Editor's Choice At the bottom of the pile BMJ 2012; 345 :e6318; (Published 19 September 2012) PDF Permission Responses Research Prediction models for risk of developing type 2 diabetes: systematic literature search and independent external validation study BMJ 2012; 345 :e5900; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission Responses Open Access Use of population based background rates of disease to assess vaccine safety in childhood and mass immunisation in Denmark: nationwide population based cohort study BMJ 2012; 345 :e5823; (Published 17 September 2012) PDF Permission Responses Open Access News Canadian surgeons are warned of legal suits after bariatric surgery BMJ 2012; 345 :e6400; (Published 21 September 2012) PDF Permission West Nile virus deaths mount in US amid new concerns over renal damage BMJ 2012; 345 :e6401; (Published 21 September 2012) PDF Permission Responses Colonic explosions, chimpanzees’ rear ends, and a source of green hair: this year’s Ig Nobels BMJ 2012; 345 :e6403; (Published 21 September 2012) PDF Permission US drug manufacturers set up joint testing group BMJ 2012; 345 :e6394; (Published 21 September 2012) PDF Permission Variations in collecting data on central line infections make comparison of hospitals impossible, say researchers BMJ 2012; 345 :e6377; (Published 21 September 2012) PDF Permission Number of NHS organisations in the red doubled last year, finds Audit Commission BMJ 2012; 345 :e6385; (Published 21 September 2012) PDF Permission One in three cases of cancer in patients over 70 are diagnosed at emergency admission BMJ 2012; 345 :e6402; (Published 21 September 2012) PDF Permission Pressure to keep up macho image might be behind rise in suicides among men BMJ 2012; 345 :e6356; (Published 20 September 2012) PDF Permission Swedish surgeons report world’s first uterus transplantations from mother to daughter BMJ 2012; 345 :e6357; (Published 20 September 2012) PDF Permission Responses Oncologist is found guilty of misconduct after 27 year old patient dies in trial BMJ 2012; 345 :e6352; (Published 20 September 2012) PDF Permission Researchers find no link between XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome BMJ 2012; 345 :e6331; (Published 19 September 2012) PDF Permission Responses Faster reconfiguration of NHS services is needed for next two years says NHS chief BMJ 2012; 345 :e6334; (Published 19 September 2012) PDF Permission Europe’s plan to tighten regulation of devices will not reach US standards BMJ 2012; 345 :e6303; (Published 19 September 2012) PDF Permission Responses Woman is sentenced to eight years in prison for procuring miscarriage BMJ 2012; 345 :e6308; (Published 19 September 2012) PDF Permission Responses In brief BMJ 2012; 345 :e6238; (Published 19 September 2012) PDF Permission American countries face major health problems because of aging and obesity, report says BMJ 2012; 345 :e6289; (Published 19 September 2012) PDF Permission GMC refers investigator in libel case to fitness to practise panel BMJ 2012; 345 :e6291; (Published 19 September 2012) PDF Permission Too frequent use of painkillers can cause rather than cure headaches BMJ 2012; 345 :e6281; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission Practice Private firms are told that NHS in England is open for £20bn worth of business BMJ 2012; 345 :e6305; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission UK fertilisation authority launches consultation on mitochondrial replacement techniques BMJ 2012; 345 :e6259; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission Elsevier improves access to its products in 100 developing countries BMJ 2012; 345 :e6283; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission Serious complaints against doctors, suspensions, and erasures all fell in UK in 2011 BMJ 2012; 345 :e6286; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission China is nearly ready to produce vaccines for developing world BMJ 2012; 345 :e6290; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission European legislators tighten rules on drug safety BMJ 2012; 345 :e6260; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission Colleges call for screening of all hospital patients to cut toll from venous thromboembolism BMJ 2012; 345 :e6269; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission Responses Final hearings begin in epic legal battle over Novartis drug in India BMJ 2012; 345 :e6257; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission Improvements in US healthcare could save 75 000 lives a year, report says BMJ 2012; 345 :e6258; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission French government wastes €15bn a year on useless drugs, book claims BMJ 2012; 345 :e6241; (Published 17 September 2012) PDF Permission Family of man with Down’s syndrome takes legal action over “do not resuscitate” order BMJ 2012; 345 :e6246; (Published 17 September 2012) PDF Permission Critics condemn proposals to restrict use of social media among health staff BMJ 2012; 345 :e6240; (Published 17 September 2012) PDF Permission Observations Can Jeremy Hunt please explain? BMJ 2012; 345 :e6208; (Published 19 September 2012) PDF Permission Analysis Patient power needs to be built on strong intellectual foundations: an essay by Nigel Crisp BMJ 2012; 345 :e6177; (Published 21 September 2012) PDF Permission Responses Reducing emergency admissions: are we on the right track? BMJ 2012; 345 :e6017; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission Responses Press Release Podcast Personal view Prison environment and health BMJ 2012; 345 :e5921; (Published 17 September 2012) PDF Permission Responses Clinical Reviews Preimplantation genetic testing BMJ 2012; 345 :e5908; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission Responses CME Endgames A heart stopping performance BMJ 2012; 345 :e6076; (Published 20 September 2012) PDF Permission Investigating fertility problems BMJ 2012; 345 :e6173; (Published 20 September 2012) PDF Permission Minerva Minerva BMJ 2012; 345 :e6110; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission Minerva BMJ 2012; 345 :e6200; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission Research News All you need to read in the other general journals BMJ 2012; 345 :e6234; (Published 19 September 2012) PDF Permission Corrections Use of risk assessment instruments to predict violence and antisocial behaviour in 73 samples involving 24 827 people: systematic review and meta-analysis BMJ 2012; 345 :e6323; (Published 21 September 2012) PDF Permission Primary Sjögren syndrome BMJ 2012; 345 :e6280; (Published 20 September 2012) PDF Permission Fighting neglected tropical diseases in the southern United States BMJ 2012; 345 :e6304; (Published 20 September 2012) PDF Permission Authors’ reply to Rae and Marwick, Halpern, and Basak BMJ 2012; 345 :e6306; (Published 20 September 2012) PDF Permission US officials warn 39 countries about risk of hantavirus among travellers to Yosemite BMJ 2012; 345 :e6295; (Published 20 September 2012) PDF Permission Early fluid resuscitation in severe trauma BMJ 2012; 345 :e6248; (Published 20 September 2012) PDF Permission Mortality and implant revision rates of hip arthroplasty in patients with osteoarthritis: registry based cohort study BMJ 2012; 345 :e6282; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission Absolute and relative risks BMJ 2012; 345 :e6252; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission Are the causes of obesity primarily environmental? No BMJ 2012; 345 :e6217; (Published 17 September 2012) PDF Permission Editorials How to move to a palliative approach to care for people with multimorbidity BMJ 2012; 345 :e6324; (Published 21 September 2012) PDF Permission Responses Improving systems to monitor transmitted HIV drug resistance BMJ 2012; 345 :e6315; (Published 20 September 2012) PDF Permission Optimising the value of interventions for populations BMJ 2012; 345 :e6192; (Published 17 September 2012) PDF Permission Responses Redesigning the general practice consultation to improve care for patients with multimorbidity BMJ 2012; 345 :e6202; (Published 17 September 2012) PDF Permission Responses Letters The “curse of the registrar” BMJ 2012; 345 :e6039; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission Responses Clinical decision units can provide necessary care of renal colic BMJ 2012; 345 :e6218; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission Responses We must reclaim public health from private corporate interests BMJ 2012; 345 :e6160; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission The most important public health debate of modern times BMJ 2012; 345 :e6164; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission 20 mph speed limits are the right policy for sociability, safety, and a healthy population BMJ 2012; 345 :e6165; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission All systems can be hacked BMJ 2012; 345 :e6169; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission Poor science does not explain why papers are rejected BMJ 2012; 345 :e5853; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission Time to think about a universal system, again? BMJ 2012; 345 :e6170; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission Extra safeguards are needed BMJ 2012; 345 :e6206; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission Responses Industry-university research contracts are damaging BMJ 2012; 345 :e5978; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission Safety of vulnerable children could be put at risk BMJ 2012; 345 :e6210; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission New psychosocial interventions are needed in early dementia BMJ 2012; 345 :e5991; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission Why have prison needle exchange programmes not yet been rolled out in the UK? BMJ 2012; 345 :e6211; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission Features Is there equal pay in healthcare? Not if you are a doctor BMJ 2012; 345 :e6191; (Published 18 September 2012) PDF Permission Responses Press Release “World’s pharmacy” faces new challenges from Western drug companies BMJ 2012; 345 :e6207; (Published 17 September 2012) PDF Permission Careers MSc in surgical technology BMJ 2012; 345 :e6180; (Published 22 September 2012) Permission Government agrees to fund remediation of GPs BMJ 2012; 345 :e6431; (Published 22 September 2012) Permission Scientific methods and research techniques (SMaRT) course BMJ 2012; 345 :e5829; (Published 21 September 2012) Permission Female doctors may outnumber male doctors by 2017 BMJ 2012; 345 :e6372; (Published 21 September 2012) Permission Working with locum agencies BMJ 2012; 345 :e6012; (Published 20 September 2012) Permission Pensions bill will “entrench unfairness” claims BMA BMJ 2012; 345 :e6349; (Published 20 September 2012) Permission Why locum? BMJ 2012; 345 :e5966; (Published 19 September 2012) Permission Serious complaints against doctors, suspensions, and erasures all fell in 2011 BMJ 2012; 345 :e6325; (Published 19 September 2012) Permission Dose adjustment for normal eating (DAFNE): doctor programme BMJ 2012; 345 :e5965; (Published 18 September 2012) Permission Know what makes you tick: the key to specialty selection BMJ 2012; 345 :e5962; (Published 18 September 2012) Permission GMC to be more proactive in regulation BMJ 2012; 345 :e6275; (Published 18 September 2012) Permission Obituaries Kenneth McLauchlan Stewart BMJ 2012; 345 :e6062; (Published 19 September 2012) PDF Permission Nigel Frederick Draisey Cooper BMJ 2012; 345 :e6063; (Published 19 September 2012) PDF Permission Jane Rajan BMJ 2012; 345 :e6066; (Published 19 September 2012) PDF Permission David John Fitzmaurice BMJ 2012; 345 :e6068; (Published 19 September 2012) PDF Permission Andrew James Hay BMJ 2012; 345 :e6078; (Published 19 September 2012) PDF Permission Maria C Dunn BMJ 2012; 345 :e6059; (Published 19 September 2012) PDF Permission Timothy Joseph Sheehan BMJ 2012; 345 :e5899; (Published 19 September 2012) PDF Permission Martin McNicol BMJ 2012; 345 :e6247; (Published 17 September 2012) PDF Permission Practice What factors influence prognosis in children with acute cough and respiratory tract infection in primary care? BMJ 2012; 345 :e6212; (Published 20 September 2012) PDF Permission Podcast Prevention and management of neutropenic sepsis in patients with cancer: summary of NICE guidance BMJ 2012; 345 :e5368; (Published 19 September 2012) PDF Permission Diagnosis and management of headaches in young people and adults: summary of NICE guidance BMJ 2012; 345 :e5765; (Published 19 September 2012) PDF Permission Responses News Views & Reviews The Egyptian BMJ 2012; 345 :e4712; (Published 21 September 2012) PDF Permission The future of medicine BMJ 2012; 345 :e6345; (Published 21 September 2012) PDF Permission The Sanity Inspectors BMJ 2012; 345 :e6350; (Published 21 September 2012) PDF Permission Flattery will get you everywhere BMJ 2012; 345 :e6346; (Published 20 September 2012) PDF Permission House call BMJ 2012; 345 :e6069; (Published 19 September 2012) PDF Permission