Five new articles were published this week in PLoS Medicine, including two Perspectives, providing an expert’s view on research articles. A prospective…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: WHO retreatment for TB; HRT promotions; GRIPS StatementRead more
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Conference news Cambridge Global health Conference: Students are leading the wayRead more
Dr Rhona MacDonald, freelance editor, (rhonamacdonald@gmail.com) “It never ceases to amaze me how much Medsinners [members of Medsin] accomplish while studying full…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Economic growth in India; Predictions from translational trialsRead more
Three new articles were published this week in PLoS Medicine, with a Perspective on one research article. An analysis of cross-sectional data…
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General Addressing the Needs of Cancer Survivors: An Emerging Global ChallengeRead more
Guest student blog by Matthew J. To, BMSc candidate, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario (email mto3@uwo.ca)…
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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 (wmotley@gmail.com) 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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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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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 (angela.ni@fulbrightmail.org) Nestled in the foothills of central Yunnan, Caotianba is a small…