Absolute risk please
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39462.555197.47 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Osteoarthritis of the knee in primary care
	Paul Dieppe
	BMJ  2008;336:105-106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39412.592477.80, (Published 4 December 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Maximising research opportunities of new NHS information systems
	Nick Black
	BMJ  2008;336:106-107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39364.586146.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Follow-up after breast cancer
	J M Dixon, David Montgomery
	BMJ  2008;336:107-108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39421.440799.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Overprescribing PPIs: An old problem
	A Breck McKay, Daryl Wall
	BMJ  2008;336:109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39458.462338.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Overprescribing PPIs: Time for a hospital antacid policy on Clostridium difficile
	Jecko Thachil
	BMJ  2008;336:109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39458.465845.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Reducing hospital admissions: Apply psychology and education
	Graeme Mackenzie
	BMJ  2008;336:109-110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39458.489861.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors and the drug industry: Sophisticated misguidance
	Amarasinghe A W Amarasinghe
	BMJ  2008;336:110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39458.463912.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnosing viral meningitis: Other important diagnoses must be excluded
	Harold P Lambert
	BMJ  2008;336:110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39458.446551.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Bowel preparation: Give it up
	Richard L Nelson
	BMJ  2008;336:110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39458.452037.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	[gamma ]-Hydroxybutyrate poisoning: Poisoning from toy beads
	Jane L M Runnacles, John Stroobant
	BMJ  2008;336:110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39458.455532.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	New generation computer games: Watch out for Wii shoulder
	Andrew D Cowley, Gregory Minnaar
	BMJ  2008;336:110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39461.631181.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	MPs’ report criticises influence of drugs industry on GP prescribing
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2008;336:111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39462.487025.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK government wants to increase number of donated organs
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2008;336:111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39462.489132.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2008;336:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39462.416389.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Research body helps to boost the number of patients in clinical trials
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2008;336:112-113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39462.497477.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dutch academics criticise suicide claims made in American psychiatry journal
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2008;336:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39458.561539.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Iraqi healthcare system still crippled five years after invasion, says report
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2008;336:113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39461.651921.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Healthcare reform is important to US voters, study shows
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2008;336:113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39462.447778.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cost of many common treatments varies widely across Europe
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2008;336:114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39458.453484.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In the line of fire
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2008;336:114-115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39458.596238.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Spanish abortion clinics close amid safety fears for women and doctors
	Jane Burgermeister
	BMJ  2008;336:114-115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39461.484560.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Hormone replacement therapy quadruples risk of breast cancers
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2008;336:116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39461.443877.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Black women have a higher risk of breast cancer than white women
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2008;336:116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39461.648750.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US drugs regulator issues severe pain alert on bisphosphonates
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2008;336:117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39461.527650.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	BMA says inadequate sanitation is a global crisis
	Peter Mozynski
	BMJ  2008;336:117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39461.623449.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Healthcare Commission slams proposed merger with two other NHS inspectorates
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2008;336:117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39461.545694.4E [Extract] [Full text]

	Childless men seem to have lower risk of prostate cancer than those with children
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2008;336:117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39461.699039.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Targeting waiting times in priority clinical areas produces uneven results
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
	BMJ  2008;336:117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39461.537118.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Report highlights obesity levels in Eastern Europe as affluence increases
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2008;336:117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39458.648079.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	MPs call for shake-up in how NICE reviews cost effectiveness of drugs
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2008;336:117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39458.549479.DB, (Published 11 January 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

Short cuts

	All you need to read in the other general journals
	BMJ  2008;336:118-119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39457.657153.80 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Feature

	Medical research: Getting the best from research funding
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2008;336:120-122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39454.402813.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	A few lessons in screening for Gordon Brown
	Julian Tudor Hart
	BMJ  2008;336:123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39461.502581.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Shifting the focus in fracture prevention from osteoporosis to falls
	Teppo L N Järvinen, Harri Sievänen, Karim M Khan, Ari Heinonen, Pekka Kannus
	BMJ  2008;336:124-126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39428.470752.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drugs for pre-osteoporosis: prevention or disease mongering?
	Pablo Alonso-Coello, Alberto López García-Franco, Gordon Guyatt, Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2008;336:126-129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39435.656250.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research

	Multifactorial assessment and targeted intervention for preventing falls and injuries among older people in community and emergency care settings: systematic review and meta-analysis
	S Gates, J D Fisher, M W Cooke, Y H Carter, S E Lamb
	BMJ  2008;336:130-133, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39412.525243.BE, (Published 18 December 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web references] FREE

	Community occupational therapy for older patients with dementia and their care givers: cost effectiveness study
	Maud J L Graff, Eddy M M Adang, Myrra J M Vernooij-Dassen, Joost Dekker, L Jönsson, Marjolein Thijssen, Willibrord H L Hoefnagels, Marcel G M Olde Rikkert
	BMJ  2008;336:134-138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39408.481898.BE, (Published 2 January 2008) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Advice to use topical or oral ibuprofen for chronic knee pain in older people: randomised controlled trial and patient preference study
	Martin Underwood, Deborah Ashby, Pamela Cross, Enid Hennessy, Louise Letley, Jeannett Martin, Shahrul Mt-Isa, Suzanne Parsons, Madge Vickers, Ken Whyte, on behalf of the TOIB study team
	BMJ  2008;336:138-142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39399.656331.25, (Published 4 December 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Influences on older people’s decision making regarding choice of topical or oral NSAIDs for knee pain: qualitative study
	Dawn Carnes, Yasir Anwer, Martin Underwood, Geoff Harding, Suzanne Parsons, on behalf of the TOIB study team
	BMJ  2008;336:142-145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39401.699063.BE, (Published 4 December 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Benign prostatic hyperplasia. Part 1—Diagnosis
	Timothy J Wilt, James N’Dow
	BMJ  2008;336:146-149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39421.685023.AE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	Teaching Rounds: The "problem" junior: whose problem is it?
	Yvonne Steinert
	BMJ  2008;336:150-153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39308.610081.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rational Imaging: Imaging after trauma to the neck
	Bernard Wee, John H Reynolds, Anthony Bleetman
	BMJ  2008;336:154-157, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39433.663715.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & reviews

	The greatest emergency of all
	Seye Abimbola
	BMJ  2008;336:158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39430.714769.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: The sleeping giant
	Brian Greenwood
	BMJ  2008;336:159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39450.680220.0F [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: Ladas and MOTs
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2008;336:160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39461.484132.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug tales and other stories: Paying for the view
	Ike Iheanacho
	BMJ  2008;336:160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39457.434039.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: An inconvenient truth
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2008;336:161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39461.458252.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: A Cure for Serpents
	Christopher Timmis
	BMJ  2008;336:161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39415.445556.0F [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	BMJ  2008;336:164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39457.551701.47 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sid Orpin, Gavin Stewart, Irshad Zaki
	BMJ  2008;336:164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39457.528449.47 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Mannequins have feelings too
	Robert William Menzies
	BMJ  2008;336:145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39451.575104.DE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: John’s story
	David Roche
	BMJ  2008;336:157, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39371.458623.AD [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Eating disorders in pregnancy
	BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39462.447627.AE [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Sergio del Valle Jimenez
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2008;336:162, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39461.455995.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Robert Benjamin Cheetham
	Tom Poole, Richard Wintle, Alison Vickers
	BMJ  2008;336:163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39456.857650.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Caleb William Davies
	Richard Davies
	BMJ  2008;336:163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39456.833785.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Ian Macdonald Hill
	Gareth Rees, Alison Hill
	BMJ  2008;336:163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39456.777720.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Anthony Michael Leach
	Sidney Arnott
	BMJ  2008;336:163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39455.753738.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Virginia Wun Kum McGregor (née Ng)
	Alan M.McGregor
	BMJ  2008;336:163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39456.957361.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	William Brian Waring
	Bill Goldthorp
	BMJ  2008;336:163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39455.764468.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	John Edward Woodyard
	Peter Daggett, Bob Loynes
	BMJ  2008;336:163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39455.736412.BE [Extract] [Full text]

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