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PLoS 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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It's time for a 'third wave' of malaria activism to tackle drug shortages

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In this week's PLoS Medicine, the journal's editors call for concerted international action to address the crisis of malaria drug shortages across Africa.


Evaluating eHealth: How to make evaluation more methodologically robust

Medicine & Health / Health

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eHealth -- the organisation and delivery of health services and information using information technology (IT) systems—is playing an increasingly important role in shaping health care systems. This week PLoS Medicine publis ...


Risk of hip fracture in postmenopausal women rises steeply with age

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.





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Association of tight glycemic control with road crashes in diabetic patients

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A study from Canada published this week in PLoS Medicine suggests an association between tighter glycemic control and an increased risk of a motor vehicle crash in diabetic adults. Using a population-based case control analys ...


Researchers demonstrate that stem cells can be engineered to kill HIV

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

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(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA AIDS Institute researchers have for the first time demonstrated that human blood stem cells can be engineered to target and kill HIV-infected cells.


Severity of H1N1 flu in US during current flu season may be less than feared

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A new study from researchers at the UK Medical Research Council and the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) projects that the severity of the H1N1 flu during the autumn-winter flu season in the U.S. will likely be less ...


Validity of cost-effectiveness models based on randomized clinical trials

Medicine & Health / Research

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Cost-effectiveness studies are widely used to guide prescribing policy in many countries, as part of health technology assessment programmes. However, a new study published this week in PLoS Medicine by Tjeerd-Pieter van St ...


Study helps advance heart-related research

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created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Using a new mathematical model of heart cells, University of Iowa investigators have shown how activation of a critical enzyme, calmodulin kinase II (CaM kinase), disrupts the electrical activity of heart cells.


Improving female reproductive health and empowerment through control of NTDs

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created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Controlling neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in developing countries would help improve the reproductive health and rights of girls and women in the poorest countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, according ...


Study shows antibiotic unsuccessful in preventing preterm labor

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The antibiotic, called azithromycin, is effective in treating infections such as syphilis, Chlamydia and Ureaplasma urealyticum - a bacterial infection thought to play a significant role in causing preterm labour. Recent studi ...


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Preventing Spread of HIV in Jails: Best Window of Opportunity Early in Incarceration

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- With World AIDS Day less than a week away, two new studies from Yale School of Medicine show that jail inmates, one of the highest risk groups for AIDS, are far more likely to be tested for ...


Researchers identify proteins in lung cancer cells that may provide potential drug targets

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the Boston University Biomedical Engineering Department have identified a number of proteins whose activation allows them to distinguish between cancer and ...


Genome-wide association studies in developing countries raise important new ethical issues

Medicine & Health / Other

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Typically conducted in richer, developed countries but now increasingly done in the developing world, genome wide association (GWA) studies raise a host of ethical issues that must be addressed, argues a Policy Forum article ...



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