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Performance of English stop smoking services in first 10 years: analysis of service monitoring data
Robert West, Sylvia May, Matthew West, Emma Croghan, Andy McEwen
BMJ  2013;347:f4921, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4921 (Published 20 August 2013)
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Clinical effectiveness of collaborative care for depression in UK primary care (CADET): cluster randomised controlled trial
David A Richards, Jacqueline J Hill, Linda Gask, Karina Lovell, Carolyn Chew-Graham, Peter Bower, John Cape, Stephen Pilling, Ricardo Araya, David Kessler, J Martin Bland, Colin Green, Simon Gilbody, Glyn Lewis, Chris Manning, Adwoa Hughes-Morley, Michael Barkham
BMJ  2013;347:f4913, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4913 (Published 19 August 2013)
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Safety and efficacy of intravenous iron therapy in reducing requirement for allogeneic blood transfusion: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials
Edward Litton, Jing Xiao, Kwok M Ho
BMJ  2013;347:f4822, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4822 (Published 15 August 2013)
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Tourette’s syndrome
Andrea E Cavanna, Stefano Seri
BMJ  2013;347:f4964, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4964 (Published 20 August 2013)
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A Patient's Journey: From haemochromatosis to liver transplant
Mike Davis, Phaedra Maria Tachtatzis
BMJ  2013;347:f4423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4423 (Published 20 August 2013)
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Finasteride for prostate cancer prevention has no effect on survival, study finds
Michael McCarthy
BMJ  2013;347:f5203, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5203 (Published 20 August 2013)
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US obesity rates are leveling out, but long term effects raise concern
Michael McCarthy
BMJ  2013;347:f5213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5213 (Published 20 August 2013)
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Risk of death found to be raised in chronic kidney disease patients with low diastolic blood pressure
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2013;347:f5201, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5201 (Published 20 August 2013)
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Two UK people arrested for planning to take relative to Swiss suicide clinic
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ  2013;347:f5205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5205 (Published 20 August 2013)
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Court approves sterilisation of man with learning difficulties
Mark Gould
BMJ  2013;347:f5208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5208 (Published 20 August 2013)
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Indian MPs criticise care in medical clinics for government employees
Meera Kay
BMJ  2013;347:f5136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5136 (Published 19 August 2013)
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FDA must publish data on safety and efficacy of prophylactic AIDS drug, court rules
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ  2013;347:f5161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5161 (Published 19 August 2013)
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Roche’s decision to drop Herceptin patent in India opens way for generics
Matthew Limb
BMJ  2013;347:f5197, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5197 (Published 19 August 2013)
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Uninsured immigrants will continue to put pressure on safety net hospitals in the US, says report
Michael McCarthy
BMJ  2013;347:f5200, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5200 (Published 19 August 2013)
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Insulin pumps improve control and reduce complications in children with type 1 diabetes
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2013;347:f5154, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5154 (Published 19 August 2013)
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Half of Americans who buy their own health insurance will get tax credits, study finds
Michael McCarthy
BMJ  2013;347:f5179, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5179 (Published 19 August 2013)
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Hospital waiting lists in England reach five year high
Matthew Limb
BMJ  2013;347:f5191, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5191 (Published 19 August 2013)
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GPs warn of longer waiting times for appointments without more investment
Ingrid Torjesen
BMJ  2013;347:f5192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5192 (Published 19 August 2013)
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England ends the ban on healthcare workers with HIV performing certain procedures
Chris Mahony
BMJ  2013;347:f5146, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5146 (Published 16 August 2013)
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Study finds that half of Indian households affected by cancer have to sell assets to fund care
Adrija Datta
BMJ  2013;347:f5147, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5147 (Published 16 August 2013)
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Doctors like emailing patients but want to be paid for it, study finds
Michael McCarthy
BMJ  2013;347:f5143, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5143 (Published 15 August 2013)
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Research into universal health coverage rises despite economic downturn, report finds
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ  2013;347:f5144, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5144 (Published 15 August 2013)
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Charity pulls out of Somalia after 22 years because of violence and abuse
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2013;347:f5150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5150 (Published 15 August 2013)
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MPs call for investigation into how psychiatric patients are being detained
Mark Gould
BMJ  2013;347:f5135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5135 (Published 15 August 2013)
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New inspection regime in England sees Whipps Cross hospital downgraded
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ  2013;347:f5138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5138 (Published 15 August 2013)
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Health staff exposed to HIV should take three or more antiretroviral drugs, say new US guidelines
Michael McCarthy
BMJ  2013;347:f5101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5101 (Published 14 August 2013)
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Children’s lifestyles pose "unacceptable" cardiovascular risk, warns charity
Matthew Limb
BMJ  2013;347:f5100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5100 (Published 14 August 2013)
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Healthy behaviours yield major benefits in ageing
Stacey A Kenfield, Meir J Stampfer
BMJ  2013;347:f5156, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5156 (Published 20 August 2013)
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Opioids in the UK: what’s the problem?
Cathy Stannard
BMJ  2013;347:f5108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5108 (Published 15 August 2013)
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Friends and family test: Friends and family test results only moderately associated with conventional measures of hospital quality
Felix Greaves, Anthony A Laverty, Christopher Millett
BMJ  2013;347:f4986, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4986 (Published 20 August 2013)
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Minimum alcohol pricing in England and Wales: What is convincing evidence on alcohol pricing?
Mark Robinson, Gerry McCartney, Clare Beeston
BMJ  2013;347:f5102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5102 (Published 20 August 2013)
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Foreigners' misuse of the NHS: Hunt’s priorities on entitlement to use the NHS are wrong
Harrison D E Carter, Gemma Bowsher
BMJ  2013;347:f5105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5105 (Published 20 August 2013)
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When a test is too good: Scan the legs, not the lungs, in low risk patients with suspected pulmonary embolism
Jonathan R Benger
BMJ  2013;347:f5115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5115 (Published 20 August 2013)
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When a test is too good: The accuracy of CT pulmonary angiography is not as high as purported
Harry Rogers
BMJ  2013;347:f5116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5116 (Published 20 August 2013)
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When a test is too good: CT triple rule-out examination: higher radiation dose without clinical benefit
David P Ripley, Akhlaque Uddin, John P Greenwood
BMJ  2013;347:f5118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5118 (Published 20 August 2013)
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When a test is too good: V/Q SPECT: the primary imaging test for suspected pulmonary embolism
Paul Roach
BMJ  2013;347:f5119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5119 (Published 20 August 2013)
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When a test is too good: Risk-benefit ratio favours treating all pulmonary emboli, no matter how small
Simon J Quantrill
BMJ  2013;347:f5121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5121 (Published 20 August 2013)
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When a test is too good: Most patients with isolated subsegmental pulmonary embolism do not need anticoagulants
Sananda Haldar, Akshay Garg, Steve Barden, Guy Burkill, Nigel Marchbank
BMJ  2013;347:f5127, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5127 (Published 20 August 2013)
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When a test is too good: Authors’ reply to Quantrill, Benger, Ripley and colleagues, Roach, Rogers, and Haldar and colleagues
Renda Soylemez Wiener, Lisa M Schwartz, Steven Woloshin
BMJ  2013;347:f5131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5131 (Published 20 August 2013)
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Friends and family test: How the friends and family test is conveyed to the public should be reconsidered
Rachel Davis
BMJ  2013;347:f5158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5158 (Published 20 August 2013)
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Open data: EFPIA-PhRMA’s principles for clinical trial data sharing have been misunderstood
Peter Doshi
BMJ  2013;347:f5164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5164 (Published 20 August 2013)
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Spinal injury: Concerted effort is needed to tackle health burden of sciatica and back pain
Jeremy C T Fairbank
BMJ  2013;347:f5172, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5172 (Published 20 August 2013)
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Leading healthcare in London: Hold on tight and be prepared to change in a few years
Geoffrey C Rivett
BMJ  2013;347:f5178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5178 (Published 20 August 2013)
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Care of the dying in the community: New pharmacological models needed to care for dying patients at home
Stephen Head
BMJ  2013;347:f4882, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4882 (Published 14 August 2013)
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Care of the dying in the community: Issues surrounding death certification in the community
Laurie R Davis
BMJ  2013;347:f4885, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4885 (Published 14 August 2013)
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Care of the dying in the community: Hospice ethos is the heart of caring for dying people in the community
David Jolley, Michael Tapley
BMJ  2013;347:f4891, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4891 (Published 14 August 2013)
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Scrapping of Liverpool care pathway: We need more care, less pathway at the end of life
Oscar J L Mitchell
BMJ  2013;347:f4956, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4956 (Published 14 August 2013)
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Information Technology: Turning doctors into coders
Jon Hoeksma
BMJ  2013;347:f5142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5142 (Published 20 August 2013)
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Reality Check: Science of overdiagnosis to be served up with a good dose of humility
Ray Moynihan
BMJ  2013;347:f5157, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5157 (Published 20 August 2013)
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Yankee Doodling: How to decrease overtreatment in cancer
Douglas Kamerow
BMJ  2013;347:f5071, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5071 (Published 14 August 2013)
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Personal View: I blew the whistle on the government’s disability assessments
Greg Wood
BMJ  2013;347:f5009, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5009 (Published 20 August 2013)
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Personal View: Prioritising existing donors to receive organs would boost donation from ethnic minorities
Adnan Sharif
BMJ  2013;347:f5036, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5036 (Published 20 August 2013)
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Drug Tales and Other Stories: A bee in the bonnet about honey and healing
Robin Ferner
BMJ  2013;347:f5015, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5015 (Published 15 August 2013)
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Andrew Doughty
Anne Gulland
BMJ  2013;347:f5066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5066 (Published 20 August 2013)
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Tony Haines
Colin Brewer
BMJ  2013;347:f5145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5145 (Published 16 August 2013)
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Picture Quiz: Visual field constriction in a 42 year old woman
Ali S Hassan, Pieter Gouws
BMJ  2013;347:f4927, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4927 (Published 19 August 2013)
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Statistical Question: Odds and odds ratios
Philip Sedgwick
BMJ  2013;347:f5067, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5067 (Published 16 August 2013)
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Picture Quiz: A footballer’s finger injury
Stephen J Goldie, Harry W Sargeant, Karima Medjoub, Philippa Rust, William Anderson
BMJ  2013;347:f5069, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5069 (Published 15 August 2013)
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HPV vaccination—reaping the rewards of the appliance of science
BMJ  2013;347:f5129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5129 (Published 20 August 2013)
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Developing role of HPV in cervical cancer prevention
BMJ  2013;347:f5207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5207 (Published 20 August 2013)
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Author’s reply to Steer
BMJ  2013;347:f5139, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5139 (Published 15 August 2013)
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Fault lines: resolving clinical negligence claims
BMJ  2013;347:f5122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5122 (Published 14 August 2013)
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Formation of the "Multinational Health Service" is to blame for financial crisis in the NHS
BMJ  2013;347:f5130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5130 (Published 14 August 2013)
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