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	Christmas 2012: Research: Using a dog’s superior olfactory sensitivity to identify Clostridium difficile in stools and patients: proof of principle study
	Marije K Bomers, Michiel A van Agtmael, Hotsche Luik, Merk C van Veen, Christina M J E Vandenbroucke-Grauls, Yvo M Smulders
	BMJ  2012;345:e7396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7396 (Published 13 December 2012) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas 2012: Sport: Mortality in former Olympic athletes: retrospective cohort analysis
	R Zwiers, F W A Zantvoord, F M Engelaer, D van Bodegom, F J G van der Ouderaa, R G J Westendorp
	BMJ  2012;345:e7456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7456 (Published 13 December 2012) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web Extra]

	Christmas 2012: Research: Mind wandering and driving: responsibility case-control study
	Cédric Galéra, Ludivine Orriols, Katia M’Bailara, Magali Laborey, Benjamin Contrand, Régis Ribéreau-Gayon, Françoise Masson, Sarah Bakiri, Catherine Gabaude, Alexandra Fort, Bertrand Maury, Céline Lemercier, Maurice Cours, Manuel-Pierre Bouvard, Emmanuel Lagarde
	BMJ  2012;345:e8105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8105 (Published 13 December 2012) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Heat and risk of myocardial infarction: hourly level case-crossover analysis of MINAP database
	Krishnan Bhaskaran, Ben Armstrong, Shakoor Hajat, Andy Haines, Paul Wilkinson, Liam Smeeth
	BMJ  2012;345:e8050, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8050 (Published 13 December 2012) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web Extra][extra: Web Extra]

	Skin care education and individual counselling versus treatment as usual in healthcare workers with hand eczema: randomised clinical trial
	Kristina Sophie Ibler, Gregor B E Jemec, Thomas L Diepgen, Christian Gluud, Jane Lindschou Hansen, Per Winkel, Simon Francis Thomsen, Tove Agner
	BMJ  2012;345:e7822, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7822 (Published 12 December 2012) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Assessment of best single sample for finding chlamydia in women with and without symptoms: a diagnostic test study
	Sarah A Schoeman, Catherine M W Stewart, Russell A Booth, Susan D Smith, Mark H Wilcox, Janet D Wilson
	BMJ  2012;345:e8013, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8013 (Published 12 December 2012) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Assessment of self taken swabs versus clinician taken swab cultures for diagnosing gonorrhoea in women: single centre, diagnostic accuracy study
	Catherine M W Stewart, Sarah A Schoeman, Russell A Booth, Susan D Smith, Mark H Wilcox, Janet D Wilson
	BMJ  2012;345:e8107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8107 (Published 12 December 2012) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	Guidelines: Ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage: summary of NICE guidance
	Emma Newbatt, Zosia Beckles, Roz Ullman, Mary Ann Lumsden, on behalf of the Guideline Development Group
	BMJ  2012;345:e8136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8136 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	MPs call for Commons committee to examine cost to NHS of missing data
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2012;345:e8515, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8515 (Published 14 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Regulator’s role in decision by ombudsman not to look into baby’s death is to be investigated
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2012;345:e8524, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8524 (Published 14 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New chairmen of NICE and CQC are confirmed
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2012;345:e8510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8510 (Published 14 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Patients are more satisfied with their own GP than with out of hours care, survey shows
	Gareth Iacobucci
	BMJ  2012;345:e8512, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8512 (Published 14 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	People are living longer but are not in best health, global study finds
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2012;345:e8511, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8511 (Published 14 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Ban on tobacco display to go ahead in Scotland after court ruling
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2012;345:e8490, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8490 (Published 13 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	A third of children finishing primary school in England are overweight or obese
	Krishna Chinthapalli
	BMJ  2012;345:e8488, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8488 (Published 13 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS must start reconfiguring services if it is to meet savings challenge, says National Audit Office
	Gareth Iacobucci
	BMJ  2012;345:e8480, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8480 (Published 13 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New study increases concern over quality of healthcare and medical education in India
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2012;345:e8437, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8437 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Supreme Court to decide whether payments by patent holders to delay production of generics are anticompetitive
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2012;345:e8464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8464 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Plan to force drug companies in France to reveal payments to doctors has been diluted, campaigners say
	Paul Benkimoun
	BMJ  2012;345:e8405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8405 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2012;345:e8417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8417 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	European drug agency sets out plans to publish clinical trial data from 2014
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2012;345:e8423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8423 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Privately managed NHS trust will survive despite slow progress in cutting deficit, Circle says
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2012;345:e8432, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8432 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Germany’s "demographic storm" will see nursing care costs rise to 41.6bn by 2060
	Ned Stafford
	BMJ  2012;345:e8434, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8434 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GPs must see NICE guidance as relevant and essential, says potential new NICE chairman
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2012;345:e8451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8451 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New screening tests for bowel and cervical cancer are to be piloted in NHS
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2012;345:e8455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8455 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

Editor's Choice

	US Editor's Choice: Big battles and small victories
	Edward Davies
	BMJ  2012;345:e8500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8500 (Published 14 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gluten sensitivity: real or not?
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2012;345:e8450, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8450 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

	Christmas 2012: Editorial: Everyone could enjoy the "survival advantage" of elite athletes
	Adrian E Bauman, Steven N Blair
	BMJ  2012;345:e8338, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8338 (Published 13 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Avoiding hand eczema in healthcare workers
	Kim Thomas, John English
	BMJ  2012;345:e8370, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8370 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Feature

	Opioid Prescription: Containing the opioid overdose epidemic
	Michael McCarthy
	BMJ  2012;345:e8340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8340 (Published 14 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas 2012: Tomorrow's World: Can I take a space flight? Considerations for doctors
	S Marlene Grenon, Joan Saary, Gary Gray, James M Vanderploeg, Millie Hughes-Fulford
	BMJ  2012;345:e8124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8124 (Published 13 December 2012) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas 2012: Sport: Survival of the fittest: retrospective cohort study of the longevity of Olympic medallists in the modern era
	Philip M Clarke, Simon J Walter, Andrew Hayen, William J Mallon, Jeroen Heijmans, David M Studdert
	BMJ  2012;345:e8308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8308 (Published 13 December 2012) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web Extra]

	BMJ Christmas Appeal 2012: Lifebox: the difference a donation makes
	Jane Feinmann
	BMJ  2012;345:e8407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8407 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pharmaceuticals: Monoclonal antibodies: magic bullets with a hefty price tag
	Allen F Shaughnessy
	BMJ  2012;345:e8346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8346 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Open Data Campaign: Withdraw approval for Tamiflu until NICE has full data
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2012;345:e8415, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8415 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Open Data Campaign: We are asking more questions about NICE appraisal of Tamiflu
	Michael Rawlins
	BMJ  2012;345:e8420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8420 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

	In and Out of Hospital: Talented oldsters
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2012;345:e8459, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8459 (Published 14 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View: Big pharma often commits corporate crime, and this must be stopped
	Peter C Gøtzsche
	BMJ  2012;345:e8462, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8462 (Published 14 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: A call for convalescence
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2012;345:e8337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8337 (Published 13 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: Of human bondage
	Seamus O’Mahony
	BMJ  2012;345:e8410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8410 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: Baltics
	Ivan Iniesta
	BMJ  2012;345:e8411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8411 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: Patient leaflets are worthless
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2012;345:e8336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8336 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: Families without hope
	Colin Brewer
	BMJ  2012;345:e8341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8341 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

	Howard Alan Scott
	Amanda Barclay
	BMJ  2012;345:e7654, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7654 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	John Anthony Clark Wilson
	Ian Wilson
	BMJ  2012;345:e7657, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7657 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Peter Charles Collinson
	Charles Collinson
	BMJ  2012;345:e7674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7674 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Peter Dovey
	Robin Kantor
	BMJ  2012;345:e7676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7676 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Antony John Wing
	John Feehally, John Eastwood, Stewart Cameron
	BMJ  2012;345:e7682, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7682 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Surya Narayan Patnaik
	Lisa Patnaik
	BMJ  2012;345:e7683, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7683 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Margaret Siriol Colley
	Philip Colley
	BMJ  2012;345:e7838, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7838 (Published 12 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

Endgames

	Statistical Question: Zelen’s design
	Philip Sedgwick, Daniel K Sokol
	BMJ  2012;345:e8505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8505 (Published 14 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Anatomy Quiz: Coronal computed tomography of the upper cervical spine
	Mostayn Alam, Angelos G Kolias, Richard J Mannion
	BMJ  2012;345:e6811, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6811 (Published 14 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Picture Quiz: A rash in a patient with neutropenia
	R T Woolf, T Yeghen, H du P Menagé
	BMJ  2012;345:e8296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8296 (Published 13 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Mycobacteria introduced by tattoos
	Victoria E Scott-Lang, Ann Sergeant, Alex Holme
	BMJ  2012;345:e8331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8331 (Published 12 December 2012) [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surfers’ myelopathy and other stories . . .
	BMJ  2012;345:e8332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8332 (Published 12 December 2012) [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Christmas 2012: Research: The tooth fairy and malpractice
	Sian Ludman, Hamid Daya, Polly S Richards, Adam Fox
	BMJ  2012;345:e3027, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3027 (Published 13 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas 2012: Research: A shaggy dog story
	Olivier Le Bon, Paul Linkowski
	BMJ  2012;345:e7751, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7751 (Published 13 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Cutaneous melanoma attributable to sunbed use: systematic review and meta-analysis
	BMJ  2012;345:e8503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8503 (Published 13 December 2012) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Melatonin for sleep problems in children with neurodevelopmental disorders: randomised double masked placebo controlled trial
	BMJ  2012;345:e8409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8409 (Published 13 December 2012) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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