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	Opiate substitution treatment and HIV transmission in people who inject drugs: systematic review and meta-analysis
	Georgie J MacArthur, Silvia Minozzi, Natasha Martin, Peter Vickerman, Sherry Deren, Julie Bruneau, Louisa Degenhardt, Matthew Hickman
	BMJ  2012;345:e5945, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5945 (Published 4 October 2012) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Appendices]

	Safe exclusion of pulmonary embolism using the Wells rule and qualitative D-dimer testing in primary care: prospective cohort study
	Geert-Jan Geersing, Petra M G Erkens, Wim A M Lucassen, Harry R Büller, Hugo ten Cate, Arno W Hoes, Karel G M Moons, Martin H Prins, Ruud Oudega, Henk C P M van Weert, Henri E J H Stoffers
	BMJ  2012;345:e6564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6564 (Published 4 October 2012) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Appendices]

	Indoor tanning and non-melanoma skin cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis
	Mackenzie R Wehner, Melissa L Shive, Mary-Margaret Chren, Jiali Han, Abrar A Qureshi, Eleni Linos
	BMJ  2012;345:e5909, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5909 (Published 2 October 2012) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web Extra]

Clinical Review

	Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
	Jerry P Nolan, Jasmeet Soar, Gavin D Perkins
	BMJ  2012;345:e6122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6122 (Published 3 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web Extra]

Practice

	Easily Missed?: Hirschsprung’s disease
	A Arshad, C Powell, M P Tighe
	BMJ  2012;345:e5521, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5521 (Published 1 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Therapeutics: Laxatives for chronic constipation in adults
	Alexander C Ford, Nicholas J Talley
	BMJ  2012;345:e6168, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6168 (Published 1 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	Overuse of antibiotics in pets must be tackled to reduce resistance, conference hears
	Rej S Bhumbra
	BMJ  2012;345:e6719, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6719 (Published 4 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Government abandons plans to use payments to prevent private providers selecting simplest cases
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2012;345:e6728, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6728 (Published 4 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Labour will halt sell off of NHS to private sector if elected, Burnham says
	Ingrid Torjesen
	BMJ  2012;345:e6718, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6718 (Published 4 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Screening for type 2 diabetes doesn’t affect mortality at 10 years
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2012;345:e6687, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6687 (Published 3 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Restore ward rounds to former glory to improve patient care, say colleges
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2012;345:e6622, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6622 (Published 3 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Poorer survival in women with advanced ovarian cancer explains the UK’s lower overall survival
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2012;345:e6704, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6704 (Published 3 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Spinal injury patients get a place of escape
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2012;345:e6648, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6648 (Published 3 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	India’s capping of drug prices will leave drugs costing near the market price
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2012;345:e6649, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6649 (Published 3 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors leaders, charities, and hospices back Liverpool Care Pathway
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2012;345:e6654, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6654 (Published 3 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scientists debunk idea that rise in allergic diseases is due to homes becoming "too clean"
	Matthew Limb
	BMJ  2012;345:e6673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6673 (Published 3 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Failure rates of Birmingham hip implant exceed recommended level
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2012;345:e6688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6688 (Published 3 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Nicklinson’s widow is refused right to appeal to higher court
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2012;345:e6690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6690 (Published 3 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA given new powers over data reporting to national clinical trials registry
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2012;345:e6629, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6629 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Marketing of antipsychotic drugs targeted doctors of Medicaid patients, report says
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2012;345:e6633, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6633 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Germany opposes EU plans for regulating clinical trials owing to lack of ethical standards
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2012;345:e6640, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6640 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US Institute of Medicine urges fitness standards for young people
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2012;345:e6641, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6641 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2012;345:e6650, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6650 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Fraud, not error, is why two thirds of biomedical papers are withdrawn
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2012;345:e6658, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6658 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pathology service run jointly with Serco is "in turmoil," claims report
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2012;345:e6665, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6665 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Charity calls for NHS to commission services to improve health of homeless people
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2012;345:e6608, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6608 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dutch court finds gynaecologist guilty of "culpable homicide" after baby dies
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2012;345:e6615, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6615 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	US Supreme Court is asked to rule on validity of patents on BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2012;345:e6624, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6624 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	GMC investigates government’s director of commissioning development
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2012;345:e6639, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6639 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Hip resurfacing offers no benefits over total hip replacement in some patients, finds study
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2012;345:e6627, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6627 (Published 1 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctor is arrested in transit in United Arab Emirates for a 10 year old conviction passed in his absence
	Sophie Arie
	BMJ  2012;345:e6611, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6611 (Published 1 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Lack of money and poor security are barriers to global eradication of polio
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2012;345:e6619, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6619 (Published 1 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Editor's Choice

	Overtreatment, over here
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2012;345:e6684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6684 (Published 3 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

	The role of opioid substitution treatment in reducing HIV transmission
	Linda R Gowing
	BMJ  2012;345:e6425, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6425 (Published 4 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Improving targeted screening for hepatitis C in the UK
	Christopher J A Duncan, Ewen Stewart, Ray Fox
	BMJ  2012;345:e6525, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6525 (Published 3 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nuclear transfer to prevent maternal transmission of mitochondrial DNA disease
	Joanna Poulton, Pippa Oakeshott
	BMJ  2012;345:e6651, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6651 (Published 3 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	More evidence of harms of sunbed use, particularly for young people
	Catherine M Olsen, Adèle C Green
	BMJ  2012;345:e6101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6101 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A BMJ for the United States
	David Payne, Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2012;345:e6628, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6628 (Published 1 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

	Eye injuries due to fireworks: New firework caused severe eye injuries at a public display
	E Pringle, M B Eckstein, A G Casswell, E H Hughes
	BMJ  2012;345:e6579, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6579 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Necrotising fasciitis: The need to distinguish between group A streptococcus and polymicrobial causes in necrotising fasciitis
	Daniel R Gibney, John Cheesbrough
	BMJ  2012;345:e6537, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6537 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Making a diagnosis in vertigo: The ability to stand is not diagnostic in vertigo
	Peter Foley
	BMJ  2012;345:e6542, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6542 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Making a diagnosis in vertigo: Authors’ reply to Foley
	D Kaski, A M Bronstein
	BMJ  2012;345:e6544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6544 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Is bioethics a bully?: Bioethicists do participate in everyday practice
	Kyle W Anstey, Linda Wright
	BMJ  2012;345:e6547, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6547 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Is bioethics a bully?: "Ethics Man" misses mark: most bioethicists are not thugs
	Joshua S Crites, Rebecca L Volpe
	BMJ  2012;345:e6549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6549 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pressure on hospitals: Reductions in specialist chronic illness management fuel emergency hospital admissions
	Claire Hilton
	BMJ  2012;345:e6581, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6581 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lansley's legacy: Keep general practice and secondary care separate
	John Fitton
	BMJ  2012;345:e6583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6583 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Statins for all?: If facts do not fit theory, the theory is wrong
	Andrew N Bamji
	BMJ  2012;345:e6584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6584 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sample size calculations: Neither off the peg nor made to measure calculations are fit for purpose
	Paul D P Pharoah
	BMJ  2012;345:e6585, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6585 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sample size calculations: An unorthodox approach to calculating sample size
	Sara Muller, Samantha L Hider, Toby Helliwell, Christian D Mallen
	BMJ  2012;345:e6586, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6586 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	UK office dermatologists: "If everybody’s somebody, then no one’s anybody"
	Arnold G Zermansky
	BMJ  2012;345:e6590, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6590 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	UK office dermatologists: Teledermatology is the answer
	Richard J Motley
	BMJ  2012;345:e6593, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6593 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Feature

	Overtreatment: Is the USA’s problem ours too?
	Margaret McCartney
	BMJ  2012;345:e6617, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6617 (Published 3 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Overtreatment: Unnecessary care: are doctors in denial and is profit driven healthcare to blame?
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2012;345:e6230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6230 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	US Healthcare: What accountable care organizations will mean for physicians
	Rachael Addicott
	BMJ  2012;345:e6461, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6461 (Published 1 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Life and Death: The problem of diagnosis
	Iona Heath
	BMJ  2012;345:e6595, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6595 (Published 3 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media: Taking ecstasy on television: a show trial
	Margaret McCartney
	BMJ  2012;345:e6621, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6621 (Published 1 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Adapting clinical guidelines to take account of multimorbidity
	Bruce Guthrie, Katherine Payne, Phil Alderson, Marion E T McMurdo, Stewart W Mercer
	BMJ  2012;345:e6341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6341 (Published 4 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

	Medical Classics: How the Poor Die
	Peter Davies
	BMJ  2012;345:e6699, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6699 (Published 4 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Starting Out: Tax calories to end the buffet syndrome
	Kinesh Patel
	BMJ  2012;345:e6674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6674 (Published 3 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View: A tax on indoor tanning would reduce demand in Europe
	Simon Nicholas Williams
	BMJ  2012;345:e6550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6550 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View: Why this love for antibiotics in India?
	Pankaj Vohra
	BMJ  2012;345:e6209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6209 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Endgames

	Case Report: A woman with neck pain and shortness of breath
	Ravi Parekh, Tina Beaconsfield, Wing May Kong
	BMJ  2012;345:e6553, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6553 (Published 3 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Picture Quiz: Headache and visual aura in an immunocompromised patient
	Hannah Tharmalingam, Thomas C Morris, Joanna Farnsworth, Edward J Kanfer
	BMJ  2012;345:e6507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6507 (Published 2 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Axial computed tomography of a male pelvis in the portal venous phase post-contrast
	Rahil H Kassamali, Sumit J Karia
	BMJ  2012;345:e6433, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6433 (Published 1 October 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	How US politicians are playing the health card
	BMJ  2012;345:e6631, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6631 (Published 2 October 2012) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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