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Effect of socioeconomic disparities on incidence of dementia among biracial older adults: prospective study
Kristine Yaffe, Cherie Falvey, Tamara B Harris, Anne Newman, Suzanne Satterfield, Annemarie Koster, Hilsa Ayonayon, Eleanor Simonsick, for the Health ABC Study
BMJ  2013;347:f7051, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7051 (Published 19 December 2013)
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Dietary fibre intake and risk of cardiovascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis
Diane E Threapleton, Darren C Greenwood, Charlotte E L Evans, Christine L Cleghorn, Camilla Nykjaer, Charlotte Woodhead, Janet E Cade, Christopher P Gale, Victoria J Burley
BMJ  2013;347:f6879, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f6879 (Published 19 December 2013)
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Primary hip replacement prostheses and their evidence base: systematic review of literature
F Kynaston-Pearson, A M Ashmore, T T Malak, I Rombach, A Taylor, D Beard, N K Arden, A Price, D Prieto-Alhambra, A Judge, A J Carr, S Glyn-Jones
BMJ  2013;347:f6956, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f6956 (Published 19 December 2013)
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Christmas 2013: Strange Nativities: Like a virgin (mother): analysis of data from a longitudinal, US population representative sample survey
Amy H Herring, Samantha M Attard, Penny Gordon-Larsen, William H Joyner, Carolyn T Halpern
BMJ  2013;347:f7102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7102 (Published 17 December 2013)
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A statin a day keeps the doctor away: comparative proverb assessment modelling study
Adam D M Briggs, Anja Mizdrak, Peter Scarborough
BMJ  2013;347:f7267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7267 (Published 17 December 2013)
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Christmas 2013: Research: Being right or being happy: pilot study
Bruce Arroll, Felicity Goodyear-Smith, Simon Moyes, Timothy Kenealy
BMJ  2013;347:f7398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7398 (Published 17 December 2013)
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Christmas 2013: Research: Following celebrities’ medical advice: meta-narrative analysis
Steven J Hoffman, Charlie Tan
BMJ  2013;347:f7151, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7151 (Published 17 December 2013)
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ABC of Breast Diseases, 4th Edition: Management of Regional Nodes in Breast Cancer
Nigel Bundred, J Michael Dixon, Jeremy Thomas
BMJ  2013;347:bmj.f3291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f3290 (Published 19 December 2013)
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Therapeutics: Drugs for neuropathic pain
Eija Kalso, D J Aldington, R A Moore
BMJ  2013;347:f7339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7339 (Published 19 December 2013)
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Cancer incidence and mortality continue to fall in US, report finds
Michael McCarthy
BMJ  2013;347:f7623, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7623 (Published 19 December 2013)
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Deprivation is restored to funding formula for commissioning groups
Matthew Limb
BMJ  2013;347:f7626, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7626 (Published 19 December 2013)
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EU agrees rules to allow most e-cigarettes to be sold as consumer products
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2013;347:f7630, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7630 (Published 19 December 2013)
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Lack of funding could undermine UK antibiotic resistance strategy, say experts
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2013;347:f7618, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7618 (Published 19 December 2013)
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Two Staffordshire hospitals to remain open under rescue plan
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2013;347:f7619, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7619 (Published 19 December 2013)
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Liverpool care pathway was made a scapegoat, says palliative care consultant
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2013;347:f7559, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7559 (Published 19 December 2013)
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Thousands of NHS staff made redundant have been rehired despite large payoffs
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2013;347:f7606, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7606 (Published 18 December 2013)
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Prohibition on assisting a suicide is interference with rights of severely disabled people, UK Supreme Court is told
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2013;347:f7589, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7589 (Published 18 December 2013)
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UK cancer death rates drop by more than a fifth over 20 years
Jacqui Wise
BMJ  2013;347:f7591, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7591 (Published 18 December 2013)
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Care Bill could lead to "backdoor" reconfiguration of NHS services, says BMA
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2013;347:f7597, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7597 (Published 18 December 2013)
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ADHD drug makers move to expand into adult market
Michael McCarthy
BMJ  2013;347:f7581, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7581 (Published 17 December 2013)
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Transparency campaigners make gains in clinical trials battle
Rory Watson
BMJ  2013;347:f7585, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7585 (Published 17 December 2013)
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GSK is to stop paying doctors to talk about its drugs and attend conferences
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2013;347:f7579, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7579 (Published 17 December 2013)
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Women’s groups and fertility experts campaign to reduce prevalence of hysterectomy in India
Mohuya Chaudhuri
BMJ  2013;347:f7551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7551 (Published 17 December 2013)
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MPs are to review evidence on screening programmes
Jacqui Wise
BMJ  2013;347:f7557, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7557 (Published 17 December 2013)
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Judges are announced for The BMJ Awards
Philip Johnson
BMJ  2013;347:f7563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7563 (Published 17 December 2013)
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Surgeon is suspended for further 12 months after ignoring tribunal’s advice
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2013;347:f7484, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7484 (Published 17 December 2013)
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Serco pulls out of out-of-hours care in Cornwall
Jacqui Wise
BMJ  2013;347:f7549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7549 (Published 17 December 2013)
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Christmas 2013: Editor's Choice: What’s in a name?
Tony Delamothe
BMJ  2013;347:f7543, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7543 (Published 18 December 2013)
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India Editor's Choice: A promise for change
Anita Jain
BMJ  2013;347:f7554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7554 (Published 17 December 2013)
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Eat more fibre
Robert B Baron
BMJ  2013;347:f7401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7401 (Published 19 December 2013)
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New and unproved medical devices
Aaron S Kesselheim, Jerry Avorn
BMJ  2013;347:f7413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7413 (Published 19 December 2013)
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Christmas 2013: Editorials: The Cochrane Collaboration at 20
Richard Smith
BMJ  2013;347:f7383, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7383 (Published 18 December 2013)
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The year of Francis
Tony Delamothe
BMJ  2013;347:f7502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7502 (Published 18 December 2013)
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Christmas 2013: Editorials: Doctors need to take the lead on poverty’s effects on health
David Taylor-Robinson, Dominic Harrison, Margaret Whitehead, Ben Barr
BMJ  2013;347:f7540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7540 (Published 18 December 2013)
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Post-mastectomy breast reconstruction: Effects of post-mastectomy radiotherapy on breast reconstruction
Malcolm R Kell, Mitchel Barry
BMJ  2013;347:f7448, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7448 (Published 17 December 2013)
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BMJ Christmas Appeal 2013: Volunteer doctors start a clinic for the marginalized of New York city
Edward Davies
BMJ  2013;347:f7586, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7586 (Published 19 December 2013)
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Christmas 2013: Medical Histories: A prophet to modern medicine: Ernest Amory Codman
Caitlin W Hicks, Martin A Makary
BMJ  2013;347:f7368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7368 (Published 18 December 2013)
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Infertility Treatment: Can India save its Parsi community with assisted reproduction?
Jeetha D’Silva
BMJ  2013;347:f7530, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7530 (Published 18 December 2013)
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Christmas 2013: Strange Nativities: Barcelona baby boom: does sporting success affect birth rate?
Jesus Montesinos, Jordi Cortes, Anna Arnau, Josep Anton Sanchez, Matt Elmore, Narcis Macia, José Antonio Gonzalez, Ramon Santisteve, Erik Cobo, Joan Bosch
BMJ  2013;347:f7387, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7387 (Published 17 December 2013)
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Christmas 2013: Strange Nativities: A born again Christian
David Isaacs, Stephen Isaacs, Dominic A Fitzgerald
BMJ  2013;347:f7006, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7006 (Published 17 December 2013)
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Christmas 2013: Medical Histories: Growing up over the shop
J Gareth Jones
BMJ  2013;347:f6922, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f6922 (Published 17 December 2013)
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Christmas 2013: Strange Nativities: We wish you a merry x-ray-mas: Christmas signs in radiology
Rebecca Jane Wiles, Archita Gulati, Reena Dwivedi, Shivaram Avula, John Curtis, Laurence Abernethy
BMJ  2013;347:f7020, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7020 (Published 17 December 2013)
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Christmas 2013: Medical Histories: Surgery and anaesthesia during the heroic age of Antarctic exploration (1895-1922)
H R Guly
BMJ  2013;347:f7242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7242 (Published 17 December 2013)
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Christmas 2013: Medical Histories: Undercover surgeon: the night porter chronicle
Ara Darzi
BMJ  2013;347:f7277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7277 (Published 17 December 2013)
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Christmas 2013: Aggravations: Watching cement dry: a necessary but costly irritation in lower limb orthopaedics
A B Scrimshire, E M Holt
BMJ  2013;347:f7395, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7395 (Published 17 December 2013)
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The Washington Brief: Escalating criminal and civil violations: pharma has corporate integrity? Not really
Sidney M Wolfe
BMJ  2013;347:f7507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7507 (Published 18 December 2013)
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Personal View: Hospital food can be improved only by legislation
Katharine Jenner
BMJ  2013;347:f7300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7300 (Published 19 December 2013)
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From the Frontline: Bad medicine: restless legs syndrome
Des Spence
BMJ  2013;347:f7615, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7615 (Published 19 December 2013)
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Personal View: The robotic surgery monopoly is a poor deal
Abhishek Trehan, Tristan J Dunn
BMJ  2013;347:f7470, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7470 (Published 19 December 2013)
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Personal View: Stop sitting on the fence: recommendations are essential to informed decision making
Abeezar I Sarela
BMJ  2013;347:f7600, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7600 (Published 19 December 2013)
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Squamous cell carcinoma masquerading as a viral wart
Ajeet Maan, Brian Syme, Mozheh Zamiri
BMJ  2013;347:f7485, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7485 (Published 19 December 2013)
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Research: The haiku as a research medium
BMJ  2013;347:f7391, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7391 (Published 18 December 2013)
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Christmas 2013: Slipper ulcers
Helen Hopkinson, Katherine Gardner, Gillian Harkin
BMJ  2013;347:f7376, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7376 (Published 17 December 2013)
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Christmas 2013: Aggravations: Operating room safety: 10 point plan to safe flinging
Richard L Hutchison, Maureen A Hirthler
BMJ  2013;347:f7363, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7363 (Published 17 December 2013)
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Christmas 2013: Food for Thought: Back to school anatomy: just add Plasticine
Anna Rebecka Maria Asp, Yulanda Myint, Advait Gandhe
BMJ  2013;347:f6924, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f6924 (Published 17 December 2013)
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Christmas 2013: Strange Nativities: An antecedent of later developing communicative functions: the fetal index finger
Peter B Marschik, Heinz F R Prechtl, Daniela Prayer, Colleen Peyton, Christa Einspieler
BMJ  2013;347:f7232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f7232 (Published 17 December 2013)
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