Research
Fruit and vegetable consumption in adolescence and early adulthood and risk of breast cancer: population based cohort study
Five year change in alcohol intake and risk of breast cancer and coronary heart disease among postmenopausal women: prospective cohort study
Low dose oestrogen combined oral contraception and risk of pulmonary embolism, stroke, and myocardial infarction in five million French women: cohort study
Association between the Value-Based Purchasing pay for performance program and patient mortality in US hospitals: observational study
News
More radiologists needed for improved cancer diagnosis, says royal college
Therapeutic substitution could reduce US drug spending by nearly 10%, study finds
Abortion rates stay steady in developing nations but fall elsewhere
High level of scrutiny is crushing innovation in NHS, say hospital bosses
Academic calls for MPs to investigate “weekend effect” in view of conflicting evidence
US drug maker resisted changes to its opioid dosing recommendations to protect revenue, newspaper alleges
Man with disabilities born from incestuous rape has right to compensation, rules judge
A third of US antibiotic prescriptions are inappropriate, finds CDC study
Indian Health Ministry told to develop a framework for cancer screening
Analysis
Why the NHS should do more bariatric surgery; how much should we do?
“Informed choice” in a time of too much medicine—no panacea for ethical difficulties
Research News
Improved health outcomes are linked to higher social spending
Low birth weight is associated with increased deaths in infancy and adolescence, shows study
Ticagrelor is no better than aspirin at preventing cardiovascular events after acute stroke or TIA, study finds
Cardiovascular MRI is better than standard scan, say researchers
Many people receive suboptimal care after myocardial infarction, research shows
Drinking artificially sweetened drinks in pregnancy shows link to overweight infants
Editorials
Pursuit of truly independent data monitoring committees in research
The pressures on general practice
Alcohol, diet, and risk of breast cancer
Letters
Huge potential from putting public health into local government is being lost in the implementation
Paucity of data on the safety of drugs for treating depression in pregnancy
NICE guideline committee’s comments on editorial about menopause guideline
No need to develop a special interest category for emergency general surgery
Features
How “Brexit” might affect the pharmaceutical industry
Mosquitoes and Zika: time to harness genetic modification?