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22 November 2008 (Vol 337, No 7680)
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A good QOFfing whine
Tony Delamothe
BMJ  2008;337:a2632 (Published )
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Injury and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Morris Zwi, Philip Clamp
BMJ  2008;337:a2244 (Published )
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Micronutrient supplementation in pregnancy in developing countries
Girish Hiremath
BMJ  2008;337:a1942 (Published )
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The UK quality and outcomes framework
Helen Lester
BMJ  2008;337:a2095 (Published )
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Statins and primary prevention of cardiovascular events
Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, Andreas Sonnichsen
BMJ  2008;337:a2576 (Published )
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Influenza vaccine in the over 65s
Rachel E Jordan, Jeremy I Hawker
BMJ  2008;337:a2545 (Published )
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(Not) warts and all: Government fully considered HPV vaccine
David M Salisbury
BMJ  2008;337:a2552 (Published )
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(Not) warts and all: "Annoyance" of genital warts
Colm O'Mahony
BMJ  2008;337:a2553 (Published )
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(Not) warts and all: All data on both vaccines must be considered
Pim Kon
BMJ  2008;337:a2554 (Published )
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Preservation of fertility: Uncertainties in preserving fertility in cancer treatment
Richard A Anderson, W Hamish Wallace
BMJ  2008;337:a2577 (Published )
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Surgical site infection: Guidelines or misguidance?
Peter J Mahaffey
BMJ  2008;337:a2578 (Published )
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Does this work for you?: Individuals, averages, and evidence based medicine
Andrew Moore, Sebastian Straube, Sheena Derry, Henry McQuay
BMJ  2008;337:a2585 (Published )
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POPADAD trial: Don’t stop taking aspirin
Peter Elwood
BMJ  2008;337:a2581 (Published )
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POPADAD trial: Author’s reply
Jill Belch
BMJ  2008;337:a2582 (Published )
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POPADAD trial: Time for a proper study of aspirin after a vascular event?
John G F Cleland
BMJ  2008;337:a2583 (Published )
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Shared electronic records: What have we really learnt?
Michael Tremblay
BMJ  2008;337:a2595 (Published )
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Shared electronic records: Disruptiveness of Google Health
Suparna Das
BMJ  2008;337:a2596 (Published )
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Mandatory flu vaccination: Patient care drives mandatory vaccination
Stephen B Lambert
BMJ  2008;337:a2588 (Published )
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Addressing doctors: Scandinavian solution
Alison K Godbolt
BMJ  2008;337:a2586 (Published )
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Taskforce rejects system of presumed consent for organ donation in UK
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2008;337:a2621 (Published )
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New approach is needed to reinvigorate practice based commissioning
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2008;337:a2623 (Published )
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Acute medicine needs better standards to guide development of the specialty
Bryan Christie
BMJ  2008;337:a2609 (Published )
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A window to meditate by
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2008;337:a2617 (Published )
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The best is yet to come
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2008;337:a2484 (Published )
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In brief
BMJ  2008;337:a2630 (Published )
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France needs to clarify how important genetic information is passed to patients’ relatives, agency says
Paul Benkimoun
BMJ  2008;337:a2610 (Published )
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X ray pictures in 88% of Michigan doctor’s asbestosis diagnoses were found to be normal
Fred Charatan
BMJ  2008;337:a2549 (Published )
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Underfunding of Australian health system leads to 1500 unnecessary deaths a year, doctors say
Ben Bland
BMJ  2008;337:a2608 (Published )
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German transplant surgeon denies accusations of blackmail and fraud
Annette Tuffs
BMJ  2008;337:a2574 (Published )
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Nepalese woman dies after banishment to shed during menstruation
Khagendra Dahal
BMJ  2008;337:a2520 (Published )
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Chlamydia was most often reported infection in Europe in 2006, new data show
Rory Watson
BMJ  2008;337:a2622 (Published )
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Training local researchers in poor countries is the best way to improve health worldwide
Tessa Richards
BMJ  2008;337:a2620 (Published )
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All you need to read in the other general journals
BMJ  2008;337:a2571 (Published )
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Public health: The fattening truth about restaurant food
Karen McColl
BMJ  2008;337:a2229 (Published )
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Should we use regulation to demand improved public health outcomes from industry? Yes
Stephen D Sugarman
BMJ  2008;337:a1750 (Published )
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Should we use regulation to demand improved public health outcomes from industry? No
Stig Pramming
BMJ  2008;337:a1761 (Published )
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Medicine and the Media: Who’s watching the watchdogs?
Lisa M Schwartz, Steven Woloshin, Ray Moynihan
BMJ  2008;337:a2535 (Published )
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Body Politic: National obesity strategy: what’s the big idea?
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ  2008;337:a2548 (Published )
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Is health care getting safer?
Charles Vincent, Paul Aylin, Bryony Dean Franklin, Alison Holmes, Sandra Iskander, Ann Jacklin, Krishna Moorthy
BMJ  2008;337:a2426 (Published )
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Early head injury and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: retrospective cohort study
Heather T Keenan, Gillian C Hall, Stephen W Marshall
BMJ  2008;337:a1984 (Published )
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Impact of micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy on birth weight, duration of gestation, and perinatal mortality in rural western China: double blind cluster randomised controlled trial
Lingxia Zeng, Yue Cheng, Shaonong Dang, Hong Yan, Michael J Dibley, Suying Chang, Lingzhi Kong
BMJ  2008;337:a2001 (Published )
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Effect of social deprivation on blood pressure monitoring and control in England: a survey of data from the quality and outcomes framework
Mark Ashworth, Jibby Medina, Myfanwy Morgan
BMJ  2008;337:a2030 (Published )
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Patient safety indicators for England from hospital administrative data: case-control analysis and comparison with US data
Veena S Raleigh, Jeremy Cooper, Stephen A Bremner, Sarah Scobie
BMJ  2008;337:a1702 (Published )
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Improving the reporting of pragmatic trials: an extension of the CONSORT statement
Merrick Zwarenstein, Shaun Treweek, Joel J Gagnier, Douglas G Altman, Sean Tunis, Brian Haynes, Andrew D Oxman, David Moher, for the CONSORT and Pragmatic Trials in Healthcare (Practihc) groups
BMJ  2008;337:a2390 (Published )
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Management of acute moderate and severe childhood malnutrition
Mark J Manary, Heidi L Sandige
BMJ  2008;337:a2180 (Published )
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Guidelines: Diagnosis and management of headache in adults: summary of SIGN guideline
C W Duncan, D P B Watson, A Stein, on behalf of the Guideline Development Group
BMJ  2008;337:a2329 (Published )
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Commentary: Controversies in SIGN guidance on diagnosing and managing headache in adults
Giles Elrington
BMJ  2008;337:a2445 (Published )
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10-Minute Consultation: Memory problems in an older person
Kallur Suresh, David Smalley, Zuzana Walker
BMJ  2008;337:a1170 (Published )
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Ronald Mark Davis
Douglas Kamerow
BMJ  2008;337:a2643 (Published )
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Bahgat Fathalla Allam
Sonia Allam
BMJ  2008;337:a2604 (Published )
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Gordon Esslemont Fordyce
Jane Roberts
BMJ  2008;337:a2606 (Published )
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Peter Michael Stephen Gillam
Stephen Gillam
BMJ  2008;337:a2603 (Published )
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Syed Abu Zariat Mohammad Irfanul Haque
Iftikhar Ahmed Lone
BMJ  2008;337:a2605 (Published )
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Ronald Carl Alan Pearson
Enid Michael
BMJ  2008;337:a2437 (Published )
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John Anthony Seymour-Jones
Rod Bale
BMJ  2008;337:a2602 (Published )
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Barclay John Sherry
Mark Sherry
BMJ  2008;337:a2440 (Published )
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Personal View: Zimbabwe’s health system is now in a state of collapse
Kate Adams
BMJ  2008;337:a2637 (Published )
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From the Frontline: Lay your money down
Des Spence
BMJ  2008;337:a2619 (Published )
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In and Out of Hospital: Alma-Ata no more
James Owen Drife
BMJ  2008;337:a2613 (Published )
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Between the Lines: Talk of the devil
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2008;337:a2618 (Published )
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Medical Classics: Bailey and Love’s Short Practice of Surgery
Kate Robertson
BMJ  2008;337:a2601 (Published )
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Review of the Week: "You are bipolar, and I claim my £5"
Gwen Adshead
BMJ  2008;337:a2631 (Published )
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Case report: A case of severe hyponatraemia
K Wynne, O Chaudhri, R Gorrigan, T Tan, K Meeran
BMJ  2008;337:a2377 (Published )
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Picture quiz: A patient with β thalassaemia major and back pain
Dimitris A Tsitsikas, Filipa A Barroso, Paul Telfer, Banu Kaya, Jane Evanson, Andrew Provan
BMJ  2008;337:a2304 (Published )
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Statistical question: Distributions
John Fletcher
BMJ  2008;337:a2600 (Published )
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Prize quiz: The eye
BMJ  2008;337:a2598 (Published )
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BMJ  2008;337:a2557 (Published )
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Ali Al-Ani, William Wykes
BMJ  2008;337:a2572 (Published )
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A statistical outlier
Giridhar P Kalamangalam
BMJ  2008;337:a2305 (Published )
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A memorable patient: Goodbye
Suresh Kumar Pathak
BMJ  2008;337:a2169 (Published )
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