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31 January 2009 (Vol 338, No 7689)
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NICE at 10
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2009;338:b344 (Published )
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Preventing and treating postnatal depression
Cindy-Lee Dennis
BMJ  2009;338:a2975 (Published )
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Corticosteroid injection for rotator cuff disease
Bart W Koes
BMJ  2009;338:a2599 (Published )
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The NHS carbon reduction strategy
Ian Roberts
BMJ  2009;338:b326 (Published )
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A constitution for the NHS
Jennifer Dixon
BMJ  2009;338:b330 (Published )
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Rationing new medicines in the UK
Michael Drummond, Anne Mason
BMJ  2009;338:a3182 (Published )
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Melanotropic peptides: Change in moles linked to use of unlicensed "sun tan jab"
Ewan A Langan, Denise Ramlogan, Lynne A Jamieson, Lesley E Rhodes
BMJ  2009;338:b277 (Published )
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Drug companies and the public: EC, don’t let drug companies give information to the public
Jonathan A Currie, Helen Preston, Sudath Weerapperuma
BMJ  2009;338:b290 (Published )
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Drug companies and the public: EC proposal can be defeated
Don Redding
BMJ  2009;338:b291 (Published )
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Universal BCG in the UK again?: Why universal BCG in UK was deemed not necessary
Peter D O Davies
BMJ  2009;338:b192 (Published )
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One Laptop per Child and health: One laptop per primary care worker in developing countries
Gary Parkes
BMJ  2009;338:b283 (Published )
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One Laptop per Child and health: Noblesse oblige
B M Hegde
BMJ  2009;338:b284 (Published )
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Happiness networks: Know your friends
Jonathan A Mellon
BMJ  2009;338:b293 (Published )
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Happiness networks: What about social politics?
G Smith
BMJ  2009;338:b292 (Published )
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Poster poser: Poster boarding
Stewart Mann
BMJ  2009;338:b193 (Published )
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Bag ladies and gentlemen: The useless orange congress bag
Koenraad G Monsieurs
BMJ  2009;338:b298 (Published )
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Bag ladies and gentlemen: Le sac de mon fils
James I Currie
BMJ  2009;338:b296 (Published )
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Bag ladies and gentlemen: Choir bag(s) in second life
Hilary A Aitken
BMJ  2009;338:b294 (Published )
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Bag ladies and gentlemen: Regifting conference bags
Maida B Taylor
BMJ  2009;338:b297 (Published )
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Bag ladies and gentlemen: Ditch the bag and be green
Rowland L Cottingham
BMJ  2009;338:b295 (Published )
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Cello scrotum confession: Murphy’s lore
Elaine Murphy, John M Murphy
BMJ  2009;338:b288 (Published )
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Problems with computerising patients’ records are "as serious as ever," say MPs
Michael Cross
BMJ  2009;338:b337 (Published )
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More treatment in surgeries and at home will help cut NHS carbon footprint
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2009;338:b345 (Published )
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Middle classes in Britain drink most alcohol, but smoking is at lowest recorded level
Oona Mashta
BMJ  2009;338:b312 (Published )
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Presumed consent to access medical records removed from NHS constitution after protests
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2009;338:b271 (Published )
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Study on stem cells for stroke patients to start in Scotland later in 2009
Bryan Christie
BMJ  2009;338:b245 (Published )
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Celebrities help promote campaign to destigmatise mental illness
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2009;338:b309 (Published )
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In brief
BMJ  2009;338:b323 (Published )
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Listeriosis remains a cause for concern in Europe
Rory Watson
BMJ  2009;338:b319 (Published )
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Obama overturns ban on federal funding of family planning organisations that promote abortion
Fred Charatan
BMJ  2009;338:b320 (Published )
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Unicef appeals for $1bn to help children and women in humanitarian emergencies
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2009;338:b322 (Published )
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Drug eluting stents remain a "major concern" in the longer term, finds study
David Spurgeon
BMJ  2009;338:b253 (Published )
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One third of Chinese men will be killed by tobacco if high smoking rates persist
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2009;338:b302 (Published )
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Donors pledge $630m to help boost global polio eradication
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2009;338:b335 (Published )
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BMJ Group Awards
BMJ  2009;338:b325 (Published )
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BMJ Group Awards—shortlisted candidates in nine categories
BMJ  2009;338:b329 (Published )
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Lifetime Achievement Award shortlist: Professor Patrick Bradley
BMJ  2009;338:b272 (Published )
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Lifetime Achievement Award shortlist: Professor Andrew Lister
BMJ  2009;338:b332 (Published )
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Lifetime Achievement Award shortlist: Professor Judith Longstaff Mackay
BMJ  2009;338:b273 (Published )
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Lifetime Achievement Award shortlist: Professor Jillian Rose Mann
BMJ  2009;338:b287 (Published )
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Lifetime Achievement Award shortlist: Dr Ann McPherson
BMJ  2009;338:b274 (Published )
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Lifetime Achievement Award shortlist: Sir Michael Rawlins
BMJ  2009;338:b275 (Published )
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Lifetime Achievement Award shortlist: Dr Robert William Schrier
BMJ  2009;338:b276 (Published )
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Lifetime Achievement Award shortlist: Dr Moises Selman
BMJ  2009;338:b280 (Published )
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Lifetime Achievement Award shortlist: Dr Hanumappa Sudarshan
BMJ  2009;338:b281 (Published )
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Lifetime Achievement Award shortlist: Professor Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub
BMJ  2009;338:b282 (Published )
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All you need to read in the other general journals
BMJ  2009;338:b303 (Published )
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Health Technology Assessment: NICE goes global
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ  2009;338:b103 (Published )
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Ethics Man: When can doctors stay away?
Daniel K Sokol
BMJ  2009;338:b165 (Published )
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Should NICE’s threshold range for cost per QALY be raised? Yes
Adrian Towse
BMJ  2009;338:b181 (Published )
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Should NICE’s threshold range for cost per QALY be raised? No
James Raftery
BMJ  2009;338:b185 (Published )
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NICE and the challenge of cancer drugs
James Raftery
BMJ  2009;338:b67 (Published )
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Subacromial ultrasound guided or systemic steroid injection for rotator cuff disease: randomised double blind study
Ole M Ekeberg, Erik Bautz-Holter, Einar K Tveita, Niels G Juel, Synnove Kvalheim, Jens I Brox
BMJ  2009;338:a3112 (Published )
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Clinical effectiveness of health visitor training in psychologically informed approaches for depression in postnatal women: pragmatic cluster randomised trial in primary care
C Jane Morrell, Pauline Slade, Rachel Warner, Graham Paley, Simon Dixon, Stephen J Walters, Traolach Brugha, Michael Barkham, Gareth J Parry, Jon Nicholl
BMJ  2009;338:a3045 (Published )
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Effect of peer support on prevention of postnatal depression among high risk women: multisite randomised controlled trial
C-L Dennis, E Hodnett, L Kenton, J Weston, J Zupancic, D E Stewart, A Kiss
BMJ  2009;338:a3064 (Published )
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Impact of presumed consent for organ donation on donation rates: a systematic review
Amber Rithalia, Catriona McDaid, Sara Suekarran, Lindsey Myers, Amanda Sowden
BMJ  2009;338:a3162 (Published )
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HIV infection, antiretroviral treatment, ageing, and non-AIDS related morbidity
Steven G Deeks, Andrew N Phillips
BMJ  2009;338:a3172 (Published )
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Guidelines: Borderline and antisocial personality disorders: summary of NICE guidance
Tim Kendall, Stephen Pilling, Peter Tyrer, Conor Duggan, Rachel Burbeck, Nicholas Meader, Clare Taylor, On behalf of the guideline development groups
BMJ  2009;338:b93 (Published )
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Hanns Martin Goldberg
David Goldberg
BMJ  2009;338:b141 (Published )
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Thomas Arthur Grimson
Tim Perowne
BMJ  2009;338:b266 (Published )
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Thomas Kraft
David M J Kraft
BMJ  2009;338:b265 (Published )
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Paul Garner Large
Anthony Large
BMJ  2009;338:b268 (Published )
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William Macdonald
Eileen Macdonald
BMJ  2009;338:b121 (Published )
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David Barry Price
Ken McCune
BMJ  2009;338:b261 (Published )
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Robert Sidney Winwood
Robert S Winwood, Paul J Winwood
BMJ  2009;338:b263 (Published )
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Personal View: Wouldn’t it be NICE to consider patients’ views when rationing health care?
Jane Speight, Matt Reaney
BMJ  2009;338:b85 (Published )
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Review of the Week: Pathologists are people too
Debra Milne
BMJ  2009;338:b328 (Published )
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Between the Lines: A book of quiet heroism
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2009;338:b216 (Published )
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Medical Classics: The Apologie and Treatise of Ambroise Paré
Harold Ellis
BMJ  2009;338:b203 (Published )
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From the Frontline: Everyone hurts
Des Spence
BMJ  2009;338:b327 (Published )
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In and Out of Hospital: Fireworks in Iran
James Owen Drife
BMJ  2009;338:b139 (Published )
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Statistical question: Multiple linear regression
John Fletcher
BMJ  2009;338:b167 (Published )
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Case report: A woman with ataxia
Phillip Fletcher
BMJ  2009;338:b180 (Published )
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Picture Quiz: An unusual cause of back pain
I Davagnanam, S Harave
BMJ  2009;338:a3183 (Published )
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Quiz: Suicide
BMJ  2009;338:b262 (Published )
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BMJ  2009;338:b267 (Published )
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S Saour, P Mohanna, M Ho-Asjoe
BMJ  2009;338:b279 (Published )
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Encouraging the use of cycle helmets—effect of a brief intervention
Nigel A Williams
BMJ  2009;338:b119 (Published )
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An Addisonian goose chase
Jane L Walker, Stephen E R S Stanaway
BMJ  2009;338:b112 (Published )
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