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08 May 2010 (Vol 340, Issue 7754)

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Editor's Choice

This week's Editor's Choice section

History will be the judge

BMJ 2010;340:c2447 (Published 6 May 2010)

News

This week's News section

US anaesthesiologists are told not to take part in executions by lethal injection

BMJ 2010;340:c2432 (Published 4 May 2010)

Australia to mandate plain packs for cigarettes as part of new tobacco control offensive

BMJ 2010;340:c2401 (Published 30 April 2010)

In brief

BMJ 2010;340:c2423 (Published 4 May 2010)

UK law firm starts action on “metal on metal” hip implants

BMJ 2010;340:c2394 (Published 4 May 2010)

Campaign is launched to save the Wellcome Trust medical history centre

BMJ 2010;340:c2364 (Published 29 April 2010)

Paediatrician David Southall is restored to the medical register

BMJ 2010;340:c2448 (Published 4 May 2010)

Artist behaving madly

BMJ 2010;340:c2308 (Published 30 April 2010)

Top education regulator in India is arrested on bribery allegations

BMJ 2010;340:c2355 (Published 29 April 2010)

New director of European disease centre defends its role in flu pandemic

BMJ 2010;340:c2430 (Published 4 May 2010)

European Union prepares to tackle counterfeit drugs

BMJ 2010;340:c2425 (Published 4 May 2010)

Workers behind China’s economic miracle are paying a heavy price

BMJ 2010;340:c2396 (Published 30 April 2010)

FDA approves prostate cancer “vaccine”

BMJ 2010;340:c2431 (Published 4 May 2010)

Australia suspends seasonal flu vaccination of young children

BMJ 2010;340:c2419 (Published 4 May 2010)

More women frontline healthcare workers would reduce maternal and child mortality

BMJ 2010;340:c2379 (Published 4 May 2010)

Evidence of patient benefit must be “at the heart” of NHS efficiency plans, warn doctors

BMJ 2010;340:c2393 (Published 30 April 2010)

AstraZeneca pays $520m fine for off label marketing

BMJ 2010;340:c2380 (Published 29 April 2010)

Editorials

This week's Editorials section

Stem cell treatments and multiple sclerosis

BMJ 2010;340:c1387 (Published 11 March 2010)

Diagnosing serious bacterial infection in young febrile children

BMJ 2010;340:c2062 (Published 20 April 2010)

Targeted case finding for cardiovascular prevention

BMJ 2010;340:c1376 (Published 25 April 2010)

Viewing the body after a traumatic death

BMJ 2010;340:c2301 (Published 30 April 2010)

Intelligence, education, and mortality

BMJ 2010;340:c563 (Published 27 April 2010)

Short Cuts

This week's Short Cuts section

All you need to read in the other general journals

BMJ 2010;340:c2370 (Published 4 May 2010)

Research

This week's Research section

Rate of cervical cancer, severe intraepithelial neoplasia, and adenocarcinoma in situ in primary HPV DNA screening with cytology triage: randomised study within organised screening programme

BMJ 2010;340:c1804 (Published 27 April 2010)

The accuracy of clinical symptoms and signs for the diagnosis of serious bacterial infection in young febrile children: prospective cohort study of 15 781 febrile illnesses

BMJ 2010;340:c1594 (Published 21 April 2010)

Estimating the population impact of screening strategies for identifying and treating people at high risk of cardiovascular disease: modelling study

BMJ 2010;340:c1693 (Published 26 April 2010)

Viewing the body after bereavement due to a traumatic death: qualitative study in the UK

BMJ 2010;340:c2032 (Published 30 April 2010)

Feature

This week's Feature section

Stem cell renegades or pioneers?

BMJ 2010;340:c2041 (Published 5 May 2010)

Farewell, 12 good men and true

BMJ 2010;340:c1881 (Published 16 April 2010)

Analysis

This week's Analysis section

Time to move to presumed consent for organ donation

BMJ 2010;340:c2188 (Published 5 May 2010)

Letters

This week's Letters section

W(h)ither the exercise ECG?

BMJ 2010;340:c2387 (Published 4 May 2010)

NICE replies

BMJ 2010;340:c2391 (Published 4 May 2010)

Dangers in the guidance

BMJ 2010;340:c2395 (Published 4 May 2010)

Do not assume strong alkalinity

BMJ 2010;340:c2399 (Published 4 May 2010)

Use of routinely collected data

BMJ 2010;340:c2403 (Published 4 May 2010)

Report of pathologists’ meeting

BMJ 2010;340:c2397 (Published 4 May 2010)

Observations

This week's Observations section

Message to new government: please ban buzzwords

Nigel Hawkes

BMJ 2010;340:c2407 (Published 5 May 2010)

Views & Reviews

This week's Views & Reviews section

The cancer emperor’s new clothes: Australia’s historic legislation for plain tobacco packaging

Simon Chapman, Becky Freeman

BMJ 2010;340:c2436 (Published 5 May 2010)

How much is one life worth?

Karol Sikora

BMJ 2010;340:c2365 (Published 5 May 2010)

A diary of the plague year

Theodore Dalrymple

BMJ 2010;340:c2418 (Published 5 May 2010)

Mad

Jackie Gordon

BMJ 2010;340:c1875 (Published 5 May 2010)

Divorced of reasoning

Des Spence

BMJ 2010;340:c2438 (Published 5 May 2010)

Medical metaphors

Trisha Greenhalgh

BMJ 2010;340:c2415 (Published 5 May 2010)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Bernie Mapstone

BMJ 2010;340:c2416 (Published 5 May 2010)

Noorali Dewi Dhanji

BMJ 2010;340:c2268 (Published 26 April 2010)

Douglas Thomson Gordon

BMJ 2010;340:c2273 (Published 29 April 2010)

Robert William Hall

BMJ 2010;340:c2343 (Published 29 April 2010)

Helen Howard (née Raw)

BMJ 2010;340:c2336 (Published 29 April 2010)

Sharafat Hussain-Qureshi

BMJ 2010;340:c2333 (Published 29 April 2010)

James Alexander McCheyne Paterson

BMJ 2010;340:c2339 (Published 29 April 2010)

Obituaries - continued

Elizabeth Joan Stokes

BMJ 2010;340:c2329 (Published 29 April 2010)

Clinical Review

This week's Clinical Review section

Paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea

BMJ 2010;340:c1918 (Published 14 April 2010)

Practice

This week's Practice section

The Competent Novice: Managing sudden death in hospital

BMJ 2010;340:c962 (Published 13 April 2010)

A Patient’s Journey : Acquired brain injury

BMJ 2010;340:c808 (Published 19 February 2010)

10-Minute Consultation: “My baby keeps bringing up his feeds!”

BMJ 2010;340:c2189 (Published 30 April 2010)

Endgames

This week's Endgames section

An ominous cough

BMJ 2010;340:c1994 (Published 5 May 2010)

Cholesterol

BMJ 2010;340:c2381 (Published 5 May 2010)

Errors when statistical hypothesis testing

BMJ 2010;340:c2348 (Published 6 May 2010)

Multiple emboli after gastrectomy

BMJ 2010;340:c1663 (Published 5 May 2010)

Minerva

This week's Minerva section

Minerva

BMJ 2010;340:c2384 (Published 4 May 2010)

Minerva

BMJ 2010;340:c2388 (Published 4 May 2010)

Head to Head

This week's Head to Head section

Is modern genetics a blind alley? Yes

BMJ 2010;340:c1156 (Published 30 March 2010)

Is modern genetics a blind alley? No

BMJ 2010;340:c1088 (Published 30 March 2010)

Filler

Understanding self, understanding others

BMJ 2010;340:c2252 (Published 26 April 2010)