03 January 2009(vol 338, issue 7685)

Editor's Choice

• Networking for health

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3153 (Published 30 December 2008)

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Editorials

• Happiness, social networks, and health

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2781 (Published 05 December 2008)

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• The rational clinical examination in emergency care

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2374 (Published 15 December 2008)

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• Innovations in publishing BMJ research

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3123 (Published 29 December 2008)

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• Adjuvant radiotherapy for breast cancer

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2843 (Published 30 December 2008)

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• The future of the quality and outcomes framework

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3017 (Published 19 December 2008)

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Letters

• Sensitivity and specificity of exercise ECG in heart disease

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3098 (Published 24 December 2008)

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• Which “angiographic positives” will die from heart disease?

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3100 (Published 24 December 2008)

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• Cost effective investigation of suspected angina

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3097 (Published 24 December 2008)

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• Morphine remains gold standard in breakthrough cancer pain

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3104 (Published 24 December 2008)

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• Universal BCG in the UK again?

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3101 (Published 24 December 2008)

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• Clinical routines in practice

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3102 (Published 24 December 2008)

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• Wii seems safe with pacemakers

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3103 (Published 24 December 2008)

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News

• Screening for bowel cancer is set to save 2500 lives a year in UK

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3125 (Published 24 December 2008)

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• Medicine takes two of top three places in research assessment exercise

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3121 (Published 23 December 2008)

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• Memory clinics could improve dementia care, say experts

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3127 (Published 24 December 2008)

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• Pharmacists are to offer the pill in London pilot scheme

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3016 (Published 16 December 2008)

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• Challenging time ahead for NHS as recession bites and health problems increase

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3081 (Published 18 December 2008)

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• Researchers refine in vitro test that will reduce the risk of “first in humans” drug trials

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3061 (Published 18 December 2008)

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• In brief

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3132 (Published 24 December 2008)

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• Perinatal mortality in Netherlands third worst in Europe

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3118 (Published 23 December 2008)

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• German paediatricians want law changed to make it easier to report child abuse

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3116 (Published 22 December 2008)

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• US Supreme Court says smokers can sue over “light” cigarettes

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3120 (Published 23 December 2008)

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• Bush administration issues rule to protect health workers who object to medical procedures

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3122 (Published 23 December 2008)

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• US Institute of Medicine calls for greater commitment to global health

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3119 (Published 23 December 2008)

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• Proposal to allow drug companies to give information to public sparks outcry

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3043 (Published 16 December 2008)

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• Spanish chemists will offer HIV tests to members of public in pilot project

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3004 (Published 15 December 2008)

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• Plans to update European working time legislation in disarray

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3080 (Published 19 December 2008)

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Short Cuts

• All you need to read in the other general journals

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3096 (Published 23 December 2008)

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Observations

• “But you’re not a doctor!”

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3077 (Published 23 December 2008)

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Feature

• All change on the road to better health care

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2779 (Published 08 December 2008)

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Analysis

• Extending the benefits of One Laptop per Child to health

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2459 (Published 01 December 2008)

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• Commentary: the joy of mesh

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2500 (Published 03 December 2008)

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Research

• Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2338 (Published 05 December 2008)

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• Commentary: Understanding social network analysis

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1957 (Published 05 December 2008)

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• Detecting implausible social network effects in acne, height, and headaches: longitudinal analysis

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2533 (Published 05 December 2008)

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• Elbow extension test to rule out elbow fracture: multicentre, prospective validation and observational study of diagnostic accuracy in adults and children

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2428 (Published 09 December 2008)

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• Risk of Parkinson’s disease after hospital contact for head injury: population based case-control study

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2494 (Published 15 December 2008)

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• New format for BMJ research articles in print

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2946 (Published 29 December 2008)

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Clinical Review

• Blood pressure self monitoring: questions and answers from a national conference

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2732 (Published 22 December 2008)

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Practice

• Interpreting research findings to guide treatment in practice

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1499 (Published 24 October 2008)

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• What is the optimal management of partial epilepsy uncontrolled by a first choice anticonvulsant?

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2199 (Published 14 November 2008)

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• Acute phosphate nephropathy after sodium phosphate preparations

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a182 (Published 17 July 2008)

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• Sleep disorder (insomnia)

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1245 (Published 28 November 2008)

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Obituaries

• Dennis Walder

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3126 (Published 23 December 2008)

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• Norman Levinson

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3046 (Published 22 December 2008)

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• John George Clarke Munro

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3048 (Published 22 December 2008)

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• Ganapathiraju Ravichandran

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2898 (Published 08 December 2008)

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• George Innes Macdonald Ross

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2899 (Published 08 December 2008)

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• George Malcolm Ross Smith

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3052 (Published 22 December 2008)

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• Dayananda Sirisena Wanigaratne

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3051 (Published 22 December 2008)

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• Michael George Wilson

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3054 (Published 22 December 2008)

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Views & Reviews

• A poster poser—doing it in tiles

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2923 (Published 24 December 2008)

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• The new ethics of research into terrorism

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3069 (Published 22 December 2008)

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• Nothing to be sad about

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3088 (Published 29 December 2008)

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• African Highway: The Battle for Health in Central Africa

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2940 (Published 23 December 2008)

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• Humbug?

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3124 (Published 29 December 2008)

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• Sorry, you’re barred

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3086 (Published 29 December 2008)

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Endgames

• Acute dyspnoea, dysphagia, and non-specific chest pain in a smoker

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2678 (Published 30 December 2008)

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• A case of hepatomegaly

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3090 (Published 30 December 2008)

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• Abdominal pain in children

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3093 (Published 30 December 2008)

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• Response rates to surveys

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3094 (Published 30 December 2008)

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Minerva

• Minerva

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2961 (Published 23 December 2008)

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• Minerva

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a3007 (Published 23 December 2008)

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