Guest blog by Clara Menendez*, Marita Troye-Blomberg, Francine Ntoumi, Esperança EJ Sevene, Azucena Bardaji, Myriam Arevalo and Rose GF Leke [*MENENDEZ@clinic.ub.es] Since…
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General Women and malaria research in the 21st centuryRead more
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Integrated management of malaria; CRP & chronic inflammationRead more
PLoS Medicine published four new papers this week, including Health in Action and Policy Forum pieces. You can read more about our…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Shanghai lifestyle & health; Who’s writing medical journalism; Urban advantage & maternal healthRead more
This week saw three new articles published in PLoS Medicine on complex issues ranging from personal choices on health to the perception…
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General Ghostwriting Overpromoted HRTRead more
This week PLoS Medicine published an unprecedented analysis of the Wyeth Ghostwriting Archive – a collection of documents uncovered during recent litigation…
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General Healthier Water, Healthier PeopleRead more
Maggie Brown, MS, ELS is Senior Production Editor at PLoS Healthier Water, Healthier People: An Approach to Improving Water Quality is a…
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General Visceral leishmaniasis outbreak in SudanRead more
I read yesterday about an outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) — also known as kala-azar — in Southern Sudan on the Doctors…
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General Does post-publication peer review work?Read more
So peer review is broken, according to a recent piece in The Scientist: it’s slow, biased, arbitrary and overloads the community. But…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: MSMs risk behavior; IT & heart health; Social inequalities in cardiovascular careRead more
Three new articles were published this week in PLoS Medicine covering risk behaviors, assessment and treatment in varying populations. In a randomized…
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General False economy: how the tobacco industry is distorting Africa’s economyRead more
If you want to get a sideways look at the damage caused by the tobacco industry – apart from its direct health…
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General Poor children at risk on the roadsRead more
I was rather taken aback with some of the coverage today of a news story that children who live in poorer areas…
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General The worsening situation in PakistanRead more
Dr Rhona MacDonald, Freelance editor, rhonamacdonald@gmail.com As I am sure you are aware, the situation in Pakistan has deteriorated almost beyond belief…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Verbal autopsy assessment; Bed-netting malaria prevention; Hidden costs of misconductRead more
Three new articles published in PLoS Medicine this week deal with policy and practice in a variety of medical questions. Peter Byass…