Three new articles published this week in PLoS Medicine, with two Research Articles and a Policy Forum. Alexander Tsai and colleagues review…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Human rights in Darfur; Body size & ovarian cancer & moreRead more
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Access Why Do We Create Clinical Practice Guidelines?Read more
Guest blogger, Jessie McGowan, ponders why there are so many barriers to using, adapting and implementing clinical practice guidelines. I have been…
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General It’s Good to Talk: Reflections from the IFMSA General Assembly in GhanaRead more
The medical community is a global one – probably an obvious statement, particularly if you read this PLoS blog! However, as a…
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Research Ethics Candid Corrections and Responsible Retractions: Lessons Learned from COPE 2012Read more
Several PLoS staff attended the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) European Seminar 2012 in London on Friday 16th March. Not only was…
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Access Announcing PLoS Currents: DisastersRead more
Today, there are ever more pressing needs for up-to-date information to be quickly available and easily accessible. This has never been more…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: VBAC; cART during PHI; IPTi & moreRead more
This week wraps up the publishing month of March with our monthly editorial and three other new articles. The PLoS Medicine Editors…
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General Conflicts of interest and DSM-5: the media reactionRead more
The fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) will be published next year, but…
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MSF A Spotlight on Children With TBRead more
This World TB Day there is an emphasis on children, which is long overdue. Until now, children have largely been excluded from…
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General Silent takedown of the pharma trials database…and moreRead more
Those of you with more than a passing interest in publication bias and other threats to the integrity of the research literature…
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General Zero MDR-TB deaths in children in my lifetime?Read more
Global aspirations I like this year’s STOP TB partnership World TB Day campaign approach. It is ambitious, but I, for one, have…
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General Today is World Water Day (March 22, 2012)Read more
The United Nations General Assembly declared March 22, 1993 the first World Water Day. This year, the event is coordinated by FAO …
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General Geeks and primitive fieldworkers: a tale of two culturesRead more
As a project manager for MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders), a medical emergency humanitarian agency, I attended this year’s South by…