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15 January 2011 (Vol 342, No 7789)
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Goodbye PubMed, hello raw data
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2011;342:d212 (Published )
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Research into scorpion stings
Edward J Mills, Nathan Ford
BMJ  2011;342:c7369 (Published )
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Cardiovascular safety of NSAIDs
Wayne A Ray
BMJ  2011;342:c6618 (Published )
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Access to clinical trial data
An-Wen Chan
BMJ  2011;342:d80 (Published )
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Surgery for degenerative mitral valve disease
Norman Briffa
BMJ  2010;341:c5339 (Published )
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Planning a consultant delivered NHS
Andrew F Goddard
BMJ  2010;341:c6034 (Published )
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Infective endocarditis: Time to monitor incidence after NICE guidance
Steven R Stern
BMJ  2011;342:d121 (Published )
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Cardioverter defibrillators: Should not be implanted in isolation after infarction
Michael James
BMJ  2011;342:d83 (Published )
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Gout: Aspects of management
Alastair L Hepburn, Tom G Rider, Kelsey M Jordan
BMJ  2011;342:d115 (Published )
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Gout: Management in primary care
Edward Roddy, Christian D Mallen
BMJ  2011;342:d117 (Published )
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Rushing to clamp umbilical cord: More evidence is needed to inform practice
Diane Farrar, On behalf of Lelia Duley, Amanda Burls, Jon Dorling, Nick Embleton, William McGuire, Sam Oddie, John Simes, William Tarnow-Mordi, Jim Thornton, Derek Tuffnell, Bill Yoxall
BMJ  2011;342:d122 (Published )
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Rushing to clamp umbilical cord: Until safety and benefit are proved, better not to rush
Andrew D Weeks
BMJ  2011;342:d125 (Published )
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Towards an end to stillbirths: Joint action is the key
Richard G Wilson
BMJ  2011;342:d128 (Published )
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Orphan drugs: Authors’ reply to BioMarin Europe
David J Nicholl, David Hilton-Jones, Jacqueline Palace, John Winer
BMJ  2011;342:d135 (Published )
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Orphan drugs: EU regulations
Segundo Mariz, Jordi Llinares, Kerstin Westermark
BMJ  2011;342:d136 (Published )
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Referrals to secondary care: NICE "referral advice" recommendations database
Mary J Docherty, Moni Choudhury, Peter Littlejohns
BMJ  2011;342:d129 (Published )
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Employee ownership in the NHS: Transition to employee ownership
David Erdal
BMJ  2011;342:d113 (Published )
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Open letter to BMA: BMA’s reply
Hamish Meldrum, Laurence Buckman
BMJ  2011;342:d126 (Published )
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UK needs new health research agency to speed up approval process
Luisa Dillner
BMJ  2011;342:d185 (Published )
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Publishers withdraw 2500 journals from free access scheme in Bangladesh
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2011;342:d196 (Published )
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In brief
BMJ  2011;342:d133 (Published )
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Hospitals should offer bingo and art sessions, says BMA
Jacqui Wise
BMJ  2011;342:d172 (Published )
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Health ministers may call for appraisal of unlicensed cancer drug for eye treatment
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ  2011;342:d62 (Published )
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End of free access to database will shrink UK generated research, says expert
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2011;342:c7455 (Published )
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Lansley defends NHS’s preparations for flu season
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2011;342:d203 (Published )
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Republicans act to repeal health reform as they take control of House of Representatives
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2011;342:d114 (Published )
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International response risks undermining Haiti’s health system, warns relief agency
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2011;342:d182 (Published )
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US health spending jumped to $2.5 trillion—17.6% of GDP
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2011;342:d65 (Published )
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UN urges Nigeria to do more to prevent further cases of lead poisoning
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2011;342:d179 (Published )
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Rise in user fees in Greece could reduce access to healthcare, charity warns
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2011;342:d200 (Published )
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Germany suspends decision to stop some hospitals treating very low birth weight babies
Annette Tuffs
BMJ  2011;342:d156 (Published )
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French drug journal is sued for criticising Protopic’s licence extension
Paul Benkimoun
BMJ  2011;342:d158 (Published )
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Australian doctors report high rates of job satisfaction
Melissa Sweet
BMJ  2011;342:d119 (Published )
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All you need to read in the other general journals
BMJ  2011;342:d92 (Published )
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Briefing: Influenza: questions and answers
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2011;342:d190 (Published )
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Secrets of the MMR scare: How the vaccine crisis was meant to make money
Brian Deer
BMJ  2011;342:c5258 (Published )
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Interview with Michael Rawlins: Regulating research
Luisa Dillner
BMJ  2011;342:c7461 (Published )
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Out of Hours: Bad faith, hope, and charity
Christopher Martyn
BMJ  2011;342:d163 (Published )
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Open letter to the BMA about the health white paper
Clive Peedell, and cosignatories
BMJ  2011;342:d7 (Published )
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Ensuring safe and effective drugs: who can do what it takes?
Tom Jefferson, Peter Doshi, Matthew Thompson, Carl Heneghan, Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Group
BMJ  2011;342:c7258 (Published )
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Efficacy and safety of scorpion antivenom plus prazosin compared with prazosin alone for venomous scorpion (Mesobuthus tamulus) sting: randomised open label clinical trial
Himmatrao Saluba Bawaskar, Pramodini Himmatrao Bawaskar
BMJ  2011;342:c7136 (Published )
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Cardiovascular safety of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: network meta-analysis
Sven Trelle, Stephan Reichenbach, Simon Wandel, Pius Hildebrand, Beatrice Tschannen, Peter M Villiger, Matthias Egger, Peter Juni
BMJ  2011;342:c7086 (Published )
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Frequency and reasons for outcome reporting bias in clinical trials: interviews with trialists
R M D Smyth, J J Kirkham, A Jacoby, D G Altman, C Gamble, P R Williamson
BMJ  2011;342:c7153 (Published )
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Costs and cost effectiveness of different strategies for chlamydia screening and partner notification: an economic and mathematical modelling study
Katy Turner, Elisabeth Adams, Arabella Grant, John Macleod, Gill Bell, Jan Clarke, Paddy Horner
BMJ  2011;342:c7250 (Published )
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Diagnosis and management of soft tissue sarcoma
Shiba Sinha, A Howard S Peach
BMJ  2010;341:c7170 (Published )
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Practice Pointer: Identifying and managing deprivation of liberty in adults in England and Wales
William J Cutter, Karla Greenberg, Timothy R J Nicholson, Ruth Cairns
BMJ  2011;342:c7323 (Published )
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Lesson of the Week: Hypothyroidism in a patient with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
CJ Gardner, P Richardson, C Wong, N Polavarapu, GJ Kemp, DJ Cuthbertson
BMJ  2011;342:c7199 (Published )
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Richard J Bing
Ned Stafford
BMJ  2011;342:d209 (Published )
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Michael Alan Gilbert
Helen Finch
BMJ  2011;342:d153 (Published )
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John Humphreys
Jane Cowan
BMJ  2011;342:d151 (Published )
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Ronald Dennis Martin
David Hamblen, Bruce Martin
BMJ  2011;342:d150 (Published )
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Michael Ward Mills
Joanna Leach
BMJ  2011;342:c7319 (Published )
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John Bernard Penry
Michael Roberts, Campbell Mackenzie
BMJ  2011;342:d154 (Published )
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Richard John Pugh
Kate Pugh
BMJ  2011;342:d148 (Published )
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Personal View: Foundation year doctors lack surgical experience
James S Bowness, Ben Clift
BMJ  2011;342:c4947 (Published )
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Review of the Week: At war with polio
Julian Sheather
BMJ  2011;342:d180 (Published )
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Between the Lines: A cut price Frankenstein
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2011;342:d183 (Published )
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Medical Classics: Henry Tonks’s war pictures
Jane Moore
BMJ  2011;342:d101 (Published )
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From the Frontline: Sour grapes: our changing relationship with alcohol
Des Spence
BMJ  2011;342:d170 (Published )
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Past Caring: New year, new health?
Wendy Moore
BMJ  2011;342:d79 (Published )
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onExamination Quiz: Acute pancreatitis
BMJ  2011;342:d57 (Published )
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Picture Quiz: Nail changes in a patient with leukaemia
M Emmanuel Bhaskar
BMJ  2011;342:c6439 (Published )
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Statistical Question: Meta-analyses I
Philip Sedgwick
BMJ  2011;342:d45 (Published )
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Jonathan H Norris, Raman Malhotra
BMJ  2011;342:d55 (Published )
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Studenpedia
John Godfrey
BMJ  2010;341:c5900 (Published )
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