26 May 2012(vol 344, issue 7858)

Editor's Choice

• Are we nearly there with tranexamic acid?

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3665 (Published 23 May 2012)

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News

• Anonymised data of all NHS treatments must be put in public domain by 2015, strategy says

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3648 (Published 22 May 2012)

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• Number of patients acquiring infections in hospitals falls by a fifth in five years

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3664 (Published 22 May 2012)

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• Full results on risks of epoetin emerge 14 years after major dialysis study

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3535 (Published 22 May 2012)

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• Alzheimer’s researchers face trial for scientific fraud and defrauding US government

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3608 (Published 22 May 2012)

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• Curious anatomys

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3617 (Published 23 May 2012)

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• Trusts can improve care by engaging their staff better, says think tank

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3543 (Published 23 May 2012)

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• Olympics’ public health surveillance scheme will be retained after games, agency says

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3620 (Published 23 May 2012)

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• In brief

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3586 (Published 22 May 2012)

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• Patient who received liver after social media campaign reports success

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3538 (Published 18 May 2012)

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• Innovation fund supports video game to help stroke patients regain movement

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3524 (Published 18 May 2012)

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• Emergency admissions for diabetes fall by almost 7% in integrated care pilot scheme

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3562 (Published 21 May 2012)

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• NHS “hack day” will reward apps and software tools that help patients and doctors

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3609 (Published 21 May 2012)

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• NICE recommends abiraterone for prostate cancer after manufacturer reduces price

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3520 (Published 18 May 2012)

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• Euro MPs refuse to approve medicines agency’s accounts until they tighten rules on conflicts of interest

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3495 (Published 17 May 2012)

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• Plans to reform medical education and training are “worryingly opaque” and sluggish, warn MPs

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3647 (Published 22 May 2012)

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Editorials

• How to judge the value of innovation

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1457 (Published 07 March 2012)

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• How should women be advised on weight management in pregnancy?

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e2774 (Published 17 May 2012)

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• Influenza vaccination in healthcare professionals

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e2217 (Published 28 March 2012)

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• Perfectionism in doctors

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1674 (Published 16 March 2012)

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Research News

• All you need to read in the other general journals

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3578 (Published 23 May 2012)

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Research

• Effects of interventions in pregnancy on maternal weight and obstetric outcomes: meta-analysis of randomised evidence

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e2088 (Published 17 May 2012)

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• Effect of tranexamic acid on surgical bleeding: systematic review and cumulative meta-analysis

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3054 (Published 20 May 2012)

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• Prevention of acute knee injuries in adolescent female football players: cluster randomised controlled trial

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3042 (Published 03 May 2012)

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• Evaluation of the national Cleanyourhands campaign to reduce Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia and Clostridium difficile infection in hospitals in England and Wales by improved hand hygiene: four year, prospective, ecological, interrupted time series study

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3005 (Published 03 May 2012)

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Head to Head

• Should childhood vaccination be mandatory? Yes

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e2434 (Published 15 May 2012)

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• Should childhood vaccination be mandatory? No

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e2435 (Published 15 May 2012)

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Feature

• Passport to clean competition

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e2077 (Published 22 May 2012)

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• Why the exclusion of older people from clinical research must stop

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3445 (Published 21 May 2012)

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Analysis

• Time to harmonise common laboratory test profiles

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e1169 (Published 20 March 2012)

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Letters

• Clear winners and losers are created by age only NHS resource allocation

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3593 (Published 22 May 2012)

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• What about the sheer number of drugs prescribed?

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3561 (Published 22 May 2012)

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• An equally hard thing: supporting the admission of error

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3563 (Published 22 May 2012)

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• Patients have the right to be informed about an error

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3567 (Published 22 May 2012)

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• The scientific community should lobby to be able to apply for drug licences

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3553 (Published 22 May 2012)

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• Surgical management of appendicitis remains best option during pregnancy

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3575 (Published 22 May 2012)

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• Consider ketosis prone type 2 diabetes as cause of ketoacidosis in adult patients

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3540 (Published 22 May 2012)

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• Authors’ reply to Litwin and Malhotra

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3551 (Published 22 May 2012)

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• The benefits of early diagnosis of dementia

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3556 (Published 22 May 2012)

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• Positive leadership is key

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3080 (Published 22 May 2012)

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• Some thoughts from NICE

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3072 (Published 22 May 2012)

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• GPs spot two thirds of cancers at first presentation

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3537 (Published 22 May 2012)

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• Targeted referral takes time

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3539 (Published 22 May 2012)

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• Please drop this slur journalism

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3210 (Published 22 May 2012)

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Observations

• Television shows and education about sexually transmitted infections: no laughing matter

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3614 (Published 23 May 2012)

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Views & Reviews

• Testing athletes, and banning those who take drugs, is unjustifiable

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3521 (Published 22 May 2012)

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• How we got it wrong with breast screening

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3450 (Published 17 May 2012)

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• An antiepidemiologist

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3497 (Published 18 May 2012)

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• String quartets by Bedřich Smetana

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3499 (Published 18 May 2012)

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Obituaries

• Oliver Wrong

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3509 (Published 21 May 2012)

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• James Camac Clarke

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3396 (Published 23 May 2012)

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• Brian Alec Latham

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3395 (Published 23 May 2012)

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• Stephen McGowan

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3398 (Published 23 May 2012)

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• John Eric Miller

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3399 (Published 23 May 2012)

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• Ellen “Betty” Rhodes

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3400 (Published 23 May 2012)

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• Christopher Wastell

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3401 (Published 23 May 2012)

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• Arthur John Whitworth

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e2307 (Published 24 May 2012)

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Clinical Review

• Restless legs syndrome

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3056 (Published 23 May 2012)

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Practice

• Prescribing strong opioids for pain in adult palliative care: summary of NICE guidance

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e2806 (Published 23 May 2012)

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• How effective are non-drug, non-surgical treatments for primary dysmenorrhoea?

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3011 (Published 14 May 2012)

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Endgames

• A weak leg

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e2712 (Published 14 May 2012)

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• Bones of the hand I

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e505 (Published 27 February 2012)

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• What is recall bias?

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3519 (Published 23 May 2012)

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Views & Reviews

• Five years after baby Peter

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3638 (Published 22 May 2012)

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• Fashion fads in global health

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3525 (Published 21 May 2012)

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Minerva

• Minerva

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3515 (Published 23 May 2012)

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• Minerva

  BMJ 2012; 344 :e3516 (Published 23 May 2012)

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