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Advances in optimizing the prescription of antibiotics in outpatient settings

This State of the Art Review examines the causes of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and potential antibiotic stewardship interventions in outpatient settings

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Research waste is still a scandal—an essay by Paul Glasziou and Iain Chalmers

BMJ opinionIs 85% of health research really “wasted”?

BMJ opinionFunders and regulators are more important than journals in fixing the waste in research

Practice

Investigating sudden hearing loss in adults

A gun violence prevention organisation leads a march in New York City

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US doctors react to criticism from National Rifle Association

Research methods & reporting

Reporting of stepped wedge cluster randomised trials: extension of the CONSORT 2010 statement

Feature

No deal? Not a happy prospect for life after March 2019

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Braced for Brexit

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Legal representation at tribunals slashes risk of erasure, figures show

Observations

Agnes Binagwaho: Humour, hope, and global health

Practice

Holding out for an apology

Research methods & reporting

The reporting of studies conducted using observational routinely collected health data statement for pharmacoepidemiology (RECORD-PE)

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Congolese fight against Ebola

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National plan is needed to tackle early childhood trauma, say MPs

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NHS England tells CCGs to end postcode lottery over diabetes glucose devices

NewsPatients with type 1 diabetes are missing out on flash glucose devices, finds BMJ investigation

Editorial

Brexit will damage health

BMJ opinionThere is no version of Brexit which will benefit the NHS—only varying degrees of harm

BMJ opinionBrexit won’t build a physical wall, but the boundaries it will create will be significant

BMJ opinionRachel Clarke: Why, as a doctor, I support an informed People’s Vote

Research news

Researcher questions new study suggesting benefits of breast screening

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Views & reviews

David Oliver: Is Matt Hancock really prioritising prevention over cure?

Practice

Is “watch-and-wait” after chemoradiotherapy safe in patients with rectal cancer?

Careers

How do I prepare a personal development plan?

Views & reviews

Time to put place based rivalry to rest

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News

Baby care: RCOG finds average of seven factors behind each stillbirth, neonatal death, and brain injury

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Concern about NHS is key factor in shift in views on Brexit

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Robot assisted surgery is blamed for heart patient’s death

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GMC should apologise for its handling of Bawa-Garba case, says RCP president

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Observations

Why didn’t the budget include tax rises to pay for the NHS funding boost?

News

Sixty seconds on . . . meat tax

Research news

Vitamin D does not reduce cancer or cardiovascular events in healthy adults, trial finds

News

Audit paints “bleak picture” of diabetes care in England and Wales

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British competitiveness at risk from visa system that rejects conference delegates, warn scientists

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