Research highlights – 25 February 2011

“Research highlights” is a weekly round-up of research papers appearing in the print BMJ. We start off with this week’s research questions, before providing more detail on some individual research papers and accompanying articles. […]

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Research highlights – 18 February 2011

“Research highlights” is a weekly round-up of research papers appearing in the print BMJ. We start off with this week’s research questions, before providing more detail on some individual research papers and accompanying articles Is there an association between enterovirus infection and autoimmunity or type 1 diabetes? How effective was a programme for cardiovascular health […]

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Research highlights – 4 February 2011

“Research highlights” is a weekly round-up of research papers appearing in the print BMJ. We start off with this week’s research questions, before providing more detail on some individual research papers and accompanying articles How effective are two risk stratification schemes at predicting thromboembolic events in patients with atrial fibrillation? Is CPR with chest compression […]

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Research highlights – 28 January 2011

“Research highlights” is a weekly round-up of research papers appearing in the print BMJ. We start off with this week’s research questions, before providing more detail on some individual research papers and accompanying articles. Does vitamin D supplementation improve bone mineral density in healthy children? What are the perspectives of people living and dying with […]

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Research highlights – 21 January 2011

“Research highlights” is a weekly round-up of research papers appearing in the print BMJ. We start off with this week’s research questions, before providing more detail on some individual research papers and accompanying articles. What is the association between headaches and volume of white matter hyperintensities on magnetic resonance imaging of the brain? What are […]

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Greg Ramm: Living with dignity in Haiti’s earthquake camps

It was difficult to know exactly what to expect as I arrived in Haiti one year after the terrible earthquake. There had been so many reports – some of them contradictory – and I looked forward to seeing things for myself. Stepping off the aircraft and into the warm morning air of the capital city, […]

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Andrew Burd on plagiarism revisited

I recently shared some thoughts on plagiarism, which is an issue of significant concern to teachers, academics generally and journal editors. Now another concern has been raised and although this relates more to school and undergraduate writing, there is no doubt that without some critical and inspired thinking, this new phenomenon is going to erode […]

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