Networking for health
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2008;337:a3153 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

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	Happiness, social networks, and health
	Andrew Steptoe, Ana V Diez Roux
	BMJ  2008;337:a2781 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The rational clinical examination in emergency care
	Kevin Mackway-Jones
	BMJ  2008;337:a2374 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Innovations in publishing BMJ research
	Trish Groves, Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2008;337:a3123 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Adjuvant radiotherapy for breast cancer
	Crispin Hiley, Andrew Tutt, Mylin Torres, Carlo Palmieri
	BMJ  2008;337:a2843 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The future of the quality and outcomes framework
	Helen Lester, Azeem Majeed
	BMJ  2008;337:a3017 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Exercise ECGs in angina: Sensitivity and specificity of exercise ECG in heart disease
	Kevin Barraclough
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	Exercise ECGs in angina: Which "angiographic positives" will die from heart disease?
	G H Hall
	BMJ  2008;337:a3100 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Exercise ECGs in angina: Cost effective investigation of suspected angina
	S Richard Underwood
	BMJ  2008;337:a3097 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Breakthrough cancer pain: Morphine remains gold standard in breakthrough cancer pain
	Vicente Ruiz-Garcia, Eduardo Lopez-Briz
	BMJ  2008;337:a3104 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BCG vaccination in children: Universal BCG in the UK again?
	Martin P Mayfield
	BMJ  2008;337:a3101 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Routines in collaborative work: Clinical routines in practice
	Eric J Will
	BMJ  2008;337:a3102 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiac pacemakers and Wii: Wii seems safe with pacemakers
	Ronak Rajani, Alexander Kumar, Mateem Jiwani
	BMJ  2008;337:a3103 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

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	Screening for bowel cancer is set to save 2500 lives a year in UK
	Zosia Kmietowicz
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	Medicine takes two of top three places in research assessment exercise
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2008;337:a3121 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Memory clinics could improve dementia care, say experts
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2008;337:a3127 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pharmacists are to offer the pill in London pilot scheme
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2008;337:a3016 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Challenging time ahead for NHS as recession bites and health problems increase
	Ann McGauran
	BMJ  2008;337:a3081 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Researchers refine in vitro test that will reduce the risk of "first in humans" drug trials
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2008;337:a3061 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In brief
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	Perinatal mortality in Netherlands third worst in Europe
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2008;337:a3118 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	German paediatricians want law changed to make it easier to report child abuse
	Ned Stafford
	BMJ  2008;337:a3116 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	US Supreme Court says smokers can sue over "light" cigarettes
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2008;337:a3120 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Bush administration issues rule to protect health workers who object to medical procedures
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2008;337:a3122 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	US Institute of Medicine calls for greater commitment to global health
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2008;337:a3119 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Proposal to allow drug companies to give information to public sparks outcry
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2008;337:a3043 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Spanish chemists will offer HIV tests to members of public in pilot project
	Maria de Lago
	BMJ  2008;337:a3004 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Plans to update European working time legislation in disarray
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2008;337:a3080 (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:a3096 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

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	Ethics Man: "But you’re not a doctor!"
	Daniel K Sokol
	BMJ  2008;337:a3077 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Feature

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	Profile: All change on the road to better health care
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2008;337:a2779 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

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	Extending the benefits of One Laptop per Child to health
	Paul Fontelo, Fang Liu, Kai Zhang, Michael Ackerman
	BMJ  2008;337:a2459 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: the joy of mesh
	Magnus Boman
	BMJ  2008;337:a2500 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Research

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	Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study
	James H Fowler, Nicholas A Christakis
	BMJ  2008;337:a2338 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Understanding social network analysis
	Peter Sainsbury
	BMJ  2008;337:a1957 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Detecting implausible social network effects in acne, height, and headaches: longitudinal analysis
	Ethan Cohen-Cole, Jason M Fletcher
	BMJ  2008;337:a2533 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Elbow extension test to rule out elbow fracture: multicentre, prospective validation and observational study of diagnostic accuracy in adults and children
	A Appelboam, A D Reuben, J R Benger, F Beech, J Dutson, S Haig, I Higginson, J A Klein, S Le Roux, S S M Saranga, R Taylor, J Vickery, R J Powell, G Lloyd
	BMJ  2008;337:a2428 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Risk of Parkinson’s disease after hospital contact for head injury: population based case-control study
	Kathrine Rugbjerg, Beate Ritz, Lise Korbo, Nick Martinussen, Jorgen H Olsen
	BMJ  2008;337:a2494 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	New format for BMJ research articles in print
	BMJ  2008;337:a2946 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical Review

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	Blood pressure self monitoring: questions and answers from a national conference
	Richard J McManus, Paul Glasziou, Andrew Hayen, Jonathan Mant, Paul Padfield, John Potter, Emma P Bray, David Mant
	BMJ  2008;337:a2732 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	Practice Pointer: Interpreting research findings to guide treatment in practice
	Tony Kendrick, Kelsey Hegarty, Paul Glasziou
	BMJ  2008;337:a1499 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Uncertainties Page: What is the optimal management of partial epilepsy uncontrolled by a first choice anticonvulsant?
	David W Chadwick, Gus A Baker, Ann Jacoby, Anthony G Marson, Phil E Smith
	BMJ  2008;337:a2199 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the Week: Acute phosphate nephropathy after sodium phosphate preparations
	Andrew Connor, Lucy Sykes, Ian S D Roberts, Charles E Weston
	BMJ  2008;337:a182 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	10-Minute Consultation: Sleep disorder (insomnia)
	Bruce Arroll, Antonio Fernando III, Karen Falloon
	BMJ  2008;337:a1245 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

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	Dennis Walder
	Jennifer Watts
	BMJ  2008;337:a3126 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Norman Levinson
	Andrew Levinson, T Silver
	BMJ  2008;337:a3046 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	John George Clarke Munro
	H D R Munro
	BMJ  2008;337:a3048 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ganapathiraju Ravichandran
	Martin McClelland
	BMJ  2008;337:a2898 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	George Innes Macdonald Ross
	Barbara Jones, Fenella Purdy
	BMJ  2008;337:a2899 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	George Malcolm Ross Smith
	John MacFie
	BMJ  2008;337:a3052 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dayananda Sirisena Wanigaratne
	Sirinie Wanigaratne, Dilinie Wanigaratne
	BMJ  2008;337:a3051 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Michael George Wilson
	Pamela Laurie, David Wilson
	BMJ  2008;337:a3054 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

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	A poster poser—doing it in tiles
	Adesh Shrivastava
	BMJ  2008;337:a2923 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View: The new ethics of research into terrorism
	Edgar Jones, Kamaldeep Bhui
	BMJ  2008;337:a3069 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: Nothing to be sad about
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2008;337:a3088 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: African Highway: The Battle for Health in Central Africa
	Douglas J Buchanan
	BMJ  2008;337:a2940 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: Humbug?
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2008;337:a3124 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug Tales and Other Stories: Sorry, you’re barred
	Ike Iheanacho
	BMJ  2008;337:a3086 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Endgames

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	Case Report: Acute dyspnoea, dysphagia, and non-specific chest pain in a smoker
	R Som, A Li, R McIntosh, G W Lloyd
	BMJ  2008;337:a2678 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Picture quiz: A case of hepatomegaly
	Dushan Thavarajah, Srilekha Attavar, Jay Menon
	BMJ  2008;337:a3090 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prize quiz: Abdominal pain in children
	BMJ  2008;337:a3093 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Statistical question: Response rates to surveys
	John Fletcher
	BMJ  2008;337:a3094 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

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	BMJ  2008;337:a2961 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hawraman H Ramadan, Mark Busby, Richard Smith
	BMJ  2008;337:a3007 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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