03 November 2012(vol 345, issue 7881)

Editor's Choice

• Open data: seize the moment

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7332 (Published 31 October 2012)

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News

• UK MPs demand more stringent regulation of medical devices across Europe

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7350 (Published 31 October 2012)

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• Breast screening is beneficial, panel concludes, but women need to know about harms

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7330 (Published 30 October 2012)

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• Academics plea for politicians to tackle problem of missing data

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7306 (Published 29 October 2012)

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• FDA raises concerns about ultra-long acting insulins given green light in Europe and Japan

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7323 (Published 30 October 2012)

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• Abused patients from closed care home may be at risk in new placements, investigation shows

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7336 (Published 30 October 2012)

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• NHS in England paid out £3.1bn in compensation claims linked to maternity care in past decade

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7290 (Published 29 October 2012)

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• In brief

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• Government makes up hospital bailout policies “on the hoof,” say MPs

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7315 (Published 30 October 2012)

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• South London trust losing £1m a week should be broken up, says administrator

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7333 (Published 30 October 2012)

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• St John’s wort causes most drug interactions, finds review

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7295 (Published 29 October 2012)

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• GPs end partnerships with Virgin over conflicts of interest

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7227 (Published 25 October 2012)

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• High Court upholds suspension of doctor whose failings as expert witness were “serious and dangerous”

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7298 (Published 29 October 2012)

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• US firm accused of manipulating journal articles and paying millions to authors

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7299 (Published 29 October 2012)

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Editorials

• Clinical trial data for all drugs in current use

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7304 (Published 29 October 2012)

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• Acetazolamide for the prophylaxis of acute mountain sickness

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7077 (Published 31 October 2012)

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• The role of fatty acids from fish in the prevention of stroke

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7219 (Published 30 October 2012)

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• Changes to the GP contract threaten general practice in the UK

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7343 (Published 31 October 2012)

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Research News

• Smoking is just as lethal for women

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7277 (Published 30 October 2012)

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• First line catheter ablation or drugs for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation?

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7274 (Published 29 October 2012)

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• Genetic marker may help target aspirin for colorectal cancer

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7281 (Published 30 October 2012)

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• Adults with advanced cancer still hope for cure

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7272 (Published 29 October 2012)

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• Myocardial infarctions fall by a third after smoking banned in workplaces

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7287 (Published 31 October 2012)

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• Age restrictions on rotavirus vaccination cost lives

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7283 (Published 31 October 2012)

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Research

• Association between fish consumption, long chain omega 3 fatty acids, and risk of cerebrovascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e6698 (Published 30 October 2012)

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  • Open Access
• Identifying the lowest effective dose of acetazolamide for the prophylaxis of acute mountain sickness: systematic review and meta-analysis

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e6779 (Published 18 October 2012)

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  • Open Access
• Effect of hormone replacement therapy on cardiovascular events in recently postmenopausal women: randomised trial

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e6409 (Published 09 October 2012)

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• Neglected tropical diseases: survey and geometry of randomised evidence

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e6512 (Published 22 October 2012)

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• Use of 3×2 tables with an intention to diagnose approach to assess clinical performance of diagnostic tests: meta-analytical evaluation of coronary CT angiography studies

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e6717 (Published 24 October 2012)

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Research Methods & Reporting

• Consort 2010 statement: extension to cluster randomised trials

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e5661 (Published 04 September 2012)

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Analysis

• Future of WHO hangs in the balance

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e6877 (Published 25 October 2012)

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Feature

• Tamiflu: the battle for secret drug data

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7303 (Published 29 October 2012)

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• Bright lights and big city health problems

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7226 (Published 29 October 2012)

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Letters

• Paper’s conclusions will only cause confusion

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7005 (Published 30 October 2012)

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• Excess mortality can be explained by case mix selection

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7137 (Published 30 October 2012)

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• Authors’ reply to Jameson and Breusch

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7239 (Published 31 October 2012)

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• Clarification from the National Joint Registry

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7199 (Published 30 October 2012)

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• Authors’ reply to National Joint Registry

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7246 (Published 31 October 2012)

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• Caution is needed in interpreting results

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7144 (Published 30 October 2012)

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• Evidence for damage control resuscitation is lacking

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7205 (Published 30 October 2012)

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• Recommendations run contrary to current teaching

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7211 (Published 30 October 2012)

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• Authors’ reply to Wiles and Chitnavis

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7266 (Published 30 October 2012)

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• Check patients for features of spondyloarthritis

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7252 (Published 30 October 2012)

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• No evidence base for monitoring aminoglycoside levels

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7264 (Published 30 October 2012)

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• Authors’ reply to McCormack

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7265 (Published 30 October 2012)

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• Mitochondrial DNA mutations predispose to aminoglycoside induced ototoxicity

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7255 (Published 30 October 2012)

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Observations

• Too much medicine, not enough mirth

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7116 (Published 31 October 2012)

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• Open letter to Roche about oseltamivir trial data

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7305 (Published 29 October 2012)

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Views & Reviews

• It is too difficult for ill people to claim benefits

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7209 (Published 30 October 2012)

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• Not just bluff and bluster

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7207 (Published 26 October 2012)

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• Rachel’s Holiday

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7041 (Published 29 October 2012)

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Obituaries

• Griffith Edwards

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7234 (Published 29 October 2012)

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• Elizabeth Akwaeze

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e6475 (Published 31 October 2012)

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• Colin Broadbent

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e6933 (Published 31 October 2012)

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• Callum Roy Weir Bain

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e6472 (Published 31 October 2012)

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• James Macrae Cuthill

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e6470 (Published 31 October 2012)

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• Walter Elliott

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e6787 (Published 31 October 2012)

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• John Stanley Howell

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e6471 (Published 31 October 2012)

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• Simon Dafydd Glyn Stephens

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e6491 (Published 31 October 2012)

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Clinical Review

• Management of chronic rhinosinusitis

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7054 (Published 30 October 2012)

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Practice

• Diagnosis of active and latent tuberculosis: summary of NICE guidance

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e6828 (Published 17 October 2012)

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• Tuberculosis

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e6713 (Published 16 October 2012)

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Endgames

• Anatomy of the pituitary region

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e6963 (Published 24 October 2012)

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• Neonatal seizure: what is the cause?

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e6003 (Published 12 September 2012)

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• Analysis of outcome measures within treatment groups

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7201 (Published 26 October 2012)

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Views & Reviews

• How the Liverpool care pathway has transformed end of life care

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7308 (Published 31 October 2012)

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• Marie Stopes: botany and birth control

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7208 (Published 29 October 2012)

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Minerva

• Minerva

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7222 (Published 31 October 2012)

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• Minerva

  BMJ 2012; 345 :e7223 (Published 31 October 2012)

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