Room 101: where services go to die
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2010;340:c1523 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

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	Disinvestment in health care
	Cary Cooper, Ken Starkey
	BMJ  2010;340:c1413 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Body fat and increased risk of cirrhosis
	Christopher D Byrne, S H Wild
	BMJ  2010;340:c774 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Vitamin A supplements and survival in children
	Andrew M Prentice
	BMJ  2010;340:c977 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical implications of the Taser
	Jason Payne-James, Bob Sheridan, Graham Smith
	BMJ  2010;340:c853 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Management of malaria and other severe infections in rural Africa and Asia
	Christopher J M Whitty, Toby Leslie, Clare I R Chandler, Sarah G Staedke
	BMJ  2010;340:c1527 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Carotid artery stenosis: Is surgery ever justified?
	Mark G Cowling
	BMJ  2010;340:c1465 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Carotid artery stenosis: Patients should have access to all treatments
	Trevor J Cleveland, Peter A Gaines, Graham S Venables
	BMJ  2010;340:c1467 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	UTI in women: Women need to know more
	Marielle A J Beerepoot, Gerben ter Riet, Corianne A J M de Borgie, Theo M de Reijke, Suzanne E Geerlings
	BMJ  2010;340:c1453 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	UTI in women: Consider telemedical management
	Eva Blozik, Carsten Sommer-Meyer, Manuela Cerezo, Jan von Overbeck
	BMJ  2010;340:c1464 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Termination of pregnancy clinics: The problem is the lack of senior clinicians
	Umo I Esen
	BMJ  2010;340:c1457 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Termination of pregnancy clinics: Consultants should lead by example
	Dominic L de Takats
	BMJ  2010;340:c1460 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

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	Thiomersal does not cause autism, US court finds
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2010;340:c1518 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Australian court findings on Vioxx may have global ramifications
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2010;340:c1485 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In brief
	BMJ  2010;340:c1499 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	German professor gets three year sentence for corruption and fraud
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2010;340:c1488 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dublin hospital has backlog of 58 000 unreported x rays
	Muiris Houston
	BMJ  2010;340:c1496 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Surgeon who removed most of baby’s bladder allowed to practise under conditions
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2010;340:c1445 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	People with rare diseases need better care, says chief medical officer
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2010;340:c1506 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Italy sets up national palliative care service
	Fabio Turone
	BMJ  2010;340:c1481 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Deal between Weight Watchers and McDonald’s in NZ provokes anger
	Melissa Sweet
	BMJ  2010;340:c1495 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	European court rules minimum cigarette prices illegal
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2010;340:c1498 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ awards honour courage, determination, vision, and insight in medicine
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2010;340:c1450 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Short Cuts

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	All you need to read in the other general journals
	BMJ  2010;340:c1476 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Feature

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	Disinvestment: Experts’ guide to saving money in health
	Sophie Cook
	BMJ  2010;340:c1281 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

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	Life and Death: Do not sit on the bed
	Iona Heath
	BMJ  2010;340:c1478 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media: Prostate screening: is the tide turning against the test?
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2010;340:c1497 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media: Generic drugs: protest group was not quite what it seemed
	Margaret McCartney
	BMJ  2010;340:c1514 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

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	Shrinking budgets, improving care: Simplify processes and engage with patients
	Graham Rich
	BMJ  2010;340:c1251 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Shrinking budgets, improving care: Cut administration and buy wisely
	Phil Leonard
	BMJ  2010;340:c1258 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Shrinking budgets, improving care: Trade-offs are unavoidable
	Yair Zalmanovitch, Dana R Vashdi
	BMJ  2010;340:c1259 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Research

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	Body mass index and risk of liver cirrhosis in middle aged UK women: prospective study
	Bette Liu, Angela Balkwill, Gillian Reeves, Valerie Beral, on behalf of the Million Women Study Collaborators.
	BMJ  2010;340:c912 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effect of body mass index and alcohol consumption on liver disease: analysis of data from two prospective cohort studies
	Carole L Hart, David S Morrison, G David Batty, Richard J Mitchell, George Davey Smith
	BMJ  2010;340:c1240 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Rapid testing for malaria in settings where microscopy is available and peripheral clinics where only presumptive treatment is available: a randomised controlled trial in Ghana
	Evelyn K Ansah, Solomon Narh-Bana, Michael Epokor, Samson Akanpigbiam, Alberta Amu Quartey, John Gyapong, Christopher J M Whitty
	BMJ  2010;340:c930 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Vitamin A supplementation and BCG vaccination at birth in low birthweight neonates: two by two factorial randomised controlled trial
	Christine Stabell Benn, Ane Baerent Fisker, Bitiguida Mutna Napirna, Adam Roth, Birgitte Rode Diness, Karen Rokkedal Lausch, Henrik Ravn, Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Amabelia Rodrigues, Hilton Whittle, Peter Aaby
	BMJ  2010;340:c1101 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Research Methods & Reporting

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	The impact of outcome reporting bias in randomised controlled trials on a cohort of systematic reviews
	Jamie J Kirkham, Kerry M Dwan, Douglas G Altman, Carrol Gamble, Susanna Dodd, Rebecca Smyth, Paula R Williamson
	BMJ  2010;340:c365 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical Review

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	Prevention and medical management of Clostridium difficile infection
	J Shannon-Lowe, N J Matheson, F J Cooke, S H Aliyu
	BMJ  2010;340:c1296 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	Practice Pointer: Using the new UK-WHO growth charts
	Charlotte M Wright, Anthony F Williams, David Elliman, Helen Bedford, Eileen Birks, Gary Butler, Magda Sachs, Robert J Moy, Timothy J Cole
	BMJ  2010;340:c1140 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A Patient's Journey: Communication during breast cancer treatment
	Susan R Harris, Ivo A Olivotto
	BMJ  2009;339:b4166 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the Week: Treatment for lymph node tuberculosis
	Rob S Sellar, E L Corbett, Shirley D'Sa, David C Linch, Kirit M Ardeshna
	BMJ  2010;340:c63 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

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	Kathleen Dick (née Bates)
	Cecil Dick
	BMJ  2010;340:c1418 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Harry Hubert Grayson Eastcott
	Evi Kalodiki
	BMJ  2010;340:c1423 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	James Ross Gillespie
	Jim Gillespie, Jean Gillespie, David Gillespie, Morna Gillespie
	BMJ  2010;340:c1422 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Gordon Lindsay
	John Rawlinson
	BMJ  2010;340:c1415 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Harry Piggott
	Susanna Henley, Charles Piggott
	BMJ  2010;340:c1419 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Peter Vincent Scott
	R M Haden
	BMJ  2010;340:c1416 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

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	Personal View: Teach doctors economics, not Toyota’s management fads
	Cam Donaldson, Angela Bate
	BMJ  2010;340:c1507 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: Suicide watch
	Margaret McCartney
	BMJ  2010;340:c1129 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: Murder she wrote
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2010;340:c1469 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: Psychopathia Sexualis
	John A S Beard
	BMJ  2010;340:c1443 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: Men behaving madly: testosterone replacement therapy
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2010;340:c1493 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Outside the Box: New images needed: stereotypes in medical photographs
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2010;340:c1524 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Endgames

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	Picture Quiz: Progressive dysphagia, dysarthria, dystonia, and tremor
	N Davendralingam, I Davagnanam, A Djamshidian, A Lees
	BMJ  2010;340:c1213 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	OnExamination quiz: Renal failure
	BMJ  2010;340:c1427 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Statistical Question: Standard error of the mean
	Philip Sedgwick
	BMJ  2010;340:c1437 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

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	Robert Ellis, Andrew J Carmichael
	BMJ  2010;340:c1456 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ  2010;340:c1452 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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