Editor's Choice Welcome to our feast of fools BMJ 2010; 341 :c7228; (Published 15 December 2010) Permission Responses Research The barrier method as a new tool to assist in career selection: covert observational study BMJ 2010; 341 :c6968; (Published 15 December 2010) PDF Permission Responses Open Access Phantom vibration syndrome among medical staff: a cross sectional survey BMJ 2010; 341 :c6914; (Published 15 December 2010) PDF Permission Responses Open Access Beauty sleep: experimental study on the perceived health and attractiveness of sleep deprived people BMJ 2010; 341 :c6614; (Published 15 December 2010) PDF Permission Responses Open Access Testing the validity of the Danish urban myth that alcohol can be absorbed through feet: open labelled self experimental study BMJ 2010; 341 :c6812; (Published 15 December 2010) PDF Permission Open Access Effect on gastric function and symptoms of drinking wine, black tea, or schnapps with a Swiss cheese fondue: randomised controlled crossover trial BMJ 2010; 341 :c6731; (Published 15 December 2010) PDF Permission Responses Open Access Urine output on an intensive care unit: case-control study BMJ 2010; 341 :c6761; (Published 14 December 2010) PDF Permission Responses Open Access Simple ultrasound rules to distinguish between benign and malignant adnexal masses before surgery: prospective validation by IOTA group BMJ 2010; 341 :c6839; (Published 14 December 2010) PDF Permission Responses Open Access News European drug regulators publish their evaluation of rosiglitazone BMJ 2010; 341 :c7278; (Published 17 December 2010) Permission Surgeon who refused to operate on man with swastika tattoo should not be disciplined, says German Medical Association BMJ 2010; 341 :c7279; (Published 17 December 2010) Permission Responses Measures to end child detention don’t go far enough, says children’s rights charity BMJ 2010; 341 :c7285; (Published 17 December 2010) Permission “Clusters” of primary care trusts will oversee transition to new NHS BMJ 2010; 341 :c7286; (Published 17 December 2010) Permission NHS productivity falls despite gains of 6% needed to reach target savings BMJ 2010; 341 :c7287; (Published 17 December 2010) Permission Kala-azar outbreak is symptomatic of humanitarian crisis facing southern Sudan BMJ 2010; 341 :c7276; (Published 17 December 2010) Permission Ireland is told to provide legal abortions for women whose lives are at risk BMJ 2010; 341 :c7277; (Published 17 December 2010) Permission “Virtually static” NHS productivity puts prospect of savings at risk BMJ 2010; 341 :c7275; (Published 17 December 2010) Permission Four drug companies breach industry’s code of practice BMJ 2010; 341 :c7266; (Published 16 December 2010) Permission Critics attack new NHS breast screening leaflet for failing to address harms BMJ 2010; 341 :c7267; (Published 16 December 2010) Permission Responses Violence hinders efforts to stem Haiti cholera epidemic as deaths continue to rise BMJ 2010; 341 :c7259; (Published 16 December 2010) Permission Lansley denies that restructuring of the NHS will cost £2-3bn BMJ 2010; 341 :c7262; (Published 16 December 2010) Permission “Little evidence” that the government is prepared to engage with criticism of its plans, says BMA BMJ 2010; 341 :c7263; (Published 16 December 2010) Permission Restrictions on generic drugs “infringe the right to health” BMJ 2010; 341 :c7246; (Published 16 December 2010) Permission Doctors suggest ways to save the NHS £20bn BMJ 2010; 341 :c7239; (Published 16 December 2010) Permission Hospitals fail to check dementia patients’ nutritional and mental status BMJ 2010; 341 :c7234; (Published 16 December 2010) Permission Health minster launches e-course in child protection BMJ 2010; 341 :c7235; (Published 15 December 2010) Permission Developing countries roll out pneumococcal vaccine thanks to novel funding scheme BMJ 2010; 341 :c7230; (Published 15 December 2010) Permission Pathologist in G20 protest case faces more GMC charges BMJ 2010; 341 :c7232; (Published 15 December 2010) Permission Tuition fee changes may scupper government plans to widen access to medical school BMJ 2010; 341 :c7214; (Published 15 December 2010) Permission Primary care trusts may have to club together to survive financial challenges, MPs are told BMJ 2010; 341 :c7217; (Published 15 December 2010) Permission British are the most overweight in Europe, new study shows BMJ 2010; 341 :c7225; (Published 15 December 2010) Permission US primary care must reorient to prevention to cut costs and improve outcomes BMJ 2010; 341 :c7226; (Published 15 December 2010) Permission New drugs strategy for England focuses on recovery not abstinence BMJ 2010; 341 :c7168; (Published 14 December 2010) Permission HPA reports 10 deaths in UK from H1N1 flu in past six weeks BMJ 2010; 341 :c7206; (Published 14 December 2010) Permission Responses Key part of US health reform is unconstitutional, Virginia court rules BMJ 2010; 341 :c7222; (Published 14 December 2010) Permission Lansley reforms will destroy NHS, leading doctors say BMJ 2010; 341 :c7224; (Published 14 December 2010) Permission Responses New research spotlights innovative African health technologies BMJ 2010; 341 :c7188; (Published 13 December 2010) Permission Health department selects GPs to test drive commissioning reforms BMJ 2010; 341 :c7171; (Published 13 December 2010) Permission A third of disabled people in Britain still find it difficult to access hospitals BMJ 2010; 341 :c7174; (Published 13 December 2010) Permission GMC proposes holding fewer hearings in public BMJ 2010; 341 :c7178; (Published 13 December 2010) Permission Analysis Getting better value from the NHS drug budget BMJ 2010; 341 :c6449; (Published 17 December 2010) Permission Responses Commentary: Achieving savings will not be straightforward BMJ 2010; 341 :c7161; (Published 17 December 2010) Permission Responses Corrections Diplomacy is crucial for successful health aid in fragile states, hears conference BMJ 2010; 341 :c7210; (Published 16 December 2010) Permission Editorials Strategies for coping with information overload BMJ 2010; 341 :c7126; (Published 15 December 2010) Permission Responses The private finance initiative: the gift that goes on taking BMJ 2010; 341 :c7175; (Published 15 December 2010) Permission Responses Self experimentation and the Nuremberg Code BMJ 2010; 341 :c7103; (Published 15 December 2010) Permission Responses Features How small changes led to big profits for insulin manufacturers BMJ 2010; 341 :c7139; (Published 15 December 2010) Permission Responses The first 15: New Zealand doctors and rugby BMJ 2010; 341 :c5127; (Published 15 December 2010) Permission Responses A dose by any other name would not sell as sweet BMJ 2010; 341 :c6895; (Published 15 December 2010) Permission Responses Multidisciplinary medical identification of a French king’s head (Henri IV) BMJ 2010; 341 :c6805; (Published 15 December 2010) PDF Permission Responses How the growth of denialism undermines public health BMJ 2010; 341 :c6950; (Published 14 December 2010) Permission Responses Teapots: the short and stout physicians’ friends BMJ 2010; 341 :c6738; (Published 14 December 2010) Permission Agatha Christie’s doctors BMJ 2010; 341 :c6438; (Published 14 December 2010) Permission Responses On the impossibility of being expert BMJ 2010; 341 :c6815; (Published 14 December 2010) Permission Responses The rise and fall of celebrity pathology BMJ 2010; 341 :c6500; (Published 14 December 2010) Permission A shopping list of doctors BMJ 2010; 341 :c5727; (Published 14 December 2010) Permission Acting on evidence BMJ 2010; 341 :c5168; (Published 14 December 2010) Permission “In consequence of enemy action”: British medical students in North American medical schools, 1939–45 BMJ 2010; 341 :c7041; (Published 13 December 2010) Permission Responses Are there too many referral forms? BMJ 2010; 341 :c6576; (Published 13 December 2010) Permission Responses Liberating the NHS acronym BMJ 2010; 341 :c6615; (Published 13 December 2010) Permission Middle ear instrument nomenclature: a taxonomic approach BMJ 2010; 341 :c5137; (Published 13 December 2010) Permission Responses Filler Attaining energy balance with the must-have toys this Christmas BMJ 2010; 341 :c7102; (Published 13 December 2010) Permission Responses Head to Head Is coronary artery bypass grafting the treatment of choice for diabetic patients with multivessel disease? Yes BMJ 2010; 341 :c6961; (Published 13 December 2010) Permission Is coronary artery bypass grafting the treatment of choice for diabetic patients with multivessel disease? No BMJ 2010; 341 :c6975; (Published 13 December 2010) Permission Practice Heart transplant BMJ 2010; 341 :c4918; (Published 17 December 2010) Permission Febrile neutropenia BMJ 2010; 341 :c6981; (Published 17 December 2010) Permission Responses Sedation for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in children and young people: summary of NICE guidance BMJ 2010; 341 :c6819; (Published 16 December 2010) Permission Testing for secondary causes of osteoporosis BMJ 2010; 341 :c6959; (Published 16 December 2010) Permission Responses Student Appraising the evidence BMJ 2010; 341 :c6756; (Published 17 December 2010) Permission Following your faith BMJ 2010; 341 :c6797; (Published 16 December 2010) Permission English medical students face £70 000 debt BMJ 2010; 341 :c6926; (Published 15 December 2010) Permission Meeting a carer in a forensic setting BMJ 2010; 341 :c6775; (Published 15 December 2010) Permission GMC helps disabled medical students BMJ 2010; 341 :c6925; (Published 15 December 2010) Permission Eyespy: January 2011 BMJ 2010; 341 :c6537; (Published 14 December 2010) Permission Assessment of cognition in older people BMJ 2010; 341 :c6270; (Published 13 December 2010) Permission