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September 2017, Volume 14, Issue 9
- 1-29 Self-monitoring of blood pressure in hypertension: A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis
by Katherine L Tucker & James P Sheppard & Richard Stevens & Hayden B Bosworth & Alfred Bove & Emma P Bray & Kenneth Earle & Johnson George & Marshall Godwin & Beverly B Green & Paul Hebert & F D Richard Hobbs & Ilkka Kantola & Sally M Kerry & Alfonso Leiva & David J Magid & Jonathan Mant & Karen L Margolis & Brian McKinstry & Mary Ann McLaughlin & Stefano Omboni & Olugbenga Ogedegbe & Gianfranco Parati & Nashat Qamar & Bahman P Tabaei & Juha Varis & Willem J Verberk & Bonnie J Wakefield & Richard J McManus - 1-30 Impact of common genetic determinants of Hemoglobin A1c on type 2 diabetes risk and diagnosis in ancestrally diverse populations: A transethnic genome-wide meta-analysis
by Eleanor Wheeler & Aaron Leong & Ching-Ti Liu & Marie-France Hivert & Rona J Strawbridge & Clara Podmore & Man Li & Jie Yao & Xueling Sim & Jaeyoung Hong & Audrey Y Chu & Weihua Zhang & Xu Wang & Peng Chen & Nisa M Maruthur & Bianca C Porneala & Stephen J Sharp & Yucheng Jia & Edmond K Kabagambe & Li-Ching Chang & Wei-Min Chen & Cathy E Elks & Daniel S Evans & Qiao Fan & Franco Giulianini & Min Jin Go & Jouke-Jan Hottenga & Yao Hu & Anne U Jackson & Stavroula Kanoni & Young Jin Kim & Marcus E Kleber & Claes Ladenvall & Cecile Lecoeur & Sing-Hui Lim & Yingchang Lu & Anubha Mahajan & Carola Marzi & Mike A Nalls & Pau Navarro & Ilja M Nolte & Lynda M Rose & Denis V Rybin & Serena Sanna & Yuan Shi & Daniel O Stram & Fumihiko Takeuchi & Shu Pei Tan & Peter J van der Most & Jana V Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk & Andrew Wong & Loic Yengo & Wanting Zhao & Anuj Goel & Maria Teresa Martinez Larrad & Dörte Radke & Perttu Salo & Toshiko Tanaka & Erik P A van Iperen & Goncalo Abecasis & Saima Afaq & Behrooz Z Alizadeh & Alain G Bertoni & Amelie Bonnefond & Yvonne Böttcher & Erwin P Bottinger & Harry Campbell & Olga D Carlson & Chien-Hsiun Chen & Yoon Shin Cho & W Timothy Garvey & Christian Gieger & Mark O Goodarzi & Harald Grallert & Anders Hamsten & Catharina A Hartman & Christian Herder & Chao Agnes Hsiung & Jie Huang & Michiya Igase & Masato Isono & Tomohiro Katsuya & Chiea-Chuen Khor & Wieland Kiess & Katsuhiko Kohara & Peter Kovacs & Juyoung Lee & Wen-Jane Lee & Benjamin Lehne & Huaixing Li & Jianjun Liu & Stephane Lobbens & Jian'an Luan & Valeriya Lyssenko & Thomas Meitinger & Tetsuro Miki & Iva Miljkovic & Sanghoon Moon & Antonella Mulas & Gabriele Müller & Martina Müller-Nurasyid & Ramaiah Nagaraja & Matthias Nauck & James S Pankow & Ozren Polasek & Inga Prokopenko & Paula S Ramos & Laura Rasmussen-Torvik & Wolfgang Rathmann & Stephen S Rich & Neil R Robertson & Michael Roden & Ronan Roussel & Igor Rudan & Robert A Scott & William R Scott & Bengt Sennblad & David S Siscovick & Konstantin Strauch & Liang Sun & Morris Swertz & Salman M Tajuddin & Kent D Taylor & Yik-Ying Teo & Yih Chung Tham & Anke Tönjes & Nicholas J Wareham & Gonneke Willemsen & Tom Wilsgaard & Aroon D Hingorani & EPIC-CVD Consortium & EPIC-InterAct Consortium & Lifelines Cohort Study & Josephine Egan & Luigi Ferrucci & G Kees Hovingh & Antti Jula & Mika Kivimaki & Meena Kumari & Inger Njølstad & Colin N A Palmer & Manuel Serrano Ríos & Michael Stumvoll & Hugh Watkins & Tin Aung & Matthias Blüher & Michael Boehnke & Dorret I Boomsma & Stefan R Bornstein & John C Chambers & Daniel I Chasman & Yii-Der Ida Chen & Yduan-Tsong Chen & Ching-Yu Cheng & Francesco Cucca & Eco J C de Geus & Panos Deloukas & Michele K Evans & Myriam Fornage & Yechiel Friedlander & Philippe Froguel & Leif Groop & Myron D Gross & Tamara B Harris & Caroline Hayward & Chew-Kiat Heng & Erik Ingelsson & Norihiro Kato & Bong-Jo Kim & Woon-Puay Koh & Jaspal S Kooner & Antje Körner & Diana Kuh & Johanna Kuusisto & Markku Laakso & Xu Lin & Yongmei Liu & Ruth J F Loos & Patrik K E Magnusson & Winfried März & Mark I McCarthy & Albertine J Oldehinkel & Ken K Ong & Nancy L Pedersen & Mark A Pereira & Annette Peters & Paul M Ridker & Charumathi Sabanayagam & Michele Sale & Danish Saleheen & Juha Saltevo & Peter EH Schwarz & Wayne H H Sheu & Harold Snieder & Timothy D Spector & Yasuharu Tabara & Jaakko Tuomilehto & Rob M van Dam & James G Wilson & James F Wilson & Bruce H R Wolffenbuttel & Tien Yin Wong & Jer-Yuarn Wu & Jian-Min Yuan & Alan B Zonderman & Nicole Soranzo & Xiuqing Guo & David J Roberts & Jose C Florez & Robert Sladek & Josée Dupuis & Andrew P Morris & E-Shyong Tai & Elizabeth Selvin & Jerome I Rotter & Claudia Langenberg & Inês Barroso & James B Meigs
August 2017, Volume 14, Issue 8
- 1-4 Evaluating the impact of Affordable Care Act repeal on America's opioid epidemic
by Leana S Wen & Evan B Behrle & Alexander C Tsai - 1-19 Association of pre-pregnancy body mass index with offspring metabolic profile: Analyses of 3 European prospective birth cohorts
by Diana L Santos Ferreira & Dylan M Williams & Antti J Kangas & Pasi Soininen & Mika Ala-Korpela & George Davey Smith & Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin & Debbie A Lawlor - 1-20 Effectiveness of a brief behavioural intervention on psychological distress among women with a history of gender-based violence in urban Kenya: A randomised clinical trial
by Richard A Bryant & Alison Schafer & Katie S Dawson & Dorothy Anjuri & Caroline Mulili & Lincoln Ndogoni & Phiona Koyiet & Marit Sijbrandij & Jeannette Ulate & Melissa Harper Shehadeh & Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic & Mark van Ommeren - 1-20 Malaria, malnutrition, and birthweight: A meta-analysis using individual participant data
by Jordan E Cates & Holger W Unger & Valerie Briand & Nadine Fievet & Innocent Valea & Halidou Tinto & Umberto D’Alessandro & Sarah H Landis & Seth Adu-Afarwuah & Kathryn G Dewey & Feiko O ter Kuile & Meghna Desai & Stephanie Dellicour & Peter Ouma & Julie Gutman & Martina Oneko & Laurence Slutsker & Dianne J Terlouw & Simon Kariuki & John Ayisi & Mwayiwawo Madanitsa & Victor Mwapasa & Per Ashorn & Kenneth Maleta & Ivo Mueller & Danielle Stanisic & Christentze Schmiegelow & John P A Lusingu & Anna Maria van Eijk & Melissa Bauserman & Linda Adair & Stephen R Cole & Daniel Westreich & Steven Meshnick & Stephen Rogerson - 1-24 Assessing the impact of healthcare research: A systematic review of methodological frameworks
by Samantha Cruz Rivera & Derek G Kyte & Olalekan Lee Aiyegbusi & Thomas J Keeley & Melanie J Calvert
July 2017, Volume 14, Issue 7
- 1-19 Cerebrovascular pressure reactivity monitoring using wavelet analysis in traumatic brain injury patients: A retrospective study
by Xiuyun Liu & Joseph Donnelly & Marek Czosnyka & Marcel J H Aries & Ken Brady & Danilo Cardim & Chiara Robba & Manuel Cabeleira & Dong-Joo Kim & Christina Haubrich & Peter J Hutchinson & Peter Smielewski - 1-21 Temporal profile of intracranial pressure and cerebrovascular reactivity in severe traumatic brain injury and association with fatal outcome: An observational study
by Hadie Adams & Joseph Donnelly & Marek Czosnyka & Angelos G Kolias & Adel Helmy & David K Menon & Peter Smielewski & Peter J Hutchinson
June 2017, Volume 14, Issue 6
- 1-3 Malaria control adds to the evidence for health aid effectiveness
by Eran Bendavid - 1-3 Data Sharing Statements for Clinical Trials: A Requirement of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
by Darren B Taichman & Peush Sahni & Anja Pinborg & Larry Peiperl & Christine Laine & Astrid James & Sung-Tae Hong & Abraham Haileamlak & Laragh Gollogly & Fiona Godlee & Frank A Frizelle & Fernando Florenzano & Jeffrey M Drazen & Howard Bauchner & Christopher Baethge & Joyce Backus - 1-4 Effectiveness and equity of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation
by Sanjay Basu & Kristine Madsen - 1-17 Contribution of cognitive performance and cognitive decline to associations between socioeconomic factors and dementia: A cohort study
by Jennifer Rusmaully & Aline Dugravot & Jean-Paul Moatti & Michael G Marmot & Alexis Elbaz & Mika Kivimaki & Séverine Sabia & Archana Singh-Manoux - 1-17 Modelled health benefits of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax across different socioeconomic groups in Australia: A cost-effectiveness and equity analysis
by Anita Lal & Ana Maria Mantilla-Herrera & Lennert Veerman & Kathryn Backholer & Gary Sacks & Marjory Moodie & Mohammad Siahpush & Rob Carter & Anna Peeters - 1-19 Estimating the causal influence of body mass index on risk of Parkinson disease: A Mendelian randomisation study
by Alastair J Noyce & Demis A Kia & Gibran Hemani & Aude Nicolas & T Ryan Price & Eduardo De Pablo-Fernandez & Philip C Haycock & Patrick A Lewis & Thomas Foltynie & George Davey Smith & International Parkinson Disease Genomics Consortium & Anette Schrag & Andrew J Lees & John Hardy & Andrew Singleton & Mike A Nalls & Neil Pearce & Debbie A Lawlor & Nicholas W Wood
May 2017, Volume 14, Issue 5
- 1-3 Tobacco control: Developing an innovative and effective global strategy
by The PLOS Medicine Editors - 1-19 Association between expansion of primary healthcare and racial inequalities in mortality amenable to primary care in Brazil: A national longitudinal analysis
by Thomas Hone & Davide Rasella & Mauricio L Barreto & Azeem Majeed & Christopher Millett - 1-19 Estimation of the cost-effectiveness of HIV prevention portfolios for people who inject drugs in the United States: A model-based analysis
by Cora L Bernard & Douglas K Owens & Jeremy D Goldhaber-Fiebert & Margaret L Brandeau - 1-20 First-trimester artemisinin derivatives and quinine treatments and the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in Africa and Asia: A meta-analysis of observational studies
by Stephanie Dellicour & Esperança Sevene & Rose McGready & Halidou Tinto & Dominic Mosha & Christine Manyando & Stephen Rulisa & Meghna Desai & Peter Ouma & Martina Oneko & Anifa Vala & Maria Rupérez & Eusébio Macete & Clara Menéndez & Seydou Nakanabo-Diallo & Adama Kazienga & Innocent Valéa & Gregory Calip & Orvalho Augusto & Blaise Genton & Eric M Njunju & Kerryn A Moore & Umberto d’Alessandro & Francois Nosten & Feiko ter Kuile & Andy Stergachis - 1-24 Impact evaluation of different cash-based intervention modalities on child and maternal nutritional status in Sindh Province, Pakistan, at 6 mo and at 1 y: A cluster randomised controlled trial
by Bridget Fenn & Tim Colbourn & Carmel Dolan & Silke Pietzsch & Murtaza Sangrasi & Jeremy Shoham
April 2017, Volume 14, Issue 4
- 1-6 Clinical decision tools are needed to identify HIV-positive patients at high risk for poor outcomes after initiation of antiretroviral therapy
by Margaret L McNairy & Elaine J Abrams & Miriam Rabkin & Wafaa M El-Sadr - 1-7 An open source pharma roadmap
by Manica Balasegaram & Peter Kolb & John McKew & Jaykumar Menon & Piero Olliaro & Tomasz Sablinski & Zakir Thomas & Matthew H Todd & Els Torreele & John Wilbanks - 1-9 Governing multisectoral action for health in low- and middle-income countries
by Kumanan Rasanathan & Sara Bennett & Vincent Atkins & Robert Beschel & Gabriel Carrasquilla & Jodi Charles & Rajib Dasgupta & Kirk Emerson & Douglas Glandon & Churnrurtai Kanchanachitra & Pete Kingsley & Don Matheson & Rees Murithi Mbabu & Charles Mwansambo & Michael Myers & Jeremias Paul Jr. & Thulisile Radebe & James Smith & Orielle Solar & Agnès Soucat & Aloysius Ssennyonjo & Matthias Wismar & Shehla Zaidi - 1-19 Changes in prices, sales, consumer spending, and beverage consumption one year after a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Berkeley, California, US: A before-and-after study
by Lynn D Silver & Shu Wen Ng & Suzanne Ryan-Ibarra & Lindsey Smith Taillie & Marta Induni & Donna R Miles & Jennifer M Poti & Barry M Popkin - 1-24 Risk prediction models for selection of lung cancer screening candidates: A retrospective validation study
by Kevin ten Haaf & Jihyoun Jeon & Martin C Tammemägi & Summer S Han & Chung Yin Kong & Sylvia K Plevritis & Eric J Feuer & Harry J de Koning & Ewout W Steyerberg & Rafael Meza
March 2017, Volume 14, Issue 3
- 1-3 What’s the “Take Home” from Research on Dementia Trends?
by Eric B Larson & Kenneth M Langa - 1-4 Dementia in low-income and middle-income countries: Different realities mandate tailored solutions
by Cleusa Pinheiro Ferri & K S Jacob - 1-17 Association of lifelong exposure to cognitive reserve-enhancing factors with dementia risk: A community-based cohort study
by Hui-Xin Wang & Stuart W S MacDonald & Serhiy Dekhtyar & Laura Fratiglioni - 1-21 Age-related cognitive decline and associations with sex, education and apolipoprotein E genotype across ethnocultural groups and geographic regions: a collaborative cohort study
by Darren M Lipnicki & John D Crawford & Rajib Dutta & Anbupalam Thalamuthu & Nicole A Kochan & Gavin Andrews & M Fernanda Lima-Costa & Erico Castro-Costa & Carol Brayne & Fiona E Matthews & Blossom C M Stephan & Richard B Lipton & Mindy J Katz & Karen Ritchie & Jacqueline Scali & Marie-Laure Ancelin & Nikolaos Scarmeas & Mary Yannakoulia & Efthimios Dardiotis & Linda C W Lam & Candy H Y Wong & Ada W T Fung & Antonio Guaita & Roberta Vaccaro & Annalisa Davin & Ki Woong Kim & Ji Won Han & Tae Hui Kim & Kaarin J Anstey & Nicolas Cherbuin & Peter Butterworth & Marcia Scazufca & Shuzo Kumagai & Sanmei Chen & Kenji Narazaki & Tze Pin Ng & Qi Gao & Simone Reppermund & Henry Brodaty & Antonio Lobo & Raúl Lopez-Anton & Javier Santabárbara & Perminder S Sachdev & Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium (COSMIC)
February 2017, Volume 14, Issue 2
- 1-2 Refining Lung Cancer Screening Criteria in the Era of Value-Based Medicine
by Steven D Shapiro - 1-5 Evidence for scaling up HIV treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: A call for incorporating health system constraints
by Evelinn Mikkelsen & Jan A C Hontelez & Maarten P M Jansen & Till Bärnighausen & Katharina Hauck & Kjell A Johansson & Gesine Meyer-Rath & Mead Over & Sake J de Vlas & Gert J van der Wilt & Noor Tromp & Leon Bijlmakers & Rob M P M Baltussen - 1-18 Taxes and Subsidies for Improving Diet and Population Health in Australia: A Cost-Effectiveness Modelling Study
by Linda J Cobiac & King Tam & Lennert Veerman & Tony Blakely - 1-20 Performance and Cost-Effectiveness of Computed Tomography Lung Cancer Screening Scenarios in a Population-Based Setting: A Microsimulation Modeling Analysis in Ontario, Canada
by Kevin ten Haaf & Martin C Tammemägi & Susan J Bondy & Carlijn M van der Aalst & Sumei Gu & S Elizabeth McGregor & Garth Nicholas & Harry J de Koning & Lawrence F Paszat
January 2017, Volume 14, Issue 1
- 1-4 Sick Children Crying for Help: Fostering Adverse Event Reports
by Gordon D Schiff - 1-4 What Is the Purpose of the Orphan Drug Act?
by Matthew Herder - 1-14 Reporting Items for Updated Clinical Guidelines: Checklist for the Reporting of Updated Guidelines (CheckUp)
by Robin W M Vernooij & Pablo Alonso-Coello & Melissa Brouwers & Laura Martínez García & CheckUp Panel - 1-18 Evaluating Hospital-Based Surveillance for Outbreak Detection in Bangladesh: Analysis of Healthcare Utilization Data
by Birgit Nikolay & Henrik Salje & Katharine Sturm-Ramirez & Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner & Nusrat Homaira & Makhdum Ahmed & A Danielle Iuliano & Repon C Paul & Mahmudur Rahman & M Jahangir Hossain & Stephen P Luby & Simon Cauchemez & Emily S Gurley - 1-20 Socioeconomic Inequalities in Body Mass Index across Adulthood: Coordinated Analyses of Individual Participant Data from Three British Birth Cohort Studies Initiated in 1946, 1958 and 1970
by David Bann & William Johnson & Leah Li & Diana Kuh & Rebecca Hardy
November 2016, Volume 13, Issue 11
- 1-4 Minimally Invasive Autopsy: A New Paradigm for Understanding Global Health?
by Peter Byass - 1-22 Genetic Predisposition to an Impaired Metabolism of the Branched-Chain Amino Acids and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Mendelian Randomisation Analysis
by Luca A Lotta & Robert A Scott & Stephen J Sharp & Stephen Burgess & Jian’an Luan & Therese Tillin & Amand F Schmidt & Fumiaki Imamura & Isobel D Stewart & John R B Perry & Luke Marney & Albert Koulman & Edward D Karoly & Nita G Forouhi & Rasmus J O Sjögren & Erik Näslund & Juleen R Zierath & Anna Krook & David B Savage & Julian L Griffin & Nishi Chaturvedi & Aroon D Hingorani & Kay-Tee Khaw & Inês Barroso & Mark I McCarthy & Stephen O’Rahilly & Nicholas J Wareham & Claudia Langenberg
October 2016, Volume 13, Issue 10
- 1-9 A Holistic, Person-Centred Care Model for Victims of Sexual Violence in Democratic Republic of Congo: The Panzi Hospital One-Stop Centre Model of Care
by Denis Mukwege & Marie Berg - 1-38 The Tuberculosis Cascade of Care in India’s Public Sector: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
by Ramnath Subbaraman & Ruvandhi R Nathavitharana & Srinath Satyanarayana & Madhukar Pai & Beena E Thomas & Vineet K Chadha & Kiran Rade & Soumya Swaminathan & Kenneth H Mayer
September 2016, Volume 13, Issue 9
- 1-3 "The Policy Dystopia Model": Implications for Health Advocates and Democratic Governance
by Elizabeth A Smith & Patricia A McDaniel - 1-8 International Criteria for Acute Kidney Injury: Advantages and Remaining Challenges
by Nicholas M Selby & Richard J Fluck & Nitin V Kolhe & Maarten W Taal - 1-19 Associations between Extending Access to Primary Care and Emergency Department Visits: A Difference-In-Differences Analysis
by William Whittaker & Laura Anselmi & Søren Rud Kristensen & Yiu-Shing Lau & Simon Bailey & Peter Bower & Katherine Checkland & Rebecca Elvey & Katy Rothwell & Jonathan Stokes & Damian Hodgson - 1-19 Association between Adult Height and Risk of Colorectal, Lung, and Prostate Cancer: Results from Meta-analyses of Prospective Studies and Mendelian Randomization Analyses
by Nikhil K Khankari & Xiao-Ou Shu & Wanqing Wen & Peter Kraft & Sara Lindström & Ulrike Peters & Joellen Schildkraut & Fredrick Schumacher & Paolo Bofetta & Angela Risch & Heike Bickeböller & Christopher I Amos & Douglas Easton & Rosalind A Eeles & Stephen B Gruber & Christopher A Haiman & David J Hunter & Stephen J Chanock & Brandon L Pierce & Wei Zheng & on behalf of the Colorectal Transdisciplinary Study (CORECT) & Discovery, Biology, and Risk of Inherited Variants in Breast Cancer (DRIVE) & Elucidating Loci Involved in Prostate Cancer Susceptibility (ELLIPSE) & Transdisciplinary Research in Cancer of the Lung (TRICL) - 1-21 The Policy Dystopia Model: An Interpretive Analysis of Tobacco Industry Political Activity
by Selda Ulucanlar & Gary J Fooks & Anna B Gilmore - 1-22 Reporting of Adverse Events in Published and Unpublished Studies of Health Care Interventions: A Systematic Review
by Su Golder & Yoon K Loke & Kath Wright & Gill Norman
August 2016, Volume 13, Issue 8
- 1-3 Progress and Challenges in Scaling Up Laboratory Monitoring of HIV Treatment
by Peter H Kilmarx & Raiva Simbi - 1-4 On Risk Estimation versus Risk Stratification in Early Prostate Cancer
by Sigrid V Carlsson & Michael W Kattan - 1-8 Building from the HIV Response toward Universal Health Coverage
by Jonathan Jay & Kent Buse & Marielle Hart & David Wilson & Robert Marten & Scott Kellerman & Morolake Odetoyinbo & Jonathan D Quick & Timothy Evans & Peter Piot & Mark Dybul & Agnes Binagwaho - 1-13 Accelerating the Uptake and Timing of Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Operations Research Agenda
by Sydney Rosen & Matthew P Fox & Bruce A Larson & Papa Salif Sow & Peter D Ehrenkranz & Francois Venter & Yukari C Manabe & Jonathan Kaplan & Models for Accelerating Treatment Initiation (MATI) Technical Consultation - 1-15 Glycemic Control and the Risk of Tuberculosis: A Cohort Study
by Pin-Hui Lee & Han Fu & Ting-Chun Lai & Chen-Yuan Chiang & Chang-Chuan Chan & Hsien-Ho Lin - 1-19 Adjuvant Trastuzumab in HER2-Positive Early Breast Cancer by Age and Hormone Receptor Status: A Cost-Utility Analysis
by William Leung & Giorgi Kvizhinadze & Nisha Nair & Tony Blakely - 1-23 Comparison of Outcomes before and after Ohio's Law Mandating Use of the FDA-Approved Protocol for Medication Abortion: A Retrospective Cohort Study
by Ushma D Upadhyay & Nicole E Johns & Sarah L Combellick & Julia E Kohn & Lisa M Keder & Sarah C M Roberts
July 2016, Volume 13, Issue 7
- 1-3 The Clinical and Public Health Challenges of Diabetes Prevention: A Search for Sustainable Solutions
by Nicholas J Wareham & William H Herman - 1-4 Population Approaches to Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes
by Martin White - 1-5 Screening for Dysglycemia: Connecting Supply and Demand to Slow Growth in Diabetes Incidence
by Mohammed K Ali & K M Venkat Narayan - 1-17 Association of Plasma Phospholipid n-3 and n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids with Type 2 Diabetes: The EPIC-InterAct Case-Cohort Study
by Nita G Forouhi & Fumiaki Imamura & Stephen J Sharp & Albert Koulman & Matthias B Schulze & Jusheng Zheng & Zheng Ye & Ivonne Sluijs & Marcela Guevara & José María Huerta & Janine Kröger & Laura Yun Wang & Keith Summerhill & Julian L Griffin & Edith J M Feskens & Aurélie Affret & Pilar Amiano & Heiner Boeing & Courtney Dow & Guy Fagherazzi & Paul W Franks & Carlos Gonzalez & Rudolf Kaaks & Timothy J Key & Kay Tee Khaw & Tilman Kühn & Lotte Maxild Mortensen & Peter M Nilsson & Kim Overvad & Valeria Pala & Domenico Palli & Salvatore Panico & J Ramón Quirós & Miguel Rodriguez-Barranco & Olov Rolandsson & Carlotta Sacerdote & Augustin Scalbert & Nadia Slimani & Annemieke M W Spijkerman & Anne Tjonneland & Maria-Jose Tormo & Rosario Tumino & Daphne L van der A & Yvonne T van der Schouw & Claudia Langenberg & Elio Riboli & Nicholas J Wareham - 1-18 Effects of Saturated Fat, Polyunsaturated Fat, Monounsaturated Fat, and Carbohydrate on Glucose-Insulin Homeostasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Feeding Trials
by Fumiaki Imamura & Renata Micha & Jason H Y Wu & Marcia C de Oliveira Otto & Fadar O Otite & Ajibola I Abioye & Dariush Mozaffarian - 1-19 Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Changes Observed in Diabetes Prevention Programs in US Settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
by Uma Mudaliar & Azadeh Zabetian & Michael Goodman & Justin B Echouffo-Tcheugui & Ann L Albright & Edward W Gregg & Mohammed K Ali
June 2016, Volume 13, Issue 6
- 1-7 Delinking Investment in Antibiotic Research and Development from Sales Revenues: The Challenges of Transforming a Promising Idea into Reality
by Kevin Outterson & Unni Gopinathan & Charles Clift & Anthony D So & Chantal M Morel & John-Arne Røttingen - 1-8 Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting: the GATHER statement
by Gretchen A Stevens & Leontine Alkema & Robert E Black & J Ties Boerma & Gary S Collins & Majid Ezzati & John T Grove & Daniel R Hogan & Margaret C Hogan & Richard Horton & Joy E Lawn & Ana Marušić & Colin D Mathers & Christopher J L Murray & Igor Rudan & Joshua A Salomon & Paul J Simpson & Theo Vos & Vivian Welch & The GATHER Working Group - 1-10 Direct-to-consumer Marketing to People with Hemophilia
by Philip Kucab & Katelyn Dow Stepanyan & Adriane Fugh-Berman - 1-16 Prediction of Bladder Outcomes after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
by Chiara Pavese & Marc P Schneider & Martin Schubert & Armin Curt & Giorgio Scivoletto & Enrico Finazzi-Agrò & Ulrich Mehnert & Doris Maier & Rainer Abel & Frank Röhrich & Norbert Weidner & Rüdiger Rupp & Alfons G Kessels & Lucas M Bachmann & Thomas M Kessler - 1-18 Early Childhood Developmental Status in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: National, Regional, and Global Prevalence Estimates Using Predictive Modeling
by Dana Charles McCoy & Evan D Peet & Majid Ezzati & Goodarz Danaei & Maureen M Black & Christopher R Sudfeld & Wafaie Fawzi & Günther Fink
May 2016, Volume 13, Issue 5
- 1-3 How Much Can the USA Reduce Health Care Costs by Reducing Smoking?
by Wayne Hall & Chris Doran - 1-3 Nondisclosure of Financial Interest in Clinical Practice Guideline Development: An Intractable Problem?
by Hilda Bastian - 1-3 A Revolution in Treatment for Hepatitis C Infection: Mitigating the Budgetary Impact
by Elliot Marseille & James G Kahn - 1-3 Health Research and the World Humanitarian Summit—Not a Thousand Miles Apart
by The PLOS Medicine Editors - 1-15 Toward a Common Secure Future: Four Global Commissions in the Wake of Ebola
by Lawrence O Gostin & Oyewale Tomori & Suwit Wibulpolprasert & Ashish K Jha & Julio Frenk & Suerie Moon & Joy Phumaphi & Peter Piot & Barbara Stocking & Victor J Dzau & Gabriel M Leung - 1-16 Financial Relationships between Organizations That Produce Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Biomedical Industry: A Cross-Sectional Study
by Paul Campsall & Kate Colizza & Sharon Straus & Henry T Stelfox - 1-18 Smoking Behavior and Healthcare Expenditure in the United States, 1992–2009: Panel Data Estimates
by James Lightwood & Stanton A Glantz - 1-19 Effectiveness of and Financial Returns to Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in South Africa: An Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
by Markus Haacker & Nicole Fraser-Hurt & Marelize Gorgens - 1-22 Prices, Costs, and Affordability of New Medicines for Hepatitis C in 30 Countries: An Economic Analysis
by Swathi Iyengar & Kiu Tay-Teo & Sabine Vogler & Peter Beyer & Stefan Wiktor & Kees de Joncheere & Suzanne Hill - 1-25 Prioritizing Surgical Care on National Health Agendas: A Qualitative Case Study of Papua New Guinea, Uganda, and Sierra Leone
by Anna J Dare & Katherine C Lee & Josh Bleicher & Alex E Elobu & Thaim B Kamara & Osborne Liko & Samuel Luboga & Akule Danlop & Gabriel Kune & Lars Hagander & Andrew J M Leather & Gavin Yamey - 1-30 Epidemiology and Reporting Characteristics of Systematic Reviews of Biomedical Research: A Cross-Sectional Study
by Matthew J Page & Larissa Shamseer & Douglas G Altman & Jennifer Tetzlaff & Margaret Sampson & Andrea C Tricco & Ferrán Catalá-López & Lun Li & Emma K Reid & Rafael Sarkis-Onofre & David Moher
April 2016, Volume 13, Issue 4
- 1-7 Why Are Some Population Interventions for Diet and Obesity More Equitable and Effective Than Others? The Role of Individual Agency
by Jean Adams & Oliver Mytton & Martin White & Pablo Monsivais - 1-8 Building Learning Health Systems to Accelerate Research and Improve Outcomes of Clinical Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
by Mike English & Grace Irimu & Ambrose Agweyu & David Gathara & Jacquie Oliwa & Philip Ayieko & Fred Were & Chris Paton & Sean Tunis & Christopher B Forrest - 1-12 Observational Evidence of For-Profit Delivery and Inferior Nursing Home Care: When Is There Enough Evidence for Policy Change?
by Lisa A Ronald & Margaret J McGregor & Charlene Harrington & Allyson Pollock & Joel Lexchin - 1-20 Risk of Bias in Systematic Reviews of Non-Randomized Studies of Adverse Cardiovascular Effects of Thiazolidinediones and Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors: Application of a New Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool
by Anja Bilandzic & Tiffany Fitzpatrick & Laura Rosella & David Henry - 1-22 The Association between Sulfonylurea Use and All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality: A Meta-Analysis with Trial Sequential Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials
by Dimitris Varvaki Rados & Lana Catani Pinto & Luciana Reck Remonti & Cristiane Bauermann Leitão & Jorge Luiz Gross
March 2016, Volume 13, Issue 3
- 1-7 Trans-Pacific Partnership Provisions in Intellectual Property, Transparency, and Investment Chapters Threaten Access to Medicines in the US and Elsewhere
by Brook K Baker - 1-14 Transformative Innovations in Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health over the Next 20 Years
by Cyril M Engmann & Sadaf Khan & Cheryl A Moyer & Patricia S Coffey & Zulfiqar A Bhutta - 1-18 Increased Duration of Paid Maternity Leave Lowers Infant Mortality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Quasi-Experimental Study
by Arijit Nandi & Mohammad Hajizadeh & Sam Harper & Alissa Koski & Erin C Strumpf & Jody Heymann - 1-24 Length of Stay After Childbirth in 92 Countries and Associated Factors in 30 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Compilation of Reported Data and a Cross-sectional Analysis from Nationally Representative Surveys
by Oona M R Campbell & Luca Cegolon & David Macleod & Lenka Benova - 1-24 Routine Pediatric Enterovirus 71 Vaccination in China: a Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
by Joseph T Wu & Mark Jit & Yaming Zheng & Kathy Leung & Weijia Xing & Juan Yang & Qiaohong Liao & Benjamin J Cowling & Bingyi Yang & Eric H Y Lau & Saki Takahashi & Jeremy J Farrar & Bryan T Grenfell & Gabriel M Leung & Hongjie Yu - 1-30 Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes of Renin–Angiotensin System Blockade in Adult Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review with Network Meta-Analyses
by Ferrán Catalá-López & Diego Macías Saint-Gerons & Diana González-Bermejo & Giuseppe M Rosano & Barry R Davis & Manuel Ridao & Abel Zaragoza & Dolores Montero-Corominas & Aurelio Tobías & César de la Fuente-Honrubia & Rafael Tabarés-Seisdedos & Brian Hutton
February 2016, Volume 13, Issue 2
- 1-6 Transforming Living Kidney Donation with a Comprehensive Strategy
by Matthew B Allen & Peter P Reese - 1-9 A Time for Global Action: Addressing Girls’ Menstrual Hygiene Management Needs in Schools
by Marni Sommer & Bethany A Caruso & Murat Sahin & Teresa Calderon & Sue Cavill & Therese Mahon & Penelope A Phillips-Howard - 1-27 Estimated Effects of Different Alcohol Taxation and Price Policies on Health Inequalities: A Mathematical Modelling Study
by Petra S Meier & John Holmes & Colin Angus & Abdallah K Ally & Yang Meng & Alan Brennan
January 2016, Volume 13, Issue 1
- 1-4 Can Data Sharing Become the Path of Least Resistance?
by The PLOS Medicine Editors - 1-5 Resuscitating the Dying Autopsy
by Quique Bassat & Paola Castillo & Pedro L Alonso & Jaume Ordi & Clara Menéndez - 1-24 Evidence for Community Transmission of Community-Associated but Not Health-Care-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Strains Linked to Social and Material Deprivation: Spatial Analysis of Cross-sectional Data
by Olga Tosas Auguet & Jason R Betley & Richard A Stabler & Amita Patel & Avgousta Ioannou & Helene Marbach & Pasco Hearn & Anna Aryee & Simon D Goldenberg & Jonathan A Otter & Nergish Desai & Tacim Karadag & Chris Grundy & Michael W Gaunt & Ben S Cooper & Jonathan D Edgeworth & Theodore Kypraios
December 2015, Volume 12, Issue 12
- 1-9 Moving Beyond “Food Deserts”: Reorienting United States Policies to Reduce Disparities in Diet Quality
by Jason P Block & S V Subramanian - 1-9 Diversity in Clinical and Biomedical Research: A Promise Yet to Be Fulfilled
by Sam S Oh & Joshua Galanter & Neeta Thakur & Maria Pino-Yanes & Nicolas E Barcelo & Marquitta J White & Danielle M de Bruin & Ruth M Greenblatt & Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo & Alan H B Wu & Luisa N Borrell & Chris Gunter & Neil R Powe & Esteban G Burchard - 1-15 Acute Cardiovascular Events after Herpes Zoster: A Self-Controlled Case Series Analysis in Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Older Residents of the United States
by Caroline Minassian & Sara L Thomas & Liam Smeeth & Ian Douglas & Ruth Brauer & Sinéad M Langan - 1-17 Risks and Benefits of Nalmefene in the Treatment of Adult Alcohol Dependence: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis of Published and Unpublished Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trials
by Clément Palpacuer & Bruno Laviolle & Rémy Boussageon & Jean Michel Reymann & Eric Bellissant & Florian Naudet - 1-18 Self-Administered Outpatient Antimicrobial Infusion by Uninsured Patients Discharged from a Safety-Net Hospital: A Propensity-Score-Balanced Retrospective Cohort Study
by Kavita P Bhavan & L Steven Brown & Robert W Haley - 1-31 Inequalities in Alcohol-Related Mortality in 17 European Countries: A Retrospective Analysis of Mortality Registers
by Johan P Mackenbach & Ivana Kulhánová & Matthias Bopp & Carme Borrell & Patrick Deboosere & Katalin Kovács & Caspar W N Looman & Mall Leinsalu & Pia Mäkelä & Pekka Martikainen & Gwenn Menvielle & Maica Rodríguez-Sanz & Jitka Rychtaříková & Rianne de Gelder
November 2015, Volume 12, Issue 11
- 1-8 The First Use of the Global Oral Cholera Vaccine Emergency Stockpile: Lessons from South Sudan
by Abdinasir Abubakar & Andrew S Azman & John Rumunu & Iza Ciglenecki & Trina Helderman & Haley West & Justin Lessler & David A Sack & Stephen Martin & William Perea & Dominique Legros & Francisco J Luquero - 1-10 Care that Matters: Quality Measurement and Health Care
by Barry G Saver & Stephen A Martin & Ronald N Adler & Lucy M Candib & Konstantinos E Deligiannidis & Jeremy Golding & Daniel J Mullin & Michele Roberts & Stefan Topolski - 1-20 Venous Thrombosis Risk after Cast Immobilization of the Lower Extremity: Derivation and Validation of a Clinical Prediction Score, L-TRiP(cast), in Three Population-Based Case–Control Studies
by Banne Nemeth & Raymond A van Adrichem & Astrid van Hylckama Vlieg & Paolo Bucciarelli & Ida Martinelli & Trevor Baglin & Frits R Rosendaal & Saskia le Cessie & Suzanne C Cannegieter - 1-43 The HIV Treatment Gap: Estimates of the Financial Resources Needed versus Available for Scale-Up of Antiretroviral Therapy in 97 Countries from 2015 to 2020
by Arin Dutta & Catherine Barker & Ashley Kallarakal
October 2015, Volume 12, Issue 10
- 1-7 Monitoring Mortality in Forced Migrants—Can Bayesian Methods Help Us to Do Better with the (Little) Data We Have?
by Peter Heudtlass & Niko Speybroeck & Debarati Guha-Sapir - 1-12 Individual Participant Data (IPD) Meta-analyses of Diagnostic and Prognostic Modeling Studies: Guidance on Their Use
by Thomas P A Debray & Richard D Riley & Maroeska M Rovers & Johannes B Reitsma & Karel G M Moons & Cochrane IPD Meta-analysis Methods group - 1-18 Using Qualitative Evidence in Decision Making for Health and Social Interventions: An Approach to Assess Confidence in Findings from Qualitative Evidence Syntheses (GRADE-CERQual)
by Simon Lewin & Claire Glenton & Heather Munthe-Kaas & Benedicte Carlsen & Christopher J Colvin & Metin Gülmezoglu & Jane Noyes & Andrew Booth & Ruth Garside & Arash Rashidian
September 2015, Volume 12, Issue 9
- 1-5 Value of Information: A Tool to Improve Research Prioritization and Reduce Waste
by Cosetta Minelli & Gianluca Baio - 1-7 Equity and Noncommunicable Disease Reduction under the Sustainable Development Goals
by Harald Schmidt & Anne Barnhill - 1-26 The Impact of Company-Level ART Provision to a Mining Workforce in South Africa: A Cost–Benefit Analysis
by Gesine Meyer-Rath & Jan Pienaar & Brian Brink & Andrew van Zyl & Debbie Muirhead & Alison Grant & Gavin Churchyard & Charlotte Watts & Peter Vickerman
August 2015, Volume 12, Issue 8
- 1-7 Antipsychotic Maintenance Treatment: Time to Rethink?
by Joanna Moncrieff - 1-19 The Cost-Effectiveness of Low-Cost Essential Antihypertensive Medicines for Hypertension Control in China: A Modelling Study
by Dongfeng Gu & Jiang He & Pamela G Coxson & Petra W Rasmussen & Chen Huang & Anusorn Thanataveerat & Keane Y Tzong & Juyang Xiong & Miao Wang & Dong Zhao & Lee Goldman & Andrew E Moran - 1-20 Vitamin D and Risk of Multiple Sclerosis: A Mendelian Randomization Study
by Lauren E Mokry & Stephanie Ross & Omar S Ahmad & Vincenzo Forgetta & George Davey Smith & Aaron Leong & Celia M T Greenwood & George Thanassoulis & J Brent Richards
July 2015, Volume 12, Issue 7
- 1-4 Noncommunicable Diseases: A Globalization of Disparity?
by Peter J Hotez & Larry Peiperl - 1-10 Searching for Public Health Law’s Sweet Spot: The Regulation of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
by David M Studdert & Jordan Flanders & Michelle M Mello - 1-16 Individual Participant Data (IPD) Meta-analyses of Randomised Controlled Trials: Guidance on Their Use
by Jayne F Tierney & Claire Vale & Richard Riley & Catrin Tudur Smith & Lesley Stewart & Mike Clarke & Maroeska Rovers - 1-18 Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes among Women Practicing Poor Sanitation in Rural India: A Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study
by Bijaya K Padhi & Kelly K Baker & Ambarish Dutta & Oliver Cumming & Matthew C Freeman & Radhanatha Satpathy & Bhabani S Das & Pinaki Panigrahi - 1-21 Health, Health Inequality, and Cost Impacts of Annual Increases in Tobacco Tax: Multistate Life Table Modeling in New Zealand
by Tony Blakely & Linda J Cobiac & Christine L Cleghorn & Amber L Pearson & Frederieke S van der Deen & Giorgi Kvizhinadze & Nhung Nghiem & Melissa McLeod & Nick Wilson
June 2015, Volume 12, Issue 6
- 1-4 Inequitable and Ineffective: Exclusion of Mental Health from the Post-2015 Development Agenda
by Alexander C Tsai & Mark Tomlinson - 1-10 Assessing Development Assistance for Mental Health in Developing Countries: 2007–2013
by Barnabas J Gilbert & Vikram Patel & Paul E Farmer & Chunling Lu - 1-10 Achieving Systemic and Scalable Private Sector Engagement in Tuberculosis Care and Prevention in Asia
by William A Wells & Mukund Uplekar & Madhukar Pai - 1-11 HIV Programs for Sex Workers: Lessons and Challenges for Developing and Delivering Programs
by David Wilson - 1-21 Exposure to Second-Hand Smoke and the Risk of Tuberculosis in Children and Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 18 Observational Studies
by Jayadeep Patra & Mehak Bhatia & Wilson Suraweera & Shaun K Morris & Cyril Patra & Prakash C Gupta & Prabhat Jha - 1-32 The Mistreatment of Women during Childbirth in Health Facilities Globally: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review
by Meghan A Bohren & Joshua P Vogel & Erin C Hunter & Olha Lutsiv & Suprita K Makh & João Paulo Souza & Carolina Aguiar & Fernando Saraiva Coneglian & Alex Luíz Araújo Diniz & Özge Tunçalp & Dena Javadi & Olufemi T Oladapo & Rajat Khosla & Michelle J Hindin & A Metin Gülmezoglu
May 2015, Volume 12, Issue 5
- 1-4 A Global Biomedical R&D Fund and Mechanism for Innovations of Public Health Importance
by Manica Balasegaram & Christian Bréchot & Jeremy Farrar & David Heymann & Nirmal Ganguly & Martin Khor & Yves Lévy & Precious Matsoso & Ren Minghui & Bernard Pécoul & Liu Peilong & Marcel Tanner & John-Arne Røttingen - 1-17 Healthy Eating and Risks of Total and Cause-Specific Death among Low-Income Populations of African-Americans and Other Adults in the Southeastern United States: A Prospective Cohort Study
by Danxia Yu & Jennifer Sonderman & Maciej S Buchowski & Joseph K McLaughlin & Xiao-Ou Shu & Mark Steinwandel & Lisa B Signorello & Xianglan Zhang & Margaret K Hargreaves & William J Blot & Wei Zheng - 1-25 Seasonal Influenza Vaccination for Children in Thailand: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
by Aronrag Meeyai & Naiyana Praditsitthikorn & Surachai Kotirum & Wantanee Kulpeng & Weerasak Putthasri & Ben S Cooper & Yot Teerawattananon
April 2015, Volume 12, Issue 4
- 1-3 Bringing Access to the Full Spectrum of Cancer Research: A Call for Papers
by The PLOS Medicine Editors - 1-29 Geographic and Temporal Trends in the Molecular Epidemiology and Genetic Mechanisms of Transmitted HIV-1 Drug Resistance: An Individual-Patient- and Sequence-Level Meta-Analysis
by Soo-Yon Rhee & Jose Luis Blanco & Michael R Jordan & Jonathan Taylor & Philippe Lemey & Vici Varghese & Raph L Hamers & Silvia Bertagnolio & Tobias F Rinke de Wit & Avelin F Aghokeng & Jan Albert & Radko Avi & Santiago Avila-Rios & Pascal O Bessong & James I Brooks & Charles A B Boucher & Zabrina L Brumme & Michael P Busch & Hermann Bussmann & Marie-Laure Chaix & Bum Sik Chin & Toni T D’Aquin & Cillian F De Gascun & Anne Derache & Diane Descamps & Alaka K Deshpande & Cyrille F Djoko & Susan H Eshleman & Herve Fleury & Pierre Frange & Seiichiro Fujisaki & P Richard Harrigan & Junko Hattori & Africa Holguin & Gillian M Hunt & Hiroshi Ichimura & Pontiano Kaleebu & David Katzenstein & Sasisopin Kiertiburanakul & Jerome H Kim & Sung Soon Kim & Yanpeng Li & Irja Lutsar & Lynn Morris & Nicaise Ndembi & Kee Peng NG & Ramesh S Paranjape & Martine Peeters & Mario Poljak & Matt A Price & Manon L Ragonnet-Cronin & Gustavo Reyes-Terán & Morgane Rolland & Sunee Sirivichayakul & Davey M Smith & Marcelo A Soares & Vincent V Soriano & Deogratius Ssemwanga & Maja Stanojevic & Mariane A Stefani & Wataru Sugiura & Somnuek Sungkanuparph & Amilcar Tanuri & Kok Keng Tee & Hong-Ha M Truong & David A M C van de Vijver & Nicole Vidal & Chunfu Yang & Rongge Yang & Gonzalo Yebra & John P A Ioannidis & Anne-Mieke Vandamme & Robert W Shafer
March 2015, Volume 12, Issue 3
- 1-3 Testing and Treating the Missing Millions with Tuberculosis
by Madhukar Pai & Puneet Dewan - 1-8 Strengthening the Detection of and Early Response to Public Health Emergencies: Lessons from the West African Ebola Epidemic
by Mark J Siedner & Lawrence O Gostin & Hilarie H Cranmer & John D Kraemer - 1-10 Paying Physicians to Prescribe Generic Drugs and Follow-On Biologics in the United States
by Ameet Sarpatwari & Niteesh K Choudhry & Jerry Avorn & Aaron S Kesselheim - 1-12 A Public Health Approach to Hepatitis C Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
by Amitabh B Suthar & Anthony D Harries
February 2015, Volume 12, Issue 2
- 1-8 Enabling Dynamic Partnerships through Joint Degrees between Low- and High-Income Countries for Capacity Development in Global Health Research: Experience from the Karolinska Institutet/Makerere University Partnership
by Nelson Sewankambo & James K Tumwine & Göran Tomson & Celestino Obua & Freddie Bwanga & Peter Waiswa & Elly Katabira & Hannah Akuffo & Kristina Persson & Stefan Peterson
January 2015, Volume 12, Issue 1
- 1-4 Supporting Those Who Go to Fight Ebola
by Michelle M Mello & Maria W Merritt & Scott D Halpern - 1-26 Hormonal Contraception and the Risk of HIV Acquisition: An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis
by Charles S Morrison & Pai-Lien Chen & Cynthia Kwok & Jared M Baeten & Joelle Brown & Angela M Crook & Lut Van Damme & Sinead Delany-Moretlwe & Suzanna C Francis & Barbara A Friedland & Richard J Hayes & Renee Heffron & Saidi Kapiga & Quarraisha Abdool Karim & Stephanie Karpoff & Rupert Kaul & R Scott McClelland & Sheena McCormack & Nuala McGrath & Landon Myer & Helen Rees & Ariane van der Straten & Deborah Watson-Jones & Janneke H H M van de Wijgert & Randy Stalter & Nicola Low
December 2014, Volume 11, Issue 12
- 1-5 Alcohol Harm Reduction: Corporate Capture of a Key Concept
by Jim McCambridge & Kypros Kypri & Colin Drummond & John Strang - 1-5 World Health Organization Guidelines for Management of Acute Stress, PTSD, and Bereavement: Key Challenges on the Road Ahead
by Wietse A Tol & Corrado Barbui & Jonathan Bisson & Judith Cohen & Zeinab Hijazi & Lynne Jones & Joop T V M de Jong & Nicola Magrini & Olayinka Omigbodun & Soraya Seedat & Derrick Silove & Renato Souza & Athula Sumathipala & Lakshmi Vijayakumar & Inka Weissbecker & Douglas Zatzick & Mark van Ommeren - 1-7 Tracking Rural Health Facility Financial Data in Resource-Limited Settings: A Case Study from Rwanda
by Chunling Lu & Sandy Tsai & John Ruhumuriza & Grace Umugiraneza & Solange Kandamutsa & Phillip P Salvatore & Zibiao Zhang & Agnes Binagwaho & Fidele Ngabo - 1-13 Evaluation of the Lung Cancer Risks at Which to Screen Ever- and Never-Smokers: Screening Rules Applied to the PLCO and NLST Cohorts
by Martin C Tammemägi & Timothy R Church & William G Hocking & Gerard A Silvestri & Paul A Kvale & Thomas L Riley & John Commins & Christine D Berg - 1-16 Genomic Predictors for Recurrence Patterns of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Model Derivation and Validation
by Ji Hoon Kim & Bo Hwa Sohn & Hyun-Sung Lee & Sang-Bae Kim & Jeong Eun Yoo & Yun-Yong Park & Woojin Jeong & Sung Sook Lee & Eun Sung Park & Ahmed Kaseb & Baek Hui Kim & Wan Bae Kim & Jong Eun Yeon & Kwan Soo Byun & In-Sun Chu & Sung Soo Kim & Xin Wei Wang & Snorri S Thorgeirsson & John M Luk & Koo Jeong Kang & Jeonghoon Heo & Young Nyun Park & Ju-Seog Lee
November 2014, Volume 11, Issue 11
- 1-2 What Could Computerized Brain Training Learn from Evidence-Based Medicine?
by Druin Burch - 1-3 Act II of the Sunshine Act
by Genevieve Pham-Kanter - 1-13 Association of Adenotonsillectomy with Asthma Outcomes in Children: A Longitudinal Database Analysis
by Rakesh Bhattacharjee & Beatrix H Choi & David Gozal & Babak Mokhlesi - 1-13 Effect of Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on Depressive Symptoms: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
by Marcus Povitz & Carmelle E Bolo & Steven J Heitman & Willis H Tsai & JianLi Wang & Matthew T James - 1-18 Computerized Cognitive Training in Cognitively Healthy Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Effect Modifiers
by Amit Lampit & Harry Hallock & Michael Valenzuela
October 2014, Volume 11, Issue 10
- 1-6 How to Make More Published Research True
by John P A Ioannidis - 1-12 The Causal Effect of Vitamin D Binding Protein (DBP) Levels on Calcemic and Cardiometabolic Diseases: A Mendelian Randomization Study
by Aaron Leong & Waheed Rehman & Zari Dastani & Celia Greenwood & Nicholas Timpson & Lisa Langsetmo & Claudie Berger & METASTROKE & Lei Fu & Betty Y L Wong & Suneil Malik & Rainer Malik & David A Hanley & David E C Cole & David Goltzman & J Brent Richards - 1-12 Critical Appraisal and Data Extraction for Systematic Reviews of Prediction Modelling Studies: The CHARMS Checklist
by Karel G M Moons & Joris A H de Groot & Walter Bouwmeester & Yvonne Vergouwe & Susan Mallett & Douglas G Altman & Johannes B Reitsma & Gary S Collins - 1-21 Treatment of Infections in Young Infants in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Frontline Health Worker Diagnosis and Antibiotic Access
by Anne CC Lee & Aruna Chandran & Hadley K Herbert & Naoko Kozuki & Perry Markell & Rashed Shah & Harry Campbell & Igor Rudan & Abdullah H Baqui
September 2014, Volume 11, Issue 9
- 1-2 Preventing Acute Malnutrition in Young Children: Improving the Evidence for Current and Future Practice
by Marko Kerac & Andrew Seal - 1-2 Convergence of Mortality Rates among Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa and North America
by Agnes Binagwaho & Cameron T Nutt & Placidie Mugwaneza & Claire M Wagner & Sabin Nsanzimana - 1-2 Sorting Reality from What We Think We Know About Breast Cancer in Africa
by Sulma I Mohammed & Joe B Harford - 1-2 Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Singapore
by Kelvin Bryan Tan & Woan Shin Tan & Marcel Bilger & Calvin W L Ho - 1-2 Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Ghana
by Frank Nyonator & Anthony Ofosu & Mabel Segbafah & Selassi d'Almeida - 1-2 Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Tunisia
by Mohamed Kouni Chahed & Chokri Arfa - 1-2 Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Tanzania
by Gemini Mtei & Suzan Makawia & Honorati Masanja - 1-3 Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Thailand
by Viroj Tangcharoensathien & Supon Limwattananon & Walaiporn Patcharanarumol & Jadej Thammatacharee - 1-3 Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Chile
by Ximena Aguilera & Carla Castillo-Laborde & Manuel Nájera-De Ferrari & Iris Delgado & Ciro Ibañez - 1-3 Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Ethiopia
by Abebe Alebachew & Laurel Hatt & Matthew Kukla - 1-3 Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Bangladesh
by Tanvir Huda & Jahangir A M Khan & Karar Zunaid Ahsan & Kanta Jamil & Shams El Arifeen - 1-3 The PLOS “Monitoring Universal Health Coverage” Collection: Managing Expectations
by The PLOS Medicine Editors - 1-3 Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Brazil
by Mauricio L Barreto & Davide Rasella & Daiane B Machado & Rosana Aquino & Diana Lima & Leila P Garcia & Alexandra C Boing & Jackson Santos & Juan Escalante & Estela M L Aquino & Claudia Travassos - 1-3 Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in South Africa
by John E Ataguba & Candy Day & Di McIntyre - 1-3 Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in India
by Narayanan Devadasan & Soumitra Ghosh & Sunil Nandraj & T Sundararaman - 1-3 Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in China
by Qingyue Meng & Ling Xu - 1-3 Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Estonia
by Taavi Lai & Triin Habicht & Maris Jesse - 1-6 Global Financing and Long-Term Technical Assistance for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Scaling Up Access to Treatment
by Thomas J Hwang & Salmaan Keshavjee - 1-8 Monitoring Progress towards Universal Health Coverage at Country and Global Levels
by Ties Boerma & Patrick Eozenou & David Evans & Tim Evans & Marie-Paule Kieny & Adam Wagstaff - 1-9 Equity-Oriented Monitoring in the Context of Universal Health Coverage
by Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor & Nicole Bergen & Theadora Koller & Amit Prasad & Anne Schlotheuber & Nicole Valentine & John Lynch & Jeanette Vega - 1-10 Beyond UHC: Monitoring Health and Social Protection Coverage in the Context of Tuberculosis Care and Prevention
by Knut Lönnroth & Philippe Glaziou & Diana Weil & Katherine Floyd & Mukund Uplekar & Mario Raviglione - 1-11 Financial Risk Protection and Universal Health Coverage: Evidence and Measurement Challenges
by Priyanka Saksena & Justine Hsu & David B Evans - 1-13 Monitoring Intervention Coverage in the Context of Universal Health Coverage
by Ties Boerma & Carla AbouZahr & David Evans & Tim Evans - 1-15 The Clinical and Economic Impact of Point-of-Care CD4 Testing in Mozambique and Other Resource-Limited Settings: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
by Emily P Hyle & Ilesh V Jani & Jonathan Lehe & Amanda E Su & Robin Wood & Jorge Quevedo & Elena Losina & Ingrid V Bassett & Pamela P Pei & A David Paltiel & Stephen Resch & Kenneth A Freedberg & Trevor Peter & Rochelle P Walensky - 1-15 Preventing Acute Malnutrition among Young Children in Crises: A Prospective Intervention Study in Niger
by Céline Langendorf & Thomas Roederer & Saskia de Pee & Denise Brown & Stéphane Doyon & Abdoul-Aziz Mamaty & Lynda W-M Touré & Mahamane L Manzo & Rebecca F Grais - 1-15 Genetic Predisposition to Increased Blood Cholesterol and Triglyceride Lipid Levels and Risk of Alzheimer Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis
by Petroula Proitsi & Michelle K Lupton & Latha Velayudhan & Stephen Newhouse & Isabella Fogh & Magda Tsolaki & Makrina Daniilidou & Megan Pritchard & Iwona Kloszewska & Hilkka Soininen & Patrizia Mecocci & Bruno Vellas & for the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative & Julie Williams & for the GERAD1 Consortium & Robert Stewart & Pak Sham & Simon Lovestone & John F Powell - 1-16 WHO Essential Medicines Policies and Use in Developing and Transitional Countries: An Analysis of Reported Policy Implementation and Medicines Use Surveys
by Kathleen Anne Holloway & David Henry - 1-18 Readmissions after Hospitalization for Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, or Pneumonia among Young and Middle-Aged Adults: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study
by Isuru Ranasinghe & Yongfei Wang & Kumar Dharmarajan & Angela F Hsieh & Susannah M Bernheim & Harlan M Krumholz
August 2014, Volume 11, Issue 8
- 1-2 Heart Failure: Gaps in Knowledge and Failures in Treatment
by Druin Burch - 1-7 Intervention Synthesis: A Missing Link between a Systematic Review and Practical Treatment(s)
by Paul P Glasziou & Iain Chalmers & Sally Green & Susan Michie - 1-41 Heart Failure Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
by Thomas Callender & Mark Woodward & Gregory Roth & Farshad Farzadfar & Jean-Christophe Lemarie & Stéphanie Gicquel & John Atherton & Shadi Rahimzadeh & Mehdi Ghaziani & Maaz Shaikh & Derrick Bennett & Anushka Patel & Carolyn S P Lam & Karen Sliwa & Antonio Barretto & Bambang Budi Siswanto & Alejandro Diaz & Daniel Herpin & Henry Krum & Thomas Eliasz & Anna Forbes & Alastair Kiszely & Rajit Khosla & Tatjana Petrinic & Devarsetty Praveen & Roohi Shrivastava & Du Xin & Stephen MacMahon & John McMurray & Kazem Rahimi
July 2014, Volume 11, Issue 7
- 1-2 Blue Marble Health: A Call for Papers
by Peter J Hotez & Larry Peiperl - 1-2 Urban Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Bearer of Goods and Risks
by Fahad Razak & Lisa Berkman - 1-3 Using Evidence to Combat Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment: Evaluating Treatments, Tests, and Disease Definitions in the Time of Too Much
by Ray Moynihan & David Henry & Karel G M Moons - 1-8 Improving the Transparency of Prognosis Research: The Role of Reporting, Data Sharing, Registration, and Protocols
by George Peat & Richard D Riley & Peter Croft & Katherine I Morley & Panayiotis A Kyzas & Karel G M Moons & Pablo Perel & Ewout W Steyerberg & Sara Schroter & Douglas G Altman & Harry Hemingway & for the PROGRESS Group - 1-17 Defining Catastrophic Costs and Comparing Their Importance for Adverse Tuberculosis Outcome with Multi-Drug Resistance: A Prospective Cohort Study, Peru
by Tom Wingfield & Delia Boccia & Marco Tovar & Arquímedes Gavino & Karine Zevallos & Rosario Montoya & Knut Lönnroth & Carlton A Evans
June 2014, Volume 11, Issue 6
- 1-5 Pediatric Oncology as the Next Global Child Health Priority: The Need for National Childhood Cancer Strategies in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
by Sumit Gupta & Roberto Rivera-Luna & Raul C Ribeiro & Scott C Howard - 1-22 Evidence for the Selective Reporting of Analyses and Discrepancies in Clinical Trials: A Systematic Review of Cohort Studies of Clinical Trials
by Kerry Dwan & Douglas G Altman & Mike Clarke & Carrol Gamble & Julian P T Higgins & Jonathan A C Sterne & Paula R Williamson & Jamie J Kirkham
May 2014, Volume 11, Issue 5
- 1-16 Methods for Specifying the Target Difference in a Randomised Controlled Trial: The Difference ELicitation in TriAls (DELTA) Systematic Review
by Jenni Hislop & Temitope E Adewuyi & Luke D Vale & Kirsten Harrild & Cynthia Fraser & Tara Gurung & Douglas G Altman & Andrew H Briggs & Peter Fayers & Craig R Ramsay & John D Norrie & Ian M Harvey & Brian Buckley & Jonathan A Cook & for the DELTA group - 1-23 Fecal Contamination of Drinking-Water in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
by Robert Bain & Ryan Cronk & Jim Wright & Hong Yang & Tom Slaymaker & Jamie Bartram
April 2014, Volume 11, Issue 4
- 1-2 What We Know and What We Don't Know About Preventing Stroke
by Druin Burch & the PLOS Medicine Editors - 1-4 The Use of Preliminary Scientific Evidence in Public Health: A Case Study of XMRV
by Kumanan Wilson & Katherine Atkinson & Jennifer Keelan
March 2014, Volume 11, Issue 3
- 1-4 Building Research Capacity in Africa: Equity and Global Health Collaborations
by Kathryn M Chu & Sudha Jayaraman & Patrick Kyamanywa & Georges Ntakiyiruta - 1-4 How Can Journals Respond to Threats of Libel Litigation?
by Nav Persaud & Thom Ringer & Trudo Lemmens - 1-12 Associations between Intimate Partner Violence and Health among Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
by Ana Maria Buller & Karen M Devries & Louise M Howard & Loraine J Bacchus - 1-15 Representation and Misrepresentation of Scientific Evidence in Contemporary Tobacco Regulation: A Review of Tobacco Industry Submissions to the UK Government Consultation on Standardised Packaging
by Selda Ulucanlar & Gary J Fooks & Jenny L Hatchard & Anna B Gilmore - 1-16 Assessing Causality in the Association between Child Adiposity and Physical Activity Levels: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis
by Rebecca C Richmond & George Davey Smith & Andy R Ness & Marcel den Hoed & George McMahon & Nicholas J Timpson - 1-32 The Impact of Pyrethroid Resistance on the Efficacy of Insecticide-Treated Bed Nets against African Anopheline Mosquitoes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
by Clare Strode & Sarah Donegan & Paul Garner & Ahmad Ali Enayati & Janet Hemingway