16 November 2013(vol 347, issue 7933)

Editor's Choice

• We need to separate “old” and “age”

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6823 (Published 14 November 2013)

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News

• NHS 111 led to more ambulance dispatches, finds study

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6811 (Published 14 November 2013)

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• NHS medical director proposes two tier emergency service

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6828 (Published 13 November 2013)

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• In brief

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6775 (Published 12 November 2013)

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• Standard tobacco packaging still being considered but is not a “silver bullet,” says health department

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6751 (Published 08 November 2013)

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• Teenagers say slim cigarettes are “cool” and “classy”

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6759 (Published 11 November 2013)

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• Academics who spoke out on swine flu risks were more likely to have industry links, study finds

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6758 (Published 12 November 2013)

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• NHS “pays twice” for patients at walk-in centres who are registered elsewhere, study finds

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6773 (Published 11 November 2013)

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• NHS doesn’t know how many managers were made redundant and rehired after coalition’s changes

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6710 (Published 07 November 2013)

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• Women who have had surgery for obesity have raised risk of preterm babies

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6774 (Published 12 November 2013)

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• Trial will test whether shopping vouchers encourage breast feeding

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6807 (Published 12 November 2013)

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• US lawyers investigate trial that secured license for AstraZeneca’s antiplatelet drug

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6727 (Published 08 November 2013)

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• Surgeon jailed for manslaughter after postponing surgery on man with perforated bowel

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6722 (Published 07 November 2013)

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Observations

• John Burn: Pet hate is risk averse bureaucracy

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6736 (Published 14 November 2013)

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Editorials

• Implausible results in human nutrition research

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6698 (Published 14 November 2013)

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• Telemonitoring for patients with COPD

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f5932 (Published 17 October 2013)

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• India has a problem with palm oil

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6065 (Published 28 October 2013)

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• Severe hypotension associated with α blocker tamsulosin

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6492 (Published 05 November 2013)

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Research

• Comparative effectiveness of renin-angiotensin system blockers and other antihypertensive drugs in patients with diabetes: systematic review and bayesian network meta-analysis

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6008 (Published 24 October 2013)

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• Effectiveness of telemonitoring integrated into existing clinical services on hospital admission for exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: researcher blind, multicentre, randomised controlled trial

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6070 (Published 17 October 2013)

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• Palm oil taxes and cardiovascular disease mortality in India: economic-epidemiologic model

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6048 (Published 22 October 2013)

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• Tamsulosin treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia and risk of severe hypotension in men aged 40-85 years in the United States: risk window analyses using between and within patient methodology

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6320 (Published 05 November 2013)

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Feature

• Putting GlaxoSmithKline to the test over paroxetine

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6754 (Published 12 November 2013)

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Head to Head

• Should influenza vaccination be mandatory for healthcare workers?

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6705 (Published 12 November 2013)

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Analysis

• Population ageing: the timebomb that isn’t?

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6598 (Published 12 November 2013)

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Letters

• Doctors should be tried by a UK criminal court, not by the GMC

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6752 (Published 12 November 2013)

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• Most doctors have negative experiences of reporting incidents

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6714 (Published 12 November 2013)

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• Dementia statistic is misleading

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6704 (Published 12 November 2013)

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• Authors’ reply to Brunet

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6708 (Published 12 November 2013)

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• Advance care planning is everybody’s business

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6748 (Published 12 November 2013)

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• End of life care—the buck stops here with doctors

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6608 (Published 12 November 2013)

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Observations

• Sailing without a lookout: cuts to the Office for National Statistics

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6739 (Published 13 November 2013)

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Views & Reviews

• Stoma care: the market in products lets patients down

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6129 (Published 17 October 2013)

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Obituaries

• Michael George Parke Stoker

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f5831 (Published 01 October 2013)

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Clinical Review

• Central venous catheters

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6570 (Published 11 November 2013)

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Practice

• Secondary prevention for patients after a myocardial infarction: summary of updated NICE guidance

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6544 (Published 13 November 2013)

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• Investigating hypokalaemia

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f5137 (Published 24 September 2013)

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Endgames

• Free air, but where?

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f5860 (Published 08 October 2013)

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• Prospective cohort studies: advantages and disadvantages

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6726 (Published 08 November 2013)

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• Transverse ultrasound through the thyroid gland

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6182 (Published 15 October 2013)

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Views & Reviews

• Bad medicine: gabapentin and pregabalin

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6747 (Published 08 November 2013)

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• A conversation with great doctors

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6746 (Published 08 November 2013)

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Minerva

• Sportsman’s groin and other stories . . .

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6724 (Published 13 November 2013)

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• An adder bite in Sussex

  BMJ 2013; 347 :f6723 (Published 13 November 2013)

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