It’s the evidence, stupid
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2008;337:a2119 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

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	Where are we in the rationing debate?
	Susan Dorr Goold, Nancy M Baum
	BMJ  2008;337:a2047 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Identifying famines
	Craig Gundersen
	BMJ  2008;337:a1178 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Insertion of ventilation (tympanostomy) tubes for otitis media with effusion
	Mark Haggard
	BMJ  2008;337:a1535 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Continuous glucose monitoring in women with diabetes during pregnancy
	Mario R Festin
	BMJ  2008;337:a1472 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tackling obesity in children and adolescents
	Louise A Baur
	BMJ  2008;337:a1037 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Alternatives to debate: "Treating evidence with contempt"
	Edzard Ernst
	BMJ  2008;337:a2063 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Southall verdict: Clarification
	John Bridson, On behalf of the members of PACA
	BMJ  2008;337:a2069 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Southall verdict: GMC has no clothes
	Edmund Willis
	BMJ  2008;337:a2068 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Truly independent research?: Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS)
	Benedetto Vitiello
	BMJ  2008;337:a2070 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	China's tainted infant formula: What WHO should do
	Brian P Hung
	BMJ  2008;337:a2073 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Paracetamol with ibuprofen: Ibuprofen is a marker of soft tissue infection
	Nicholas D Moore
	BMJ  2008;337:a2072 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Helicobacter pylori infection: A sexually transmitted disease?
	Stephen Head
	BMJ  2008;337:a2077 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

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	Hospitals allow patients to top up care and continue to get NHS treatment
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2008;337:a2112 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Annual health check of NHS trusts in England shows room for improvement
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2008;337:a2121 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BBC told to pay Taranissi £500 000 to cover costs of changing libel defence
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2008;337:a2058 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Employers seek 2% rise for doctors and dentists
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2008;337:a2114 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	GPs’ pay rise will be linked to treatment of patients most in need
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2008;337:a2104 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	More than 100 sperm and egg donors prove ready to reveal identity to offspring
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2008;337:a2110 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	German heart specialist received research grant from tobacco industry foundation
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2008;337:a2085 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Half of patients given exercise prescriptions are more active a year later
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2008;337:a2084 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mental health services in England among best in Europe, says WHO
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2008;337:a2082 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	England on target to meet health gains set out in Our Healthier Nation
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2008;337:a2029 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Life drawing with a technological twist
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2008;337:a2113 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In brief
	BMJ  2008;337:a2099 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	US psychiatrist steps down after questions about drug company payments
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2008;337:a2088 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Website of experiences with new name hopes to reach more patients
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2008;337:a2078 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	US groups set out strategy to reduce hospital acquired infections
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2008;337:a2054 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	WHO calls for return to primary care to help ailing health systems
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2008;337:a2109 (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:a2061 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Feature

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	Rationing: Why Oregon went wrong
	Vidhya Alakeson
	BMJ  2008;337:a2044 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

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	Yankee Doodling: Politics and science: a cautionary tale for the presidential candidates
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2008;337:a2093 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

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	Clinical priority setting
	Ole Frithjof Norheim
	BMJ  2008;337:a1846 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Accountability for reasonableness: an update
	Norman Daniels, James E Sabin
	BMJ  2008;337:a1850 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Moving forward on rationing: an economic view
	Cam Donaldson, Angela Bate, Peter Brambleby, Howard Waldner
	BMJ  2008;337:a1872 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Research

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	Effectiveness of continuous glucose monitoring in pregnant women with diabetes: randomised clinical trial
	Helen R Murphy, Gerry Rayman, Karen Lewis, Susan Kelly, Balroop Johal, Katherine Duffield, Duncan Fowler, Peter J Campbell, Rosemary C Temple
	BMJ  2008;337:a1680 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: The technology of continuous glucose monitoring
	Mary H Charlton
	BMJ  2008;337:a1733 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Does a functional activity programme improve function, quality of life, and falls for residents in long term care? Cluster randomised controlled trial
	Ngaire Kerse, Kathy Peri, Elizabeth Robinson, Tim Wilkinson, Martin von Randow, Liz Kiata, John Parsons, Nancy Latham, Matthew Parsons, Jane Willingale, Paul Brown, Bruce Arroll
	BMJ  2008;337:a1445 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Retrospective determination of whether famine existed in Niger, 2005: two stage cluster survey
	Avid Reza, Basia Tomczyk, Victor M Aguayo, Noel M Zagre, Kadade Goumbi, Curtis Blanton, Leisel Talley
	BMJ  2008;337:a1622 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Overuse of tympanostomy tubes in New York metropolitan area: evidence from five hospital cohort
	Salomeh Keyhani, Lawrence C Kleinman, Michael Rothschild, Joseph M Bernstein, Rebecca Anderson, Mark Chassin
	BMJ  2008;337:a1607 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical Review

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	Obesity in children. Part 1: Epidemiology, measurement, risk factors, and screening
	Ruth R Kipping, Russell Jago, Debbie A Lawlor
	BMJ  2008;337:a1824 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	Guidelines: Management of acute gastrointestinal blood loss: summary of SIGN guidelines
	K Palmer, M Nairn, on behalf of the Guideline Development Group
	BMJ  2008;337:a1832 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Controversies in SIGN guidance on management of acute upper and lower gastrointestinal blood loss
	Martin Keuchel, Friedrich Hagenmuller
	BMJ  2008;337:a1836 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A Patient's Journey: Dying from dementia—a patient’s journey
	Tim Dartington
	BMJ  2008;337:a1712 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

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	Roderick John Kilner Brown
	Caroline Strallen
	BMJ  2008;337:a2071 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Glanmor Rhys Davies
	Michael Davies, Paul Davies
	BMJ  2008;337:a2057 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hamish Torrie Hutchinson
	John Hutchinson
	BMJ  2008;337:a2060 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	James Morton Muir
	Alan M Muir
	BMJ  2008;337:a2049 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Norman Walter Nisbet
	Lesley Flaherty
	BMJ  2008;337:a1910 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Andrew Wilkins
	David Mabey
	BMJ  2008;337:a2059 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

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	Personal View: What could we have done for her now?
	Fiona Moir
	BMJ  2008;337:a2106 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: Age concern
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2008;337:a2096 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Live from London: Mind your language
	Deborah Cohen
	BMJ  2008;337:a2111 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: Familiarity breeds contempt
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2008;337:a2091 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: The Surgeon at 2 A.M.
	Hugh Byrne
	BMJ  2008;337:a2101 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: Genetic testing: picking up the pieces
	Fred Kavalier
	BMJ  2008;337:a2103 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Endgames

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	Case report: A pregnant Jehovah’s witness
	Sharon R Sheehan, Deirdre J Murphy
	BMJ  2008;337:a1935 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prize quiz: Pharmacology
	BMJ  2008;337:a1484 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Statistical question: Incidence and prevalence
	John Fletcher
	BMJ  2008;337:a2019 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Picture quiz: An interesting case of acute abdomen
	Rajaraman Durai, Sumantra Kumar, Sha-Nawaz Ruhomauly, Happy Hoque
	BMJ  2008;337:a1953 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

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	Alison Payne, Zorica Vujovic, Bello Inua
	BMJ  2008;337:a2055 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ  2008;337:a2050 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Filler

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	Dangerously ill list patient
	Ajit Singh Kashyap, Kuldip Parkash Anand
	BMJ  2008;337:a229 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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