Chronic disease must top the agenda
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2011;342:d716 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

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	Anticoagulation in people with atrial fibrillation
	Margaret C Fang
	BMJ  2011;342:d530 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Chest compression or conventional CPR after out of hospital cardiac arrest?
	Ian G Jacobs
	BMJ  2011;342:d374 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease
	John P D Reckless
	BMJ  2011;342:d201 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Adverse outcomes from IVF
	Susan Bewley, Lin Foo, Peter Braude
	BMJ  2011;342:d436 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prevention and control of chronic diseases
	Peter Piot, Shah Ebrahim
	BMJ  2010;341:c4865 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Open letter to the BMA: NHS reform is unnecessary reinvention
	David H Ruben
	BMJ  2011;342:d618 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Open letter to the BMA: What about training?
	Jane Young
	BMJ  2011;342:d619 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Open letter to the BMA: Support for open letter
	John R W Lister
	BMJ  2011;342:d620 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Return of the postcode lottery: Opportunity cost of the Cancer Drugs Fund
	Jonathan Howell
	BMJ  2011;342:d622 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Return of the postcode lottery: Cancer Drugs Fund is not a fair allocation of NHS resources
	Sarah Thornton
	BMJ  2011;342:d621 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Paracetamol: And just how do you define narrow therapeutic ratio?
	J R Hoffman
	BMJ  2011;342:d625 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Paracetamol: Author’s reply
	Lee C Claridge
	BMJ  2011;342:d628 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Infective endocarditis: NICE calls for a register
	Tim Stokes, Fergus Macbeth, Peter Littlejohns
	BMJ  2011;342:d633 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Flu questions and answers: Flu’s impact on intensive care
	Julian Bion, Timothy Evans, Bob Winter
	BMJ  2011;342:d640 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Research approval: The regulation killing health research in the UK
	Adam Magos, Moustafa Mohsen, Mohamed Mohamed
	BMJ  2011;342:d642 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Reduced access to database: A publicly available database accelerates academic production
	Yu-Chun Chen, Jau-Ching Wu, Tzeng-Ji Chen, Thomas Wetter
	BMJ  2011;342:d637 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Access to clinical trial data: Data monitoring committees and selective outcome reporting
	Joseph Y Ting
	BMJ  2011;342:d635 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Out of hospital cardiac arrest: Time for a national register
	Richard M Lyon
	BMJ  2011;342:d478 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NHS drug budget: Flawed assumption in analysis
	David J Nutt
	BMJ  2011;342:d448 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

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	Florida judge says entire health reform act is unconstitutional
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2011;342:d704 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	MPs support NHS reform as health bill passes first parliament debate
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2011;342:d711 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	New appointment to drug advisory body sparks controversy
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2011;342:d624 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Experts express doubts that food and drink industries have the motives to improve health
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2011;342:d591 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMA calls special representative meeting to discuss concerns over reforms
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2011;342:d594 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Last US manufacturer of drug used in executions stops production
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2011;342:d590 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In brief
	BMJ  2011;342:d702 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	US health department recovers $4bn through antifraud action
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2011;342:d615 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	High smoking rates in 1940s, 1950s and 1960s in US explain comparatively lower life expectancy of older Americans
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2011;342:d574 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	MEPs criticise WHO over H1N1 pandemic advice
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2011;342:d652 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Spain’s tougher line on smoking in public places spreads to other countries
	Aser Garcia Rada
	BMJ  2011;342:d617 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Gates and Cameron pledge new money to eradicate polio
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2011;342:d706 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Germany pushes for more organ donation
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2011;342:d660 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	FDA panel advice may require trials to prove safety of ECT
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2011;342:d661 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	"Inverse benefit law" explains how drug marketing undermines patient safety
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2011;342:d598 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Short Cuts

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	All you need to read in the other general journals
	BMJ  2011;342:d606 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Feature

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	Medical Work Assessments: Well enough to work?
	Margaret McCartney
	BMJ  2011;342:d599 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Data Briefing: Does poor health justify NHS reform?
	John Appleby
	BMJ  2011;342:d566 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

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	Ethics Man: "Make the care of your patient your first concern"
	Daniel K Sokol
	BMJ  2011;342:d646 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

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	How should we balance individual and population benefits of statins for preventing cardiovascular disease?
	Aroon D Hingorani, Harry Hemingway
	BMJ  2011;342:c6244 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Unanswered questions over NHS health checks
	Kamlesh Khunti, Nicola Walker, Naveed Sattar, Melanie Davies
	BMJ  2011;342:c6312 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Research

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	Validation of risk stratification schemes for predicting stroke and thromboembolism in patients with atrial fibrillation: nationwide cohort study
	Jonas Bjerring Olesen, Gregory Y H Lip, Morten Lock Hansen, Peter Riis Hansen, Janne Schurmann Tolstrup, Jesper Lindhardsen, Christian Selmer, Ole Ahlehoff, Anne-Marie Schjerning Olsen, Gunnar Hilmar Gislason, Christian Torp-Pedersen
	BMJ  2011;342:d124 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Outcomes of chest compression only CPR versus conventional CPR conducted by lay people in patients with out of hospital cardiopulmonary arrest witnessed by bystanders: nationwide population based observational study
	Toshio Ogawa, Manabu Akahane, Soichi Koike, Seizan Tanabe, Tatsuhiro Mizoguchi, Tomoaki Imamura
	BMJ  2011;342:c7106 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effect of pay for performance on the management and outcomes of hypertension in the United Kingdom: interrupted time series study
	Brian Serumaga, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Anthony J Avery, Rachel A Elliott, Sumit R Majumdar, Fang Zhang, Stephen B Soumerai
	BMJ  2011;342:d108 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Impact of a statewide intensive care unit quality improvement initiative on hospital mortality and length of stay: retrospective comparative analysis
	Allison Lipitz-Snyderman, Donald Steinwachs, Dale M Needham, Elizabeth Colantuoni, Laura L Morlock, Peter J Pronovost
	BMJ  2011;342:d219 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Portrayal of caesarean section in Brazilian women’s magazines: 20 year review
	Maria Regina Torloni, Silvia Daher, Ana Pilar Betran, Mariana Widmer, Pilar Montilla, Joao Paulo Souza, Mario Merialdi
	BMJ  2011;342:d276 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical Review

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	The assessment and management of rectal prolapse, rectal intussusception, rectocoele, and enterocoele in adults
	Oliver M Jones, Christopher Cunningham, Ian Lindsey
	BMJ  2011;342:c7099 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	Rational Testing: Testing for secondary causes of osteoporosis
	Melissa O Premaor, Juliet E Compston
	BMJ  2010;341:c6959 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Safety Alerts: Safer loading doses of medicines: summary of a safety report from the National Patient Safety Agency
	Tara Lamont, David Cousins, Anna Bischler, David Gerrett
	BMJ  2011;339:d33 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

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	Leslie James Clark-Wilson
	J A C Wilson
	BMJ  2011;342:d654 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	John Mark Gibson
	Trevor Julian
	BMJ  2011;342:d690 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Catherine Margaret Hall
	D L Kendall, Mars Skae
	BMJ  2011;342:d656 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Anthony Howard James
	Anthony Howard James
	BMJ  2011;342:d657 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Samarthji Lal
	Maureen Kiely
	BMJ  2011;342:d685 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ian Hayes Fyfe Murray
	Mairi Murray
	BMJ  2011;342:d655 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

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	Personal View: We should push for evidence based sentencing in criminal justice
	Sheila M Bird, Ben Goldacre, John Strang
	BMJ  2011;342:d612 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: Inside art
	Arpan K Banerjee
	BMJ  2011;342:d240 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: Tuberculosis and genius
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2011;342:d604 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish
	Desmond O'Neill
	BMJ  2011;342:d50 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: Bad medicine: cardiology
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2011;342:d670 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug Tales and Other Stories: Definitely not acceptable: drug company sues journal over review
	Ike Iheanacho
	BMJ  2011;342:d602 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Endgames

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	Statistical Question: Meta-analyses IV
	Philip Sedgwick
	BMJ  2011;342:d540 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Case Report: An asthmatic child with a troublesome cough
	Steve Turner
	BMJ  2011;342:c6846 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Anatomy quiz: Axial computed tomography image through the neck (soft tissue windows)
	James Halls
	BMJ  2011;342:d249 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	onExamination Quiz: A patient with a red eye
	BMJ  2011;342:d562 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

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	Jill Mackay, Robert Flowerdew
	BMJ  2011;342:d593 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ  2011;342:d596 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Filler

This week's Filler

	Analysis of temporal trends in the BMJ archive
	Mangesh A Thorat, Priya M Thorat, Hrisheekesh J Vaidya, Jayant S Vaidya
	BMJ  2010;341:c3306 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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