29 August 2009(vol 339, issue 7719)

Editor's Choice

• A hesitation to be brave

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3468 (Published 27 August 2009)

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Editorials

• Sore throat in primary care

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2476 (Published 06 August 2009)

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• New methods to deal with publication bias

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3272 (Published 26 August 2009)

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• Pain and radiographic damage in osteoarthritis

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2802 (Published 21 August 2009)

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• Management of stable angina

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2789 (Published 17 July 2009)

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• Future NHS funding

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2736 (Published 20 July 2009)

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Letters

• Let’s not screen women under 25 throughout the UK

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3426 (Published 25 August 2009)

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• Misdiagnosis in the time of meningitis

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3423 (Published 25 August 2009)

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• Role of psychological factors

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3424 (Published 25 August 2009)

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• Fundamental errors in estimate of lives saved by screening

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3359 (Published 25 August 2009)

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• Data needed to establish causes

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3428 (Published 25 August 2009)

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• Doctors, steer clear

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3422 (Published 25 August 2009)

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News

• Metal smelting plants poison hundreds of Chinese children

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3433 (Published 24 August 2009)

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• Care for people with neuromuscular conditions is unacceptable, say MPs and peers

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3436 (Published 24 August 2009)

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• In brief

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3459 (Published 25 August 2009)

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• Shortfall of family doctors means US faces “absolute crisis” by 2020

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3431 (Published 24 August 2009)

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• Opposition to swine flu vaccine seems to be growing worldwide

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3461 (Published 26 August 2009)

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• Take more responsibility for your own health, NHS staff told

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3406 (Published 21 August 2009)

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• Drive-in vaccination allows 16 seconds per shot

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3462 (Published 25 August 2009)

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• Regulation of medical research is hampering improvement in US health care, critics say

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3370 (Published 20 August 2009)

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• Dutch hospital consultants threaten legal action over wholesale pay cuts

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3408 (Published 21 August 2009)

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• UK has more guidance on dealing with abandoned cars than abandoned babies, study finds

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3438 (Published 25 August 2009)

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• WHO warns against using homoeopathy to treat serious diseases

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3447 (Published 24 August 2009)

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• Misuse of ADHD drugs by young people is rising, US poisons data show

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3434 (Published 25 August 2009)

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Short Cuts

• All you need to read in the other general journals

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3437 (Published 25 August 2009)

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Feature

• You can say sorry

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3057 (Published 29 July 2009)

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Observations

• Assisted dying: what’s disability got to do with it?

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3446 (Published 26 August 2009)

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Analysis

• We need minimally disruptive medicine

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2803 (Published 11 August 2009)

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Research

• Corticosteroids for pain relief in sore throat: systematic review and meta-analysis

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2976 (Published 06 August 2009)

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• Alarm symptoms and identification of non-cancer diagnoses in primary care: cohort study

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3094 (Published 13 August 2009)

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• Novel methods to deal with publication biases: secondary analysis of antidepressant trials in the FDA trial registry database and related journal publications

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2981 (Published 07 August 2009)

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• Association between radiographic features of knee osteoarthritis and pain: results from two cohort studies

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2844 (Published 21 August 2009)

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• Use of smokeless tobacco and risk of myocardial infarction and stroke: systematic review with meta-analysis

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3060 (Published 19 August 2009)

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Research Methods & Reporting

• The double jeopardy of clustered measurement and cluster randomisation

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2900 (Published 21 August 2009)

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Clinical Review

• An overview of how asbestos exposure affects the lung

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3209 (Published 24 August 2009)

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Practice

• Mesothelioma

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2862 (Published 14 August 2009)

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• Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2474 (Published 16 July 2009)

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Obituaries

• Thomas Edgar Syme Fergusson

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3311 (Published 14 August 2009)

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• Norman William Imlah

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3316 (Published 14 August 2009)

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• Kalman Laszlo Keczkes von Ganoz

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3315 (Published 14 August 2009)

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• Rosemary Maling (née Dearden)

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3312 (Published 14 August 2009)

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• Ronald Marks

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3314 (Published 14 August 2009)

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• Simon Nurick

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3309 (Published 14 August 2009)

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Views & Reviews

• Glad to be here

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3356 (Published 19 August 2009)

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• Men behaving madly

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3095 (Published 25 August 2009)

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• We need ideas based medicine

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3432 (Published 25 August 2009)

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• The Unforgettable Dr Farrell

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3351 (Published 25 August 2009)

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Endgames

• Orthopnoea in a young woman

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3093 (Published 26 August 2009)

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• An unusual case of haemorrhagic stroke

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3204 (Published 26 August 2009)

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• Thyroid disease

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3404 (Published 26 August 2009)

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Minerva

• Minerva

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3414 (Published 25 August 2009)

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• Minerva

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3412 (Published 25 August 2009)

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Filler

• A lengthy illness

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2934 (Published 25 August 2009)

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• The best time to go around

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2935 (Published 24 August 2009)

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• Laughing gas: the best medicine?

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a570 (Published 08 August 2008)

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