Population control and uncertainty—a doctor’s role
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2008;337:a1076 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

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	Public perception of overweight
	Sara N Bleich
	BMJ  2008;337:a347 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Increasing communication between parents and their children about sex
	Douglas Kirby
	BMJ  2008;337:a206 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic achievement in twins
	Kaare Christensen, Matt McGue
	BMJ  2008;337:a651 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Confronting therapeutic ignorance
	Iain Chalmers
	BMJ  2008;337:a841 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Population growth and climate change
	John Guillebaud, Pip Hayes
	BMJ  2008;337:a576 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Human papillomavirus vaccination: Paradox of vaccination in cervical cancer and screening
	Christian A Gericke
	BMJ  2008;337:a1049 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Human papillomavirus vaccination: Glimpse into the black box of human papillomavirus vaccination
	Peter M English, Keith Neal
	BMJ  2008;337:a1046 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Peripheral intravenous catheters: It’s who looks after the catheters that counts
	Steven J Kennish
	BMJ  2008;337:a1001 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Professional conduct: Confidence in child protection practice
	Patricia Hamilton, Rosalyn Proops
	BMJ  2008;337:a1063 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A discriminating judgment: You cannot be serious, says GMC to observation article
	Graeme Catto
	BMJ  2008;337:a1048 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

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	GP suspended for six months after prescribing drug to hasten patient’s death
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2008;337:a1056 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	National group asks GPs to do more to promote sexual health strategy
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2008;337:a1054 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In brief
	BMJ  2008;337:a1065 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Obesity does not limit benefits of knee replacement, study shows
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2008;337:a1061 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	US billionaires donate $500m to reduce smoking worldwide
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2008;337:a1068 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Penetrating injuries cost NHS more than £3m a year
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2008;337:a1070 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	German medical schools respond to claim they have stored Namibian skulls from colonial times
	Ned Stafford
	BMJ  2008;337:a1047 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sight drug deal ends High Court challenge
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2008;337:a1039 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Government urges businesses to join health professionals to tackle obesity
	David Pountney
	BMJ  2008;337:a1000 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Study highlights challenge of patient confidentiality in medical blogospheres
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2008;337:a1043 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endocrinologists say 57 million Americans should be treated for prediabetes
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2008;337:a998 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Government plans to revalidate doctors every five years
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2008;337:a988 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Short Cuts

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	All you need to read in the other general journals
	BMJ  2008;337:a1012 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Feature

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	Professional conduct: Three doctors and a GMC prosecution
	Jonathan Gornall
	BMJ  2008;337:a907 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Professional conduct: Acting as an expert witness
	Graeme Catto
	BMJ  2008;337:a933 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Professional conduct: Doctors in court
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2008;337:a975 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

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	Ethics Man: Clarifying best interests
	Daniel K Sokol
	BMJ  2008;337:a994 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

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	Social determinants of health and the design of health programmes for the poor
	Sebastian Taylor, Alireza Marandi
	BMJ  2008;337:a290 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Research

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	Changing perceptions of weight in Great Britain: comparison of two population surveys
	F Johnson, L Cooke, H Croker, Jane Wardle
	BMJ  2008;337:a494 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Evaluation of Talking Parents, Healthy Teens, a new worksite based parenting programme to promote parent-adolescent communication about sexual health: randomised controlled trial
	Mark A Schuster, Rosalie Corona, Marc N Elliott, David E Kanouse, Karen L Eastman, Annie J Zhou, David J Klein
	BMJ  2008;337:a308 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Academic achievement of twins and singletons in early adulthood: Taiwanese cohort study
	Meng-Ting Tsou, Meng-Wen Tsou, Ming-Ping Wu, Jin-Tan Liu
	BMJ  2008;337:a438 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Gallbladder disease and use of transdermal versus oral hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women: prospective cohort study
	Bette Liu, Valerie Beral, Angela Balkwill, Jane Green, Sian Sweetland, Gillian Reeves, for the Million Women Study Collaborators
	BMJ  2008;337:a386 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical Review

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	Management of hypothyroidism in adults
	Bijay Vaidya, Simon H S Pearce
	BMJ  2008;337:a801 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	Uncertainties Page: Should we treat subclinical hypothyroidism?
	Cung B Pham, Allen F Shaughnessy
	BMJ  2008;337:a834 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Guidelines: Diagnosis and initial management of acute stroke and transient ischaemic attack: summary of NICE guidance
	Sharon Swain, Claire Turner, Pippa Tyrrell, Anthony Rudd, on behalf of the Guideline Development Group
	BMJ  2008;337:a786 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Controversies in NICE guidance on acute stroke and transient ischaemic attack
	Helen Rodgers, Mark Sudlow
	BMJ  2008;337:a833 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	10-Minute Consultation: Fungal nail infection
	Tim C olde Hartman, Eric van Rijswijk
	BMJ  2008;337:a429 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

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	"Would you like to see the wound?"
	Gillian Stowell
	BMJ  2008;337:a1064 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: Remains of the olden days
	Wendy Moore
	BMJ  2008;337:a1038 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: Vive la révolution
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2008;337:a1062 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Starting Out: Old whines and new battles
	Kinesh Patel
	BMJ  2008;337:a1031 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: The pleasurable unknown
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2008;337:a997 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: Human Gastric Function
	Leonard Sinclair
	BMJ  2008;337:a999 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

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	Fyodor Grigorievich Uglov
	Boleslav Lichterman
	BMJ  2008;337:a866 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Brian Campbell
	Deirdre Campbell
	BMJ  2008;337:a921 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mary Campbell
	Deirdre Campbell
	BMJ  2008;337:a920 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	John Gwilym Howells
	Cheryll Adams, Roger Howells
	BMJ  2008;337:a756 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Altan Kayan
	Denis Kayan, Jan Kayan, Zizi Kayan, Laura Kayan, Richard Ilker Kayan, Deirdre Lucas
	BMJ  2008;337:a776 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sanmugam Mahadeva
	Salinee Kang
	BMJ  2008;337:a944 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sarah Jane Mitchell
	Russell Burcombe
	BMJ  2008;337:a923 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	William Bruce Robertson
	Annie Boon
	BMJ  2008;337:a937 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

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	Cherg T Jong, Chris Bidder, Katina Kontos, Natalie M Stone
	BMJ  2008;337:a936 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ  2008;337:a996 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Filler

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	Endpiece: Your patient
	BMJ  2008;337:a558 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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