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19 February 2011 (Vol 342, No 7794)
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Diabetes
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2011;342:d1080 (Published )
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Enteroviruses and type 1 diabetes
Didier Hober, Famara Sane
BMJ  2011;342:c7072 (Published )
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The north-south health divide
Margaret Whitehead, Tim Doran
BMJ  2011;342:d584 (Published )
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C reactive protein and the risk of cardiovascular disease
Bernard Keavney
BMJ  2011;342:d144 (Published )
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The protective effects of helmets in skiers and snowboarders
Gerhard Ruedl, Martin Kopp, Martin Burtscher
BMJ  2011;342:d857 (Published )
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Competition in the NHS in England
Chris Ham
BMJ  2011;342:d1035 (Published )
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NHS reforms: Wants and needs
Julian Tudor Hart
BMJ  2011;342:d984 (Published )
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NHS reforms: Where is the evidence, Mr Lansley?
Sebastian Kraemer
BMJ  2011;342:d981 (Published )
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NHS reforms: Is the NHS only a means of delivering healthcare?
Gareth Forbes
BMJ  2011;342:d983 (Published )
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Living and dying with COPD: End of life trajectories across conditions
Fliss E M Murtagh, Katie Vinen, Ken Farrington, Donal O'Donoghue
BMJ  2011;342:d989 (Published )
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Living and dying with COPD: What happens in neurological disease
Peter Foley
BMJ  2011;342:d994 (Published )
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COPD exacerbations: Anxious not to be breathless
David R Warriner
BMJ  2011;342:d995 (Published )
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Joint hypermobility syndrome: Psychiatric manifestations
Jessica Eccles, Neil Harrison, Hugo Critchley
BMJ  2011;342:d998 (Published )
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Joint hypermobility syndrome: Implications for obstetric care
Malid Molloholli
BMJ  2011;342:d1003 (Published )
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Joint hypermobility syndrome: Urinary incontinence as presenting feature
Malcolm John Dickson, Mari Isdale, Sarah Davies
BMJ  2011;342:d1002 (Published )
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Gun control: Australian and US gun deaths compared
Simon Chapman
BMJ  2011;342:d1005 (Published )
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When to wean: Analysis article on breast feeding was misleading
Mary J Renfrew, William McGuire, Felicia M McCormick
BMJ  2011;342:d987 (Published )
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When to wean: Infection more important than anaemia or allergy
Charlotte M Wright
BMJ  2011;342:d1000 (Published )
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Response: Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition replies to Mary Fewtrell and colleagues
Anthony F Williams, Ann Prentice
BMJ  2011;342:d980 (Published )
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Ruling prevents women taking second abortion pill at home
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2011;342:d1045 (Published )
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Price competition may drive down quality of care, hear MPs looking at health bill
Jacqui Wise
BMJ  2011;342:d996 (Published )
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"Harrowing accounts" show how NHS fails to meet basic standards of care of elderly people
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2011;342:d1064 (Published )
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Avoid cuts that will widen gaps in child development, Marmot urges
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2011;342:d971 (Published )
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Neuroscience research is to lose £4m of government funds a year
Geoff Watts
BMJ  2011;342:d975 (Published )
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Baby P doctor is allowed to remove herself from medical register
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2011;342:d1015 (Published )
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Public are unwilling to use available defibrillators, Dutch study finds
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2011;342:d1033 (Published )
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Defensive medical practices consume 35% of orthopaedic imaging costs, study finds
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2011;342:d1037 (Published )
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Spanish government appeals against new law on generics in Galicia that is set to save {euro}93m a year
Aser Garcia Rada
BMJ  2011;342:d1036 (Published )
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Study shows no difference in bacterial contamination of doctors’ wrists with short or long sleeves
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2011;342:d1079 (Published )
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In brief
BMJ  2011;342:d1001 (Published )
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A pneumococcal vaccine is launched in Africa to cut child deaths
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2011;342:d1075 (Published )
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Researchers move closer to predicting aggressiveness of prostate cancer
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2011;342:d1031 (Published )
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Nations with endemic malaria are urged to scrap taxes and tariffs on drugs and tests
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2011;342:d1034 (Published )
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Germany plans law to limit hospital rooms to two beds
Annette Tuffs
BMJ  2011;342:d1044 (Published )
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All you need to read in the other general journals
BMJ  2011;342:d972 (Published )
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Cohort Studies: In for the long haul
Geoff Watts
BMJ  2011;342:d942 (Published )
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Vaccines: Global HPV vaccination
Sophie Arie
BMJ  2011;342:d1042 (Published )
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On The Contrary: Behold the Elderflower Revolution in healthcare
Tony Delamothe
BMJ  2011;342:d1041 (Published )
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Medicine and the Media: The other Twitter revolution: how social media are helping to monitor the NHS reforms
Martin McKee, Katie Cole, Louise Hurst, Robert W Aldridge, Richard Horton
BMJ  2011;342:d948 (Published )
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Medicine and the Media: How useful are lifetime risks of disease?
Margaret McCartney
BMJ  2011;342:d1046 (Published )
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Private finance initiatives during NHS austerity
Allyson M Pollock, David Price, Moritz Liebe
BMJ  2011;342:d324 (Published )
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Enterovirus infection and type 1 diabetes mellitus: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational molecular studies
Wing-Chi G Yeung, William D Rawlinson, Maria E Craig
BMJ  2011;342:d35 (Published )
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Improving cardiovascular health at population level: 39 community cluster randomised trial of Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program (CHAP)
Janusz Kaczorowski, Larry W Chambers, Lisa Dolovich, J Michael Paterson, Tina Karwalajtys, Tracy Gierman, Barbara Farrell, Beatrice McDonough, Lehana Thabane, Karen Tu, Brandon Zagorski, Ron Goeree, Cheryl A Levitt, William Hogg, Stephanie Laryea, Megan Ann Carter, Dana Cross, Rolf J Sabaldt
BMJ  2011;342:d442 (Published )
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Trends in mortality from 1965 to 2008 across the English north-south divide: comparative observational study
John M Hacking, Sara Muller, Iain E Buchan
BMJ  2011;342:d508 (Published )
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Early life exposure to diagnostic radiation and ultrasound scans and risk of childhood cancer: case-control study
Preetha Rajaraman, Jill Simpson, Gila Neta, Amy Berrington de Gonzalez, Pat Ansell, Martha S Linet, Elaine Ron, Eve Roman
BMJ  2011;342:d472 (Published )
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Association between C reactive protein and coronary heart disease: mendelian randomisation analysis based on individual participant data
C Reactive Protein Coronary Heart Disease Genetics Collaboration (CCGC)
BMJ  2011;342:d548 (Published )
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Islet transplantation in type 1 diabetes
Hanneke de Kort, Eelco J de Koning, Ton J Rabelink, Jan A Bruijn, Ingeborg M Bajema
BMJ  2011;342:d217 (Published )
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Therapeutics: Glucagon-like peptide-1 analogues for type 2 diabetes
John P H Wilding, Kevin Hardy
BMJ  2011;342:d410 (Published )
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Easily Missed?: Type 1 diabetes in children
Keya Ali, Anthony Harnden, Julie A Edge
BMJ  2011;342:d294 (Published )
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10-Minute Consultation: Hypoglycaemia
Piya Sen Gupta, Andrea N Green, Tahseen A Chowdhury
BMJ  2011;342:d567 (Published )
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Ernest McCulloch
Ned Stafford
BMJ  2011;342:d1081 (Published )
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Edward Barry Adams
Oscar Jolobe, Y K Seedat
BMJ  2011;342:d1023 (Published )
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Robert John Oriel Davies
John Stradling, Colin Mumford
BMJ  2011;342:d1026 (Published )
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Jean Drinkwater
Andrew Drinkwater
BMJ  2011;342:d1029 (Published )
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Ian William Ballantyne Grant
Ian S Grant
BMJ  2011;342:d1027 (Published )
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Theodore Inslee Jones
Gordon Stewart
BMJ  2011;342:d1024 (Published )
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Peter Timmis
Jane Timmis, Adam Timmis, Ben Timmis
BMJ  2011;342:d1025 (Published )
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Personal View: Circumcision in boys and girls: why the double standard?
Mihail Evans
BMJ  2011;342:d978 (Published )
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Review of the Week: Older and wiser
Graham Mulley
BMJ  2011;342:d922 (Published )
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Review: Alive and kicking
Muiris Houston
BMJ  2011;342:d1058 (Published )
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Between the Lines: A villainous doctor
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2011;342:d165 (Published )
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Medical Classics: Eyes Without a Face
Brian Glasser
BMJ  2011;342:d932 (Published )
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From The Frontline: Explaining the unexplainable
Des Spence
BMJ  2011;342:d1039 (Published )
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The Bigger Picture: The need to teach inspiration
Mary E Black
BMJ  2011;342:d1038 (Published )
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Statistical Question: Meta-analyses VI
Philip Sedgwick
BMJ  2011;342:d937 (Published )
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Case Report: A boy with a painful arm
D A Pettitt, P McArthur
BMJ  2011;342:c5972 (Published )
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onExamination Quiz: Developmental dysplasia of the hip
BMJ  2011;342:d946 (Published )
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Chittajallu Niveditha, Hardeep S Mudhar, Soupramanien Sandramouli
BMJ  2011;342:d955 (Published )
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BMJ  2011;342:d963 (Published )
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