European countries need to work together
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2010;341:c5395 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

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	Encouraging single embryo transfer during IVF
	Michael L Millenson
	BMJ  2010;341:c4754 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Continuing medical education across Europe
	John Sandars
	BMJ  2010;341:c5214 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Protecting health in hard times
	Martin McKee, David Stuckler, Jose M Martin-Moreno
	BMJ  2010;341:c5308 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dabigatran etexilate in people with atrial fibrillation
	Nina C Raju, Graeme J Hankey
	BMJ  2010;341:c3784 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mandatory graduate entry to nursing
	Pippa Gough, Abigail Masterson
	BMJ  2010;341:c3591 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Obesity surgery: Psychiatric needs must be considered
	William R Jones, John F Morgan
	BMJ  2010;341:c5298 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Obesity surgery: Big questions remain unanswered
	Jonathan H Pinkney
	BMJ  2010;341:c5304 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Smoking v obesity: Sedentary health strategy logic
	Richard Weiler
	BMJ  2010;341:c5292 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Smoking v obesity: Author’s reply
	Douglas B Kamerow
	BMJ  2010;341:c5299 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Vegetables and diabetes: Is nitrate the answer?
	Mark Gilchrist, Nigel Benjamin
	BMJ  2010;341:c5306 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Bisphosphonates and cancer: More data using same database
	Ellen Wright, Paul T Seed, Peter Schofield, Roger Jones
	BMJ  2010;341:c5315 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Efficiency of user charges: Reducing user fees often reduces supply of services
	April L Harding
	BMJ  2010;341:c5300 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Efficiency of user charges: User charges require objective analysis
	Michael A Soljak
	BMJ  2010;341:c5303 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Shifts and handovers: EWTD not responsible for near misses
	Alasdair I Moonie
	BMJ  2010;341:c5318 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Shifts and handovers: Make systems fit for purpose
	Aideen T O'Neill
	BMJ  2010;341:c5320 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiovascular risk from drugs: What is an appropriate degree of risk?
	Nigel J Keegan
	BMJ  2010;341:c5319 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiovascular risk from drugs: Editor’s reply
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2010;341:c5390 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Causes of avoidable harm: Widen the perspective
	Michael G Bamber
	BMJ  2010;341:c5323 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Causes of avoidable harm: Consider paternalism
	Michael R Chester
	BMJ  2010;341:c5324 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

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	Insiders criticise FDA’s decision not to withdraw rosiglitazone
	Deborah Cohen
	BMJ  2010;341:c5333 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	New rules will allow EU patients to report drug concerns directly
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2010;341:c5344 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NICE consults on first national guideline on ovarian cancer
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2010;341:c5296 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Incidence of breast cancer falls with less HRT use, Canadian study confirms
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2010;341:c5307 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Increased competition threatens to undermine aims of white paper, says BMA
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2010;341:c5384 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	US insurance firms drop child only health policies
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2010;341:c5378 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In brief
	BMJ  2010;341:c5338 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	New UK guidelines highlight role of testosterone in sexual disorders
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2010;341:c5305 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	UK supermarket is granted licence to sell Viagra to reduce internet sales
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2010;341:c5294 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	More than 30 health quangos may be axed by UK coalition government
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2010;341:c5297 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	HFEA investigates websites matching sperm donors to would be mothers
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2010;341:c5353 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	US paediatricians call for ban on tobacco advertising and limits on alcohol and drug advertising
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2010;341:c5286 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Raising price of alcohol works better than prevention programmes, US review says
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2010;341:c5373 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	UN summit launches new initiative for women and children’s health
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2010;341:c5276 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A third of those in need of antiretrovirals in poor countries can now get them
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2010;341:c5393 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Spreading the word
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2010;341:c5380 (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:c5275 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Feature

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	Medicalisation: Merging of marketing and medical science: female sexual dysfunction
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2010;341:c5050 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Female sexual dysfunction is a real but complex problem
	Sandy Goldbeck-Wood
	BMJ  2010;341:c5336 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Head to Head

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	Can electrocardiographic screening prevent sudden death in athletes? Yes
	Antonio Pelliccia, Domenico Corrado
	BMJ  2010;341:c4923 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Can electrocardiographic screening prevent sudden death in athletes? No
	Roald Bahr
	BMJ  2010;341:c4914 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

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	Border Crossing: Who will care for us when we are old?
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2010;341:c5341 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media: Can media depictions of suicide influence copycat acts?
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2010;341:c5067 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

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	Health Systems Perspectives: Maintaining the competence of Europe’s workforce
	T Horsley, J Grimshaw, C Campbell
	BMJ  2010;341:c4687 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Research

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	Impact of workplace based assessment on doctors’ education and performance: a systematic review
	Alice Miller, Julian Archer
	BMJ  2010;341:c5064 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effects of glucosamine, chondroitin, or placebo in patients with osteoarthritis of hip or knee: network meta-analysis
	Simon Wandel, Peter Juni, Britta Tendal, Eveline Nuesch, Peter M Villiger, Nicky J Welton, Stephan Reichenbach, Sven Trelle
	BMJ  2010;341:c4675 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The effect of a multifaceted empowerment strategy on decision making about the number of embryos transferred in in vitro fertilisation: randomised controlled trial
	Arno van Peperstraten, Willianne Nelen, Richard Grol, Gerhard Zielhuis, Eddy Adang, Peep Stalmeier, Rosella Hermens, Jan Kremer
	BMJ  2010;341:c2501 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Paracetamol use in early life and asthma: prospective birth cohort study
	Adrian J Lowe, John B Carlin, Catherine M Bennett, Clifford S Hosking, Katrina J Allen, Colin F Robertson, Christine Axelrad, Michael J Abramson, David J Hill, Shyamali C Dharmage
	BMJ  2010;341:c4616 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effectiveness of oseltamivir on disease progression and viral RNA shedding in patients with mild pandemic 2009 influenza A H1N1: opportunistic retrospective study of medical charts in China
	Hongjie Yu, Qiaohong Liao, Yuan Yuan, Lei Zhou, Nijuan Xiang, Yang Huai, Xiuhua Guo, Yingdong Zheng, H Rogier van Doorn, Jeremy Farrar, Zhancheng Gao, Zijian Feng, Yu Wang, Weizhong Yang
	BMJ  2010;341:c4779 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Research Methods & Reporting

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	Evaluating policy and service interventions: framework to guide selection and interpretation of study end points
	Richard J Lilford, Peter J Chilton, Karla Hemming, Alan J Girling, Celia A Taylor, Paul Barach
	BMJ  2010;341:c4413 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Clinical Review

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	Head and neck cancer—Part 2: Treatment and prognostic factors
	H Mehanna, C M L West, C Nutting, V Paleri
	BMJ  2010;341:c4690 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	Practice Pointer: Communicating in a healthcare setting with people who have hearing loss
	Anna Middleton, Alagaratnam Niruban, Gill Girling, Phyo Kyaw Myint
	BMJ  2010;341:c4672 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A Patient's Journey: At sixes and sevens: prostate cancer
	David Profumo, Michael Dinneen
	BMJ  2010;341:c3834 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

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	James Mourilyan Tanner
	BMJ  2010;341:c5374 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	John Anthony Dyde
	Barry Ross
	BMJ  2010;341:c5358 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Thomas Gilliland Lowry
	R Lowry
	BMJ  2010;341:c5354 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	David Vincent Morgan-Jones
	William Marshall
	BMJ  2010;341:c5348 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Samuel Griffith Owen
	Walton of Detchant
	BMJ  2010;341:c5330 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	John North Redfern
	Rachel Gummery, Lucy Carrie
	BMJ  2010;341:c5351 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Peter Stradling
	John Stradling
	BMJ  2010;341:c5080 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

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	Personal View: Do geriatricians need guidelines?
	Virginia Aylett
	BMJ  2010;341:c5340 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: Death by appointment
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2010;341:c5363 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: 4st 7lbs
	Stuart Flanagan
	BMJ  2010;341:c5365 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: General practitioners and hospital doctors: the great divide
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2010;341:c5343 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The Best Medicine: Nemesis
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2010;341:c5337 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Endgames

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	Statistical Question: Confounding in case-control studies II
	Philip Sedgwick
	BMJ  2010;341:c5290 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Case Report: A case of airway compromise
	Nehal Hussain, Noweed Ahmed, Sheila Ramjug
	BMJ  2010;341:c3822 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Anatomy quiz: Barium swallow (anterior posterior view)
	A Nair
	BMJ  2010;341:c5271 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	onExamination Quiz: Abnormal calcium
	BMJ  2010;341:c5266 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

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	Niall Crosby, Annu Thomas, Mark Hero
	BMJ  2010;341:c5274 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ  2010;341:c5268 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Filler

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	A sweet cure for a cow in distress
	Benedict Mackay
	BMJ  2010;341:c2133 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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