

	US abortion restrictions are causing widespread harm
	Terry McGovern, Ira Memaj, Samantha Garbers
	BMJ  2024;386:q1729, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1729 (Published 8 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surgery for spinal stenosis with degenerative spondylolisthesis
	Anders Joelson
	BMJ  2024;386:q1628, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1628 (Published 7 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

	BMJ Commission on the Future of Academic Medicine: Reform of academic medicine requires a focus on integrated academic training
	Jonathan I Spencer
	BMJ  2024;386:q1749, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1749 (Published 9 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Putting the care into healthcare: Government must care for doctors
	Hannah D Walker
	BMJ  2024;386:q1751, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1751 (Published 9 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Breast cancer screening from age 40 in the US: Breast cancer screening expansion: modelling doesn’t reflect real life and should not be used to update guidance
	Philippe Autier
	BMJ  2024;386:q1750, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1750 (Published 8 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Breast cancer screening from age 40 in the US: Breast cancer screening does not improve length or quality of life
	Michael Baum
	BMJ  2024;386:q1752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1752 (Published 8 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Listening is healing, listening is love: Presence of an interested doctor is vital to establishing trust
	David I Jeffrey
	BMJ  2024;386:q1747, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1747 (Published 7 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Listening is healing, listening is love: On its own, listening is not enough
	Sebastian Kraemer
	BMJ  2024;386:q1738, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1738 (Published 7 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Maternal vaccination against whooping cough: Vaccine manufacturers should produce a pertussis only vaccine for use in pregnancy
	Peter Selley
	BMJ  2024;386:q1669, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1669 (Published 7 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Feature

	BMJ Investigation: Galleri promises to detect multiple cancers—but new evidence casts doubt on this much hyped blood test
	Margaret McCartney, Deborah Cohen
	BMJ  2024;386:q1706, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1706 (Published 7 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Workforce: "Things cannot remain as they are"—UK’s top obstetrician on workforce morale
	Emma Wilkinson
	BMJ  2024;386:q1708, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1708 (Published 7 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Antimicrobial Resistance and Environment: India’s billion dollar pharma industry has a waste problem
	Kamala Thiagarajan
	BMJ  2024;386:q1445, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1445 (Published 5 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Surrogacy needs to be regulated, not prohibited
	Lavanya R Fischer, Natalie Gamble, Kirsty Horsey, Emily Jackson, Denise E Seidelman, Richard Vaughn
	BMJ  2024;386:e079542, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-079542 (Published 5 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

	Richard Taylor: consultant rheumatologist who became an independent MP, standing on an anti-NHS privatisation ticket
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2024;386:q1761, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1761 (Published 9 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	David George Pratt
	Susan Pratt
	BMJ  2024;386:q1745, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1745 (Published 8 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Lawrence Mascarenhas
	Eugene Oteng-Ntim, Jessica Mascarenhas, Sophie Mascarenhas
	BMJ  2024;386:q1740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1740 (Published 8 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Jennifer Mary Fisken (nee Street)
	Roger A Fisken
	BMJ  2024;386:q1743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1743 (Published 8 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Manak Chand
	Nikhil Kaushik, Kusum Chand
	BMJ  2024;386:q1735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1735 (Published 8 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	William Goodhugh Dawson
	Peter Dawson
	BMJ  2024;386:q1736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1736 (Published 8 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Valerie Graves
	Jane Chittenden, Christopher Graves
	BMJ  2024;386:q1737, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1737 (Published 8 August 2024) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

Minerva

	Trace elements and pancreatic cancer . . . and other stories
	BMJ  2024;386:q1705, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q1705 (Published 8 August 2024) [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Atypical persistent skin eruption in Still’s disease
	Jia Li, Yeqiang Liu
	BMJ  2024;386:e079092, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-079092 (Published 8 August 2024) [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

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