Cuts
	Trish Groves
	BMJ  2010;341:c4530 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

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	Treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding
	Jane Clarke
	BMJ  2010;341:c3771 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Interpreting composite outcomes in trials
	Nick Freemantle, Melanie J Calvert
	BMJ  2010;341:c3529 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Access to welfare benefits in primary care
	Mark Gabbay
	BMJ  2010;341:c3642 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Inadequate post-publication review of medical research
	David L Schriger, Douglas G Altman
	BMJ  2010;341:c3803 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Open access publication fees at the BMJ
	Fiona Godlee, Trish Groves
	BMJ  2010;341:c4494 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Nutrition in type 2 diabetes: Individual dietary intervention is cost effective
	Robert A Sykes
	BMJ  2010;341:c4443 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Nutrition in type 2 diabetes: Metabolic surgery may be more effective
	Conor Magee, Niru Goenka, David Kerrigan
	BMJ  2010;341:c4446 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	GPs and the white paper: See the opportunities, not the problems
	Jeremy M Platt
	BMJ  2010;341:c4449 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for breast cancer: Always something missing in this debate
	Paul Hewitson
	BMJ  2010;341:c4450 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for breast cancer: "Mega-trial" needed
	Allan P Corder
	BMJ  2010;341:c4453 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Quadrivalent HPV vaccine: Wider cost benefits of vaccine
	Colm O'Mahony, Peter Greenhouse, Angela Robinson, Chris Sonnex
	BMJ  2010;341:c4455 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Umbilical cord pH and outcomes: Might measuring cord pH in itself affect outcome?
	Victoria Asfour, Susan Bewley
	BMJ  2010;341:c4440 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ban on multidose vials: The proposal is misguided
	Simon McAree
	BMJ  2010;341:c4465 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Community acquired pneumonia: Management in primary care
	Wei Shen Lim, Mark L Levy, John T Macfarlane, On behalf of the British Thoracic Society Community Acquired Pneumonia Guidelines Committee
	BMJ  2010;341:c4469 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Barriers to suicide: Strategies at Bloor Viaduct
	Isaac Sakinofsky
	BMJ  2010;341:c4447 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Bad medicine: medicated minors: Is psychiatry thinking adequately about behaviour?
	Iain McClure
	BMJ  2010;341:c4445 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	What do we want to die from?: How should we define "ageism"?
	Nigel Oswald
	BMJ  2010;341:c4303 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

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	NHS may be forced to rely on private auditors, adding to costs
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2010;341:c4526 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Experts doubt that NHS can scrap mixed sex wards by end of year
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2010;341:c4533 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Obituary of past president of German Medical Association omits details of Nazi past, medical historians say
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2010;341:c4468 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Afghanistan conflict sees sharp rise in child and civilian casualties
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2010;341:c4431 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Australian health authorities’ response criticised after adverse events related to influenza vaccination in children
	Melissa Sweet
	BMJ  2010;341:c4470 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	AstraZeneca to pay $198m to patients over diabetes claims
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2010;341:c4422 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patient groups must reveal corporate sponsorship, urges campaign group
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2010;341:c4459 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In brief
	BMJ  2010;341:c4529 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Foundation trusts predict first ever drop in income
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2010;341:c4438 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Poorest people are more likely to die in hospital
	Nick Smallwood
	BMJ  2010;341:c4518 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Trusts still being allowed to drag their feet on patient safety alerts, claims charity
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2010;341:c4448 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pakistan sees first suspected cases of cholera
	Nayanah Siva
	BMJ  2010;341:c4525 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Short Cuts

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	All you need to read in the other general journals
	BMJ  2010;341:c4464 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Feature

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	Male circumcision: Circumcision: Divided we fall
	Sophie Arie
	BMJ  2010;341:c4266 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Head to Head

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	Should NHS funding be ring fenced? Yes
	John Appleby
	BMJ  2010;341:c4350 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Should the NHS budget be ring fenced? No
	David J Hunter
	BMJ  2010;341:c4354 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

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	Out of Hours: Let us know how we are doing
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2010;341:c4490 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

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	Childhood protection and obesity: framework for practice
	Russell M Viner, Edna Roche, Sabine A Maguire, Dasha E Nicholls
	BMJ  2010;341:c3074 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Research

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	Hysterectomy, endometrial destruction, and levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine system (Mirena) for heavy menstrual bleeding: systematic review and meta-analysis of data from individual patients
	L J Middleton, R Champaneria, J P Daniels, S Bhattacharya, K G Cooper, N H Hilken, P O'Donovan, M Gannon, R Gray, K S Khan, on behalf of the International Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis Collaborative Group
	BMJ  2010;341:c3929 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Inconsistent reporting of surrogate outcomes in randomised clinical trials: cohort study
	Jeppe Lerche la Cour, Jesper Brok, Peter C Gotzsche
	BMJ  2010;341:c3653 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Definition, reporting, and interpretation of composite outcomes in clinical trials: systematic review
	Gloria Cordoba, Lisa Schwartz, Steven Woloshin, Harold Bae, Peter C Gotzsche
	BMJ  2010;341:c3920 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Predicting which people with psychosocial distress are at risk of becoming dependent on state benefits: analysis of routinely available data
	Will Whittaker, Matt Sutton, Margaret Maxwell, Rosalia Munoz-Arroyo, Sara MacDonald, Andrew Power, Michael Smith, Philip Wilson, Jill Morrison
	BMJ  2010;341:c3838 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Adequacy of authors’ replies to criticism raised in electronic letters to the editor: cohort study
	Peter C Gotzsche, Tony Delamothe, Fiona Godlee, Andreas Lundh
	BMJ  2010;341:c3926 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Research Methods & Reporting

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	Taking healthcare interventions from trial to practice
	Paul Glasziou, Iain Chalmers, Douglas G Altman, Hilda Bastian, Isabelle Boutron, Anne Brice, Gro Jamtvedt, Andrew Farmer, Davina Ghersi, Trish Groves, Carl Heneghan, Sophie Hill, Simon Lewin, Susan Michie, Rafael Perera, Valerie Pomeroy, Julie Tilson, Sasha Shepperd, John W Williams
	BMJ  2010;341:c3852 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Clinical Review

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	A guide to imaging for common neurological problems
	Adam B Cohen, Joshua P Klein, Srinivasan Mukundan
	BMJ  2010;341:c4113 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	Practice Pointer: Process mapping the patient journey: an introduction
	Timothy M Trebble, Navjyot Hansi, Theresa Hydes, Melissa A Smith, Marc Baker
	BMJ  2010;341:c4078 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A Patient's Journey: Recovering from severe brain injury
	D J B Thomas, Martin Skelton-Robinson
	BMJ  2010;340:c839 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Easily Missed?: Acromegaly
	Raghava Reddy, Sally Hope, John Wass
	BMJ  2010;341:c4189 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

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	Craig Donald Burrell
	Catherine Burrell
	BMJ  2010;341:c4124 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	John Alexander Dorward
	David Dorward, Alan Mason
	BMJ  2010;341:c4391 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Alan Tawse Edwards
	George D H Thomas
	BMJ  2010;341:c4399 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Shorland William Hosking
	Michael Waldram
	BMJ  2010;341:c4369 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Anthony Trevor Seaton
	Nicky Iyer
	BMJ  2010;341:c4398 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	John Tregillus
	Abdul Jaleel
	BMJ  2010;341:c4371 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

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	Personal View: Contemporary castration: why the modern day eunuch remains invisible
	Richard J Wassersug, Tucker Lieberman
	BMJ  2010;341:c4509 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: The sibyl is faulty
	Julian Sheather
	BMJ  2010;341:c4471 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: Unsyphilised behaviour
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2010;341:c4496 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: Guerilla Surgeon
	Paul Corwin
	BMJ  2010;341:c4484 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: What junior doctors need
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2010;341:c4497 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Outside the Box: "We need a short quote": media training for researchers
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2010;341:c4493 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Endgames

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	Case Report: An "unforeseen" complication of urinary tract infection in a patient with diabetes
	Michele Mae Ann Yuen, Terence Chi Chun Tam, Winnie Wai Ying Lau, Jasper Fuk Woo Chan, Wing Sun Chow, Karen Siu Ling Lam
	BMJ  2010;341:c3073 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Statistical Question: Odds ratios
	Philip Sedgwick, Louise Marston
	BMJ  2010;341:c4414 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Anatomy quiz: Magnetic resonance image of the left ankle
	A Nair
	BMJ  2010;341:c4409 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	OnExamination Question: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
	BMJ  2010;341:c4411 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

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	Katherine Panting, Tania Zappala, Stephen White
	BMJ  2010;341:c4308 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ  2010;341:c4309 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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