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17 April 2010 (Vol 340, No 7751)
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Moments of truth
Jane Smith
BMJ  2010;340:c2042 (Published )
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Does autistic enterocolitis exist?
Nicholas Wright
BMJ  2010;340:c1807 (Published )
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Improving pharmacovigilance in Europe
Nicholas Moore, Bernard Begaud
BMJ  2010;340:c1694 (Published )
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Antimicrobials in children admitted to hospital in malaria endemic areas
Kathryn Maitland
BMJ  2010;340:c1818 (Published )
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Differences in clinic and ambulatory measurements of blood pressure
Richard McManus, Una Martin
BMJ  2010;340:c1782 (Published )
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NICE and chest pain diagnosis: Exercise ECG useful in finding coronary artery disease
Peter J Bourdillon
BMJ  2010;340:c1971 (Published )
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Men who have sex with men: Don’t forget local epidemiology and guidance ...
Selvavelu Samraj, Rupali Patel, Steven Alderson
BMJ  2010;340:c1976 (Published )
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Men who have sex with men: ... and hepatitis B immunisation
David K Murray
BMJ  2010;340:c1978 (Published )
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Lymph node tuberculosis: Time for a culture change?
J Robert O'Neill
BMJ  2010;340:c1975 (Published )
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European locums: Reconsider the locum system
Erik T Walbeehm
BMJ  2010;340:c1983 (Published )
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European locums: UK, wise up
Sophia Mohyuddin
BMJ  2010;340:c1984 (Published )
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Coroners: No morbid anatomists remain
Michael G Bamber
BMJ  2010;340:c1988 (Published )
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Jenner's statue: Leave Jenner in peace
Gabriel Scally
BMJ  2010;340:c1980 (Published )
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Doctors may sometimes disclose a patient’s genetic information to relatives without permission
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2010;340:c2025 (Published )
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King’s Fund praises work on smoking and cancer but says NHS is still "not world class"
Helen Mooney
BMJ  2010;340:c2018 (Published )
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Limits to be put on whole body scans as part of health screening MOTs
Philip Wilson
BMJ  2010;340:c1932 (Published )
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Schemes that reward GPs for prescribing generics may breach EU law
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2010;340:c1945 (Published )
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MPs back calls for tighter checks on European doctors
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2010;340:c1939 (Published )
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Doctor is found guilty of exploiting "desperate" MS patients
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2010;340:c2009 (Published )
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Tories urge patients to complain to health secretary over cancer leaflets
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2010;340:c2024 (Published )
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Doctors join rally to demand that politicians protect welfare state
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2010;340:c2027 (Published )
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Study finds that anticancer effect of "5 a day" is less than expected
Anna Sayburn
BMJ  2010;340:c1944 (Published )
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Department of Health agrees deal with GSK to cancel part of swine flu vaccine order
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2010;340:c1946 (Published )
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Doctors in shaken baby syndrome case are accused of "scientific prejudice"
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2010;340:c1989 (Published )
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Winning poem takes a doctor’s life as its inspiration
Helen Mooney
BMJ  2010;340:c2023 (Published )
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Salons face £20 000 fine for allowing under 18s to use sunbeds
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2010;340:c1973 (Published )
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In brief
BMJ  2010;340:c1953 (Published )
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Some countries cut their own spending on health when given health aid
Donald Asprey
BMJ  2010;340:c2015 (Published )
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Proposal to boost number of rural doctors sparks heated debate in Germany
Ned Stafford
BMJ  2010;340:c1982 (Published )
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Medical abortion becomes available in Italy
Michael Day
BMJ  2010;340:c2001 (Published )
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Canada bans blood donations from people with history of chronic fatigue syndrome
Barbara Kermode-Scott
BMJ  2010;340:c1974 (Published )
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All you need to read in the other general journals
BMJ  2010;340:c1968 (Published )
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Can the NHS cut costs without substantially damaging the quality of health care? Yes
Paul Corrigan
BMJ  2010;340:c1999 (Published )
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Can the NHS cut costs without substantially damaging the quality of health care? No
John Appleby
BMJ  2010;340:c1959 (Published )
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Can the NHS cut costs without substantially damaging the quality of health care? Yes
Rebecca Rosen
BMJ  2010;340:c1967 (Published )
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Can the NHS cut costs without substantially damaging the quality of health care? No
James Owen Drife
BMJ  2010;340:c1966 (Published )
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Autism Research: Wakefield’s "autistic enterocolitis" under the microscope
Brian Deer
BMJ  2010;340:c1127 (Published )
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Europe’s opportunity to open up drug regulation
Silvio Garattini, Vittorio Bertele'
BMJ  2010;340:c1578 (Published )
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Ethics Man: The moment of truth
Daniel K Sokol
BMJ  2010;340:c1992 (Published )
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Statins, antihypertensive treatment, and blood pressure control in clinic and over 24 hours: evidence from PHYLLIS randomised double blind trial
Giuseppe Mancia, Gianfranco Parati, Miriam Revera, Grzegorz Bilo, Andrea Giuliano, Fabrizio Veglia, Gaetano Crepaldi, Alberto Zanchetti
BMJ  2010;340:c1197 (Published )
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The impact of advance care planning on end of life care in elderly patients: randomised controlled trial
Karen M Detering, Andrew D Hancock, Michael C Reade, William Silvester
BMJ  2010;340:c1345 (Published )
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WHO guidelines for antimicrobial treatment in children admitted to hospital in an area of intense Plasmodium falciparum transmission: prospective study
Behzad Nadjm, Ben Amos, George Mtove, Jan Ostermann, Semkini Chonya, Hannah Wangai, Juma Kimera, Walii Msuya, Frank Mtei, Denise Dekker, Rajabu Malahiyo, Raimos Olomi, John A Crump, Christopher J M Whitty, Hugh Reyburn
BMJ  2010;340:c1350 (Published )
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Definition of ambulatory blood pressure targets for diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in relation to clinic blood pressure: prospective cohort study
Geoffrey A Head, Anastasia S Mihailidou, Karen A Duggan, Lawrence J Beilin, Narelle Berry, Mark A Brown, Alex J Bune, Diane Cowley, John P Chalmers, Peter R C Howe, Jonathan Hodgson, John Ludbrook, Arduino A Mangoni, Barry P McGrath, Mark R Nelson, James E Sharman, Michael Stowasser, Ambulatory Blood Pressure Working Group of the High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia
BMJ  2010;340:c1104 (Published )
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Is a subgroup effect believable? Updating criteria to evaluate the credibility of subgroup analyses
Xin Sun, Matthias Briel, Stephen D Walter, Gordon H Guyatt
BMJ  2010;340:c117 (Published )
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Management of refractive errors
Gillian M Cochrane, Renee du Toit, Richard T Le Mesurier
BMJ  2010;340:c1711 (Published )
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Quality Improvement Report: Using care bundles to reduce in-hospital mortality: quantitative survey
Elizabeth Robb, Brian Jarman, Ganesh Suntharalingam, Clare Higgens, Rachel Tennant, Karen Elcock
BMJ  2010;340:c1234 (Published )
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Lesson of the Week: Copper deficiency as a treatable cause of poor balance
Zhaleh Khaleeli, Daniel G Healy, Anthony Briddon, Michael P Lunn, Mary M Reilly, John Land, Gavin Giovannoni
BMJ  2010;340:c508 (Published )
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James Black
Joanna Lyall
BMJ  2010;340:c1817 (Published )
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Alexander Adam
Alistair Adam
BMJ  2010;340:c1962 (Published )
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Ananda Lal Goswani
Krishna Somers
BMJ  2010;340:c1958 (Published )
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John Russell Grant Grice
Gail Stoppard
BMJ  2010;340:c1963 (Published )
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Peter Julius Denison Heaf
Stephen Spiro
BMJ  2010;340:c1941 (Published )
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Jean Eileen Lawrie (née Grant)
Janet Husband, Christina Williams
BMJ  2010;340:c1933 (Published )
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Alistair MacGregor Michael
Ben Moore
BMJ  2010;340:c1942 (Published )
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Geoffrey Wooler
Geoffrey Bunch, John Shoesmith
BMJ  2010;340:c1929 (Published )
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Personal View: Where are the clinicians when you need them?
Emma Halls
BMJ  2010;340:c1845 (Published )
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Review of the Week: Great Ormond Street: great expectations
Sophie Cook
BMJ  2010;340:c1934 (Published )
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Between the Lines: How long is a life?
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2010;340:c1951 (Published )
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Medical Classics: On Liberty
Helmy Haja Mydin
BMJ  2010;340:c1891 (Published )
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From the Frontline: Be wary of patients bearing gifts
Des Spence
BMJ  2010;340:c1996 (Published )
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In and Out of Hospital: The Black knights: Sir James and Sir Douglas
James Owen Drife
BMJ  2010;340:c2006 (Published )
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Picture Quiz: An unusual cause of myocardial infarction
Elham Rashidghamat, Stephen M Gregory, Pitt Lim
BMJ  2010;340:c1038 (Published )
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Case Report: Evaluation of breast masses in male patients
Debra Meerkotter, Andrew Patrick
BMJ  2010;340:c1579 (Published )
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Statistical Question: Primary and secondary outcome measures
Philip Sedgwick
BMJ  2010;340:c1938 (Published )
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OnExamination Quiz: HIV
BMJ  2010;340:c1936 (Published )
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Julia D Jones, Archana Rao
BMJ  2010;340:c2000 (Published )
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BMJ  2010;340:c1949 (Published )
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