Let’s talk shit
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2010;341:c5066 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

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	Screening for prostate cancer
	Gerald L Andriole Jr
	BMJ  2010;341:c4538 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Non-endoscopic screening for Barrett’s oesophagus
	Peter A Bampton
	BMJ  2010;341:c4667 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tuberculous meningitis and resistance to isoniazid
	Bjorn Blomberg, Nina Langeland
	BMJ  2010;341:c4677 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Are the millennium development goals on target?
	Joy Lawn
	BMJ  2010;341:c5045 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Income needed to achieve a minimum standard of living
	Elizabeth Dowler
	BMJ  2010;341:c4070 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Calcium and heart attacks: Editorial was confusing
	Richard L Prince, Kun Zhu, Joshua R Lewis
	BMJ  2010;341:c4987 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Calcium and heart attacks: Editorialists’ reply
	John G F Cleland, Klaus Witte
	BMJ  2010;341:c4991 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Calcium and heart attacks: The heart of the matter
	Bess Dawson-Hughes
	BMJ  2010;341:c4993 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Calcium and heart attacks: No evidence for increased risk
	Gerardo Heiss, Judith Hsia, Mary Pettinger, Barbara V Howard, Garnet Anderson
	BMJ  2010;341:c4995 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Calcium and heart attacks: Making too much of a weak case
	B E Christopher Nordin, Robin M Daly, John Horowitz, Andrew V Metcalfe
	BMJ  2010;341:c4997 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Calcium and heart attacks: Authors’ reply
	Mark J Bolland, Alison Avenell, John A Baron, Andrew Grey, Ian R Reid, Graeme S MacLennan, Greg D Gamble
	BMJ  2010;341:c4998 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Calcium and heart attacks: Doesn’t apply to most calcium prescriptions
	Matthew L Grove, David Cook
	BMJ  2010;341:c5003 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Length of treatment: Three questions for prescribers
	Jeffrey K Aronson, Robin E Ferner
	BMJ  2010;341:c5013 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Access to artificial hips: Is still inequitable
	Veena S Raleigh, Francesca Frosini, John Appleby, Haiyan Gao
	BMJ  2010;341:c5015 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Access to artificial hips: Using PROMs to improve equity
	Michael A Soljak, Azeem Majeed
	BMJ  2010;341:c5014 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Composite outcomes: "Cherry picking" did not occur in studied example
	Mark J Bolland, Andrew Grey, Ian R Reid
	BMJ  2010;341:c5009 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

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	UK cosmetic surgeons lack training, says report
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2010;341:c5029 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Royal colleges back call to end the detention of children
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2010;341:c4961 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Scientists respond to UK business secretary’s warning of cuts in research funding
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2010;341:c4983 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lack of clear diagnoses leaves incontinence untreated
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2010;341:c5002 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Giant unions unite to stop government white paper’s NHS reforms
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2010;341:c5035 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Government confirms transfer of NHS computerisation to local bodies
	Michael Cross
	BMJ  2010;341:c4988 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In brief
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	Stem cell therapy doctor exploited desperate patients, GMC finds
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2010;341:c5001 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	European drug agency calls for more ethical trials in developing countries
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2010;341:c4984 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Fertility organisations call for cross border regulations to protect IVF patients
	Oona Mashta
	BMJ  2010;341:c4982 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Diploma in old wives’ tales medicine anyone?
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2010;341:c4953 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Maternal mortality fell by a third over 18 years, says UN
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2010;341:c5068 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Insurance industry mustn’t blame price rises on reforms, says US government
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2010;341:c5036 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	US court temporarily lifts ban on stem cell research
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2010;341:c4981 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Experts consider whether replacing intravenous devices every three days is clinically indicated
	Mark Pownall
	BMJ  2010;341:c4952 (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:c4970 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Feature

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	Health in Developing Countries: Toiling for toilets
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2010;341:c5027 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Head to Head

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	Is there a role for revascularisation in asymptomatic carotid stenosis? Yes
	Marco Roffi
	BMJ  2010;341:c4898 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Is there a role for revascularisation in asymptomatic carotid stenosis? No
	J David Spence
	BMJ  2010;341:c4900 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

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	NHS White Paper: Why the plans to reform the NHS may never be implemented
	Chris Ham
	BMJ  2010;341:c5032 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

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	Mentally disordered or lacking capacity? Lessons for management of serious deliberate self harm
	Anthony S David, Matthew Hotopf, Paul Moran, Gareth Owen, George Szmukler, Genevra Richardson
	BMJ  2010;341:c4489 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Advance directives and suicidal behaviour
	Navneet Kapur, Caroline Clements, Nick Bateman, Bernard Foex, Kevin Mackway-Jones, Richard Huxtable, David Gunnell, Keith Hawton
	BMJ  2010;341:c4557 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Research

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	Screening for prostate cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
	Mia Djulbegovic, Rebecca J Beyth, Molly M Neuberger, Taryn L Stoffs, Johannes Vieweg, Benjamin Djulbegovic, Philipp Dahm
	BMJ  2010;341:c4543 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prostate specific antigen concentration at age 60 and death or metastasis from prostate cancer: case-control study
	Andrew J Vickers, Angel M Cronin, Thomas Bjork, Jonas Manjer, Peter M Nilsson, Anders Dahlin, Anders Bjartell, Peter T Scardino, David Ulmert, Hans Lilja
	BMJ  2010;341:c4521 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Acceptability and accuracy of a non-endoscopic screening test for Barrett’s oesophagus in primary care: cohort study
	Sudarshan R Kadri, Pierre Lao-Sirieix, Maria O'Donovan, Irene Debiram, Madhumita Das, Jane M Blazeby, Jon Emery, Alex Boussioutas, Helen Morris, Fiona M Walter, Paul Pharoah, Richard H Hardwick, Rebecca C Fitzgerald
	BMJ  2010;341:c4372 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Isoniazid resistance and death in patients with tuberculous meningitis: retrospective cohort study
	Christopher Vinnard, Carla A Winston, E Paul Wileyto, Rob Roy MacGregor, Gregory P Bisson
	BMJ  2010;341:c4451 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical Review

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	Diagnosis and management of Barrett’s oesophagus
	Janusz Jankowski, Hugh Barr, Ken Wang, Brendan Delaney
	BMJ  2010;341:c4551 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	Easily Missed?: Carcinoid syndrome
	R Srirajaskanthan, D Shanmugabavan, J K Ramage
	BMJ  2010;341:c3941 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the Week: Opioid induced hypogonadism
	Raghava G Reddy, Theingi Aung, Niki Karavitaki, John A H Wass
	BMJ  2010;341:c4462 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

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	Dora Charity Allen (née Dean)
	Austen Moore
	BMJ  2010;341:c5023 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Thomas Anthony Fox
	David Swainston
	BMJ  2010;341:c5021 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mary Elizabeth Lennox (née Smith)
	Chris Lennox
	BMJ  2010;341:c5048 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Alexander MacKenzie
	Jane Metcalf
	BMJ  2010;341:c5024 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Anne June Patricia McKeown
	I Quasim, R L Smith, G A Berg
	BMJ  2010;341:c5022 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Htut Saing
	Paul Tam
	BMJ  2010;341:c5019 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Herschell Kenneth Weinbren
	Martin Weinbren
	BMJ  2010;341:c5020 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

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	Personal View: Why are we copyrighting science?
	Varuni de Silva, Raveen Hanwella
	BMJ  2010;341:c4738 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: The death of Dylan Thomas: a conspiracy theory
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2010;341:c4595 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: Our Cancer Year
	Ian Williams
	BMJ  2010;341:c5047 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: Increasing NHS productivity: working 9 to 5.20
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2010;341:c5030 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In and Out of Hospital: Just a song at twilight
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2010;341:c5038 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Endgames

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	Anatomy quiz: Coronal magnetic resonance image of the right wrist
	A Nair
	BMJ  2010;341:c4936 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Case Report: An agitated man with earache
	Matthijs C Brouwer, Diederik van de Beek
	BMJ  2010;341:c3824 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	onExamination Question: Medication side effects
	BMJ  2010;341:c4999 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Statistical Question: Odds ratios II
	Philip Sedgwick
	BMJ  2010;341:c4971 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

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	BMJ  2010;341:c4948 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Edward Lindisfarne, Kamrul Hasan, Gavin Spence
	BMJ  2010;341:c4946 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Filler

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	Dorothy and her doctors
	John Spencer
	BMJ  2010;341:c3695 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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