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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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Maternal obesity during pregnancy and premature mortality from cardiovascular event in adult offspring: follow-up of 1 323 275 person years
Rebecca M Reynolds, Keith M Allan, Edwin A Raja, Sohinee Bhattacharya, Geraldine McNeill, Philip C Hannaford, Nadeem Sarwar, Amanda J Lee, Siladitya Bhattacharya, Jane E Norman
BMJ  2013;347:f4539, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4539 (Published 13 August 2013)
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Predictors of severe H1N1 infection in children presenting within Pediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN): retrospective case-control study
Stuart R Dalziel, John MD Thompson, Charles G Macias, Ricardo M Fernandes, David W Johnson, Yehezkel Waisman, Nicholas Cheng, Jason Acworth, James M Chamberlain, Martin H Osmond, Amy Plint, Paolo Valerio, Karen JL Black, Eleanor Fitzpatrick, Amanda S Newton, Nathan Kuppermann, Terry P Klassen, for the Pediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN) H1N1 working group
BMJ  2013;347:f4836, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4836 (Published 12 August 2013)
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10-Minute Consultation: Abnormal vaginal discharge
Radia Fahami
BMJ  2013;347:f4975, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4975 (Published 13 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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Three quarters of guideline panellists have ties to the drug industry
Ingrid Torjesen
BMJ  2013;347:f4998, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4998 (Published 14 August 2013)
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In brief
BMJ  2013;347:f5085, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5085 (Published 14 August 2013)
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Emergency doctors call for more patients to be diverted from A&E to general practice
Ingrid Torjesen
BMJ  2013;347:f5120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5120 (Published 14 August 2013)
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Doctors will feed into review of children’s heart services
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2013;347:f5065, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5065 (Published 12 August 2013)
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Sanofi is investigated for allegedly bribing doctors in China
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ  2013;347:f5074, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5074 (Published 12 August 2013)
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Let’s work together
Trish Groves
BMJ  2013;347:f5111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5111 (Published 14 August 2013)
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India Editor's Choice: "Food for all" . . . healthy, that is
Anita Jain
BMJ  2013;347:f5084, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5084 (Published 13 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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The problem of duplicate systematic reviews
David Moher
BMJ  2013;347:f5040, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5040 (Published 14 August 2013)
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Maternal obesity and heart disease in the offspring
Pam Factor-Litvak
BMJ  2013;347:f4960, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4960 (Published 13 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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Scrapping of Liverpool care pathway: What’s in a name? From pathways to plans in end of life care
Erica Borgstrom
BMJ  2013;347:f4957, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4957 (Published 14 August 2013)
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Antibiotics in animal feed: Human health, animal health, and ecosystems are interconnected
Kaitlin Tagg
BMJ  2013;347:f4979, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4979 (Published 14 August 2013)
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Care of the dying patient: Care of the dying patient: art or science?
Katherine E Sleeman
BMJ  2013;347:f5023, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5023 (Published 14 August 2013)
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History of the Liverpool care pathway: Getting it right for each dying person we care for
Lesley A M Evans
BMJ  2013;347:f5026, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5026 (Published 14 August 2013)
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Avastin in macular degeneration: Bevacizumab must be specially prepared for intraocular use
Ilias Georgalas, Dimitris Papaconstantinou, Theodore Paraskevopoulos, Chryssanthi Koutsandrea
BMJ  2013;347:f5032, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5032 (Published 14 August 2013)
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Industry funded study data: Study results show it’s time to rethink systematic review methods
Carl Heneghan
BMJ  2013;347:f4729, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4729 (Published 13 August 2013)
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Sharing of clinical trial data: Drug approval packages and briefing documents are already freely available
Larry D Sasich, Elia Abi-Jaoude
BMJ  2013;347:f4861, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4861 (Published 13 August 2013)
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Iron supplementation in pregnancy: Healthy pregnant women still don’t need routine iron supplementation
Philip J Steer
BMJ  2013;347:f4866, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4866 (Published 13 August 2013)
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Iron supplementation in pregnancy: Author’s reply to Steer
Alexander Krafft
BMJ  2013;347:f4868, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4868 (Published 13 August 2013)
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Care of the dying in the community: Social care should be free for everyone in last weeks of life
Adrienne Betteley
BMJ  2013;347:f4892, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4892 (Published 13 August 2013)
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Legalising assisted dying: The law should be changed to allow assisted dying
Richard Scheffer
BMJ  2013;347:f4895, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4895 (Published 13 August 2013)
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Legalising assisted dying: The Swiss experience of assisted suicide is positive
Timothy Harding
BMJ  2013;347:f4896, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4896 (Published 13 August 2013)
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Legalising assisted dying: What do families and professional organisations really think about assisted dying?
Simon Kenwright
BMJ  2013;347:f4912, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4912 (Published 13 August 2013)
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The dying deserve better from GPs: GPs could start by listening to dying patients and thus improve care
Cormac R Murphy
BMJ  2013;347:f4922, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4922 (Published 13 August 2013)
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Antibiotics in animal feed: Ban routine use of critically important antibiotics in food animals
Peter Collignon
BMJ  2013;347:f4976, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4976 (Published 13 August 2013)
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Legalising assisted dying: Giving dying people what they want
Philip Berry
BMJ  2013;347:f4982, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4982 (Published 13 August 2013)
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Force feeding at Guant[aacute]namo Bay: Making the medical notes of hunger strikers at Guantánamo Bay available to trusted doctors
Frank W Arnold
BMJ  2013;347:f5034, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5034 (Published 13 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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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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Personal View: Consent forms for clinical trials are too aggressive
Richard J Wassersug
BMJ  2013;347:f4879, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4879 (Published 13 August 2013)
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Past Caring: Bringing chemistry out of the kitchen
Wendy Moore
BMJ  2013;347:f5008, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5008 (Published 13 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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Basil Ian Franklin Eminson
M G C Eminson
BMJ  2013;347:f4473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4473 (Published 13 August 2013)
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Raymond Davys
Nigel O’Farrell
BMJ  2013;347:f4474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4474 (Published 13 August 2013)
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John Weaver
Brew Atkinson, Patrick Bell, David Hadden
BMJ  2013;347:f4856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4856 (Published 13 August 2013)
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David Mercer
James Copper
BMJ  2013;347:f4857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4857 (Published 13 August 2013)
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Fuad Nasr
Ali Jawad, Imad Uthman
BMJ  2013;347:f4858, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4858 (Published 13 August 2013)
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Alan Scott Falconer
Alastair Falconer, Catherine Trewby, Peter Trewby
BMJ  2013;347:f4859, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4859 (Published 13 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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Intermittent pain around the hip
Egbert Veen, Daniëlle Langeloo
BMJ  2013;347:f4972, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4972 (Published 14 August 2013)
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Benefits of vitamin D and other stories . . .
BMJ  2013;347:f5018, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5018 (Published 14 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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