Keep libel laws out of science
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2009;339:b2783 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

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	Dementia and marital status at midlife and late life
	Catherine Helmer
	BMJ  2009;339:b1690 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Gene defects and allergy
	Hugo Van Bever, Birgit Lane, John Common
	BMJ  2009;339:b1203 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Immunosuppressants, mortality, and risk of cancer
	Jerry Avorn, Sebastian Schneeweiss
	BMJ  2009;339:b1645 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Distribution of insecticide treated nets in rural Africa
	Thomas P Eisele, Richard W Steketee
	BMJ  2009;339:b1598 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Libel law in the UK
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2009;339:b2759 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	A/H1N1 flu: Policy on antiviral drugs needs to be revised ...
	Peter M English, Kevin Carroll, Azeem Majeed, Torbjorn Sundkvist, Sally Millership, Sharon Chambers
	BMJ  2009;339:b2728 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A/H1N1 flu: ... as does policy on antibiotics
	Gavin Barlow, Peter Moss
	BMJ  2009;339:b2738 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A/H1N1 flu: Call for flu research under way
	Tom Walley
	BMJ  2009;339:b2731 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NICE on back pain: A misreading of the evidence?
	Stephen P Ward
	BMJ  2009;339:b2733 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NICE on back pain: The real issues
	Michael H Basler
	BMJ  2009;339:b2734 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NICE on back pain: Guideline is misleading
	Christian Egeler
	BMJ  2009;339:b2735 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Aspirin for primary prevention: Consensus is urgently required
	Chris J Hall
	BMJ  2009;339:b2718 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

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	Gene tests should be better regulated, says Lords committee
	Daniel M Henderson
	BMJ  2009;339:b2785 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	MPs attack NHS for putting finances and targets ahead of patient safety
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2009;339:b2706 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In brief
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	Patients and doctors are asked to report antivirals’ side effects as swine flu spreads
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2009;339:b2780 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMA meeting: Doctors support minimum price for unit of alcohol
	Deborah Cohen
	BMJ  2009;339:b2714 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NHS could learn from John Lewis about motivating staff, says Nuffield Trust
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2009;339:b2703 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tories may offer patients chance to keep their records on Google
	Michael Cross
	BMJ  2009;339:b2777 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Public support wanes for striking doctors in South Africa
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2009;339:b2764 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Rwanda denies plan to forcibly sterilise people with learning difficulties
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2009;339:b2712 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	European Commission urges countries to introduce ban on smoking in public places
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2009;339:b2694 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	US senator seeks information about medical faculty links to drug industry
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2009;339:b2725 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Human rights group calls for arms embargo after unlawful attacks in Gaza conflict
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2009;339:b2756 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	India seeks to pay extra to attract doctors into villages, but health workers are sceptical
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2009;339:b2781 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	High proportion of trials published in Chinese medical journals are flawed, study shows
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2009;339:b2729 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Largest retailer in US enters healthcare reform debate
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2009;339:b2747 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Short Cuts

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	All you need to read in the other general journals
	BMJ  2009;339:b2709 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Feature

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	Surgical research: Cutting truths
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2009;338:b1722 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

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	Only Connect: "You make me sick!"
	Nicholas A Christakis
	BMJ  2009;339:b2739 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	On the Contrary: Thinking about Charles II
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2009;339:b2771 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Chiropractors: clarifying the issues
	Richard Brown
	BMJ  2009;339:b2782 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Chiropractic for paediatric conditions: substantial evidence?
	Edzard Ernst
	BMJ  2009;339:b2766 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Head to Head

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	Should doctors recommend automated external defibrillators for use at home after myocardial infarction? Yes
	Michael F O'Rourke
	BMJ  2009;338:b874 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Should doctors recommend automated external defibrillators for use at home after myocardial infarction? No
	Mathew D Hutchinson, David J Callans
	BMJ  2009;338:b876 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

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	Breaking the mould in patient safety
	Laurent Degos, Rene Amalberti, Jean Bacou, Jean Carlet, Charles Bruneau
	BMJ  2009;338:b2585 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Research

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	Filaggrin gene defects and risk of developing allergic sensitisation and allergic disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis
	Rosanne A H M van den Oord, Aziz Sheikh
	BMJ  2009;339:b2433 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Overall and cancer related mortality among patients with ocular inflammation treated with immunosuppressive drugs: retrospective cohort study
	John H Kempen, Ebenezer Daniel, James P Dunn, C Stephen Foster, Sapna Gangaputra, Asaf Hanish, Kathy J Helzlsouer, Douglas A Jabs, R Oktay Kacmaz, Grace A Levy-Clarke, Teresa L Liesegang, Craig W Newcomb, Robert B Nussenblatt, Siddharth S Pujari, James T Rosenbaum, Eric B Suhler, Jennifer E Thorne
	BMJ  2009;339:b2480 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Household ownership and use of insecticide treated nets among target groups after implementation of a national voucher programme in the United Republic of Tanzania: plausibility study using three annual cross sectional household surveys
	Kara Hanson, Tanya Marchant, Rose Nathan, Hadji Mponda, Caroline Jones, Jane Bruce, Hassan Mshinda, Joanna Armstrong Schellenberg
	BMJ  2009;339:b2434 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Recurrence up to 3.5 years after antibiotic treatment of acute otitis media in very young Dutch children: survey of trial participants
	Natalia Bezakova, Roger A M J Damoiseaux, Arno W Hoes, Anne G M Schilder, Maroeska M Rovers
	BMJ  2009;338:b2525 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Association between mid-life marital status and cognitive function in later life: population based cohort study
	Krister Hakansson, Suvi Rovio, Eeva-Liisa Helkala, Anna-Riitta Vilska, Bengt Winblad, Hilkka Soininen, Aulikki Nissinen, Abdul H Mohammed, Miia Kivipelto
	BMJ  2009;339:b2462 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical Review

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	The extremely premature neonate: anticipating and managing care
	Natalie K Yeaney, Edile M Murdoch, Christoph C Lees
	BMJ  2009;338:b2325 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	Easily Missed?: Addison’s disease
	Bijay Vaidya, Ali J Chakera, Catherine Dick
	BMJ  2009;339:b2385 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A Patient's Journey: Addison’s disease
	Sarah J K Baker, John A H Wass
	BMJ  2009;339:b2384 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

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	Matthew John Carty
	Ian Ramsay, Stewart Pringle
	BMJ  2009;339:b2748 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	David Lewis Crosby
	B I Rees
	BMJ  2009;339:b2750 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Charles Edward Robinson Gee
	Martin Gee
	BMJ  2009;339:b2749 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Amanda Nell Harman
	Gerald Waddington
	BMJ  2009;339:b2752 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Percy George Harris
	John Jenkins
	BMJ  2009;339:b2753 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patrick Ramage
	Bernard Norman
	BMJ  2009;339:b2751 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

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	Personal view: AND ("Allow natural death")—could it make a difference?
	Rachel McCoubrie
	BMJ  2009;339:b2762 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: The search for human perfection: we can, but should we?
	W F Bynum
	BMJ  2009;338:b2218 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: Dropping out and being free
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2009;339:b2740 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: Family Matters
	Ellen Tullo
	BMJ  2009;339:b2760 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: Heal the world?
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2009;339:b2758 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Outside the Box: Party time
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2009;339:b2726 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Endgames

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	Case report: A maths student with psychiatric symptoms
	Jane Morris
	BMJ  2009;339:b2639 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Picture quiz: A 2 year old with fever and cough
	A Gupta, D S Urquhart, A Devaraj, I M Balfour-Lynn
	BMJ  2009;339:b2150 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Statistical question: Choosing a statistic
	John Fletcher
	BMJ  2009;339:b2702 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	OnExamination quiz: Cardiothoracic surgery
	BMJ  2009;339:b2705 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

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	Dan Markeson
	BMJ  2009;339:b2697 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ  2009;339:b2695 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Filler

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	From our archive: Campylobacter enteritis (1977)
	BMJ  2009;339:b1269 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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