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Reporting and analysis of trials using stratified randomisation in leading medical journals: review and reanalysis
Brennan C Kahan, Tim P Morris
BMJ  2012;345:e5840, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5840 (Published 14 September 2012)
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Effect of tranexamic acid on mortality in patients with traumatic bleeding: prespecified analysis of data from randomised controlled trial
Ian Roberts, Pablo Perel, David Prieto-Merino, Haleema Shakur, Tim Coats, Beverley J Hunt, Fiona Lecky, Karim Brohi, Keith Willett, on behalf of the CRASH-2 collaborators.
BMJ  2012;345:e5839, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5839 (Published 11 September 2012)
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Risks of harms using antifibrinolytics in cardiac surgery: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised and observational studies
Brian Hutton, Lawrence Joseph, Dean Fergusson, C David Mazer, Stan Shapiro, Alan Tinmouth
BMJ  2012;345:e5798, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5798 (Published 11 September 2012)
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Early fluid resuscitation in severe trauma
Tim Harris, G O Rhys Thomas, Karim Brohi
BMJ  2012;345:e5752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5752 (Published 11 September 2012)
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Therapeutics: Newer insulins in type 2 diabetes
Edwin A M Gale
BMJ  2012;345:e4611, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e4611 (Published 11 September 2012)
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Cochrane review says telephone follow-up of heart failure patients is effective
Jacqui Wise
BMJ  2012;345:e6187, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6187 (Published 14 September 2012)
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University College London issues new research standards but says it won’t investigate Wakefield
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2012;345:e6220, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6220 (Published 14 September 2012)
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Deadline approaches to claim funding in England for continuing healthcare needs
Matthew Limb
BMJ  2012;345:e6221, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6221 (Published 14 September 2012)
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Child mortality falls, but 19 000 under 5s still die every day
Anne Gulland
BMJ  2012;345:e6229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6229 (Published 14 September 2012)
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Group advises what specialised services should be commissioned nationally
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2012;345:e6162, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6162 (Published 13 September 2012)
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HIV positive man starts legal action in Zimbabwe to ensure prisoners receive right drugs
Ryan Truscott
BMJ  2012;345:e6194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6194 (Published 13 September 2012)
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Routine screening for ovarian cancer harms more than it helps, says US authority
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2012;345:e6203, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6203 (Published 13 September 2012)
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Persistent health disparities in the US signal need for new thinking
Keith Epstein
BMJ  2012;345:e6204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6204 (Published 13 September 2012)
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Charity challenges closure of children’s heart surgery unit at Leeds
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2012;345:e6182, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6182 (Published 13 September 2012)
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Pressure on hospitals has led to worse care for older patients
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ  2012;345:e6137, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6137 (Published 12 September 2012)
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Lives saved by breast screening outnumber cases of overdiagnosis, review says
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ  2012;345:e6155, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6155 (Published 12 September 2012)
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CQC says it is improving despite massive failings in the past
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2012;345:e6174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6174 (Published 12 September 2012)
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German health insurers are urged to pay rebates to members as surplus reaches record high
Ned Stafford
BMJ  2012;345:e6121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6121 (Published 12 September 2012)
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New guidance on donating organs is issued amid fears of attempts to profit from giving
Matthew Limb
BMJ  2012;345:e6141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6141 (Published 12 September 2012)
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Heat related deaths could rise from 2000 to 12 000 a year by the 2080s, health agency says
Ingrid Torjesen
BMJ  2012;345:e6138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6138 (Published 11 September 2012)
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Children’s champion says more needs to be done for children whose parents misuse alcohol
Ingrid Torjesen
BMJ  2012;345:e6139, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6139 (Published 11 September 2012)
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FDA proposes tightening post-market oversight of medical devices
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2012;345:e6140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6140 (Published 11 September 2012)
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In brief
BMJ  2012;345:e6070, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6070 (Published 11 September 2012)
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Commissioning advocate resigns after becoming disillusioned with what GPs are being asked to do
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2012;345:e6133, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6133 (Published 11 September 2012)
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Asian and Afro-Caribbean Britons have double the risk of type 2 diabetes
Toby Pitts-Tucker
BMJ  2012;345:e6135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6135 (Published 11 September 2012)
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Payment for medical care should be linked to outcomes that patients value, meeting concludes
Tessa Richards
BMJ  2012;345:e6104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6104 (Published 11 September 2012)
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"Spin" in media coverage of research can be traced to abstracts
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2012;345:e6106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6106 (Published 11 September 2012)
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New York attorney general investigates energy drink makers
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2012;345:e6108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6108 (Published 11 September 2012)
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New health ministers back further debate on assisted suicide law
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2012;345:e6114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6114 (Published 11 September 2012)
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India drafts new rules to combat organ shortage
Ganapati Mudur
BMJ  2012;345:e6120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6120 (Published 11 September 2012)
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Competence in a crisis
Trish Groves
BMJ  2012;345:e6153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6153 (Published 12 September 2012)
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Fighting neglected tropical diseases in the southern United States
Peter J Hotez
BMJ  2012;345:e6112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6112 (Published 13 September 2012)
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Drug eluting stents for patients with diabetes
Koon-Hou Mak
BMJ  2012;345:e5828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5828 (Published 12 September 2012)
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Lansley’s legacy
Kieran Walshe
BMJ  2012;345:e6109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6109 (Published 12 September 2012)
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Updated version of QRISK2: Being sanguine about study design and multiple imputation
Sheila M Bird
BMJ  2012;345:e5884, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5884 (Published 10 September 2012)
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Updated version of QRISK2: Authors’ reply to Bird
Gary S Collins, Douglas G Altman
BMJ  2012;345:e5885, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5885 (Published 10 September 2012)
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Pay for performance issues: Incentives must be closely aligned to professional values
Martin Roland
BMJ  2012;345:e5982, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5982 (Published 10 September 2012)
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Pay for performance issues: More on incentives
Hendrik J Beerstecher
BMJ  2012;345:e5983, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5983 (Published 10 September 2012)
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A jab in the dark: JCVI processes are at least as robust as those of scientific journals
Andrew J Hall
BMJ  2012;345:e5984, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5984 (Published 10 September 2012)
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A jab in the dark: JCVI processes should be more rigorous than those of scientific journals
Azeem Majeed
BMJ  2012;345:e5986, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5986 (Published 10 September 2012)
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Bisphosphonates in osteoporosis: Osteonecrosis of the jaw is becoming more common
Richard A Loukota
BMJ  2012;345:e5988, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5988 (Published 10 September 2012)
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Medicine and the Media: Cosmetic approval
Margaret McCartney
BMJ  2012;345:e6046, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6046 (Published 14 September 2012)
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Reality Check: Reasons to be hopeful: streams of renewal in healthcare
Ray Moynihan
BMJ  2012;345:e6042, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6042 (Published 12 September 2012)
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Medicine and the Media: Statins for all?
Margaret McCartney
BMJ  2012;345:e6044, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6044 (Published 12 September 2012)
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Are the causes of obesity primarily environmental? Yes
John Wilding
BMJ  2012;345:e5843, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5843 (Published 11 September 2012)
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Are the causes of obesity primarily environmental? No
Timothy M Frayling
BMJ  2012;345:e5844, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5844 (Published 11 September 2012)
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When is a further clinical trial justified?
Manuela L Ferreira, Robert D Herbert, Michael J Crowther, Arianne Verhagen, Alex J Sutton
BMJ  2012;345:e5913, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5913 (Published 13 September 2012)
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From the Frontline: Good medicine: homeopathy
Des Spence
BMJ  2012;345:e6184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6184 (Published 14 September 2012)
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Personal View: Terminally ill people shouldn’t have to travel abroad for assisted dying
Laura McClelland
BMJ  2012;345:e6201, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6201 (Published 14 September 2012)
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Between the Lines: Authentic fiction
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2012;345:e6185, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6185 (Published 13 September 2012)
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Little Fox Goes to the End of the World
Klaus Martin Beckmann
BMJ  2012;345:e6119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6119 (Published 12 September 2012)
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Personal View: Government advisers’ suggestions for NHS savings don’t add up
Richard Jones
BMJ  2012;345:e6024, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6024 (Published 11 September 2012)
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Josephine Kenna
Phil Kenna
BMJ  2012;345:e5688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5688 (Published 12 September 2012)
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Herbert Brian Kelly
Helen Fraser
BMJ  2012;345:e5690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5690 (Published 12 September 2012)
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Paul Edward Francis Leyden
Paul Fogarty, Robin Ashe
BMJ  2012;345:e5695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5695 (Published 12 September 2012)
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Sylvia Annette Meakin Hatfield
Margaret Tompsett
BMJ  2012;345:e5896, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5896 (Published 12 September 2012)
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David Francis Rickards
Hugh Rickards
BMJ  2012;345:e5901, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5901 (Published 12 September 2012)
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Peter Pellew Hinds
Alasdair Fraser
BMJ  2012;345:e5903, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5903 (Published 12 September 2012)
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Statistical Question: Standardisation of outcome measures (z scores)
Philip Sedgwick
BMJ  2012;345:e6178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6178 (Published 14 September 2012)
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Case Report: Taught a lesson by taut skin
Pierce Geoghegan, Donal J Sexton, Louise Giblin, Anthony O’Regan
BMJ  2012;345:e5971, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5971 (Published 13 September 2012)
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Picture Quiz: Neonatal seizure: what is the cause?
Manish Prasad, Gabriel Chow
BMJ  2012;345:e6003, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6003 (Published 12 September 2012)
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Bones of the hand I
BMJ  2012;345:e6113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6113 (Published 13 September 2012)
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Kidney dialysis—the need for humanity
BMJ  2012;345:e6171, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6171 (Published 12 September 2012)
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Forty years of sports performance research and little insight gained
BMJ  2012;345:e6085, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6085 (Published 11 September 2012)
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The truth about sports drinks
BMJ  2012;345:e6096, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6096 (Published 11 September 2012)
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