26 May 2012 (Vol 344, Issue 7858)

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Editor's Choice

This week's Editor's Choice section

Are we nearly there with tranexamic acid?

BMJ 2012;344:e3665 (Published 24 May 2012)

News

This week's News section

Anonymised data of all NHS treatments must be put in public domain by 2015, strategy says

BMJ 2012;344:e3648 (Published 22 May 2012)

Number of patients acquiring infections in hospitals falls by a fifth in five years

BMJ 2012;344:e3664 (Published 22 May 2012)

Full results on risks of epoetin emerge 14 years after major dialysis study

BMJ 2012;344:e3535 (Published 22 May 2012)

Alzheimer’s researchers face trial for scientific fraud and defrauding US government

BMJ 2012;344:e3608 (Published 22 May 2012)

Curious anatomys

BMJ 2012;344:e3617 (Published 23 May 2012)

Trusts can improve care by engaging their staff better, says think tank

BMJ 2012;344:e3543 (Published 23 May 2012)

Olympics’ public health surveillance scheme will be retained after games, agency says

BMJ 2012;344:e3620 (Published 23 May 2012)

In brief

BMJ 2012;344:e3586 (Published 22 May 2012)

Patient who received liver after social media campaign reports success

BMJ 2012;344:e3538 (Published 18 May 2012)

Innovation fund supports video game to help stroke patients regain movement

BMJ 2012;344:e3524 (Published 18 May 2012)

Emergency admissions for diabetes fall by almost 7% in integrated care pilot scheme

BMJ 2012;344:e3562 (Published 21 May 2012)

NHS “hack day” will reward apps and software tools that help patients and doctors

BMJ 2012;344:e3609 (Published 21 May 2012)

NICE recommends abiraterone for prostate cancer after manufacturer reduces price

BMJ 2012;344:e3520 (Published 18 May 2012)

Euro MPs refuse to approve medicines agency’s accounts until they tighten rules on conflicts of interest

BMJ 2012;344:e3495 (Published 17 May 2012)

Plans to reform medical education and training are “worryingly opaque” and sluggish, warn MPs

BMJ 2012;344:e3647 (Published 22 May 2012)

Editorials

This week's Editorials section

How to judge the value of innovation

BMJ 2012;344:e1457 (Published 7 March 2012)

How should women be advised on weight management in pregnancy?

BMJ 2012;344:e2774 (Published 17 May 2012)

Influenza vaccination in healthcare professionals

BMJ 2012;344:e2217 (Published 28 March 2012)

Perfectionism in doctors

BMJ 2012;344:e1674 (Published 16 March 2012)

Research

This week's Research section

Effects of interventions in pregnancy on maternal weight and obstetric outcomes: meta-analysis of randomised evidence

BMJ 2012;344:e2088 (Published 17 May 2012)

Effect of tranexamic acid on surgical bleeding: systematic review and cumulative meta-analysis

BMJ 2012;344:e3054 (Published 21 May 2012)

Prevention of acute knee injuries in adolescent female football players: cluster randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2012;344:e3042 (Published 3 May 2012)

Evaluation of the national Cleanyourhands campaign to reduce Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia and Clostridium difficile infection in hospitals in England and Wales by improved hand hygiene: four year, prospective, ecological, interrupted time series stu…

BMJ 2012;344:e3005 (Published 3 May 2012)

Feature

This week's Feature section

Passport to clean competition

BMJ 2012;344:e2077 (Published 22 May 2012)

Why the exclusion of older people from clinical research must stop

BMJ 2012;344:e3445 (Published 21 May 2012)

Analysis

This week's Analysis section

Time to harmonise common laboratory test profiles

BMJ 2012;344:e1169 (Published 20 March 2012)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Clear winners and losers are created by age only NHS resource allocation

BMJ 2012;344:e3593 (Published 22 May 2012)

What about the sheer number of drugs prescribed?

BMJ 2012;344:e3561 (Published 22 May 2012)

An equally hard thing: supporting the admission of error

BMJ 2012;344:e3563 (Published 22 May 2012)

Patients have the right to be informed about an error

BMJ 2012;344:e3567 (Published 22 May 2012)

The scientific community should lobby to be able to apply for drug licences

BMJ 2012;344:e3553 (Published 22 May 2012)

Surgical management of appendicitis remains best option during pregnancy

BMJ 2012;344:e3575 (Published 22 May 2012)

Consider ketosis prone type 2 diabetes as cause of ketoacidosis in adult patients

BMJ 2012;344:e3540 (Published 22 May 2012)

Authors’ reply to Litwin and Malhotra

BMJ 2012;344:e3551 (Published 22 May 2012)

The benefits of early diagnosis of dementia

BMJ 2012;344:e3556 (Published 22 May 2012)

Positive leadership is key

BMJ 2012;344:e3080 (Published 22 May 2012)

Some thoughts from NICE

BMJ 2012;344:e3072 (Published 22 May 2012)

GPs spot two thirds of cancers at first presentation

BMJ 2012;344:e3537 (Published 22 May 2012)

Targeted referral takes time

BMJ 2012;344:e3539 (Published 22 May 2012)

Please drop this slur journalism

BMJ 2012;344:e3210 (Published 22 May 2012)

Observations

This week's Observations section

Television shows and education about sexually transmitted infections: no laughing matter

Douglas Kamerow

BMJ 2012;344:e3614 (Published 23 May 2012)

Views & Reviews

This week's Views & Reviews section

Five years after baby Peter

Des Spence

BMJ 2012;344:e3638 (Published 22 May 2012)

Fashion fads in global health

Mary E Black

BMJ 2012;344:e3525 (Published 21 May 2012)

Testing athletes, and banning those who take drugs, is unjustifiable

Sam Shuster

BMJ 2012;344:e3521 (Published 22 May 2012)

How we got it wrong with breast screening

Klim McPherson

BMJ 2012;344:e3450 (Published 17 May 2012)

An antiepidemiologist

Theodore Dalrymple

BMJ 2012;344:e3497 (Published 18 May 2012)

Views & Reviews - continued

String quartets by Bedřich Smetana

Desmond O’Neill

BMJ 2012;344:e3499 (Published 18 May 2012)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Oliver Wrong

BMJ 2012;344:e3509 (Published 21 May 2012)

James Camac Clarke

BMJ 2012;344:e3396 (Published 23 May 2012)

Brian Alec Latham

BMJ 2012;344:e3395 (Published 23 May 2012)

Stephen McGowan

BMJ 2012;344:e3398 (Published 23 May 2012)

John Eric Miller

BMJ 2012;344:e3399 (Published 23 May 2012)

Ellen “Betty” Rhodes

BMJ 2012;344:e3400 (Published 23 May 2012)

Christopher Wastell

BMJ 2012;344:e3401 (Published 23 May 2012)

Arthur John Whitworth

BMJ 2012;344:e2307 (Published 24 May 2012)

Clinical Review

This week's Clinical Review section

Restless legs syndrome

BMJ 2012;344:e3056 (Published 24 May 2012)

Practice

This week's Practice section

Prescribing strong opioids for pain in adult palliative care: summary of NICE guidance

BMJ 2012;344:e2806 (Published 23 May 2012)

How effective are non-drug, non-surgical treatments for primary dysmenorrhoea?

BMJ 2012;344:e3011 (Published 14 May 2012)

Endgames

This week's Endgames section

A weak leg

BMJ 2012;344:e2712 (Published 14 May 2012)

Bones of the hand I

BMJ 2012;344:e505 (Published 27 February 2012)

What is recall bias?

BMJ 2012;344:e3519 (Published 23 May 2012)

Minerva

This week's Minerva section

Minerva

BMJ 2012;344:e3515 (Published 23 May 2012)

Minerva

BMJ 2012;344:e3516 (Published 23 May 2012)

Research News

This week's Research News section

All you need to read in the other general journals

BMJ 2012;344:e3578 (Published 23 May 2012)

Head to Head

This week's Head to Head section

Should childhood vaccination be mandatory? Yes

BMJ 2012;344:e2434 (Published 15 May 2012)

Should childhood vaccination be mandatory? No

BMJ 2012;344:e2435 (Published 15 May 2012)