Gin Lane
	Jane Smith
	BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39504.377755.43, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Tackling alcohol misuse in the UK
	Thomas F Babor
	BMJ  2008;336:455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.556435.80, (Published 22 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medication errors caused by junior doctors
	James McLay, Sarah Ross
	BMJ  2008;336:456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39475.402650.80, (Published 7 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doubts about DOTS
	G R Davies, S B Squire
	BMJ  2008;336:457-458, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39464.485208.80, (Published 4 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Safety of very tight blood glucose control in type 2 diabetes
	Philip Home
	BMJ  2008;336:458-459, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39499.514410.80, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Structured education for people with type 2 diabetes
	Sean F Dinneen
	BMJ  2008;336:459-460, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39478.693715.80, (Published 14 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Management of haemorrhoids: Symptoms govern treatment
	Simon B Middleton, Richard E Lovegrove, Howard Reece-Smith
	BMJ  2008;336:461, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39500.442384.1F, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Long term outcome of stroke: Stroke is a chronic disease with acute events
	Desmond O’Neill, Frances Horgan, Anne Hickey, Hannah McGee
	BMJ  2008;336:461, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39500.434086.1F, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Follow-up after breast cancer: National randomised controlled trial is needed
	Peter K Donnelly, Louise Hiller, Janet A Dunn
	BMJ  2008;336:461-462, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39500.469664.1F, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Postgraduate performance: Study was flawed
	Roy L Soiza
	BMJ  2008;336:462, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39500.418542.1F, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Quality failures in the NHS: The windmills of your mind
	Jeffrey C McIlwain
	BMJ  2008;336:462, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39500.446169.1F, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Quality failures in the NHS: Memory is useful only if you consult it
	Benjamin Dean
	BMJ  2008;336:462-463, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39500.481481.1F, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Quality failures in the NHS: A prescription for amnesia
	Chris Luke
	BMJ  2008;336:463, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39500.453623.1F, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Quality failures in the NHS: We must forget all we know
	L Sam Lewis
	BMJ  2008;336:463, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39500.455613.1F, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Management of recurrent gout: Professional guidelines differ
	Susie C Earl, Richard Hull
	BMJ  2008;336:463, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39500.457650.1F, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Otalgia article rides again: Specialists are critical too
	Mark D Cossburn, Owen R Pearson
	BMJ  2008;336:463-464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39500.414745.1F, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Otalgia article rides again: Teeth are rarely to blame
	Patrick Magennis, Anne Begley
	BMJ  2008;336:464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39500.451748.1F, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Presumed consent again: Proactive opt-in already exists
	Michael Archer
	BMJ  2008;336:464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39500.411678.1F, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Consultant mothers: First courses now available
	Esther T Waterhouse
	BMJ  2008;336:464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39500.465984.1F, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The errors in our ways: Herpes of the Volvo
	Howard J Homler
	BMJ  2008;336:464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39500.456644.1F, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Climate change: Wanted: a green NHS
	Rachel C Stancliffe, Mahmood Bhutta
	BMJ  2008;336:464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39500.473669.BE, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	GP contract delivers on just two of 13 government aims
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2008;336:465, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39504.525301.4E, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO urges action on drug resistant tuberculosis
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2008;336:465, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39504.336285.DB, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Meta-analysis shows difference between antidepressants and placebo is only significant in severe depression
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2008;336:466, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39503.656852.DB, (Published 26 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Downward trend in dementia linked to better education and personal wealth, US study says
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2008;336:466-467, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39503.343993.DB, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Experiments on army volunteers in Israel will be overseen by the health ministry
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2008;336:467, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39500.509676.DB, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scientists meet to agree framework for European biobank
	Ned Stafford
	BMJ  2008;336:467, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39503.344826.DB, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Regulator challenges government about instructions to foundation hospitals
	Nicholas Timmins
	BMJ  2008;336:468-469, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39503.576007.DB, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pilot scheme will ask GPs to give more detail in sickness certificates
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2008;336:468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39503.348032.DB, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	95% of women in England not screened for sickle cell anaemia or thalassaemia by 10 week target
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2008;336:468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39503.586030.DB, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Inquiry finds lack of systematic approach to safety creates risk during births
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2008;336:469, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39503.692847.DB, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2008;336:470, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39503.716551.DB, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Countries meet to draw up treaty to ban cluster bombs
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2008;336:470-471, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39503.633947.DB, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US confirms federal authority for safety of medical devices
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2008;336:470, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39503.345694.DB, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Proposals to make patients pay for medical visits in Quebec meet resistance
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2008;336:471, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39500.451111.DB, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Floods in southern Africa result in cholera outbreak and displacement
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2008;336:471, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39503.700903.DB, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE clarifies diagnosis and management of prostate cancer and advises on smoking cessation
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2008;336:471, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39504.480752.DB, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	A third of people held by police are not registered with a GP despite health problems
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2008;336:471, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39503.346759.DB, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Charity claims ready to use foods are crucial to reduce childhood malnutrition
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2008;336:471, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39503.522072.DB, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Healthcare for prisoners is compromised by use of temporary cells
	Oona Mashta
	BMJ  2008;336:471, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39499.651933.DB, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

Short cuts

	All you need to read in the other general journals
	BMJ  2008;336:472-473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39500.453206.80, (Published 1 March 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Head to Head

	Has the hunt for conflicts of interest gone too far? Yes
	Thomas P Stossel
	BMJ  2008;336:476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.489213.AD, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Has the hunt for conflicts of interest gone too far? No
	Kirby Lee
	BMJ  2008;336:477, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39491.391215.94, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Feature

	Drug Research: Europe seeks to boost research
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2008;336:474-475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39475.547199.AD, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Ethics Man: The dilemma of authorship
	Daniel K Sokol
	BMJ  2008;336:478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39500.620174.94, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media: From hero to zero
	Michael Fitzpatrick
	BMJ  2008;336:479, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39492.664225.0F, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Maximising benefit and minimising harm of screening
	J A M Gray, J Patnick, R G Blanks
	BMJ  2008;336:480-483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39470.643218.94, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research

	Long term efficacy of DOTS regimens for tuberculosis: systematic review
	Helen S Cox, Martha Morrow, Peter W Deutschmann
	BMJ  2008;336:484-487, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39463.640787.BE, (Published 4 February 2008) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Tables 1 and 2][extra: Web references] FREE

	Rates of medication errors among depressed and burnt out residents: prospective cohort study
	Amy M Fahrenkopf, Theodore C Sectish, Laura K Barger, Paul J Sharek, Daniel Lewin, Vincent W Chiang, Sarah Edwards, Bernhard L Wiedermann, Christopher P Landrigan
	BMJ  2008;336:488-491, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39469.763218.BE, (Published 7 February 2008) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effectiveness of the diabetes education and self management for ongoing and newly diagnosed (DESMOND) programme for people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: cluster randomised controlled trial
	M J Davies, S Heller, T C Skinner, M J Campbell, M E Carey, S Cradock, H M Dallosso, H Daly, Y Doherty, S Eaton, C Fox, L Oliver, K Rantell, G Rayman, K Khunti, on behalf of the Diabetes Education and Self Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed Collaborative
	BMJ  2008;336:491-495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39474.922025.BE, (Published 14 February 2008) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Diagnosis and management of alcohol use disorders
	Andrew J R Parker, E Jane Marshall, David M Ball
	BMJ  2008;336:496-501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39483.457708.80, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	Guidelines: Care and management of osteoarthritis in adults: summary of NICE guidance
	Philip G Conaghan, John Dickson, Robert L Grant, on behalf of the Guideline Development Group
	BMJ  2008;336:502-503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39490.608009.AD, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: controversies in NICE guidance on osteoarthritis
	Nicola Dalbeth, Bruce Arroll
	BMJ  2008;336:504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.451898.AD, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the Week: Artificially low HbA1c associated with treatment with ribavirin
	Michael Robertson
	BMJ  2008;336:505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39457.828287.47, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	10-Minute Consultation: Haemochromatosis
	William E Cayley, Jr
	BMJ  2008;336:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39357.698889.94, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & reviews

	Personal View: Half bottle or half cut?
	Trish Groves
	BMJ  2008;336:507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39503.505475.59, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Why the health secretary’s "well note" is not so swell
	George Moncrieff
	BMJ  2008;336:508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39503.459572.59, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: Sport and public health—an Olympian challenge?
	Karim Khan, Ken Crichton
	BMJ  2008;336:509, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39503.433889.0F, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: Drugstore cowboys
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2008;336:510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39503.446609.59, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug Tales and Other Stories: We’re all pharmacologists now
	Ike Iheanacho
	BMJ  2008;336:510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39500.558067.94, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: Those were the days
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2008;336:511, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39500.581794.94, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classic: Sakhalin Island
	Christopher Timmis
	BMJ  2008;336:511, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39503.536748.0F, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Peter Cackett, Bal Dhillon
	BMJ  2008;336:514, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39499.661921.80, (Published 1 March 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ  2008;336:514, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39499.672361.80, (Published 1 March 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	A memorable patient: "We’d better do it under local"
	Richard Ashford
	BMJ  2008;336:495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39468.689514.DE, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Scientific truth
	BMJ  2008;336:504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39107.496597.F7, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	William Bryan Jennett
	Caroline Richmond, Graham Teasdale
	BMJ  2008;336:512, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39500.632384.BE, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Hyman Davies
	Alan Silman
	BMJ  2008;336:513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39498.687222.BE, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Herbert Thomas Foot
	Stephanie Foot
	BMJ  2008;336:513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39491.754491.BE, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	James McCaughey Gilmore
	Ian Gilmore
	BMJ  2008;336:513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.604861.BE, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Colin George Lake
	S R Jones
	BMJ  2008;336:513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39491.742037.BE, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Alistair John Robertson
	Alan Evans
	BMJ  2008;336:513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39484.700347.BE, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Christopher Smallwood Savage
	James Savage, Robert Savage
	BMJ  2008;336:513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39498.747257.BE, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Thomas Stapleton
	John A Davis
	BMJ  2008;336:513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39491.712014.BE, (Published 1 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

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