The market has failed
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2007;335, doi:10.1136/bmj.39413.597465.47 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Deciding who to admit to a critical care unit
	Eddy Fan, Dale M Needham
	BMJ  2007;335:1103-1104, doi:10.1136/bmj.39378.654329.80 (published 1 November 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors and climate change
	Mike Gill, Fiona Godlee, Richard Horton, Robin Stott
	BMJ  2007;335:1104-1105, doi:10.1136/bmj.39412.488021.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for prostate cancer in younger men
	Dragan Ilic, Sally Green
	BMJ  2007;335:1105-1106, doi:10.1136/bmj.39385.491424.80 (published 15 November 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Communicating risk to the public after radiological incidents
	Steven M Becker
	BMJ  2007;335:1106-1107, doi:10.1136/bmj.39377.655845.80 (published 1 November 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Obesity and cancer
	Eugenia E Calle
	BMJ  2007;335:1107-1108, doi:10.1136/bmj.39384.472072.80 (published 6 November 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Acute bronchiolitis: Risk of hyponatraemia
	Michael Eisenhut
	BMJ  2007;335:1109, doi:10.1136/bmj.39409.367234.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Acute bronchiolitis: There may be a treatment
	Paul N Thiessen
	BMJ  2007;335:1109, doi:10.1136/bmj.39409.389421.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Community acquired pneumonia: Antibiotic coverage is atypical: evidence from randomised trials
	Leonard Leibovici, Eyal Robenshtock, Mical Paul
	BMJ  2007;335:1109, doi:10.1136/bmj.39409.402894.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Asylum seekers' access to care: Document is worrying
	Philip R Matthews
	BMJ  2007;335:1109, doi:10.1136/bmj.39409.435428.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Colectomy and IBD: Does surgery improve survival?
	Muhammad F Dawwas
	BMJ  2007;335:1109-1110, doi:10.1136/bmj.39409.417188.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Foreign doctors' victory: British benevolence and betrayal
	Padmanabhan Badrinath
	BMJ  2007;335:1110, doi:10.1136/bmj.39409.444873.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Climate change and health: We must all act now
	Alan Maryon-Davis, Ian Gilmore, Patricia Hamilton
	BMJ  2007;335:1110, doi:10.1136/bmj.39409.501817.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Drug companies are ignoring health crisis in poor countries, Oxfam says
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2007;335:1111, doi:10.1136/bmj.39413.341701.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Former UN envoy attacks UNAIDS for its "catatonic passivity"
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:1111, doi:10.1136/bmj.39412.482454.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	More than four in 10 women were not offered the choice of a home birth, report says
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:1112, doi:10.1136/bmj.39412.591817.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scientists "reprogramme" skin cells to create embryonic stem cells
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2007;335:1112-1113, doi:10.1136/bmj.39409.576690.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	One in 20 East German doctors spied on patients or colleagues
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2007;335:1113, doi:10.1136/bmj.39412.492836.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Diabetes expert accuses drug company of "intimidation"
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2007;335:1113, doi:10.1136/bmj.39409.458611.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In Brief: News
	BMJ  2007;335:1114, doi:10.1136/bmj.39412.515926.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Targeted screening may be a cost effective way to detect glaucoma
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;335:1114, doi:10.1136/bmj.39412.508993.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Stringent constraints on use of patients' data are harming research
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:1114-1115, doi:10.1136/bmj.39412.352558.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pilot of bowel cancer screening shows lower uptake in second round
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2007;335:1115, doi:10.1136/bmj.39413.623009.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	EU residents may be able to travel to any member state for care from 2010
	Deborah Cohen
	BMJ  2007;335:1115, doi:10.1136/bmj.39413.362303.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	A third of people in UK with HIV don't know they are infected
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2007;335:1116, doi:10.1136/bmj.39412.694676.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UN conference on climate change will test countries' commitment to public health
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2007;335:1116-1117, doi:10.1136/bmj.39409.520880.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Studies of environmental causes of disease need to be more rigorous, leading scientists say
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;335:1116, doi:10.1136/bmj.39409.453449.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cocaine use rises in Europe while overall drug use levels out
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2007;335:1117, doi:10.1136/bmj.39412.365718.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS trusts have more than £1bn surplus to spend in current year
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2007;335:1117, doi:10.1136/bmj.39409.618600.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Israel is set to outlaw trafficking in human organs
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2007;335:1117, doi:10.1136/bmj.39409.472072.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Lung transplants may do more harm than good in children with cystic fibrosis
	BMJ  2007;335:1118, doi:10.1136/bmj.39408.656921.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Rapid response team reduces mortality in large academic children's hospital
	BMJ  2007;335:1118, doi:10.1136/bmj.335.7630.1118-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Venous thromboembolism linked to enduring risk of heart attack and stroke
	BMJ  2007;335:1118, doi:10.1136/bmj.335.7630.1118-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Haemodilution reduces PSA concentrations in obese men with prostate cancer
	BMJ  2007;335:1118-1119, doi:10.1136/bmj.335.7630.1118-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Oral vaccine protects European infants from rotavirus gastroenteritis
	BMJ  2007;335:1119, doi:10.1136/bmj.335.7630.1119 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: So many drugs, so little evidence
	BMJ  2007;335:1119, doi:10.1136/bmj.335.7630.1119-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Back supports reduce back pain among home care workers
	BMJ  2007;335:1119, doi:10.1136/bmj.335.7630.1119-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Feature

	Counterfeit Medicines: Bitter pills
	Andrew Jack
	BMJ  2007;335:1120-1121, doi:10.1136/bmj.39412.431655.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical education: Learning the second way
	Daniel Stott
	BMJ  2007;335:1122-1123, doi:10.1136/bmj.39400.460139.941 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Media watch: Behold the Christmas miracle of antioxidants
	Ben Goldacre
	BMJ  2007;335:1124, doi:10.1136/bmj.39413.403750.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media: Thalidomide—the drama continues
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2007;335:1125, doi:10.1136/bmj.39409.445058.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Competition in a publicly funded healthcare system
	Steffie Woolhandler, David U Himmelstein
	BMJ  2007;335:1126-1129, doi:10.1136/bmj.39400.549502.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Measuring quality through performance: Future of quality measurement
	Helen Lester, Martin Roland
	BMJ  2007;335:1130-1131, doi:10.1136/bmj.39385.406192.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research

	Implications of prognostic pessimism in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma admitted to intensive care in the UK within the COPD and asthma outcome study (CAOS): multicentre observational cohort study
	Martin J Wildman, Colin Sanderson, Jayne Groves, Barnaby C Reeves, Jon Ayres, David Harrison, Duncan Young, Kathy Rowan
	BMJ  2007;335:1132, doi:10.1136/bmj.39371.524271.55 (published 1 November 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cancer incidence and mortality in relation to body mass index in the Million Women Study: cohort study
	Gillian K Reeves, Kirstin Pirie, Valerie Beral, Jane Green, Elizabeth Spencer, Diana Bull, Million Women Study Collaboration
	BMJ  2007;335:1134, doi:10.1136/bmj.39367.495995.AE (published 6 November 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Detection of prostate cancer in unselected young men: prospective cohort nested within a randomised controlled trial
	J Athene Lane, Joanne Howson, Jenny L Donovan, John R Goepel, Daniel J Dedman, Liz Down, Emma L Turner, David E Neal, Freddie C Hamdy
	BMJ  2007;335:1139, doi:10.1136/bmj.39381.436829.BE (published 15 November 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Public information needs after the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko with polonium-210 in London: cross sectional telephone survey and qualitative analysis
	G James Rubin, Lisa Page, Oliver Morgan, Richard J Pinder, Paul Riley, Stephani Hatch, Helen Maguire, Mike Catchpole, John Simpson, Simon Wessely
	BMJ  2007;335:1143, doi:10.1136/bmj.39367.455243.BE (published 1 November 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Clinical review: Vaginal discharge
	Des Spence, Catriona Melville
	BMJ  2007;335:1147-1151, doi:10.1136/bmj.39378.633287.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	A Patient's Journey: Pemphigus vulgaris
	Siri Lowe
	BMJ  2007;335:1152-1154, doi:10.1136/bmj.39374.504884.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Alcohol hand rubs: hygiene and hazard
	John R H Archer, David M Wood, Zoe Tizzard, Alison L Jones, Paul I Dargan
	BMJ  2007;335:1154-1155, doi:10.1136/bmj.39274.583472.AE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & reviews

	Personal views: Why is Exubera being withdrawn?
	Clifford J Bailey, Anthony H Barnett
	BMJ  2007;335:1156, doi:10.1136/bmj.39409.507662.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: A funny thing happened on the way to the lab
	W F Bynum
	BMJ  2007;335:1157, doi:10.1136/bmj.39384.695949.34 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: May the force be with you
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2007;335:1158, doi:10.1136/bmj.39412.648576.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Past Caring: Homoeopathy and the star that fell
	Wendy Moore
	BMJ  2007;335:1158, doi:10.1136/bmj.39408.484537.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the lines: Grumpy old men
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2007;335:1159, doi:10.1136/bmj.39413.443426.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: A Boke or Counseill against the Disease Commonly Called the Sweate or the Sweating Sickness
	John Black
	BMJ  2007;335:1159, doi:10.1136/bmj.39385.490023.FA [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Scott Hitt
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2007;335:1160, doi:10.1136/bmj.39408.718958.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Alexis Brook
	Sotiris Zalidis
	BMJ  2007;335:1161, doi:10.1136/bmj.39392.703160.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Peter Berman
	Simon Winner, Stephen Fowlie
	BMJ  2007;335:1161, doi:10.1136/bmj.39392.793738.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	William Anthony Jerrett
	Andrew Duffin-Jones, Sally Connellan née Jerrett
	BMJ  2007;335:1161, doi:10.1136/bmj.39392.634502.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	William Stewart Ogden
	David Brodie
	BMJ  2007;335:1161, doi:10.1136/bmj.39392.813160.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	John Ogeah
	Tubonye C Harry
	BMJ  2007;335:1161, doi:10.1136/bmj.39392.747870.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Margaret Oatway Thorpe
	Joan Perren, Dick Perren
	BMJ  2007;335:1161, doi:10.1136/bmj.39392.760706.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Joan Wagstaff
	John Wagstaff
	BMJ  2007;335:1161, doi:10.1136/bmj.39392.605313.BE [Extract] [Full text]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2007;335:1162, doi:10.1136/bmj.39412.563426.471 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	Neil McGowan, James Walker
	BMJ  2007;335:1162, doi:10.1136/bmj.39412.563426.47 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	"Write me a sentence"
	Victoria Rainsley
	BMJ  2007;335:1131, doi:10.1136/bmj.39350.707870.AD [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Response: Fiona Patterson replies to Parashkev Nachev
	BMJ  2007;335, doi:10.1136/bmj.39413.469468.AD [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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