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20 February 2010 (Vol 340, No 7743)
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Interestingly complex stories
Jane Smith
BMJ  2010;340:c978 (Published )
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Urinary tract infection in primary care
Dee Mangin
BMJ  2010;340:c657 (Published )
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The prognosis for research
Henrik Toft Sorensen, Kenneth J Rothman
BMJ  2010;340:c703 (Published )
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Registration of observational studies
Elizabeth Loder, Trish Groves, Domhnall MacAuley
BMJ  2010;340:c950 (Published )
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Withdrawal of sibutramine in Europe
Gareth Williams
BMJ  2010;340:c824 (Published )
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Osteonecrosis of the jaw and bisphosphonates
Aliya Khan
BMJ  2010;340:c246 (Published )
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Vitamin D deficiency: Systems failure
Avril Danczak
BMJ  2010;340:c936 (Published )
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Vitamin D deficiency: Screen more widely?
Anna E Livingstone
BMJ  2010;340:c939 (Published )
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Vitamin D deficiency: What should we be doing?
S A Paul Chubb, Zahra Khatami
BMJ  2010;340:c931 (Published )
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Vitamin D deficiency: How can we treat it in the UK?
Amanda J Da Costa
BMJ  2010;340:c933 (Published )
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Vitamin D deficiency: New vitamin D preparations needed
Sally Hull, Kambiz Boomla
BMJ  2010;340:c906 (Published )
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Vitamin D deficiency: No clear evidence for universal supplementation
Anandhi Nagaraj, Andrew Howe
BMJ  2010;340:c940 (Published )
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Venous thromboembolism guidance: Let’s not talk about sex ...
Lucinda Farmer
BMJ  2010;340:c916 (Published )
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Venous thromboembolism guidance: ... or drugs
Sally L Read
BMJ  2010;340:c919 (Published )
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Depression in adolescents: Collaboration to overcome barriers in primary care
Tami Kramer, Steven Iliffe, Lisa Miller, Julia Gledhill, Elena Garralda
BMJ  2010;340:c908 (Published )
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Industry influence: Big Pharma’s long tentacles
William L Aldis
BMJ  2010;340:c941 (Published )
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Drug firm conflicting interests: If only WHI was done well
John C Stevenson, Howard N Hodis, James H Pickar, Rogerio A Lobo
BMJ  2010;340:c591 (Published )
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Fever as nature's engine: Some clinical data
Gavin Barlow, Patrick Lillie, Dilip Nathwani, Peter Davey
BMJ  2010;340:c905 (Published )
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Heroin contaminated with anthrax has killed 11 people
Bryan Christie
BMJ  2010;340:c937 (Published )
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"Nasty party style" politics rears its head over funding of national care service
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2010;340:c974 (Published )
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Scientists protest against proposals on advisory group membership
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2010;340:c887 (Published )
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How posters promote public health behaviour
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2010;340:c964 (Published )
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Less than 0.5% of safety incidents reported in 2008-9 came from general practice
Jacqui Wise
BMJ  2010;340:c885 (Published )
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Doctor could face financial ruin even if he wins libel case
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2010;340:c967 (Published )
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Public is urged to help exclude private companies from NHS
Oona Mashta
BMJ  2010;340:c884 (Published )
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In brief
BMJ  2010;340:c934 (Published )
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Ministers may legislate after finding 85% of labels on alcohol to be inadequate
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2010;340:c966 (Published )
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Scottish MPs urged to put health first in alcohol debate
Bryan Christie
BMJ  2010;340:c894 (Published )
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Michelle Obama launches programme to combat US childhood obesity
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2010;340:c948 (Published )
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FDA encourages patients to record their exposure to medical radiation
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2010;340:c913 (Published )
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BMJ Group Awards: Primary Care Team of the Year category: Visionary GPs are extending scope of general practice
Domhnall Macauley
BMJ  2010;340:c926 (Published )
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Liberal Democrats will abolish health quangos that cost NHS £1.2bn
Deborah Cohen
BMJ  2010;340:c870 (Published )
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Authorities investigate possible misuse of medical aid supplies in Haiti
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2010;340:c957 (Published )
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All you need to read in the other general journals
BMJ  2010;340:c935 (Published )
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Ethics Man: When doctors deceive each other
Daniel K Sokol
BMJ  2010;340:c740 (Published )
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Has guideline development gone astray? Yes
R Grol
BMJ  2010;340:c306 (Published )
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Has guideline development gone astray? No
Raymond J Gibbons, Elliott M Antman, Sidney C Smith
BMJ  2010;340:c343 (Published )
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Social Care: No quick fix for long term care
Sam Lister
BMJ  2010;340:c814 (Published )
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Emergency Medicine: Doctors on the front line
Helen Macdonald
BMJ  2010;340:c379 (Published )
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Do health improvement programmes fit with MRC guidance on evaluating complex interventions?
Mhairi Mackenzie, Catherine O'Donnell, Emma Halliday, Sanjeev Sridharan, Stephen Platt
BMJ  2010;340:c185 (Published )
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Effectiveness of five different approaches in management of urinary tract infection: randomised controlled trial
P Little, M V Moore, S Turner, K Rumsby, G Warner, J A Lowes, H Smith, C Hawke, G Leydon, A Arscott, D Turner, M Mullee
BMJ  2010;340:c199 (Published )
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Cost effectiveness of management strategies for urinary tract infections: results from randomised controlled trial
David Turner, Paul Little, James Raftery, Sheila Turner, Helen Smith, Kate Rumsby, Mark Mullee, on behalf of the UTIS group
BMJ  2010;340:c346 (Published )
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Women’s views about management and cause of urinary tract infection: qualitative interview study
G M Leydon, S Turner, H Smith, P Little, on behalf of the UTIS team
BMJ  2010;340:c279 (Published )
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Presentation, pattern, and natural course of severe symptoms, and role of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance among patients presenting with suspected uncomplicated urinary tract infection in primary care: observational study
P Little, R Merriman, S Turner, K Rumsby, G Warner, J A Lowes, H Smith, C Hawke, G Leydon, M Mullee, M V Moore
BMJ  2010;340:b5633 (Published )
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Neurological outcomes at 18 months of age after moderate hypothermia for perinatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy: synthesis and meta-analysis of trial data
A David Edwards, Peter Brocklehurst, Alistair J Gunn, Henry Halliday, Edmund Juszczak, Malcolm Levene, Brenda Strohm, Marianne Thoresen, Andrew Whitelaw, Denis Azzopardi
BMJ  2010;340:c363 (Published )
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Ten steps towards improving prognosis research
Harry Hemingway, Richard D Riley, Douglas G Altman
BMJ  2009;339:b4184 (Published )
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Rational Imaging: Investigating suspected bone infection in the diabetic foot
James Teh, Tony Berendt, Benjamin A Lipsky
BMJ  2009;339:b4690 (Published )
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A Patient's Journey: Behçet’s syndrome
Michael Hart, Robert J Moots
BMJ  2009;339:b3876 (Published )
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Lesson of the Week: Reduced level of consciousness from baclofen in people with low kidney function
W Su, C Yegappan, E J F Carlisle, C M Clase
BMJ  2009;339:b4559 (Published )
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10-Minute Consultation: Pollen food syndrome in a teenage student
Elizabeth Angier, Aziz Sheikh
BMJ  2010;340:b3405 (Published )
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Malcolm O Perry
Ned Stafford
BMJ  2010;340:c922 (Published )
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Hedley Rex Board
Perry Board, T A Kerr, D Eccleston
BMJ  2010;340:c946 (Published )
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John Ramsey Horler
Derek Tacchi
BMJ  2010;340:c942 (Published )
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Chetna Jain
Deepak Jain
BMJ  2010;340:c944 (Published )
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Atholl MacLaren
Rowan Stevenson, Jim Nelson
BMJ  2010;340:c945 (Published )
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Krishan Kumar Mahajan
Andras Barabas
BMJ  2010;340:c943 (Published )
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Margaret Mary Robinson (née Ross)
Nola Williams
BMJ  2010;340:c825 (Published )
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Ursula Schmitz
Ashfaq Yusufzai
BMJ  2010;340:c807 (Published )
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Personal View: Should pregnant doctors work in termination of pregnancy clinics?
Megan Millward
BMJ  2010;340:c867 (Published )
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Review of the Week: The unknown patients
Brodie Ramin
BMJ  2010;340:c652 (Published )
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Between the Lines: Ill feelings
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2010;340:c756 (Published )
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Medical Classics: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Richard Hurley
BMJ  2010;340:c860 (Published )
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From the Frontline: A friend in need
Des Spence
BMJ  2010;340:c904 (Published )
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Starting Out: Positive discrimination is still elitist
Kinesh Patel
BMJ  2010;340:c903 (Published )
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OnExamination Quiz: Inflammatory bowel disease
BMJ  2010;340:c876 (Published )
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Picture Quiz: An unusual case of calf pain
Noel Cassar, Branko Dunjic, Kevin Cassar
BMJ  2010;340:c716 (Published )
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Statistical Question: Cross sectional studies
Philip Sedgwick
BMJ  2010;340:c846 (Published )
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James Stevenson, Julie Mardon, Alan Exton
BMJ  2010;340:c889 (Published )
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The F word
A C Carr
BMJ  2010;340:c618 (Published )
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