11 Dec, 12 | by jghosh
The most read article in November was Arroll and Howard’s newly published prospective study on therapeutic approaches to myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. The second most read was also a new study, by Liao and colleagues, on the content and quality of information in online advertisements for female genital cosmetic surgery.
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13 Nov, 12 | by BMJ Group
The most read article in October was Laursen and colleagues’ newly published study of the effects of exercise volume and intensity upon the risk of metabolic syndrome. For the second month running, Ekström et al‘s cohort study of the effectiveness of metformin was second most read and Kripke et al‘s study of hypnotics and mortality remains the third most-read article some nine months after its publication.
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18 Sep, 12 | by BMJ Group
The most read article in August was Taylor and colleagues’ analysis of the relative risk of harm associated with substance misuse, which was originally published at the end of July.
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9 Aug, 12 | by BMJ Group
The most read article in July was Heneghan and colleagues’ analysis of sports performance products, which received widespread press attention and was also accompanied by a BBC Panorama special. The second most read paper, Katzmarzyk and Lee’s life table analysis of life expectancy and sedentary behaviour, also received large amounts of press coverage both in Europe and the US. Kripke et al‘s study of hypnotics and mortality remains highly read, and is still in the top three some five months after its publication.
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| Rank | Author(s) | Title |
| 1 | Heneghan et al |
The evidence underpinning sports performance products: a systematic assessment |
| 2 | Katzmarzyk and Lee |
Sedentary behaviour and life expectancy in the USA: a cause-deleted life table analysis |
| 3 | Kripke et al | Hypnotics’ association with mortality or cancer: a matched cohort study |
| 4 | Townsend and Pitchford | Baby knows best? The impact of weaning style on food preferences and body mass index in early childhood in a case–controlled sample |
| 5 | Hoddinott et al |
A serial qualitative interview study of infant feeding experiences: idealism meets realism |
| 6 | Jorgensen et al
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| 7 | Lee et al | UK stroke incidence, mortality and cardiovascular risk management 1999–2008: time-trend analysis from the General Practice Research Database |
| 8 | Patterson et al | Consumption of takeaway and fast food in a deprived inner London Borough: are they associated with childhood obesity? |
| 9 | Wheelock et al | |
| 10 | Ekstrom et al |
5 Jul, 12 | by BMJ Group
The most read article in June was once again Kripke and colleagues’ paper on the association between hypnotic use and mortality. Both the second and third most read papers - Söder et al‘s analysis on the association between dental plaque and mortality in Sweden and Nichols et al‘s modelling study on optimal alcohol intake – received large amounts of press coverage in the UK and beyond.
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12 Jun, 12 | by BMJ Group
The most read article in May was Kripke and colleagues’ analysis of the association between hypnotics and mortality. Woz et al‘s analysis of post-discharge hospital utilisation, originally published in April, was the second most popular and the newly published paper by Wiberg et al on the relationship between cognitive performance and post-stroke mortality was the third most read.
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| Rank | Author(s) | Title |
| 1 | Kripke et al | Hypnotics’ association with mortality or cancer: a matched cohort study |
| 2 | Woz et al | Gender as risk factor for 30 days post-discharge hospital utilisation: a secondary data analysis |
| 3 | Wiberg et al | |
| 4 | Townsend and Pitchford | Baby knows best? The impact of weaning style on food preferences and body mass index in early childhood in a case–controlled sample |
| 5 | Belghiti et al | Oxytocin during labour and risk of severe postpartum haemorrhage: a population-based, cohort-nested case–control study |
| 6 | Nichols et al | |
| 7 | Lee et al | UK stroke incidence, mortality and cardiovascular risk management 1999–2008: time-trend analysis from the General Practice Research Database |
| 8 | Gidman et al | |
| 9 | Jara et al |
A new user cohort study comparing the safety of long-acting inhaled bronchodilators in COPD |
| 10 | Hoddinott et al | A serial qualitative interview study of infant feeding experiences: idealism meets realism |
9 May, 12 | by BMJ Group
The most read article in April was – for the third month running – Kripke and colleagues’ analysis of the association between hypnotics and mortality. Second and third most read were Townsend and Pitchford’s study of the impact of weaning style on food preferences and Hoddinott et al‘s qualitative study of infant feeding. Six of the ten are newly published papers.
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12 Apr, 12 | by BMJ Group
The most read article in March was Kripke et al‘s study of the association between hypnotics and mortality, originally published at the end of February. In second and third place are two very different articles both relating to infant feeding. Belghiti et al‘s study of the association between oxytocin and postpartum haemorrhage, which was originally published in December 2011, is the fourth most read.
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8 Feb, 12 | by BMJ Group
The most read article in January was Bito et al‘s randomised controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of wrap therapy in treating pressure ulcers. Both Crawley et al‘s paper on chronic fatigue syndrome amongst school-aged children and Margel and Fleshner’s ecological study of prostate cancer and the oral contraceptive pill remained highly popular.
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7 Dec, 11 | by BMJ Group
The most read BMJ Open article in November was Margel and Fleshner’s ecological study of the association between oral contraceptive use and prostate cancer. The paper received lots of press attention, with articles in the UK, India, Canada and the US.
Brett et al‘s paper on effective communication with parents of pre-term infants was also popular last month, going from 9th most viewed in October up to 2nd place in November. Overgaard et al‘s study of midwifery units also remained highly viewed.
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