25 April 2015(vol 350, issue 8005)

Editor's Choice

• Less is better—sometimes

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2158 (Published 23 April 2015)

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News

• GP commissioners are not monitoring private contracts effectively, think tank says

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2140 (Published 21 April 2015)

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• In brief

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2112 (Published 23 April 2015)

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• Doctors must not accept inducements for referrals, GMC says

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2098 (Published 20 April 2015)

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• FC Bayern team doctors resign amid rumours of “damaged trust” with management

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2127 (Published 21 April 2015)

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• Coalition cuts have had toxic effect on UK mental health, say therapists

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2090 (Published 20 April 2015)

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• All main political parties’ pledges for NHS will prove inadequate, says former chief executive

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2081 (Published 16 April 2015)

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• Ruptured tendon sidelines Candy Crush gamer after weeks of constant play

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2054 (Published 16 April 2015)

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• Mother is awarded £13m compensation after mistakes at births of two children

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2049 (Published 16 April 2015)

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• Minister rules out use of Avastin over Lucentis for wet AMD

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2050 (Published 16 April 2015)

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• US cardiologist offered money and guns to kill rival doctor, prosecutors allege

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2111 (Published 20 April 2015)

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• Dutch doctors withhold and withdraw treatment in many elderly patients, study finds

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2095 (Published 21 April 2015)

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• Inhaled measles vaccine is less protective than injected vaccine, study shows

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2006 (Published 16 April 2015)

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• Mindfulness based therapy is as effective as antidepressants in preventing depression relapse, study shows

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2107 (Published 22 April 2015)

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• Endovascular therapy reduces disability from stroke, studies confirm

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2084 (Published 20 April 2015)

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Observations

• Chaand Nagpaul: Happiest at Ronnie Scott’s

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2066 (Published 22 April 2015)

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Editorials

• Plans of the main political parties for the NHS

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2089 (Published 20 April 2015)

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• Transcranial direct current brain stimulation for chronic pain

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1774 (Published 16 April 2015)

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• Colorectal cancer screening for older adults

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2029 (Published 16 April 2015)

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• Serotonin and depression

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1771 (Published 21 April 2015)

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Research

• Effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulation preceding cognitive behavioural management for chronic low back pain: sham controlled double blinded randomised controlled trial

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1640 (Published 16 April 2015)

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• Time to benefit for colorectal cancer screening: survival meta-analysis of flexible sigmoidoscopy trials

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1662 (Published 16 April 2015)

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• Impact of smoking and smoking cessation on cardiovascular events and mortality among older adults: meta-analysis of individual participant data from prospective cohort studies of the CHANCES consortium

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1551 (Published 20 April 2015)

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Feature

• Manifesto pledges: more money for the NHS . . . problem solved?

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2109 (Published 22 April 2015)

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• Slaying the dragon: how the tobacco industry refuses to die

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2052 (Published 22 April 2015)

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Analysis

• Rugby injury surveillance and prevention programmes: are they effective?

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1587 (Published 21 April 2015)

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Letters

• The GMC’s stance on Avastin

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2043 (Published 21 April 2015)

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• Marketing regulations do not apply to individual clinicians

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2071 (Published 21 April 2015)

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• Perhaps the Avastin debate should be resolved in court

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2044 (Published 21 April 2015)

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• Knai and colleagues’ response to comments of the Portman Group in news story about their research on the “responsibility deal” on alcohol

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2063 (Published 21 April 2015)

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• Collaboration is needed to promote the good medicine of exercise

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2057 (Published 21 April 2015)

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• Acute kidney injury alerts should be used to draw clinicians’ attention to severe illness

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2070 (Published 21 April 2015)

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• Promoting dental health among high risk groups

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2065 (Published 21 April 2015)

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Observations

• Promises, promises—and common ground: question time for health spokespeople

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2165 (Published 22 April 2015)

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Views & Reviews

• Margaret McCartney: General practice is still the best job in the world

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1721 (Published 30 March 2015)

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• Create a clinical chief executive role in hospitals

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2041 (Published 23 April 2015)

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• We need a drug formulary for obese people

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1356 (Published 16 March 2015)

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Obituaries

• Anthony J Hedley

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h611 (Published 05 February 2015)

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• Wallace Barr

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1243 (Published 11 March 2015)

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• Charles Stephen Crockett

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1294 (Published 11 March 2015)

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• Louise Marson (Tebboth)

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1293 (Published 11 March 2015)

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• John Alan William McKelvey

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1298 (Published 11 March 2015)

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• Charles “Cameron” Stuart Slorach

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1150 (Published 03 March 2015)

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• Mary Maude Tudor

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h742 (Published 17 February 2015)

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Clinical Review

• Infectious mononucleosis

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1825 (Published 21 April 2015)

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Practice

• Drug treatment for adults with HIV infection

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1555 (Published 23 April 2015)

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Feature

• Primary care team of the year

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1951 (Published 22 April 2015)

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• Patient safety team of the year

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1922 (Published 22 April 2015)

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Endgames

• A comparison of parametric and non-parametric statistical tests

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h2053 (Published 17 April 2015)

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• A curious case of facial swelling in the night-time

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1487 (Published 07 April 2015)

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• Anteroposterior chest radiograph in a 3 month old infant

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h195 (Published 09 March 2015)

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Minerva

• Small bowel diverticulosis

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1920 (Published 22 April 2015)

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• Poetry, polypharmacy, and other stories . . .

  BMJ 2015; 350 :h1983 (Published 22 April 2015)

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