18 October 2008(vol 337, issue 7675)

Editor's Choice

• It’s the evidence, stupid

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2119 (Published 16 October 2008)

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Editorials

• Where are we in the rationing debate?

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2047 (Published 10 October 2008)

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• Identifying famines

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1178 (Published 02 October 2008)

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• Insertion of ventilation (tympanostomy) tubes for otitis media with effusion

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1535 (Published 03 October 2008)

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• Continuous glucose monitoring in women with diabetes during pregnancy

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1472 (Published 25 September 2008)

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• Tackling obesity in children and adolescents

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1037 (Published 08 August 2008)

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Letters

• “Treating evidence with contempt”

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2063 (Published 13 October 2008)

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• Clarification

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2069 (Published 13 October 2008)

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• GMC has no clothes

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2068 (Published 13 October 2008)

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• Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS)

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2070 (Published 13 October 2008)

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• What WHO should do

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2073 (Published 13 October 2008)

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• Ibuprofen is a marker of soft tissue infection

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2072 (Published 13 October 2008)

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• A sexually transmitted disease?

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2077 (Published 13 October 2008)

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News

• Hospitals allow patients to top up care and continue to get NHS treatment

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2112 (Published 15 October 2008)

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• Annual health check of NHS trusts in England shows room for improvement

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2121 (Published 16 October 2008)

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• BBC told to pay Taranissi £500 000 to cover costs of changing libel defence

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2058 (Published 13 October 2008)

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• Employers seek 2% rise for doctors and dentists

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2114 (Published 16 October 2008)

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• GPs’ pay rise will be linked to treatment of patients most in need

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2104 (Published 15 October 2008)

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• More than 100 sperm and egg donors prove ready to reveal identity to offspring

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2110 (Published 16 October 2008)

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• German heart specialist received research grant from tobacco industry foundation

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2085 (Published 15 October 2008)

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• Half of patients given exercise prescriptions are more active a year later

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2084 (Published 15 October 2008)

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• Mental health services in England among best in Europe, says WHO

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2082 (Published 15 October 2008)

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• England on target to meet health gains set out in Our Healthier Nation

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2029 (Published 09 October 2008)

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• Life drawing with a technological twist

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2113 (Published 16 October 2008)

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• In brief

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2099 (Published 15 October 2008)

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• US psychiatrist steps down after questions about drug company payments

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2088 (Published 16 October 2008)

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• Website of experiences with new name hopes to reach more patients

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2078 (Published 14 October 2008)

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• US groups set out strategy to reduce hospital acquired infections

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2054 (Published 10 October 2008)

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• WHO calls for return to primary care to help ailing health systems

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2109 (Published 15 October 2008)

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Short Cuts

• All you need to read in the other general journals

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2061 (Published 13 October 2008)

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Feature

• Why Oregon went wrong

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2044 (Published 14 October 2008)

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Observations

• Politics and science: a cautionary tale for the presidential candidates

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2093 (Published 14 October 2008)

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Analysis

• Clinical priority setting

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1846 (Published 09 October 2008)

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• Accountability for reasonableness: an update

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1850 (Published 09 October 2008)

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• Moving forward on rationing: an economic view

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1872 (Published 09 October 2008)

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Research

• Effectiveness of continuous glucose monitoring in pregnant women with diabetes: randomised clinical trial

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1680 (Published 25 September 2008)

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• Commentary: The technology of continuous glucose monitoring

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1733 (Published 25 September 2008)

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• Does a functional activity programme improve function, quality of life, and falls for residents in long term care? Cluster randomised controlled trial

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1445 (Published 09 October 2008)

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• Retrospective determination of whether famine existed in Niger, 2005: two stage cluster survey

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1622 (Published 02 October 2008)

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• Overuse of tympanostomy tubes in New York metropolitan area: evidence from five hospital cohort

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1607 (Published 03 October 2008)

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Clinical Review

• Obesity in children. Part 1: Epidemiology, measurement, risk factors, and screening

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1824 (Published 15 October 2008)

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Practice

• Management of acute gastrointestinal blood loss: summary of SIGN guidelines

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1832 (Published 10 October 2008)

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• Commentary: Controversies in SIGN guidance on management of acute upper and lower gastrointestinal blood loss

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1836 (Published 10 October 2008)

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• Dying from dementia—a patient’s journey

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1712 (Published 25 September 2008)

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Obituaries

• Roderick John Kilner Brown

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2071 (Published 13 October 2008)

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• Glanmor Rhys Davies

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2057 (Published 13 October 2008)

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• Hamish Torrie Hutchinson

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2060 (Published 13 October 2008)

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• James Morton Muir

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2049 (Published 13 October 2008)

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• Norman Walter Nisbet

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1910 (Published 13 October 2008)

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• Andrew Wilkins

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2059 (Published 13 October 2008)

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Views & Reviews

• What could we have done for her now?

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2106 (Published 15 October 2008)

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• Age concern

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2096 (Published 15 October 2008)

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• Mind your language

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2111 (Published 15 October 2008)

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• Familiarity breeds contempt

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2091 (Published 15 October 2008)

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• The Surgeon at 2 A.M.

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2101 (Published 15 October 2008)

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• Genetic testing: picking up the pieces

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2103 (Published 15 October 2008)

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Endgames

• A pregnant Jehovah’s witness

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1935 (Published 15 October 2008)

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• Pharmacology

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1484 (Published 15 October 2008)

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• Incidence and prevalence

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2019 (Published 15 October 2008)

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• An interesting case of acute abdomen

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1953 (Published 15 October 2008)

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Minerva

• Minerva

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2055 (Published 13 October 2008)

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• Minerva

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2050 (Published 13 October 2008)

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Filler

• Dangerously ill list patient

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a229 (Published 09 July 2008)

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