What counts?
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39476.584005.47 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Caring for people with dementia
	Murna Downs, Barbara Bowers
	BMJ  2008;336:225-226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39429.434907.80, (Published 10 January 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiovascular risks of calcium supplements in women
	Graeme Jones, Tania Winzenberg
	BMJ  2008;336:226-227, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39463.394468.80, (Published 17 January 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Zinc supplements for severe cholera
	Marzia Lazzerini
	BMJ  2008;336:227-228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39434.517431.80, (Published 8 January 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Coaching to support patients in making decisions
	Annette M O’Connor, Dawn Stacey, France Légaré
	BMJ  2008;336:228-229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39435.643275.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Presumed consent for organ donation
	Danielle Hamm, Juliet Tizzard
	BMJ  2008;336:230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39475.498090.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Open letter to the GMC: How to investigate complaints
	David M B Hall
	BMJ  2008;336:231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39471.702141.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Open letter to the GMC: GMC’s reply
	Graeme Catto
	BMJ  2008;336:231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39471.698426.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Open letter to the GMC: How many doctors are referred for child protection work?
	Leonard H P Williams
	BMJ  2008;336:231-232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39472.527940.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Open letter to the GMC: GMC statement does not reflect actions
	John Bridson
	BMJ  2008;336:232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39472.786690.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Benign prostatic hyperplasia: You have to put your finger in
	Jeremy L Menage
	BMJ  2008;336:232-233, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39471.690440.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Imaging after neck trauma: Facilitating the Canadian rule
	Martin F Wiese, John Allen, Vivek Pillai
	BMJ  2008;336:233, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39471.706551.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ethics committee approval: Stuff the mannequins
	Gwen Baxter, Peter Hutchison, John Rutherford, Rosie Rutherford
	BMJ  2008;336:233, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39472.517118.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pneumonia: Parliament unites to tackle global problem
	Des Turner, Richard Taylor
	BMJ  2008;336:233-234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39472.508056.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug company payments: Speakers should declare funding
	Mark Stuart Taylor
	BMJ  2008;336:234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39465.455995.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Increased GP surgery hours: The milk was spilt some time ago
	Hendrik J Beerstecher
	BMJ  2008;336:234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39458.449491.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Increased GP surgery hours: Government, not BMA, to blame
	Trefor J Roscoe
	BMJ  2008;336:234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39475.685694.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Testosterone supplementation: An unfortunate juxtaposition
	Jeremy A Stone
	BMJ  2008;336:234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39465.470775.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	NIH needs to raise oversight of conflicts of interest among researchers, report says
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2008;336:235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39475.397338.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	5.4 million people have died in Democratic Republic of Congo since 1998 because of conflict, report says
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2008;336:235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39475.524282.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US Institute of Medicine recommends new body to assess what works in health care
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2008;336:236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39475.341296.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pressure mounts to cut US spending on health care
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2008;336:236-237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39476.361563.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Consortium hopes to sequence genome of 1000 volunteers
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2008;336:237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39472.676481.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	German scientists campaign for liberalisation of stem cell law ahead of crucial parliamentary vote
	Ned Stafford
	BMJ  2008;336:237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39472.617477.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scotland tries to contain costs of free personal care for older people
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2008;336:238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39475.564873.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	A fifth of maternity services in England are inadequate, review says
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2008;336:238-239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39475.348218.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cancer centre in Glasgow crowns transformation of services
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2008;336:238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39475.362928.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Obstetric care must change if Netherlands is to regain reputation for safe childbirth
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2008;336:239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39472.657384.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2008;336:240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39476.363900.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Karolinska Institute expels student after discovering murder conviction
	Ned Stafford
	BMJ  2008;336:240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39475.383403.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Government obesity strategy criticised as "feeble fantasy"
	Henry Creagh
	BMJ  2008;336:240-241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39472.514618.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Double blind peer reviews are fairer and more objective, say academics
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2008;336:241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39476.357280.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	European centre urges vaccination of girls against HPV
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2008;336:241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39472.537697.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Employer representatives oppose Tooke proposals for new body for medical education and training
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2008;336:241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39475.665463.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Devolution in health policy is threatening unity of the NHS
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2008;336:241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39472.473368.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Spain must tackle uneven distribution of its doctors, report says
	Tiago Villanueva
	BMJ  2008;336:241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39471.584618.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctors do not recognise that carbon is public health matter
	Anne Glusker
	BMJ  2008;336:241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39475.405833.DB [Extract] [Full text]

Short cuts

	All you need to read in the other general journals
	BMJ  2008;336:242-243, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39471.685752.80 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Head to Head

	Is the obesity epidemic exaggerated? Yes
	Patrick Basham, John Luik
	BMJ  2008;336:244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39458.480764.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Is the obesity epidemic exaggerated? No
	R W Jeffery, N E Sherwood
	BMJ  2008;336:245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39458.495127.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Feature

	Cognitive Function: Mind games: do they work?
	James Butcher
	BMJ  2008;336:246-248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39462.534630.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Body Politic: How do we get the measure of patient care?
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2008;336:249, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39470.702627.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Open Letter: European regulatory agencies should employ full time statisticians
	Sara Hughes
	BMJ  2008;336:250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39470.632951.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Value based pricing for NHS drugs: an opportunity not to be missed?
	Karl Claxton, Andrew Briggs, Martin J Buxton, Anthony J Culyer, Christopher McCabe, Simon Walker, Mark J Sculpher
	BMJ  2008;336:251-254, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39434.500185.25 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Looking to Europe: Can France keep its patients happy?
	Laurent Degos, François Romaneix, Philippe Michel, Jean Bacou
	BMJ  2008;336:254-257, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39451.406123.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research

	Survival times in people with dementia: analysis from population based cohort study with 14 year follow-up
	Jing Xie, Carol Brayne, Fiona E Matthews, and the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study collaborators
	BMJ  2008;336:258-262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39433.616678.25, (Published 10 January 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Vascular events in healthy older women receiving calcium supplementation: randomised controlled trial
	Mark J Bolland, P Alan Barber, Robert N Doughty, Barbara Mason, Anne Horne, Ruth Ames, Gregory D Gamble, Andrew Grey, Ian R Reid
	BMJ  2008;336:262-266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39440.525752.BE, (Published 15 January 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Zinc supplementation in children with cholera in Bangladesh: randomised controlled trial
	S K Roy, M Jahangir Hossain, Wajiha Khatun, Barnali Chakraborty, S Chowdhury, Afroza Begum, Syeda Mah-e-Muneer, Sohana Shafique, Mansura Khanam, R Chowdhury
	BMJ  2008;336:266-268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39416.646250.AE, (Published 8 January 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Inguinal hernias
	John T Jenkins, Patrick J O’Dwyer
	BMJ  2008;336:269-272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39450.428275.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	Rational Imaging: Magnetic resonance imaging in Crohn’s disease
	Rakesh Sinha, Chuka Nwokolo, Paul D Murphy
	BMJ  2008;336:273-276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39456.527419.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	10 Minute Consultation: Otalgia
	M A Siddiq, M J Samra
	BMJ  2008;336:276-277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39364.643275.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & reviews

	Personal View: The organ donation debate is long overdue
	BMJ  2008;336:278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39470.623229.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: Getting a taste of their own medicine
	Daniel Sokol
	BMJ  2008;336:279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39462.488646.34 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: Beware of expensive imitations
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2008;336:280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39475.465926.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	In and Out of Hospital: We never talk any more
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2008;336:280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39470.566389.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: Flaubert and parrotry
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2008;336:281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39470.599097.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: Traumnovelle (Dream Story)
	John Quin
	BMJ  2008;336:281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39475.493669.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	BMJ  2008;336:284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39471.440694.47 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	J W Rainsbury
	BMJ  2008;336:284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39471.433785.47 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Pink scrubs
	Elizabeth A Rider
	BMJ  2008;336:277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39358.769641.AD [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Poisoning from toy beads
	BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39475.595069.AD [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Moses Judah Folkman
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2008;336:282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39475.298762.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Ivo John Carré
	Desmond Creery
	BMJ  2008;336:283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39469.867512.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	David Lionel Gullick
	John Havard
	BMJ  2008;336:283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39430.761366.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Angela Isabel Jameson
	Paul Booth
	BMJ  2008;336:283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39469.827731.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Harold Frazer Lake
	John Richardson
	BMJ  2008;336:283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39470.487465.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Elizabeth Geraldine Helen Rhodes (née Morris)
	Jonathan Rhodes, Andrew Morris, Robert Morris
	BMJ  2008;336:283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39470.510451.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	David Hugh Thomas
	Harry Egdell
	BMJ  2008;336:283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39469.847373.BE [Extract] [Full text]

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