08 August 2009(vol 339, issue 7716)

Editor's Choice

• An embarrassment of riches

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3186 (Published 06 August 2009)

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Editorials

• Managing low grade and borderline cervical abnormalities

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3014 (Published 29 July 2009)

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• Cervical screening according to age and HPV status

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3005 (Published 29 July 2009)

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• Shift work and cancer

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2653 (Published 15 July 2009)

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• Health systems and increased longevity in people with HIV and AIDS

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b2165 (Published 18 June 2009)

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• Improving performance in the NHS

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2773 (Published 16 July 2009)

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Letters

• Clinicians need clarification

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3132 (Published 04 August 2009)

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• The issue is patient safety

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3135 (Published 04 August 2009)

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• Time for safety and consistency

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3137 (Published 04 August 2009)

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• Adverse drug events

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3146 (Published 04 August 2009)

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• Drugs for Parkinson’s disease

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3145 (Published 04 August 2009)

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• Dermal fillers are medical devices in the UK

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2923 (Published 21 July 2009)

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• Surgery’s flawed e-portfolio

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3142 (Published 04 August 2009)

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• Utility of the McNamara fallacy

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3141 (Published 04 August 2009)

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News

• Purdy wins battle for clarity of law for people who accompany relatives abroad for assisted suicide

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3131 (Published 31 July 2009)

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• UK offers to help world’s poorest countries provide free health care

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3177 (Published 05 August 2009)

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• In brief

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3161 (Published 05 August 2009)

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• Survival after heart surgery continues to improve after publication of mortality data

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3102 (Published 30 July 2009)

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• Science writer is refused permission to appeal against libel ruling over comments on chiropractors

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3166 (Published 05 August 2009)

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• Judge rules that birth defects could have been caused by toxic waste from steel works

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3162 (Published 04 August 2009)

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• “Soda tax” could help tackle obesity, says US director of public health

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3176 (Published 04 August 2009)

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• Obesity is risk factor in 70 000 new cancers a year in Europe, study shows

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3171 (Published 04 August 2009)

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• Practice makes perfect: refining the rules that judge safe medicine

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3113 (Published 31 July 2009)

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Short Cuts

• All you need to read in the other general journals

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3144 (Published 04 August 2009)

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Feature

• Battle over popular bone drug Fosamax bursts into court

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3155 (Published 06 August 2009)

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Observations

• The law as it stands on assisted suicide could not be clearer

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3169 (Published 05 August 2009)

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• Dirty work

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3149 (Published 03 August 2009)

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Analysis

• Access to antimalarial therapy: accurate diagnosis is essential to achieving long term goals

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2606 (Published 07 July 2009)

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Research

• Short term persistence of human papillomavirus and risk of cervical precancer and cancer: population based cohort study

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2569 (Published 29 July 2009)

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• Effectiveness of cervical screening with age: population based case-control study of prospectively recorded data

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2968 (Published 29 July 2009)

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• Cytological surveillance compared with immediate referral for colposcopy in management of women with low grade cervical abnormalities: multicentre randomised controlled trial

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2546 (Published 29 July 2009)

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• Biopsy and selective recall compared with immediate large loop excision in management of women with low grade abnormal cervical cytology referred for colposcopy: multicentre randomised controlled trial

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2548 (Published 29 July 2009)

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• Options for managing low grade cervical abnormalities detected at screening: cost effectiveness study

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2549 (Published 29 July 2009)

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Research Methods & Reporting

• Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2535 (Published 21 July 2009)

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Clinical Review

• The management of interstitial cystitis or painful bladder syndrome in women

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2707 (Published 31 July 2009)

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Practice

• Cow’s milk allergy in children

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2275 (Published 03 July 2009)

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• Aphthous ulcers

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2382 (Published 24 July 2009)

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Obituaries

• Jerri Nielsen

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3163 (Published 04 August 2009)

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• John Bell

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3105 (Published 03 August 2009)

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• James Anthony Bennett

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3103 (Published 03 August 2009)

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• Martin Briggs

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3098 (Published 03 August 2009)

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• John Pathy

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3097 (Published 03 August 2009)

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• Charles Romer

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3096 (Published 03 August 2009)

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• John Noel Sebire

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3026 (Published 27 July 2009)

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• Clare Neville Smith

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3127 (Published 03 August 2009)

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Views & Reviews

• It’s my time to change

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3156 (Published 05 August 2009)

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• Behind the fairground curtain

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3157 (Published 05 August 2009)

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• Forgotten pleasures

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3138 (Published 05 August 2009)

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• Marriage A-la-Mode

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3143 (Published 05 August 2009)

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• No border control

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3067 (Published 03 August 2009)

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• Norwegian sea

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3136 (Published 05 August 2009)

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Endgames

• Exertional dyspnoea and abnormal chest radiography

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2920 (Published 05 August 2009)

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• Abdominal pain and swelling

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2870 (Published 05 August 2009)

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• Number needed to treat

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3130 (Published 05 August 2009)

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• Palliative care

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3133 (Published 05 August 2009)

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Minerva

• Minerva

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3108 (Published 04 August 2009)

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• Minerva

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3109 (Published 04 August 2009)

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Filler

• Arthur Conan Doyle takes it to the limit (1879)

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2861 (Published 04 August 2009)

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