Today PLoS Medicine launches a new series on the best ways to help people with mental health problems around the world. The series…
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Mental Health Call for papers: PLoS Medicine series on Global Mental Health PracticeRead more
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Global Mental Health Practice; Consequences of human trafficking; REMARKRead more
In a large publishing week for PLoS Medicine, the monthly Editorial announces a new series of papers, along with two of the…
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General Science Publishing and the Dual Use DilemmaRead more
You may be familiar with the controversy over recent research conducted on H5N1 influenza. If you follow science news, it’s been hard…
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MSF Going Digital: Join in the Online Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Scientific DayRead more
Why does a medical humanitarian organisation like Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), hold a yearly scientific conference? The public image of MSF sometimes…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Clinical prediction research; Improving drug formulariesRead more
A new systematic review and checklist publish this week in PLoS Medicine: Walter Bouwmeester and colleagues investigated the reporting and methods of…
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General The Mysteries of the MindRead more
I was in London recently and, pleasingly, was running a little ahead of schedule. I therefore spent a fascinating hour wandering around…
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General Have management papers ever changed practice in healthcare?Read more
Guest blogger Trish Greenhalgh takes on a Twitter challenge Sir Muir Gray, of evidence-based medicine fame, is a man who speaks his…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Pregnancy in DART trial; Health & pharmaceutical R&DRead more
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 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…