Three new articled published this week in PLoS Medicine, including two magazine pieces on R&D: Diana Gibb and colleagues investigate the effect…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Pregnancy in DART trial; Health & pharmaceutical R&DRead more
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General Maternal Mortality Falling – But Still Too HighRead more
Today’s new estimates of maternal mortality from the United Nations’ Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) are good news – but not…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Co-proxamol deaths; Aid & govt spending; HIV & TB in prisonsRead more
Three new articles published this week in PLoS Medicine: A time-series study conducted by Keith Hawton and colleagues reports on the links…
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General Poop Excavated from Old Latrines Finds New LifeRead more
What good is human excrement? For most of us, it’s something to be flushed away, washed off, and certainly not discussed in…
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General Short-Term Surgical Mission: A Vehicle for Sustainable Surgical Care Delivery?Read more
Guest bloggers Gita Mody, JaBaris Swain and Maurice Musoni discuss sustainable surgical care delivery and their experience in Rwanda with Team Heart…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: BMI & ischemic heart disease; Nigerian midwivesRead more
Two new articles published this week in PLoS Medicine: A Mendelian randomization analysis conducted by Børge G. Nordestgaard and colleagues using data…
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General Sugar: A Popular Poison?Read more
Yesterday, for me, marked the true end of the Easter festivities as I solemnly finished the last of my Easter eggs. I…
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Access Open Access and HIFA2015 – where next?Read more
Ginny Barbour, Chief Editor PLoS Medicine, and Neil Pakenham-Walsh, Coordinator, HIFA2015 and CHILD2015 Co-director, Global Healthcare Information Network A few weeks ago…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Competing interests and bias; PPROM; Gaps in health researchRead more
Closing out our April publishing month, PLoS Medicine publishes three new articles, including the monthly editorial which revisits conflicts of interest policies…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: CD4 count prediction; Silica dust exposure; BCoDE projectRead more
Three new articles published this week in PLoS Medicine. Luis Montaner and colleagues retrospectively apply a potential capacity-saving CD4 count prediction tool…
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General Increased Information Transparency is Needed to Fight Air Pollution in ChinaRead more
Guest blogger Mike Frick from Asia Catalyst discusses the problem of air pollution in China and the need for better information. One…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Metformin efficacy; Food insecurity & HIV risk; Sharing clinical study reports & moreRead more
This week in PLoS Medicine, four new articles were released. Catherine Cornu and colleagues performed a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials of…