Evidence debased medicine
	Trish Groves
	BMJ  2010;341:c5715 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

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	Missing clinical trial data: setting the record straight
	Fiona Godlee, Elizabeth Loder
	BMJ  2010;341:c5641 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Apgar score and risk of cerebral palsy
	Nigel Paneth
	BMJ  2010;341:c5175 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Variation in caesarean delivery rates
	Marian Knight, Elizabeth A Sullivan
	BMJ  2010;341:c5255 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Are measures of patient satisfaction hopelessly flawed?
	Jeannie L Haggerty
	BMJ  2010;341:c4783 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Misleading communication of risk
	Gerd Gigerenzer, Odette Wegwarth, Markus Feufel
	BMJ  2010;341:c4830 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	White matter hyperintensities on MRI: Lesions are seen in young users of stimulant drugs
	Daniel M Fatovich, David McCoubrie, Swithin Song, Nick Lawn, Frank Daly
	BMJ  2010;341:c5636 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Antipsychotics and venous thrombosis: Confounding factors may account for the association
	David Curtis
	BMJ  2010;341:c5628 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Antipsychotics and venous thrombosis: How do the data change practice decisions in long term care?
	Patrick Quail
	BMJ  2010;341:c5630 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Antipsychotics and venous thrombosis: Dutch experience differs
	Bart C Kleijer, E R Heerdink, R J van Marum
	BMJ  2010;341:c5631 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Non-commercial clinical trials: A step change in operational performance is needed
	Jon Moulton, Ashley Woodcock, Helen P Critchley
	BMJ  2010;341:c5472 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Research governance: There is nothing streamlined about the system
	Phillip Whitehead, Karen Fellows, Nikola Sprigg, Avril Drummond
	BMJ  2010;341:c5633 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Electronic health records: The naked truth
	Susan Bewley, Rupert Fawdry, Grant Cummings, Helga Perry
	BMJ  2010;341:c5637 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

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	Medical student debts could rise to more than £70 000 under new rules
	Adrian O'Dowd
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	Contents of summary care record are to be scaled back
	Michael Cross
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	NICE decision on dementia drugs was based on "common sense" not evidence, expert says
	Zosia Kmietowicz
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	The bear necessities
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2010;341:c5705 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Demand for crack and cocaine addiction treatment drops
	Jacqui Wise
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	Trusts warn that NHS reforms could cause patient care failures and financial chaos
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2010;341:c5693 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Why don’t scientists have the same visa exemptions as footballers, ask Nobel winners
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2010;341:c5622 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In brief
	BMJ  2010;341:c5646 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	GMC imposes conditions on surgeon’s registration after two babies die
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2010;341:c5663 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Experts criticise new German law for favouring drug companies
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2010;341:c5650 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Boehringer Ingelheim withdraws libido drug for women
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2010;341:c5701 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Online sale of drugs and tests should be better regulated, says Nuffield report
	Ann McGauran
	BMJ  2010;341:c5710 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctor who spoke out about atrocities in Darfur wins award
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2010;341:c5629 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	New US institute for comparative effectiveness starts work
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2010;341:c5652 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	First patient enters trial to test safety of stem cells in spinal injury
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2010;341:c5724 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Court ruling strengthens EU governments’ power to demand prior authorisation for cross-border health care
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2010;341:c5657 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dutch doctors warn of dangers of overuse of antibiotics in farming
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2010;341:c5677 (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:c5612 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Feature

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	Cutting the research budget
	Luisa Dillner
	BMJ  2010;341:c5128 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ Awards: Nominations open for BMJ awards 2011
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2010;341:c5619 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

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	Body Politic: This is no way to cull the quangos
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2010;341:c5615 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

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	Finding studies on reboxetine: a tale of hide and seek
	Beate Wieseler, Natalie McGauran, Thomas Kaiser
	BMJ  2010;341:c4942 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Data availability for industry sponsored trials: what should medical journals require?
	Robert Steinbrook, Jerome P Kassirer
	BMJ  2010;341:c5391 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: journals must facilitate the dissemination and scrutiny of clinical research
	Nick Freemantle
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	Commentary: RECORD response
	Gordon Coutts
	BMJ  2010;341:c5409 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: but what should journals actually do to keep industry sponsored research unbiased?
	Chris Del Mar
	BMJ  2010;341:c5406 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Research

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	Reboxetine for acute treatment of major depression: systematic review and meta-analysis of published and unpublished placebo and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor controlled trials
	Dirk Eyding, Monika Lelgemann, Ulrich Grouven, Martin Harter, Mandy Kromp, Thomas Kaiser, Michaela F Kerekes, Martin Gerken, Beate Wieseler
	BMJ  2010;341:c4737 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Association of cerebral palsy with Apgar score in low and normal birthweight infants: population based cohort study
	Kari Kveim Lie, Else-Karin Groholt, Anne Eskild
	BMJ  2010;341:c4990 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Variation in rates of caesarean section among English NHS trusts after accounting for maternal and clinical risk: cross sectional study
	Fiona Bragg, David A Cromwell, Leroy C Edozien, Ipek Gurol-Urganci, Tahir A Mahmood, Allan Templeton, Jan H van der Meulen
	BMJ  2010;341:c5065 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Reporting of euthanasia in medical practice in Flanders, Belgium: cross sectional analysis of reported and unreported cases
	Tinne Smets, Johan Bilsen, Joachim Cohen, Mette L Rurup, Freddy Mortier, Luc Deliens
	BMJ  2010;341:c5174 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Patients’ experience and satisfaction in primary care: secondary analysis using multilevel modelling
	Chris Salisbury, Marc Wallace, Alan A Montgomery
	BMJ  2010;341:c5004 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical Review

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	Investigation and management of uveitis
	Catherine M Guly, John V Forrester
	BMJ  2010;341:c4976 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	Rational Testing: Investigating easy bruising in a child
	Julia A M Anderson, Angela E Thomas
	BMJ  2010;341:c4565 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A Patient's Journey: Through and beyond anaesthesia awareness
	Anne-Marie Aaen, Kirsten Moller
	BMJ  2010;341:c3669 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

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	Brian Prichard
	Janet Fricker
	BMJ  2010;341:c5441 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ratan Lal Agrawal
	Rita Kobrak, Vincent Worley, George Worley
	BMJ  2010;341:c5574 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Charlie Granger
	Gill Granger
	BMJ  2010;341:c5578 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Graham Edward Schofield
	Anne D Schofield
	BMJ  2010;341:c5576 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Rolf Carter Shepherd
	Bill Hindle
	BMJ  2010;341:c5566 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mya Thaung
	Khin May Sein, Caroline Thaung
	BMJ  2010;341:c5567 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	John K Wagstaff
	Margaret Jackson
	BMJ  2010;341:c5585 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Alan Edward Wood
	Neville Taylor
	BMJ  2010;341:c5434 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

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	Personal View: GPs should have to take financial responsibility
	Danny Ruta
	BMJ  2010;341:c5613 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View: An open letter to the health secretary: how to really save money on the NHS
	Peter Lachmann
	BMJ  2010;341:c5618 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: Surgical instruments: objects of beauty and dread
	Hutan Ashrafian, Ara Darzi
	BMJ  2010;341:c5620 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: Hypochondria as control
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2010;341:c5627 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: Acland’s Video Atlas of Human Anatomy
	Andy Hall
	BMJ  2010;341:c5515 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: Bad medicine: polycystic ovary syndrome
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2010;341:c5669 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug Tales and Other Stories: Reading up on drug companies: there in black and white
	Ike Iheanacho
	BMJ  2010;341:c5626 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Endgames

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	Anatomy quiz: Coronal computed tomography of the sinuses
	A Nair
	BMJ  2010;341:c5570 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	onExamination Quiz: Tourniquets
	BMJ  2010;341:c5572 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Case Report: Inflammatory bowel disease: a classic case of Dalziel’s disease
	Fiona Louise Cameron, Richard Hansen, David Goudie
	BMJ  2010;341:c4932 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Statistical Question: Number needed to treat
	Philip Sedgwick
	BMJ  2010;341:c5614 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

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	Neil Finer, Shahram Kashani, Nigel Davies
	BMJ  2010;341:c5667 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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