This week PLOS Medicine offers a global perspective on access to health information and integrating mental health. New research articles on mortality…
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General This Week in PLOS Medicine: Global Access to Health Information, Integrating Mental Health, Upper GI Bleeds, & CinacalcetRead more
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General Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention: Good News in a Year Marked by Malaria EmergenciesRead more
Estrella Lasry from Médecins Sans Frontières reflects on the roll out of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Mali and Chad. In 2012, MSF…
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General This Week in PLOS NTDs and Pathogens: Advancing Neurocysticercosis Research; Ivermectin vs. Onchocerciasis; Rhoptries Revealed; and HCV-Induced Liver DiseaseRead more
The following new articles are publishing in PLOS NTDs this week: Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common cause of adult acquired epilepsy…
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General Should the Alcohol Industry Inform Evidence-Based Health Policy?Read more
In a Policy Forum article published in this week’s PLOS Medicine Jim McCambridge and colleagues analyze submissions made by Alcohol Industry actors…
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General Eliminating Neglect and Neglected Tropical DiseasesRead more
PLOS NTDs Editor-in-Chief, Peter Hotez, highlights progress in the elimination of neglected tropical diseases through mass drug administration and other measures. This…
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General This Week in PLOS Medicine: Atherosclerosis & Air Pollution, Non-melanoma Skin Cancer, & the Scottish Alcohol IndustryRead more
This week PLOS Medicine published articles ranging from research on the link between air pollution and atherosclerosis to a case study of…
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General Earthquakes, Cyclones, Tsunamis, Floods and Volcanoes – assessing the human impact of eachRead more
This week PLOS Currents: Disasters publishes a set of five papers on the Human Impact of five different Natural Disasters: cyclones, floods…
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Conference news Anyone for an Evidence Summer?Read more
In this gloomy northern hemispheric spring, it seems there is something interesting and encouraging going on in public health. Finally, perhaps the…
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General This Week in PLOS Medicine: Preeclampsia & Diabetes, Ugandan Trauma Centers, & Sodium Bicarbonate during Open Heart SurgeryRead more
This week PLOS Medicine featured research and discussion on Preeclampsia as a risk factor for diabetes. A case study of trauma centers…
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General How to Write a Better Systematic Review Abstract: Guidance is HereRead more
Given that many individuals who search the biomedical literature will only end up reading the abstract (if that!), it’s disappointing that generally…
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General This Week in PLOS Pathogens and NTDs: Togo’s LF Successes; Chagas in the Gran Chaco; Neurospirochetoses in Humans and Rodent Models of Disease; Possible Role of Caveolin-1 Protein and moreRead more
New articles publishing in PLOS NTDs this week: In 2000, the National Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (NPELF) was initiated in Togo…
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General What Justifies the Environmental Impact of 1000 Medical Students Flying to Baltimore? The IFMSA General AssemblyRead more
David Carroll describes the ups and downs of the recent International Federation of Medical Students Associations General Assembly. Last month, I was…