21 January 2012(vol 344, issue 7840)

Editor's Choice

• Saving carbon and money

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e488 (Published 18 January 2012)

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News

• Scientists are urged to oppose new US legislation that will put studies behind a pay wall

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e452 (Published 17 January 2012)

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• Scientific misconduct is worryingly prevalent in the UK, shows BMJ survey

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e377 (Published 12 January 2012)

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• Trusts will not be able to exclude drugs approved by NICE from formularies, says Lansley

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e366 (Published 13 January 2012)

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• Only women with symptoms need to have their breast implants removed, says government

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e478 (Published 17 January 2012)

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• GPs back withdrawal of health reform bill

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e391 (Published 13 January 2012)

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• Questions remain over safety and effectiveness of oseltamivir

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e467 (Published 17 January 2012)

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• NHS compensation fund gets £185m bailout as claims rise by 30% in a year

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e411 (Published 16 January 2012)

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• In brief

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e459 (Published 17 January 2012)

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• Argentinean court upholds fines against GSK and two doctors for malpractice during vaccine trial

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e449 (Published 17 January 2012)

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• Staging anorexia nervosa could improve outcomes, say experts

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e445 (Published 16 January 2012)

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• Cardiovascular researcher fabricated data in studies of red wine

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e406 (Published 16 January 2012)

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• Flu vaccine investigator is suspended for four months for research fraud

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e457 (Published 16 January 2012)

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• Portuguese health system is still too reliant on emergency care, finds review

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e379 (Published 13 January 2012)

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• Scotland introduces record of ethnicity on death certificates

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e475 (Published 17 January 2012)

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• US hospital incident reporting systems do not capture most adverse events

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e386 (Published 13 January 2012)

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Editorials

• Alcohol and drug problems in older people

  BMJ 2011; 343 :d6761 (Published 24 October 2011)

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• Traditional birth attendants are an effective resource

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e365 (Published 18 January 2012)

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• How early can cognitive decline be detected?

  BMJ 2012; 344 :d7652 (Published 05 January 2012)

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• Optimising prostate biopsy

  BMJ 2012; 344 :d8201 (Published 09 January 2012)

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• Triage and patient safety in emergency departments

  BMJ 2011; 343 :d6652 (Published 20 October 2011)

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Short Cuts

• All you need to read in the other general journals

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e401 (Published 18 January 2012)

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Research

• Effectiveness of strategies incorporating training and support of traditional birth attendants on perinatal and maternal mortality: meta-analysis

  BMJ 2011; 343 :d7102 (Published 01 December 2011)

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• Perinatal and maternal outcomes by planned place of birth for healthy women with low risk pregnancies: the Birthplace in England national prospective cohort study

  BMJ 2011; 343 :d7400 (Published 25 November 2011)

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• Timing of onset of cognitive decline: results from Whitehall II prospective cohort study

  BMJ 2012; 344 :d7622 (Published 05 January 2012)

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• Short term outcomes of prostate biopsy in men tested for cancer by prostate specific antigen: prospective evaluation within ProtecT study

  BMJ 2012; 344 :d7894 (Published 09 January 2012)

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Feature

• Lifebox: give a little, help a lot

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e313 (Published 17 January 2012)

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• The greening of medicine

  BMJ 2012; 344 :d8360 (Published 16 January 2012)

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• Feature

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e481 (Published 18 January 2012)

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• Reducing greenhouse gas emissions: on target?

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e376 (Published 18 January 2012)

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Analysis

• Evidence and desperation in off-label prescribing: recombinant factor VIIa

  BMJ 2012; 344 :d7926 (Published 16 January 2012)

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Letters

• Arthroprosthetic cobaltism associated with metal on metal hip implants

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e430 (Published 17 January 2012)

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• Doctors taking a pulse using their mobile phone can spread MRSA

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e412 (Published 17 January 2012)

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• Guideline development group was not in the pocket of pharma

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e405 (Published 17 January 2012)

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• Lifeblood responds to criticisms in Welfare’s personal view article

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e403 (Published 17 January 2012)

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• Are we going over the top with VTE prophylaxis tick boxes?

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e407 (Published 17 January 2012)

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• Why does the BMJ support donations of pulse oximeters when they have no effect?

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e409 (Published 17 January 2012)

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• Lifebox replies to Gøtzsche

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e417 (Published 17 January 2012)

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• Why are the chosen pulse oximeters so expensive?

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e210 (Published 17 January 2012)

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• Lifebox replies to Savage

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e219 (Published 17 January 2012)

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• Preparation is the key to death being our friend

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e436 (Published 17 January 2012)

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• Anticipatory palliative care allows people to die with dignity

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e432 (Published 17 January 2012)

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• Brisk and prolonged daily walking is needed to outpace the Grim Reaper

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e424 (Published 17 January 2012)

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• Smart doctors playing stupid?

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e413 (Published 17 January 2012)

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• Bring back nylon string vests

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e416 (Published 17 January 2012)

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Observations

• Does nicotine replacement really help smokers quit?

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e450 (Published 18 January 2012)

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• Show us the evidence for telehealth

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e469 (Published 18 January 2012)

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Views & Reviews

• Does anyone understand the government’s plan for the NHS?

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e399 (Published 17 January 2012)

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• How dementia tests Thatcher’s mettle

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e378 (Published 18 January 2012)

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• Country Doctor

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e382 (Published 18 January 2012)

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• Heart and science

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e398 (Published 18 January 2012)

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Obituaries

• Peter Richards

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e492 (Published 18 January 2012)

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• Lawrence Asare-Owusu

  BMJ 2011; 343 :d7977 (Published 22 December 2011)

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• Michael James Riddell

  BMJ 2011; 343 :d7972 (Published 22 December 2011)

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• Pranab Sathia

  BMJ 2011; 343 :d7970 (Published 22 December 2011)

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• Jagmohan Singh

  BMJ 2011; 343 :d7974 (Published 22 December 2011)

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• Janet Helen Smellie

  BMJ 2011; 343 :d7982 (Published 22 December 2011)

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• Melanie Spooner

  BMJ 2011; 343 :d8076 (Published 22 December 2011)

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• Alan Walker

  BMJ 2011; 343 :d7992 (Published 22 December 2011)

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Clinical Review

• Diagnosis and management of ANCA associated vasculitis

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e26 (Published 16 January 2012)

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  • CME

Practice

• Donor identification and consent for deceased organ donation: summary of NICE guidance

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e341 (Published 12 January 2012)

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• Multiple myeloma

  BMJ 2012; 344 :d7953 (Published 05 January 2012)

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Endgames

• A 41 year old man with an itchy rash

  BMJ 2011; 343 :d7320 (Published 17 November 2011)

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• Statistical tests for independent groups: categorical data

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e344 (Published 18 January 2012)

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• A woman with rapidly progressive weakness and sensory loss

  BMJ 2011; 343 :d7845 (Published 21 December 2011)

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Views & Reviews

• Bad medicine: medical nutrition

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e451 (Published 18 January 2012)

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• Whose health and safety?

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e392 (Published 18 January 2012)

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Minerva

• Minerva

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e423 (Published 18 January 2012)

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• Minerva

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e428 (Published 18 January 2012)

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