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22 March 2008 (Vol 336, No 7645)
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Editor's Choice: The confidence to doubt
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39524.482535.47, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Managing uninvestigated dyspepsia in primary care
Naoki Chiba
BMJ  2008;336:623-624, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39497.622720.80, (Published 29 February 2008)
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Statins for people with kidney disease
Catherine M Clase
BMJ  2008;336:624-625, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39483.665139.80, (Published 25 February 2008)
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Assessing the options available to Lord Darzi
Martin Roland
BMJ  2008;336:625-626, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39510.702234.80, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Observational evidence for determining drug safety
Nick Freemantle, Alar Irs
BMJ  2008;336:627-628, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39491.493252.80, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Better radiology in the BMJ
Amy Davis
BMJ  2008;336:628, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39504.640104.80, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Moving beyond depression: The researcher’s credo
David O Antonuccio, David Healy
BMJ  2008;336:629, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39520.521146.3A, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Moving beyond depression: Excessively closed science hurts
Fred H. Geisler
BMJ  2008;336:629, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39520.507025.3A, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Moving beyond depression: How full is the glass?
Irving Kirsch, Blair T Johnson
BMJ  2008;336:629-630, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39520.483565.3A, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Degenerative aortic stenosis: Antiobiotic prophylaxis is different in guidelines
Habib U Rehman
BMJ  2008;336:630, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39520.546678.3A, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Assessing the ability to work: How helpful is disability label?
Anthony N Williams
BMJ  2008;336:630, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39520.537778.3A, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Report calls for shake up in management of sick notes
Caroline White
BMJ  2008;336:631, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39524.523403.DB, (Published 18 March 2008)
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WHO calls for extra resources to step up fight against tuberculosis
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2008;336:631, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39521.688067.DB, (Published 22 March 2008)
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In brief
BMJ  2008;336:632, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39521.718183.4E, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Hong Kong closes all primary schools in flu outbreak
Jane Parry
BMJ  2008;336:632, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39520.678009.DB, (Published 22 March 2008)
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FDA committee recommends restricting use of anti-anaemia drug in cancer
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2008;336:632, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39524.391759.DB, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Government will not meet its health inequalities targets in England
Adrian O’Dowd, Rebecca Coombes
BMJ  2008;336:633, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39521.428657.DB, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Top health officials face questioning by health select committee
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2008;336:633, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39521.543507.DB, (Published 22 March 2008)
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FBI arrests doctor wanted in Australia
Bob Burton
BMJ  2008;336:634, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39520.479329.DB, (Published 22 March 2008)
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China plans antismoking clinics
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2008;336:634, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39521.618646.DB, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Doctors warn of premature move to polyclinics
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2008;336:635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39521.479618.DB, (Published 22 March 2008)
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The era of NHS "flying blind" is coming to an end, says commission
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2008;336:635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39521.644907.DB, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Surgeon is jailed for fraudulent insurance claims after faking wife’s breast cancer
Muiris Houston
BMJ  2008;336:635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39524.445023.DB, (Published 22 March 2008)
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German manufacturer is told to withdraw heparin
Annette Tuffs
BMJ  2008;336:635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39521.492975.DB, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Health check indicators will reflect local priorities
Oona Mashta
BMJ  2008;336:635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39521.528623.DB, (Published 22 March 2008)
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New patients’ forums will lack any real clout, says BMA
Caroline White
BMJ  2008;336:635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39521.633750.DB, (Published 22 March 2008)
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All you need to read in the other general journals
BMJ  2008;336:636, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39520.681991.80, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Should we dump the metabolic syndrome?: Yes
Edwin A M Gale
BMJ  2008;336:640, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39477.500197.AD, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Should we dump the metabolic syndrome? No
K G M M Alberti, P Z Zimmet
BMJ  2008;336:641, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39484.636586.94, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Electronic health records: Wallet or web?
Michael Cross
BMJ  2008;336:637-638, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39518.411146.AD, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Ethics Man: A crisis of confidence
Daniel K Sokol
BMJ  2008;336:639, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39521.625486.59, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Public-private partnership in cord blood banking
Nicholas M Fisk, Rifat Atun
BMJ  2008;336:642-644, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39489.454699.AD, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Effects of statins in patients with chronic kidney disease: meta-analysis and meta-regression of randomised controlled trials
Giovanni F M Strippoli, Sankar D Navaneethan, David W Johnson, Vlado Perkovic, Fabio Pellegrini, Antonio Nicolucci, Jonathan C Craig
BMJ  2008;336:645-651, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39472.580984.AE, (Published 25 February 2008)
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Helicobacter pylori test and treat versus proton pump inhibitor in initial management of dyspepsia in primary care: multicentre randomised controlled trial (MRC-CUBE trial)
Brendan C Delaney, Michelle Qume, Paul Moayyedi, Richard F A Logan, Alexander C Ford, Cathy Elliott, Cliodna McNulty, Sue Wilson, F D Richard Hobbs
BMJ  2008;336:651-654, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39479.640486.AE, (Published 29 February 2008)
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Prediction of citation counts for clinical articles at two years using data available within three weeks of publication: retrospective cohort study
Cynthia Lokker, K Ann McKibbon, R James McKinlay, Nancy L Wilczynski, R Brian Haynes
BMJ  2008;336:655-657, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39482.526713.BE, (Published 21 February 2008)
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Diagnosis and management of motor neurone disease
Christopher J McDermott, Pamela J Shaw
BMJ  2008;336:658-662, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39493.511759.BE, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Pregnancy Plus: Hyperthyroidism and pregnancy
Helen Marx, Pina Amin, John H Lazarus
BMJ  2008;336:663-667, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39462.709005.AE, (Published 22 March 2008)
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The Competent Novice: Lifelong learning at work
P W Teunissen, Tim Dornan
BMJ  2008;336:667-669, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39434.601690.AD, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Personal View: Do we neglect patients with multiple health problems?
Rahij Anwar, Nitish Gogi, Syed Neshat Anjum
BMJ  2008;336:670, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39524.519178.94, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Review of the Week: An Englishman abroad
Khalid Ali
BMJ  2008;336:671, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39511.711227.3A, (Published 22 March 2008)
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From the Frontline: A life more ordinary
Des Spence
BMJ  2008;336:672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39524.441400.59, (Published 22 March 2008)
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In and Out of Hospital: Resurrection in Rome
James Owen Drife
BMJ  2008;336:672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39520.498449.94, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Between the Lines: The last laugh
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2008;336:673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39518.696204.94, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Medical Classics: Follies and Fallacies in Medicine
Philip Steer
BMJ  2008;336:673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39520.545613.94, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Ella Seccombe, Justine Hextall
BMJ  2008;336:676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39521.451053.47, (Published 22 March 2008)
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BMJ  2008;336:676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39521.454618.47, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Endpiece: Source of creativity
BMJ  2008;336:662, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39113.615301.F7, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Obituary: Brian Lake
BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39521.591319.AD, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Editor’s Choice: Next to cleanliness
BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39521.598218.AD, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Study shows greater cancer risk
BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39524.513438.AD, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Illness in people with intellectual disabilities
BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39524.514931.AD, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Peter Kynaston Thomas
Caroline Richmond
BMJ  2008;336:674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39520.589653.BE, (Published 22 March 2008)
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James Alexander Culpin MacKeith
Sebastian Kraemer
BMJ  2008;336:675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39512.664063.BE, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Ronald Henry Moray Mavor
Mark Hughson
BMJ  2008;336:675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39505.780104.BE, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Sheenah Jean McKinnon Russell
Morag Williams
BMJ  2008;336:675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39505.502488.BE, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Thomas Semple
Peter Semple, Colin Semple
BMJ  2008;336:675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39505.567882.BE, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Lionel Julian Stoll
Mike Pringle
BMJ  2008;336:675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39512.615208.BE, (Published 22 March 2008)
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Heather Rosemary Winter
Catherine Finn, Christine MacArthur, Mary Trimble
BMJ  2008;336:675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39504.850671.BE, (Published 22 March 2008)
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