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12 December 2009 (Vol 339, No 7734)
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We want raw data, now
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2009;339:b5405 (Published )
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Why don’t we have all the evidence on oseltamivir?
Fiona Godlee, Mike Clarke
BMJ  2009;339:b5351 (Published )
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Subclinical hypothyroidism after pre-eclampsia
Robyn A North, Robert N Taylor
BMJ  2009;339:b5183 (Published )
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Losing weight in moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnoea
Nathaniel S Marshall, Ronald R Grunstein
BMJ  2009;339:b4363 (Published )
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Heroin assisted treatment
Wim van den Brink
BMJ  2009;339:b4545 (Published )
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Tennis elbow: Injections for all?
Fred Kavalier
BMJ  2009;339:b5320 (Published )
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Tennis elbow: Injecting steroids is not good
Ray F O'Connor
BMJ  2009;339:b5319 (Published )
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Tennis elbow: Diagnose and treat the disease
Adrian F Peall
BMJ  2009;339:b5321 (Published )
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Tennis elbow: There is no proved treatment
Peter Mahaffey
BMJ  2009;339:b5325 (Published )
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Antipsychotics and dementia: Medical Capacity Act 2005 should be invoked
Tim Branton, Nick Brindle, Tony Zigmond
BMJ  2009;339:b5340 (Published )
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Antipsychotics and dementia: Let’s not waste more resources
Thomas A Groves
BMJ  2009;339:b5343 (Published )
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PSA and prostate cancer: More research is not needed
Charles J Wright
BMJ  2009;339:b5336 (Published )
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Dengue: Vector control is important
Fook Chang Lam
BMJ  2009;339:b5332 (Published )
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Whitehall Study: Display of multiple factors
John R Lord
BMJ  2009;339:b5099 (Published )
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Whitehall Study: Authors’ reply
Robert Clarke, Martin J Shipley
BMJ  2009;339:b5097 (Published )
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Quality in a poorer NHS: Gross and net are not the same
Sarah W Fraser
BMJ  2009;339:b5331 (Published )
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Whistleblowing: What concerns did staff raise at Basildon?
Peter Gooderham
BMJ  2009;339:b5337 (Published )
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Response: Roche: Roche replies to the authors of the Cochrane Review on oseltamivir
James Smith, On behalf of Roche
BMJ  2009;339:b5364 (Published )
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Doctors had warned of understaffing at Baby P hospital, inquiry finds
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2009;339:b5404 (Published )
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England’s healthcare regulators will start 2010 without chiefs
Nick Timmins
BMJ  2009;339:b5390 (Published )
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Doctors and scientists demand reform of England’s libel laws
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2009;339:b5393 (Published )
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Women’s groups protest against antiabortion rules in US healthcare bill
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2009;339:b5324 (Published )
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Specialist mental health advisers are to be available in job centres
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2009;339:b5382 (Published )
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Fear of minimum alcohol pricing spreading to other countries led to opposition in Scotland
Bryan Christie
BMJ  2009;339:b5339 (Published )
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In brief
BMJ  2009;339:b5350 (Published )
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Complex working environment, not poor training, blamed for drug errors
Mark Pownall
BMJ  2009;339:b5328 (Published )
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Fall in swine flu cases may not signal an end of the epidemic, warns Professor Donaldson
Oona Mashta
BMJ  2009;339:b5329 (Published )
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UK health professionals unite to combat climate change
Nayanah Siva
BMJ  2009;339:b5385 (Published )
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Safety Data: The mysterious Dr Foster
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ  2009;339:b5242 (Published )
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Measles deaths fell by more than 90% worldwide from 2000 to 2008, except in southern Asia
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2009;339:b5362 (Published )
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All you need to read in the other general journals
BMJ  2009;339:b5310 (Published )
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Life and Death: Pushing at the bolted door: a tribute to George Godber
Iona Heath
BMJ  2009;339:b5360 (Published )
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BMJ Charity Christmas Appeal: Please help support the work of Médecins Sans Frontières
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2009;339:b5381 (Published )
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Complications: tracking down the data on oseltamivir
Deborah Cohen
BMJ  2009;339:b5387 (Published )
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Neuraminidase inhibitors—the story behind the Cochrane review
Peter Doshi
BMJ  2009;339:b5164 (Published )
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What can we learn from observational studies of oseltamivir to treat influenza in healthy adults?
Nick Freemantle, Mel Calvert
BMJ  2009;339:b5248 (Published )
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Pre-eclampsia, soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1, and the risk of reduced thyroid function: nested case-control and population based study
Richard J Levine, Lars J Vatten, Gary L Horowitz, Cong Qian, Pal R Romundstad, Kai F Yu, Anthony N Hollenberg, Alf I Hellevik, Bjorn O Asvold, S Ananth Karumanchi
BMJ  2009;339:b4336 (Published )
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Multiple sclerosis risk sharing scheme: two year results of clinical cohort study with historical comparator
Mike Boggild, Jackie Palace, Pelham Barton, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Thomas Bregenzer, Charles Dobson, Richard Gray
BMJ  2009;339:b4677 (Published )
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Neuraminidase inhibitors for preventing and treating influenza in healthy adults: systematic review and meta-analysis
Tom Jefferson, Mark Jones, Peter Doshi, Chris Del Mar
BMJ  2009;339:b5106 (Published )
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Effect of a very low energy diet on moderate and severe obstructive sleep apnoea in obese men: a randomised controlled trial
Kari Johansson, Martin Neovius, Ylva Trolle Lagerros, Richard Harlid, Stephan Rossner, Fredrik Granath, Erik Hemmingsson
BMJ  2009;339:b4609 (Published )
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Safety Alerts: Insertion of chest drains: summary of a safety report from the National Patient Safety Agency
Tara Lamont, Michael Surkitt-Parr, John Scarpello[A], Marcus Durand, Clare Hooper, Nick Maskell
BMJ  2009;339:b4923 (Published )
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Interactive Case Report: A woman with acute myelopathy in pregnancy: case outcome
Reinhard Reuss, Paulus S Rommer, Wolfgang Bruck, Friedemann Paul, Michael Bolz, Sven Jarius, Tobias Boettcher, Annette Grossmann, Alexander Bock, Frauke Zipp, Reiner Benecke, Uwe K Zettl
BMJ  2009;339:b4026 (Published )
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Commentary: Learning out of your depth
Ed Peile
BMJ  2009;339:b5180 (Published )
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Commentary: Complex medical conditions in pregnancy need appropriate multidisciplinary input
Lucy C Chappell
BMJ  2009;339:b5179 (Published )
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Commentary: Managing clinicians’ assessment
Reinhard Reuss, Michael Bolz, Uwe K Zettl
BMJ  2009;339:b5177 (Published )
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Commentary: Patient’s view
Andrea G, with the support of Reinhard Reuss
BMJ  2009;339:b5178 (Published )
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Commentary: Neurological perspective
Adam B Cohen, Matt T Bianchi
BMJ  2009;339:b5250 (Published )
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Angelo M DiGeorge
Ned Stafford
BMJ  2009;339:b5379 (Published )
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Arend Jan Dunning
John Overbeke, Leo Offerhaus
BMJ  2009;339:b5368 (Published )
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Cyril Forssander
Jannine Forssander
BMJ  2009;339:b5286 (Published )
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James Howard Lewis
Rollo Lewis
BMJ  2009;339:b4464 (Published )
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Michael Ernest Nicholas Anfilogoff
Rosalind Anfilogoff
BMJ  2009;339:b5365 (Published )
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John Roslyn Anthony
Jennifer Anthony
BMJ  2009;339:b5366 (Published )
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James Lionel Somervell
William A M Cutting, Jeffrey M Dolphin
BMJ  2009;339:b5008 (Published )
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Arthur Powell Wyatt
Edward Wyatt, George Wyatt
BMJ  2009;339:b5165 (Published )
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Personal View: A lesson learnt
Sharon Elizabeth Whitehorn
BMJ  2009;339:b5357 (Published )
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Review of the Week: Behind the pages of clinical research
Allen Shaughnessy
BMJ  2009;339:b5359 (Published )
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Between the Lines: A grave matter
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2009;339:b5377 (Published )
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Medical Classics: The Canon of Medicine
Gavin Koh
BMJ  2009;339:b5358 (Published )
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From the Frontline: Goodbye to the noughties
Des Spence
BMJ  2009;339:b5378 (Published )
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Drug Tales and Other Stories: Let’s abandon hope
Ike Iheanacho
BMJ  2009;339:b5344 (Published )
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Statistical Question: Study design
Philip Sedgwick
BMJ  2009;339:b5263 (Published )
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OnExamination quiz: Ophthalmology in general practice
BMJ  2009;339:b5269 (Published )
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Picture Quiz: An 11 year old boy with chest pain and fever
C A Christie-Johnston, T Connell, T Mildenhall, M Danchin
BMJ  2009;339:b4941 (Published )
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Kamran Iqbal, Clare Shoults
BMJ  2009;339:b5375 (Published )
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BMJ  2009;339:b5298 (Published )
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The late Matron Wardroper (1892)
BMJ  2009;339:b2096 (Published )
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