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10 April 2010 (Vol 340, No 7750)
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Vested interests
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2010;340:c1922 (Published )
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Diagnosing colorectal cancer in primary care
David Weller
BMJ  2010;340:c1714 (Published )
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Treatment of gestational diabetes
Sara J Meltzer
BMJ  2010;340:c1708 (Published )
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Improving the performance of the English NHS
Chris Ham
BMJ  2010;340:c1776 (Published )
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Harmless cuts in health care: Improve care for elderly people
Graham Mulley
BMJ  2010;340:c1844 (Published )
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Harmless cuts in health care: Right first time, every time
Stephen Gulliford
BMJ  2010;340:c1846 (Published )
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Harmless cuts in health care: Room 101 for general surgery
David M Hemingway
BMJ  2010;340:c1842 (Published )
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Open all hours primary care: Whose access problem?
Trefor J Roscoe
BMJ  2010;340:c1874 (Published )
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Open all hours primary care: Feathering the cuckoo’s nest
Hendrik J Beerstecher
BMJ  2010;340:c1876 (Published )
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UTI in primary care: Midstream urine sampling is still helpful
Shalom J Srirangam, Daniela Bondin
BMJ  2010;340:c1859 (Published )
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Clostridium difficile: Monoclonal antibody treatment
Oscar M Jolobe
BMJ  2010;340:c1850 (Published )
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Generic drug debate: ABPI supports generic concept
Alison Clough
BMJ  2010;340:c1867 (Published )
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Generic drug debate: Norgine’s reply to ABPI
Peter Martin
BMJ  2010;340:c1869 (Published )
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Do not sit on the bed: For these good reasons
Simon F Hill
BMJ  2010;340:c1861 (Published )
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Doctors and assisted suicide: Do it properly or not at all
Clive Seale
BMJ  2010;340:c1719 (Published )
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Carbon cost of trials: What cost evidence synthesis?
Alison M Mortlock, Lisa A Cashmore
BMJ  2010;340:c1342 (Published )
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Fever as nature's engine: Adaptive and protective values of symptoms
Ming Yi, Haolin Zhang
BMJ  2010;340:c1339 (Published )
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A better future for Zimbabwe?: Realities in Zimbabwe
BMJ  2010;340:c1863 (Published )
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Appeal court judges say scientific controversies must be settled by science not law
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2010;340:c1895 (Published )
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Registering herbalists will improve patients’ safety, says health secretary
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2010;340:c1897 (Published )
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BBC programme gave distorted facts about ADHD study
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2010;340:c1894 (Published )
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New guidance allows donors to name who receives their organs when they die
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2010;340:c1843 (Published )
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Doctors are asked to help identify old medical artefacts
Wendy Moore
BMJ  2010;340:c1868 (Published )
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Breast screening benefits twice as many women as it harms, shows new analysis
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2010;340:c1824 (Published )
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White paper commits UK government to national care service but does not specify funding mechanism
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2010;340:c1836 (Published )
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In brief
BMJ  2010;340:c1852 (Published )
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NHS hopes to repeat success of BBC Worldwide in health market
Donald Asprey
BMJ  2010;340:c1823 (Published )
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US judge rules that patents on breast cancer genes are unlawful
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2010;340:c1870 (Published )
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Poverty, corruption, and armed conflict hinder Afghans’ access to health care, says UN
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2010;340:c1902 (Published )
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Home Office has failed to monitor effect of England’s drugs strategy, says watchdog
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2010;340:c1911 (Published )
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Primary care must have greater role in China’s health system, says OECD
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2010;340:c1903 (Published )
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Amnesty claims United States faces "maternal healthcare crisis"
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2010;340:c1856 (Published )
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Safety incidents in over 65s cost US hospitals $9bn over two years
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2010;340:c1880 (Published )
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WHO is accused of "crying wolf" over swine flu pandemic
Rory Watson
BMJ  2010;340:c1904 (Published )
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All you need to read in the other general journals
BMJ  2010;340:c1887 (Published )
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Drug Regulation: Rosiglitazone, marketing, and medical science
Ray Moynihan
BMJ  2010;340:c1848 (Published )
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Lobby Watch: American Council on Science and Health
Ray Moynihan
BMJ  2010;340:c1819 (Published )
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On the Contrary: Data sharing: let the sunshine in
Tony Delamothe
BMJ  2010;340:c1896 (Published )
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Challenges for WHO code on international recruitment
James Buchan
BMJ  2010;340:c1486 (Published )
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Value of symptoms and additional diagnostic tests for colorectal cancer in primary care: systematic review and meta-analysis
Petra Jellema, Danielle A W M van der Windt, David J Bruinvels, Christian D Mallen, Stijn J B van Weyenberg, Chris J Mulder, Henrica C W de Vet
BMJ  2010;340:c1269 (Published )
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Effects of treatment in women with gestational diabetes mellitus: systematic review and meta-analysis
Karl Horvath, Klaus Koch, Klaus Jeitler, Eva Matyas, Ralf Bender, Hilda Bastian, Stefan Lange, Andrea Siebenhofer
BMJ  2010;340:c1395 (Published )
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Breast cancer mortality in organised mammography screening in Denmark: comparative study
Karsten Juhl Jorgensen, Per-Henrik Zahl, Peter C Gotzsche
BMJ  2010;340:c1241 (Published )
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Epidemiology of rib fractures in older men: Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) prospective cohort study
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Carrie M Nielson, Eric Orwoll, Douglas C Bauer, Jane A Cauley, for the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study Group
BMJ  2010;340:c1069 (Published )
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Association between industry affiliation and position on cardiovascular risk with rosiglitazone: cross sectional systematic review
Amy T Wang, Christopher P McCoy, Mohammad Hassan Murad, Victor M Montori
BMJ  2010;340:c1344 (Published )
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Assessment and management of cannabis use disorders in primary care
Adam R Winstock, Chris Ford, John Witton
BMJ  2010;340:c1571 (Published )
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Guidelines: Early management of unstable angina and non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction: summary of NICE guidance
Emily Crowe, Kate Lovibond, Huon Gray, Robert Henderson, Taryn Krause, John Camm, on behalf of the Guideline Development Group
BMJ  2010;340:c1134 (Published )
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A Patient's Journey: Cardiomyopathy
Liana Daley, Jackie Gordon, Charlotte Weston, Kathy Webb-Peploe
BMJ  2009;339:b4210 (Published )
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10 Minute Consultation: Hoarse voice
O Judd, I B Colvin
BMJ  2010;340:c522 (Published )
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Jill Parker
Wendy Moore
BMJ  2010;340:c1822 (Published )
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Edward Maurice Backett
Tony Hedley, Jim McEwen, Elizabeth Russell, Roy Weir
BMJ  2010;340:c1821 (Published )
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Donald Barltrop
Mair Barltrop
BMJ  2010;340:c1815 (Published )
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Christopher Joseph Cahill
Robin Leach
BMJ  2010;340:c1811 (Published )
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Henrietta Elizabeth Crouch
Tim Crouch
BMJ  2010;340:c1814 (Published )
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James Fiddes Philip
K L G Mills
BMJ  2010;340:c1812 (Published )
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Martin Matthew Whittet
Murdoch W Maclean
BMJ  2010;340:c1837 (Published )
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Personal View: We should reform libel laws in light of Singh victory
A C Grayling
BMJ  2010;340:c1910 (Published )
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Review of the Week: You’ll never walk alone
Petra Boynton
BMJ  2010;340:c1851 (Published )
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Between the Lines: Smoking sophisticates and slobs
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2010;340:c1889 (Published )
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Medical Classic: On the Death of Dr Robert Levet
Clifford Packer
BMJ  2010;340:c1847 (Published )
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From the Frontline: Bad medicine: depression
Des Spence
BMJ  2010;340:c1920 (Published )
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Starting Out: Hard decisions: some hospitals have to close
Kinesh Patel
BMJ  2010;340:c1873 (Published )
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Picture Quiz: A pain in the neck
Judith A Finegold, Rosemary Belcher, Shahid Noor, Dominic Mort
BMJ  2010;340:c1001 (Published )
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OnExamination Quiz: Anxiety disorder
BMJ  2010;340:c1839 (Published )
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Statistical Question: Per protocol analysis
Philip Sedgwick
BMJ  2010;340:c1825 (Published )
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Kirsty-Anne Noble, Dr S Kumar, Mr H Hoque
BMJ  2010;340:c1884 (Published )
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BMJ  2010;340:c1885 (Published )
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Influenza as a life changing event
Philip Mortimer
BMJ  2010;340:c416 (Published )
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