Finding meanings
	Jane Smith
	BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39511.393287.43, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Antidepressants and suicide
	Gregory Simon
	BMJ  2008;336:515-516, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39482.666366.80, (Published 14 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Efficacy of antidepressants
	Erick H Turner, Robert Rosenthal
	BMJ  2008;336:516-517, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39510.531597.80, (Published 4 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acupuncture with in vitro fertilisation
	Anja Pinborg, Anne Loft, Anders Nyboe Andersen
	BMJ  2008;336:517-518, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39503.643727.80, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Funding for primary health care in developing countries
	Jan De Maeseneer, Chris van Weel, David Egilman, Khaya Mfenyana, Arthur Kaufman, Nelson Sewankambo, Maaike Flinkenflögel
	BMJ  2008;336:518-519, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.444271.80, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Assessing the ability to work
	Jos Verbeek, Frank van Dijk
	BMJ  2008;336:519-520, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39472.451134.80, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Bloodstream infection: Early treatment strategies in sepsis
	Mohammed A Butt, A K Coulson, J H Hull, T B L Ho
	BMJ  2008;336:521, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39507.433333.80, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Bloodstream infection: Bacteraemia service model of infection care
	Gavin D Barlow, Patrick Lillie
	BMJ  2008;336:521, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39507.455567.80, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Unresponsive asthma: Don’t forget mediastinal masses
	Matthew J Murray, James C Nicholson, Donna McShane
	BMJ  2008;336:521-522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39507.500336.80, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Traumatic brain injury: Time of hospital presentation may be important
	Paul Frost, Matt P Wise
	BMJ  2008;336:522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39507.481840.80, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Depression in adults: GPs are not so bad at diagnosis
	Tony Kendrick
	BMJ  2008;336:522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39507.524711.80, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors' education: Conflicts are everywhere
	Hari Singh
	BMJ  2008;336:522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39507.396644.80, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors' education: Sponsored medical tourism
	Peter C Arnold
	BMJ  2008;336:522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39507.412373.80, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	GMC will take responsibility for postgraduate medical training from 2010
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2008;336:523, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39510.547685.94, (Published 3 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2008;336:524, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39510.633970.DB, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	European Commission looks into possible restrictive practices by drug companies
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2008;336:524, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39509.751620.C2, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Australia’s healthcare reform body is criticised for its narrow membership
	Melissa Sweet
	BMJ  2008;336:524, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39507.518519.DB, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pfizer ends advertisements featuring inventor of artificial heart
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2008;336:525, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39509.764144.C2, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Congress asks for investigation of FDA resources and staffing
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2008;336:525, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39510.389525.DB, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Healthcare Commission will publicise NHS trusts’ levels of infection control
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2008;336:526-527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39507.596979.DB, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Building people’s faces from stem cells may be possible in two decades
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2008;336:526, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39511.502789.DB, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Europe’s agriculture policy seriously damages people’s health
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2008;336:526-527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39510.377627.C2, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Number of deaths from cancers falls after 20 years of screening in England
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2008;336:527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39510.379410.DB, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Surveillance of new infectious diseases focuses on wrong areas
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2008;336:528, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39510.537639.DB, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New commission will look at non-medical ways to improve health of Americans
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2008;336:528-529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39507.496181.DB, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Maternal health target is unlikely to be met, MPs warn
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2008;336:529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39507.637269.DB, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2008;336:529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39510.649329.DB, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Poor drug adherence after heart attack puts patients at greater risk of death at one year
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
	BMJ  2008;336:529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39507.688611.DB, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Health education charity closes its doors
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2008;336:529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39511.572315.4E, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	London GPs express fears over Darzi’s proposals for the capital
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2008;336:529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39511.557917.4E, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Number of deaths involving C difficile rose by 72% in a year
	Henry Creagh
	BMJ  2008;336:529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39507.468090.DB, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

Short cuts

	All you need to read in the other general journals
	BMJ  2008;336:530-531, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39506.673461.80, (Published 8 March 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Feature

	Antidepressants: An untold story?
	Jeanne Lenzer, Shannon Brownlee
	BMJ  2008;336:532-534, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39504.662685.0F, (Published 27 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Life and Death: "A modest thoughtfulness"
	Iona Heath
	BMJ  2008;336:535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39506.606215.94, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Is the declaration of Alma Ata still relevant to primary health care?
	Stephen Gillam
	BMJ  2008;336:536-538, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39469.432118.AD, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research

	Suicide rates in young men in England and Wales in the 21st century: time trend study
	Lucy Biddle, Anita Brock, Sara T Brookes, David Gunnell
	BMJ  2008;336:539-542, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39475.603935.25, (Published 14 February 2008) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table A, Figure A] FREE

	The population impact on incidence of suicide and non-fatal self harm of regulatory action against the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in under 18s in the United Kingdom: ecological study
	Benedict W Wheeler, David Gunnell, Chris Metcalfe, Peter Stephens, Richard M Martin
	BMJ  2008;336:542-545, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39462.375613.BE, (Published 14 February 2008) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effects of acupuncture on rates of pregnancy and live birth among women undergoing in vitro fertilisation: systematic review and meta-analysis
	Eric Manheimer, Grant Zhang, Laurence Udoff, Aviad Haramati, Patricia Langenberg, Brian M Berman, Lex M Bouter
	BMJ  2008;336:545-549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39471.430451.BE, (Published 7 February 2008) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web references][extra: Tables A, B and C][extra: Tables D and E] FREE

	Commentary: Good, but not perfect
	Mike Clarke
	BMJ  2008;336:549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39490.520046.25, (Published 8 March 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Degenerative aortic stenosis
	Radhakrishnan Ramaraj, Vincent L Sorrell
	BMJ  2008;336:550-555, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39478.498819.AD, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	Guidelines: Diagnosis and management of irritable bowel syndrome in adults in primary care: summary of NICE guidance
	J Dalrymple, I Bullock
	BMJ  2008;336:556-558, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39484.712616.AD, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Controversies in NICE guidance on irritable bowel syndrome
	Nicholas J Talley
	BMJ  2008;336:558-559, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39504.409329.AD, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & reviews

	Living in the moment
	L V Campbell
	BMJ  2008;336:560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39482.681100.C2, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: Women, interrupted
	Gwen Adshead
	BMJ  2008;336:561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39510.474757.3A, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: Bitter sweets
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2008;336:562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39510.443947.59, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Starting Out: Life at the sharp end
	Kinesh Patel
	BMJ  2008;336:562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39510.517801.59, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: The plague’s the thing
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2008;336:563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39507.530301.94, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: Profession of Medicine
	Liam Donaldson
	BMJ  2008;336:563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39505.621736.59, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Elmuhtady Said, Elaine Linney
	BMJ  2008;336:566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39506.475961.80, (Published 8 March 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ  2008;336:566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39506.485799.80, (Published 8 March 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Benign prostatic hyperplasia: α1 adrenoreceptor antagonists and cataract surgery
	BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39510.689560.AD, (Published 8 March 2008) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effect of clomifene citrate plus metformin and clomifene citrate plus placebo on induction of ovulation in women with newly diagnosed polycystic ovary syndrome: randomised double blind clinical trial
	BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39510.700336.AD, (Published 8 March 2008) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Parliament unites to tackle global problem
	BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39510.706644.AD, (Published 8 March 2008) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Obituary: Oleg Georgievich Gazenko
	BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39510.727627.AD, (Published 8 March 2008) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	William Francis Ganong
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2008;336:564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39505.739757.BE, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Brian Edward Crawley
	James Crawley
	BMJ  2008;336:565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39491.592755.BE, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	John Dickson Dow
	Hugh Saxton
	BMJ  2008;336:565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39498.723912.BE, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Andrew Kinley Dewar
	John Dewar, Mark Dewar, Robert Dewar, Nicky Williams
	BMJ  2008;336:565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39498.786157.BE, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Frances Gillian Evans-Jones (née Robinson)
	John Evans-Jones, Gareth Evans-Jones
	BMJ  2008;336:565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39503.611736.BE, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Eric Jackson Thomas
	Eric Thomas
	BMJ  2008;336:565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39503.630775.BE, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Saad Boulis Wassif
	Zoser Boulis, Theresa Hammond
	BMJ  2008;336:565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39498.760104.BE, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Harold Woolfson
	Stephen Woolfson
	BMJ  2008;336:565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39498.774792.BE, (Published 8 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

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