PLoS Pathogens Deputy Editor Grant McFadden reflects on his recent trip to Haiti as part of a volunteer medical team. It is…
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General Pathogens and People: Reflections from HaitiRead more
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: End-of-life care; Clean Delivery Kits; Mortality in seniors & moreRead more
Four new articles published this week in PLoS Medicine, including our monthly editorial and a new Essay returning to the need for…
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General Speaking of Medsin…Read more
Since I first read her diary Anne Frank has been one of my heroes. Now, you might ask, what does Anne Frank…
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General Media Release: High blood homocysteine levels are not linked with coronary heart diseaseRead more
A comprehensive study in this week’s PLoS Medicine shows levels of the amino acid, homocysteine, have no meaningful effect on the risk…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Life cycles & malaria drugs; Homocysteine & heart health; Text messages & health deliveryRead more
Three new articles were published this week in PLoS Medicine in the research and magazine sections. Michael Delves and colleagues compare the…
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General Challenges and Controversies in Choosing a Model OrganismRead more
Selection of an appropriate model organism is a vital step in good experimental design. A number of articles published in PLoS Pathogens…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Complexity of non-pharm caregiving; Cost effectiveness of HAARTRead more
Two new articles published this week in PLoS Medicine. There is also an update on recent news coverage on the homepage. In…
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General Shift Work, Diet and Type 2 Diabetes: The Media ResponseRead more
In December, PLoS Medicine published a paper by An Pan and colleagues, which focused on shift work and type 2 diabetes. The…
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General Media Release: Transmission of Clostridium difficile in Hospitals May Not Be Through Contact with Infected PatientsRead more
Contrary to current convention by which infection with the organism Clostridium difficile is regarded as an infection that is acquired by contact…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Mild cognitive impairment; Clostridium difficile; Engaging men in HIV preventionRead more
This week, PLoS Medicine published four new articles, including a Perspective piece on a new Clostridium difficile Research Article. A set of…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: New Year’s review; Psychotropics; E-prescriptions & moreRead more
Four new articles published in PLoS Medicine today, starting with the monthly editorial. In the January editorial, the PLoS Medicine editors review…
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General Sanitation is Key in Controlling Worm DiseasesRead more
Diarrhea, abdominal pain, malaise, anemia, and delayed child development: these are the debilitating effects of one group of diseases, the soil-transmitted helminths…