Encouraging improvement
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2009;339:b4696 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

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	Continuation of metformin after introduction of insulin in type 2 diabetes
	Adriaan Kooy
	BMJ  2009;339:b4227 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Food incentives and completion of tuberculosis treatment
	Dermot Maher
	BMJ  2009;339:b4037 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Clashes between the government and its expert advisers
	Michael Gossop, Wayne Hall
	BMJ  2009;339:b4662 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Panton-Valentine leucocidin associated Staphylococcus aureus infections
	Jerome Etienne, Oana Dumitrescu
	BMJ  2009;339:b4083 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Economic progress and health improvement
	Martin Weale
	BMJ  2009;339:b4575 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Children and sunbeds: Legislation is needed to stop children using sunbeds
	Catherine S Thomson, Chris Twelves
	BMJ  2009;339:b4643 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Future of flu vaccines: Expediting clinical trials in a pandemic
	Andrew J Pollard, Amanda Reiner, Tessa John, Elizabeth Sheasby, Matthew Snape, Saul Faust, Andrew Collinson, Adam Finn, Paul T Heath, Elizabeth Miller
	BMJ  2009;339:b4652 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Future of flu vaccines: Please may we have an RCT now?
	Juan Gervas, Jim Wright
	BMJ  2009;339:b4651 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Flu vaccine and egg allergy: About available flu vaccines
	Karen M Bailey
	BMJ  2009;339:b4645 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Flu vaccine and egg allergy: Author’s reply
	Mich Erlewyn-Lajeunesse
	BMJ  2009;339:b4646 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Safety of propofol: Propofol is safely and widely used in emergency departments
	Aruni Sen
	BMJ  2009;339:b4620 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cervical radiculopathy: Never mind the treatment, what about the tests?
	Andrew N Bamji
	BMJ  2009;339:b4619 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Risks at new academic year: Study may not apply to the UK
	David G Samuel
	BMJ  2009;339:b4627 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Risks at new academic year: Solutions to the August problem
	Liz Tate
	BMJ  2009;339:b4626 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Iraqi doctors' training in UK: Looking to rebuild Iraq’s healthcare system
	Salman Rawaf, Elizabeth Dubois, Ali Kubba, Talha Al-Shawaf, Asad Zoma, Tariq Al-Hadithi, Sami Elhassani
	BMJ  2009;339:b4621 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	WMA and Iran: The WMA speaks out on Iran but not on Israel. Why not?
	Derek A Summerfield
	BMJ  2009;339:b4635 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Great Danes: It’s a Nordic thing
	Risto Sankila, Hans Storm
	BMJ  2009;339:b4629 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sci-fi medicine: an odyssey: R U R—Really Useful Robots
	Woody Caan
	BMJ  2009;339:b4644 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

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	Battle against hospital acquired infections has been too limited, MPs’ report says
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2009;339:b4680 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Obama praises House of Representatives for passing health reform bill
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2009;339:b4658 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In brief
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	Reassure pregnant women over swine flu vaccine, health officials urge
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2009;339:b4642 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Homoeopath society breaks own ethics code by making speculative claims on website, says expert
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2009;339:b4605 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Government proposes removing caps on trusts’ private income
	Nicholas Timmins
	BMJ  2009;339:b4660 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	X ray machine tops poll of most important scientific invention
	Wendy Moore
	BMJ  2009;339:b4602 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Relatively high infant mortality in US is due to number of preterm births, report says
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2009;339:b4633 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Psychiatrist failed to follow guidance on interviewing child witnesses, GMC hears
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2009;339:b4669 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	UK research community is to consult on use of animals containing human material
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2009;339:b4675 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	GMC clears research dean of dishonesty
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2009;339:b4617 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Activists call for public health to take central role in UN climate change talks
	Miguel Jara
	BMJ  2009;339:b4611 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Unicef calls for "global momentum" to scale up interventions to improve children’s nutrition
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2009;339:b4689 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors call for children injured in Gaza conflict to be monitored for long term effects of new weapons
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2009;339:b4664 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Aid shortfall may leave millions sick and starving in Sudan, WHO warns
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2009;339:b4659 (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:b4610 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Feature

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	Patient safety: Dangers of listening to the fetal heart at home
	Abhijoy Chakladar, Hazel Adams
	BMJ  2009;339:b4308 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Don’t try this at home?
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2009;339:b4421 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NHS: An eye on profit
	Jonathan Gornall
	BMJ  2009;339:b4294 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

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	On the Contrary: The years of magical thinking
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2009;339:b4678 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

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	Lessons from the past decade for future health reforms
	Chris Ham
	BMJ  2009;339:b4372 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Research

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	Combining insulin with metformin or an insulin secretagogue in non-obese patients with type 2 diabetes: 12 month, randomised, double blind trial
	Soren S Lund, Lise Tarnow, Merete Frandsen, Bente B Nielsen, Birgitte V Hansen, Oluf Pedersen, Hans-Henrik Parving, Allan A Vaag
	BMJ  2009;339:b4324 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Differences in atherosclerosis according to area level socioeconomic deprivation: cross sectional, population based study
	Kevin A Deans, Vladimir Bezlyak, Ian Ford, G David Batty, Harry Burns, Jonathan Cavanagh, Eric de Groot, Agnes McGinty, Keith Millar, Paul G Shiels, Carol Tannahill, Yoga N Velupillai, Naveed Sattar, Chris J Packard
	BMJ  2009;339:b4170 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Evaluation of modernisation of adult critical care services in England: time series and cost effectiveness analysis
	Andrew Hutchings, Mary Alison Durand, Richard Grieve, David Harrison, Kathy Rowan, Judith Green, John Cairns, Nick Black
	BMJ  2009;339:b4353 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Food incentives to improve completion of tuberculosis treatment: randomised controlled trial in Dili, Timor-Leste
	Nelson Martins, Peter Morris, Paul M Kelly
	BMJ  2009;339:b4248 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Outcomes and costs of primary care surveillance and intervention for overweight or obese children: the LEAP 2 randomised controlled trial
	Melissa Wake, Louise A Baur, Bibi Gerner, Kay Gibbons, Lisa Gold, Jane Gunn, Penny Levickis, Zoe McCallum, Geraldine Naughton, Lena Sanci, Obioha C Ukoumunne
	BMJ  2009;339:b3308 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Research Methods & Reporting

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	The tyranny of power: is there a better way to calculate sample size?
	John Martin Bland
	BMJ  2009;339:b3985 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Clinical Review

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	A practical guide to interpretation and clinical application of personal genomic screening
	Emily Edelman, Charis Eng
	BMJ  2009;339:b4253 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	Rational Testing: Investigating recurrent respiratory infections in primary care
	Philip Wood, Daniel Peckham
	BMJ  2009;339:b4118 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Interactive Case Report: A woman with acute myelopathy in pregnancy: case presentation
	Reinhard Reuss, Paulus S Rommer, Wolfgang Bruck, Friedemann Paul, Michael Bolz, Sven Jarius, Tobias Boettcher, Annette Grossmann, Alexander Bock, Frauke Zipp, Reiner Benecke, Uwe K Zettl
	BMJ  2009;339:b3862 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the Week: Colonic carcinoma presenting as repeated episodes of enterobacter septicaemia during induction of remission in acute myeloblastic leukaemia
	Bassam Odeh, David Bareford
	BMJ  2009;339:b4027 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

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	Jeremy Morris
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2009;339:b4679 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

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	Personal View: Learning to teach
	Philippa Jackson
	BMJ  2009;339:b4554 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: A taste for medical detective stories
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2009;339:b4648 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: Emotional, my dear Watson
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2009;339:b4655 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: Operation
	Andrew Baldwin
	BMJ  2009;339:b4647 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: Dr Doom
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2009;339:b4663 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In and Out of Hospital: Joking about cerebral palsy
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2009;339:b4661 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Endgames

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	Statistical question: Matching
	Philip Sedgwick
	BMJ  2009;339:b4581 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Picture Quiz: Dyspnoea and cough in a toddler
	Malcolm Brodlie, Michael C Mckean
	BMJ  2009;339:b4436 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	OnExamination quiz: Emboli
	BMJ  2009;339:b4603 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

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	Vishal Madan
	BMJ  2009;339:b4557 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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Filler

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	A memorable night
	Frances Gillies
	BMJ  2009;339:b4359 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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