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	Familial risk of early and late onset cancer: nationwide prospective cohort study
	E Kharazmi, M Fallah, K Sundquist, K Hemminki
	BMJ  2012;345:e8076, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8076 (Published 20 December 2012) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas 2012: Yesterday's World: Placebos in 19th century medicine: a quantitative analysis of the BMJ
	Jacqueline E Raicek, Bradley H Stone, Ted J Kaptchuk
	BMJ  2012;345:e8326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8326 (Published 18 December 2012) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web Extra]

	Presentation of continuous outcomes in randomised trials: an observational study
	David L Schriger, Dan F Savage, Douglas G Altman
	BMJ  2012;345:e8486, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8486 (Published 18 December 2012) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web Extra]

Practice

	Easily Missed?: Myasthenia gravis
	J Spillane, E Higham, D M Kullmann
	BMJ  2012;345:e8497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8497 (Published 21 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	Study finds why hospitals are failing to confront medical errors
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2012;345:e8651, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8651 (Published 21 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Fitness assessments used in geriatric care benefit cancer patients, pilot studies find
	Gareth Iacobucci
	BMJ  2012;345:e8655, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8655 (Published 21 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	EU tables new rules to deter smokers
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2012;345:e8660, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8660 (Published 21 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	BMA criticises increased funding for boxing
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2012;345:e8678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8678 (Published 21 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Doctor who denied he saw Iraqi detainee’s injuries is struck off medical register
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2012;345:e8686, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8686 (Published 21 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Safety labeling on generic drugs is inconsistent, study says
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2012;345:e8650, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8650 (Published 21 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Raising age of Medicare eligibility is no panacea for budget woes
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2012;345:e8653, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8653 (Published 21 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Canadian doctors say it is inappropriate for them to prescribe marijuana
	Charlotte Santry
	BMJ  2012;345:e8623, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8623 (Published 21 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors criticise privatised out of hours service in London
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2012;345:e8610, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8610 (Published 20 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	France could soon have draft law on assisted suicide for terminally ill people
	Ned Stafford
	BMJ  2012;345:e8644, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8644 (Published 20 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Irish MPs to vote next year on whether to allow limited abortion
	Muiris Houston
	BMJ  2012;345:e8638, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8638 (Published 20 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Family that accused hospital of putting a "do not resuscitate" notice in patient’s notes was in denial, says judge
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2012;345:e8635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8635 (Published 20 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Boy must have surgery despite wishes of his mother, court rules
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2012;345:e8622, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8622 (Published 19 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Patient survival rates for individual surgeons will be published from 2013
	Gareth Iacobucci
	BMJ  2012;345:e8617, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8617 (Published 19 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Six polio vaccination workers are shot dead in Pakistan
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2012;345:e8609, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8609 (Published 19 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New drug for type 2 diabetes is no better than older, cheaper treatments, says institute
	Ned Stafford
	BMJ  2012;345:e8593, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8593 (Published 19 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Commissioning board looks for funding formula that will reduce health inequalities
	Gareth Iacobucci
	BMJ  2012;345:e8615, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8615 (Published 19 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors may face mandatory reporting of adverse incidents involving implants
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2012;345:e8614, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8614 (Published 19 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Universities will have to report adverse events in research to higher education funding body, consultation proposes
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2012;345:e8604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8604 (Published 19 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Many pain clinics fail to offer multidisciplinary care, says audit
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2012;345:e8577, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8577 (Published 18 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Retain clinical excellence awards, but cap sum and number of recipients, says DDRB
	Helen Jaques
	BMJ  2012;345:e8585, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8585 (Published 18 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Group is set up to look at seven day working in the NHS
	Gareth Iacobucci
	BMJ  2012;345:e8601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8601 (Published 18 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Editor's Choice

	The view from space
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2012;345:e8605, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8605 (Published 19 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

	Common sense gun policy reforms for the United States
	Katherine A Vittes, Jon S Vernick, Daniel W Webster
	BMJ  2012;345:e8672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8672 (Published 21 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas 2012: Editorial: When managers rule
	Brian Jarman
	BMJ  2012;345:e8239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8239 (Published 19 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The challenge of preventing spree killings
	John H M Crichton
	BMJ  2012;345:e8603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8603 (Published 19 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas 2012: Editorial: Dirty, deluded, and dangerous
	Gary L French
	BMJ  2012;345:e8330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8330 (Published 18 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

	Investment in tobacco companies: What hope is there for ethical investment?
	Peter Sidebotham
	BMJ  2012;345:e8549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8549 (Published 21 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Richard Doll's legacy: Failure of the broadcaster’s duty of care
	Catherine M Free, Nicholas S Hopkinson
	BMJ  2012;345:e8552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8552 (Published 21 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Importance of patients' preferences: Time for a "patient’s page" in hospital notes
	Jacqueline Maxmin
	BMJ  2012;345:e8556, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8556 (Published 21 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Citizens' jury on screening leaflet: Any conclusion from this "citizens’ jury" will be seriously flawed
	Paul Pharoah
	BMJ  2012;345:e8576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8576 (Published 21 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Creating and testing new hypotheses: NHS and academia need to work together in exploring new hypotheses
	Philip Holland
	BMJ  2012;345:e8578, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8578 (Published 21 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The human face of improbabilities: If you’re going to Vegas, watch out for the Texas sharp shooter . . .
	S J McNulty, P Williams
	BMJ  2012;345:e8584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8584 (Published 21 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MMSE copyright: A copyright-free alternative to the mini-mental state examination is needed
	Madhavan Seshadri, Nadeem Mazi-Kotwal
	BMJ  2012;345:e8589, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8589 (Published 21 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Greek economic crisis: Effects of Greek economic crisis on health are real
	Alexander Kentikelenis, Marina Karanikolos, Irene Papanicolas, Sanjay Basu, Martin McKee, David Stuckler
	BMJ  2012;345:e8602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8602 (Published 21 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Greek economic crisis: Author’s reply to Kentikelenis and colleagues
	Lycurgus Liaropoulos
	BMJ  2012;345:e8608, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8608 (Published 21 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cracking down on fake medicines: European Union has the Falsified Medicines Directive
	Tom Taaffe
	BMJ  2012;345:e8356, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8356 (Published 20 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Inhaled corticosteroids for COPD: Risk-benefit profile of inhaled corticosteroids in COPD is still unclear
	Ricky D Turgeon, Aaron M Tejani
	BMJ  2012;345:e8360, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8360 (Published 20 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Inhaled corticosteroids for COPD: Addition of long acting β agonist is not supported by clinical trial evidence
	J R Manderville
	BMJ  2012;345:e8361, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8361 (Published 20 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Falling through the gaps in care: The health service is more intent on cure than on care
	John R Hughes
	BMJ  2012;345:e8353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8353 (Published 20 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Value of periodic health checks: Many private screening tests have no known benefit
	Ferruccio De Lorenzo
	BMJ  2012;345:e8365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8365 (Published 20 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Importance of patients' preferences: Bias control in shared decision making: still too many loose ends
	Aquiles R Henriquez
	BMJ  2012;345:e8291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8291 (Published 20 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Guidance on inhaled corticosteroids: Inhaled corticosteroids: first do no harm
	Vincent H F Mak, On behalf of the NHS London Respiratory Team Programme Board
	BMJ  2012;345:e8204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8204 (Published 20 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Inhaled corticosteroids for COPD: Authors’ reply to Turgeon and Tejani and to Manderville
	Hye Yun Park, S F Paul Man, Don D Sin
	BMJ  2012;345:e8375, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8375 (Published 20 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Feature

	Pharmaceuticals: US drug shortages: a disappearing problem?
	Miriam E Tucker
	BMJ  2012;345:e8551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8551 (Published 21 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mental health in India: Can India walk the talk when it comes to mental health?
	Patralekha Chatterjee
	BMJ  2012;345:e8507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8507 (Published 21 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas 2012: Yesterday's World: Barbara Hepworth’s hospital drawings
	Richard Cork
	BMJ  2012;345:e8529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8529 (Published 19 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Thoughts for Today: Learning from the abolitionists, the first social movement
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2012;345:e8301, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8301 (Published 19 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas 2012: Lives of Doctors: Doctors on television: analysis of doctors’ experiences during filming of a documentary in the workplace
	Shelby Webster, Kevin Shotliff, Urvashi Sharma, Derek Bell
	BMJ  2012;345:e8220, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8220 (Published 19 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas 2012: Evolution of Practice: Push, pull, squeeze, clamp: 100 years of changes in the management of the third stage of labour as described by Ten Teachers
	Nasreen Aflaifel, Andrew Weeks
	BMJ  2012;345:e8270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8270 (Published 19 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web Extra]

	Christmas 2012: Evolution of Practice: Gastroscopic painting
	James Rose
	BMJ  2012;345:e8323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8323 (Published 18 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web Extra]

	Christmas 2012: Tomorrow's World: Case report of E.T.—The Extra-Terrestrial
	Gregory Scott, Edward Presswood
	BMJ  2012;345:e8127, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8127 (Published 18 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas 2012: Evolution of Practice: Bringing surgical history to life
	Roger Kneebone, Abigail Woods
	BMJ  2012;345:e8135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8135 (Published 18 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Christmas 2012: Lives of Doctors: Is it time for an evidence based uniform for doctors?
	Rhys Clement
	BMJ  2012;345:e8286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8286 (Published 18 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Yankee Doodling: Does gay marriage improve health?
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2012;345:e8586, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8586 (Published 21 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Body Politic: You can’t mandate compassion
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2012;345:e8509, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8509 (Published 18 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Deficiencies in proposed new EU regulation of clinical trials
	Peter C Gøtzsche
	BMJ  2012;345:e8522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8522 (Published 20 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

	Personal View: Dengue fever is massively under-reported in India, hampering our response
	Manish Kakkar
	BMJ  2012;345:e8574, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8574 (Published 19 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View: Polio eradication was an ideological project
	William Muraskin
	BMJ  2012;345:e8545, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8545 (Published 19 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review: Has Ritalin replaced the rod?
	Iain McClure
	BMJ  2012;345:e8532, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8532 (Published 19 December 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Using speed of ageing and "microlives" to communicate the effects of lifetime habits and environment
	BMJ  2012;345:e8676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8676 (Published 21 December 2012) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Law on infant foods inhibits the marketing of complementary foods for infants, furthering undernutrition in India
	BMJ  2012;345:e8607, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8607 (Published 21 December 2012) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Exercise induced pyomyositis
	BMJ  2012;345:e8516, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8516 (Published 18 December 2012) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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