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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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Severe breathing disorders during sleep are associated with an increased risk of dying

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Severe breathing disorders during sleep are associated with an increased risk of dying from any cause according to research published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine. The study finds that the increased risk o ...


Public health campaign associated with major reduction in antibiotic use

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A national public health campaign in France was associated with a marked reduction of unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions, particularly in children, says new research published in this week's open-access journal PLoS Me ...


New gene may provide breast cancer diagnostic marker

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a research article published in this week's PLoS Medicine, Ann Killary (from the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) and colleagues describe a new gene called DEAR1 that is genetically altered by mutation and de ...


Smoking, high blood pressure, being overweight -- top 3 preventable causes of death in the US

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Smoking, high blood pressure and being overweight are the leading preventable risk factors for premature mortality in the United States, according to a new study led by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), ...


UV lights decrease infectious TB in hospital room air

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created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The simple intervention of using ultraviolet (UV) lights near the ceiling together with fans may reduce the spread of tuberculosis (TB) in hospitals, and air treatment with negative ionizers may also be effective, according ...


Study in mice shows mechanisms behind immune responses to brain tumors

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Findings from a study conducted in mice, published in the open access journal PLoS Medicine next week, provide new insights into how an effective immune response to brain tumors could potentially be brought about in humans ...


Cardiovascular and suicide risk raised after prostate cancer diagnosis

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer have an increased risk of cardiovascular events and suicide, reports a new study in this week's PLoS Medicine. Katja Falland Fang Fang from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden ...


Influenza in Africa should not be ignored

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created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Influenza is circulating in Africa, but virtually no information or attention is evident, says a new essay in this week's PLoS Medicine. Maria Yazdanbakhsh and Peter Kremsner argue that the lack of adequate surveillance means ...


Risk of bone fractures associated with use of diabetes drug

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Analysis of TB treatment studies identifies gaps in guidelines

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created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

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

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.


Mexican health care reform has been convoluted and ineffective

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created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A Policy Forum published in this week's open access journal PLoS Medicine argues that twenty-five years of health care reforms in Mexico have increased insurance coverage but have not resulted in greater efficiency and ha ...


Tiny early-stage ovarian tumors define early detection challenge

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study by Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers shows that most early-stage ovarian tumors exist for years at a size that is a thousand times smaller than existing tests can detect reliably.


HIV-1 damages gut antibody producing immune cells within days of infection

HIV-1 damages gut antibody producing immune cells within days of infection

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The virus that causes AIDS is classified as a lentivirus, a word derived from the Latin prefix, "lenti-," meaning "slow." But new research from the NIAID-funded Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology suggests ...


Inflammation markers linked more with fatal than nonfatal cardiovascular events in elderly

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A study published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine shows that for elderly people at risk of cardiovascular disease, the presence of inflammatory markers in the blood can identify that an individual is at ...