Christmas 2012

 

Every year at this time, some of the major medical journals publish special Christmas issues. The BMJ and the CMAJ offer some open access articles for our holiday reading. From this year’s December issues of the British Medical Journal: – Christmas 2012

• Pain over speed bumps in diagnosis of acute appendicitis: diagnostic accuracy study
• Nutritional content of supermarket ready meals and recipes by television chefs in the United Kingdom: cross sectional study
• Why Rudolph’s nose is red: observational study [including video]
• Using a dog’s superior olfactory sensitivity to identify Clostridium difficile in stools and patients: proof of principle study
• The tooth fairy and malpractice

The CMAJ’s Holiday Reading [open access]

The Medical Journal of Australia‘s Christmas Crackers [scroll down the page; full text by subscription]

See older Christmas issue entries   especially Christmas Songs for Christmas Eve

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