Research
BMI and all cause mortality: systematic review and non-linear dose-response meta-analysis of 230 cohort studies with 3.74 million deaths among 30.3 million participants
Trajectory of body shape in early and middle life and all cause and cause specific mortality: results from two prospective US cohort studies
Addition of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors to sulphonylureas and risk of hypoglycaemia: systematic review and meta-analysis
News
GPs face charges of manslaughter over boy’s death from Addison’s disease
Health activists join forces in bid to reform Medical Council of India
Higher weekend death rate is flawed, study finds
BMA agrees to fresh contract talks after “pause”
BMJ Awards 2016 honour doctor behind “Hello, my name is” campaign
NHS data sharing deal with Google prompts concern
Graduate medical education funding in US should address workforce needs, say doctors
Australia will price out cigarettes with 50% tax rise over four years
Pakistan is hit by a shortage of anti-tuberculosis drugs
Seven procedures account for 80% of emergency general surgery operations, deaths, and complications, US study finds
Research News
Doctors are urged to measure blood pressure in both arms
Giving patients rosuvastatin before surgery does not prevent complications, study finds
Lean body shape is linked to lowest mortality, research shows
Dilute apple juice is good alternative to electrolyte fluids for children with gastroenteritis, study finds
Letters
Improving emergency care for people who self harm
Healthcare services in police custody: a view from France
Labelling food with the exercise needed to expend its calories may lack integrity when activity is summed over the course of a whole day
Zika virus study in The BMJ was different from the one reported in the New England Journal of Medicine