119 articles published in the last seven days

Observations

“One in four” with a mental health problem: the anatomy of a statistic

BMJ 2012;344:e1302 (Published 22 February 2012)

Seeing through the alcohol statistics haze

BMJ 2012;344:e1273 (Published 22 February 2012)

Assaulting alternative medicine: worthwhile or witch hunt?

BMJ 2012;344:e1075 (Published 15 February 2012)

Views & Reviews

And in this manner he died

BMJ 2012;344:e1205 (Published 22 February 2012)

Tommy

BMJ 2012;344:e1170 (Published 22 February 2012)

Kindness in healthcare: what goes around

BMJ 2012;344:e1171 (Published 22 February 2012)

Doctors in Dickens

BMJ 2012;344:e1193 (Published 22 February 2012)

Exploiting non-communicable disease

BMJ 2012;344:e1278 (Published 22 February 2012)

Our medical heritage has lessons for the future

BMJ 2012;344:e697 (Published 21 February 2012)

The NHS bill puts profit before patients

BMJ 2012;344:e1082 (Published 15 February 2012)

Bad sanitation and antivaccination

BMJ 2012;344:e903 (Published 15 February 2012)

Churchill: the Struggle for Survival 1940-1965

BMJ 2012;344:e908 (Published 15 February 2012)

I don’t need my own office

BMJ 2012;344:e910 (Published 15 February 2012)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2012;344:e1194 (Published 22 February 2012)

Minerva

BMJ 2012;344:e1199 (Published 22 February 2012)

Minerva

BMJ 2012;344:e1006 (Published 21 February 2012)

Minerva

BMJ 2012;344:e1003 (Published 16 February 2012)

Obituary

Patrick Mollison

BMJ 2012;344:e1233 (Published 22 February 2012)

Peter John Fenton

BMJ 2012;344:e1219 (Published 22 February 2012)

Frederick Valentine Flynn

BMJ 2012;344:e1223 (Published 22 February 2012)

Philip John Kingston

BMJ 2012;344:e1224 (Published 22 February 2012)

Keith Leiper

BMJ 2012;344:e1228 (Published 22 February 2012)

Eric Sherwood-Jones

BMJ 2012;344:e1230 (Published 22 February 2012)

Winston James Jackson

BMJ 2012;344:e1236 (Published 22 February 2012)

Nigel Paul Minett

BMJ 2012;344:e1250 (Published 22 February 2012)

Terence Edward O’Brien

BMJ 2012;344:e1252 (Published 22 February 2012)

Prabhakar Shankar Phatak

BMJ 2012;344:e1254 (Published 22 February 2012)

William Ramsay

BMJ 2012;344:e1255 (Published 22 February 2012)

John Anthony Rumble

BMJ 2012;344:e1256 (Published 22 February 2012)

John Steven Shepherd

BMJ 2012;344:e1258 (Published 22 February 2012)

Alessandro Liberati

BMJ 2012;344:e1101 (Published 21 February 2012)

Peter John James Wren

BMJ 2012;344:e1057 (Published 21 February 2012)

Robert Basil Woodd-Walker

BMJ 2012;344:e1047 (Published 21 February 2012)

Frederick Wilson

BMJ 2012;344:e393 (Published 21 February 2012)

Pieter Van Boxel

BMJ 2012;344:e912 (Published 21 February 2012)

John Michael Talbot

BMJ 2012;344:e568 (Published 21 February 2012)

Donald Jeffries

BMJ 2012;344:e922 (Published 21 February 2012)

Syed Hasan

BMJ 2012;344:e1051 (Published 17 February 2012)

Analysis

How the NHS measures up to other health systems

BMJ 2012;344:e1079 (Published 22 February 2012)

A consensus statement on research misconduct in the UK

BMJ 2012;344:e1111 (Published 16 February 2012)

Analysis - continued

Hospital service reconfiguration: the battle for hearts and minds

BMJ 2012;344:e953 (Published 16 February 2012)

GP led commissioning: time for a cool appraisal

BMJ 2012;344:e980 (Published 16 February 2012)

Short Cuts

All you need to read in the other general journals

BMJ 2012;344:e1248 (Published 22 February 2012)

All you need to read in the other general journals

BMJ 2012;344:e1021 (Published 16 February 2012)

Clinical Review

Managing retinal vein occlusion

BMJ 2012;344:e499 (Published 22 February 2012)

New recreational drugs and the primary care approach to patients who use them

BMJ 2012;344:e288 (Published 15 February 2012)

Research

Incidence of diabetic retinopathy in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending the Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Service for Wales: retrospective analysis

BMJ 2012;344:e874 (Published 22 February 2012)

Ocular safety of sildenafil citrate when administered chronically for pulmonary arterial hypertension: results from phase III, randomised, double masked, placebo controlled trial and open label extension

BMJ 2012;344:e554 (Published 21 February 2012)

Effect of specific exercise strategy on need for surgery in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome: randomised controlled study

BMJ 2012;344:e787 (Published 20 February 2012)

Influence of definition based versus pragmatic birth registration on international comparisons of perinatal and infant mortality: population based retrospective study

BMJ 2012;344:e746 (Published 17 February 2012)

Endgames

Cohen’s coefficient κ

BMJ 2012;344:e1178 (Published 22 February 2012)

External and internal validity in clinical trials

BMJ 2012;344:e1004 (Published 16 February 2012)

A man with thrombocytopenia

BMJ 2012;344:e826 (Published 16 February 2012)

A man with hypertension and two murmurs

BMJ 2012;344:e956 (Published 15 February 2012)

Correction

Hormone therapy for menopausal symptoms

BMJ 2012;344:e1172 (Published 21 February 2012)

Diagnosis and management of the epilepsies in adults and children: summary of updated NICE guidance

BMJ 2012;344:e1173 (Published 16 February 2012)

Managing hyperacute ischaemic stroke with interventional neuroradiology

BMJ 2012;344:e1174 (Published 16 February 2012)

Does the BMJ have a particular ideology to pursue in assisted dying?

BMJ 2012;344:e1176 (Published 16 February 2012)

Editorial

Deep brain stimulation therapy

BMJ 2012;344:e1100 (Published 21 February 2012)

Illegally produced alcohol

BMJ 2012;344:e1146 (Published 21 February 2012)

Health information technology and patient safety

BMJ 2012;344:e1096 (Published 20 February 2012)

The NHS outcomes framework 2012-3

BMJ 2012;344:e1080 (Published 17 February 2012)

International comparisons of perinatal indicators

BMJ 2012;344:e477 (Published 17 February 2012)

Actively delaying death to increase organ donation

BMJ 2012;344:e1179 (Published 17 February 2012)

Commercial funding of accredited continuing medical education

BMJ 2012;344:e810 (Published 16 February 2012)

Letter

How accountable will clinical commissioning groups be?

BMJ 2012;344:e1216 (Published 21 February 2012)

Markets cannot ration care equitably and efficiently

BMJ 2012;344:e1218 (Published 21 February 2012)

A question for Andrew Lansley

BMJ 2012;344:e1215 (Published 21 February 2012)

The NHS is not a sacred cow

BMJ 2012;344:e1220 (Published 21 February 2012)

We need a shift from reactive to proactive care

BMJ 2012;344:e1225 (Published 21 February 2012)

Wills and wishes in organ donation

BMJ 2012;344:e1232 (Published 21 February 2012)

Assessing properly the usefulness of clinical prediction rules and tests

BMJ 2012;344:e1238 (Published 21 February 2012)

Exactly how are blood pressure and mortality related?

BMJ 2012;344:e1242 (Published 21 February 2012)

Author’s reply to Rogers

BMJ 2012;344:e1243 (Published 21 February 2012)

Increase in acanthamoeba keratitis may be associated with use of multipurpose contact lens solution

BMJ 2012;344:e1246 (Published 21 February 2012)

Breast screening debate can be settled only with high quality randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2012;344:e737 (Published 21 February 2012)

Start by picking low hanging fruit

BMJ 2012;344:e869 (Published 21 February 2012)

Randomised controlled trial needed to determine necessity of surgery for “atypical” breast lesions

BMJ 2012;344:e890 (Published 21 February 2012)

News

Novartis challenges India’s drug patent laws in Supreme Court

BMJ 2012;344:e1279 (Published 21 February 2012)

WHO recommends further delay in journals publishing research on bird flu

BMJ 2012;344:e1284 (Published 21 February 2012)

News - continued

Trust tells woman she cannot have her stored ovary tissue because of law change

BMJ 2012;344:e1285 (Published 21 February 2012)

Doctor convicted of terrorism related offences in US is struck off by GMC

BMJ 2012;344:e1300 (Published 21 February 2012)

Israel bans graduates of Al Quds University from taking exam to enable them to work in Israel

BMJ 2012;344:e1265 (Published 21 February 2012)

Union urges Spanish doctors to report effects of budget cuts on patient care

BMJ 2012;344:e1270 (Published 21 February 2012)

In brief

BMJ 2012;344:e1208 (Published 21 February 2012)

Cameron’s summit deepens divisions among professionals over health bill

BMJ 2012;344:e1294 (Published 21 February 2012)

Chain of 30 kidney transplantations sets new US record

BMJ 2012;344:e1304 (Published 21 February 2012)

New study on competition in NHS presents complex picture

BMJ 2012;344:e1320 (Published 21 February 2012)

Women at risk of HIV can continue to use hormonal contraception but with condoms

BMJ 2012;344:e1226 (Published 20 February 2012)

Water molecule movement may be the key to monitoring success of ovarian cancer treatment

BMJ 2012;344:e1229 (Published 20 February 2012)

BMA warns of “private sector kicking GPs out of their surgeries”

BMJ 2012;344:e1241 (Published 20 February 2012)

Hundreds of thousands of pounds of NHS funds have been spent on care of private patients with PIP implants

BMJ 2012;344:e1259 (Published 20 February 2012)

Bird flu research is likely to be published in full within a year, editors say

BMJ 2012;344:e1268 (Published 20 February 2012)

Congressmen demand faster publication of trial data after BMJ revealed long delays

BMJ 2012;344:e1217 (Published 20 February 2012)

HIV groups have much to teach hepatitis doctors about better diagnosis and treatment

BMJ 2012;344:e1266 (Published 20 February 2012)

Obama’s plan to include contraception in healthcare provision provokes religious opposition

BMJ 2012;344:e1267 (Published 20 February 2012)

Row erupts over effect of plain packaging on smoking rates

BMJ 2012;344:e1269 (Published 20 February 2012)

Rising food prices force parents to cut back on food for their already malnourished children

BMJ 2012;344:e1200 (Published 17 February 2012)

Petition against health bill might trigger debate

BMJ 2012;344:e1201 (Published 17 February 2012)

UK medical device regulation is criticised as both cumbersome and inadequate

BMJ 2012;344:e1202 (Published 17 February 2012)

BMA and ambulance service call on government to delay roll out of non-emergency number 111

BMJ 2012;344:e1204 (Published 17 February 2012)

Extraordinary meeting of Royal College of Radiologists calls for withdrawal of health bill

BMJ 2012;344:e1231 (Published 17 February 2012)

Reasons for striking off paediatric gastroenterologist may have been “inadequate,” GMC admits

BMJ 2012;344:e1244 (Published 17 February 2012)

In brief

BMJ 2012;344:e1095 (Published 16 February 2012)

A quarter of physicians rate their hospital’s continuity of care as poor or very poor

BMJ 2012;344:e1129 (Published 16 February 2012)

High quality, low cost healthcare can be provided in US, experts say

BMJ 2012;344:e1190 (Published 16 February 2012)

Police investigate six deaths at Furness General Hospital

BMJ 2012;344:e1140 (Published 15 February 2012)

Rise in life expectancy is marred by widening inequality gap

BMJ 2012;344:e1141 (Published 15 February 2012)

Practice

Does taking probiotics routinely with antibiotics prevent antibiotic associated diarrhoea?

BMJ 2012;344:e682 (Published 21 February 2012)

Phaeochromocytoma

BMJ 2012;344:e1042 (Published 20 February 2012)

Hormone replacement therapy

BMJ 2012;344:e763 (Published 16 February 2012)

Should we use individual cognitive stimulation therapy to improve cognitive function in people with dementia?

BMJ 2012;344:e633 (Published 15 February 2012)

Research Methods & Reporting

Assessing the value of diagnostic tests: a framework for designing and evaluating trials

BMJ 2012;344:e686 (Published 21 February 2012)

Head to Head

Does psychoanalysis have a valuable place in modern mental health services? No

BMJ 2012;344:e1188 (Published 20 February 2012)

Does psychoanalysis have a valuable place in modern mental health services? Yes

BMJ 2012;344:e1211 (Published 20 February 2012)

Feature

Speeding up access to new drugs

BMJ 2012;344:e999 (Published 17 February 2012)

Sunshine at the European regulator

BMJ 2012;344:e976 (Published 15 February 2012)

Editor's Choice

Through historians’ eyes

BMJ 2012;344:e1112 (Published 16 February 2012)

Filler

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it

BMJ 2012;344:e1159 (Published 15 February 2012)