January 2008

Editor's choice

Seeing the bigger picture

News

Newsbites
Indian students strike; worldwide HIV estimates fall; Poland's doctor shortage

Not enough bodies
Medical school dissections take a hit

Letters

Well paid doctors; different teaching styles; and vulnerable migrants

Editorials

The role of national public health institutes
Taking a coordinated approach

Too old to treat?
A fair consultation for elderly people

Life

Head to head
Is it all right for women to drink small amount of alcohol in pregnancy?

Doctors and the brain drain
"Poached" from developing countries

Globalisation and health
What's the link?

Do you take sugar with your tea?
India's diabetes problem

Trouble in paradise
On elective in the Caribbean

People

The laureate, the worm, and the RNAi
Meet a Nobel prize winner

Careers

PLanning your career
The junior doctor years are important

Medical your career
Worth your while?

Writing a dissertation
A step by step guide

Education

Interpreting the evidence
It depends on your point of view

Managing postoperative oliguria
A common clinical scenario

Screening explained
Get to grips with key concepts

Pitting oedema and recurrent pulmonary embolism
Take the picture quiz

Understanding tumour markers
Their role in cancer management

Paper+

Wealth inequality and health
What can we learn from this observational study?

Frontiers

This month in research
Stwnts; back pain; and viruses that attack cancer

Reviews

Are we really hypochondriacs?
Choosing my specialty
Attitude check
Medical student syndrome
Haematology
Working together online