doi:10.1136/bmj.a774
PMCID: PMC2483851
From paying poor families to attend health checks to a law requiring the energy content of food to be shown on menus, New York City is taking a bold and pioneering approach to public health. Karen McColl reports
doi:10.1136/bmj.a673
PMCID: PMC2483865
PMID: 18614510
The GMC’s stance on the retention fee for doctors over 65 raises the wider question of just who the GMC is actually for
doi:10.1136/bmj.a809
PMCID: PMC2483866
PMID: 18625604
doi:10.1136/bmj.a810
PMCID: PMC2483868
doi:10.1136/bmj.a677
PMCID: PMC2483874
PMID: 18614468
doi:10.1136/bmj.a793
PMCID: PMC2483877
Staying healthier for longer has benefits for society as well as individuals. Colin Farrelly examines the efforts of science to delay ageing
doi:10.1136/bmj.a414
PMCID: PMC2483882
PMID: 18614507
Active maternal inflammatory bowel disease during pregnancy carries a greater risk to the fetus than appropriate treatment. Careful management is essential to achieve good obstetric outcome
doi:10.1136/bmj.39566.681458.BE
PMCID: PMC2483894
PMID: 18599468
doi:10.1136/bmj.39462.374259.AD
PMCID: PMC2483895
doi:10.1136/bmj.a98
PMCID: PMC2483901
doi:10.1136/bmj.a781
PMCID: PMC2483907
Butler, Robert N | Miller, Richard A | Perry, Daniel | Carnes, Bruce A | Williams, T Franklin | Cassel, Christine | Brody, Jacob | Bernard, Marie A | Partridge, Linda | Kirkwood, Thomas | Martin, George M | Olshansky, S Jay
Our susceptibility to disease increases as we grow older. Robert Butler and colleagues argue that interventions to slow down ageing could therefore have much greater benefit than those targeted at individual disease
doi:10.1136/bmj.a399
PMCID: PMC2483908
PMID: 18614506
doi:10.1136/bmj.a783
PMCID: PMC2483915
doi:10.1136/bmj.a664
PMCID: PMC2483916
doi:10.1136/bmj.a701
PMCID: PMC2453260
doi:10.1136/bmj.a702
PMCID: PMC2453261
What reasons underlie the terrifying increase in killings by some children and young adults in Britain?
doi:10.1136/bmj.a672
PMCID: PMC2453285
PMID: 18599475
doi:10.1136/bmj.a694
PMCID: PMC2453286
doi:10.1136/bmj.a212
PMCID: PMC2453287
PMID: 18614461
doi:10.1136/bmj.a674
PMCID: PMC2453289
doi:10.1136/bmj.a700
PMCID: PMC2453290
doi:10.1136/bmj.a712
PMCID: PMC2453291
doi:10.1136/bmj.a61
PMCID: PMC2453299
This article explores the radiological investigations available to diagnose recurrent blood loss from the gastrointestinal tract
doi:10.1136/bmj.39577.673507.BE
PMCID: PMC2453300
PMID: 18599466
Many of the drugs we take end up in the water system. Geoff Watts investigates the implications
doi:10.1136/bmj.a237
PMCID: PMC2453301
PMID: 18595920