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Effectiveness of general practice based, practice nurse led telephone coaching on glycaemic control of type 2 diabetes: the Patient Engagement And Coaching for Health (PEACH) pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial
Irene D Blackberry, John S Furler, James D Best, Patty Chondros, Margarite Vale, Christine Walker, Trisha Dunning, Leonie Segal, James Dunbar, Ralph Audehm, Danny Liew, Doris Young
BMJ  2013;347:f5272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5272 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Impact of 2008 global economic crisis on suicide: time trend study in 54 countries
Shu-Sen Chang, David Stuckler, Paul Yip, David Gunnell
BMJ  2013;347:f5239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5239 (Published 17 September 2013)
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Effect of smoking on comparative efficacy of antiplatelet agents: systematic review, meta-analysis, and indirect comparison
Joshua J Gagne, Katsiaryna Bykov, Niteesh K Choudhry, Timothy J Toomey, John G Connolly, Jerry Avorn
BMJ  2013;347:f5307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5307 (Published 17 September 2013)
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Quantification of harms in cancer screening trials: literature review
Bruno Heleno, Maria F Thomsen, David S Rodrigues, Karsten J Jørgensen, John Brodersen
BMJ  2013;347:f5334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5334 (Published 16 September 2013)
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Feasibility and effectiveness of a low cost campaign on antibiotic prescribing in Italy: community level, controlled, non-randomised trial
Giulio Formoso, Barbara Paltrinieri, Anna Maria Marata, Carlo Gagliotti, Angelo Pan, Maria Luisa Moro, Oreste Capelli, Nicola Magrini, for the LOCAAL Study Group
BMJ  2013;347:f5391, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5391 (Published 12 September 2013)
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Managing cows’ milk allergy in children
Sian Ludman, Neil Shah, Adam T Fox
BMJ  2013;347:f5424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5424 (Published 16 September 2013)
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Panel sketches out plan for US neuroscience initiative
Michael McCarthy
BMJ  2013;347:f5694, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5694 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Confidence of NHS finance directors to meet targets has plummeted
Gareth Iacobucci
BMJ  2013;347:f5684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5684 (Published 18 September 2013)
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MPs question government’s plan for a paperless NHS by 2018
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2013;347:f5652, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5652 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Ten providers bid to run £800m contract for Cambridgeshire older people’s services
Gareth Iacobucci
BMJ  2013;347:f5656, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5656 (Published 18 September 2013)
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CCGs have duty to demand providers be open about mistakes, say MPs
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2013;347:f5674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5674 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Doctors must ask patients about tobacco use, conference hears
Ganapati Mudur
BMJ  2013;347:f5676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5676 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Canadian doctor travelling to Gaza is detained in Egyptian prison
Sophie Arie
BMJ  2013;347:f5679, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5679 (Published 18 September 2013)
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In brief
BMJ  2013;347:f5637, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5637 (Published 17 September 2013)
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NHS competition rules are "not fit for purpose," think tank chief says
Gareth Iacobucci
BMJ  2013;347:f5643, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5643 (Published 17 September 2013)
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CDC calls for urgent action to combat rise of drug resistant pathogens
Michael McCarthy
BMJ  2013;347:f5649, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5649 (Published 17 September 2013)
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Review rates of pathology findings for head and neck cancer vary hugely between hospitals, report finds
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ  2013;347:f5654, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5654 (Published 17 September 2013)
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Charity calls for routine BRCA testing of ovarian cancer patients
Jacqui Wise
BMJ  2013;347:f5664, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5664 (Published 17 September 2013)
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Unbanked direct blood transfusions should be legal, say Indian surgeons
Soumyadeep Bhaumik
BMJ  2013;347:f5623, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5623 (Published 17 September 2013)
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GP contracts should be simplified to allow more "professional discretion," says England’s health secretary
Gareth Iacobucci
BMJ  2013;347:f5633, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5633 (Published 17 September 2013)
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Doctors condemn Hunt’s plan to link emergency department funding to staff flu vaccination rates
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2013;347:f5639, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5639 (Published 17 September 2013)
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MPs condemn UK clinical trials system for its "invisible" results
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2013;347:f5641, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5641 (Published 17 September 2013)
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UK government is to reconsider claims of children who developed narcolepsy after vaccination
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2013;347:f5645, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5645 (Published 17 September 2013)
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Lilly challenges Canada’s decision to strike down patents for not meeting "inventive promise"
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2013;347:f5651, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5651 (Published 17 September 2013)
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Mice, cows, dung beetles, shrews, and drunken humans triumph in 2013 Ig Nobel prize
Michael McCarthy
BMJ  2013;347:f5622, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5622 (Published 16 September 2013)
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NHS must publish more data and value staff more, outgoing chief says
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ  2013;347:f5624, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5624 (Published 16 September 2013)
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Guide aims to help patients be wary of "miracle cures"
Jacqui Wise
BMJ  2013;347:f5608, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5608 (Published 16 September 2013)
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UK clinical trials must be registered to win ethics committee approval
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2013;347:f5614, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5614 (Published 16 September 2013)
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US casino boss challenges Spain’s smoking ban
Aser García Rada
BMJ  2013;347:f5598, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5598 (Published 13 September 2013)
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Global Fund needs $15bn to fight HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria
Anne Gulland
BMJ  2013;347:f5601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5601 (Published 13 September 2013)
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Mentally ill patient chained to tree to highlight shortage of psychiatric beds in India
Sanjeet Bagcchi
BMJ  2013;347:f5604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5604 (Published 13 September 2013)
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Experts warn on data security in health and fitness apps
Michael McCarthy
BMJ  2013;347:f5600, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5600 (Published 13 September 2013)
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Immunisation coverage in India remains too low, study finds
Cheryl Travasso
BMJ  2013;347:f5573, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5573 (Published 12 September 2013)
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FDA to tighten labeling on long acting opioids
Michael McCarthy
BMJ  2013;347:f5581, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5581 (Published 12 September 2013)
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Austerity, suicide, and screening
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2013;347:f5678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5678 (Published 18 September 2013)
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India Editor's Choice: HPV vaccination as a national health priority: no easy answers
Anita Jain
BMJ  2013;347:f5634, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5634 (Published 16 September 2013)
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Adolescents and young adults who are not in employment, education, or training
Jan Scott, David Fowler, Pat McGorry, Max Birchwood, Eoin Killackey, Helen Christensen, Nicholas Glozier, Alison Yung, Paddy Power, Merete Nordentoft, Swaran Singh, Elisa Brietzke, Simon Davidson, Philippe Conus, Frank Bellivier, Richard Delorme, Iain Macmillan, John Buchanan, Francesc Colom, Eduard Vieta, Michael Bauer, Phillip McGuire, Kathleen Merikangas, Ian Hickie
BMJ  2013;347:f5270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5270 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Testing times for HIV
Jonathan Weber, Roger Tatoud
BMJ  2013;347:f5556, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5556 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Medical manslaughter
Sarah E McDowell, Robin E Ferner
BMJ  2013;347:f5609, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5609 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Will India deliver on universal health coverage?
Antony Kollannur
BMJ  2013;347:f5621, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5621 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Economic recession and suicide
Keith Hawton, Camilla Haw
BMJ  2013;347:f5612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5612 (Published 17 September 2013)
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Person to person H7N9 transmission: Controlling novel avian influenza A (H7N9) at animal sources
Chi Chiu Leung, David S C Hui, Paul K S Chan
BMJ  2013;347:f5565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5565 (Published 18 September 2013)
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600 extra deaths a week: Monitoring excess mortality in Europe
Michaël R Laurent
BMJ  2013;347:f5568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5568 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Chronic kidney disease definition: Whatever happened to normal ageing?
Iona Heath
BMJ  2013;347:f5572, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5572 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Turning doctors into coders: Infrastructure and IT policies of individual trusts limit health IT
Andrew J Clarkin
BMJ  2013;347:f5592, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5592 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Turning doctors into coders: Establishing the context in which doctors write software code
Johan van Schalkwyk
BMJ  2013;347:f5594, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5594 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Detention of psychiatric patients: Too many psychiatric beds have been lost
Conor J Davidson
BMJ  2013;347:f5596, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5596 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Chronic kidney disease definition: Possible benefits of being diagnosed as having reduced renal function
Colin H Jones
BMJ  2013;347:f5339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5339 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Angiotensin receptor blockers: Fraudulent data: an apology and the fate of angiotensin receptor blockers
Sripal Bangalore, Franz H Messerli
BMJ  2013;347:f5549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5549 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Chronic kidney disease definition: A stable definition of chronic kidney disease improves knowledge and patient care
Josef Coresh, Andrew S Levey, Adeera Levin, Paul Stevens
BMJ  2013;347:f5553, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5553 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Chronic kidney disease definition: An alternative classification system for chronic kidney disease
G Van Pottelbergh, J M Degryse
BMJ  2013;347:f5566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5566 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Response: Atos Healthcare replies to Greg Wood
Angela Graham
BMJ  2013;347:f5584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5584 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Opioids in the UK: Wanted: national regulatory monitoring system for long term opioid prescription
Gordon Stewart, Michael H Basler
BMJ  2013;347:f5586, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5586 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Turning doctors into coders: Regulation is needed to support the development of health IT
Samuel P Leighton
BMJ  2013;347:f5593, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5593 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Detention of psychiatric patients: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards protect care homes, not patients
Richard Braithwaite
BMJ  2013;347:f5595, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5595 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Opioids in the UK: Friends, doctors, and tramadol: we might have a problem
Adam Winstock, James Bell, Rohan Borschmann
BMJ  2013;347:f5599, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5599 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Bad medicine: atrial fibrillation: Anticoagulant treatment is effective in atrial fibrillation
John P Robson, Gregory Y H Lip
BMJ  2013;347:f5429, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5429 (Published 12 September 2013)
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Bad medicine: atrial fibrillation: Author’s reply to Robson and Lip
Des Spence
BMJ  2013;347:f5431, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5431 (Published 12 September 2013)
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BMJ Interview: "We know where to probe," says Mike Richards, the new chief inspector of hospitals
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ  2013;347:f5557, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5557 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Clinical guidelines: Ensuring the integrity of clinical practice guidelines: a tool for protecting patients
Jeanne Lenzer, Jerome R Hoffman, Curt D Furberg, John P A Ioannidis, On behalf of the Guideline Panel Review working group
BMJ  2013;347:f5535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5535 (Published 17 September 2013)
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Commentary: How the BMJ selects guideline summaries for publication
Mabel Chew
BMJ  2013;347:f5536, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5536 (Published 17 September 2013)
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Personal View: Homeopaths Without Borders practice exploitation not humanitarianism
David M Shaw
BMJ  2013;347:f5448, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5448 (Published 17 September 2013)
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George Edward Adan
Andrew Sanderson
BMJ  2013;347:f5180, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5180 (Published 18 September 2013)
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James Robertson Hood
Peter Shoenberg
BMJ  2013;347:f5189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5189 (Published 18 September 2013)
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Peter Nathaniel Mond
Alyson Elliman, David Mond
BMJ  2013;347:f5186, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5186 (Published 13 September 2013)
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Anatomy Quiz: Digital subtraction angiography of the pelvis
Seyed Ameli-Renani, Sanjin Idriz
BMJ  2013;347:f5317, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5317 (Published 16 September 2013)
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An intraoperative cholangiogram: unusual anatomy
Simon P Rowland, Hemant Sheth
BMJ  2013;347:f5238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5238 (Published 13 September 2013)
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Statistical Question: Allocation concealment versus blinding in randomised controlled trials
Philip Sedgwick
BMJ  2013;347:f5518, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5518 (Published 13 September 2013)
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Picture Quiz: Blurred vision: targeting a diagnosis
Charlotte P Buscombe, Siying Lin, Nicholas J Wilson-Holt
BMJ  2013;347:f5209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5209 (Published 12 September 2013)
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Isn’t the NHS brilliant
Luke D Williamson
BMJ  2013;347:f5335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5335 (Published 16 September 2013)
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Phimosis in childhood
BMJ  2013;347:f5632, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5632 (Published 16 September 2013)
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