Prognosis and politics
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39497.574525.DE, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Prognostic modelling in traumatic brain injury
	David Menon, David Harrison
	BMJ  2008;336:397-398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39461.616991.80, (Published 12 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Preventing back pain
	Niels Wedderkopp, Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde
	BMJ  2008;336:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39464.656007.80, (Published 31 January 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Familial risks of oral clefts
	Melissa Lees
	BMJ  2008;336:399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39470.657685.80, (Published 4 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The involvement of private companies in NHS general practice
	Chris Salisbury
	BMJ  2008;336:400-401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39490.412755.80, (Published 14 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment delays in ST elevation myocardial infarction
	Christian Juhl Terkelsen, Jens Flensted Lassen
	BMJ  2008;336:401-402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39475.482419.80, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Calcium supplementation: Results may not be generalisable
	Joan M Lappe, Robert P Heaney
	BMJ  2008;336:403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.476667.1F, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Calcium supplementation: Some issues on outcomes
	Jinelle N Ramlackhansingh
	BMJ  2008;336:403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.741817.BE, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Calcium supplementation: Confounders were ignored
	Luca Puccetti
	BMJ  2008;336:403-404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.418704.1F, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Calcium supplementation: Data were misrepresented
	Wendy S Biggs
	BMJ  2008;336:404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.484086.1F, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Calcium supplementation: Authors’ reply
	Ian R Reid, Mark J Bolland, Gregory D Gamble, Andrew Grey
	BMJ  2008;336:404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39495.575289.BE, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Does cot death still exist?: SIDS is not a disease entity
	Leonard H P Williams
	BMJ  2008;336:404-405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.404722.1F, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Benign prostatic hyperplasia: The term BPH is misused
	Paul Abrams
	BMJ  2008;336:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.447361.1F, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mental Capacity Act: Clarification
	Peter Simmons
	BMJ  2008;336:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.410498.1F, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mental Capacity Act: How research is affected
	Andrew J Ludman
	BMJ  2008;336:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.443900.1F, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	User involvement: Participatory approach works
	Anne MacFarlane, Mary O’Reilly-de Brún, Tomas de Brún
	BMJ  2008;336:405-406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.439421.1F, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PPRS: Not dead yet
	Jim Furniss
	BMJ  2008;336:406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39489.635556.BE, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Strategies for statins: The CASE for fire and forget
	L Sam Lewis
	BMJ  2008;336:406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.452650.1F, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Strategies for statins: Treat to target benefits no one
	D Graham Mackenzie, Philip Rutledge
	BMJ  2008;336:406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.435556.1F, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical students' sex lives: A snippet is not enough
	Neville W Goodman
	BMJ  2008;336:406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39489.655451.3A, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Intensive glucose lowering arm of diabetes trial is stopped after excess deaths
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2008;336:407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.527384.DB, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	BMA proposes range of measures to tackle alcohol misuse
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2008;336:407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39495.570185.C2, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2008;336:408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.744340.DB, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Charity condemns child survival "lottery"
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2008;336:408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.529306.DB, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Abortion becomes hot political issue in run up to Italian election
	Fabio Turone
	BMJ  2008;336:408-409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39495.585683.C2, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Bipartisan approach to improve health of Aboriginal people may prove difficult
	Stephen Pincock
	BMJ  2008;336:409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.479491.DB, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	BMA polls GPs on extended hours and private provision
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2008;336:410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.713229.DB, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Government must do more to support war veterans, MPs say
	Helen Mooney
	BMJ  2008;336:410-411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.421655.DB, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Health secretary defends decision to restrict entry of overseas medical graduates
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2008;336:410-411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39497.340289.DB, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Artist consults children over works for new centre
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2008;336:410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.664398.DB, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	BMA calls for NHS constitution
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2008;336:411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39497.552778.DB, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Four deaths and 350 adverse events lead to US recall of heparin
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2008;336:412-413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.419248.DB, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GPs challenge London PCTs as practice contracts go to private companies
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2008;336:412-413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.687245.DB, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Indian doctors hope kidney scandal will spur cadaver donation programme
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2008;336:413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.470579.DB, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Health situation in Gaza is "grim," UN relief chief says
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2008;336:413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39497.355046.DB, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Gynaecologist is suspected of performing dozens of unnecessary oophorectomies
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2008;336:413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.634514.DB, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	South African drug companies are found guilty of price fixing
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2008;336:413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39497.390069.DB, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	High cost of abortion is associated with lower pregnancy rate, US study finds
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2008;336:413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39495.606389.C2, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

Short cuts

	All you need to read in the other general journals
	BMJ  2008;336:414-415, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39492.619248.80, (Published 23 February 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Feature

	Doctors’ education: the invisible influence of drug company sponsorship
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2008;336:416-417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.430336.DB, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug Research: Balancing Big Pharma’s books
	Andrew Jack
	BMJ  2008;336:418-419, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39491.469005.94, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Only Connect: When networks can teach us about drug use
	Nicholas A Christakis
	BMJ  2008;336:420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.537396.59, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Independent sector treatment centres: evidence so far
	Allyson M Pollock, Sylvia Godden
	BMJ  2008;336:421-424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39470.505556.80, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research

	Predicting outcome after traumatic brain injury: practical prognostic models based on large cohort of international patients
	MRC CRASH Trial Collaborators
	BMJ  2008;336:425-429, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39461.643438.25, (Published 12 February 2008) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web extra: Table A] FREE

	Effect of training and lifting equipment for preventing back pain in lifting and handling: systematic review
	Kari-Pekka Martimo, Jos Verbeek, Jaro Karppinen, Andrea D Furlan, Esa-Pekka Takala, P Paul F M Kuijer, Merja Jauhiainen, Eira Viikari-Juntura
	BMJ  2008;336:429-431, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39463.418380.BE, (Published 31 January 2008) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web references] FREE

	Familial risk of oral clefts by morphological type and severity: population based cohort study of first degree relatives
	Åse Sivertsen, Allen J Wilcox, Rolv Skjærven, Hallvard Andreas Vindenes, Frank Åbyholm, Emily Harville, Rolv Terje Lie
	BMJ  2008;336:432-434, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39458.563611.AE, (Published 4 February 2008) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Management of depression in adults
	Markku Timonen, Timo Liukkonen
	BMJ  2008;336:435-439, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39478.609097.BE, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	Quality Improvement Report: Improving early management of bloodstream infection: a quality improvement project
	Jane Minton, James Clayton, Jonathan Sandoe, Hugh Mc Gann, Mark Wilcox
	BMJ  2008;336:440-443, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39454.634502.80, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Severe sepsis screening tool and initial resuscitation guideline]

	A Patient's Journey: Xeroderma pigmentosum
	Sandra Webb
	BMJ  2008;336:444-446, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39485.698356.AD, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	10-Minute Consultation: Asthma unresponsive to simple treatment in a child
	Niamh O’Carroll, John Fitzsimons, Siobhán Carr
	BMJ  2008;336:447, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39364.672940.47, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & reviews

	Spring awakening
	Trevor Trueman
	BMJ  2008;336:448, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39485.491493.C2, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: I’m still standing
	Colin Currie
	BMJ  2008;336:449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.702523.59, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: A virtual no life
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2008;336:450, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39497.417442.59, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Outside the Box: The business of health
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2008;336:450, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.665891.59, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: Too much claret
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2008;336:451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39489.647998.59, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: Beware of Pity
	Jerry O’Sullivan
	BMJ  2008;336:451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.678657.59, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	BMJ  2008;336:454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39492.418380.80, (Published 23 February 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chandra S Puli, Miles Allison
	BMJ  2008;336:454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39492.409942.80, (Published 23 February 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Ashes to ashes
	David Lockington
	BMJ  2008;336:424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39358.593137.AD, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Call for papers: International Conference on Doctors’ Health
	BMJ  2008;336:446, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39489.586551.DE, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Doctors urged to take up challenge of climate change
	BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39497.682650.AD, (Published 23 February 2008) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Safer by design
	BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39497.690741.AD, (Published 23 February 2008) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Keith Ball
	Bryan Kirby, Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2008;336:452, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39495.657616.BE, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	John Allison
	Marjorie E M Allison, Audrey J Hobbs
	BMJ  2008;336:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39484.733403.BE, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Aeneas Mackay Fisher
	D J Dye
	BMJ  2008;336:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39491.602454.BE, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Mahendra Gopinathan
	Martyn Lobley
	BMJ  2008;336:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39484.746887.BE, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Brian Lake
	Andrew Sims
	BMJ  2008;336:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39491.624028.BE, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Derek John Llewellyn
	Nigel C H Stott
	BMJ  2008;336:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39491.677604.BE, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	John O’Hara Tobin
	William Tobin
	BMJ  2008;336:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39483.734016.BE, (Published 23 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

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