01 November 2008(vol 337, issue 7677)

Editor's Choice

• Alternative reports

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2331 (Published 30 October 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses

Editorials

• Aspirin for prevention of cardiovascular events

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1806 (Published 16 October 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses
• Patellofemoral pain syndrome

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1948 (Published 24 October 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses
• Tight control of blood glucose and cardiovascular disease

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2105 (Published 17 October 2008)

  • Permission
• The Global Health Watch 2 report

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2144 (Published 17 October 2008)

  • Permission
• Abdominal aortic aneurysm events in postmenopausal women

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1894 (Published 15 October 2008)

  • Permission

Letters

• Diversion and abuse of methylphenidate in light of new guidance

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2287 (Published 28 October 2008)

  • Permission
• NICE recommendations are not evidence based and could expose many to unnecessary harm

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2284 (Published 28 October 2008)

  • Permission
• NICE should produce guidance on infant mental health

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2288 (Published 28 October 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses
• “Unexplained” fractures

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2279 (Published 28 October 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses
• Defibrillators are only as good as the provider

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2274 (Published 28 October 2008)

  • Permission

News

• GlaxoSmithKline to limit payments it makes to US doctors to $150 000 a year

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2315 (Published 30 October 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses
• Three quarters of deaths in developing world will be caused by heart and lung diseases by 2030

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2322 (Published 30 October 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses
• In brief

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2317 (Published 28 October 2008)

  • Permission
• Time runs out to amend abortion law as fertility bill moves to Lords

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2273 (Published 30 October 2008)

  • Permission
• NHS must make greater use of information technology

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2303 (Published 29 October 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses
• GMC’s case against fertility doctor collapses

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2310 (Published 29 October 2008)

  • Permission
• Poor medical facilities in Afghanistan mean patients turn to hospitals in Pakistan

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2291 (Published 30 October 2008)

  • Permission
• Doctors in US and Europe think work conditions are deteriorating

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2280 (Published 24 October 2008)

  • Permission
• Babies born to Ethiopian immigrant mothers in Israel have been needlessly infected with HIV

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2308 (Published 29 October 2008)

  • Permission
• European drugs agency withdraws antiobesity drug

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2301 (Published 29 October 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses
• In brief

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2330 (Published 30 October 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses
• German government demands two doctors approve prescribing of expensive drugs

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2292 (Published 28 October 2008)

  • Permission
• Records of presidential candidates show McCain has had melanoma and Obama is using nicotine replacement therapy

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2260 (Published 28 October 2008)

  • Permission
• Preterm delivery is more likely in women with depressive symptoms

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2312 (Published 28 October 2008)

  • Permission

Short Cuts

• All you need to read in the other general journals

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2294 (Published 28 October 2008)

  • Permission

Feature

• The credit crisis and health care

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2259 (Published 29 October 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses

Observations

• Does this work for you?

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2281 (Published 30 October 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses

Head to Head

• Should influenza immunisation be mandatory for healthcare workers? Yes

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2142 (Published 28 October 2008)

  • Permission
• Should influenza immunisation be mandatory for healthcare workers? No

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2140 (Published 28 October 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses

Analysis

• Why combating tobacco smuggling is a priority

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1933 (Published 09 October 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses

Research

• The prevention of progression of arterial disease and diabetes (POPADAD) trial: factorial randomised placebo controlled trial of aspirin and antioxidants in patients with diabetes and asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1840 (Published 16 October 2008)

  • PDF
  • Permission
  • Responses
  • Open Access
• Foot orthoses and physiotherapy in the treatment of patellofemoral pain syndrome: randomised clinical trial

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1735 (Published 24 October 2008)

  • PDF
  • Permission
  • Open Access
• Abdominal aortic aneurysm events in the women’s health initiative: cohort study

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1724 (Published 15 October 2008)

  • PDF
  • Permission
  • Responses
  • Open Access
• Introduction of shared electronic records: multi-site case study using diffusion of innovation theory

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1786 (Published 23 October 2008)

  • PDF
  • Permission
  • Responses
  • Open Access

Clinical Review

• Preservation of fertility in adults and children diagnosed with cancer

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2045 (Published 27 October 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses

Practice

• Prevention and treatment of surgical site infection: summary of NICE guidance

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1924 (Published 28 October 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses
• Commentary: Controversies in NICE guidance on surgical site infection

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2120 (Published 28 October 2008)

  • Permission
• Giant cell arteritis causing aortic dissection and acute hypertension

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a426 (Published 04 July 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses
• New patient asking for a benzodiazepine prescription

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a658 (Published 28 August 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses

Obituaries

• Kenneth Till

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2193 (Published 28 October 2008)

  • Permission
• David Drummond Hart

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2046 (Published 27 October 2008)

  • Permission
• Joan Davies (nee Evans)

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2232 (Published 27 October 2008)

  • Permission
• Kenneth Mills Tomlinson

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2257 (Published 27 October 2008)

  • Permission
• Harold Francis Hope-Stone

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2238 (Published 27 October 2008)

  • Permission
• John Warburton Lewis

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2237 (Published 27 October 2008)

  • Permission
• Heather Sims Williams

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2255 (Published 27 October 2008)

  • Permission
• Philip Warner Robertson

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2251 (Published 27 October 2008)

  • Permission

Views & Reviews

• The person in the patient

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2262 (Published 28 October 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses
• Counting our blessings

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1791 (Published 29 October 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses
• La Bohème

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2282 (Published 29 October 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses
• You can call me Des

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2328 (Published 29 October 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses
• Model behaviour

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2268 (Published 29 October 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses

Endgames

• Fatigue, facial flushing, and ankle and abdominal swelling in a 53 year old man

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2042 (Published 30 October 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses
• Consent

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2296 (Published 30 October 2008)

  • Permission
• Risk

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2293 (Published 30 October 2008)

  • Permission
  • Responses
• Normal pregnancy or neoplasia?

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2107 (Published 30 October 2008)

  • Permission

Minerva

• Minerva

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2263 (Published 28 October 2008)

  • Permission
• Minerva

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2266 (Published 28 October 2008)

  • Permission

Filler

• Paper hazards

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a267 (Published 16 July 2008)

  • Permission