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Populations at risk for severe or complicated influenza illness: systematic review and meta-analysis
Dominik Mertz, Tae Hyong Kim, Jennie Johnstone, Po-Po Lam, Michelle Science, Stefan P Kuster, Shaza A Fadel, Dat Tran, Eduardo Fernandez, Neera Bhatnagar, Mark Loeb
BMJ  2013;347:f5061, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5061 (Published 23 August 2013)
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Use of antidepressants near delivery and risk of postpartum hemorrhage: cohort study of low income women in the United States
Kristin Palmsten, Sonia Hernández-Díaz, Krista F Huybrechts, Paige L Williams, Karin B Michels, Eric D Achtyes, Helen Mogun, Soko Setoguchi
BMJ  2013;347:f4877, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4877 (Published 21 August 2013)
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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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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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Rational Testing: When to order an antinuclear antibody test
Allan Binder, Spencer Ellis
BMJ  2013;347:f5060, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5060 (Published 21 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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Indian government shelves plans for mercy killing law
Nivedita Choudhuri
BMJ  2013;347:f5218, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5218 (Published 23 August 2013)
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Child poverty and malnutrition rise in Spain as austerity measures bite
Aser García Rada
BMJ  2013;347:f5261, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5261 (Published 23 August 2013)
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Methadone prescribing should continue in Scotland, says review
Bryan Christie
BMJ  2013;347:f5281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5281 (Published 23 August 2013)
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Recent high death rates in older people are not exceptional, says Public Health England
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ  2013;347:f5252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5252 (Published 23 August 2013)
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Senior Dutch researcher sacked for manipulating data in rheumatoid arthritis drug trial
Tony Sheldon
BMJ  2013;347:f5267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5267 (Published 23 August 2013)
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Germany is first European country to recognise third sex on birth certificates
Ned Stafford
BMJ  2013;347:f5249, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5249 (Published 22 August 2013)
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Flu vaccine associated with reduced risk of acute myocardial infarction
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ  2013;347:f5226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5226 (Published 22 August 2013)
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Men more likely to die from malignant melanoma than women
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2013;347:f5246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5246 (Published 22 August 2013)
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Premiums for employer sponsored insurance rise 4-5% in the US
Michael McCarthy
BMJ  2013;347:f5247, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5247 (Published 22 August 2013)
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In brief
BMJ  2013;347:f5210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5210 (Published 21 August 2013)
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CQC warns more providers over poor care standards
Matthew Limb
BMJ  2013;347:f5216, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5216 (Published 21 August 2013)
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Expert panel will assess cost effectiveness of health checks
Mark Gould
BMJ  2013;347:f5222, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5222 (Published 21 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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The NHS in the age of anxiety
Trevor Jackson
BMJ  2013;347:f5221, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5221 (Published 21 August 2013)
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Cytisine, the world’s oldest smoking cessation aid
Judith J Prochaska, Smita Das, Neal L Benowitz
BMJ  2013;347:f5198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5198 (Published 23 August 2013)
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Antidepressants and postpartum haemorrhage
Eibert R Heerdink
BMJ  2013;347:f5194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5194 (Published 21 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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Strongyloides stercoralis infection: Simply wearing footwear could interrupt transmission of Strongyloides stercoralis
David N Durrheim
BMJ  2013;347:f5219, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5219 (Published 21 August 2013)
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Singapore's non-solution to healthcare costs: Provider choice and cost conscious consumers contribute to Singapore’s performance
April Harding
BMJ  2013;347:f5223, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5223 (Published 21 August 2013)
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Improving UK survival after cardiac arrest: Equipping all citizens with the skills and equipment to be lifesavers
Andrew S Lockey, David Pitcher
BMJ  2013;347:f5224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5224 (Published 21 August 2013)
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Trainee led research networks: Ensuring a bright future for clinical research in surgery with trainee led research networks
Angelos G Kolias, Christopher J Cowie, Andrew Tarnaris, Peter J Hutchinson, Paul M Brennan, On behalf of the British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative
BMJ  2013;347:f5225, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5225 (Published 21 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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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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Medicine and the Media: Smoke screen: Indian film and television’s anti-tobacco obsession
Balaji Ravichandran
BMJ  2013;347:f5258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5258 (Published 23 August 2013)
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The Washington Brief: When EMA and FDA decisions conflict: differences in patients or in regulation?
Sidney M Wolfe
BMJ  2013;347:f5140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5140 (Published 22 August 2013)
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The Art of Risk Communication: HIV screening: helping clinicians make sense of test results to patients
Gerd Gigerenzer
BMJ  2013;347:f5151, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5151 (Published 21 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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Essay: The NHS in the age of anxiety: rhetoric and reality—an essay by Rudolf Klein
Rudolf Klein
BMJ  2013;347:f5104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5104 (Published 21 August 2013)
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Personal View: Communication in difficult situations: what would a friend say?
David C J Main
BMJ  2013;347:f5037, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5037 (Published 23 August 2013)
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From the Frontline: The BMA and its staff’s private health cover
Des Spence
BMJ  2013;347:f5199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5199 (Published 21 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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Brian Cogan
John Kimmitt
BMJ  2013;347:f4992, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4992 (Published 21 August 2013)
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William Douglas Elliot
Neela Shabde, Alan Craft
BMJ  2013;347:f4993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4993 (Published 21 August 2013)
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Peter Driscoll Booker
Frank Potter
BMJ  2013;347:f5003, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5003 (Published 21 August 2013)
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James Bryden Blacklay
Harriet Blacklay
BMJ  2013;347:f4850, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4850 (Published 21 August 2013)
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Paul Harald Osterberg
Pier Milner
BMJ  2013;347:f4851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4851 (Published 21 August 2013)
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John Raymond Mikhail
Tim Battcock
BMJ  2013;347:f4853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4853 (Published 21 August 2013)
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Donald Andrew Aitken
Muriel Aitken
BMJ  2013;347:f4983, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4983 (Published 21 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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Anatomy Quiz: Cranial ultrasonography of a term infant
Rakhee Shah, Amit Parekh
BMJ  2013;347:f5089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5089 (Published 21 August 2013)
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"Diabesity" and other stories . . .
BMJ  2013;347:f5124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5124 (Published 21 August 2013)
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Transfer of surgical site marking
James Tyler, Charles Willis-Owen
BMJ  2013;347:f5126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5126 (Published 21 August 2013)
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Developing a summary hospital mortality index: retrospective analysis in English hospitals over five years
BMJ  2013;347:f5103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5103 (Published 23 August 2013)
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The BMA and its staff’s private health cover
BMJ  2013;347:f5255, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5255 (Published 21 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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