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Comparative safety and effectiveness of sitagliptin in patients with type 2 diabetes: retrospective population based cohort study
D T Eurich, S Simpson, A Senthilselvan, C V Asche, J K Sandhu-Minhas, F A McAlister
BMJ  2013;346:f2267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2267 (Published 25 April 2013)
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Influence of trial sample size on treatment effect estimates: meta-epidemiological study
Agnes Dechartres, Ludovic Trinquart, Isabelle Boutron, Philippe Ravaud
BMJ  2013;346:f2304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2304 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Searching for unpublished data for Cochrane reviews: cross sectional study
Jeppe Bennekou Schroll, Lisa Bero, Peter C Gøtzsche
BMJ  2013;346:f2231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2231 (Published 23 April 2013)
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Can trial quality be reliably assessed from published reports of cancer trials: evaluation of risk of bias assessments in systematic reviews
Claire L Vale, Jayne F Tierney, Sarah Burdett
BMJ  2013;346:f1798, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f1798 (Published 22 April 2013)
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Diagnosis and management of hidradenitis suppurativa
Fiona Collier, Robert C Smith, Colin A Morton
BMJ  2013;346:f2121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2121 (Published 23 April 2013)
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10-Minute Consultation: Hearing loss in adults
Rachel Edmiston, Caroline Mitchell
BMJ  2013;346:f2496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2496 (Published 25 April 2013)
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Rational Testing: Investigating suspected heart failure
Tushar Kotecha, Kevin Fox
BMJ  2013;346:f2442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2442 (Published 24 April 2013)
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US health spending is expected to rebound with recovering economy
Michael McCarthy
BMJ  2013;346:f2680, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2680 (Published 25 April 2013)
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Former heads of Mid Staffs trust to be investigated for criminal charges
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2013;346:f2700, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2700 (Published 25 April 2013)
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Current approaches are failing people at risk of heart disease, conference hears
Matthew Limb
BMJ  2013;346:f2701, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2701 (Published 25 April 2013)
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Peers reject high profile bid to halt NHS competition rules
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2013;346:f2706, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2706 (Published 25 April 2013)
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Review recommends duty to share data when in patient’s best interests
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2013;346:f2642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2642 (Published 25 April 2013)
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Defamation bill gives defence of qualified privilege to peer reviewed journal articles
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2013;346:f2691, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2691 (Published 25 April 2013)
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Government launches campaign to give MMR vaccine to a million children in England
Gareth Iacobucci
BMJ  2013;346:f2696, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2696 (Published 25 April 2013)
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New research alliance for lung cancer is launched in London
Jacqui Wise
BMJ  2013;346:f2637, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2637 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Guidance on withholding and withdrawing treatment of sick children to be updated
Ingrid Torjesen
BMJ  2013;346:f2643, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2643 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Report card assesses contribution to global health of leading US and Canadian universities
Soumyadeep Bhaumik
BMJ  2013;346:f2622, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2622 (Published 24 April 2013)
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US expert calls for NHS to reach "entirely new and better level" of safety
Krishna Chinthapalli
BMJ  2013;346:f2654, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2654 (Published 24 April 2013)
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India’s tuberculosis plan sets ambitious targets for next five years
Tamoghna Biswas
BMJ  2013;346:f2659, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2659 (Published 24 April 2013)
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GPs’ active participation will be crucial to success of CCGs, NHS Confederation says
Gareth Iacobucci
BMJ  2013;346:f2671, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2671 (Published 24 April 2013)
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MPs accuse Serco’s out of hours GP service of a culture that led to cheating and dishonesty
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2013;346:f2672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2672 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Hunt insists he will not withdraw section 75 regulations
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2013;346:f2682, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2682 (Published 24 April 2013)
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In brief
BMJ  2013;346:f2601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2601 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Bollywood delivers 14.3 billion tobacco images to Indian audiences each year
Soumyadeep Bhaumik
BMJ  2013;346:f2608, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2608 (Published 24 April 2013)
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New research body to look at chronic fatigue syndrome
Krishna Chinthapalli
BMJ  2013;346:f2630, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2630 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Cosmetic interventions need tighter controls to protect patients, review concludes
Ingrid Torjesen
BMJ  2013;346:f2631, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2631 (Published 24 April 2013)
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GSK and Roche tell MPs that more clinical trial data should be published
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2013;346:f2639, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2639 (Published 24 April 2013)
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US court to rule whether law’s anti-prostitution policy requirement violated free speech rights
Michael McCarthy
BMJ  2013;346:f2641, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2641 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Breast density on mammography can help assess response to tamoxifen and predict survival, finds study
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2013;346:f2645, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2645 (Published 24 April 2013)
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GPs should not sit on CCG boards if they have substantial conflicts of interest, government says
Gareth Iacobucci
BMJ  2013;346:f2612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2612 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Journal responds to charges of inadequate consent in SUPPORT study
Michael McCarthy
BMJ  2013;346:f2586, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2586 (Published 23 April 2013)
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NHS can use gagging clauses as long as employees know they don’t apply to safety issues, guidance says
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2013;346:f2606, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2606 (Published 23 April 2013)
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Reports of pancreatitis are 20-30 times more likely with GLP-1 drugs, analysis finds
Deborah Cohen
BMJ  2013;346:f2607, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2607 (Published 23 April 2013)
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Woman who was refused an abortion died as result of "medical misadventure," inquest finds
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2013;346:f2617, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2617 (Published 23 April 2013)
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Risk of overdiagnosis doesn’t deter women from breast cancer screening, study finds
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2013;346:f2621, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2621 (Published 23 April 2013)
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GMC launches new guidance for patients on what to expect from their doctor
Helen Jaques
BMJ  2013;346:f2626, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2626 (Published 23 April 2013)
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Helping patients to die well
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2013;346:f2656, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2656 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Caldicott 2 and patient data
Paul Taylor
BMJ  2013;346:f2260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2260 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Diabetes control in older people
Laura A McLaren, Terence J Quinn, Gerard A McKay
BMJ  2013;346:f2625, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2625 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Cultural change in the NHS: Better training is key
Paul V Knight
BMJ  2013;346:f2504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2504 (Published 25 April 2013)
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Cultural change in the NHS: Transparency and the foundations of the health service
J T Elliott
BMJ  2013;346:f2507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2507 (Published 25 April 2013)
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Achilles tendon disorders: Don’t miss familial hypercholesterolaemia in Achilles tendinopathy
Jonathan Schofield, Michael France, Handrean Soran
BMJ  2013;346:f2171, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2171 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Beginning of the end for England's NHS? Yes: Defending the NHS with poorly reasoned rhetoric won’t save it
Stephen Black
BMJ  2013;346:f2460, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2460 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Robotic surgery: Not everything that counts can be easily counted
Hani J Marcus, Archie Hughes-Hallett, Thomas P Cundy, Dipankar Nandi, Guang-Zhong Yang, Ara Darzi
BMJ  2013;346:f2461, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2461 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Beginning of the end for England's NHS? Yes: Enough said?
Jim G Thornton
BMJ  2013;346:f2465, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2465 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Beginning of the end for England's NHS? No: Waking up to reality
Adrian Townsend
BMJ  2013;346:f2482, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2482 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy: OPAT outcomes in endocarditis
Christopher J A Duncan, David A Barr, R Andrew Seaton
BMJ  2013;346:f2484, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2484 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy: Consider bronchiectasis too
Andrew R Medford
BMJ  2013;346:f2495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2495 (Published 24 April 2013)
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BMJ Group Improving Health Awards 2013: Research Paper of the Year award 2013
Trish Groves
BMJ  2013;346:f2512, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2512 (Published 24 April 2013)
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End of Life Care: Delivering a digital death
Michael Cross
BMJ  2013;346:f2528, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2528 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Briefing: NICE is dead; long live NICE
Krishna Chinthapalli
BMJ  2013;346:f2546, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2546 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Medicine and the Media: MMR, measles, and the South Wales Evening Post
Margaret McCartney
BMJ  2013;346:f2598, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2598 (Published 22 April 2013)
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Publication Ethics: The UK should lead the way on research integrity
Elizabeth Wager
BMJ  2013;346:f2348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2348 (Published 22 April 2013)
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Do patients need to know they are terminally ill? No
Leslie J Blackhall
BMJ  2013;346:f2560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2560 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Do patients need to know they are terminally ill? Yes
Emily Collis, Katherine E Sleeman
BMJ  2013;346:f2589, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2589 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Personal View: Francis inquiry: compulsory work as healthcare assistants won’t make better nurses
Elaine Maxwell
BMJ  2013;346:f2480, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2480 (Published 25 April 2013)
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Past Caring: Flower power
Wendy Moore
BMJ  2013;346:f2525, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2525 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Thomas Dormandy
Anne Gulland
BMJ  2013;346:f2322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2322 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Robert Edwards
Peter Braude, Martin Johnson
BMJ  2013;346:f2600, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2600 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Case Report: Hoarseness in a 79 year old woman
Thomas Jacques, Tarik Abed, Sunil Sharma, Jonathan Philpott
BMJ  2013;346:f2305, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2305 (Published 25 April 2013)
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Picture Quiz: The acute abdomen
B H van Duren, M Moghul, S G Appleton, G I van Boxel
BMJ  2013;346:f2549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2549 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Pneumoperitoneum and pneumothorax complicating colonoscopy
Davide Durì, Francesco Toso, Amato De Monte
BMJ  2013;346:f2516, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2516 (Published 24 April 2013)
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Lack of vitamin D and other stories . . .
BMJ  2013;346:f2530, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2530 (Published 24 April 2013)
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The benefits of steroids versus steroids plus antivirals for treatment of Bell’s palsy: a meta-analysis
BMJ  2013;346:f151, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f151 (Published 23 April 2013)
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Prison environment and health
BMJ  2013;346:f2554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f2554 (Published 22 April 2013)
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