03 March 2012(vol 344, issue 7846)

Editor's Choice

• Serious risks from metal-on-metal hip implants

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1539 (Published 01 March 2012)

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News

• Hospitals need to change to ensure older people are treated with dignity, says commission

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1538 (Published 28 February 2012)

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• Happiness is a U shaped curve, highest in the teens and 70s, shows survey

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1534 (Published 28 February 2012)

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• Head of healthcare watchdog resigns after series of damming reports

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1396 (Published 24 February 2012)

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• Surgeons condemn Lansley for misinformation on outcomes of knee operations

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1326 (Published 23 February 2012)

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• Royal College of Physicians votes to ballot members on whether to demand health bill’s withdrawal

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1523 (Published 28 February 2012)

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• Doctors are to be balloted on what action to take over pensions

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1476 (Published 27 February 2012)

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• Pioneers in promoting public health

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1518 (Published 29 February 2012)

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• In brief

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1484 (Published 28 February 2012)

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• “Academic spring” sees widening boycott of Elsevier

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1469 (Published 27 February 2012)

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• Banning “below cost” alcohol will have little effect on consumption, say researchers

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1413 (Published 24 February 2012)

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• Police and GMC investigate claims that doctors have aborted fetuses on basis of sex

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1479 (Published 27 February 2012)

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• Agency is under fire for refusing to supply details of sudden deaths after first dose of multiple sclerosis drug

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1360 (Published 23 February 2012)

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• Lifelong checks are needed for patients fitted with dangerous hip implants

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1545 (Published 29 February 2012)

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• Watchdog group says “massive lobbying effort” by medical device industry threatens public health

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1521 (Published 28 February 2012)

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• Government must do more to de-politicise science, says US group

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1392 (Published 24 February 2012)

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Editorials

• Driving while under the influence of cannabis

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e595 (Published 09 February 2012)

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• Can the severity of menopausal symptoms be predicted?

  BMJ 2012; 344 :d7664 (Published 08 February 2012)

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• Actively delaying death to increase organ donation

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

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• Illegally produced alcohol

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

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Research News

• All you need to read in the other general journals

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1395 (Published 29 February 2012)

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Research

• Acute cannabis consumption and motor vehicle collision risk: systematic review of observational studies and meta-analysis

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e536 (Published 09 February 2012)

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• 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)

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• Health symptoms during midlife in relation to menopausal transition: British prospective cohort study

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e402 (Published 08 February 2012)

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

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e813 (Published 14 February 2012)

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Feature

• How safe are metal-on-metal hip implants?

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1410 (Published 28 February 2012)

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• Ongoing problems with metal-on-metal hip implants

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1349 (Published 28 February 2012)

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Analysis

• How the NHS measures up to other health systems

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

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Letters

• ESR adaptation for age—a forgotten pearl

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1403 (Published 28 February 2012)

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• A useful diagnostic and prognostic tool for acute appendicitis and acute pancreatitis

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1404 (Published 28 February 2012)

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• Normal values cannot rule out myeloma

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1407 (Published 28 February 2012)

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• ESR can be normal in giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1408 (Published 28 February 2012)

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• Authors’ reply to Nestel, Choudhary and Choudhary, Al Wakeel, and Helliwell and colleagues

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1409 (Published 28 February 2012)

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• Utility of GLP-1R agonists in diabetes requires long term study

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1451 (Published 28 February 2012)

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• GLP-1R agonists are not a quick fix for weight loss

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1455 (Published 28 February 2012)

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• Authors’ reply to de Oliveira and Iverson

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1459 (Published 28 February 2012)

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• Any UK based legislation could be a double edged sword

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1417 (Published 28 February 2012)

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• Image guided diagnosis and treatment to prevent incontinence after radical prostatectomy

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1438 (Published 28 February 2012)

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• Legislation is better than education in achieving smoke-free vehicles for children

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1420 (Published 28 February 2012)

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• A narrow definition of performance perhaps?

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1439 (Published 28 February 2012)

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• Authors’ reply to Das

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1444 (Published 28 February 2012)

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• Deterioration in colour perception with age might be key

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1447 (Published 28 February 2012)

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Observations

• How can we treat multiple chronic conditions?

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1487 (Published 29 February 2012)

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Views & Reviews

• Online marketing of medical procedures needs better regulation

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1399 (Published 29 February 2012)

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• Less than immortel

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1429 (Published 29 February 2012)

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• C: Because Cowards Get Cancer Too . . .

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1377 (Published 29 February 2012)

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Obituaries

• Paul Robert Epstein

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e855 (Published 29 February 2012)

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• Evelyn Anne Meta Boesen

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e725 (Published 14 February 2012)

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• Abdul Jabbar Jabbar

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1035 (Published 14 February 2012)

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• John Edward MacIver

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1036 (Published 14 February 2012)

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• Kantibhai Maganbhai Patel

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1038 (Published 14 February 2012)

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• John Stevenson Kennedy Stevenson

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e387 (Published 14 February 2012)

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• Frederick Wilson

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e393 (Published 14 February 2012)

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Clinical Review

• Ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e797 (Published 29 February 2012)

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Practice

• Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e828 (Published 24 February 2012)

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• Does taking probiotics routinely with antibiotics prevent antibiotic associated diarrhoea?

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

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Endgames

• A child with knee pain

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e250 (Published 19 January 2012)

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• Restricted randomisation

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1324 (Published 29 February 2012)

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• Anatomy of the dural venous sinuses

  BMJ 2011; 343 :d7824 (Published 06 December 2011)

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Views & Reviews

• Off the record

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1475 (Published 29 February 2012)

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• It’s good not to talk

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1374 (Published 29 February 2012)

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Minerva

• Minerva

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1380 (Published 29 February 2012)

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• Minerva

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1376 (Published 29 February 2012)

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Filler

• Only a tonic

  BMJ 2011; 343 :d7927 (Published 21 December 2011)

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