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Economic evaluation of human papillomavirus vaccination in the United Kingdom
Mark Jit, Yoon Hong Choi, W John Edmunds
BMJ  2008;337:a769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a769 (Published 17 July 2008)
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Interventions before consultations to help patients address their information needs by encouraging question asking: systematic review
Paul Kinnersley, Adrian Edwards, Kerry Hood, Rebecca Ryan, Hayley Prout, Naomi Cadbury, Fergus MacBeth, Phyllis Butow, Christopher Butler
BMJ  2008;337:a485, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a485 (Published 16 July 2008)
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Relation of iron and red meat intake to blood pressure: cross sectional epidemiological study
Ioanna Tzoulaki, Ian J Brown, Queenie Chan, Linda Van Horn, Hirotsugu Ueshima, Liancheng Zhao, Jeremiah Stamler, Paul Elliott, for the International Collaborative Research Group on Macro-/Micronutrients and Blood Pressure
BMJ  2008;337:a258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a258 (Published 15 July 2008)
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A model based on age, sex, and morbidity to explain variation in UK general practice prescribing: cohort study
Rumana Z Omar, Caoimhe O’Sullivan, Irene Petersen, Amir Islam, Azeem Majeed
BMJ  2008;337:a238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a238 (Published 14 July 2008)
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Guillain-Barré syndrome
John B Winer
BMJ  2008;337:a671, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a671 (Published 17 July 2008)
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Lesson of the Week: Acute phosphate nephropathy after sodium phosphate preparations
Andrew Connor, Lucy Sykes, Ian S D Roberts, Charles E Weston
BMJ  2008;337:a182, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a182 (Published 17 July 2008)
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Uncertainties Page: Should we treat subclinical hypothyroidism?
Cung B Pham, Allen F Shaughnessy
BMJ  2008;337:a834, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a834 (Published 16 July 2008)
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10-Minute Consultation: Chronic diarrhoea in a teenager
Sonia Saxena, Sally G Mitton, Richard Pollok
BMJ  2008;337:a430, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39490.625197.BE (Published 14 July 2008)
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All you need to read in the other general journals
BMJ  2008;337:a774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a774 (Published 15 July 2008)
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Three jailed in Germany for selling a fraudulent cancer cure to terminally ill patients
Annette Tuffs
BMJ  2008;337:a875, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a875 (Published 18 July 2008)
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Commissioning chief predicts end of traditional doctors’ contracts
Rob Finch
BMJ  2008;337:a881, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a881 (Published 18 July 2008)
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Mortality rates are a blunt tool, says health minister
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2008;337:a890, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a890 (Published 18 July 2008)
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German genetics society condemns doctors who took part in eugenics programme in Nazi era
Ned Stafford
BMJ  2008;337:a876, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a876 (Published 17 July 2008)
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European Commission proposes moves to increase tax on cigarettes and reduce influence of tobacco industry
Rory Watson
BMJ  2008;337:a873, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a873 (Published 17 July 2008)
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Watchdog says councils are unprepared for England’s ageing population
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2008;337:a872, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a872 (Published 17 July 2008)
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End of life strategy offers home nursing care for 24 hours a day
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2008;337:a871, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a871 (Published 17 July 2008)
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Slow progress in tackling alcohol misuse and obesity risks derailing other health gains
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2008;337:a857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a857 (Published 16 July 2008)
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Young people carry a disproportionate burden of sexually transmitted infections in UK
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2008;337:a854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a854 (Published 16 July 2008)
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Roche is suspended from ABPI for "actions likely to bring discredit" on the industry
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2008;337:a835, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a835 (Published 16 July 2008)
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Student rejected by Imperial because of conviction is granted interview at Manchester
Jessie Colquhoun
BMJ  2008;337:a830, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a830 (Published 16 July 2008)
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Judge tries to broker treatment deal for patients with macular degeneration in funding row
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2008;337:a864, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a864 (Published 16 July 2008)
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Chief medical officer outlines how more data collection can make surgery safer
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2008;337:a844, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a844 (Published 16 July 2008)
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European Commission plans free fruit and vegetable scheme in schools
Rory Watson
BMJ  2008;337:a829, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a829 (Published 15 July 2008)
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Consensus emerges on need for US agency similar to NICE
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2008;337:a817, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a817 (Published 15 July 2008)
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FDA adds "black box" warning label to fluoroquinolone antibiotics
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2008;337:a816, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a816 (Published 15 July 2008)
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US paediatricians and cardiologists are criticised for recommending statins for children
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2008;337:a813, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a813 (Published 15 July 2008)
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In brief
BMJ  2008;337:a823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a823 (Published 15 July 2008)
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Report calls for better UK coordination to solve devolution problems
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2008;337:a832, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a832 (Published 14 July 2008)
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Debate on abortion is deferred until autumn
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2008;337:a815, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a815 (Published 14 July 2008)
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Prosecution over drug price fixing collapses
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2008;337:a814, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a814 (Published 14 July 2008)
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NHS publishes survival rates for common operations for individual hospitals
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2008;337:a803, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a803 (Published 14 July 2008)
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News feature: Costly US anticancer drugs pose problems for doctors and patients
Fred Charatan
BMJ  2008;337:a778, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a778 (Published 14 July 2008)
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Conquering old age
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2008;337:a847, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a847 (Published 15 July 2008)
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Human papillomavirus vaccination in the UK
Jane J Kim
BMJ  2008;337:a842, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a842 (Published 17 July 2008)
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Providing information for patients
Elizabeth Murray
BMJ  2008;337:a280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a280 (Published 16 July 2008)
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Confronting therapeutic ignorance
Iain Chalmers
BMJ  2008;337:a841, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39555.392627.80 (Published 16 July 2008)
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Tackling knife violence
Jonathan Shepherd, Iain Brennan
BMJ  2008;337:a849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a849 (Published 16 July 2008)
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Dietary iron and blood pressure
Saverio Stranges, Eliseo Guallar
BMJ  2008;337:a547, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a547 (Published 15 July 2008)
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The future of primary and community care in England
Chris Ham
BMJ  2008;337:a819, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a819 (Published 15 July 2008)
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A friend in need: Caring still lives
David R Warriner
BMJ  2008;337:a798, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a798 (Published 15 July 2008)
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A friend in need: General practitioners must have their own list
Alexander Michael Hall-Smith
BMJ  2008;337:a797, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a797 (Published 15 July 2008)
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Key opinion leaders: Getting them while they’re young
Carl J Reynolds, Tom Yates, Robert Hughes
BMJ  2008;337:a792, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a792 (Published 15 July 2008)
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Key opinion leaders: How to spot one
Alexander S D Spiers
BMJ  2008;337:a790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a790 (Published 15 July 2008)
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Key opinion leaders: Thus are our medical meetings managed
Adriane Fugh-Berman
BMJ  2008;337:a789, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a789 (Published 15 July 2008)
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Key opinion leaders: How it really works
Bernard J Carroll
BMJ  2008;337:a788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a788 (Published 15 July 2008)
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Key opinion leaders: High tech gadgetry introduced by stealth
Su Sethi, Claire O’Donnell
BMJ  2008;337:a782, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a782 (Published 15 July 2008)
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Antipsychotics for dementia: Antipsychotics for dementia is metaphor for elderly care
Paddy Quail
BMJ  2008;337:a796, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a796 (Published 15 July 2008)
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Complementary medicine: Regulating the irregular is a contradiction
Luc Bonneux
BMJ  2008;337:a795, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a795 (Published 15 July 2008)
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Manners in medicine: What’s in a name?
Anke Medrington
BMJ  2008;337:a687, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a687 (Published 15 July 2008)
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Cancer drugs and copayments: Why not adopt the blacklist of yore?
L Sam Lewis
BMJ  2008;337:a807, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a807 (Published 14 July 2008)
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NHS at 60: Doctors’ infantalisation
Alexandra Thomson-Moore
BMJ  2008;337:a791, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a791 (Published 14 July 2008)
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Darzi review: Clinical dashboards and open kimonos
Neil J Hughes
BMJ  2008;337:a787, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a787 (Published 14 July 2008)
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Media and health service: How the government is failing the health service
Richard A D O’Brien
BMJ  2008;337:a784, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a784 (Published 14 July 2008)
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Cancer drugs and copayments: Critical issue is rapidity of review of new drugs
Alan Rodger
BMJ  2008;337:a779, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a779 (Published 14 July 2008)
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Body Politic: A discriminating judgment
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ  2008;337:a809, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a809 (Published 14 July 2008)
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Personal paper: A transatlantic review of the NHS at 60
Donald M Berwick
BMJ  2008;337:a838, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a838 (Published 17 July 2008)
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Will the NHS strategic plan benefit patients?
Donald W Light
BMJ  2008;337:a824, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a824 (Published 17 July 2008)
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Harms of target driven health care
Nigel Rawlinson
BMJ  2008;337:a885, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39604.711146.47 (Published 17 July 2008)
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The good, the bad, and the four hour target
James Orr
BMJ  2008;337:a195, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a195 (Published 17 July 2008)
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Review of the Week: The secret of HIV control can be found in the back streets
Joanna Busza
BMJ  2008;337:a800, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a800 (Published 16 July 2008)
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Between the Lines: The benefits of gout
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2008;337:a781, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a781 (Published 16 July 2008)
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From the Frontline: Spam medicine
Des Spence
BMJ  2008;337:a810, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a810 (Published 14 July 2008)
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Medical Classics: Essays on the First Hundred Years of Anaesthesia
Aidan O’Donnell
BMJ  2008;337:a794, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a794 (Published 14 July 2008)
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Michael Ellis DeBakey
Fred Charatan
BMJ  2008;337:a870, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a870 (Published 18 July 2008)
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Thomas Bryce Dunn
John Armstrong
BMJ  2008;337:a862, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a862 (Published 18 July 2008)
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Stanley Laurie Kaye
Jeremy Kaye
BMJ  2008;337:a861, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a861 (Published 18 July 2008)
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Sylvia Todd (née Dennison)
Norman D Jarvie
BMJ  2008;337:a860, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a860 (Published 18 July 2008)
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Ronald Napier Robertson Grant
Alison Grant, George Thomas
BMJ  2008;337:a858, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a858 (Published 18 July 2008)
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John Robert Hearnshaw
Paul McNally, Hilary Hearnshaw
BMJ  2008;337:a856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a856 (Published 18 July 2008)
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Malcolm Panter-Brick
Alan Craft
BMJ  2008;337:a846, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a846 (Published 18 July 2008)
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Qiu Fazu
Annette Tuffs
BMJ  2008;337:a812, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a812 (Published 15 July 2008)
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Victoria H Smith, Stephen K Jones
BMJ  2008;337:a793, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a793 (Published 14 July 2008)
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BMJ  2008;337:a783, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a783 (Published 14 July 2008)
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A curious thing
Paul Whelan, Chris Kalafatis, John Oxford, Anthony Gilbert, Robert Lambkin-Williams
BMJ  2008;337:a843, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a843 (Published 18 July 2008)
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When I use a word: Tom Swifties
Jeff Aronson
BMJ  2008;337:a836, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a836 (Published 17 July 2008)
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Paper hazards
H V Wyatt
BMJ  2008;337:a267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a267 (Published 16 July 2008)
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Endpiece: Drink your ale and be damned
BMJ  2008;337:a825, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39520.483403.BD (Published 14 July 2008)
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