Expect the unexpected
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2009;339:b3571 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

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	Oral contraceptives and venous thromboembolism
	Nick Dunn
	BMJ  2009;339:b3164 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Incidental findings on brain magnetic resonance imaging
	Aad van der Lugt
	BMJ  2009;339:b3107 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The effects of payment by results
	Gerard Anderson
	BMJ  2009;339:b3081 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Rosiglitazone or pioglitazone in type 2 diabetes?
	Corinne S de Vries, David L Russell-Jones
	BMJ  2009;339:b3076 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Vegetarian diets
	Jim Mann
	BMJ  2009;339:b2507 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	QRISK validation and evaluation: QRISK may be less useful
	Su May Liew, Paul Glasziou
	BMJ  2009;339:b3485 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	QRISK validation and evaluation: Bespoke cohort studies needed
	Richard Morris, Irene Petersen, Louise Marston, Kate Walters, James Carpenter, Irwin Nazareth
	BMJ  2009;339:b3512 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	QRISK validation and evaluation: ASSIGN, QRISK, and validation
	Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe, Mark Woodward, Graham Watt
	BMJ  2009;339:b3514 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	QRISK validation and evaluation: Authors’ reply
	Gary S Collins, Douglas G Altman
	BMJ  2009;339:b3516 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Neuropathic pain: Management is more than pills
	Michael Thacker, G Lorimer Moseley, Herta Flor
	BMJ  2009;339:b3502 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ottawa rules, OK?: The myth of complexity
	Tim D Weaver, Sue Patterson
	BMJ  2009;339:b3505 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ottawa rules, OK?: Rules are different in diabetes
	Anthony P Coll
	BMJ  2009;339:b3507 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Unnecessary interventions: If less is more, how much is zero?
	Fazal Raheman
	BMJ  2009;339:b3500 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Valuing health directly: WHO values health directly
	Paul Kowal, Somnath Chatterji
	BMJ  2009;339:b3503 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Nursing homes: Quality reflects leadership
	Clive Bowman
	BMJ  2009;339:b3533 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Nursing homes: More on quality of care
	Heather Gage, Wendy Knibb, Joanne Evans, Peter Williams, Neil Rickman, Karen Bryan
	BMJ  2009;339:b3526 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A/H1N1 flu: HPA advice on antipyretics does not contradict NICE
	Justin McCracken
	BMJ  2009;339:b3501 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

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	BMJ lends its support to 10:10 climate change campaign
	Helen Mooney
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	UN calls for safe humanitarian corridors in northern Yemen as conflict escalates
	John Zarocostas
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	In brief
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	Doctors try to get speakers to boycott international conference chaired by plagiarist
	Oona Mashta
	BMJ  2009;339:b3545 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug related deaths continue to rise in the UK
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2009;339:b3536 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	German medical academics are accused of helping students obtain doctorates for cash
	Ned Stafford
	BMJ  2009;339:b3498 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Billions of dollars needed to close global spending gap on cancer care
	Karen McColl
	BMJ  2009;339:b3499 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	China starts to move away from using organs from executed prisoners for transplantations
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2009;339:b3567 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Global warming is more harmful for people with respiratory problems, warns specialist society
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2009;339:b3530 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Rising cost of care in rich countries is driving patients to seek treatment in developing nations
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2009;339:b3541 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Perverse financial incentives reward poor quality care, says report
	Mark Pownall
	BMJ  2009;339:b3549 (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:b3511 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Feature

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	Research Ethics: In clear sight
	Marisa de Andrade
	BMJ  2009;339:b3443 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

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	Ethics Man: Hippocrates, Michael Jackson, and medical ethics
	Daniel K Sokol
	BMJ  2009;339:b3535 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Head to Head

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	Does Helicobacter pylori really cause duodenal ulcers? Yes
	Alexander C Ford, Nicholas J Talley
	BMJ  2009;339:b2784 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Does Helicobacter pylori really cause duodenal ulcers? No
	Michael Hobsley, Frank I Tovey, Karna Dev Bardhan, John Holton
	BMJ  2009;339:b2788 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

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	Financial incentives to promote social mobility
	Ian Forde, Dagmar Zeuner
	BMJ  2009;339:b3219 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Research

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	Incidental findings on brain magnetic resonance imaging: systematic review and meta-analysis
	Zoe Morris, William N Whiteley, W T Longstreth Jr, Frank Weber, Yi-Chung Lee, Yoshito Tsushima, Hannah Alphs, Susanne C Ladd, Charles Warlow, Joanna M Wardlaw, Rustam Al-Shahi Salman
	BMJ  2009;339:b3016 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Disagreements in meta-analyses using outcomes measured on continuous or rating scales: observer agreement study
	Britta Tendal, Julian P T Higgins, Peter Juni, Asbjorn Hrobjartsson, Sven Trelle, Eveline Nuesch, Simon Wandel, Anders W Jorgensen, Katarina Gesser, Soren Ilsoe-Kristensen, Peter C Gotzsche
	BMJ  2009;339:b3128 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Has payment by results affected the way that English hospitals provide care? Difference-in-differences analysis
	Shelley Farrar, Deokhee Yi, Matt Sutton, Martin Chalkley, Jon Sussex, Anthony Scott
	BMJ  2009;339:b3047 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hormonal contraception and risk of venous thromboembolism: national follow-up study
	Ojvind Lidegaard, Ellen Lokkegaard, Anne Louise Svendsen, Carsten Agger
	BMJ  2009;339:b2890 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The venous thrombotic risk of oral contraceptives, effects of oestrogen dose and progestogen type: results of the MEGA case-control study
	A van Hylckama Vlieg, F M Helmerhorst, J P Vandenbroucke, C J M Doggen, F R Rosendaal
	BMJ  2009;339:b2921 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Adverse cardiovascular events during treatment with pioglitazone and rosiglitazone: population based cohort study
	David N Juurlink, Tara Gomes, Lorraine L Lipscombe, Peter C Austin, Janet E Hux, Muhammad M Mamdani
	BMJ  2009;339:b2942 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical Review

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	Contraception for women: an evidence based overview
	Jean-Jacques Amy, Vrijesh Tripathi
	BMJ  2009;339:b2895 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	Easily missed?: Subarachnoid haemorrhage
	Graeme J Hankey, Mark R Nelson
	BMJ  2009;339:b2874 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the Week: Chronic wound sepsis due to retained vacuum assisted closure foam
	Daniel Beral, Robert Adair, Adam Peckham-Cooper, Damian Tolan, Ian Botterill
	BMJ  2009;338:b2269 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	10-Minute Consultation: Reduced sexual desire in women
	P S Arunakumari, S Walker
	BMJ  2009;339:b2371 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug Point: Topical administration of chloramphenicol can induce acute hepatitis
	B Doshi, S Sarkar
	BMJ  2009;338:b1699 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

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	Barrie R Jones
	Peter K Leaver
	BMJ  2009;339:b3543 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lawrence William Bowen
	David Bowen
	BMJ  2009;339:b3458 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Joan Muriel Lilian Gabb (née Apted)
	Richard Gabb
	BMJ  2009;339:b3330 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	William John Gordon
	Helen Gordon
	BMJ  2009;339:b3452 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Colin Hedderwick Hodge
	J Hodge
	BMJ  2009;339:b3331 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Bernard Perlow
	Dennis Cowen, Martin Spiro
	BMJ  2009;339:b3310 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Brian Turbett Smyth
	Gerald Black, Harold Love
	BMJ  2009;339:b3329 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Michael Jacob Tarlow
	J Maskill, D P Addy
	BMJ  2009;339:b3460 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

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	Personal View: Just a little scratch?
	Jeremy Cohn
	BMJ  2009;339:b3393 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: The battle for hearts and minds
	Alfred Browne
	BMJ  2009;339:b3566 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: A box of tricks
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2009;339:b3322 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: Ionych
	Boleslav Lichterman
	BMJ  2009;339:b3395 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: The cyclopaths
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2009;339:b3534 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug Tales and Other Stories: We aren’t the champions
	Ike Iheanacho
	BMJ  2009;339:b3547 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Endgames

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	Statistical question: Statistical significance and confidence intervals
	Philip M Sedgwick
	BMJ  2009;339:b3401 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Case report: Transient loss of consciousness and a heart murmur
	Christoph Kiblbock, Wilhelm Schutzenberger, Jurgen Kammler, Johannes Demmer, Franz Leisch
	BMJ  2009;339:b3323 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Picture quiz: Stroke quiz
	Asif Atik Mazumder, George Anthony Pope
	BMJ  2009;339:b3343 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	OnExamination quiz: Poisoning
	BMJ  2009;339:b3487 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

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	Angela Alani, Bart Ramsay, Margaret O'Connor
	BMJ  2009;339:b3497 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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Filler

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	The doctor who became a shepherd
	Anthony S Oberman
	BMJ  2009;339:b449 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Practical learning
	Divya Chawla
	BMJ  2008;337:a569 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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