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In this month’s summaries:

Assessing the risk of diabetes

BMJ 2015;351:h4525

Learning from soft power

BMJ 2015;351:h4645

Time to question the NHS diabetes prevention programme

BMJ 2015;351:h4717

Dietary fats, health, and inequalities

BMJ 2015;351:h4671

Where are we now with paracetamol?

BMJ 2015;351:h3705

Risk of intracranial haemorrhage linked to co-treatment with antidepressants and NSAIDs

BMJ 2015;351:h3745

Superficial thrombophlebitis (superficial venous thrombosis)

BMJ 2015;350:h2039

Initial drug treatment in Parkinson’s disease

BMJ 2015;351:h4669

Pharmacogenetics begins to deliver on its promises

BMJ 2015;351:h5042

Practical tools for improving global primary care

BMJ 2015;351:h5361