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Vaccination of risk groups in England using the 13 valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: economic analysis
Mark H Rozenbaum, Albert Jan van Hoek, Douglas Fleming, Caroline L Trotter, Elizabeth Miller, W John Edmunds
BMJ  2012;345:e6879, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6879 (Published 26 October 2012)
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Impact of smoking on mortality and life expectancy in Japanese smokers: a prospective cohort study
R Sakata, P McGale, E J Grant, K Ozasa, R Peto, S C Darby
BMJ  2012;345:e7093, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7093 (Published 25 October 2012)
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Use of 3x2 tables with an intention to diagnose approach to assess clinical performance of diagnostic tests: meta-analytical evaluation of coronary CT angiography studies
Georg M Schuetz, Peter Schlattmann, Marc Dewey
BMJ  2012;345:e6717, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6717 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Therapeutics: Inhaled corticosteroids for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Hye Yun Park, S F Paul Man, Don D Sin
BMJ  2012;345:e6843, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6843 (Published 25 October 2012)
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A Patient's Journey: Psychotic depression
Rebecca Lawrence, Stephen M Lawrie
BMJ  2012;345:e6994, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6994 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Guidelines: Assessment and management of psoriasis: summary of NICE guidance
Eleanor Samarasekera, Laura Sawyer, Jill Parnham, Catherine H Smith, on behalf of the Guideline Development Group
BMJ  2012;345:e6712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6712 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Demand on Medicaid slows in 2012 as economy improves
Edward Davies
BMJ  2012;345:e7270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7270 (Published 26 October 2012)
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High Court overturns two GMC judgments and sends them back to be heard by new panels
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2012;345:e7249, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7249 (Published 26 October 2012)
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Food labelling scheme agreed with retailers to remain voluntary
Matthew Limb
BMJ  2012;345:e7212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7212 (Published 25 October 2012)
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Patients are let down by poor device regulation, warn surgeons
Deborah Cohen
BMJ  2012;345:e7221, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7221 (Published 25 October 2012)
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GPs end partnerships with Virgin over conflicts of interest
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2012;345:e7227, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7227 (Published 25 October 2012)
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Device licensing bodies sometimes put business before safety, an investigation finds
Zosia Kmietowicz, Deborah Cohen
BMJ  2012;345:e7138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7138 (Published 25 October 2012)
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UK health secretary promises to tighten regulatory procedures for medical devices
Deborah Cohen
BMJ  2012;345:e7192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7192 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Romney commits to denationalise Medicaid in third presidential debate
Edward Davies
BMJ  2012;345:e7198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7198 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Concentration of hands
Annabel Ferriman
BMJ  2012;345:e7128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7128 (Published 24 October 2012)
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UK drug service is ill equipped to deal with new "legal highs" taken by clubbers, conference is told
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ  2012;345:e7162, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7162 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Half of latest NHS efficiency savings came from staff pay freeze
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2012;345:e7174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7174 (Published 24 October 2012)
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In brief
BMJ  2012;345:e7143, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7143 (Published 23 October 2012)
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Cheap malaria drug is going to wrong people, says charity
Anne Gulland
BMJ  2012;345:e7157, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7157 (Published 23 October 2012)
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Hunt refers reorganisation of children’s heart surgery to independent panel
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2012;345:e7169, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7169 (Published 23 October 2012)
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New EU tobacco legislation is delayed after health commissioner resigns amid claims of knowledge of bribery attempt
Rory Watson
BMJ  2012;345:e7155, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7155 (Published 23 October 2012)
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Virgin contract to run children’s services to go ahead despite non-compliance with law
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2012;345:e7166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7166 (Published 23 October 2012)
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Health minister agrees to meet academics to discuss access to clinical trial data
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2012;345:e7168, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7168 (Published 23 October 2012)
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The scandal of medical device regulation
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2012;345:e7180, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7180 (Published 24 October 2012)
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The EU’s system for regulating medical devices
Peter McCulloch
BMJ  2012;345:e7126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7126 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Perils of privatisation: Keeping the customer satisfied
Beth Oxley
BMJ  2012;345:e7016, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7016 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Physical activity in children: Authors’ reply to Symonds
Brad Metcalf, William Henley, Terence Wilkin
BMJ  2012;345:e7029, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7029 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Physical activity in children: Larger scale trials are needed to show what really works
Joe D Symonds
BMJ  2012;345:e7030, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7030 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Fitness to practise: GMC inconsistency
Peter T Wilmshurst
BMJ  2012;345:e7037, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7037 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Ward rounds: Golden ages have their dark sides
Miriam Thake
BMJ  2012;345:e7040, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7040 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Empowering patients: We must join forces with our patients
Jonathon Tomlinson
BMJ  2012;345:e7047, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7047 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Empowering patients: Asking the right questions is key
Huw Llewelyn
BMJ  2012;345:e7050, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7050 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Assisted dying: Not all "good" doctors do it anyway
Tim N Harlow
BMJ  2012;345:e7057, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7057 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Screening of older drivers: Statement on reduced risk is misleading
Graeme D Ruxton
BMJ  2012;345:e7060, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7060 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Prisons and health: Availability of junk food should be reduced
Jonathan Tammam, Louise Gillam, Bernard Gesch, John Stein
BMJ  2012;345:e7070, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7070 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Assisted dying: The "least worst" course of action?
Chris Docker
BMJ  2012;345:e7073, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7073 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Screening of older drivers: We need evidence based tools to identify medically at risk drivers
Ediriweera Desapriya, Yamesha Ranatunga, Ian Pike
BMJ  2012;345:e7087, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7087 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Overtreatment: Response to Whitehead
David Colquhoun
BMJ  2012;345:e7088, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7088 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Overtreatment: Fashionable to criticise the drug industry?
Stephen Whitehead
BMJ  2012;345:e7089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7089 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Medical Device Regulation: Manufacturers offered helping hand with EU approval
Deborah Cohen
BMJ  2012;345:e7225, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7225 (Published 25 October 2012)
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Medical Device Regulation: EU approval system leaves door open for dangerous devices
Deborah Cohen
BMJ  2012;345:e7173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7173 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Medical Device Regulation: Notified bodies: are they fit for purpose?
Deborah Cohen
BMJ  2012;345:e7177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7177 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Medical Device Regulation: The truth behind "made in Europe" labels on medical devices
Deborah Cohen
BMJ  2012;345:e7193, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7193 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Medical Device Regulation: How a fake hip showed up failings in European device regulation
Deborah Cohen
BMJ  2012;345:e7090, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7090 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Medical Device Regulation: Faulty hip implant shows up failings of EU regulation
Deborah Cohen
BMJ  2012;345:e7163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7163 (Published 23 October 2012)
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Medicine and the Media: Calorie restriction and longevity: fast and loose?
Margaret McCartney
BMJ  2012;345:e6872, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6872 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Going Public: Finding the smoking gun: a speech by Richard Peto
Annabel Ferriman
BMJ  2012;345:e7119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7119 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Future of WHO hangs in the balance
David Legge
BMJ  2012;345:e6877, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6877 (Published 25 October 2012)
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Between the Lines: Not just bluff and bluster
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2012;345:e7207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7207 (Published 26 October 2012)
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Philippa Anne Mitchelson
J J Green, Mark Carri, Paul Emmett, Claudia Schroder, Suma Paiyadi
BMJ  2012;345:e6311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6311 (Published 25 October 2012)
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Antony John Essex-Cater
Alison Essex-Cater
BMJ  2012;345:e6450, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6450 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Patricia Mathews
Colin W Mathews
BMJ  2012;345:e6451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6451 (Published 24 October 2012)
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David McGill
Ron McGill
BMJ  2012;345:e6454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6454 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Edward Daniel Fox
Tony Fincham
BMJ  2012;345:e6463, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6463 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Issy Pilowsky
Sandra Braude
BMJ  2012;345:e6925, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6925 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Sid Watkins
Anne Gulland
BMJ  2012;345:e7028, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7028 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Statistical Question: Analysis of outcome measures within treatment groups
Philip Sedgwick
BMJ  2012;345:e7201, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7201 (Published 26 October 2012)
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Picture Quiz: An abnormality at the hepatic flexure
Jawad Naqvi, Gill Watts, Velauthan Rudralingham, Sarah Duff
BMJ  2012;345:e7035, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7035 (Published 25 October 2012)
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Anatomy Quiz: Anatomy of the pituitary region
Olga Shaw, Ravi Uppoor
BMJ  2012;345:e6963, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6963 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Picture Quiz: A sinister cause of shoulder pain, with numbness and weakness in the ipsilateral hand
Ravi Popat, Josh Derodra, Stella Vig, Eric Lim
BMJ  2012;345:e6948, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6948 (Published 24 October 2012)
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Statistical Question: What is risk?
Philip Sedgwick
BMJ  2012;345:e7036, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7036 (Published 23 October 2012)
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If a dog is tied to a bicycle
Sean Ninan
BMJ  2012;345:e7129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7129 (Published 26 October 2012)
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Cheap malaria drug is going to wrong people, says charity
BMJ  2012;345:e7254, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7254 (Published 26 October 2012)
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Researchers promise to be more open about use of animals in their work
BMJ  2012;345:e7161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e7161 (Published 23 October 2012)
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