Guest student blog by Matthew J. To, BMSc candidate, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario (email [email protected])…
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General Addressing the Needs of Cancer Survivors: An Emerging Global ChallengeRead more
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General Are White Coats Turncoats?Read more
Guest student blog by William W. Motley, Neurogenetics Branch, NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA ([email protected]) I was recently admitted to medical school…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: HAART treatment adherence; HIV treatment in UkraineRead more
Two new articles were published this week in PLoS Medicine, both research articles on studies surrounding antiretroviral therapy. Michael Chung and colleagues…
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Policy Encouraging best practice in systematic reviewsRead more
The PLoS Medicine editorial this month focuses on initiatives ensuring best practice in the conduct and reporting of systematic reviews. This editorial…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Registering systematic reviews; Health behaviors; Dengue vaccinesRead more
With the last publishing day of February, PLoS Medicine publishes our monthly editorial followed up with two new articles. In this editorial…
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Policy What is PLoS Medicine’s policy on trials registration?Read more
It’s now well over five years since the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors announced a policy requiring that clinical trials considered…
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General Is funding into Neglected Diseases being misdirected?Read more
Yesterday I attended the launch of the third G-FINDER report on Global Funding of Research and Development into Neglected Diseases. The report…
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General US and Zimbabwean press weigh in on PLoS Medicine articleRead more
Last Tuesday we published a Policy Forum article discussing the “remarkable” decline of HIV in Zimbabwe. It drew upon three primary studies…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Iraqi civilian deaths; Intravaginal practices & HIV; Water softeners & eczemaRead more
Madelyn Hsiao-Rei Hicks and colleagues provide a detailed analysis of the 92,614 Iraqi civilian violent deaths during 2003-2008 of the Iraq war…
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General Tobacco industry again in the firing lineRead more
This week the government of Newfoundland & Labrador filed a lawsuit against more than a dozen tobacco manufacturers to recover the costs…
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General A Story of Renewable Energy Use in Rural ChinaRead more
Guest blog by Angela Ni, Fulbright Fellow 2010-2011, Yunnan, China ([email protected]) Nestled in the foothills of central Yunnan, Caotianba is a small…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Adolescent alcohol use; Human rights in Burma; HIV decline in ZimbabweRead more
Three new articles were published this week in PLoS Medicine: In a systematic review of cohort studies of adolescent drinking and later…