Editor's Choice Don’t keep taking the tablets BMJ 2013; 347 :f7438; (Published 11 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Research The survival time of chocolates on hospital wards: covert observational study BMJ 2013; 347 :f7198; (Published 14 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Open Access The Brady Bunch? New evidence for nominative determinism in patients’ health: retrospective, population based cohort study BMJ 2013; 347 :f6627; (Published 12 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Open Access Were James Bond’s drinks shaken because of alcohol induced tremor? BMJ 2013; 347 :f7255; (Published 12 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Open Access Laughter and MIRTH (Methodical Investigation of Risibility, Therapeutic and Harmful): narrative synthesis BMJ 2013; 347 :f7274; (Published 12 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Open Access Morphology and size of stem cells from mouse and whale: observational study BMJ 2013; 347 :f6833; (Published 12 December 2013) PDF Permission Open Access Duration of symptoms of respiratory tract infections in children: systematic review BMJ 2013; 347 :f7027; (Published 11 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Open Access Red flags to screen for malignancy and fracture in patients with low back pain: systematic review BMJ 2013; 347 :f7095; (Published 11 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Open Access Evaluation of pre-hospital administration of adrenaline (epinephrine) by emergency medical services for patients with out of hospital cardiac arrest in Japan: controlled propensity matched retrospective cohort study BMJ 2013; 347 :f6829; (Published 10 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Open Access Role of diuretics, β blockers, and statins in increasing the risk of diabetes in patients with impaired glucose tolerance: reanalysis of data from the NAVIGATOR study BMJ 2013; 347 :f6745; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Open Access The burden of air pollution on years of life lost in Beijing, China, 2004-08: retrospective regression analysis of daily deaths BMJ 2013; 347 :f7139; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Open Access News A fifth of Dutch support assisted suicide for people “tired of living” BMJ 2013; 347 :f7483; (Published 13 December 2013) PDF Permission Uruguay legalises sale and production of marijuana BMJ 2013; 347 :f7499; (Published 13 December 2013) PDF Permission Broad approach is needed to reduce gun violence, US psychologists say BMJ 2013; 347 :f7497; (Published 13 December 2013) PDF Permission Individual hospital data on “never events” to be published every quarter BMJ 2013; 347 :f7479; (Published 13 December 2013) PDF Permission NICE urged to recommend anastrozole for breast cancer prevention BMJ 2013; 347 :f7458; (Published 13 December 2013) PDF Permission Slowdown in production of treated bed nets damages fight against malaria BMJ 2013; 347 :f7475; (Published 12 December 2013) PDF Permission US outlines plan to reduce use of antimicrobials in food production BMJ 2013; 347 :f7477; (Published 12 December 2013) PDF Permission A third of general practices in England’s first wave of inspections failed on essential standards BMJ 2013; 347 :f7462; (Published 12 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Local government is given help to prioritise public health schemes BMJ 2013; 347 :f7469; (Published 12 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Families are warned they can’t decide treatment for incapacitated relatives BMJ 2013; 347 :f7436; (Published 12 December 2013) PDF Permission More doctors are raising concerns with GMC about colleagues, MPs hear BMJ 2013; 347 :f7457; 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347 :f7373; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission Widow takes fertility agency to court over storage of husband’s sperm BMJ 2013; 347 :f7382; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission Government policy is damaging people most vulnerable to alcohol misuse, warns leading doctor BMJ 2013; 347 :f7385; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission EU air quality limits are not stringent enough, say researchers BMJ 2013; 347 :f7338; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission Observations Rosiglitazone: a case of regulatory hubris BMJ 2013; 347 :f7428; (Published 11 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Parveen Kumar: Pet hate is arrogance BMJ 2013; 347 :f7367; (Published 11 December 2013) PDF Permission Analysis Planning for closure: the role of special administrators in reducing NHS hospital services in England BMJ 2013; 347 :f7322; (Published 13 December 2013) PDF Permission Medicalising unhappiness: new classification of depression risks more patients being put on drug treatment from which they will not benefit BMJ 2013; 347 :f7140; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Patient perspective: mild depression must not be ignored BMJ 2013; 347 :f7225; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Clinical Reviews Tick bite prevention and tick removal BMJ 2013; 347 :f7123; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses CME Minerva Music in intensive care and other stories . . . BMJ 2013; 347 :f7481; (Published 13 December 2013) PDF Permission The benefits of mild hypothermia and other stories . . . BMJ 2013; 347 :f7310; (Published 11 December 2013) PDF Permission A pear shaped bladder BMJ 2013; 347 :f7301; (Published 11 December 2013) PDF Permission Research News Clinical commissioning groups serve too many masters, finds study BMJ 2013; 347 :f7501; (Published 13 December 2013) PDF Permission A fifth of lung cancers detected by low dose CT screening are likely to be indolent, study says BMJ 2013; 347 :f7456; (Published 11 December 2013) PDF Permission Corrections Determinants of the decline in mortality from acute myocardial infarction in England between 2002 and 2010: linked national database study BMJ 2013; 347 :f7379; (Published 10 December 2013) PDF Permission Editorials Red flags for back pain BMJ 2013; 347 :f7432; (Published 12 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Adrenaline for out of hospital cardiac arrest? BMJ 2013; 347 :f7268; (Published 10 December 2013) PDF Permission Sodium in drugs and hypertension BMJ 2013; 347 :f7321; (Published 10 December 2013) PDF Permission Letters Who is responsible for publishing the results of old trials? BMJ 2013; 347 :f7199; (Published 10 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Obstructive sleep apnoea does not lead to clinically significant erythrocytosis BMJ 2013; 347 :f7340; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission We need to get another life after retirement BMJ 2013; 347 :f7173; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses House of care approach for patients with long term conditions works at the local level BMJ 2013; 347 :f7359; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission Case against GP threatens whole system of healthcare BMJ 2013; 347 :f7343; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission Whose role is it to collect patients’ stories? BMJ 2013; 347 :f7332; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission Barriers to working in medicine and teaching after retirement BMJ 2013; 347 :f7194; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission Care is needed in epidemiological research not to overgeneralise about cancer diagnosis and treatment BMJ 2013; 347 :f7337; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission Children must be protected from the tobacco industry’s marketing tactics BMJ 2013; 347 :f7358; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission Features Phoning the patient’s general practitioner BMJ 2013; 347 :f7048; (Published 13 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses From the Ottomans to the present day: 150 years of Scottish medical charity in the Holy Land BMJ 2013; 347 :f6994; (Published 12 December 2013) PDF Permission “Compulsive plague! pain without end!” How Richard Wagner played out his migraine in the opera Siegfried BMJ 2013; 347 :f6952; (Published 12 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses How big is the US healthcare lobby? BMJ 2013; 347 :f7366; (Published 12 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Tied up in science: unknotting an old anaesthetic problem BMJ 2013; 347 :f6735; (Published 11 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses A unified model of patient safety (or “Who froze my cheese?”) BMJ 2013; 347 :f7273; (Published 11 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Welcome to the most exclusive club in the NHS BMJ 2013; 347 :f7318; (Published 11 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Syria: a healthcare system on the brink of collapse BMJ 2013; 347 :f7375; (Published 10 December 2013) PDF Permission Who cares for the nine million displaced people of Syria? BMJ 2013; 347 :f7374; (Published 10 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Michael Kidd on primary care’s global challenge BMJ 2013; 347 :f7239; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission Careers NHS should be proud of how it responded to Mid Staffordshire, health secretary says BMJ 2013; 347 :f7508; (Published 13 December 2013) Permission GMC will review guidance on fitness to practise sanctions BMJ 2013; 347 :f7505; (Published 13 December 2013) Permission Planning an “F3” year: opportunities and considerations for aspiring surgeons BMJ 2013; 347 :f7224; (Published 12 December 2013) Permission Return to practice schemes: needed now more than ever BMJ 2013; 347 :f7252; (Published 11 December 2013) Permission GMC freezes annual retention fees for second year BMJ 2013; 347 :f7452; (Published 11 December 2013) Permission More doctors are raising concerns with GMC about colleagues, MPs hear BMJ 2013; 347 :f7460; (Published 11 December 2013) Permission Continuity of care and other old fashioned values BMJ 2013; 347 :f7269; (Published 10 December 2013) Permission Appraisals should tackle bullying of part time doctors, says academy BMJ 2013; 347 :f7429; (Published 10 December 2013) Permission How doctors are using Twitter to enhance face to face networking BMJ 2013; 347 :f7122; (Published 09 December 2013) Permission Filler Die another day BMJ 2013; 347 :f6973; (Published 12 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Obituaries Bakhtawar Shah Khattak BMJ 2013; 347 :f6891; (Published 12 December 2013) PDF Permission Albert Edward Thompson BMJ 2013; 347 :f7453; (Published 11 December 2013) PDF Permission Arthur Maxwell House BMJ 2013; 347 :f7188; (Published 10 December 2013) PDF Permission David Hubel BMJ 2013; 347 :f7114; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission Michael James Vendy Bull BMJ 2013; 347 :f7265; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission Agnes Kirkland Conn BMJ 2013; 347 :f7263; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission Antony Frank Francis BMJ 2013; 347 :f7262; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission Isobel Quita Barber BMJ 2013; 347 :f7266; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission Ronald McDonald Clark BMJ 2013; 347 :f7264; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission Ronald Griffiths BMJ 2013; 347 :f6992; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission Shantilal Raghavji Kanani BMJ 2013; 347 :f7258; (Published 09 December 2013) PDF Permission Practice Mastalgia BMJ 2013; 347 :bmj.f3288; (Published 13 December 2013) Permission Responses Tremor BMJ 2013; 347 :f7200; (Published 12 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Intravenous fluid therapy for adults in hospital: summary of NICE guidance BMJ 2013; 347 :f7073; (Published 10 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Treating Pain in Patients with Drug-dependence Problems BMJ 2013; 347 :bmj.f3213; (Published 09 December 2013) Permission Research Methods & Reporting A multicomponent decision tool for prioritising the updating of systematic reviews BMJ 2013; 347 :f7191; (Published 13 December 2013) PDF Permission Responses Student Eyespy: January 2014 BMJ 2013; 347 :f7281; (Published 13 December 2013) Permission The old person whisperer BMJ 2013; 347 :f6895; (Published 12 December 2013) Permission A serious finger problem BMJ 2013; 347 :f6894; (Published 09 December 2013) Permission Views & Reviews The Science hoax: poor journalology reflects poor training in peer review BMJ 2013; 347 :f7465; (Published 13 December 2013) PDF Permission What is the point of doctors? 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