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January 2007, Volume 4, Issue 1
- 1-6 The Structure and Function of Research Ethics Committees in Africa: A Case Study
by Nancy E Kass & Adnan Ali Hyder & Ademola Ajuwon & John Appiah-Poku & Nicola Barsdorf & Dya Eldin Elsayed & Mantoa Mokhachane & Bavon Mupenda & Paul Ndebele & Godwin Ndossi & Bornwell Sikateyo & Godfrey Tangwa & Paulina Tindana - 1-6 Worldmapper: The Human Anatomy of a Small Planet
by Danny Dorling - 1-6 Ghost Authorship in Industry-Initiated Randomised Trials
by Peter C Gøtzsche & Asbjørn Hróbjartsson & Helle Krogh Johansen & Mette T Haahr & Douglas G Altman & An-Wen Chan - 1-6 Relationship between Funding Source and Conclusion among Nutrition-Related Scientific Articles
by Lenard I Lesser & Cara B Ebbeling & Merrill Goozner & David Wypij & David S Ludwig - 1-9 Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in a High HIV Prevalence Population Provided with Enhanced Diagnosis of Symptomatic Disease
by Elizabeth L Corbett & Tsitsi Bandason & Yin Bun Cheung & Shungu Munyati & Peter Godfrey-Faussett & Richard Hayes & Gavin Churchyard & Anthony Butterworth & Peter Mason - 1-9 The Relationship of Previous Training and Experience of Journal Peer Reviewers to Subsequent Review Quality
by Michael L Callaham & John Tercier - 1-15 Prediction of Graft-Versus-Host Disease in Humans by Donor Gene-Expression Profiling
by Chantal Baron & Roland Somogyi & Larry D Greller & Vincent Rineau & Peter Wilkinson & Carolyn R Cho & Mark J Cameron & David J Kelvin & Pierre Chagnon & Denis-Claude Roy & Lambert Busque & Rafick-Pierre Sékaly & Claude Perreault - 1-16 Modeling the Worldwide Spread of Pandemic Influenza: Baseline Case and Containment Interventions
by Vittoria Colizza & Alain Barrat & Marc Barthelemy & Alain-Jacques Valleron & Alessandro Vespignani
December 2006, Volume 3, Issue 12
- 1-1 Cost-Effective Control of Drug-Resistant TB: Listening to Other Voices
by Jose Luis Portero & Maria Rubio - 1-2 Blindness in Sudan: Is It Time to Scrutinise Survey Methods?
by Hannah Kuper & Clare Gilbert - 1-2 Multidrug-Resistant TB in the Philippines: Authors' Reply
by Thelma Tupasi - 1-2 Multidrug-Resistant TB in the Philippines: Totem and Taboo
by Jose Luis Portero & Maria Rubio - 1-3 Are Residents' Extended Shifts Associated With Adverse Events?
by Mariana Szklo-Coxe - 1-5 The Malaria Atlas Project: Developing Global Maps of Malaria Risk
by Simon I Hay & Robert W Snow - 1-6 Do We Need a World Health Insurance to Realise the Right to Health?
by Gorik Ooms & Katharine Derderian & David Melody - 1-9 Impact of Extended-Duration Shifts on Medical Errors, Adverse Events, and Attentional Failures
by Laura K Barger & Najib T Ayas & Brian E Cade & John W Cronin & Bernard Rosner & Frank E Speizer & Charles A Czeisler - 1-10 Cost-Effectiveness of Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in a South African Setting
by James G Kahn & Elliot Marseille & Bertran Auvert - 1-13 Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme I/D Polymorphism and Preeclampsia Risk: Evidence of Small-Study Bias
by Norma C Serrano & Luis A Díaz & Maria C Páez & Clara M Mesa & Rodrigo Cifuentes & Alvaro Monterrosa & Adriana González & Liam Smeeth & Aroon D Hingorani & Juan P Casas - 1-16 Tuberculosis among Health-Care Workers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review
by Rajnish Joshi & Arthur L Reingold & Dick Menzies & Madhukar Pai
November 2006, Volume 3, Issue 11
- 1-1 Health Development versus Medical Relief: Not a Turf Battle
by Guy-André Pelouze - 1-1 Intellectual Property and Access to ART: Authors' Reply
by Arachu Castro & Michael Westerhaus - 1-1 Are We Publishing “The Right Stuff”?
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-2 Air Travel and the Spread of Influenza: Important Caveats
by Cécile Viboud & Mark A Miller & Bryan T Grenfell & Ottar N Bjørnstad & Lone Simonsen - 1-2 Health Development versus Medical Relief: The Illusion of Aid
by Maria Rubio & Jose Luis Portero - 1-2 Intellectual Property and Access to ART: Unwise Choice of Terminology
by Richard Stallman - 1-2 City Initiative: Baby Steps to a Better Future
by Ramesh Vidavalur - 1-4 Fluoxetine and Suicide Rates: Suicide and the Economy
by Carlos A Camargo & Daniel A Bloch - 1-8 Packaging Health Services When Resources Are Limited: The Example of a Cervical Cancer Screening Visit
by Jane J Kim & Joshua A Salomon & Milton C Weinstein & Sue J Goldie - 1-9 Internet Use among Ugandan Adolescents: Implications for HIV Intervention
by Michele L Ybarra & Julius Kiwanuka & Nneka Emenyonu & David R Bangsberg - 1-20 Projections of Global Mortality and Burden of Disease from 2002 to 2030
by Colin D Mathers & Dejan Loncar - 1-26 Adherence to HAART: A Systematic Review of Developed and Developing Nation Patient-Reported Barriers and Facilitators
by Edward J Mills & Jean B Nachega & David R Bangsberg & Sonal Singh & Beth Rachlis & Ping Wu & Kumanan Wilson & Iain Buchan & Christopher J Gill & Curtis Cooper
October 2006, Volume 3, Issue 10
- 1-1 Novel Therapies for Tuberculosis: Tuberculosis Control and its Discontents
by Jose Luis Portero & Maria Rubio - 1-1 Research Ethics Boards: Size, Not Money
by Joal Hill - 1-1 Research Ethics Boards: The Protection of Human Subjects
by Valia S Lestou & Nancy Ondrusek & Morris A Blajchman - 1-1 Profiling of CSF: Reliability of Diagnosis
by Robert Matthews - 1-2 Research Ethics Boards: No Data on Quality of For-Profit or Non-Profit IRBs
by Adil E Shamoo & Elizabeth Woeckner - 1-2 Industry-Sponsored Research: A More Comprehensive Alternative
by Peter Mansfield - 1-2 Research Ethics Boards: Reply from Trudo Lemmens and Carl Elliott
by Trudo Lemmens & Carl Elliott - 1-2 Social Medicine in the Twenty-First Century
by Scott Stonington & Seth M Holmes & The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-2 Antidepressant Prevention of Postnatal Depression
by Louise M Howard & Elizabeth Boath & Carol Henshaw - 1-2 Research Ethics Boards: Error and Misconception
by Angela Bowen - 1-2 Industry-Sponsored Research: Author's Reply
by Julio Sotelo - 1-3 Why Should Medical Students Care about Health Policy?
by Rajesh Gupta - 1-4 Time to Regenerate: Ecosystems and Health Promotion
by Colin D Butler & Sharon Friel - 1-4 Is It Ethical for Patients with Renal Disease to Purchase Kidneys from the World's Poor?
by Tarif Bakdash & Nancy Scheper-Hughes - 1-5 Five Myths about the HIV Epidemic in Asia
by Peter Godwin & Nigel O'Farrell & Knut Fylkesnes & Sujaya Misra - 1-6 Combining Information from Common Type 2 Diabetes Risk Polymorphisms Improves Disease Prediction
by Michael N Weedon & Mark I McCarthy & Graham Hitman & Mark Walker & Christopher J Groves & Eleftheria Zeggini & N William Rayner & Beverley Shields & Katharine R Owen & Andrew T Hattersley & Timothy M Frayling - 1-6 How Did Social Medicine Evolve, and Where Is It Heading?
by Dorothy Porter - 1-6 Structural Violence and Clinical Medicine
by Paul E Farmer & Bruce Nizeye & Sara Stulac & Salmaan Keshavjee - 1-7 Cost-Effectiveness Study of Three Antimalarial Drug Combinations in Tanzania
by Virginia Wiseman & Michelle Kim & Theonest K Mutabingwa & Christopher J M Whitty - 1-8 Tuberculosis Recurrence and Mortality after Successful Treatment: Impact of Drug Resistance
by Helen Cox & Yared Kebede & Sholpan Allamuratova & Gabit Ismailov & Zamira Davletmuratova & Graham Byrnes & Christine Stone & Stefan Niemann & Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes & Lucie Blok & Daribay Doshetov - 1-9 Methods of Blinding in Reports of Randomized Controlled Trials Assessing Pharmacologic Treatments: A Systematic Review
by Isabelle Boutron & Candice Estellat & Lydia Guittet & Agnes Dechartres & David L Sackett & Asbjørn Hróbjartsson & Philippe Ravaud - 1-11 Indigenous Health and Socioeconomic Status in India
by S V Subramanian & George Davey Smith & Malavika Subramanyam - 1-18 An Ethnographic Study of the Social Context of Migrant Health in the United States
by Seth M Holmes
September 2006, Volume 3, Issue 9
- 1-1 Authors' Response to Gowdy
by Atle Fretheim & Andrew D Oxman - 1-1 Crossing the Language Limitations
by Zhenglun Pan & Jin Gao - 1-2 Geographic Data on Health Inequities: Understanding Policy Implications
by Gregory Pappas - 1-2 What Guidelines? Never Saw Them!
by A D Gowdy - 1-2 Access for Contributors: PLoS Expands Options for Publication of Research and Comment
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-2 Does Academic Medicine Matter?
by Jocalyn Clark & Peter Tugwell - 1-2 Is DOTS-Plus a Feasible and Cost-Effective Strategy?
by Paul Garner & Marissa Alejandria & Mary Ann Lansang - 1-4 Promoting Translational and Clinical Science: The Critical Role of Medical Schools and Teaching Hospitals
by Howard B Dickler & David Korn & Steven G Gabbe - 1-4 Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Latin America and the Caribbean: Time for Action
by Pablo Perel & Juan P Casas & Zulma Ortiz & J Jaime Miranda - 1-7 SARS: Systematic Review of Treatment Effects
by Lauren J Stockman & Richard Bellamy & Paul Garner - 1-10 Feasibility and Cost-Effectiveness of Treating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Cohort Study in the Philippines
by Thelma E Tupasi & Rajesh Gupta & Ma Imelda D Quelapio & Ruth B Orillaza & Nona Rachel Mira & Nellie V Mangubat & Virgil Belen & Nida Arnisto & Lualhati Macalintal & Michael Arabit & Jaime Y Lagahid & Marcos Espinal & Katherine Floyd - 1-12 Eight Americas: Investigating Mortality Disparities across Races, Counties, and Race-Counties in the United States
by Christopher J L Murray & Sandeep C Kulkarni & Catherine Michaud & Niels Tomijima & Maria T Bulzacchelli & Terrell J Iandiorio & Majid Ezzati - 1-13 Patient Outcomes with Teaching Versus Nonteaching Healthcare: A Systematic Review
by Panagiotis N Papanikolaou & Georgia D Christidi & John P A Ioannidis
July 2006, Volume 3, Issue 8
- 1-6 Evaluating Health Research Capacity Building: An Evidence-Based Tool
by Imelda Bates & Alex Yaw Osei Akoto & Daniel Ansong & Patrick Karikari & George Bedu-Addo & Julia Critchley & Tsiri Agbenyega & Anthony Nsiah-Asare
August 2006, Volume 3, Issue 8
- 1-1 Discussion Required for Correct Interpretation
by Radek Bukowski & Gary D V Hankins & George R Saade & Steve Thornton - 1-2 Schizophrenia Adoption Studies
by Jonathan Leo - 1-2 How Can Biomedical Journals Help to Tackle Global Poverty?
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-2 Thrombosis after Travel
by Kenneth J Rothman - 1-2 Borderline Thrombocytopenia or Mild Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura?
by Jacques Zimmer & François Hentges & Emmanuel Andres - 1-2 Telemedicine Complements Effective Health-Care Delivery but Is Not a Panacea
by Rajiv Sarin - 1-2 Further Advantages of a Unique Author Identification Number
by Etienne Joly - 1-4 Health Development versus Medical Relief: The Illusion versus the Irrelevance of Sustainability
by Gorik Ooms - 1-5 Serious Shortcomings in the Management of Children with Anaphylaxis in Scottish Schools
by Kirsty E Rankin & Aziz Sheikh - 1-5 Have Online International Medical Journals Made Local Journals Obsolete?
by David Ofori-Adjei & Gerd Antes & Prathap Tharyan & Elizabeth Slade & Pritpal S Tamber - 1-5 Regulating the Market in Human Research Participants
by Trudo Lemmens & Paul B Miller - 1-7 How Do Intellectual Property Law and International Trade Agreements Affect Access to Antiretroviral Therapy?
by Michael Westerhaus & Arachu Castro - 1-8 Reduced Antibody Responses to Vaccinations in Children Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls
by Carsten Heilmann & Philippe Grandjean & Pál Weihe & Flemming Nielsen & Esben Budtz-Jørgensen - 1-8 Travel-Related Venous Thrombosis: Results from a Large Population-Based Case Control Study (MEGA Study)
by Suzanne C Cannegieter & Carine J M Doggen & Hans C van Houwelingen & Frits R Rosendaal - 1-9 Climate Cycles and Forecasts of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, a Nonstationary Vector-Borne Disease
by Luis Fernando Chaves & Mercedes Pascual - 1-11 Frequency of Adverse Events after Vaccination with Different Vaccinia Strains
by Mirjam Kretzschmar & Jacco Wallinga & Peter Teunis & Shuqin Xing & Rafael Mikolajczyk - 1-11 Statins in the Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure: A Systematic Review
by Pim van der Harst & Adriaan A Voors & Wiek H van Gilst & Michael Böhm & Dirk J van Veldhuisen
May 2006, Volume 3, Issue 7
- 1-1 The Clinical Applications of a Systems Approach
by Andrew C Ahn & Muneesh Tewari & Chi-Sang Poon & Russell S Phillips
July 2006, Volume 3, Issue 7
- 1-1 The Newest Mania: Seeing Disease Mongering Everywhere
by S Nassir Ghaemi - 1-1 Disease Mongering: One of the Hidden Consequences
by Kenneth Gillman - 1-1 A Survey of Public Funding of Cancer Research in the European Union
by Seth Eckhouse & Richard Sullivan - 1-1 Cost-Effectiveness of Treating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
by Stephen C Resch & Joshua A Salomon & Megan Murray & Milton C Weinstein - 1-1 Uptake of Workplace HIV Counselling and Testing: A Cluster-Randomised Trial in Zimbabwe
by Elizabeth L Corbett & Ethel Dauya & Ronnie Matambo & Yin Bun Cheung & Beauty Makamure & Mary T Bassett & Steven Chandiwana & Shungu Munyati & Peter R Mason & Anthony E Butterworth & Peter Godfrey-Faussett & Richard J Hayes - 1-1 Confessions of a Disease Monger
by James Phelps - 1-1 “Key to the Future”: British American Tobacco and Cigarette Smuggling in China
by Kelley Lee & Jeff Collin - 1-1 Regulation of Clinical Research Sponsored by Pharmaceutical Companies: A Proposal
by Julio Sotelo - 1-1 PLoS Medicine and the Pharmaceutical Industry
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-1 Should Society Allow Research Ethics Boards to Be Run As For-Profit Enterprises?
by Ezekiel J Emanuel & Trudo Lemmens & Carl Elliot - 1-1 The “Ultimate Prize” for Big Tobacco: Opening the Chinese Cigarette Market by Cigarette Smuggling
by Thomas E Novotny
May 2006, Volume 3, Issue 6
- 1-1 Advertising in Medical Journals: Should Current Practices Change?
by Adriane Fugh-Berman & Karen Alladin & Jarva Chow - 1-1 The Commission on Social Determinants of Health: Tackling the Social Roots of Health Inequities
by Alec Irwin & Nicole Valentine & Chris Brown & Rene Loewenson & Orielle Solar & Hilary Brown & Theadora Koller & Jeanette Vega - 1-1 The Limits of Reductionism in Medicine: Could Systems Biology Offer an Alternative?
by Andrew C Ahn & Muneesh Tewari & Chi-Sang Poon & Russell S Phillips
June 2006, Volume 3, Issue 6
- 1-1 Authors' Reply
by Peter J Hotez & David H Molyneux & Alan Fenwick & Eric Ottesen & Sonia Ehrlich Sachs & Jeffrey D Sachs - 1-1 Improving Prescribing Practices in Primary Care
by Chris Del Mar - 1-1 Implementation Research Is Needed to Achieve International Health Goals
by David Sanders & Andy Haines - 1-1 Modeling of the Temporal Patterns of Fluoxetine Prescriptions and Suicide Rates in the United States
by Michael S Milane & Marc A Suchard & Ma-Li Wong & Julio Licinio - 1-1 Rational Prescribing in Primary Care (RaPP): Economic Evaluation of an Intervention to Improve Professional Practice
by Atle Fretheim & Morten Aaserud & Andrew D Oxman - 1-1 The Roulette Wheel: An Aid to Informed Decision Making
by Jerome R Hoffman & Michael S Wilkes & Frank C Day & Douglas S Bell & Jerilyn K Higa - 1-1 Suicide Rates and Antidepressant Prescribing: A Casual or Causal Relationship?
by Bernhard Baune & Phillipa Hay - 1-1 Hyperinfectivity in Cholera: A New Mechanism for an Old Epidemiological Model?
by Mercedes Pascual & Katia Koelle & Andrew P Dobson - 1-1 Industry and Bioethics: What Price the Relationship?
by Mark Boyd & Wendy Rogers - 1-1 The Impact Factor Game
by The PLoS Medicine Editors
April 2006, Volume 3, Issue 6
- 1-1 Improving Access to Medicines in Poor Countries: The Role of Universities
by Dave A Chokshi - 1-1 Getting It Right: Being Smarter about Clinical Trials
by Barnett S Kramer & Joan Wilentz & Duane Alexander & John Burklow & Lawrence M Friedman & Richard Hodes & Ruth Kirschstein & Amy Patterson & Griffin Rodgers & Stephen E Straus
February 2006, Volume 3, Issue 5
- 1-1 Innovation in Biomedicine: Can Stem Cell Research Lead the Way to Affordability?
by Merrill Goozner
April 2006, Volume 3, Issue 5
- 1-1 Lessons on Ethical Decision Making from the Bioscience Industry
by Jocelyn E Mackie & Andrew D Taylor & David L Finegold & Abdallah S Daar & Peter A Singer - 1-1 What Is the Bioscience Industry Doing to Address the Ethical Issues It Faces?
by Carlos Novas - 1-1 Mathematical Model of HPV Provides Insight into Impacts of Risk Factors and Vaccine
by Jane J Kim - 1-1 The Effect of α +-Thalassaemia on the Incidence of Malaria and Other Diseases in Children Living on the Coast of Kenya
by Sammy Wambua & Tabitha W Mwangi & Moses Kortok & Sophie M Uyoga & Alex W Macharia & Jedidah K Mwacharo & David J Weatherall & Robert W Snow & Kevin Marsh & Thomas N Williams
May 2006, Volume 3, Issue 5
- 1-1 Authors' Reply
by David Wendler & Ezekiel J Emanuel - 1-1 Mistrust among Minorities and the Trustworthiness of Medicine
by Matthew K Wynia & Vanessa Northington Gamble - 1-1 Unique Author Identification Number in Scientific Databases: A Suggestion
by Matthew E Falagas - 1-1 Promoting Regional Health Cooperation: The South Asian Public Health Forum
by Rana Jawad Asghar - 1-1 Statins in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Evidence from Systematic Reviews and Randomized Clinical Trials
by Sankar D Navaneethan & Francesca Pansini & Giovanni F M Strippoli - 1-1 Should Language Matter Less to Journals?
by Erik von Elm - 1-1 Increasing the Participation: Another Factor
by Ahmad A Sabri & Mohammad Ahad Qayyum - 1-1 The Impact of Open Access upon Public Health
by The PLoS Medicine Editors
February 2006, Volume 3, Issue 4
- 1-1 Large-Scale Evidence for the Effect of the COLIA1 Sp1 Polymorphism on Osteoporosis Outcomes: The GENOMOS Study
by Stuart H Ralston & André G Uitterlinden & Maria Luisa Brandi & Susana Balcells & Bente L Langdahl & Paul Lips & Roman Lorenc & Barbara Obermayer-Pietsch & Serena Scollen & Mariona Bustamante & Lise Bjerre Husted & Alisoun H Carey & Adolfo Diez-Perez & Alison M Dunning & Alberto Falchetti & Elzbieta Karczmarewicz & Marcin Kruk & Johannes P T M van Leeuwen & Joyce B J van Meurs & Jon Mangion & Fiona E A McGuigan & Leonardo Mellibovsky & Francesca del Monte & Huibert A P Pols & Jonathan Reeve & David M Reid & Wilfried Renner & Fernando Rivadeneira & Natasja M van Schoor & Rachael E Sherlock & John P A Ioannidis & for the GENOMOS investigators
March 2006, Volume 3, Issue 4
- 1-1 Modeling the Impact of Antiretroviral Use in Developing Countries
by Stefano M Bertozzi & Sergio Bautista-Arredondo - 1-1 Five Glutathione S-Transferase Gene Variants in 23,452 Cases of Lung Cancer and 30,397 Controls: Meta-Analysis of 130 Studies
by Zheng Ye & Honglin Song & Julian P T Higgins & Paul Pharoah & John Danesh
April 2006, Volume 3, Issue 4
- 1-1 Mischievous Odds Ratios
by William Steinsmith - 1-1 Combating Disease Mongering: Daunting but Nonetheless Essential
by Iona Heath - 1-1 Female Sexual Dysfunction: A Case Study of Disease Mongering and Activist Resistance
by Leonore Tiefer - 1-1 Authors' Reply
by Frits Rosendaal & Pieter H Reitsma
February 2006, Volume 3, Issue 3
- 1-1 Enrolling Women into HIV Preventive Vaccine Trials: An Ethical Imperative but a Logistical Challenge
by Edward Mills & Stephanie Nixon & Sonal Singh & Sonam Dolma & Anjali Nayyar & Sushma Kapoor
March 2006, Volume 3, Issue 3
- 1-1 How Can Doctors Help Their Patients to Return to Work?
by Jos H Verbeek - 1-1 Prioritizing Investment in Medical Education
by Fawad Aslam - 1-1 Clinical Trials Registration
by Frank W Rockhold & Ronald L Krall - 1-1 What Are the Public Health Effects of Direct-to-Consumer Drug Advertising?
by Elizabeth A Almasi & Randall S Stafford & Richard L Kravitz & Peter R Mansfield - 1-1 Telemedicine in Rural India
by Sanjit Bagchi - 1-1 How to Take HIV Antiretroviral Medications on Time without a Watch in Rural Uganda
by Marissa Maier & Mwebesa Bwana & Nneka Emenyonu & Larry Pepper & David R Bangsberg - 1-1 Drowning or Thirsting: The Extremes of Availability of Medical Information
by The PLoS Medicine Editors
January 2006, Volume 3, Issue 3
- 1-1 Exclusion and Inclusion of Nonwhite Ethnic Minority Groups in 72 North American and European Cardiovascular Cohort Studies
by Meghna Ranganathan & Raj Bhopal - 1-1 Automated DNA Sequence-Based Early Warning System for the Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Outbreaks
by Alexander Mellmann & Alexander W Friedrich & Nicole Rosenkötter & Jörg Rothgänger & Helge Karch & Ralf Reintjes & Dag Harmsen - 1-1 Epidemiology As a Tool to Reveal Inequalities in Breast Cancer Care
by Eduardo L Franco
February 2006, Volume 3, Issue 2
- 1-1 Ich Weiss Nicht Was Soll Es Bedeuten: Language Matters in Medicine
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-1 Evident Exception in Clinical Practice Not Sufficient to Break Traditional Hypothesis
by Milan Sarek - 1-1 Does Genetic Testing Really Improve the Prediction of Future Type 2 Diabetes?
by A Cecile J W Janssens & Marta Gwinn & Subramony Subramonia-Iyer & Muin J Khoury
January 2006, Volume 3, Issue 2
- 1-1 Screening the United States Blood Supply for West Nile Virus: A Question of Blood, Dollars, and Sense
by Bruce Y Lee & Brad J Biggerstaff - 1-1 Bioethical Implications of Globalization: An International Consortium Project of the European Commission
by Thomas E Novotny & Emilio Mordini & Ruth Chadwick & J Martin Pedersen & Fabrizio Fabbri & Reidar Lie & Natapong Thanachaiboot & Elias Mossialos & Govin Permanand - 1-1 The Battle to Reduce Maternal Deaths in Southern Lima
by Luis Vega - 1-1 Do We Need to Put Society First? The Potential for Tragedy in Antimicrobial Resistance
by Kevin R Foster & Hajo Grundmann - 1-1 Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Blood-Screening Strategies for West Nile Virus in the United States
by Caroline T Korves & Sue J Goldie & Megan B Murray
January 2006, Volume 3, Issue 1
- 1-1 Is Antiretroviral Therapy Cost-Effective in South Africa?
by R Scott Braithwaite & Joel Tsevat - 1-1 The Money Issue
by Mpho Selemogo - 1-1 Authors' Reply
by Bertran Auvert & Joëlle Sobngwi-Tambekou & Dirk Taljaard & Emmanuel Lagarde & Adrian Puren - 1-1 The “PharmFree” Campaign: Educating Medical Students about Industry Influence
by Yavar Moghimi
December 2005, Volume 3, Issue 2
- 1-1 Are Racial and Ethnic Minorities Less Willing to Participate in Health Research?
by David Wendler & Raynard Kington & Jennifer Madans & Gretchen Van Wye & Heidi Christ-Schmidt & Laura A Pratt & Otis W Brawley & Cary P Gross & Ezekiel Emanuel - 1-1 Why Are Ethnic Minorities Under-Represented in US Research Studies?
by Aziz Sheikh
November 2005, Volume 3, Issue 1
December 2005, Volume 3, Issue 1
- 1-1 Gene Expression Profiling Predicts Survival in Conventional Renal Cell Carcinoma
by Hongjuan Zhao & Börje Ljungberg & Kjell Grankvist & Torgny Rasmuson & Robert Tibshirani & James D Brooks - 1-1 Cost-Effectiveness of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa
by Motasim Badri & Gary Maartens & Sundhiya Mandalia & Linda-Gail Bekker & John R Penrod & Robert W Platt & Robin Wood & Eduard J Beck - 1-1 Perspectives on the Efficacy of Antidepressants for Child and Adolescent Depression
by Amir Raz
December 2005, Volume 2, Issue 12
- 1-1 Editor's Reply
by Emma Veitch - 1-1 Moral Imagination: The Missing Component in Global Health
by Solomon R Benatar - 1-1 Correction/Clarification about FDA Review Documents
by Erick Turner
November 2005, Volume 2, Issue 12
- 1-1 Selection Bias in Meta-Analyses of Gene-Disease Associations
by Jin Ling Tang - 1-1 Genetic Prediction of Future Type 2 Diabetes
by Valeriya Lyssenko & Peter Almgren & Dragi Anevski & Marju Orho-Melander & Marketa Sjögren & Carola Saloranta & Tiinamaija Tuomi & Leif Groop & the Botnia Study Group - 1-1 Local Literature Bias in Genetic Epidemiology: An Empirical Evaluation of the Chinese Literature
by Zhenglun Pan & Thomas A Trikalinos & Fotini K Kavvoura & Joseph Lau & John PA Ioannidis
October 2005, Volume 2, Issue 12
October 2005, Volume 2, Issue 11
- 1-1 Clinical Trial Registration: The Differing Views of Industry, the WHO, and the Ottawa Group
by Karmela Krleža-Jerić - 1-1 “Rapid-Impact Interventions”: How a Policy of Integrated Control for Africa's Neglected Tropical Diseases Could Benefit the Poor
by David H Molyneux & Peter J Hotez & Alan Fenwick - 1-1 Beyond Trial Registration: A Global Trial Bank for Clinical Trial Reporting
by Ida Sim & Don E Detmer - 1-1 Randomized, Controlled Intervention Trial of Male Circumcision for Reduction of HIV Infection Risk: The ANRS 1265 Trial
by Bertran Auvert & Dirk Taljaard & Emmanuel Lagarde & Joëlle Sobngwi-Tambekou & Rémi Sitta & Adrian Puren
September 2005, Volume 2, Issue 11
- 1-1 Rationing Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV/AIDS in Africa: Choices and Consequences
by Sydney Rosen & Ian Sanne & Alizanne Collier & Jonathon L Simon
November 2005, Volume 2, Issue 11
- 1-1 Why Medical Students Are Crucial to the Future of Research in South Asia
by Fawad Aslam & Murtaza Shakir & Muhammad Ahad Qayyum - 1-1 Power, Reliability, and Heterogeneous Results
by Ian Shrier - 1-1 Response to Amir Attaran
by John W McArthur & Jeffrey D Sachs & Guido Schmidt-Traub - 1-1 The Clinical Interpretation of Research
by Stephen G Pauker - 1-1 Mental Health Care and Mental Health Legislation in Pakistan: No Mercy for Losers
by Haider Ali Naqvi - 1-1 Author's Reply
by Amir Attaran
October 2005, Volume 2, Issue 10
- 1-1 We Must Find the Problem in the Intrinsic Mechanisms of Both Media and Medical Research
by Luciano Benedetti - 1-1 Tackling Publication Bias in Clinical Trial Reporting
by Emma Veitch & The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-1 Use of Preclinical Models to Improve Treatment of Retinoblastoma
by Michael A Dyer & Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo & Matthew W Wilson
September 2005, Volume 2, Issue 10
- 1-1 Data Cleaning: Detecting, Diagnosing, and Editing Data Abnormalities
by Jan Van den Broeck & Solveig Argeseanu Cunningham & Roger Eeckels & Kobus Herbst - 1-1 An Immeasurable Crisis? A Criticism of the Millennium Development Goals and Why They Cannot Be Measured
by Amir Attaran - 1-1 Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Does Mental Health Play a Role?
by J Jaime Miranda & Vikram Patel - 1-1 Making Practical Markets for Vaccines
by Donald W Light
September 2005, Volume 2, Issue 9
- 1-1 A New Era of Hope for the World's Most Neglected Diseases
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-1 Computerized Physician Order Entry Systems: The Coming of Age for Outpatient Medicine
by Robert L Davis - 1-1 Authors' Reply: Measurement Errors in Schizophrenia Epidemiology
by John McGrath & Sukanta Saha & Joy Welham & David Charles Chant - 1-1 Predicting Cesarean Section and Uterine Rupture among Women Attempting Vaginal Birth after Prior Cesarean Section
by Gordon C S Smith & Ian R White & Jill P Pell & Richard Dobbie - 1-1 The Effect of Automated Alerts on Provider Ordering Behavior in an Outpatient Setting
by Andrew W Steele & Sheri Eisert & Joel Witter & Pat Lyons & Michael A Jones & Patricia Gabow & Eduardo Ortiz - 1-1 Deception in Research on the Placebo Effect
by Franklin G Miller & David Wendler & Leora C Swartzman - 1-1 Response to Stampfer Commentary
by David F Williamson
August 2005, Volume 2, Issue 9
- 1-1 What Can We Do to Improve Child Health in Southern Italy?
by Maurizio Bonati & Rita Campi - 1-1 Curbing the Influence of the Drug Industry: A British View
by Richard Smith - 1-1 The European Rare Diseases Therapeutic Initiative
by Alain Fischer & Pascale Borensztein & Claire Roussel