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29 August 2009 (Vol 339, No 7719)
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A hesitation to be brave
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2009;339:b3468 (Published )
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Sore throat in primary care
Paul Little
BMJ  2009;339:b2476 (Published )
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New methods to deal with publication bias
Hans-Hermann Dubben
BMJ  2009;339:b3272 (Published )
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Pain and radiographic damage in osteoarthritis
Theodore Pincus, Joel A Block
BMJ  2009;339:b2802 (Published )
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Management of stable angina
Salim Yusuf, Madhu Natarajan, Ganesan Karthikeyan, David Taggart
BMJ  2009;339:b2789 (Published )
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Future NHS funding
John Appleby
BMJ  2009;339:b2736 (Published )
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Cervical screening by age: Let’s not screen women under 25 throughout the UK
Colm O'Mahony, Nicola Steedman, Michelle Yong, Elizabeth R Anderson, Vicki Finnegan, Lynn Price
BMJ  2009;339:b3426 (Published )
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A/H1N1 pandemic: Misdiagnosis in the time of meningitis
Thomas W Bourke, Michael D Shields
BMJ  2009;339:b3423 (Published )
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Painful bladder syndrome: Role of psychological factors
Timothy R Nicholson, Richard A Kanaan, Simon Wessely
BMJ  2009;339:b3424 (Published )
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Breast screening: Fundamental errors in estimate of lives saved by screening
Karsten J Jorgensen, Peter C Gotzsche
BMJ  2009;339:b3359 (Published )
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Congenital abnormalities: Data needed to establish causes
Elizabeth S Draper, Judith Rankin, Ann Tonks, Patricia Boyd, Diana Wellesley, David Tucker, Judith Budd, members of the BINOCAR Management Committee.
BMJ  2009;339:b3428 (Published )
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Assisted suicide: Doctors, steer clear
Julia Cumberlege
BMJ  2009;339:b3422 (Published )
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Metal smelting plants poison hundreds of Chinese children
Jane Parry
BMJ  2009;339:b3433 (Published )
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Care for people with neuromuscular conditions is unacceptable, say MPs and peers
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2009;339:b3436 (Published )
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In brief
BMJ  2009;339:b3459 (Published )
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Shortfall of family doctors means US faces "absolute crisis" by 2020
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2009;339:b3431 (Published )
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Opposition to swine flu vaccine seems to be growing worldwide
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2009;339:b3461 (Published )
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Take more responsibility for your own health, NHS staff told
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2009;339:b3406 (Published )
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Drive-in vaccination allows 16 seconds per shot
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2009;339:b3462 (Published )
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Regulation of medical research is hampering improvement in US health care, critics say
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2009;339:b3370 (Published )
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Dutch hospital consultants threaten legal action over wholesale pay cuts
Tony Sheldon
BMJ  2009;339:b3408 (Published )
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UK has more guidance on dealing with abandoned cars than abandoned babies, study finds
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2009;339:b3438 (Published )
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WHO warns against using homoeopathy to treat serious diseases
Oona Mashta
BMJ  2009;339:b3447 (Published )
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Misuse of ADHD drugs by young people is rising, US poisons data show
Michael Day
BMJ  2009;339:b3434 (Published )
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All you need to read in the other general journals
BMJ  2009;339:b3437 (Published )
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Adverse events: You can say sorry
Jane Feinmann
BMJ  2009;339:b3057 (Published )
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On the Contrary: Assisted dying: what’s disability got to do with it?
Tony Delamothe
BMJ  2009;339:b3446 (Published )
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We need minimally disruptive medicine
Carl May, Victor M Montori, Frances S Mair
BMJ  2009;339:b2803 (Published )
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Corticosteroids for pain relief in sore throat: systematic review and meta-analysis
Gail Hayward, Matthew Thompson, Carl Heneghan, Rafael Perera, Chris Del Mar, Paul Glasziou
BMJ  2009;339:b2976 (Published )
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Alarm symptoms and identification of non-cancer diagnoses in primary care: cohort study
Roger Jones, Judith Charlton, Radoslav Latinovic, Martin C Gulliford
BMJ  2009;339:b3094 (Published )
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Novel methods to deal with publication biases: secondary analysis of antidepressant trials in the FDA trial registry database and related journal publications
Santiago G Moreno, Alex J Sutton, Erick H Turner, Keith R Abrams, Nicola J Cooper, Tom M Palmer, A E Ades
BMJ  2009;339:b2981 (Published )
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Association between radiographic features of knee osteoarthritis and pain: results from two cohort studies
Tuhina Neogi, David Felson, Jingbo Niu, Michael Nevitt, Cora E Lewis, Piran Aliabadi, Burt Sack, James Torner, Lawrence Bradley, Yuqing Zhang
BMJ  2009;339:b2844 (Published )
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Use of smokeless tobacco and risk of myocardial infarction and stroke: systematic review with meta-analysis
Paolo Boffetta, Kurt Straif
BMJ  2009;339:b3060 (Published )
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The double jeopardy of clustered measurement and cluster randomisation
Michael S Kramer, Richard M Martin, Jonathan A C Sterne, Stanley Shapiro, Mourad Dahhou, Robert W Platt
BMJ  2009;339:b2900 (Published )
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An overview of how asbestos exposure affects the lung
Graeme P Currie, Stephen J Watt, Nick A Maskell
BMJ  2009;339:b3209 (Published )
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A patient's journey: Mesothelioma
Kieran Sweeney, Liz Toy, Jocelyn Cornwell
BMJ  2009;339:b2862 (Published )
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10-Minute Consultation: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Neeraj Bhala, Tim Usherwood, Jacob George
BMJ  2009;339:b2474 (Published )
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Thomas Edgar Syme Fergusson
Duncan Munro
BMJ  2009;339:b3311 (Published )
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Norman William Imlah
Ash Kahn
BMJ  2009;339:b3316 (Published )
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Kalman Laszlo Keczkes von Ganoz
Shernaz Walton
BMJ  2009;339:b3315 (Published )
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Rosemary Maling (née Dearden)
Enid Howells, Heather Hornung
BMJ  2009;339:b3312 (Published )
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Ronald Marks
Stephen D Marks
BMJ  2009;339:b3314 (Published )
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Simon Nurick
John Rees
BMJ  2009;339:b3309 (Published )
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Personal View: Glad to be here
Adrian Manning
BMJ  2009;339:b3356 (Published )
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Review of the Week: Men behaving madly
Gwen Adshead
BMJ  2009;339:b3095 (Published )
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From the Frontline: We need ideas based medicine
Des Spence
BMJ  2009;339:b3432 (Published )
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The Best Medicine: The Unforgettable Dr Farrell
Liam Farrell
BMJ  2009;339:b3351 (Published )
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Case Report: Orthopnoea in a young woman
Jessica Jenkins, Ben Hope-Gill
BMJ  2009;339:b3093 (Published )
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Picture quiz: An unusual case of haemorrhagic stroke
Hani Marcus, Ibrahim Jalloh, Rhys Roberts, Peter Martin
BMJ  2009;339:b3204 (Published )
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OnExamination quiz: Thyroid disease
BMJ  2009;339:b3404 (Published )
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Kathir Yoganathan, Susannah Danino
BMJ  2009;339:b3414 (Published )
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A lengthy illness
Thomas Bewley
BMJ  2009;339:b2934 (Published )
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The best time to go around
Ghaleb Eltaji Elfarouki
BMJ  2009;339:b2935 (Published )
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Laughing gas: the best medicine?
Shreelata Datta, David J Houghton
BMJ  2008;337:a570 (Published )
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