05 September 2009(vol 339, issue 7720)

Editor's Choice

• Expect the unexpected

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3571 (Published 02 September 2009)

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Editorials

• Oral contraceptives and venous thromboembolism

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3164 (Published 13 August 2009)

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• Incidental findings on brain magnetic resonance imaging

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3107 (Published 25 August 2009)

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• The effects of payment by results

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3081 (Published 27 August 2009)

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• Rosiglitazone or pioglitazone in type 2 diabetes?

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3076 (Published 19 August 2009)

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• Vegetarian diets

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2507 (Published 08 July 2009)

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Letters

• QRISK may be less useful

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• Bespoke cohort studies needed

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3512 (Published 01 September 2009)

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• ASSIGN, QRISK, and validation

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3514 (Published 01 September 2009)

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• Authors’ reply

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• Management is more than pills

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3502 (Published 01 September 2009)

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• The myth of complexity

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3505 (Published 01 September 2009)

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• Rules are different in diabetes

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3507 (Published 01 September 2009)

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• If less is more, how much is zero?

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3500 (Published 01 September 2009)

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• WHO values health directly

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3503 (Published 01 September 2009)

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• Quality reflects leadership

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3533 (Published 01 September 2009)

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• More on quality of care

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3526 (Published 01 September 2009)

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• HPA advice on antipyretics does not contradict NICE

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3501 (Published 01 September 2009)

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News

• BMJ lends its support to 10:10 climate change campaign

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3520 (Published 02 September 2009)

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• UN calls for safe humanitarian corridors in northern Yemen as conflict escalates

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3546 (Published 02 September 2009)

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• In brief

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• Doctors try to get speakers to boycott international conference chaired by plagiarist

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3545 (Published 01 September 2009)

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• Drug related deaths continue to rise in the UK

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3536 (Published 01 September 2009)

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• German medical academics are accused of helping students obtain doctorates for cash

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3498 (Published 28 August 2009)

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• Billions of dollars needed to close global spending gap on cancer care

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3499 (Published 28 August 2009)

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• China starts to move away from using organs from executed prisoners for transplantations

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3567 (Published 02 September 2009)

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• Global warming is more harmful for people with respiratory problems, warns specialist society

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3530 (Published 02 September 2009)

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• Rising cost of care in rich countries is driving patients to seek treatment in developing nations

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3541 (Published 02 September 2009)

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• Perverse financial incentives reward poor quality care, says report

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3549 (Published 01 September 2009)

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Short Cuts

• All you need to read in the other general journals

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3511 (Published 01 September 2009)

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Feature

• In clear sight

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3443 (Published 02 September 2009)

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Observations

• Hippocrates, Michael Jackson, and medical ethics

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3535 (Published 02 September 2009)

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Head to Head

• Does Helicobacter pylori really cause duodenal ulcers? Yes

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• Does Helicobacter pylori really cause duodenal ulcers? No

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2788 (Published 14 August 2009)

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Analysis

• Financial incentives to promote social mobility

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3219 (Published 26 August 2009)

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Research

• Incidental findings on brain magnetic resonance imaging: systematic review and meta-analysis

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3016 (Published 17 August 2009)

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• Disagreements in meta-analyses using outcomes measured on continuous or rating scales: observer agreement study

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3128 (Published 13 August 2009)

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• Has payment by results affected the way that English hospitals provide care? Difference-in-differences analysis

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3047 (Published 27 August 2009)

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• Hormonal contraception and risk of venous thromboembolism: national follow-up study

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2890 (Published 13 August 2009)

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• The venous thrombotic risk of oral contraceptives, effects of oestrogen dose and progestogen type: results of the MEGA case-control study

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2921 (Published 13 August 2009)

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• Adverse cardiovascular events during treatment with pioglitazone and rosiglitazone: population based cohort study

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2942 (Published 19 August 2009)

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Clinical Review

• Contraception for women: an evidence based overview

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2895 (Published 07 August 2009)

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Practice

• Subarachnoid haemorrhage

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2874 (Published 21 August 2009)

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• Chronic wound sepsis due to retained vacuum assisted closure foam

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b2269 (Published 24 June 2009)

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• Reduced sexual desire in women

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b2371 (Published 10 August 2009)

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• Topical administration of chloramphenicol can induce acute hepatitis

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1699 (Published 12 June 2009)

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Obituaries

• Barrie R Jones

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• Lawrence William Bowen

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• Joan Muriel Lilian Gabb (née Apted)

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• William John Gordon

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• Colin Hedderwick Hodge

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• Bernard Perlow

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3310 (Published 14 August 2009)

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• Brian Turbett Smyth

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3329 (Published 25 August 2009)

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• Michael Jacob Tarlow

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Views & Reviews

• Just a little scratch?

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3393 (Published 27 August 2009)

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• The battle for hearts and minds

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3566 (Published 02 September 2009)

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• A box of tricks

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3322 (Published 02 September 2009)

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• Ionych

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3395 (Published 27 August 2009)

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• The cyclopaths

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3534 (Published 02 September 2009)

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• We aren’t the champions

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3547 (Published 02 September 2009)

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Endgames

• Statistical significance and confidence intervals

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• Transient loss of consciousness and a heart murmur

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3323 (Published 02 September 2009)

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• Stroke quiz

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3343 (Published 02 September 2009)

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• Poisoning

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Minerva

• Minerva

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• Minerva

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Filler

• The doctor who became a shepherd

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b449 (Published 01 September 2009)

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• Practical learning

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a569 (Published 14 August 2008)

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