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Are we at risk of being at risk?
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2010;341:c4766 (Published )
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Migraine with aura and the risk of increased mortality
Klaus Berger, Stefan Evers
BMJ  2010;341:c4410 (Published )
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Voting and mental capacity
Marcus Redley, Julian C Hughes, Anthony Holland
BMJ  2010;341:c4085 (Published )
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Opioids for chronic musculoskeletal pain
Kate M Dunn, Elaine M Hay
BMJ  2010;341:c3533 (Published )
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Rape as a weapon of war in modern conflicts
Coleen Kivlahan, Nate Ewigman
BMJ  2010;340:c3270 (Published )
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BMJ extends its European reach
Tessa Richards, Trish Groves
BMJ  2010;341:c4681 (Published )
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Asylum seekers' health needs: Inhumane starting point
Frank W Arnold
BMJ  2010;341:c4696 (Published )
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Asylum seekers' health needs: With what right do we detain?
Juliet R Cohen
BMJ  2010;341:c4695 (Published )
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Asylum seekers' health needs: Transfer care to the NHS
Hilary G Pickles
BMJ  2010;341:c4694 (Published )
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Asylum seekers' health needs: Pregnant asylum seekers
Helen E D Burchett, Ros Bragg
BMJ  2010;341:c4691 (Published )
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Referral management centres: Time for free flow of care
Peter G Davies
BMJ  2010;341:c4714 (Published )
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Promoting self care: NHS Direct plays a major role
Brian Gaffney, Tim Heymann
BMJ  2010;341:c4700 (Published )
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NICE on bacterial meningitis: Vancomycin may not be necessary
Katherine L Henderson, Berit Muller-Pebody, Shamez Ladhani, Mike Sharland, Alan P Johnson
BMJ  2010;341:c4704 (Published )
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Home v hospital birth: Recent meta-analysis is misleading
Betty-Anne Daviss, Kenneth C Johnson
BMJ  2010;341:c4699 (Published )
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Minimum alcohol price: Good supporting evidence exists
Ross O Elledge
BMJ  2010;341:c4701 (Published )
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Suicide and euthanasia paradox: A question of rights
David Levine
BMJ  2010;341:c4705 (Published )
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Suicide and euthanasia paradox: Between blind rebuttal and the knacker’s bolt
Alan J Slater
BMJ  2010;341:c4706 (Published )
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Suicide and euthanasia paradox: Author’s reply
Ian J MacCormick
BMJ  2010;341:c4707 (Published )
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Doctor shortages: Save lives
Mark Struthers
BMJ  2010;341:c4703 (Published )
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Public service union mounts legal challenge to government’s health white paper
Caroline White
BMJ  2010;341:c4716 (Published )
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One in seven foundation trusts failed to submit data on complaints
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2010;341:c4735 (Published )
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Proportion of people dying in hospital is falling
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2010;341:c4722 (Published )
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Doctors’ religious beliefs influence their views on end of life care
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2010;341:c4732 (Published )
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NICE is likely to reject bevacizumab for bowel cancer
Caroline White
BMJ  2010;341:c4728 (Published )
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Judge halts US funding of embryonic stem cell research
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2010;341:c4689 (Published )
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Experts warn against "tourist trap" stem cell therapies
Mark Pownall
BMJ  2010;341:c4772 (Published )
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In brief
BMJ  2010;341:c4771 (Published )
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Surgical mutilation judgment in Saudi Arabia "violates medical ethics"
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2010;341:c4730 (Published )
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Coding errors in NHS cause up to £1bn worth of inaccurate payments
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2010;341:c4734 (Published )
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Fertility regulator seeks views on donation compensation
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2010;341:c4688 (Published )
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Bethlem tapestry celebrates benefits of art therapy
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2010;341:c4740 (Published )
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All you need to read in the other general journals
BMJ  2010;341:c4726 (Published )
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Health White Paper: NHS franchise for sale
Sam Lister
BMJ  2010;341:c4584 (Published )
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Prediseases: Who benefits from treating prehypertension?
Ray Moynihan
BMJ  2010;341:c4442 (Published )
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Body Politic: Why the NHS needs management consultants
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ  2010;341:c4729 (Published )
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Health Systems Perspectives: Can user charges make health care more efficient?
Sarah Thomson, Thomas Foubister, Elias Mossialos
BMJ  2010;341:c3759 (Published )
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Nurse led interventions to improve control of blood pressure in people with hypertension: systematic review and meta-analysis
Christopher E Clark, Lindsay F P Smith, Rod S Taylor, John L Campbell
BMJ  2010;341:c3995 (Published )
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Migraine and risk of haemorrhagic stroke in women: prospective cohort study
Tobias Kurth, Carlos S Kase, Markus Schurks, Christophe Tzourio, Julie E Buring
BMJ  2010;341:c3659 (Published )
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Migraine with aura and risk of cardiovascular and all cause mortality in men and women: prospective cohort study
Larus S Gudmundsson, Ann I Scher, Thor Aspelund, Jon H Eliasson, Magnus Johannsson, Gudmundur Thorgeirsson, Lenore Launer, Vilmundur Gudnason
BMJ  2010;341:c3966 (Published )
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Making decisions for people with dementia who lack capacity: qualitative study of family carers in UK
Gill Livingston, Gerard Leavey, Monica Manela, Deborah Livingston, Greta Rait, Elizabeth Sampson, Shilpa Bavishi, Khodayar Shahriyarmolki, Claudia Cooper
BMJ  2010;341:c4184 (Published )
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From Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin: Managing gastro-oesophageal reflux in infants
Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
BMJ  2010;341:c4420 (Published )
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Guidelines: Management of hypertensive disorders during pregnancy: summary of NICE guidance
Cristina Visintin, Moira A Mugglestone, Muhammad Q Almerie, Leo M Nherera, David James, Stephen Walkinshaw, on behalf of the Guideline Development Group
BMJ  2010;341:c2207 (Published )
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Rational Testing: Investigating fatigue in primary care
William Hamilton, Jessica Watson, Alison Round
BMJ  2010;341:c4259 (Published )
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Arthur L Rosenbaum
Ned Stafford
BMJ  2010;341:c4718 (Published )
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Paul Joseph D’Urso
Simon Gompertz, David Morgan, Mandy Gough
BMJ  2010;341:c4539 (Published )
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Ellis Mary Fraser
Gill Fraser
BMJ  2010;341:c4555 (Published )
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Thomas James Harrison
Richard Clarke
BMJ  2010;341:c4536 (Published )
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George Trevor Nevin Lawson
John Lawson, Richard Lawson, Peter Lawson
BMJ  2010;341:c4556 (Published )
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Robert Machemer
Peter Leaver, David McLeod
BMJ  2010;341:c4542 (Published )
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Peter Twining
Laura Fender
BMJ  2010;341:c4400 (Published )
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Personal View: The Commonwealth games and "Delhi belly": what India can learn from LA
Karunesh Tuli
BMJ  2010;341:c4507 (Published )
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Review of the Week: The danger of do-gooders
Jonathan Kaplan
BMJ  2010;341:c4585 (Published )
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Between the Lines: A question of euthanasia
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2010;341:c4567 (Published )
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Medical Classics: Zalma
James F Stark
BMJ  2010;341:c4570 (Published )
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From the Frontline: The memory class
Des Spence
BMJ  2010;341:c4761 (Published )
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Starting Out: Why many patients shouldn’t be in hospital
Kinesh Patel
BMJ  2010;341:c4710 (Published )
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Statistical Question: Prevalence and incidence
Philip Sedgwick
BMJ  2010;341:c4709 (Published )
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Anatomy quiz: Sagittal T2 weighted magnetic resonance image of the brain
A Nair
BMJ  2010;341:c4678 (Published )
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Case Report: Persistent Baltic cough
E Moran, A McGown, C Conlon
BMJ  2010;341:c3756 (Published )
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onExamination Question: Penicillins
BMJ  2010;341:c4774 (Published )
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BMJ  2010;341:c4680 (Published )
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Oliver M B Bowes, Adrian Jeyakumar, Narasimha Gadi, Udayaraj Umasankar, Sami Khan, Farhad U Huwez
BMJ  2010;341:c4708 (Published )
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