PLoS Medicine
hidePLoS Medicine is a scientific journal covering the full spectrum of the medical sciences. It began operation on October 19, 2004. It was the second journal of the Public Library of Science (PLoS) a non-profit organization which releases scientific content under open access terms. All content in PLoS Medicine is published under the Creative Commons "by-attribution" license [1]. To fund the journal, the publication's business model requires that, in most cases, authors will pay publication costs.
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Risk of hip fracture in postmenopausal women rises steeply with age
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Among postmenopausal women, the risk of hip fractures increases steeply with age and is seven times higher in 70-year olds than in 50- year olds, according to a study in this week's PLoS Medicine.
Packages of care for alcohol use disorders in low- and middle-income countries
Oct 27, 2009 |
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In the latest article in PLoS Medicine's series proposing the delivery of "packages of care" for mental, neurological and substance-use disorders in low- and middle-income countries, Vivek Benegal and colleagues discuss the tr ...
Combination antiretroviral therapy effective at reducing HIV resistance in mothers and babies
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 27, 2009 |
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In a clinical trial investigating mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa published this week in PLoS Medicine, Neil Martinson (of the Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Soweto, South Africa) and colleagues find that a ...
Nurses safely and effectively prescribe antiretroviral drugs in pilot program
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Given sufficient training and support, nurses can safely and effectively prescribe antiretroviral therapy (ART) to patients with HIV, according to a Rwandan study published in this week's PLoS Medicine.
Studying cancer in pet dogs to find new treatments for human patients
Oct 13, 2009 |
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A team of scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Bethesda, USA, says that studying pet dogs with cancer could yield valuable information on how to diagnose and treat human cancers. In this week's PLoS Medicine, the te ...
Medical documentation of injuries is associated with more convictions in adult rapes in South Africa
Oct 13, 2009 |
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A study examining how the South African criminal justice system handles cases of rape shows an association between the medical documentation of ano-genital injuries, the commencement of trials, and convictions in rape cases. ...
US asthma researchers more open than UK scientists to the inclusion of ethnic minorities
Oct 13, 2009 |
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New findings reveal a large gap between US and UK researchers in terms of policy, attitudes, practices and experiences in relation to including ethnic minorities in asthma research. The study, published this week in the open ...
Ensuring integrity in clinical effectiveness research: Accentuate the negative
Sep 29, 2009 |
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In an editorial published this week, the PLoS Medicine editors discuss how to maintain the integrity of the medical literature when publishing comparative effectiveness research (CER).
Considering usual medical care in clinical trial design
Sep 29, 2009 |
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In this week's PLoS Medicine, Liza Dawson (National Institutes of Health) and colleagues discuss the scientific and ethical issues associated with choosing clinical trial designs when there is no consensus on what consti ...
Risk of bone fractures associated with use of diabetes drug
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Research published this week in the open access journal, PLoS Medicine, suggests that there is an association between thiazolidinediones - a type of drug introduced in the 1990s to treat type 2 diabetes - and bone fractu ...
More babies born prematurely but survival rates up, study shows
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Premature births have increased significantly although survival rates of babies born early have improved dramatically, a study shows.
Spontaneous and medically induced preterm births contribute equally to the rising rate of preterm births
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Research published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine shows that the rising rate of preterm birth in Scotland is as much a result of an increase in spontaneous preterm birth as it is of preterm birth that i ...
Analysis of TB treatment studies identifies gaps in guidelines
Sep 15, 2009 |
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International guidelines for treating tuberculosis are due for specific improvements, according to two research papers published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine.
Shift in age distribution of dengue fever in Thailand explained
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Decreases in birth and death rates explain the shift in age distribution of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Thailand, according to a new paper in this week's open access journal PLoS Medicine.
How can clinicians help patients make decisions consistent with their values?
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Communication in healthcare: how can clinicians help patients make decisions consistent with their values?
