MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'PLoS Medicine' source. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:41:28 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3369247&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FPTurbH8BKvk%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000249 Jessica Shearer and colleagues analyze data from 147 countries to identify factors that influence the time taken to introduce routine vaccination against Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib). (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3369247 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3369247 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3369246&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FQ_rbFebrOPA%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000220 Peter Barnes discusses the growing epidemic of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), especially in developing countries and among nonsmokers. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3369246 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3369246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3345595&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FN5bbN4AOo6Y%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000243 In the first of two papers investigating surgical provision in eight district hospitals in Saharan African countries, Margaret Kruk and colleagues find low levels of surgical care provision suggesting unmet need for surgical services. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3345595 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3345595 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3345594&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FMCcCMu7jmsU%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000242 In the second of two papers investigating surgical provision in eight district hospitals in Saharan African countries, Margaret Kruk and colleagues describe the range of providers of surgical care and anesthesia and estimate the related costs. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3345594 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3345594 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3345593&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2F2Kc-yoVtBtY%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000214 Duncan Clark and Howard Moss identify obstacles to alcohol-related screening and treatment for adolescents and propose policy solutions. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3345593 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3345593 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3345592&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2F_fIRqHVV5-8%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000213 Karen Edmond and Anita Zaidi highlight new approaches that could reduce the burden of neonatal sepsis worldwide. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3345592 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3345592 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3321168&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2F5tYQfSyQ2lQ%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000241 David Stuckler and colleagues examine the impact of the HIV and noncommunicable disease epidemics on low-income countries' progress toward the Millennium Development Goals for health. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3321168 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3321168 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3321167&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FWebdNf7eNWA%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000225 Hugh Markus discusses genetic factors in stroke risk, and emphasizes the importance of large sample studies and rigorous replication of results in genetic stroke research. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3321167 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3321167 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3321166&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FQmVrcZw5gKU%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000224 David Howells and G. A. Donnan discuss the next generation of stroke treatments and say that novel therapeutic targets may emerge from the stimulation of neuroplasticity and unraveling the genetic code of stroke heterogeneity. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3321166 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3321166 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3297470&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2Fzd-7oJXAmmk%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000239 Analyzing data from several thousand cohort study participants, Marcel Wolbers and colleagues find that the rate of CD4 T cell decline is not useful in deciding when to start HIV treatment. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3297470 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3297470 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3297469&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FvBqTsMlQ_II%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000238 Susan Huang and colleagues describe an automated statistical software, WHONET-SaTScan, its application in a hospital, and the potential it has to identify hospital infection clusters that had escaped routine detection. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3297469 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3297469 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3297468&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FucVaBCi2XhQ%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000237 In this month's editorial, the PLoS Medicine editors announce that they will no longer consider papers for which support - in whole or in part - for the study or the researchers comes from a tobacco company. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3297468 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3297468 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3297467&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2Fw0r5y8grLGk%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000236 Philip Clarke and colleagues examined patient-level data for over 11,000 participants with type 2 diabetes from 20 countries and find that major complications of diabetes significantly increased hospital use and costs across settings. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3297467 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3297467 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3297466&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2F97sQPsi5JI0%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000235 In the sixth in a series of six articles on packages of care for mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries, Alan Flisher and colleagues discuss the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3297466 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3297466 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3297465&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FQzi1trbxg_Q%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fimage.pmed.v07.i02 A new policy on tobacco papers. In this month's Editorial, the PLoS Medicine editors announce that they will no longer consider papers for which support in whole or in part for the study or the researchers comes from a tobacco company. As a medical journal, this policy is important for two reasons, say the editors: First, tobacco is indisputably bad for health. And second, the editors remain concerned about the tobacco industry's long-standing and well-documented attempts to distort the science of and deflect attention away from the harmful effects of smoking.Image Credit: myuibe at flickr.com (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3297465 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3297465 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3274984&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FBPAv09OQEi8%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000234 Using a computer simulation based on US data, R. Scott Braithwaite and colleagues calculate the benefits of value-based insurance design, in which patients pay less for highly cost-effective services. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3274984 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3274984 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3274983&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2F83hgJnc1lc4%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000233 In a comparative cohort study, Jeffrey Stringer and colleagues investigate the risk of ART failure in women who received single-dose nevirapine for PMTCT, and assess the duration of increased risk. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3274983 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3274983 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3274982&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FkFhQvaoDQjY%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000217 David Moher and colleagues from the EQUATOR network offer guidance and recommended steps for developing health research reporting guidelines. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3274982 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3274982 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3253483&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FxdGiTX1Am4w%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000229 A multicountry cohort study in sub-Saharan Africa by Landon Myer and colleagues reveals higher pregnancy rates in HIV-infected women on antiretroviral therapy (ART). (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3253483 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3253483 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3253482&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FS4nXUAFT6z4%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000216 Simon Chapman and Ross MacKenzie review the evidence and argue that health promotion messages should emphasize that the most successful method used by most ex-smokers is unassisted cessation. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3253482 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3253482 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3253481&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FLPOTmobtubw%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000209 Simon Hay and colleagues describe how the Malaria Atlas Project has collated anopheline occurrence data to map the geographic distributions of the dominant mosquito vectors of human malaria. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3253481 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3253481 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3230435&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FiReWbH_WdeE%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000230 Jeffrey Lacasse and Jonathan Leo assess ghostwriting policies at 50 academic medical centers in the United States and find that only 10 explicitly prohibit ghostwriting. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3230435 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3230435 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3230434&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2Fg-mPpiCxpXo%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000227 Glenda Gray discusses the implications of a new study that found that almost half of all adolescents hospitalized in Zimbabwe were HIV-infected. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3230434 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3230434 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3230433&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FxmRdHH0mUNc%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000196 James McCormack and Michael Allan discuss issues and questions surrounding hsCRP measurements in patients. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3230433 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3230433 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3230432&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FvS2zR9oKsTo%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000178 Rashida Ferrand and colleagues show that HIV infection is the commonest cause of hospitalization among adolescents in a high HIV prevalence setting. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3230432 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3230432 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3207454&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FzH5nVYhxk1I%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000223 Margaret Chan, Director-General of the WHO, and the heads of seven other global health agencies, call for a concerted global effort to collect better health data. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3207454 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3207454 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3207453&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FAHDxg2Sm2gE%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000222 The PLoS Medicine Editors discuss how collisions between science and politics slow progress in public health. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3207453 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3207453 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3207452&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FtrExYgVk5bw%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000221 By combining data from the Malaria Atlas Project with country-specific data, Feiko ter Kuile and colleagues provide the first contemporary global estimates of the annual number of pregnancies at risk of malaria. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3207452 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3207452 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3207451&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FgzPvx14dzLk%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000206 Derryck Klarkowski and Daniel Orozco describe the Médecins Sans Frontières program for monitoring the quality of microscopy for malaria, pulmonary tuberculosis, and leishmaniasis. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3207451 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3207451 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3207450&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2F1UMNpLLcAy4%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000193 In the last in a series of four articles highlighting the changing nature of global health institutions, Suerie Moon and colleagues propose future actions to strengthen these institutions. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3207450 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3207450 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3207449&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FgkdgArOcC1Q%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fimage.pmed.v07.i01 Science must be responsible to society, not to politics. Recent high-impact collisions between health research and politics include a US Senate vote to disregard updated US Preventive Services Task Force guidelines for breast cancer screening, and the UK Home Secretary's dismissal of drug abuse advisor Prof. David Nutt. Considering the prospects for unbiased comparative effectiveness research in light of such events, the PLoS Medicine Editors argue that "evidence-based medicine deserves better than a push out of the frying pan of partisan politics into the fire of vested interests," and urge politicians to remember that "society encompasses not only the corporate engines of economic growth and decline, but also individuals whose lives depend on the quality of health care data."Image Credit... PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3207449 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3207449 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3196606&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FtVIdWHYTpIs%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000219 Seth Kalichman discusses a new study that finds neonatal circumcision in Rwanda to be a cost-saving HIV prevention strategy. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3196606 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3196606 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3196605&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FmObOUyNdYMA%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000218 A systematic review and meta-analysis examining the association between anti-merozoite antibody responses and incidence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria by Freya Fowkes and colleagues aids identification of antigens that confer protection from malaria. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3196605 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3196605 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3196604&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FtcLCLB4DAcM%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000211 Agnes Binagwaho and colleagues predict that circumcision of newborn boys would be effective and cost-saving as a long-term strategy to prevent HIV in Rwanda. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3196604 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3196604 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3196603&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FEZYKLHzXGf0%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000179 In the third in a series of articles on the changing nature of global health institutions, Gerald Keusch and colleagues examine institutional arrangements for malaria research. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3196603 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3196603 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3192488&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000219 Seth Kalichman discusses a new study that finds neonatal circumcision in Rwanda to be a cost-saving HIV prevention strategy. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3192488 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3192488 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3192487&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000218 A systematic review and meta-analysis examining the association between anti-merozoite antibody responses and incidence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria by Freya Fowkes and colleagues aids identification of antigens that confer protection from malaria. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3192487 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3192487 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3192486&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000211 Agnes Binagwaho and colleagues predict that circumcision of newborn boys would be effective and cost-saving as a long-term strategy to prevent HIV in Rwanda. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3192486 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3192486 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3192485&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000179 In the third in a series of articles on the changing nature of global health institutions, Gerald Keusch and colleagues examine institutional arrangements for malaria research. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3192485 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3192485 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3192492&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000215 Hajo Grundmann and colleagues describe the development of a new interactive mapping tool for analyzing the spatial distribution of invasive Staphylococcus aureus clones. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3192492 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3192492 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3192491&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000205 Franklin Lowy discusses a new study in PLoS Medicine in which the investigators developed an interactive tool for analyzing the spatial distribution of invasive Staphylococcus aureus. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3192491 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3192491 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3192490&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000202 Katherine Smith and colleagues investigate the ways in which British American Tobacco influenced the European Union Treaty so that new EU policies advance the interests of major corporations, including those that produce products damaging to health. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3192490 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3192490 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3192489&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000089 In the second in a series of articles on the changing nature of global health institutions, Julio Frenk offers a framework to better understand national health systems and their role in global health. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3192489 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3192489 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3162766&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FtOUlPDyF8qY%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000215 Hajo Grundmann and colleagues describe the development of a new interactive mapping tool for analyzing the spatial distribution of invasive Staphylococcus aureus clones. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3162766 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3162766 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3162765&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FEJ9wNeBboX4%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000205 Franklin Lowy discusses a new study in PLoS Medicine in which the investigators developed an interactive tool for analyzing the spatial distribution of invasive Staphylococcus aureus. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3162765 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3162765 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3162764&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2F2ITz_d9qsE0%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000202 Katherine Smith and colleagues investigate the ways in which British American Tobacco influenced the European Union Treaty so that new EU policies advance the interests of major corporations, including those that produce products damaging to health. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3162764 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3162764 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3162763&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FSm9FC09Fw-4%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000089 In the second in a series of articles on the changing nature of global health institutions, Julio Frenk offers a framework to better understand national health systems and their role in global health. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3162763 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3162763 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3192496&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000212 Shu-Sen Chang and colleagues describe the epidemiology of an epidemic of suicide by charcoal burning in Taiwan and discuss possible reasons for its spread. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3192496 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3192496 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3192495&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000210 In an ecological study, David Studdert and colleagues show that areas of Australia with fewer vehicles pre-dating stringent carbon monoxide emission laws have lower rates of suicide due to asphyxiation by motor vehicle exhaust gas. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3192495 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3192495 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3192494&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000208 This month's debate examines whether the current patent system is crucial for stimulating health research or whether it is stifling biomedical research and impeding medical care. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3192494 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3192494 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3192493&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000183 In the first in a series of four articles highlighting the changing nature of global health institutions, Nicole Szlezák and colleagues outline the origin and aim of the series. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3192493 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3192493 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3141480&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FbrQP4D8PDKw%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000212 Shu-Sen Chang and colleagues describe the epidemiology of an epidemic of suicide by charcoal burning in Taiwan and discuss possible reasons for its spread. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3141480 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3141480 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3141479&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FifQtb7s7ZP4%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000210 In an ecological study, David Studdert and colleagues show that areas of Australia with fewer vehicles pre-dating stringent carbon monoxide emission laws have lower rates of suicide due to asphyxiation by motor vehicle exhaust gas. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3141479 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3141479 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3141478&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FkmG4i4CIvyg%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000208 This month's debate examines whether the current patent system is crucial for stimulating health research or whether it is stifling biomedical research and impeding medical care. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3141478 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3141478 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3141477&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FTU6rAKZsrjw%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000183 In the first in a series of four articles highlighting the changing nature of global health institutions, Nicole Szlezák and colleagues outline the origin and aim of the series. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3141477 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3141477 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3134982&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000204 Cathy Nangini and Denis Mukwege describe their work at the Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which treats women victims of rape with extreme violence that are often perpetrated at the hands of armed groups. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3134982 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3134982 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3134981&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000203 The PLoS Medicine editors offer some suggestions for New Year's resolutions for authors, reviewers, editors, and readers to consider. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3134981 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3134981 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3134980&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000201 Tanja Stocks and colleagues carry out an analysis of six European cohorts and confirm that abnormal glucose metabolism is linked with increased risk of cancer overall and at specific sites. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3134980 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3134980 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3134979&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000200 In this Policy Forum, the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group, which was formed to advocate for increased access to surgery in Africa, recommends four priority areas for national and international agencies to target in order to address the surgical burden of disease in sub-Saharan Africa. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3134979 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3134979 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3134978&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000199 Olivier Neyrolles and Lluis Quintana-Murci review the evidence on why tuberulosis notification is twice as high in men as in women in most countries. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3134978 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3134978 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3134977&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fimage.pmed.v06.i12 A New Year's wish list for authors, reviewers, readers—and ourselves. This issue of PLoS Medicine features two Policy Forums on blindness. In the first, Paul Courtright and colleagues (e177) argue that the patterns of global childhood blindness are changing.  With reductions in nutritional and infectious causes of blindness, intrauterine and genetic causes have become more important, suggesting a need to reassess research, training, and programmatic requirements. In the second, Susan Lewallen and Amir Bedri Kello (e184) argue that human resources management will be crucial in reaching the global goal of eliminating avoidable blindness in sub-Saharan Africa by the year 2020. Also, in this month's Editorial the PLoS Medicine editors reflect upon how much the publishing of research rel... PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3134977 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3134977 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3110325&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FiDVj95rrgZk%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000204 Cathy Nangini and Denis Mukwege describe their work at the Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which treats women victims of rape with extreme violence that are often perpetrated at the hands of armed groups. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3110325 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3110325 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3110324&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FyQ2-lTxkOS0%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000203 The PLoS Medicine editors offer some suggestions for New Year's resolutions for authors, reviewers, editors, and readers to consider. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3110324 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3110324 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3110323&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FzSx2lr-xDy8%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000201 Tanja Stocks and colleagues carry out an analysis of six European cohorts and confirm that abnormal glucose metabolism is linked with increased risk of cancer overall and at specific sites. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3110323 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3110323 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3110322&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FED1268rlrx0%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000200 In this Policy Forum, the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group, which was formed to advocate for increased access to surgery in Africa, recommends four priority areas for national and international agencies to target in order to address the surgical burden of disease in sub-Saharan Africa. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3110322 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3110322 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3110321&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FJgVNBZFnrvE%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000199 Olivier Neyrolles and Lluis Quintana-Murci review the evidence on why tuberulosis notification is twice as high in men as in women in most countries. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3110321 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3110321 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3110320&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FAcJPyLC9YWU%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fimage.pmed.v06.i12 A New Year's wish list for authors, reviewers, readers—and ourselves. This issue of PLoS Medicine features two Policy Forums on blindness. In the first, Paul Courtright and colleagues (e177) argue that the patterns of global childhood blindness are changing.  With reductions in nutritional and infectious causes of blindness, intrauterine and genetic causes have become more important, suggesting a need to reassess research, training, and programmatic requirements. In the second, Susan Lewallen and Amir Bedri Kello (e184) argue that human resources management will be crucial in reaching the global goal of eliminating avoidable blindness in sub-Saharan Africa by the year 2020. Also, in this month's Editorial the PLoS Medicine editors reflect upon how much the publishing of research rel... PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3110320 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3110320 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3134987&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000198 Using phylodynamic and phylogeographic methods, Angelos Hatzakis and colleagues find that the global spread of Hepatitis C virus coincided with widespread use of transfused blood and with the expansion of intravenous drug use. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3134987 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3134987 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3134986&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000197 Katja Fall and Fang Fang and colleagues find that men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer are at increased risk of cardiovascular events and suicide. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3134986 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3134986 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3134985&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000195 In a randomized trial of elementary schools in Toronto, Andrew Howard and colleagues show that granitic sand playground surfaces reduce the risk of arm fractures from playground falls when compared with wood fiber surfaces. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3134985 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3134985 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3134984&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000190 Jonna Mazet and colleagues describe their work in the Tanzania-based HALI Project, which adopts the “One Health” approach to address emerging zoonoses and that recognizes the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3134984 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3134984 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3134983&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000182 Maria Yazdanbakhsh and Peter Kremsner argue that there needs to be better awareness, surveillance, and clinical management of common febrile diseases in Africa, especially influenza. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3134983 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3134983 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3088271&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FJ9ztcsVtgOY%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000198 Using phylodynamic and phylogeographic methods, Angelos Hatzakis and colleagues find that the global spread of Hepatitis C virus coincided with widespread use of transfused blood and with the expansion of intravenous drug use. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3088271 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3088271 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3088270&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FCbkFeK62ErA%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000197 Katja Fall and Fang Fang and colleagues find that men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer are at increased risk of cardiovascular events and suicide. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3088270 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3088270 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3088269&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2Fo4FBH2MOudE%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000195 In a randomized trial of elementary schools in Toronto, Andrew Howard and colleagues show that granitic sand playground surfaces reduce the risk of arm fractures from playground falls when compared with wood fiber surfaces. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3088269 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3088269 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3088268&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FQc1sGEvQvm8%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000190 Jonna Mazet and colleagues describe their work in the Tanzania-based HALI Project, which adopts the “One Health” approach to address emerging zoonoses and that recognizes the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3088268 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3088268 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3088267&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FiSNPNYxFdp4%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000182 Maria Yazdanbakhsh and Peter Kremsner argue that there needs to be better awareness, surveillance, and clinical management of common febrile diseases in Africa, especially influenza. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3088267 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3088267 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3134991&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000194 Tjeerd-Pieter van Staa and colleagues estimate the likely cost effectiveness of selective Cox-2 inhibitors prescribed during routine clinical practice, as compared to the cost effectiveness predicted from randomized controlled trial data. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3134991 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3134991 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3134990&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000192 Using a population-based case control analysis, Donald Redelmeier and colleagues found that tighter glycemic control, as measured by the HbA1c, is associated with an increased risk of a motor vehicle crash. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3134990 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3134990 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3134989&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000184 Susan Lewallen and Amir Bedri Kello argue that human resources management will be crucial in reaching the global goal of eliminating avoidable blindness by the year 2020. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3134989 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3134989 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3134988&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000177 Paul Courtright and colleagues argue that the changing patterns of global childhood blindness suggest a need to reassess research, training, and programmatic requirements. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3134988 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3134988 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3066010&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FPHKsDy0GFEs%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000207 Marc Lipsitch and colleagues use complementary data from two US cities, Milwaukee and New York City, to assess the severity of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza in the United States. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3066010 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3066010 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3066009&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FVWqNyZN8U9E%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000194 Tjeerd-Pieter van Staa and colleagues estimate the likely cost effectiveness of selective Cox-2 inhibitors prescribed during routine clinical practice, as compared to the cost effectiveness predicted from randomized controlled trial data. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3066009 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3066009 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3066008&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FZ7dW0A7oynE%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000192 Using a population-based case control analysis, Donald Redelmeier and colleagues found that tighter glycemic control, as measured by the HbA1c, is associated with an increased risk of a motor vehicle crash. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3066008 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3066008 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3066007&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FOIZqjPX38QA%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000184 Susan Lewallen and Amir Bedri Kello argue that human resources management will be crucial in reaching the global goal of eliminating avoidable blindness by the year 2020. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3066007 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3066007 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3066006&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FOFffXSlly7s%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000177 Paul Courtright and colleagues argue that the changing patterns of global childhood blindness suggest a need to reassess research, training, and programmatic requirements. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3066006 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3066006 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3134994&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000191 In a randomized trial in Malawi of azithromycin versus placebo in over 2,000 pregnant women, Jim Neilson and colleagues show no benefit of azithromycin for a number of outcomes including preterm birth and prenatal death. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3134994 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3134994 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3134993&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000189 Gary Maartens and colleagues describe the direct heath care costs and identify the drivers of cost over time in an HIV managed care program in Southern Africa. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3134993 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3134993 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3134992&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000158 Duncan Maru and colleagues at Nyaya Health describe several simple Web 2.0 strategies they have implemented during the course of delivering medical and public health services in rural Nepal. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3134992 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3134992 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3043333&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FGiSUX0WbO1Y%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000191 In a randomized trial in Malawi of azithromycin versus placebo in over 2,000 pregnant women, Jim Neilson and colleagues show no benefit of azithromycin for a number of outcomes including preterm birth and prenatal death. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3043333 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3043333 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3043332&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FfagTu0bIiCY%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000189 Gary Maartens and colleagues describe the direct heath care costs and identify the drivers of cost over time in an HIV managed care program in Southern Africa. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3043332 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3043332 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3043331&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2F6NKVDZepFz0%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000158 Duncan Maru and colleagues at Nyaya Health describe several simple Web 2.0 strategies they have implemented during the course of delivering medical and public health services in rural Nepal. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3043331 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3043331 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3021961&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FRUJ2Kdf0nRE%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000188 The PLoS Medicine Editors discuss shortages of artemisinin-based combination therapy in Africa at the point of care and how these can be addressed. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3021961 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3021961 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3021960&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FoxAezD1lBmM%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000187 Ron Gray and colleagues analyze data from two circumcision trials in Uganda to assess how HSV-2 status and genital ulcer disease affect the procedure's ability to reduce HIV infection. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3021960 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3021960 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3021959&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2Fj4xSxrshjBs%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000186 In the third in a series of articles on evaluating eHealth, Richard Lilford and colleagues consider the evaluation of health IT systems as they are rolled out following preimplementation testing. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3021959 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3021959 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3021958&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FfAkdbd6WuDU%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000155 Peter Byass argues that less data are available on the health of the poor than of the rich, and discusses several alternative strategies to improve the representativeness of health data. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3021958 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3021958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3021957&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FZSR9_aeuXoE%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000143 Michael Parker and colleagues discuss the ethical issues associated with data release from genome-wide association studies in developing countries. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3021957 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3021957 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3021956&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FHxr9hLkcgbw%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fimage.pmed.v06.i11 Time for a "third wave" of malaria activism to tackle the drug stock-out crisis. In this month's Editorial, the PLoS Medicine editors argue that there are signs of an evolving "malaria activism" that is akin to AIDS activism. There have been two "waves" of successful malaria activism, they say. In the first wave, activists highlighted the gap between the huge burden of malaria and the tiny amount of international development assistance dedicated to its control. Such advocacy helped motivate donors to increase their malaria commitments. The second wave focused on making sure that the extra funding was used to purchase highly efficacious artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) rather than monotherapies such as chloroquine, which are largely ineffective in Africa. It's now time, say the e... PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3021956 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3021956 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3014604&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2Fyn1CTVpSB4A%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000185 Pejman Rohani discusses a new study that examined the dynamic relationship between climate variables and dengue incidence in Thailand, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3014604 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3014604 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3014603&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FG1MWryRy_rA%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000168 Michael Johansson and colleagues use wavelet analysis to show that there is limited evidence for a multiyear relationship between climate and dengue incidence in Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Thailand. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3014603 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3014603 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3014602&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2Feog9dhWn6KA%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000141 John Lavis discusses how health policymakers and their stakeholders need research evidence, and the best ways evidence can be synthesized and packaged to optimize its use. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3014602 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3014602 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3014601&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2Fh7UKRfuv8FU%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000131 Alex McMahon and colleagues critique the International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) guidance on good clinical practice (GCP), arguing that it is having a disastrous effect on noncommerical randomized clinical trials in Europe. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3014601 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 3014601 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2976492&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FZAAY_QfAKlI%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000181 Using data from the UK Million Women Study, Emily Banks and colleagues investigate the relationships between the incidence of hip fracture and a woman's age, menopausal status, and age at menopause. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2976492 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2976492 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2976491&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FxA2YEADdHqE%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000180 Researchers from the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Neuropathology Study carry out an analysis of brain pathologies contributing to dementia, within a cohort of elderly individuals in the UK who agreed to brain donation. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2976491 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2976491 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2976490&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FBMvHvMabW8w%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000137 Penelope Enarson and colleagues describe the development, scale-up, and achievements of a national pneumonia program in Malawi, which is based on a successful anti-tuberculosis service delivery model. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2976490 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2976490 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2969518&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000176 In the fifth in a series of six articles on packages of care for mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries, Martin Prince and colleagues discuss the treatment of dementia. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2969518 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2969518 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2969517&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000175 Charles Larson and colleagues find that 23 months into a national campaign to scale up zinc treatment for diarrhea in children under age 5 years, only 10% of children with diarrhea in rural areas and 20%–25% in urban/municipal areas were getting the treatment. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2969517 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2969517 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2969516&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000128 David Henry and colleagues examine compliance with new disclosure requirements of Medicines Australia, the pharmaceutical industry representative body, and argue that they fall short and instead more comprehensive reporting standards are needed. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2969516 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2969516 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2953604&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2F8yG3-30JJPw%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000176 In the fifth in a series of six articles on packages of care for mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries, Martin Prince and colleagues discuss the treatment of dementia. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2953604 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2953604 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2953603&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FQDeXiPzjEP4%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000175 Charles Larson and colleagues find that 23 months into a national campaign to scale up zinc treatment for diarrhea in children under age 5 years, only 10% of children with diarrhea in rural areas and 20%–25% in urban/municipal areas were getting the treatment. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2953603 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2953603 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2953602&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FPCnxxGAXvGM%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000128 David Henry and colleagues examine compliance with new disclosure requirements of Medicines Australia, the pharmaceutical industry representative body, and argue that they fall short and instead more comprehensive reporting standards are needed. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2953602 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2953602 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2969525&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000174 Gregory Bisson and Jeffrey Stringer discuss the implications of a new study showing how loss to follow-up affects the effectiveness of a public sector HIV program in Côte d'Ivoire. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2969525 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2969525 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2969524&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000173 Based on data from West Africa, Elena Losina and colleagues predict that interventions to reduce dropout rates from HIV treatment programs (such as eliminating copayments) will be cost-effective. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2969524 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2969524 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2969523&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000172 Neil Martinson and colleagues report a randomized trial of adding short-course zidovudine+lamivudine to reduce drug resistance from single-dose nevirapine used to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2969523 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2969523 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2969522&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000171 Analyses of a prospective case-control study of infant dengue by Daniel Libraty and colleagues casts doubt on the antibody-dependent enhancement model for dengue hemorrhagic fever. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2969522 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2969522 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2969521&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000170 In the fourth in a series of six articles on packages of care for mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries, Vivek Benegal and colleagues discuss the treatment of alcohol use disorders. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2969521 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2969521 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2969520&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000169 Dara Lehman and colleagues discuss a randomized trial that found that adding up to a week of twice-daily zidovudine+lamivudine to single-dose nevirapine reduces the risk of resistance in mothers and infants. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2969520 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2969520 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2969519&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fimage.pmed.v06.i10 Five years of access and activism. In April 2009, PLoS Medicine announced a "refocusing of the journal's priorities." Going forward, said the editors, the journal would prioritize papers addressing those diseases with the greatest global burden. It would also aim to be as broad a journal as possible, publishing papers that explored not just biological causes of illness, but also social, environmental, and political determinants of health. In this month's Editorial, as the journal marks its official five year anniversary, the editors look back over the last six months to assess the impact of the refocused scope. Image Credit: Adrian Boliston (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2969519 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2969519 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2930034&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FuXZbsrhgf_Y%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000174 Gregory Bisson and Jeffrey Stringer discuss the implications of a new study showing how loss to follow-up affects the effectiveness of a public sector HIV program in Côte d'Ivoire. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2930034 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2930034 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2930033&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2Fqgqcj7yq2Is%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000173 Based on data from West Africa, Elena Losina and colleagues predict that interventions to reduce dropout rates from HIV treatment programs (such as eliminating copayments) will be cost-effective. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2930033 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2930033 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2930032&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FMVu6WCGoilA%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000172 Neil Martinson and colleagues report a randomized trial of adding short-course zidovudine+lamivudine to reduce drug resistance from single-dose nevirapine used to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2930032 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2930032 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2930031&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FD6kuz0fP8_s%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000171 Analyses of a prospective case-control study of infant dengue by Daniel Libraty and colleagues casts doubt on the antibody-dependent enhancement model for dengue hemorrhagic fever. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2930031 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2930031 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2930030&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FxVCvfarmm60%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000170 In the fourth in a series of six articles on packages of care for mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries, Vivek Benegal and colleagues discuss the treatment of alcohol use disorders. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2930030 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2930030 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2930029&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FciM5fI5p2w4%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000169 Dara Lehman and colleagues discuss a randomized trial that found that adding up to a week of twice-daily zidovudine+lamivudine to single-dose nevirapine reduces the risk of resistance in mothers and infants. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2930029 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2930029 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2930028&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2F0L60BN35YjQ%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fimage.pmed.v06.i10 Five years of access and activism. In April 2009, PLoS Medicine announced a "refocusing of the journal's priorities." Going forward, said the editors, the journal would prioritize papers addressing those diseases with the greatest global burden. It would also aim to be as broad a journal as possible, publishing papers that explored not just biological causes of illness, but also social, environmental, and political determinants of health. In this month's Editorial, as the journal marks its official five year anniversary, the editors look back over the last six months to assess the impact of the refocused scope. Image Credit: Adrian Boliston (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2930028 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2930028 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2969526&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000142 Josefina Coloma and Eva Harris discuss advances in genomics in resource-limited settings and argue that access to training and capacity building in bioinformatics and data mining will be crucial for the future (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2969526 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2969526 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2969529&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000167 PLoS Medicine announced a “refocusing of the journal's priorities” in April 2009, and the editors now look back over the last six months to assess the impact of the refocused scope. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2969529 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2969529 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2969528&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000166 Finding an association between soluble B7-H4 and rheumatoid arthritis severity, Lieping Chen and colleagues use a mouse model to show that the soluble form blocks the inhibitory function of cell-surface B7-H4. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2969528 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2969528 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2969527&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000165 In the third in a series of six articles on packages of care for mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries, Jair Mari and colleagues discuss the treatment of schizophrenia. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2969527 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2969527 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2907662&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2F4ira5nPxWQY%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000167 PLoS Medicine announced a “refocusing of the journal's priorities” in April 2009, and the editors now look back over the last six months to assess the impact of the refocused scope. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2907662 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2907662 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2907661&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FdtsPaWBtQSY%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000166 Finding an association between soluble B7-H4 and rheumatoid arthritis severity, Lieping Chen and colleagues use a mouse model to show that the soluble form blocks the inhibitory function of cell-surface B7-H4. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2907661 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2907661 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2907660&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2F3f3CxVL2BTQ%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000165 In the third in a series of six articles on packages of care for mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries, Jair Mari and colleagues discuss the treatment of schizophrenia. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2907660 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2907660 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2889431&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000164 Rachel Jewkes and colleagues examine the processing of rape cases by South African police and courts and show an association between documentation of ano-genital injuries, trials commencing, and convictions in rape cases. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2889431 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2889431 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2889430&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000163 Fabienne Shumbusho and colleagues evaluate a task-shifting model of nurse-centered antiretroviral treatment prescribing in rural primary health centers in Rwanda and find that nurses can effectively and safely prescribe ART when given adequate training, mentoring, and support. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2889430 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2889430 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2889429&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000162 In the second in a series of six articles on packages of care for mental health disorders in low- and middle-income countries, Caroline Mbuba and Charles Newton discuss treatment for epilepsy. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2889429 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2889429 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2889428&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000161 Chand Khanna and colleagues describe the work of the Comparative Oncology Trials Consortium (COTC), which provides infrastructure and resources to integrate naturally occurring dog cancer models into the development of new human cancer drugs, devices, and imaging techniques. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2889428 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2889428 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2889427&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000148 Aziz Sheikh and colleagues report on a qualitative study in the US and the UK to investigate ways to bolster recruitment of South Asians into asthma studies, including making inclusion of diverse populations mandatory. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2889427 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2889427 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2885522&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FcwPCUNPNMSQ%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000164 Rachel Jewkes and colleagues examine the processing of rape cases by South African police and courts and show an association between documentation of ano-genital injuries, trials commencing, and convictions in rape cases. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2885522 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2885522 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2885521&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FnwCL400KbJI%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000163 Fabienne Shumbusho and colleagues evaluate a task-shifting model of nurse-centered antiretroviral treatment prescribing in rural primary health centers in Rwanda and find that nurses can effectively and safely prescribe ART when given adequate training, mentoring, and support. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2885521 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2885521 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2885520&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FJRj5SXa4QSE%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000162 In the second in a series of six articles on packages of care for mental health disorders in low- and middle-income countries, Caroline Mbuba and Charles Newton discuss treatment for epilepsy. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2885520 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2885520 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2885519&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2F4IX4nerGGVM%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000161 Chand Khanna and colleagues describe the work of the Comparative Oncology Trials Consortium (COTC), which provides infrastructure and resources to integrate naturally occurring dog cancer models into the development of new human cancer drugs, devices, and imaging techniques. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2885519 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2885519 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2885518&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FnnCdeumm7F0%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000148 Aziz Sheikh and colleagues report on a qualitative study in the US and the UK to investigate ways to bolster recruitment of South Asians into asthma studies, including making inclusion of diverse populations mandatory. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2885518 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2885518 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2878531&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000160 In a Perspective article, Vikram Patel and Graham Thornicroft introduce a new series in PLoS Medicine on mental health disorders in low- and middle-income countries that reviews the evidence for packages of care for ADHD, alcohol misuse disorders, dementia, depression, epilepsy, and schizophrenia. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2878531 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2878531 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2878530&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000159 In the first in a series of six articles on packages of care for mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries, Neerja Chowdary and colleagues discuss the treatment of depression. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2878530 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2878530 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2864753&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FQOkSJWuVJoA%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000160 In a Perspective article, Vikram Patel and Graham Thornicroft introduce a new series in PLoS Medicine on mental health disorders in low- and middle-income countries that reviews the evidence for packages of care for ADHD, alcohol misuse disorders, dementia, depression, epilepsy, and schizophrenia. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2864753 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2864753 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2864752&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fplosmedicine%2FNewArticles%2F%7E3%2FuuXeTQi8Tf4%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000159 In the first in a series of six articles on packages of care for mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries, Neerja Chowdary and colleagues discuss the treatment of depression. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2864752 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2864752 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2878537&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000157 Laura Park-Wyllie and colleagues examined the health records of more than 1.4 million older adults and show that initiation of cholinesterase inhibitor therapy is associated with a more than doubling of the risk of hospitalization for bradycardia. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2878537 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2878537 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2878536&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000154 Ian Douglas and colleagues analyze records from the UK General Practice Research Database, and find that among individuals prescribed thiazolidinediones who develop a fracture, fractures are more common during periods of thiazolidinedione exposure than unexposed periods. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2878536 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2878536 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2878535&cid=s_28857_49_f&fid=28857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plosmedicine.org%2Farticle%2Finfo%253Adoi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pmed.1000152 The PLoS Medicine Editors discuss the importance of negative studies in maintaining the integrity of the medical literature, especially when clinical effectiveness at issue. (Source: PLoS Medicine) PLoS Medicine journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2878535 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2878535