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12 September 2009 (Vol 339, No 7721)
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Time for a ban on alcohol advertising
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2009;339:b3681 (Published )
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Diagnosis of ovarian cancer in primary care
Joan Austoker
BMJ  2009;339:b3286 (Published )
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Should healthcare workers have the swine flu vaccine?
Rachel Jordan, Andrew Hayward
BMJ  2009;339:b3398 (Published )
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Alcohol and social marketing
Ian Gilmore
BMJ  2009;339:b3646 (Published )
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Improving adherence to prescribed drugs
Abilio C de Almeida Neto, Parisa Aslani, Timothy F Chen
BMJ  2009;339:b3282 (Published )
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From sick notes to fit notes
Jos Verbeek, Ira Madan
BMJ  2009;339:b3114 (Published )
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A/H1N1 flu pandemic: History and economics lessons in asymmetrical flu threats
Niyi Awofeso
BMJ  2009;339:b3618 (Published )
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A/H1N1 flu pandemic: Antiviral drugs: distinguish treatment from prophylaxis
Benjamin J Cowling, Sophia Ng, Ira M Longini Jr
BMJ  2009;339:b3620 (Published )
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Cow's milk allergy in children: Challenge is not crucial
Yousuf Karim, Zoe Adhya
BMJ  2009;339:b3622 (Published )
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BMJ pico: Pico research for pico doctors
N Manassiev
BMJ  2009;339:b3631 (Published )
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BMJ pico: Understanding what you read
Piero Baglioni, Oneybuchi Okosieme
BMJ  2009;339:b3630 (Published )
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The American crisis: America’s failure to provide
Margaret E Allen
BMJ  2009;339:b3634 (Published )
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The American crisis: The "S" word
Chris N Jones
BMJ  2009;339:b3629 (Published )
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Pfizer pays record fine for off-label promotion of four drugs
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2009;339:b3657 (Published )
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Key workers lacked experience to deal with killer, inquiry concludes
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2009;339:b3648 (Published )
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In brief
BMJ  2009;339:b3663 (Published )
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Concerns mount over misuse of anaesthetic propofol among US health professionals
Fred Charatan
BMJ  2009;339:b3673 (Published )
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Circulation prints correction to clinical trial at centre of libel action
Mark Pownall
BMJ  2009;339:b3659 (Published )
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Report recommends banning alcohol advertising and raising prices
Mark Gould
BMJ  2009;339:b3637 (Published )
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Latest figures for England show rise in general practice consultations
Helen Mooney
BMJ  2009;339:b3604 (Published )
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Study suggests smokers are still misled by labelling of cigarette packs
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2009;339:b3623 (Published )
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International trials registry is missing important information, study finds
Jacqui Wise
BMJ  2009;339:b3627 (Published )
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Safety review shows increased reporting of adverse incidents with drugs in NHS
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2009;339:b3613 (Published )
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Iran appoints first woman health minister
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2009;339:b3665 (Published )
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Senior UK researchers campaign for sensible guidelines on regulating trials
Trish Groves
BMJ  2009;339:b3671 (Published )
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Australia’s swine flu vaccination plans come under fire
Melissa Sweet
BMJ  2009;339:b3656 (Published )
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University of Hong Kong’s former dean of medicine is jailed
Jane Parry
BMJ  2009;339:b3668 (Published )
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US doctors and psychologists more complicit in torture than previously thought
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2009;339:b3599 (Published )
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All you need to read in the other general journals
BMJ  2009;339:b3608 (Published )
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Profile: Tom Frieden: Bold pioneer of US public health
Karen McColl
BMJ  2009;339:b3565 (Published )
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Yankee Doodling: The gatekeeper and the wizard, redux
Douglas Kamerow
BMJ  2009;339:b3624 (Published )
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Calibrated response to emerging infections
Peter Doshi
BMJ  2009;339:b3471 (Published )
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Effects of dietary intervention and quadriceps strengthening exercises on pain and function in overweight people with knee pain: randomised controlled trial
Claire M Jenkinson, Michael Doherty, Anthony J Avery, Anna Read, Moira A Taylor, Tracey H Sach, Paul Silcocks, Kenneth R Muir
BMJ  2009;339:b3170 (Published )
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Lifestyle interventions for knee pain in overweight and obese adults aged ≥45: economic evaluation of randomised controlled trial
Garry R Barton, Tracey H Sach, Claire Jenkinson, Michael Doherty, Anthony J Avery, Kenneth R Muir
BMJ  2009;339:b2273 (Published )
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Soluble or insoluble fibre in irritable bowel syndrome in primary care? Randomised placebo controlled trial
C J Bijkerk, N J de Wit, J W M Muris, P J Whorwell, J A Knottnerus, A W Hoes
BMJ  2009;339:b3154 (Published )
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Risk of ovarian cancer in women with symptoms in primary care: population based case-control study
William Hamilton, Tim J Peters, Clare Bankhead, Deborah Sharp
BMJ  2009;339:b2998 (Published )
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Commentary: Diagnosing ovarian cancer—more problems than answers
Robin Fox
BMJ  2009;339:b3233 (Published )
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Willingness of Hong Kong healthcare workers to accept pre-pandemic influenza vaccination at different WHO alert levels: two questionnaire surveys
Josette S Y Chor, Karry LK Ngai, William B Goggins, Martin C S Wong, Samuel Y S Wong, Nelson Lee, Ting-fan Leung, Timothy H Rainer, Sian Griffiths, Paul K S Chan
BMJ  2009;339:b3391 (Published )
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Monitoring the emergence of community transmission of influenza A/H1N1 2009 in England: a cross sectional opportunistic survey of self sampled telephone callers to NHS Direct
Alex J Elliot, Cassandra Powers, Alicia Thornton, Chinelo Obi, Caterina Hill, Ian Simms, Pauline Waight, Helen Maguire, David Foord, Enid Povey, Tim Wreghitt, Nichola Goddard, Joanna Ellis, Alison Bermingham, Praveen Sebastianpillai, Angie Lackenby, Maria Zambon, David Brown, Gillian E Smith, O Noel Gill
BMJ  2009;339:b3403 (Published )
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Sarcoidosis
Owen J Dempsey, Edward W Paterson, Keith M Kerr, Alan R Denison
BMJ  2009;339:b3206 (Published )
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Guidelines: Assessing the onset of pre-eclampsia in the hospital day unit: summary of the pre-eclampsia guideline (PRECOG II)
Fiona Milne, Chris Redman, James Walker, Phil Baker, Rebecca Black, Jill Blincowe, Carol Cooper, Gillian Fletcher, Mervi Jokinen, Paul A Moran, Catherine Nelson-Piercy, Stephen Robson, Andrew Shennan, Angela Tuffnell, Jason Waugh
BMJ  2009;339:b3129 (Published )
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A Patient's Journey: Persistent pain
Mary Ray, Joan Hester
BMJ  2009;339:b2786 (Published )
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Lesson of the Week: An underdiagnosed cause of nipple pain presented on a camera phone
O L Holmen, B Backe
BMJ  2009;339:b2553 (Published )
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David Morley
Andrew Tomkins
BMJ  2009;339:b3633 (Published )
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Ahmed AL-Mulaheg
Omar Zarroug Abdelkafi
BMJ  2009;339:b3589 (Published )
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Abdulrahman Bashir AL-Sadi
Omar Zarroug Abdelkafi
BMJ  2009;339:b3590 (Published )
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Brian Fenton Brearley
John Brearley
BMJ  2009;339:b3586 (Published )
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Alexander Laird Brown
Robbie Foy
BMJ  2009;339:b3584 (Published )
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Dorothy Jane Oluman ffoulkes-Crabbe
Ronke Desalu
BMJ  2009;339:b3573 (Published )
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Derek Gordon
Ian C Bailey
BMJ  2009;339:b3588 (Published )
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Klaus Guenter Heymann
Tony Heymann, Tim Heymann
BMJ  2009;339:b3587 (Published )
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Personal View: Should I have an H1N1 flu vaccination after Guillain-Barré syndrome?
Laura Claire Price
BMJ  2009;339:b3577 (Published )
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Review of the Week: Trust me, I’m a scientist
David Colquhoun
BMJ  2009;339:b3658 (Published )
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Between the Lines: The abolition of memory
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2009;339:b3328 (Published )
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Medical Classics: Dracula
Birte Twisselmann
BMJ  2009;339:b3664 (Published )
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From the Frontline: A testing time
Des Spence
BMJ  2009;339:b3649 (Published )
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Starting Out: A sickening system
Kinesh Patel
BMJ  2009;339:b3628 (Published )
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Picture quiz: Eye sign in an 18 year old man with psychosis
Annu Aggarwal, Mohit Bhatt
BMJ  2009;339:b3494 (Published )
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OnExamination quiz: Electrocardiogram abnormalities
BMJ  2009;339:b3605 (Published )
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Statistical question: Intention to treat analyses
Philip M Sedgwick
BMJ  2009;339:b3603 (Published )
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Case Report: Investigating infertility
Vaidyanathan Gowri, Rajeev Jain
BMJ  2009;339:b3390 (Published )
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Daniel O'Halloran, Jill Webb
BMJ  2009;339:b3602 (Published )
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From our archive: Women doctors (1870)
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