Suicide pacts and the internet The internet can influence suicide and attempted suicide, Sundararajan Rajagopal takes a look at cybersuicide pacts and dyadic death [Full text][PDF]
Post-communist transition and health in Europe Transition has yielded important insights, which need to be better documented argues Kristina Fister and Martin McKee[Full text][PDF]
Kentucky governor signs death warrant despite medical association guidance [Full text][PDF]
Can medical students learn empathy at the movies?[Full text][PDF]
Ref's eye for the fast guy One of the most controversial rules in football is that of offside. However, a possible explanation for this is that the human eye and brain are incapable of processing all the necessary visual information to apply the rule, argues Francisco Belda Maruenda[Full text][PDF]
Understanding personality type: How do you make decisions? Thinking and feeling In the fourth article of her series, Anita Houghton explains how people prefer to make decisions either on the basis of logical analysis (thinking) or what matters to the people involved (feeling), and how both approaches are needed for good decision making. [Full text][PDF]
Life and loathes of a new doctor: The riddle fiddle [Full text][PDF]
Paper plus: Does the cannabinoid dronabinol reduce central pain in multiple sclerosis? Randomised double blind placebo controlled crossover trial Leanne Tite takes you through a randomised double blind placebo controlled crossover trial [Full text][PDF]
Bad medicine Medical students study hard with the intention of making people well. Yasmina Dadi asks if medicine is making you sick [Full text][PDF]
Barriers to better care for people with AIDS in developing countries WHO's 3 by 5 initiative to increase access to antiretroviral drugs to people with AIDS in developing countries is highly ambitious. Some of the biggest obstacles relate to delivering care. Andrew S Furber and colleagues explain [Full text][PDF]
Sound of silence Involvement in university political life can make students key targets of repressive regimes, as Raghav Chawla explains [Full text][PDF]
Jumping the queue Should medical students get preferential treatment in the NHS? Kate Mandeville considers the arguments for and against [Full text][PDF]
Good relations Medical knowledge can make it difficult to be an objective relative, as Julie Sladden explains [Full text][PDF]
