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Exercise for lower limb osteoarthritis: systematic review incorporating trial sequential analysis and network meta-analysis
Olalekan A Uthman, Danielle A van der Windt, Joanne L Jordan, Krysia S Dziedzic, Emma L Healey, George M Peat, Nadine E Foster
BMJ  2013;347:f5555, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5555 (Published 20 September 2013)
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Type of stress ulcer prophylaxis and risk of nosocomial pneumonia in cardiac surgical patients: cohort study
Brian T Bateman, Katsiaryna Bykov, Niteesh K Choudhry, Sebastian Schneeweiss, Joshua J Gagne, Jennifer M Polinski, Jessica M Franklin, Michael Doherty, Michael A Fischer, Jeremy A Rassen
BMJ  2013;347:f5416, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5416 (Published 19 September 2013)
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Testicular germ cell tumours
Alan Horwich, David Nicol, Robert Huddart
BMJ  2013;347:f5526, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5526 (Published 24 September 2013)
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Rational Testing: Investigating hypokalaemia
Richard A Oram, Timothy J McDonald, Bijay Vaidya
BMJ  2013;347:f5137, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5137 (Published 24 September 2013)
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Judge quashes GMC’s decision to pursue old allegations against a consultant
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2013;347:f5840, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5840 (Published 25 September 2013)
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Strong government accountability is crucial to meeting millennium development goals, UN assembly is told
Anne Gulland
BMJ  2013;347:f5823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5823 (Published 25 September 2013)
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In brief
BMJ  2013;347:f5777, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5777 (Published 25 September 2013)
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Tetanus vaccination during pregnancy reduces risk of neonatal mortality in India, study finds
Sanjeet Bagcchi
BMJ  2013;347:f5808, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5808 (Published 25 September 2013)
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Gaza is running out of medicines as Egypt limits movement through the Rafah crossing
Sophie Arie
BMJ  2013;347:f5821, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5821 (Published 25 September 2013)
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New breast screening leaflet still denies women the full picture, says critic
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2013;347:f5735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5735 (Published 24 September 2013)
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Children will suffer most as climate change increases in coming decades, say scientists
Robin McKie
BMJ  2013;347:f5799, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5799 (Published 24 September 2013)
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US House passes bill that would defund Affordable Care Act
Michael McCarthy
BMJ  2013;347:f5771, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5771 (Published 24 September 2013)
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Private provider clarifies its position on Bournemouth and Poole hospitals merger
Gareth Iacobucci
BMJ  2013;347:f5772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5772 (Published 24 September 2013)
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Doctors plan to relaunch smartphone app after being cleared of plagiarism
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2013;347:f5774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5774 (Published 24 September 2013)
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BMA appeals for release of Canadian doctor held in Egypt
Sophie Arie
BMJ  2013;347:f5787, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5787 (Published 24 September 2013)
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GMC drops cases against doctors who worked at Stafford Hospital
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2013;347:f5801, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5801 (Published 24 September 2013)
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Lifestyle advice by text messages helps prevent type 2 diabetes in high risk men
Cheryl Travasso
BMJ  2013;347:f5750, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5750 (Published 23 September 2013)
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Better sex education for children is needed to combat dangers of pornography
Isabella Laws
BMJ  2013;347:f5764, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5764 (Published 23 September 2013)
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Bowel screening has long term benefits, research shows
Jacqui Wise
BMJ  2013;347:f5773, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5773 (Published 23 September 2013)
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Quality of care for poor Americans varies widely from state to state
Michael McCarthy
BMJ  2013;347:f5729, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5729 (Published 20 September 2013)
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German court rules that liquid nicotine is not a medicine
Ned Stafford
BMJ  2013;347:f5739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5739 (Published 20 September 2013)
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Lewisham appeal will decide which local commissioners can veto reconfigurations
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2013;347:f5754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5754 (Published 20 September 2013)
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Shorter radiotherapy course just as effective for treating breast cancer, research finds
Jacqui Wise
BMJ  2013;347:f5719, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5719 (Published 20 September 2013)
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"Super managers" to be sent into failing hospitals
Jacqui Wise
BMJ  2013;347:f5727, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5727 (Published 20 September 2013)
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Morecambe Bay hospital trust is still not meeting its improvement targets, CQC says
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2013;347:f5716, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5716 (Published 19 September 2013)
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Patients rate hospitals high on cleanliness but low on food
Gareth Iacobucci
BMJ  2013;347:f5723, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5723 (Published 19 September 2013)
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Indian doctors condemn move to fund treatments abroad for civil servants
Soumyadeep Bhaumik
BMJ  2013;347:f5677, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5677 (Published 19 September 2013)
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Doctors urge Syrian government to allow them access to patients
Anne Gulland
BMJ  2013;347:f5698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5698 (Published 19 September 2013)
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Spending on health in the US is projected to reach almost 20% of GDP by 2022
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2013;347:f5721, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5721 (Published 19 September 2013)
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Taming the monster
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2013;347:f5817, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5817 (Published 25 September 2013)
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US Editor's Choice: Getting clinical guidelines right
Edward Davies
BMJ  2013;347:f5733, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5733 (Published 20 September 2013)
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Concussion and sport
Adel Helmy, Mukul Agarwal, Peter J Hutchinson
BMJ  2013;347:f5748, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5748 (Published 25 September 2013)
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Health Research Authority’s great leap forward on UK trial registration
Iain Chalmers
BMJ  2013;347:f5776, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5776 (Published 25 September 2013)
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Supporting poorly performing NHS hospitals to improve
Chris Ham
BMJ  2013;347:f5830, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5830 (Published 25 September 2013)
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Female genital mutilation/cutting
Henrietta L Moore
BMJ  2013;347:f5603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5603 (Published 24 September 2013)
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Perioperative β blockade
Stephen Bolsin, Mark Colson, Angela Marsiglio
BMJ  2013;347:f5640, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5640 (Published 19 September 2013)
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Clinical commissioning groups: Kicking clinical commissioning groups into the long grass
W Lumb
BMJ  2013;347:f5690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5690 (Published 25 September 2013)
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Chronic fatigue treatment trial: People want to learn as much as possible from the PACE trial for chronic fatigue syndrome
Tom Kindlon
BMJ  2013;347:f5731, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5731 (Published 25 September 2013)
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Thyroid cancer: Do low grade thyroid cancers really require thyroidectomy?
Harry Rogers
BMJ  2013;347:f5734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5734 (Published 25 September 2013)
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Cytisine to stop smoking: The case for licensing cytosine now for smoking cessation is overwhelming
John A Stapleton
BMJ  2013;347:f5736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5736 (Published 25 September 2013)
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Chronic fatigue treatment trial: What’s the problem with sharing research committee’s discussions?
Allan House
BMJ  2013;347:f5740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5740 (Published 25 September 2013)
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Thyroid cancer: Thyroid nodules: time to stop over-reporting normal findings and update consensus guidelines
Michael S Hofman
BMJ  2013;347:f5742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5742 (Published 25 September 2013)
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Troponin-negative chest pain: Misunderstanding the value of troponin testing
Michael D Sosin
BMJ  2013;347:f5743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5743 (Published 25 September 2013)
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Communication in difficult situations: Patients are not friends
Fatima Bahadur
BMJ  2013;347:f5744, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5744 (Published 25 September 2013)
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Communication in difficult situations: The importance of establishing a rapport with patients
Stephen R Workman
BMJ  2013;347:f5745, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5745 (Published 25 September 2013)
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Communication in difficult situations: Listening is paramount when discussing sensitive topics with patients
Peter Ellis
BMJ  2013;347:f5746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5746 (Published 25 September 2013)
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Statistics Behind the Headlines: Are you 45% more likely to die in a UK hospital rather than a US hospital?
David Spiegelhalter
BMJ  2013;347:f5775, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5775 (Published 24 September 2013)
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Drug Marketing: The line between scientific uncertainty and promotion of snake oil
Ed Silverman
BMJ  2013;347:f5687, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5687 (Published 20 September 2013)
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From the Heart: Too much angioplasty
Aseem Malhotra
BMJ  2013;347:f5741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5741 (Published 24 September 2013)
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Commentary: The patient’s perspective: we all want private hospital rooms
Cheryl Berry
BMJ  2013;347:f5828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5828 (Published 25 September 2013)
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Should hospitals provide all patients with single rooms?
Hugh Pennington, Chris Isles
BMJ  2013;347:f5695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5695 (Published 24 September 2013)
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The Bigger Picture: How to get out of hospital
Mary E Black
BMJ  2013;347:f5788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5788 (Published 25 September 2013)
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Personal View: Bring in universal mental health checks in schools
Simon Nicholas Williams
BMJ  2013;347:f5478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5478 (Published 24 September 2013)
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From the Frontline: Bad medicine: monitoring patients’ drugs
Des Spence
BMJ  2013;347:f5779, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5779 (Published 24 September 2013)
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James Caldwell Houston
Alan Houston
BMJ  2013;347:f5188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5188 (Published 25 September 2013)
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Nana Gruer
Laurence Gruer
BMJ  2013;347:f5369, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5369 (Published 25 September 2013)
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Albert Victor Craig
Jane V Broadbent, Elizabeth S Sherwood, Rosemary A Cordingley, Patricia M Foong
BMJ  2013;347:f5371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5371 (Published 25 September 2013)
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Richard Claude Hamber
Christopher Glaysher
BMJ  2013;347:f5373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5373 (Published 25 September 2013)
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John Alan Mathews
Martin Sarner, Richard Thompson
BMJ  2013;347:f5380, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5380 (Published 25 September 2013)
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Thomas Alfred Plumley
Thomas Alfred Plumley
BMJ  2013;347:f5382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5382 (Published 25 September 2013)
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David J P Barker
Jan Barker, Mary Barker, Caroline Fall, Clive Osmond, Cyrus Cooper
BMJ  2013;347:f5703, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5703 (Published 19 September 2013)
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Statistical Question: Controlled trials
Philip Sedgwick
BMJ  2013;347:f5718, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5718 (Published 25 September 2013)
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Picture Quiz: An unusual case of quadriparesis
Gulraiz Ahmad, Joseph Vassallo, Jawad Naqvi, Navin Khanna
BMJ  2013;347:f5728, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5728 (Published 25 September 2013)
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Picture quiz: Traumatic knee injury
G Stenhouse, M Walker, C Gupta, M Khanna
BMJ  2013;347:f5303, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5303 (Published 23 September 2013)
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Picture Quiz: A 70 year old woman with chest pain after a stressful event
Nikolaos Dagres, Andreas Triantafyllis, Maria Anastasiou-Nana
BMJ  2013;347:f5583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5583 (Published 23 September 2013)
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Case Report: Acute epiglottitis
Robert Charles, Marc Fadden, Jacqueline Brook
BMJ  2013;347:f5235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5235 (Published 19 September 2013)
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Picture Quiz: An unusual cause of breathlessness
Rachel Orme, Catherine Hill, Amit Allahabadia, Barney Harrison, Ever Grech
BMJ  2013;347:f5318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5318 (Published 19 September 2013)
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Strangulation of an accessory digit
Daniel Morritt, Kavit Amin, Paul Cussons
BMJ  2013;347:f5696, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5696 (Published 23 September 2013)
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The importance of breakfast and other stories . . .
BMJ  2013;347:f5720, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5720 (Published 23 September 2013)
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Caution over use of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation
BMJ  2013;347:f5688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.f5688 (Published 19 September 2013)
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