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Mental capacity and psychiatric admission
John Dawson
BMJ  2008;337:a116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a116 (Published 30 June 2008)
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Affect and heart disease
Virginia W Chang
BMJ  2008;337:a177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a177 (Published 30 June 2008)
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Endoscopic ablation for benign enlargement of the prostate
Sean P Elliott
BMJ  2008;337:a535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39582.425417.BE (Published 30 June 2008)
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What does the future hold for the NHS at 60?
Rudolf Klein
BMJ  2008;337:a549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a549 (Published 30 June 2008)
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Fasting plasma glucose is inadequate screening test for prediabetes in obese youth
Barbara Kermode-Scott
BMJ  2008;337:a488, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a488 (Published 30 June 2008)
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Scotland will screen for aortic aneurysm from 2011
Bryan Christie
BMJ  2008;337:a574, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a574 (Published 30 June 2008)
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American Medical Association provides guidance on medical tourism
Jessica Wapner
BMJ  2008;337:a575, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a575 (Published 30 June 2008)
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Publishing data on patient survival does not deter surgeons from taking difficult cases
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2008;337:a583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a583 (Published 30 June 2008)
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Avoid creeping privatisation of NHS, policy institute argues
Jacqui Wise
BMJ  2008;337:a585, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a585 (Published 30 June 2008)
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Black women in US have lower survival rates from breast cancer than white women
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2008;337:a586, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a586 (Published 30 June 2008)
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Smoking bans reduce heart attack admissions
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2008;337:a597, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a597 (Published 30 June 2008)
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Americans are finding it harder to access health care
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2008;337:a627, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a627 (Published 30 June 2008)
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Safer drinking water and better sanitation could lower disease burden by 9%, says WHO
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2008;337:a629, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a629 (Published 30 June 2008)
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Should geriatric medicine remain a specialty? No
C P Denaro, A Mudge
BMJ  2008;337:a515, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39533.696076.AD (Published 30 June 2008)
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Should geriatric medicine remain a specialty? Yes
Leon Flicker
BMJ  2008;337:a516, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39538.481273.AD (Published 30 June 2008)
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NHS at 60: How the media are failing the health service
Jon Snow
BMJ  2008;337:a572, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a572 (Published 30 June 2008)
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Ethics Man: "What does the law say?"
Daniel K Sokol
BMJ  2008;337:a617, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a617 (Published 30 June 2008)
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NHS at 60: A fairly happy birthday
Tony Delamothe
BMJ  2008;337:a524, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a524 (Published 30 June 2008)
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Positive and negative affect and risk of coronary heart disease: Whitehall II prospective cohort study
Hermann Nabi, Mika Kivimaki, Roberto De Vogli, Michael G Marmot, Archana Singh-Manoux
BMJ  2008;337:a118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a118 (Published 30 June 2008)
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Multiple vaccinations, health, and recall bias within UK armed forces deployed to Iraq: cohort study
Dominic Murphy, Matthew Hotopf, Simon Wessely
BMJ  2008;337:a220, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a220 (Published 30 June 2008)
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Mental capacity to make decisions on treatment in people admitted to psychiatric hospitals: cross sectional study
Gareth S Owen, Genevra Richardson, Anthony S David, George Szmukler, Peter Hayward, Matthew Hotopf
BMJ  2008;337:a448, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39580.546597.BE (Published 30 June 2008)
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Alternative approaches to endoscopic ablation for benign enlargement of the prostate: systematic review of randomised controlled trials
Tania Lourenco, Robert Pickard, Luke Vale, Adrian Grant, Cynthia Fraser, Graeme MacLennan, James N’Dow, and the Benign Prostatic Enlargement team
BMJ  2008;337:a449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39575.517674.BE (Published 30 June 2008)
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Use and misuse of drugs and alcohol in adolescence
Paul McArdle
BMJ  2008;337:a306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a306 (Published 30 June 2008)
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Practice Pointer: Consultations for people from minority groups
Aziz Sheikh, Rashid Gatrad, Sangeeta Dhami
BMJ  2008;337:a273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a273 (Published 30 June 2008)
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Past Caring: Two hundred and thirty years before Beveridge
Wendy Moore
BMJ  2008;337:a571, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a571 (Published 30 June 2008)
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Review of the Week: 1948 and all that
Peter Davies
BMJ  2008;337:a573, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a573 (Published 30 June 2008)
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Personal View: Top-ups for cancer drugs: can we kill the zombie for good?
Cam Donaldson
BMJ  2008;337:a578, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a578 (Published 30 June 2008)
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From the Frontline: University blues
Des Spence
BMJ  2008;337:a609, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a609 (Published 30 June 2008)
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Between the Lines: Poetry in potions
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2008;337:a612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a612 (Published 30 June 2008)
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Medical Classics: Memoirs of My Nervous Illness
Kate Robertson
BMJ  2008;337:a614, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a614 (Published 30 June 2008)
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All Greek to me
Helen Halpern
BMJ  2008;337:a550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39553.433553.AD (Published 30 June 2008)
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