Health and safety of sex workers

Food and Drug Administration: on the examining table

Drug company tries to suppress internal memos

Andrew Wakefield drops libel case against TV company

Medical emergencies in conflict areas are often ignored

New WHO chief calls for better preparations for flu pandemic

Most cancers in Europe are avoidable

Influential nutritional research is often funded by industry

German doctors threaten to boycott proposed project on electronic patient records

German health reforms hang in the balance

Drug makers end free lunches

Rehabilitation after stroke

Sex hormone testing

What is statistical heterogeneity and is it important?

Fat chance of hitting obesity targets

The week in medicine: Ashley X: a difficult moral choice

Personal view: What’s wrong with the wards?

From the frontline: Small beer or G and T

The bigger picture: Serbian smoke gets in Belfast eyes

Between the lines: Not dead yet—and buried

Medical classics: The House of God

Review of the week: When doctor meets dictator

When should antiretroviral therapy for HIV be started?

Why the NHS needs people power

Leaked report exposes mismatch in staffing

Too few patients receive antivirals for chronic hepatitis