Editor's Choice: Ignorance and certainty
	Jane Smith
	BMJ  2009;338:b2156 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

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	Prevalence of variant CJD in the UK
	Maurizio Pocchiari
	BMJ  2009;338:b435 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Food supplements and HIV
	Nigel Rollins
	BMJ  2009;338:b932 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Weaning patients off invasive ventilation
	Andrew Ferguson
	BMJ  2009;338:b728 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Deprivation of liberty safeguards and the Mental Capacity Act
	Anthony Zigmond
	BMJ  2009;338:b1888 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Delivering quality and value in heart failure
	F D Richard Hobbs
	BMJ  2009;338:b1672 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Swine flu: Time to rethink the UK’s response to swine flu?
	Ellen S Wright
	BMJ  2009;338:b2093 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Swine flu: Report from the UK "epicentre"
	Azeem Majeed
	BMJ  2009;338:b2094 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Secondary prevention in stroke: Where’s the evidence?
	Paul A Hepple
	BMJ  2009;338:b2095 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Secondary prevention in stroke: When we might extrapolate
	L Sam Lewis
	BMJ  2009;338:b2097 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Fall in breast cancer deaths: A cause for celebration, and caution
	Karsten Juhl Jorgensen, John Brodersen, Margrethe Nielsen, Ole J Hartling, Peter C Gotzsche
	BMJ  2009;338:b2126 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Larval therapy for leg ulcers: Study authors respond to points in editorial
	Nicky Cullum, Martin Bland, Jo Dumville, Cynthia Iglesias, Susan O'Meara, Marta Soares, David Torgerson, Andrea Nelson, Gill Worthy
	BMJ  2009;338:b2098 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Larval therapy for leg ulcers: Wrong treatment
	Rolf Jelnes
	BMJ  2009;338:b2063 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Larval therapy for leg ulcers: Compression may be key
	Anders Ternhag
	BMJ  2009;338:b2064 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

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	Southall loses appeal against being struck off
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2009;338:b2144 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NICE recommends early intensive management of persistent low back pain
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2009;338:b2115 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In brief
	BMJ  2009;338:b2147 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NHS exceeds targets on MRSA, waiting times, and GP opening hours, says annual report
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2009;338:b2114 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Scientists fear that libel ruling will inhibit debate
	Deborah Cohen
	BMJ  2009;338:b2127 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Department of Health lists indicators for healthcare professionals to use in quality accounts
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2009;338:b2089 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Number of confirmed swine flu cases could be "tip of iceberg"
	Adrian O'Dowd, Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2009;338:b2153 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Workplace healthcare initiatives reduce cardiovascular risks, Indian study concludes
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2009;338:b2149 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	European initiative approves 15 projects to develop innovative drugs
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2009;338:b2092 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Senate finance chairman sees progress on US healthcare reform
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2009;338:b2134 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Amnesty fears for safety of doctors who reported on Sri Lanka hospital attack
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2009;338:b2105 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Inquiry finds that two German doctors gave performance enhancing drugs
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2009;338:b2135 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	US Senate confirms Margaret Hamburg as new head of FDA
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2009;338:b2079 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Deaths of children under 5 fall by 27% worldwide but maternal mortality remains same as in 1990
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2009;338:b2136 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Report calls for greater US involvement in global health assistance
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2009;338:b2103 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Short Cuts

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	All you need to read in the other general journals
	BMJ  2009;338:b2124 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Feature

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	Pandemic Flu: The problem with flu vaccines
	Andrew Jack
	BMJ  2009;338:b2065 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

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	On the Contrary: Catholic priests: it is better to marry than to burn (and beat up)
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2009;338:b2142 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Body Politic: Come back community health councils, all is forgiven
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2009;338:b2023 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

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	Procedures for ethical review for clinical trials within the EU
	Andreas A Schnitzbauer, Philipp E Lamby, Ingrid Mutzbauer, Carl Zuelke, Hans J Schlitt, Edward K Geissler, for the SiLVER05 Study Group
	BMJ  2009;338:b1893 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Research

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	Use of non-invasive ventilation to wean critically ill adults off invasive ventilation: meta-analysis and systematic review
	Karen E A Burns, Neill K J Adhikari, Sean P Keenan, Maureen Meade
	BMJ  2009;338:b1574 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Supplementary feeding with either ready-to-use fortified spread or corn-soy blend in wasted adults starting antiretroviral therapy in Malawi: randomised, investigator blinded, controlled trial
	MacDonald J Ndekha, Joep J G van Oosterhout, Eduard E Zijlstra, Micah Manary, Haroon Saloojee, Mark J Manary
	BMJ  2009;338:b1867 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Association of door-to-balloon time and mortality in patients admitted to hospital with ST elevation myocardial infarction: national cohort study
	Saif S Rathore, Jeptha P Curtis, Jersey Chen, Yongfei Wang, Brahmajee K Nallamothu, Andrew J Epstein, Harlan M Krumholz, for the National Cardiovascular Data Registry
	BMJ  2009;338:b1807 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prevalence of disease related prion protein in anonymous tonsil specimens in Britain: cross sectional opportunistic survey
	Jonathan P Clewley, Carole M Kelly, Nick Andrews, Kelly Vogliqi, Gary Mallinson, Maria Kaisar, David A Hilton, James W Ironside, Philip Edwards, Linda M McCardle, Diane L Ritchie, Reza Dabaghian, Helen E Ambrose, O Noel Gill
	BMJ  2009;338:b1442 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Research Methods & Reporting

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	Prognosis and prognostic research: what, why, and how?
	Karel G M Moons, Patrick Royston, Yvonne Vergouwe, Diederick E Grobbee, Douglas G Altman
	BMJ  2009;338:b375 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Clinical Review

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	Adult liver transplantation: what non-specialists need to know
	G M Hirschfield, P Gibbs, W J H Griffiths
	BMJ  2009;338:b1670 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	Guidelines: Newer agents for blood glucose control in type 2 diabetes: summary of NICE guidance
	Amanda I Adler, Elizabeth J Shaw, Tim Stokes, Francis Ruiz, on behalf of the Guideline Development Group
	BMJ  2009;338:b1668 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Rational testing: Investigating suspected anaemia
	James Uprichard, Barbara J Bain
	BMJ  2009;338:b1644 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

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	John Humphreys Hughes
	Ann Ap-Thomas
	BMJ  2009;338:b2039 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Wilfrid Llewelyn Jones
	Martin Jones
	BMJ  2009;338:b2037 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Kenneth Mayall
	Ruth Mayall, Robert Mayall
	BMJ  2009;338:b2040 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	John Stewart Milne
	Stephen Norris
	BMJ  2009;338:b1986 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Khalid Naji
	Nawras K Baban
	BMJ  2009;338:b2073 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mustansir Nurbhai
	Iftikhar Ahmed Lone
	BMJ  2009;338:b2036 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Abraham Shannon
	Michael Weingarten
	BMJ  2009;338:b2038 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

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	Review of the Week: The origins of the Prozac nation
	Gwen Adshead
	BMJ  2009;338:b1784 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View: Euthanasia and free speech in Ireland
	Len Doyal
	BMJ  2009;338:b2109 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: Thatcher and Blair
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2009;338:b2122 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: Jewish Medical Ethics
	Alan Jotkowitz, Yoel Jakobovits
	BMJ  2009;338:b2138 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: A real toothache
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2009;338:b2154 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug Tales and Other Stories: Mustn’t grumble
	Ike Iheanacho
	BMJ  2009;338:b2111 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Endgames

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	Statistical question: Likelihood ratios
	John Fletcher
	BMJ  2009;338:b2077 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Case report: Cough and breathlessness not responding to inhalers
	Ratna Alluri, Mahendran Chetty, Graeme P Currie
	BMJ  2009;338:b1862 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Picture quiz: What is the target?
	M Lemyze, S Salomon, D Brown, P Detouche, F Collet
	BMJ  2009;338:b1604 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	OnExamination Quiz: When routine prescriptions cause trouble
	BMJ  2009;338:b2078 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

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	Jonathan M R Goulding, Louise E Knowlson, Robert Charles-Holmes, Bruce C Gee
	BMJ  2009;338:b2106 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ  2009;338:b2112 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Filler

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	From our archive: Treating hypertension with propranolol (1964)
	BMJ  2009;338:b1019 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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