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Editor's Choice: Transparency
Jane Smith
BMJ  2009;339:b3088 (Published )
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Exercise after stroke
Gillian Mead
BMJ  2009;339:b2795 (Published )
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Oral quinine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria
Hugh Reyburn, George Mtove, Ilse Hendriksen, Lorenz von Seidlein
BMJ  2009;339:b2066 (Published )
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Eating healthily and rising food prices
Tim Lobstein
BMJ  2009;339:b2527 (Published )
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Making information about clinical trials publicly available
Rosalind L Smyth
BMJ  2009;338:b2473 (Published )
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Photodynamic therapy and cancer
Stanley B Brown, Sally H Ibbotson
BMJ  2009;339:b2459 (Published )
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A/H1N1 flu: Time for case-control studies of NSAIDs and oseltamivir
Andrew Herxheimer, Mike Clarke, Ralph Edwards, Tom Jefferson, Yoon Loke
BMJ  2009;339:b3048 (Published )
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A/H1N1 flu: HPA advice on antipyretics contradicts NICE guideline
Gina Johnson
BMJ  2009;339:b3050 (Published )
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NICE on back pain: NICE outraged by ousting of pain society president
Michael Rawlins, Peter Littlejohns
BMJ  2009;339:b3028 (Published )
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm: Is screening cost effective?
Eon H McLaren
BMJ  2009;339:b3040 (Published )
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm: Deciding on whether to screen
L Sam Lewis
BMJ  2009;339:b3041 (Published )
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm: Authors’ reply
Simon Thompson, Alan Scott
BMJ  2009;339:b3043 (Published )
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm: Comparing studies for cost effectiveness of screening
Simon Thompson, Lois Kim, Lu Gao
BMJ  2009;339:b3044 (Published )
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Statistics for health: Let’s communicate risk clearly
Stephen Black
BMJ  2009;339:b3034 (Published )
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Statistics for health: Let’s start with reporting
Martin Sprenger
BMJ  2009;339:b3035 (Published )
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Patient safety: Importance of near misses
Benjamin W Lamb, Kamal Nagpal
BMJ  2009;339:b3032 (Published )
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Intravenous fluids in surgery: Authors of guideline respond
Jeremy Powell-Tuck, Peter Gosling, Dileep N Lobo, Gordon L Carlson, Simon P Allison, Marcus Gore, Andrew J Lewington, Rupert L Pearse, Monty G Mythen
BMJ  2009;339:b3030 (Published )
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Learning from John Lewis: Mystery shoppers for medics?
Maria Ahmed
BMJ  2009;339:b3027 (Published )
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Prosthetic joint infection: Treatment without long courses of systemic antibiotics
David Harvey, Rob Townsend, Robert Kerry, Ian Stockley
BMJ  2009;339:b3052 (Published )
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Doctors call for guidance on how to prioritise critically ill patients in swine flu pandemic
Rebecca Coombes
BMJ  2009;339:b3092 (Published )
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Swiss government considers stricter laws on assisted suicide
Annette Tuffs
BMJ  2009;339:b3061 (Published )
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In brief
BMJ  2009;339:b3082 (Published )
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Judges overturn ruling that doctors in NHS disciplinary hearings cannot have lawyer
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2009;339:b3062 (Published )
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President of British Pain Society is forced from office after refusing to denounce NICE guidance on low back pain
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2009;339:b3049 (Published )
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UK government consults on tackling mental health problems through group activities
Oona Mashta
BMJ  2009;339:b3019 (Published )
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One in four multiple pregnancies at London clinic resulted from fertility treatment overseas
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2009;339:b3054 (Published )
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Auditors criticise FDA for failing to track adverse events and workload
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2009;339:b3031 (Published )
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Talks on US healthcare reforms are halted until autumn
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2009;339:b3063 (Published )
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Man with transplanted arms shows off his skills
Annette Tuffs
BMJ  2009;339:b3037 (Published )
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Top UCLA surgeon is demoted after failing to disclose conflicts of interests
Nayanah Siva
BMJ  2009;339:b3071 (Published )
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Nicaragua’s abortion ban criminalises doctors and endangers lives of women, says report
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2009;339:b3075 (Published )
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All you need to read in the other general journals
BMJ  2009;339:b3025 (Published )
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Whistleblowing: Name and shame
Jane Cassidy
BMJ  2009;339:b2693 (Published )
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Yankee Doodling: Who will pay and who will say no?
Douglas Kamerow
BMJ  2009;339:b3042 (Published )
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Potential causes and health effects of rising global food prices
Karen Lock, David Stuckler, Kate Charlesworth, Martin McKee
BMJ  2009;339:b2403 (Published )
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ExStroke Pilot Trial of the effect of repeated instructions to improve physical activity after ischaemic stroke: a multinational randomised controlled clinical trial
Gudrun Boysen, Lars-Henrik Krarup, Xianrong Zeng, Adam Oskedra, Janika Korv, Grethe Andersen, Christian Gluud, Anders Pedersen, Marianne Lindahl, Lotte Hansen, Per Winkel, Thomas Truelsen, for the ExStroke Pilot Trial Group
BMJ  2009;339:b2810 (Published )
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Effect of unsupervised home based proprioceptive training on recurrences of ankle sprain: randomised controlled trial
Maarten D W Hupperets, Evert A L M Verhagen, Willem van Mechelen
BMJ  2009;339:b2684 (Published )
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Changes in white matter as determinant of global functional decline in older independent outpatients: three year follow-up of LADIS (leukoaraiosis and disability) study cohort
Domenico Inzitari, Giovanni Pracucci, Anna Poggesi, Giovanna Carlucci, Frederik Barkhof, Hugues Chabriat, Timo Erkinjuntti, Franz Fazekas, Jose M Ferro, Michael Hennerici, Peter Langhorne, John O'Brien, Philip Scheltens, Marieke C Visser, Lars-Olof Wahlund, Gunhild Waldemar, Anders Wallin, Leonardo Pantoni, on behalf of the LADIS Study Group
BMJ  2009;339:b2477 (Published )
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Effectiveness of quinine versus artemether-lumefantrine for treating uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Ugandan children: randomised trial
Jane Achan, James K Tibenderana, Daniel Kyabayinze, Fred Wabwire Mangen, Moses R Kamya, Grant Dorsey, Umberto D'Alessandro, Philip J Rosenthal, Ambrose O Talisuna
BMJ  2009;339:b2763 (Published )
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Spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage
Rustam Al-Shahi Salman, Daniel L Labovitz, Christian Stapf
BMJ  2009;339:b2586 (Published )
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Uncertainties Page: Should antihistamines be used to treat anaphylaxis?
D A Andreae, M H Andreae
BMJ  2009;339:b2489 (Published )
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A Patient's Journey: Living with a benign brain tumour
Anne McDonald
BMJ  2009;339:b2886 (Published )
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10-Minute Consultation: Thyroid swellings
Rebecca Hatton, Madhukar Patel, Devasenan Devendra
BMJ  2009;339:b2563 (Published )
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Drug Points: Rimonabant may induce atrial fibrillation
Giuseppe Cocco, David Chu
BMJ  2009;338:b1061 (Published )
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Jean Dausset
Ned Stafford
BMJ  2009;339:b3051 (Published )
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Sidney Temple Armstrong
K J Armstrong
BMJ  2009;339:b3009 (Published )
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Victor Stanley Brookes
Richard Viney
BMJ  2009;339:b2996 (Published )
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Robert Davies Cundall
David Cundall
BMJ  2009;339:b2991 (Published )
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John Alexander McConachie
David Hamilton
BMJ  2009;339:b3000 (Published )
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Hugh Alexander McDonald
Caroline Buddery
BMJ  2009;339:b2992 (Published )
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Edward Hamilton Dalrymple Phillips
J D S McCutchan, H L Phillips
BMJ  2009;339:b3008 (Published )
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Salih Yassin Salih
Ibrahim Fahal
BMJ  2009;339:b3023 (Published )
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Personal View: The key to effective whistleblowing is interprofessional collaboration
John Roddick
BMJ  2009;339:b3055 (Published )
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Review of the Week: Bullets come first
Gerry Shaper
BMJ  2009;339:b3074 (Published )
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Between the Lines: Mesmerising evidence
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2009;339:b3045 (Published )
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Medical Classics: The ECG Made Easy
David Warriner
BMJ  2009;339:b3070 (Published )
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From the Frontline: Delirious
Des Spence
BMJ  2009;339:b3064 (Published )
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The Bigger Picture: When my daughter sailed home
Mary E Black
BMJ  2009;339:b3069 (Published )
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Picture quiz: A surgical emergency
Paolo G Sorelli, Daniel Thomas, Happy Hoque
BMJ  2009;339:b2302 (Published )
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OnExamination quiz: Genitourinary problems in general practice
BMJ  2009;339:b3010 (Published )
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Statistical question: Risk
Philip Sedgwick
BMJ  2009;339:b3007 (Published )
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Claire-Louise Marie Murphy, Gaye Cunnane, Donough Howard
BMJ  2009;339:b3039 (Published )
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What’s the BM?
Paul Grant
BMJ  2009;339:a2539 (Published )
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A clear vision of our finances
Peter Phelan
BMJ  2009;339:b129 (Published )
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Consulting with veiled students
Chris Ellis
BMJ  2009;339:b2664 (Published )
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