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The market has failed
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39413.597465.47
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Deciding who to admit to a critical care unit
Eddy Fan, Dale M Needham
BMJ  2007;335:1103-1104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39378.654329.80, (Published 1 November 2007)
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Doctors and climate change
Mike Gill, Fiona Godlee, Richard Horton, Robin Stott
BMJ  2007;335:1104-1105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39412.488021.80
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Screening for prostate cancer in younger men
Dragan Ilic, Sally Green
BMJ  2007;335:1105-1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39385.491424.80, (Published 15 November 2007)
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Communicating risk to the public after radiological incidents
Steven M Becker
BMJ  2007;335:1106-1107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39377.655845.80, (Published 1 November 2007)
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Obesity and cancer
Eugenia E Calle
BMJ  2007;335:1107-1108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39384.472072.80, (Published 6 November 2007)
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Acute bronchiolitis: Risk of hyponatraemia
Michael Eisenhut
BMJ  2007;335:1109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39409.367234.BE
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Acute bronchiolitis: There may be a treatment
Paul N Thiessen
BMJ  2007;335:1109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39409.389421.BE
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Community acquired pneumonia: Antibiotic coverage is atypical: evidence from randomised trials
Leonard Leibovici, Eyal Robenshtock, Mical Paul
BMJ  2007;335:1109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39409.402894.BE
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Asylum seekers' access to care: Document is worrying
Philip R Matthews
BMJ  2007;335:1109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39409.435428.BE
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Colectomy and IBD: Does surgery improve survival?
Muhammad F Dawwas
BMJ  2007;335:1109-1110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39409.417188.BE
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Foreign doctors' victory: British benevolence and betrayal
Padmanabhan Badrinath
BMJ  2007;335:1110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39409.444873.BE
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Climate change and health: We must all act now
Alan Maryon-Davis, Ian Gilmore, Patricia Hamilton
BMJ  2007;335:1110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39409.501817.BE
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Drug companies are ignoring health crisis in poor countries, Oxfam says
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2007;335:1111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39413.341701.DB
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Former UN envoy attacks UNAIDS for its "catatonic passivity"
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2007;335:1111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39412.482454.94
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More than four in 10 women were not offered the choice of a home birth, report says
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2007;335:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39412.591817.DB
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Scientists "reprogramme" skin cells to create embryonic stem cells
Geoff Watts
BMJ  2007;335:1112-1113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39409.576690.DB
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One in 20 East German doctors spied on patients or colleagues
Annette Tuffs
BMJ  2007;335:1113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39412.492836.94
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Diabetes expert accuses drug company of "intimidation"
Bob Burton
BMJ  2007;335:1113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39409.458611.DB
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In Brief: News
BMJ  2007;335:1114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39412.515926.DB
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Targeted screening may be a cost effective way to detect glaucoma
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2007;335:1114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39412.508993.94
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Stringent constraints on use of patients' data are harming research
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2007;335:1114-1115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39412.352558.DB
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Pilot of bowel cancer screening shows lower uptake in second round
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2007;335:1115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39413.623009.DB
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EU residents may be able to travel to any member state for care from 2010
Deborah Cohen
BMJ  2007;335:1115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39413.362303.DB
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A third of people in UK with HIV don't know they are infected
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2007;335:1116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39412.694676.94
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UN conference on climate change will test countries' commitment to public health
Rory Watson
BMJ  2007;335:1116-1117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39409.520880.DB
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Studies of environmental causes of disease need to be more rigorous, leading scientists say
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2007;335:1116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39409.453449.DB
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Cocaine use rises in Europe while overall drug use levels out
Rory Watson
BMJ  2007;335:1117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39412.365718.DB
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NHS trusts have more than £1bn surplus to spend in current year
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2007;335:1117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39409.618600.DB
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Israel is set to outlaw trafficking in human organs
Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
BMJ  2007;335:1117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39409.472072.DB
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Shortcuts from other journals: Lung transplants may do more harm than good in children with cystic fibrosis
BMJ  2007;335:1118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39408.656921.80
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Shortcuts from other journals: Rapid response team reduces mortality in large academic children's hospital
BMJ  2007;335:1118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7630.1118-a
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Shortcuts from other journals: Venous thromboembolism linked to enduring risk of heart attack and stroke
BMJ  2007;335:1118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7630.1118-b
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Shortcuts from other journals: Haemodilution reduces PSA concentrations in obese men with prostate cancer
BMJ  2007;335:1118-1119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7630.1118-c
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Shortcuts from other journals: Oral vaccine protects European infants from rotavirus gastroenteritis
BMJ  2007;335:1119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7630.1119
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Shortcuts from other journals: So many drugs, so little evidence
BMJ  2007;335:1119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7630.1119-a
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Shortcuts from other journals: Back supports reduce back pain among home care workers
BMJ  2007;335:1119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7630.1119-b
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Counterfeit Medicines: Bitter pills
Andrew Jack
BMJ  2007;335:1120-1121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39412.431655.AD
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Medical education: Learning the second way
Daniel Stott
BMJ  2007;335:1122-1123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39400.460139.941
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Media watch: Behold the Christmas miracle of antioxidants
Ben Goldacre
BMJ  2007;335:1124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39413.403750.59
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Medicine and the Media: Thalidomide—the drama continues
Annette Tuffs
BMJ  2007;335:1125, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39409.445058.59
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Competition in a publicly funded healthcare system
Steffie Woolhandler, David U Himmelstein
BMJ  2007;335:1126-1129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39400.549502.94
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Measuring quality through performance: Future of quality measurement
Helen Lester, Martin Roland
BMJ  2007;335:1130-1131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39385.406192.AD
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Implications of prognostic pessimism in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma admitted to intensive care in the UK within the COPD and asthma outcome study (CAOS): multicentre observational cohort study
Martin J Wildman, Colin Sanderson, Jayne Groves, Barnaby C Reeves, Jon Ayres, David Harrison, Duncan Young, Kathy Rowan
BMJ  2007;335:1132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39371.524271.55, (Published 1 November 2007)
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Cancer incidence and mortality in relation to body mass index in the Million Women Study: cohort study
Gillian K Reeves, Kirstin Pirie, Valerie Beral, Jane Green, Elizabeth Spencer, Diana Bull, Million Women Study Collaboration
BMJ  2007;335:1134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39367.495995.AE, (Published 6 November 2007)
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Detection of prostate cancer in unselected young men: prospective cohort nested within a randomised controlled trial
J Athene Lane, Joanne Howson, Jenny L Donovan, John R Goepel, Daniel J Dedman, Liz Down, Emma L Turner, David E Neal, Freddie C Hamdy
BMJ  2007;335:1139, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39381.436829.BE, (Published 15 November 2007)
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Public information needs after the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko with polonium-210 in London: cross sectional telephone survey and qualitative analysis
G James Rubin, Lisa Page, Oliver Morgan, Richard J Pinder, Paul Riley, Stephani Hatch, Helen Maguire, Mike Catchpole, John Simpson, Simon Wessely
BMJ  2007;335:1143, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39367.455243.BE, (Published 1 November 2007)
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Clinical review: Vaginal discharge
Des Spence, Catriona Melville
BMJ  2007;335:1147-1151, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39378.633287.80
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A Patient's Journey: Pemphigus vulgaris
Siri Lowe
BMJ  2007;335:1152-1154, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39374.504884.BE
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Lesson of the week: Alcohol hand rubs: hygiene and hazard
John R H Archer, David M Wood, Zoe Tizzard, Alison L Jones, Paul I Dargan
BMJ  2007;335:1154-1155, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39274.583472.AE
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Personal views: Why is Exubera being withdrawn?
Clifford J Bailey, Anthony H Barnett
BMJ  2007;335:1156, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39409.507662.94
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Review of the Week: A funny thing happened on the way to the lab
W F Bynum
BMJ  2007;335:1157, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39384.695949.34
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From the Frontline: May the force be with you
Des Spence
BMJ  2007;335:1158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39412.648576.94
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Past Caring: Homoeopathy and the star that fell
Wendy Moore
BMJ  2007;335:1158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39408.484537.59
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Between the lines: Grumpy old men
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2007;335:1159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39413.443426.59
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Medical Classics: A Boke or Counseill against the Disease Commonly Called the Sweate or the Sweating Sickness
John Black
BMJ  2007;335:1159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39385.490023.FA
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Minerva
BMJ  2007;335:1162, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39412.563426.471
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Minerva
Neil McGowan, James Walker
BMJ  2007;335:1162, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39412.563426.47
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"Write me a sentence"
Victoria Rainsley
BMJ  2007;335:1131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39350.707870.AD
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Response: Fiona Patterson replies to Parashkev Nachev
BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39413.469468.AD
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The plot thickens
BMJ  2007;335:s196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39408.452315.CE, (Published 1 December 2007)
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Donaldson
BMJ  2007;335:s196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39408.452315.CE1, (Published 1 December 2007)
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Modernising the MMC website
BMJ  2007;335:s196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39408.452315.CE2, (Published 1 December 2007)
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Able bodied
BMJ  2007;335:s196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39408.452315.CE3, (Published 1 December 2007)
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Pity the poor consultants
BMJ  2007;335:s196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39408.452315.CE4, (Published 1 December 2007)
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A traumatic experience
BMJ  2007;335:s196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39408.452315.CE5, (Published 1 December 2007)
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Age has not wearied him
Peter Cross
BMJ  2007;335:s197, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39407.452292.80, (Published 1 December 2007)
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The essence of Ellis
Peter Cross
BMJ  2007;335:s197-s199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39390.630567.7D, (Published 1 December 2007)
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Public health
Yasmin Akram
BMJ  2007;335:s199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39369.853634.CE, (Published 1 December 2007)
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Failing postgraduate exams
Vanessa Harry, Averell Bethelmy
BMJ  2007;335:s200-s201, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39387.539537.7D, (Published 1 December 2007)
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Love is Not Enough: The Smart Woman's Guide to Making (& Keeping) Money
Elizabeth Dick
BMJ  2007;335:s201, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39405.840243.CE, (Published 1 December 2007)
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GMC tests of competence
Alison Sturrock
BMJ  2007;335:s202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39384.547454.CE, (Published 1 December 2007)
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Becoming a freelance GP
Anjlee Sheth
BMJ  2007;335:s203, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39387.725914.7D, (Published 1 December 2007)
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The founder of SurfAid International
Sally Carter
BMJ  2007;335:s204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39405.527384.CE, (Published 1 December 2007)
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Scott Hitt
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2007;335:1160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39408.718958.BE
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Alexis Brook
Sotiris Zalidis
BMJ  2007;335:1161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39392.703160.BE
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Peter Berman
Simon Winner, Stephen Fowlie
BMJ  2007;335:1161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39392.793738.BE
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William Anthony Jerrett
Andrew Duffin-Jones, Sally Connellan née Jerrett
BMJ  2007;335:1161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39392.634502.BE
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William Stewart Ogden
David Brodie
BMJ  2007;335:1161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39392.813160.BE
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John Ogeah
Tubonye C Harry
BMJ  2007;335:1161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39392.747870.BE
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Margaret Oatway Thorpe
Joan Perren, Dick Perren
BMJ  2007;335:1161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39392.760706.BE
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Joan Wagstaff
John Wagstaff
BMJ  2007;335:1161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39392.605313.BE
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