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85 articles published between 16 Apr 2012 and 22 Apr 2012

Editor's Choice

Don’t beam me up just yet

BMJ 2012;344:e2805 (Published 19 April 2012)

Research

Cost effectiveness of alternative planned places of birth in woman at low risk of complications: evidence from the Birthplace in England national prospective cohort study

BMJ 2012;344:e2292 (Published 19 April 2012)

The effectiveness of SPARX, a computerised self help intervention for adolescents seeking help for depression: randomised controlled non-inferiority trial

BMJ 2012;344:e2598 (Published 19 April 2012)

Comparison of metformin and insulin versus insulin alone for type 2 diabetes: systematic review of randomised clinical trials with meta-analyses and trial sequential analyses

BMJ 2012;344:e1771 (Published 19 April 2012)

Total hip arthroplasty versus resurfacing arthroplasty in the treatment of patients with arthritis of the hip joint: single centre, parallel group, assessor blinded, randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2012;344:e2147 (Published 19 April 2012)

Widening access to UK medical education for under-represented socioeconomic groups: modelling the impact of the UKCAT in the 2009 cohort

BMJ 2012;344:e1805 (Published 17 April 2012)

Opium use and mortality in Golestan Cohort Study: prospective cohort study of 50 000 adults in Iran

BMJ 2012;344:e2502 (Published 17 April 2012)

Exempting dissenting patients from pay for performance schemes: retrospective analysis of exception reporting in the UK Quality and Outcomes Framework

BMJ 2012;344:e2405 (Published 17 April 2012)

News

US bill proposes speeding up free online access to federally funded research

BMJ 2012;344:e2895 (Published 20 April 2012)

Consultation process on closing children’s cardiac surgery services at Brompton Hospital was fair, judges rule

BMJ 2012;344:e2896 (Published 20 April 2012)

Survey of Dutch doctors finds evidence of widespread research misconduct

BMJ 2012;344:e2898 (Published 20 April 2012)

Patients in England waited 6% longer for elective operations in 2011, says report

BMJ 2012;344:e2881 (Published 20 April 2012)

Austerity measures will lead to rise in unemployment and suicides, says Marmot

BMJ 2012;344:e2887 (Published 20 April 2012)

Call for government to cut bowel cancer deaths by 60% in the next 13 years

BMJ 2012;344:e2850 (Published 19 April 2012)

Development secretary says UK contribution to Global Fund depends on fund making progress on its reforms

BMJ 2012;344:e2854 (Published 19 April 2012)

Bevacizumab as adjuvant therapy for lung cancer does not help patients over 65

BMJ 2012;344:e2855 (Published 19 April 2012)

Disputes over payments for short stay patients are wasting NHS time, says watchdog

BMJ 2012;344:e2868 (Published 19 April 2012)

Scottish health board could face criminal charges over missing critical incident reports

BMJ 2012;344:e2869 (Published 19 April 2012)

Judges grill Big Tobacco’s challenge to Australia’s law on plain tobacco packaging

BMJ 2012;344:e2871 (Published 19 April 2012)

Landmark study classifies breast cancer into 10 genetic types

BMJ 2012;344:e2829 (Published 18 April 2012)

British doctor fabricated results of a non-existent experiment, US body finds

BMJ 2012;344:e2839 (Published 18 April 2012)

Alcohol strategy is short on targets and ambitions, MPs told

BMJ 2012;344:e2840 (Published 18 April 2012)

Records study finds no clear clinical benefit from proton therapy for prostate cancer

BMJ 2012;344:e2767 (Published 17 April 2012)

Cancer treatment in US costs more than in Europe but has better outcomes, study says

BMJ 2012;344:e2766 (Published 17 April 2012)

People with chronic disease should be encouraged to manage their care

BMJ 2012;344:e2771 (Published 17 April 2012)

Young US doctors are satisfied with the present but pessimistic about the future

BMJ 2012;344:e2773 (Published 17 April 2012)

News - continued

In brief

BMJ 2012;344:e2776 (Published 17 April 2012)

India pledges free drugs for all citizens through public hospitals

BMJ 2012;344:e2808 (Published 17 April 2012)

Lack of warnings over flu may have led to more deaths in year after pandemic, say experts

BMJ 2012;344:e2811 (Published 17 April 2012)

Maternal obesity and diabetes are linked to children’s autism and similar disorders

BMJ 2012;344:e2768 (Published 17 April 2012)

US tops salty fast food league table

BMJ 2012;344:e2769 (Published 17 April 2012)

Lung cancer teams pair up to review care processes and improve outcomes

BMJ 2012;344:e2770 (Published 17 April 2012)

Medical colleges and faculties unite to tackle obesity after “failure” of current strategies

BMJ 2012;344:e2775 (Published 17 April 2012)

Doctors’ preference for branded version of cholesterol drug costs US healthcare system $700m a year, study shows

BMJ 2012;344:e2736 (Published 16 April 2012)

US judge fines Johnson & Johnson $1.1bn for misleading marketing of risperidone

BMJ 2012;344:e2772 (Published 16 April 2012)

Haiti launches vaccination campaign against cholera after much debate

BMJ 2012;344:e2748 (Published 16 April 2012)

New report highlights obstacles for migrants in accessing healthcare in European Union

BMJ 2012;344:e2753 (Published 16 April 2012)

GPs and charity draw up plan to improve cancer diagnosis in primary care

BMJ 2012;344:e2756 (Published 16 April 2012)

Observations

In memoriam

Iona Heath

BMJ 2012;344:e2725 (Published 18 April 2012)

Streptococcus B in pregnancy: to screen or not to screen?

Margaret McCartney

BMJ 2012;344:e2803 (Published 18 April 2012)

Clinical Review

The management of overactive bladder syndrome

BMJ 2012;344:e2365 (Published 17 April 2012)

Practice

Rational Imaging: Investigating the solitary pulmonary nodule

BMJ 2012;344:e2759 (Published 19 April 2012)

Views & Reviews

Consequences

Robin Ferner

BMJ 2012;344:e2859 (Published 20 April 2012)

For a few dollars more

Theodore Dalrymple

BMJ 2012;344:e2857 (Published 20 April 2012)

Can incarceration be thought of as disease?

Stephen Ginn

BMJ 2012;344:e2851 (Published 19 April 2012)

Tendering out general practice is bad for doctors—and patients

Katy Gardner

BMJ 2012;344:e2461 (Published 18 April 2012)

Guidelines can harm patients too

Grant Hutchison

BMJ 2012;344:e2685 (Published 18 April 2012)

The Mask of Sanity

Mohammad Shaiyan Rahman

BMJ 2012;344:e2701 (Published 18 April 2012)

Good doctors being bad

Liam Farrell

BMJ 2012;344:e2705 (Published 18 April 2012)

The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine

Michael Fitzpatrick

BMJ 2012;344:e2684 (Published 17 April 2012)

Dictators and their doctors

Theodore Dalrymple

BMJ 2012;344:e2700 (Published 17 April 2012)

A new scramble for Africa: how rich world donors are damaging healthcare

John Wright

BMJ 2012;344:e2726 (Published 17 April 2012)

Bad medicine: health promotion

Des Spence

BMJ 2012;344:e2755 (Published 17 April 2012)

Endgames

Signs of shock and raised jugular venous pressure

BMJ 2012;344:e2643 (Published 20 April 2012)

Lateral radiograph of the chest

BMJ 2012;344:e517 (Published 19 April 2012)

The healthy entrant effect

BMJ 2012;344:e2728 (Published 18 April 2012)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2012;344:e2692 (Published 18 April 2012)

Minerva

BMJ 2012;344:e2693 (Published 18 April 2012)

Obituary

Geoffrey Nixon Morris

BMJ 2012;344:e1433 (Published 19 April 2012)

Alistair Riddell

BMJ 2012;344:e2754 (Published 18 April 2012)

Nigel Rusted

BMJ 2012;344:e2810 (Published 18 April 2012)

Editorial

Hip resurfacing or stemmed arthroplasty for young active patients?

BMJ 2012;344:e2663 (Published 19 April 2012)

Opium, opioids, and an increased risk of death

BMJ 2012;344:e2617 (Published 17 April 2012)

Letter

Allergy risk from Royal Mint’s new nickel plated steel coins should be publicly assessed

BMJ 2012;344:e2730 (Published 19 April 2012)

Don’t ignore Coptic popes

BMJ 2012;344:e2742 (Published 19 April 2012)

Most Pinnacle cup implants have polyethylene or ceramic bearings

BMJ 2012;344:e2485 (Published 18 April 2012)

How will minimum unit price for alcohol be enforced?

BMJ 2012;344:e2722 (Published 18 April 2012)

Fortify minimum alcohol prices with excise tax

BMJ 2012;344:e2723 (Published 18 April 2012)

Invite all donors to participate in follow-up studies

BMJ 2012;344:e2724 (Published 18 April 2012)

Living donor registries are needed

BMJ 2012;344:e2727 (Published 18 April 2012)

For how much longer will we tolerate commercial screening?

BMJ 2012;344:e2729 (Published 18 April 2012)

Routine monitoring of outcomes is needed

BMJ 2012;344:e2731 (Published 18 April 2012)

What is the objective of personal healthcare budgets?

BMJ 2012;344:e2732 (Published 18 April 2012)

Healthcare professionals more knowledgeable about female genital mutilation but still some way to go

BMJ 2012;344:e2744 (Published 18 April 2012)

Taking dementia seriously

BMJ 2012;344:e2745 (Published 18 April 2012)

Investing in new services is key

BMJ 2012;344:e2746 (Published 18 April 2012)

What are the benefits of an early diagnosis?

BMJ 2012;344:e2747 (Published 18 April 2012)

Research News

All you need to read in the other general journals

BMJ 2012;344:e2750 (Published 18 April 2012)

Correction

Journals question integrity of almost 200 papers by Japanese anaesthetist

BMJ 2012;344:e2830 (Published 18 April 2012)

Lickerish liquorice

BMJ 2012;344:e2696 (Published 16 April 2012)

Risk factors for mortality from imported falciparum malaria in the United Kingdom over 20 years: an observational study

BMJ 2012;344:e2709 (Published 16 April 2012)

Impact of single centre status on estimates of intervention effects in trials with continuous outcomes: meta-epidemiological study

BMJ 2012;344:e2711 (Published 16 April 2012)

The difference in blood pressure readings between arms and survival: primary care cohort study

BMJ 2012;344:e2714 (Published 16 April 2012)

Feature

Is spending on proton beam therapy for cancer going too far, too fast?

BMJ 2012;344:e2488 (Published 17 April 2012)

Drinking nation: have we had enough?

BMJ 2012;344:e2634 (Published 17 April 2012)