MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'BMJ Online First' source. Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:23:31 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363102&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FdWVYrG0Sxas%2Fbmj.d7101.short Patients in England who receive a personal health budget are being left in the dark over how much money they are going to get, a Department of Health report concludes. The report, which was based on... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363102 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363102 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363101&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F-SanpdLk0Aw%2Fbmj.d7096.short International action to clamp down on counterfeit medical products has been given a boost after a dozen countries signed up to the Council of Europe’s “medicrime” convention on 28 October.The... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363101 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363101 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363100&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FYNQhgOkPNHk%2Fbmj.d7077.short bmj;343/nov01_1/d7077/FIGF1figI receive a constant stream of emails announcing dodgy journals or “spamnals” from bogus individuals riding the open access publication wave. Once in possession of your... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363100 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363099&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F2wz_anlDDPQ%2Fbmj.d7063.short In this research paper by Jennifer Neuman and colleagues (BMJ 2011;343:d5621, doi:10.1136/bmj.d5621) the second sentence of the second paragraph under “Prevalence of financial COI” should have read:... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363099 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363099 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363098&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FkEE5iGr0StU%2Fbmj.d7039.short retired in 1996 after nearly 40 years’ service. As a junior he took on extra hospital jobs including paediatrics and anaesthetics at Birmingham Accident Hospital. To celebrate... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363098 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363098 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363097&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FwKhaYgA2qaA%2Fbmj.d6937.short bmj;343/nov01_1/d6937/FIG1F1fig1The BMA’s handbook Medical Ethics Today states unequivocally that “competent adult patients have the right to refuse any medical treatment, even if that refusal... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363097 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363097 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363096&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FCThpBnN5kkU%2Fbmj.d7103.short Three drug companies have been ordered by a US court to pay damages of $162m (£102m; €120m) after three patients contracted hepatitis C from a reusable drug vial. The settlement, awarded to three... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363096 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363096 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363095&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FEpTCKkO2wUY%2Fbmj.d7088.short The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is urging all countries to meet a global standard in the way they account for their health service spending.In October the OECD, in... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363095 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363095 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363094&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FYTbXUF-LROs%2Fbmj.d7052.short No one disputes the importance of early treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.1 2 The central theme is whether the disease is over-diagnosed and over-treated. The epidemiological data are limited, but... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363094 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363094 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363093&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FEOh2WiJCyGw%2Fbmj.d7050.short Spence makes some challenging observations about rheumatoid arthritis.1 His assertion that it is becoming less common is difficult to answer as current criteria are different from those used in the... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363093 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363093 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363092&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F90l6yuoS7WU%2Fbmj.d7045.short , known to many as “the Beadle,” started at St Thomas’ Hospital Medical School in December 1972 and spent over 25 years working with generations of medical students. He provided... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363092 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363092 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363091&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F3Vj4y0BI0SU%2Fbmj.d7034.short The patient’s delayed discharge secondary to a delay in residential home assessment is just one of several factors that contribute to unnecessary discharge delay and increased length of stay.1Delayed... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363091 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363091 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363090&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FhOwSrrau4CU%2Fbmj.d7032.short Wellesley stated that only 59% of relatives of organ donors give consent for organ donation to go ahead1—a disconcertingly low proportion.It may be standard practice to ask relatives to give consent... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363090 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363090 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363089&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fdka5mZ5-0wM%2Fbmj.d7029.short The new report from the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends against prostate cancer screening.1 2 The case is therefore strong for public health systems to disinvest in this area, and to... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363089 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363089 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363088&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FaEHXqlgZN54%2Fbmj.d7027.short Big drug companies are the largest and most conspicuous market sector engaging in these practices,1 but there is also a huge industry in medical supplies, including joint prostheses, surgical... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363088 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363088 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363087&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FNiz2we3rTko%2Fbmj.d7026.short I have never been on a guideline panel and would have had no conflicts of interest to declare if I had done so. I am also well aware of the errors and crimes of the drug industry, and when teaching... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363087 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363087 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363086&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fz2K5JfnQSEU%2Fbmj.d7024.short The US Sunshine Act raises a cautionary note.1 Its stress on transparency as a solitary measure to tackle commercial conflicts of interest will preserve the status quo.The act assumes that disclosure... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363086 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363086 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363085&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fd8StGPe-8S0%2Fbmj.d6962.short In “Bad medicine: rheumatoid arthritis” Spence combines unsupported assertions with misleading interpretations of publications about the disease.1We agree that the severity of rheumatoid arthritis is... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363085 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363085 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363084&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FJKmCdXGQd-I%2Fbmj.d6942.short Well done to Esmail for showing that some British general practice consultations go wrong.1 Of course, poor consultations are easier to find if doctors who have had problems are deceived by being... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363084 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363084 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363083&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fo3mUV-NL74U%2Fbmj.d6941.short Although the performance of some general practitioners is undeniably deficient, the ethics of the Dispatches programme using secret filming of GPs left much to be desired.1 Three doctors were... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363083 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363083 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363082&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FyDGJNfWAjE4%2Fbmj.d6901.short Our research group has argued extensively for broad consent to future research.1 2 3 We agree with Sheehan that broad consent is informed consent and argue that implementing policies of broad,... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363082 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363082 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363081&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FTp-tOIp_Gm8%2Fbmj.d6900.short The authors claim that the risks associated with biobanks are minimal and greatly outweighed by the benefits.1 Some people would disagree.2 But even if we could agree about the risks and benefits,... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363081 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363081 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363080&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F6VzGb5_K9ec%2Fbmj.d6609.short Advising patients on the Hajj is increasingly common in general practice in multi-ethnic areas.1 Many patients who consult me about the Hajj are limited English speakers, and some are understandably... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363080 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363080 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363117&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FCbqtQqeW_g8%2Fbmj.d7025.short Spending on the NHS did not fall in real terms during the first year of the coalition government, an analysis of departmental spending published in the Guardian newspaper last week shows... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363117 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363117 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363116&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FTXVisWGpMUE%2Fbmj.d7003.short Population stabilisation is essential to healthy societies, and is fortunately an inevitable outcome of the evolution of such societies. My line of argument is to understand what underlies healthy... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363116 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363116 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363115&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fkj1UdEgyt2g%2Fbmj.d6980.short Because atrial fibrillation is associated with advanced age and obesity, its prevalence is increasing worldwide.1 New treatments such as ablation and left atrial occlusion may reduce the need for... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363115 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363115 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363114&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FA9bFAxIMIMU%2Fbmj.d6831.short A 34 year old railway engineer of south Indian descent was under the care of the ophthalmology team. He was being treated for bilateral anterior uveitis with topical steroids and mydriatics after a... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363114 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363114 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363113&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fo11QJe6uaxY%2Fbmj.d6812.short Late last year, I missed a message in our day book and failed to telephone a patient in trouble. Later that afternoon, he was admitted to hospital and two days later he died.At one level this is a... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363113 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363113 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363112&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FmaVAf1lBvUM%2Fbmj.d6333.short Objectives To determine the incremental net health benefits of dabigatran etexilate 110 mg and 150 mg twice daily and warfarin in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation and to estimate the... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363112 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363112 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363111&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FP3XeRSz8agI%2Fbmj.d5916.short Summary pointsSuspect deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients who present with sudden swelling, redness, and pain of the calf or legStandard treatment is anticoagulation for at least three months,... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363111 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363111 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363110&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FkyYVKSPPXR8%2Fbmj.d7078.short The NHS Commissioning Board for England has begun work. It was established on 31 October in shadow form as a special health authority and will take on its full statutory responsibilities in April... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363110 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363110 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363109&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fsu3Ira-80vo%2Fbmj.d7071.short The 20 healthcare workers accused of crimes against the state during political protests in Bahrain earlier this year have had their salaries stopped without explanation.The 20, most of whom worked at... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363109 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363109 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363108&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FIo8HRyZgUWc%2Fbmj.d7068.short All boys in the United States should receive the quadrivalent vaccine to protect against human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, which can cause cancer, a US committee has recommended.It should be made... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363108 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363108 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363107&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FODsq3KodCdc%2Fbmj.d7067.short The UK Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency has announced a 12 week formal public consultation on the consolidation of UK drug legislation.The agency says that current legislation is “outdated... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363107 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363107 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363106&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F0Un8_Hfs8Dg%2Fbmj.d7061.short An estimated 526 000 people die violently every year and only about 10% of those die as a result of armed conflicts, says a report from the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development.Some... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363106 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363106 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363105&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fk7Jo1w4p_t8%2Fbmj.d7057.short Switzerland has one of the best healthcare systems in the world, but the Swiss model is among the most expensive and has weaknesses that must be rectified in coming years as the population ages, says... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363105 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363105 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363104&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FrX2yS2taPAU%2Fbmj.d7051.short Women giving birth at Queen’s Hospital in Romford, Essex, were subjected to “abusive” behaviour by staff and provided with poor clinical care, an investigation by the Care Quality Commission has... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363104 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363104 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363103&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fe80YK1hiBkk%2Fbmj.d7046.short Countries should decriminalise abortion, the supply of all forms of contraception, voluntary sterilisation, and the provision of information on sexual and reproductive health to fully ensure the... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363103 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363103 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363121&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fup4otXRKB5s%2Fbmj.d7005.short The African Network for Drugs and Diagnostics Innovation (ANDI) has selected a group of 32 centres of excellence in health innovation to facilitate the discovery, development, manufacture, and... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363121 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363121 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363120&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fr3qIjQPqZtA%2Fbmj.d5204.short A 73 year old woman presented to the accident and emergency department after having fallen down a flight of stairs near her local shops. She had not injured her head; lost consciousness; or had a... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363120 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363120 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363119&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FtnX4PhNfzHE%2Fbmj.d7036.short Some Liberal Democrat peers seem to have dropped their opposition to the government’s health reforms in the controversial Health and Social Care Bill after a concession from the government.Doctors’... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363119 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363119 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5363118&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FnYYJHEJqrMk%2Fbmj.d7015.short A new official indicator of the number of patients who die after treatment in hospital has found 14 NHS trusts in England with a higher than expected mortality and 14 whose mortality is lower than... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5363118 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5363118 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349349&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F3wtPBEzF8pw%2Fbmj.d6963.short A small tax on financial trading could raise billions to fund healthcare and other services in developing countries. That’s the message Bill Gates will deliver to leaders of the G20 major economies... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349349 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349349 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349348&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fx8t9e0ggYs0%2Fbmj.d6914.short bmj;343/oct26_1/d6914/FIG1F1fig1Funny how some insights stay with you. Our headmistress once said, “It doesn’t matter what you think of your children; it’s what others think that matters.” I shudder... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349348 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349348 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349347&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FiUp_3TX_rBY%2Fbmj.d6908.short The actor Chris Langham was talking of life after his conviction for downloading child pornography: “After I came out of prison I went to the Co-op, and it was like a really big event for me, and... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349347 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349347 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349346&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FZbw60MybGfk%2Fbmj.d6905.short The leaflet sent to women in England who are called for breast cancer screening is to be rewritten for the second time, and the effectiveness of screening is to be reviewed by an independent panel,... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349346 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349346 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349345&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FkVErheVyshY%2Fbmj.d6893.short Just over two decades ago, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its first report. It was a groundbreaking document, notable for its impressive size. “It was about twice as... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349345 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349345 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349344&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fc39ID6LuqB8%2Fbmj.d6881.short Those who want to see drug laws liberalised have pinned their hopes on Portugal, a country that has now survived 10 years of drug decriminalisation without the sky falling in. Americans are... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349344 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349344 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349343&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F5SiFZwf0Awk%2Fbmj.d6867.short bmj;343/oct26_1/d6867/FIG1F1fig1Hi! We’re sending you this email because you recently attended a conference on and we think you’ll want to know about future meetings tailored to your personal needs... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349343 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349343 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349342&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FPbOOha7w18Y%2Fbmj.d6855.short Of 4705 cases of spontaneous abortion, researchers found that 352 (7.5%) had been exposed to non-aspirin, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs during pregnancy, compared with 1213 (2.6%) of 47 050... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349342 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349342 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349340&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FM9k6SfYL4r0%2Fbmj.d6842.short Dr Johnson famously defined a lexicographer as a harmless drudge, a maker of dictionaries; his own dictionary contained 100 000 quotations from English authors, illustrating the early use of words... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349340 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349340 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349339&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fd36yliDZ8fA%2Fbmj.d6840.short Although it was written when autism hadn’t attained the acceptance and recognition it has now, before the current diagnostic explosion that has seen prevalence rise 10-fold, it is surprising how... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349339 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349339 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349338&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fw6bcdtA_77c%2Fbmj.d6830.short Over the past five years we have seen a huge rise in the number of robotically performed operations worldwide. Most patients who undergo radical prostatectomy in the United States, for example, now... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349338 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349338 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349337&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fr7-eF2WtKJA%2Fbmj.d6646.short Hyperglycaemia is common in patients who are admitted to hospital with acute coronary syndrome. In the Euro Heart Survey on diabetes, 22% of people admitted to hospital as emergency cases because of... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349337 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349337 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349336&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Frqepr0ulYBo%2Fbmj.d6973.short Ten myths about world population need to be dealt with before progress can be made on meeting the challenges and dangers of mass population growth, an MP has warned. If these myths are not dispelled... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349336 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349336 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349335&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FCwSIXq30omo%2Fbmj.d6915.short The world’s population will exceed seven billion for the first time in the next few days, just 12 years after it passed the six billion mark. The milestone, expected to be reached on 31 October, is... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349335 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349335 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349334&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FX5NAfedtldI%2Fbmj.d6953.short I was heartened by this week’s Analysis on the ageing brain, which tries to counter some of the fear of cognitive decline that accompanies ageing (doi:10.1136/bmj.d6288). Marcus Richards and Stephani... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349334 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349334 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349333&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FawCwD6Vi-s4%2Fbmj.d6870.short Finally, a vaccine against malariaN Engl J Med2011; doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1102287bmj;343/oct26_3/d6870/FIG1F1fig1GlaxoSmithKline has developed a malaria vaccine directed against sporozoites, the... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349333 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349333 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349332&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F35-o4H_C63Y%2Fbmj.d6862.short Fiona Godlee challenges the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in relation to the detention and trial of healthcare professionals in Bahrain.1 We here clarify our position on this issue.RCSI... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349332 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349332 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349331&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FFxvj5Tzij1M%2Fbmj.d6839.short The report published by the Nuffield Bioethics Council on 10 October tackles the difficult question of how far society can go in its demands on people to act in what many regard as a good cause—that... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349331 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349331 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349330&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FIjeAAPEa-t0%2Fbmj.d6833.short Researchers investigated the association of cerebral palsy with birth weight and Apgar score five minutes after birth. A population based cohort study design was used. The cohort consisted of 543 064... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349330 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349330 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349329&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FZSv9d4A1VkU%2Fbmj.d6797.short In response to Spence,1 I have published critiques of the causes and consequences of smoking cessation becoming over-medicalised and the concomitant neglect of serious study of how most ex-smokers... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349329 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349329 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349328&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FMsbbX070ZrY%2Fbmj.d6765.short bmj;343/oct26_3/d6765/FIG1F1fig1Many of us are born with a talent, but some are born with a gift that lifts them above the crowd. A select few are born with so great a gift that we call them... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349328 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349328 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349327&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F_lM-Igt7_AY%2Fbmj.d6740.short (“Pete”) was the youngest of four brothers and the only one (thanks to scholarships) who received higher education. Pete recalled as a 5 year old the 3 mile, barefoot walk to school.... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349327 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349327 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349326&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FLX62dDlmjNo%2Fbmj.d6695.short Heath questions the appropriateness of drug companies providing support for meetings and events on the subject of public health.1Companies strive to operate within the Association of the British... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349326 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349326 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349325&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fsqy6wQveFfE%2Fbmj.d6694.short Both Christie and Breathnach and colleagues raise the important issue of freedom of information requests being used to obtain research data “for free.”1 2 The use of such requests has recently... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349325 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349325 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349324&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fs2Cbe102hc8%2Fbmj.d6690.short I am not sure what Breathnach and colleagues are suggesting: allowing the media to use the Freedom of Information Act but preventing possible research studies using the same legal right?1 It scarcely... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349324 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349324 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349323&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FoTn6RrPwxFA%2Fbmj.d6683.short Mackenbach states that: “randomised controlled trials are now needed . . . of chocolate consumption . . . For epidemiologists and the chocolate industry alike, this must be a temptation no one can... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349323 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349323 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349374&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F_0C4caukdOU%2Fbmj.d6910.short A civilian court in Bahrain has announced that some charges against 20 health professionals would be dropped and that a new trial would begin to assess allegations that they committed more serious... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349374 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349374 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349373&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FzR_T78DdPzo%2Fbmj.d6903.short Ethicists and journalism leaders have raised concerns about drug industry sponsorship of health journalism in the broadsheet newspaper the Australian, owned by News Ltd, part of Rupert Murdoch’s News... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349373 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349373 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349372&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FBvSWyo1aVbo%2Fbmj.d6756.short Over the past three to five years, there has been a barrage of criticism and dissent about the complex and bureaucratic systems that govern clinical research in the United Kingdom. This has... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349372 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349372 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349371&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FtzypWmMykjM%2Fbmj.d6316.short Accurate and timely diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) in young children presenting to primary care is important because appropriate treatment may alleviate suffering and help prevent long... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349371 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349371 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349370&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fmgxsrwo6vu8%2Fbmj.d6952.short bmj;343/oct25_3/d6952/FIG1F1fig1No, it’s not the latest eco-friendly tree house sought after by holidaymakers but a retreat for people with cancer, provided by the Maggie’s Joy of Living campaign and... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349370 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349370 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349369&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FFZbP9Yez6iw%2Fbmj.d6949.short The NHS needs to improve its capacity in bioinformatics, by developing information systems, analytical expertise, and infrastructure, to make the best use of whole genome sequencing as it becomes... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349369 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349369 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349368&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FolRw8tCYJI0%2Fbmj.d6948.short Twenty two US labour, consumer, religious, environmental, and human rights organisations have charged the Obama administration with reversing modest free trade reforms passed by the Bush... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349368 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349368 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349367&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FKP-OmC33eX8%2Fbmj.d6947.short Intimidation of medical staff by the Syrian government is deterring people injured during protests from seeking help and turning hospitals into instruments of repression, says a report by Amnesty... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349367 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349367 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349366&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FVpTUh7Q44CA%2Fbmj.d6945.short NHS trusts are losing millions of pounds because they are failing to buy expensive high tech equipment for hospitals in bulk, claim MPs.They found that the way that equipment such as magnetic... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349366 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349366 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349365&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FOlKmOLgk0IU%2Fbmj.d6935.short Grant was born in Tasmania but did his undergraduate training in Oxford (Merton College) and at the London Hospital. His postgraduate training in ear, nose, and throat medicine included spells as... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349365 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349365 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349364&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F7sjFaravetY%2Fbmj.d6930.short Graeme McDonald was an extraordinary man with tremendous intellect, exceptional people skills, and a wonderful sense of humour. As a junior doctor, his well defined sense of right and wrong led to a... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349364 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349364 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349363&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FVOBX1Fj81VQ%2Fbmj.d6929.short was the son of a dental surgeon who practised in Carlisle. He was educated at Sedbergh School and entered Edinburgh University Medical School. After house jobs in Edinburgh he... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349363 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349363 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349362&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fg2Sgqct3Zdg%2Fbmj.d6928.short Arriving in England, from New Zealand, Anthony David Perrett was Sidney Truelove’s research registrar at Oxford. Afterwards, as senior medical registrar at Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda, and... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349362 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349362 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349361&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F2h01Ty86LbE%2Fbmj.d6923.short was an innovative physiologist whose classic work on peripheral vascular dynamics and lymphatic circulation is still widely quoted. A lucid and inspirational teacher, he was also... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349361 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349361 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349360&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F6D2HweQqMCA%2Fbmj.d6922.short After qualifying form St George’s Hospital, Gilbert Geoffrey Francis worked as a general practitioner in Croydon for 40 years. Geoffrey was an expert rock climber and in his youth tackled climbs with... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349360 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349360 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349359&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FtDZoV9mSLmQ%2Fbmj.d6921.short Denis Umoren (“Umostic”) will be remembered for his quick wit, passion for his vocation and strong Christian faith. He started his career in obstetrics and gynaecology in the Catholic Mission, St... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349359 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349359 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349358&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FJWA-1V4IeC4%2Fbmj.d6920.short took up the post of consultant physician and gastroenterologist in 1989 in Hexham and Newcastle, later moving to be in Newcastle full time. For his MD he researched the use of Nd... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349358 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349358 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349357&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fwe8-Onry8H0%2Fbmj.d6913.short The number of doctors and dentists either suspended or excluded from work in the NHS has risen steadily in the past five years, but cases are being dealt with faster, says the National Patient Safety... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349357 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349357 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349356&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FHgOjjFCIZO8%2Fbmj.d6897.short North Korean children are malnourished and stunted: A third of children aged under 5 years in North Korea and nearly half (45%) of those in the north of the country are chronically malnourished, said... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349356 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349356 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349355&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FnWhmqb7IneQ%2Fbmj.d6890.short Achieving herd immunity in an ethnically mixed deprived area is a realistic goal.1 Between 2004 and 2006, the Heart of Birmingham primary care trust increased measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR)... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349355 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349355 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349354&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FCKeydIXyTwY%2Fbmj.d6885.short Merry and colleagues’ new system to reduce drug errors in anaesthesia had an error rate of 9.1 per 100 administrations.1 This seems high, although the most common errors were in drug recording, such... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349354 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349354 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349353&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fee1rEX8_ReE%2Fbmj.d6879.short Although patients often see a surgical registrar or consultant at least twice weekly after surgery, these encounters often focus almost entirely on surgical concerns.1Should existing conditions, such... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349353 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349353 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349352&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Flews-2jxd-o%2Fbmj.d6877.short With reference to the debate about whether evidence supports the use of mild hypothermia after cardiac arrest,1 we report our experience. Nine critical care units in the north west of England... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349352 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349352 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349351&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FXlO1uMy1axo%2Fbmj.d6498.short By retracing the history of particular surrogate outcome failures,1 Moynihan dismisses the assessment of surrogate outcomes in future clinical trials and instead recommends collecting only final... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349351 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349351 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5349350&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FCvg7SJAzzJo%2Fbmj.d6423.short Objective To assess the risk of venous thromboembolism from use of combined oral contraceptives according to progestogen type and oestrogen dose.Design National historical registry based cohort... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5349350 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5349350 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337573&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FXHCC99K7CGc%2Fbmj.d6865.short Women who donate eggs for infertility treatment in the United Kingdom can be paid a flat sum of £750 (€858; $1180) per cycle to compensate for loss of earnings, expenses, and the procedures they have... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337573 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337573 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337572&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FqUxIwhY7bCU%2Fbmj.d6860.short In this letter by Barbara Gallani (BMJ 2011;343;d6115, doi:10.1136/bmj.d6115) part of reference 1 was wrong . The reference was correct except for the elocator, which meant that it linked to the... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337572 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337572 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337571&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FSClQ0dzgIUs%2Fbmj.d6859.short The online version of this Endgames picture quiz by Saad Saheecha and colleagues (BMJ 2011;343:d5121, doi:10.1136/bmj.d5121) contained a mistake in the labelling of figure 2. The explanations for... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337571 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337571 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337570&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F2W5AG5U2wGU%2Fbmj.d6856.short The United Kingdom government’s draft bill to reform the libel laws in England and Wales does not go far enough and will do little to tackle the problem of unacceptably high costs, concludes a cross... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337570 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337569&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F1iRIiPc8eT8%2Fbmj.d6852.short The chief executive of the NHS, David Nicholson, has told MPs that he is confident that no more than 20 trusts will be unable to reach foundation trust status.Professor Nicholson was giving evidence... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337569 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337569 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337568&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F0yZ82ST2V2Y%2Fbmj.d6822.short The World Heath Organization has declared that “there is no biological or genetic reason for [the] alarming differences in health and life opportunity” around the world that mean a child born in... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337568 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337568 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337567&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FvCkxn23myTo%2Fbmj.d6628.short The linked article by Baird and colleagues (doi:10.1136/bmj.d6360) summarises the recent National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance on the recognition, referral, and... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337567 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337567 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337566&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F_83rehG0sw4%2Fbmj.d6360.short Autism affects children, young people, and adults and describes qualitative difference and impairments in reciprocal social interaction and communication behaviours combined with a restricted range... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337566 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337566 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337565&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FBD25zEtui0A%2Fbmj.d6238.short Summary pointsAutism spectrum disorders are neurodevelopmental conditions that share core impairments in social reciprocity, communication, and behaviour but have a range of presentationsThe... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337565 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337565 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337564&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FSwzDkpmPyQ4%2Fbmj.d6851.short Healthcare in the United States continued to deteriorate in quality, accessibility, and affordability in the period immediately leading up to enactment of major reforms, the Affordable Care Act of... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337564 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337564 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337583&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FyG_1_eBS2xs%2Fbmj.d6605.short In the linked cohort study (doi:10.1136/bmj.d6387), Frei and colleagues found no evidence that the risk of brain tumours was raised in 358 403 Danish mobile phone subscribers.1 This was also true... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337583 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337583 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337582&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FwN88fCnTS0Q%2Fbmj.d6387.short Objective To investigate the risk of tumours in the central nervous system among Danish mobile phone subscribers.Design Nationwide cohort study.Setting Denmark.Participants All Danes aged ≥30 and... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337582 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337582 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337581&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F6aJQyVzImNQ%2Fbmj.d6832.short An antimalaria vaccine halved the number of first clinical episodes of malaria and severe malaria in children in the 12 months after vaccination, according to results from a clinical trial.The trial... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337581 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337581 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337580&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FpyU5xnNsDgQ%2Fbmj.d6820.short GPs on the new clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in the NHS in England should take responsibility for any clinical failures and budget overspends rather than blaming the government, MPs have... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337580 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337580 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337579&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FWOQuQInCiZU%2Fbmj.d6795.short The proposed new NHS Commissioning Board “cannot afford to fail,” NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar told a conference.Mr Farrar said it was vital that clinical commissioning, a central... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337579 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337579 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337578&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FMzB_ap1UtCc%2Fbmj.d6700.short The European Commission has tabled a revised proposal for EU-wide legislation on the information that pharmaceutical companies may give the public on prescription drugs. The draft rules take account... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337578 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337578 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337577&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FEfImO9IEq1I%2Fbmj.d6652.short The emergency department is the point of entry for more than half of all patients admitted to hospital care, primarily because of an increasingly elderly population. Recent reports also show that... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337577 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337577 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337576&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FlUHVjimjmKw%2Fbmj.d6586.short Editors have a duty to act if they suspect misconduct by an author.1 However, since they are not equipped to investigate misconduct allegations or impose punishment they must rely on the author’s... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337576 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337576 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337575&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FFlG6_Xbu3PA%2Fbmj.d6835.short The Pan African Parliament—the legislative arm of the African Union—has adopted a resolution urging speakers of the continent’s 54 national parliaments to prioritise the implementation of maternal,... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337575 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337575 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337574&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FxpyWLOILHaA%2Fbmj.d6834.short The Department of Health has signalled that the operation of the deceased organ donor register could be privatised in its commercial review of the NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) service.The... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337574 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337574 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337595&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F_vQ9D1Ry-xg%2Fbmj.d6798.short The UK government has agreed to support a voluntary integrity concordat that all employers of researchers will be encouraged to sign but argues there is no need for an external regulator to improve... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337595 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337595 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337594&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FFu1uDXZYnpU%2Fbmj.d6789.short The greatest risk to human health is neither communicable nor non-communicable disease, it is climate change. Saying this, as I and others have started doing at conferences, seems to take a certain... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337594 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337594 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337593&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fzx_SllFG-Gs%2Fbmj.d6786.short In the third paragraph from the end in this editorial by René H M Verheijen (BMJ 2011;343:d5720, doi:10.1136/bmj.d5720) the author mistakenly referred to deaths instead of cases. The fourth sentence... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337593 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337593 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337592&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fll3W_JnM85o%2Fbmj.d6746.short bmj;343/oct19_3/d6746/FIG1F1fig1Proposed new legislation and a political climate sensitive to the private sector offer a rare investment opportunity in the NHS.Currently, primary care is dominated by... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337592 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337592 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337591&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fl053SUvGYjs%2Fbmj.d6733.short Four things are certain in life: death, taxes, plagues, and movies about plagues. Almost every year, Hollywood releases yet another blockbuster outbreak film with an entirely formulaic plotline.A... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337591 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337591 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337590&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Felxq4oZznVE%2Fbmj.d6651.short bmj;343/oct19_3/d6651/FIG1F1fig1Although it is well known that rifampicin, an anti-tuberculous drug, turns body secretions orange, other drugs cause similar staining. This man’s parkinsonian symptoms... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337590 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337590 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337588&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F5bXuwQ9ZZsY%2Fbmj.d6640.short No doubt it is unusual for the founders of great institutions of learning to be deliberately poisoned to death with strychnine, let alone at the second attempt, but such seems to have been the fate... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337588 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337588 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337587&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FV8xr9vveDzk%2Fbmj.d6623.short Researchers investigated the effectiveness of seat belts for protecting children involved in car crashes.1 They selected a sample of all car crashes within prescribed geographical regions of Canada... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337587 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337587 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337586&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FV0gWTZto250%2Fbmj.d6044.short Summary pointsOne to two per cent of cases of diabetes have a monogenic cause but delayed diagnosis and misdiagnosis as type 1 and type 2 diabetes are commonMutations in the glucokinase (GCK),... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337586 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337586 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337585&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FWTE2Qc8VHxk%2Fbmj.d5701.short Objectives To determine the efficacy of intraoperative treatment with low dose tranexamic acid in reducing the rate of perioperative transfusions in patients undergoing radical retropubic... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337585 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337585 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5337584&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Flbv93jeRCZ4%2Fbmj.d5203.short Essex, 1955, approaching my sixth birthday; dad had agreed to do some carpentry work in our landlady’s house, so I accompanied him. While he worked I explored the grounds looking for chickens. No... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5337584 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5337584 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5324823&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FsTrpnI76Z9M%2Fbmj.d6754.short The NHS in England is still failing to deal adequately with the most straightforward complaints, says the parliamentary and health service ombudsman, Ann Abraham, in her latest report.Improvement in... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5324823 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5324823 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5324822&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FzkWrm_u_itc%2Fbmj.d6702.short Vision and long term planning, together with effective managers and continuity, have enabled some poor countries to achieve better health outcomes than others with similar incomes, says a new... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5324822 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5324822 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5324821&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FdH9Uy7ltAH8%2Fbmj.d6624.short Submit to any kind of robotic surgery and the machine performing it will almost certainly be called, rather charmingly, a da Vinci. Designed to assist in laparoscopic procedures, the da Vinci robot... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5324821 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5324821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5324820&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FaaFaYcZrwx4%2Fbmj.d5928.short Randomised trials, and systematic reviews of such trials, provide the most reliable evidence about the effects of healthcare interventions. Provided that there are enough participants, randomisation... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5324820 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5324820 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5324837&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F_oQ_s0IRYtc%2Fbmj.d6699.short A doctor in private practice has been suspended for six months by the General Medical Council for giving the unlicensed hallucinogenic drug ibogaine to a man obsessed with internet pornography... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5324837 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5324837 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5324836&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FNfmabHKFHbs%2Fbmj.d6688.short Experts in public health and obesity have condemned the government’s plan for reducing obesity in England because it focuses only on individual responsibility and fails to tackle the influence of the... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5324836 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5324836 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5324835&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FvvDvrhcwtLI%2Fbmj.d6288.short In 1968 Robert Butler, a gerontologist and the first director of the US National Institute on Aging coined the term “ageism,” highlighting negative stereotypes in later life that emphasise loss and... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5324835 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5324835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5324834&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F_pFX2gessc8%2Fbmj.d6287.short As a respiratory registrar, I am always surprised when faced with patients in clinic who are unaware of their diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). They will inevitably know if... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5324834 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5324834 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5324833&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Ff8Q8G44gPcw%2Fbmj.d6281.short Reading the obituaries of Baruj Benacerraf, a Venezuelan of Jewish descent who won the 1980 Nobel prize for describing “genetically determined structures of the cell surface that regulate... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5324833 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5324833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5324832&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FcAyrfSRHo0A%2Fbmj.d6054.short Objectives To evaluate the implementation and adoption of the NHS detailed care records service in “early adopter” hospitals in England.Design Theoretically informed, longitudinal qualitative... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5324832 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5324832 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5324831&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FIhKVjJO2Aps%2Fbmj.d6035.short A 28 year old woman of Pakistani origin, who was 18 weeks pregnant, presented with a four week history of dry cough, breathlessness, and intermittent wheeze. Antibiotics and inhaled bronchodilators... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5324831 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5324831 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5324830&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FZGpghpkp0wg%2Fbmj.d6729.short Aid operations in and around Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp, the world’s largest, have been severely disrupted after an attack by suspected Somali militants in which two Spanish staff from the aid group... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5324830 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5324830 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5324829&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F3fhLWeow5TM%2Fbmj.d6719.short The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland has acknowledged that its Bahrain medical school acted “insensitively” towards 14 local doctors whose teaching roles were suspended and salaries stopped after... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5324829 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5324829 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5324828&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F-VUFL_8FkMI%2Fbmj.d6715.short Healthcare in England is facing a very difficult moment similar to its “big transition” when the 2001 NHS Plan introduced targets on waiting times for hospital treatment, the former NHS chief... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5324828 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5324828 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5324827&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F_7z69qKO9s4%2Fbmj.d6713.short The Obama administration has backed away from one component of the Affordable Care Act, the landmark 2010 health reform legislation.The community living assistance services and support (CLASS)... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5324827 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5324827 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5324826&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FBaWqY8D4wVw%2Fbmj.d6712.short Alirio Melendez, chair of immunopharmacology at Liverpool University, has been suspended by the university amid allegations of research misconduct. A review of around 70 of his published papers is... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5324826 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5324826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5324825&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FbezKQtMkyQ0%2Fbmj.d6554.short bmj;343/oct17_2/d6554/FIG1F1fig1It was like something from Homer: the outstretched hands, the bowed head, as if a libation were being offered. It was not a ceremonial offering, however, but a bleep... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5324825 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5324825 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5324824&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2F-jbBQ1_JnoE%2Fbmj.d6386.short A 2011 Cochrane Review concluded that health professionals and consumers “understood natural frequencies better than probabilities.”1 A 2011 Annals of Internal Medicine article reported the opposite,... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5324824 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5324824 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5316623&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FtJKJnp00gJ8%2Fbmj.d6661.short Fiona Godlee made two errors in her Editor’s Choice (BMJ 2011;343:d6417, doi:10.1136/bmj.d6417). Firstly, the doctors in question are not yet imprisoned, as suggested in the title. And, secondly,... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5316623 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5316623 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5316622&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fmjk4V3uyB7g%2Fbmj.d6644.short The government’s controversial reforms of the NHS have passed their first substantial hurdle in the House of Lords as peers this week rejected attempts to stall the process and prevent the Health and... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5316622 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5316622 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5316621&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FtnToBkPqkbs%2Fbmj.d6642.short At least 20 NHS trusts face such severe financial problems that they have declared that they will not be able to reach foundation trust status in their current form.A report by the National Audit... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5316621 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5316621 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5316620&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2Fed53HqW9WIk%2Fbmj.d6634.short Efforts by the drinks industry to promote “responsible drinking” have little impact on reducing alcohol consumption and alcohol related harm, a report by Alcohol Concern says.The report found that... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5316620 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5316620 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5316619&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FzNbyib_NEnI%2Fbmj.d6536.short Europe’s public health professionals are failing to convince their governments that health is a societal “good” and that even in the financial crisis it makes economic sense to increase investment in... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5316619 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5316619 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5316618&cid=s_30413_22_f&fid=30413&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.bmj.com%2F%7Er%2Fbmj%2Frecent%2F%7E3%2FFNUrngDsffo%2Fbmj.d6448.short Although I am far from wanting to stop honest hardworking publishing and editing folk from earning a crust by selling reprints of content of their journals, the matter is not quite as straightforward... (Source: BMJ Online First) BMJ Online First journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5316618 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5316618