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Ultrasound guided corticosteroid injection for plantar fasciitis: randomised controlled trial
Andrew M McMillan, Karl B Landorf, Mark F Gilheany, Adam R Bird, Adam D Morrow, Hylton B Menz
BMJ  2012;344:e3260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3260 (Published 22 May 2012)
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Derivation and validation of updated QFracture algorithm to predict risk of osteoporotic fracture in primary care in the United Kingdom: prospective open cohort study
Julia Hippisley-Cox, Carol Coupland
BMJ  2012;344:e3427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3427 (Published 22 May 2012)
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Effect of tranexamic acid on surgical bleeding: systematic review and cumulative meta-analysis
Katharine Ker, Phil Edwards, Pablo Perel, Haleema Shakur, Ian Roberts
BMJ  2012;344:e3054, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3054 (Published 20 May 2012)
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Potential impact on estimated treatment effects of information lost to follow-up in randomised controlled trials (LOST-IT): systematic review
Elie A Akl, Matthias Briel, John J You, Xin Sun, Bradley C Johnston, Jason W Busse, Sohail Mulla, Francois Lamontagne, Dirk Bassler, Claudio Vera, Mohamad Alshurafa, Christina M Katsios, Qi Zhou, Tali Cukierman-Yaffe, Azim Gangji, Edward J Mills, Stephen D Walter, Deborah J Cook, Holger J Schünemann, Douglas G Altman, Gordon H Guyatt
BMJ  2012;344:e2809, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e2809 (Published 18 May 2012)
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Therapeutics: Bisphosphonates in the treatment of osteoporosis
Kenneth E Poole, Juliet E Compston
BMJ  2012;344:e3211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3211 (Published 22 May 2012)
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Plans to reform medical education and training are "worryingly opaque" and sluggish, warn MPs
Helen Jaques
BMJ  2012;344:e3647, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3647 (Published 22 May 2012)
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Number of patients acquiring infections in hospitals falls by a fifth in five years
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2012;344:e3664, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3664 (Published 22 May 2012)
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Lagos state doctors are sacked for striking over pay
Chibuzo Odigwe
BMJ  2012;344:e3512, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3512 (Published 22 May 2012)
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Full results on risks of epoetin emerge 14 years after major dialysis study
Keith Epstein
BMJ  2012;344:e3535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3535 (Published 22 May 2012)
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In brief
BMJ  2012;344:e3586, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3586 (Published 22 May 2012)
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Vaccines are essential in campaigns against HIV and TB, say researchers
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2012;344:e3625, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3625 (Published 22 May 2012)
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Anonymised data of all NHS treatments must be put in public domain by 2015, strategy says
Michael Cross
BMJ  2012;344:e3648, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3648 (Published 22 May 2012)
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Politicians urge health department to consider over-ruling EU law to tackle drug shortages in UK
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2012;344:e3464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3464 (Published 22 May 2012)
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Alzheimer’s researchers face trial for scientific fraud and defrauding US government
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2012;344:e3608, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3608 (Published 22 May 2012)
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Emergency admissions for diabetes fall by almost 7% in integrated care pilot scheme
Ingrid Torjesen
BMJ  2012;344:e3562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3562 (Published 21 May 2012)
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Greeks feel effects of drug shortages caused by austerity measures
Elizabeth Sukkar
BMJ  2012;344:e3589, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3589 (Published 21 May 2012)
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NHS "hack day" will reward apps and software tools that help patients and doctors
Aniket Tavare
BMJ  2012;344:e3609, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3609 (Published 21 May 2012)
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Innovation fund supports video game to help stroke patients regain movement
Jacqui Wise
BMJ  2012;344:e3524, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3524 (Published 18 May 2012)
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Patient who received liver after social media campaign reports success
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2012;344:e3538, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3538 (Published 18 May 2012)
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Canadian MPs dismiss findings that food policies are leading to hunger and obesity
Barbara Kermode-Scott
BMJ  2012;344:e3550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3550 (Published 18 May 2012)
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NICE recommends abiraterone for prostate cancer after manufacturer reduces price
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2012;344:e3520, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3520 (Published 18 May 2012)
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Allocation of NHS resources: Clear winners and losers are created by age only NHS resource allocation
Clare L Bambra
BMJ  2012;344:e3593, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3593 (Published 22 May 2012)
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Putting patients first: Some thoughts from NICE
Gillian Leng, Mark Baker
BMJ  2012;344:e3072, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3072 (Published 22 May 2012)
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Putting patients first: Positive leadership is key
Adrian Edwards
BMJ  2012;344:e3080, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3080 (Published 22 May 2012)
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NHS providers: Please drop this slur journalism
Graeme Wilkes
BMJ  2012;344:e3210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3210 (Published 22 May 2012)
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Confusing cancer terminology: GPs spot two thirds of cancers at first presentation
Trefor J Roscoe
BMJ  2012;344:e3537, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3537 (Published 22 May 2012)
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Confusing cancer terminology: Targeted referral takes time
Peter von Kaehne
BMJ  2012;344:e3539, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3539 (Published 22 May 2012)
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Late onset type 1 diabetes: Consider ketosis prone type 2 diabetes as cause of ketoacidosis in adult patients
Jacob F de Wolff
BMJ  2012;344:e3540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3540 (Published 22 May 2012)
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Cluster headache: Authors’ reply to Litwin and Malhotra
Alexander D Nesbitt, Peter J Goadsby
BMJ  2012;344:e3551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3551 (Published 22 May 2012)
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Avastin versus Lucentis: The scientific community should lobby to be able to apply for drug licences
Silvio Garattini, Vittorio Bertele’
BMJ  2012;344:e3553, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3553 (Published 22 May 2012)
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Crisis in dementia care: The benefits of early diagnosis of dementia
Alistair Burns
BMJ  2012;344:e3556, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3556 (Published 22 May 2012)
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GP prescription error: What about the sheer number of drugs prescribed?
Hugh van’t Hoff
BMJ  2012;344:e3561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3561 (Published 22 May 2012)
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Difficulty in admitting error: An equally hard thing: supporting the admission of error
Mohummud Shamim Nassrally
BMJ  2012;344:e3563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3563 (Published 22 May 2012)
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Difficulty in admitting error: Patients have the right to be informed about an error
Aideen T O’Neill
BMJ  2012;344:e3567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3567 (Published 22 May 2012)
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Management of appendicitis: Surgical management of appendicitis remains best option during pregnancy
Archana Vasireddy, Simon Atkinson, Andrew Shennan, Susan Bewley
BMJ  2012;344:e3575, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3575 (Published 22 May 2012)
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London Olympics: Passport to clean competition
Kirsten Patrick
BMJ  2012;344:e2077, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e2077 (Published 22 May 2012)
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Drug Trials: Why the exclusion of older people from clinical research must stop
Geoff Watts
BMJ  2012;344:e3445, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3445 (Published 21 May 2012)
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Prophylaxis rates for venous thromboembolism and gastrointestinal bleeding in general medical patients: too low or too high?
Shoshana J Herzig, Michael B Rothberg
BMJ  2012;344:e3248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3248 (Published 18 May 2012)
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Personal View: Testing athletes, and banning those who take drugs, is unjustifiable
Sam Shuster
BMJ  2012;344:e3521, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3521 (Published 22 May 2012)
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From the Frontline: Five years after baby Peter
Des Spence
BMJ  2012;344:e3638, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3638 (Published 22 May 2012)
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The Bigger Picture: Fashion fads in global health
Mary E Black
BMJ  2012;344:e3525, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3525 (Published 21 May 2012)
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Between the Lines: Metaphysics and murder
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2012;344:e3531, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3531 (Published 21 May 2012)
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Between the Lines: An antiepidemiologist
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2012;344:e3497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3497 (Published 18 May 2012)
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Medical Classics: String quartets by Bedrich Smetana
Desmond O’Neill
BMJ  2012;344:e3499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3499 (Published 18 May 2012)
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Oliver Wrong
Peter Davies
BMJ  2012;344:e3509, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3509 (Published 21 May 2012)
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Trainee recruitment 170 years ago
Imran Haq
BMJ  2012;344:e3004, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3004 (Published 22 May 2012)
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How to remember biological therapeutics
Neil Samuel Nyholm Graham
BMJ  2012;344:e3010, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3010 (Published 18 May 2012)
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Andrew Dennis Smalley
BMJ  2012;344:e3610, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3610 (Published 22 May 2012)
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The British government’s Troubled Families Programme
BMJ  2012;344:e3618, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3618 (Published 22 May 2012)
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Mark Britnell: "I’ve got every intention of returning to the NHS"
BMJ  2012;344:e3629, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3629 (Published 22 May 2012)
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