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27 January 2007 (Vol 334, Issue 7586)

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Editor's Choice

Reputations for sale?

BMJ 2007;334:0.1 (Published 25 January 2007)

Menstrual function and dysfunction

BMJ 2007;334:0.2 (Published 25 January 2007)

News

US clinical guidelines often influenced by industry, NEJM says

BMJ 2007;334:171.1 (Published 25 January 2007)

Lilly investigated in US over the marketing of olanzapine

BMJ 2007;334:171.2 (Published 25 January 2007)

News

BMJ 2007;334:172.1 (Published 25 January 2007)

NEJM sees promise in polypill for low and middle income countries

BMJ 2007;334:172.2 (Published 25 January 2007)

MSF challenges Novartis's action over Indian patent for imatinib

BMJ 2007;334:172.3 (Published 25 January 2007)

MPs deplore poor progress in combating childhood obesity

BMJ 2007;334:173.1 (Published 25 January 2007)

China may have twice as many overweight people as in 1991

BMJ 2007;334:173.2 (Published 25 January 2007)

Heart tissue generated from human embryonic stem cells

BMJ 2007;334:174.1 (Published 25 January 2007)

Rich, young, educated women get better breast cancer care than poor, older women

BMJ 2007;334:174.2 (Published 25 January 2007)

Database gives free access to UK medical research

BMJ 2007;334:175.1 (Published 25 January 2007)

NICE says hysterectomy must be last option for heavy menstrual bleeding

BMJ 2007;334:175.2 (Published 25 January 2007)

Husband says judge's ruling on wife's treatment was “inhumane”

BMJ 2007;334:176.1 (Published 25 January 2007)

Smoking support is “excellent” in areas where it is most needed

BMJ 2007;334:176.2 (Published 25 January 2007)

Bill to abolish patients' forums criticised as “disgraceful”

BMJ 2007;334:177.1 (Published 25 January 2007)

Former BMJ artist demonstrates the effect of cataract

BMJ 2007;334:177.2 (Published 25 January 2007)

FDA proposes higher fees for drug approvals to cover postmarketing surveillance

BMJ 2007;334:177.3 (Published 25 January 2007)

Appeal court reinstates GMC penalties on two doctors

BMJ 2007;334:177.4 (Published 25 January 2007)

Measles campaign's “historic victory” for global public health

BMJ 2007;334:177.5 (Published 25 January 2007)

Conservative party pledges to scrap performance targets

BMJ 2007;334:177.6 (Published 25 January 2007)

NHS needs outside expertise for workforce planning

BMJ 2007;334:177.7 (Published 25 January 2007)

Expected survival exceeds 35 years for young Danes with HIV

BMJ 2007;334:178.1 (Published 25 January 2007)

Otitis media won't delay development in normal children

BMJ 2007;334:178.2 (Published 25 January 2007)

The usual risk factors explain heart disease in South Asia

BMJ 2007;334:178.3 (Published 25 January 2007)

News - continued

Folate slows cognitive decline

BMJ 2007;334:178.4 (Published 25 January 2007)

Fall in deaths from measles exceeds global target

BMJ 2007;334:179.1 (Published 25 January 2007)

Breast density is a leading risk factor for breast cancer

BMJ 2007;334:179.2 (Published 25 January 2007)

Opioids are a poor choice in chronic back pain

BMJ 2007;334:179.3 (Published 25 January 2007)

Observational studies should carry a health warning

BMJ 2007;334:179.4 (Published 25 January 2007)

Editorials

Translating animal research into clinical benefit

BMJ 2007;334:163 (Published 25 January 2007)

Exercise and menstrual function

BMJ 2007;334:164 (Published 25 January 2007)

Clinical trials in emergency situations

BMJ 2007;334:165 (Published 25 January 2007)

Pregnancy in women with a history of breast cancer

BMJ 2007;334:166 (Published 25 January 2007)

Mechanical circulatory support in the UK

BMJ 2007;334:167 (Published 25 January 2007)

Research

Pregnancy after breast cancer: population based study

BMJ 2007;334:194 (Published 25 January 2007)

Comparison of treatment effects between animal experiments and clinical trials: systematic review

BMJ 2007;334:197 (Published 25 January 2007)

Analysis

Patient mobility in the European Union

BMJ 2007;334:188 (Published 25 January 2007)

Open letter to the leader of academic medicine

BMJ 2007;334:191 (Published 25 January 2007)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Seeing the picture through “lean thinking”

BMJ 2007;334:169.1 (Published 25 January 2007)

Falls need tailored management, fractures risk management

BMJ 2007;334:169.2 (Published 25 January 2007)

Clinical medication review is effective in care homes

BMJ 2007;334:169.3 (Published 25 January 2007)

Geratology rehabilitation units are not just for stroke

BMJ 2007;334:170.1 (Published 25 January 2007)

It's the same in many fields of endeavour

BMJ 2007;334:170.2 (Published 25 January 2007)

Team based doctors produce better ward care

BMJ 2007;334:170.3 (Published 25 January 2007)

Sex workers make a valuable contribution to society

BMJ 2007;334:170.4 (Published 25 January 2007)

Observations

Time to tune into Europe

Tessa Richards

BMJ 2007;334:185 (Published 25 January 2007)

Is killing the pain worth the risk?

Rebecca Coombes

BMJ 2007;334:186 (Published 25 January 2007)

British policy makes sex workers vulnerable

Sophie E Day, Helen Ward

BMJ 2007;334:187 (Published 25 January 2007)

Views & Reviews

Ghost writers need to be more visible

Keith Dawes

BMJ 2007;334:208 (Published 25 January 2007)

Inside big pharma's box of tricks

Joe Collier

BMJ 2007;334:209 (Published 25 January 2007)

A union to preserve

Des Spence

BMJ 2007;334:210.1 (Published 25 January 2007)

The new jetsetting

Trisha Greenhalgh

BMJ 2007;334:210.2 (Published 25 January 2007)

Contemplating annihilation

Theodore Dalrymple

BMJ 2007;334:211.1 (Published 25 January 2007)

The Divided Self

Paul Crichton

BMJ 2007;334:211.2 (Published 25 January 2007)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Alan Godfrey Johnson

BMJ 2007;334:212 (Published 25 January 2007)

Michael Edgar Arnold

BMJ 2007;334:213.1 (Published 25 January 2007)

Anthony (“Tony”) Neville Gordon Clark

BMJ 2007;334:213.2 (Published 25 January 2007)

Greville Hoyle

BMJ 2007;334:213.3 (Published 25 January 2007)

Geoffrey (“Geoff”) Comins Mansfield

BMJ 2007;334:213.4 (Published 25 January 2007)

Ian Charles Aitchison Martin

BMJ 2007;334:213.5 (Published 25 January 2007)

John Leonard Weeks

BMJ 2007;334:213.6 (Published 25 January 2007)

Barbara Yvonne Wright

BMJ 2007;334:213.7 (Published 25 January 2007)

Clinical Review

Trigeminal neuralgia and its management

BMJ 2007;334:201 (Published 25 January 2007)

Practice

Rational imaging: Investigating suspected malignant pleural effusion

BMJ 2007;334:206 (Published 25 January 2007)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2007;334:214.1 (Published 25 January 2007)

Minerva

BMJ 2007;334:214.2 (Published 25 January 2007)

Features

One year to save the NHS—what would you do?

BMJ 2007;334:180 (Published 25 January 2007)

Alternatives to animal experimentation

BMJ 2007;334:182 (Published 25 January 2007)

Filler

A model patient

BMJ 2007;334:193 (Published 25 January 2007)

Web based monitoring improves glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes

BMJ 2007;334:200 (Published 25 January 2007)

Colourful metals

BMJ 2007;334:205 (Published 25 January 2007)