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A very British muddle
Jane Smith
BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.0-f
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Education improves long term control of eczema [Full text]
Delaying operation after hip fracture increases death rate [Full text]
Preterm births have risen in Denmark in low risk women [Full text]
Atorvastatin may cause nightmares [Full text]
Online cancer support groups can police themselves [Full text]

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Educational programmes for young people with eczema
Hywel C Williams
BMJ  2006;332:923-924, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.923
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Why should preterm births be rising?
A H Shennan, S Bewley
BMJ  2006;332:924-925, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.924
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Are virtual communities good for our health?
Alejandro R Jadad, Murray W Enkin, Sholom Glouberman, Philip Groff, Anita Stern
BMJ  2006;332:925-926, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.925
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Call for shake up in NHS funding: A reply to 900 doctors
Julian Tudor Hart
BMJ  2006;332:973, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.973
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Call for shake up in NHS funding: Nye Bevan's view on national and private insurance
L S Lewis
BMJ  2006;332:973, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.973-a
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Call for shake up in NHS funding: Few GPs among the 900 Doctors for Reform
Richard Ma
BMJ  2006;332:973, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.973-b
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Call for shake up in NHS funding: Clarifications from Doctors for Reform
C David H Wrede
BMJ  2006;332:973-974, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.973-c
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Pay for efficiency, not simply more work
Gert Martin Kaiser
BMJ  2006;332:974, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.974
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Hypertension and ethnic group: Not as simple as black or white
Onyebuchi E Okosieme
BMJ  2006;332:974, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.974-a
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Hypertension and ethnic group: Eplerenone may have role in hypertension related atrial fibrillation
Oscar M Jolobe
BMJ  2006;332:974, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.974-b
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Competence in children has a Scottish twist
Mark J Sterrick
BMJ  2006;332:975, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.975
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Referral management centres: More Hackney carriage than Trojan horse
David Keene
BMJ  2006;332:975, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.975-a
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Referral management centres: General practitioner colleagues could refer among themselves
Graeme Mackenzie
BMJ  2006;332:975, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.975-b
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Referral management centres: Is this an April fool?
Trisha Greenhalgh
BMJ  2006;332:975, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.975-c
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More on bird flu
Hilary G Pickles
BMJ  2006;332:975-976, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.975-d
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Blanket hepatitis B vaccination is questionable in India
Peter R Mansfield, Anant Phadke, Ashok Kale
BMJ  2006;332:976, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.976
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A sexist celebration
Robert A Jacoby
BMJ  2006;332:976, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.976-a
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Prime minister tells troubled trusts to "hold their nerve"
Michael Day
BMJ  2006;332:927, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.927
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Court awards claimant $13.5m in rofecoxib lawsuit
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2006;332:927, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.927-a
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In brief
BMJ  2006;332:928, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.928
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Trusts can take cost into account when deciding drug treatment
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2006;332:928, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.928-a
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EC launches debate on the future of scientific journals
Rory Watson
BMJ  2006;332:928, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.928-b
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Johns Hopkins scales down its deal with cosmetics firm after criticism
David Brown
BMJ  2006;332:929, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.929
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Dutch doctors suspended for use of complementary medicine
Tony Sheldon
BMJ  2006;332:929, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.929-a
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Air force doctor imprisoned for refusing third tour in Iraq
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2006;332:931, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.931-c
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Tossed aside
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2006;332:932, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.932
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BMA criticises new visa requirements for overseas doctors
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2006;332:930, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.930
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Hospital is fined £100 000 for failing to supervise junior staff
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2006;332:930, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.930-a
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Charity campaigners win radio awards
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2006;332:930, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.930-b
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Computer scientists call for audit of NHS IT programme
Michael Cross
BMJ  2006;332:930, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.930-c
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Welsh NHS heads for £32m deficit
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2006;332:930, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.930-d
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Doctors in Nepal take part in democracy protests
Kaushal Pandey
BMJ  2006;332:931, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.931
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Indian doctors debate increased affirmative action for lower castes
Ganapati Mudur
BMJ  2006;332:931, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.931-a
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Banning trans fatty acids will reduce risk of heart attacks, study says
David Spurgeon
BMJ  2006;332:931, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.931-b
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People are easily duped about new diseases, conference is told
Bob Burton
BMJ  2006;332:932, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.932-a
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Age related, structured educational programmes for the management of atopic dermatitis in children and adolescents: multicentre, randomised controlled trial
Doris Staab, Thomas L Diepgen, Manigé Fartasch, Jörg Kupfer, Thomas Lob-Corzilius, Johannes Ring, Sibylle Scheewe, Reginald Scheidt, Gerhard Schmid-Ott, Christina Schnopp, Rüdiger Szczepanski, Thomas Werfel, Marita Wittenmeier, Ulrich Wahn, Uwe Gieler
BMJ  2006;332:933-938, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.933
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Commentary: The double benefits of educational programmes for patients with eczema
Peter Lapsley
BMJ  2006;332:936, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.936
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Spontaneous preterm delivery in primiparous women at low risk in Denmark: population based study
Jens Langhoff-Roos, Ulrik Kesmodel, Bo Jacobsson, Steen Rasmussen, Ida Vogel
BMJ  2006;332:937-939, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38751.524132.2F, (Published 23 February 2006)
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Accuracy and self correction of information received from an internet breast cancer list: content analysis
Adol Esquivel, Funda Meric-Bernstam, Elmer V Bernstam
BMJ  2006;332:939-942, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38753.524201.7C, (Published 2 March 2006)
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Effect of different forms of information produced for cancer patients on their use of the information, social support, and anxiety: randomised trial
R B Jones, J Pearson, A J Cawsey, D Bental, A Barrett, J White, C A White, W H Gilmour
BMJ  2006;332:942-948, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38807.571042.68, (Published 5 April 2006)
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Mortality associated with delay in operation after hip fracture: observational study
Alex Bottle, Paul Aylin
BMJ  2006;332:947-951, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38790.468519.55, (Published 22 March 2006)
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DRUG POINTS: Atorvastatin may cause nightmares
Peter J H Smak Gregoor
BMJ  2006;332:950, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.950
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Panic disorder
C Barr Taylor
BMJ  2006;332:951-955, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.951
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Patient's journey: From burns unit to boardroom
James Partridge
BMJ  2006;332:956-959, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.956
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Interactive case report: 70 year old man with scrotal swelling, abdominal aortic aneurysm, and renal lesions: case progression
Saroj Kumar Das, Devdatta Sarwate, J K Mordani, K J Ng, Mark Nel
BMJ  2006;332:959, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.959
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Lesson of the week: Syncope and falls due to timolol eye drops
Marije E Müller, Nathalie van der Velde, Jaap W M Krulder, Tischa J M van der Cammen
BMJ  2006;332:960-961, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.960
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ABC of wound healing: Recent advances and emerging treatments
Stuart Enoch, Joseph E Grey, Keith G Harding
BMJ  2006;332:962-965, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.962
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Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
Christopher Martyn
BMJ  2006;332:966, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.966
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Health economics: Importance of relative measures in policy on health inequalities
Allan Low, Anne Low
BMJ  2006;332:967-969, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.967
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Research methods: Reporting attrition in randomised controlled trials
Jo C Dumville, David J Torgerson, Catherine E Hewitt
BMJ  2006;332:969-971, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.969
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What the educators are saying
Phil Cotton, Jill Morrison
BMJ  2006;332:972, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.972
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Book: How Doctors Think: Clinical Judgment and the Practice of Medicine
Kevin Barraclough
BMJ  2006;332:979, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.979
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Art: The unkindest cut: emasculated musicians
Colin Martin
BMJ  2006;332:980, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.980
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Theatre: Science and art mix creates animal magic
Balaji Ravichandran
BMJ  2006;332:980, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.980-a
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Personal view: So what's so new about patient choice?
Philip J Steer
BMJ  2006;332:981, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.981
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Soundings: Gifted and black?
Trisha Greenhalgh
BMJ  2006;332:981, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.981-a
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Minerva
BMJ  2006;332:982, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.982
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bmjupdates+: Reduced consumption of sugary drinks helps the heaviest teenagers to lose weight
BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.0-e
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Endpiece: A match for heaven and earth?
Conrad Harris
BMJ  2006;332:946, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.946
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Letter home
Surinder Sareen
BMJ  2006;332:955, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.955
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Spellbound by CO2
Fionnuala Crummy, Matthew T Naughton
BMJ  2006;332:961, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.961
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Visa application
BMJ  2006;332:s152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.s152, (Published 22 April 2006)
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System overload
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Non-consultant career grades
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Doctored applications
BMJ  2006;332:s152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.s152-c, (Published 22 April 2006)
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Raw recruits
BMJ  2006;332:s152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.s152-d, (Published 22 April 2006)
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this week
Sabina Dosani
BMJ  2006;332:gp153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.sgp153, (Published 22 April 2006)
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Missionary work for beginners
Emily Haberman
BMJ  2006;332:gp153-gp154, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.sgp153-a, (Published 22 April 2006)
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this week
Sabina Dosani
BMJ  2006;332:s153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.s153, (Published 22 April 2006)
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Missionary work for beginners
Emily Haberman
BMJ  2006;332:s153-s154, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.s153-a, (Published 22 April 2006)
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Postgraduate training in the United States: joining a residency programme as a foreign medical graduate
Cyril Mauffrey
BMJ  2006;332:s155, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.s155, (Published 22 April 2006)
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Walking off the map
Jeremy Windsor
BMJ  2006;332:s156-s157, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.s156, (Published 22 April 2006)
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Surgical training: gaining operating experience overseas
Grant D Stewart
BMJ  2006;332:s158-s159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.s158, (Published 22 April 2006)
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Off the wall solutions for on the ball doctors
BMJ  2006;332:s159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.s159, (Published 22 April 2006)
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How international medical graduates are certified in Canada
Cynthia Abbott
BMJ  2006;332:s160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.s160, (Published 22 April 2006)
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Working in a disaster zone
Imran Anwar
BMJ  2006;332:s161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.s161, (Published 22 April 2006)
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April in Paris
Jessica Wilson
BMJ  2006;332:s162, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.s162, (Published 22 April 2006)
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Jamie Ambrose
Euan Ambrose, Terry Gould, David Uttley
BMJ  2006;332:977, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.977
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William Dawson Catto
Graeme Catto
BMJ  2006;332:978, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.978
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Sidney Fuller
Ken Kirkman
BMJ  2006;332:978, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.978-a
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Justin David Gardner
Hadrian Ball, Christopher Reynolds
BMJ  2006;332:978, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.978-b
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John Francis Goyder
Peter Goyder
BMJ  2006;332:978, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.978-c
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Ian Anthony Rowland Jenkins
Michael Helliwell
BMJ  2006;332:978, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.978-d
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Peter Cowe Robertson
Gillon C Ferguson
BMJ  2006;332:978, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.978-e
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Brian David Morgan Williams
J V V Lewis
BMJ  2006;332:978, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.978-f
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