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December 2010, Volume 7, Issue 12
- 1-12 Scaling Up the 2010 World Health Organization HIV Treatment Guidelines in Resource-Limited Settings: A Model-Based Analysis
by Rochelle P Walensky & Robin Wood & Andrea L Ciaranello & A David Paltiel & Sarah B Lorenzana & Xavier Anglaret & Adam W Stoler & Kenneth A Freedberg & for the CEPAC-International Investigators - 1-14 Association of Secondhand Smoke Exposure with Pediatric Invasive Bacterial Disease and Bacterial Carriage: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
by Chien-Chang Lee & Nicole A Middaugh & Stephen R C Howie & Majid Ezzati
November 2010, Volume 7, Issue 11
- 1-2 Doctors and Drug Companies: Still Cozy after All These Years
by David Henry - 1-2 Global Health Estimates: Stronger Collaboration Needed with Low- and Middle-Income Countries
by Osman Sankoh - 1-3 Production and Analysis of Health Indicators: The Role of Academia
by Christopher J L Murray & Alan D Lopez - 1-3 The Imperfect World of Global Health Estimates
by Peter Byass - 1-3 Which Path to Universal Health Coverage? Perspectives on the World Health Report 2010
by Sara Bennett & Sachiko Ozawa & Krishna D Rao - 1-3 WHO and Global Health Monitoring: The Way Forward
by J Ties Boerma & Colin Mathers & Carla Abou-Zahr - 1-6 Combining Domestic and Foreign Investment to Expand Tuberculosis Control in China
by Zhong-wei Jia & Shi-ming Cheng & Zhi-jun Li & Xin Du & Fei Huang & Xiao-wei Jia & Peng Kong & Yun-xi Liu & Wei Chen & Wei Wang & Christopher Dye - 1-7 Defining Research to Improve Health Systems
by Jan H F Remme & Taghreed Adam & Francisco Becerra-Posada & Catherine D'Arcangues & Michael Devlin & Charles Gardner & Abdul Ghaffar & Joachim Hombach & Jane F K Kengeya & Anthony Mbewu & Michael T Mbizvo & Zafar Mirza & Tikki Pang & Robert G Ridley & Fabio Zicker & Robert F Terry - 1-10 Prescription Medicines and the Risk of Road Traffic Crashes: A French Registry-Based Study
by Ludivine Orriols & Bernard Delorme & Blandine Gadegbeku & Aurore Tricotel & Benjamin Contrand & Bernard Laumon & Louis-Rachid Salmi & Emmanuel Lagarde & on behalf of the CESIR research group
October 2010, Volume 7, Issue 10
- 1-2 Increased Responsibility and Transparency in an Era of Increased Visibility
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-6 The Persisting Burden of Intracerebral Haemorrhage: Can Effective Treatments Be Found?
by Colin B Josephson & Joseph Frantzias & Neshika Samarasekera & Rustam Al-Shahi Salman - 1-7 Conflicts of Interest at Medical Journals: The Influence of Industry-Supported Randomised Trials on Journal Impact Factors and Revenue – Cohort Study
by Andreas Lundh & Marija Barbateskovic & Asbjørn Hróbjartsson & Peter C Gøtzsche - 1-10 Oral Ondansetron Administration in Emergency Departments to Children with Gastroenteritis: An Economic Analysis
by Stephen B Freedman & Michael J Steiner & Kevin J Chan
September 2010, Volume 7, Issue 9
- 1-2 Are Drug Companies Living Up to Their Human Rights Responsibilities? The Merck Perspective
by Geralyn S Ritter - 1-3 Are Drug Companies Living Up to Their Human Rights Responsibilities? Moving Toward Assessment
by Sofia Gruskin & Zyde Raad - 1-6 Seventy-Five Trials and Eleven Systematic Reviews a Day: How Will We Ever Keep Up?
by Hilda Bastian & Paul Glasziou & Iain Chalmers - 1-7 Examining the “Urban Advantage” in Maternal Health Care in Developing Countries
by Zoë Matthews & Amos Channon & Sarah Neal & David Osrin & Nyovani Madise & William Stones
August 2010, Volume 7, Issue 8
- 1-2 Social Relationships Are Key to Health, and to Health Policy
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-3 Assessing Strategy and Equity in the Elimination of Malaria
by Naman K Shah - 1-5 Will Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Widen Health Inequalities?
by Simon Capewell & Hilary Graham - 1-8 Challenges in Developing Evidence-Based Recommendations Using the GRADE Approach: The Case of Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders
by Corrado Barbui & Tarun Dua & Mark van Ommeren & M Taghi Yasamy & Alexandra Fleischmann & Nicolas Clark & Graham Thornicroft & Suzanne Hill & Shekhar Saxena - 1-17 Rapid Scaling Up of Insecticide-Treated Bed Net Coverage in Africa and Its Relationship with Development Assistance for Health: A Systematic Synthesis of Supply, Distribution, and Household Survey Data
by Abraham D Flaxman & Nancy Fullman & Mac W Otten Jr & Manoj Menon & Richard E Cibulskis & Marie Ng & Christopher J L Murray & Stephen S Lim
July 2010, Volume 7, Issue 7
- 1-1 Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-analytic Review
by Julianne Holt-Lunstad & Timothy B Smith & J Bradley Layton - 1-6 Financing Maternal and Child Health—What Are the Limitations in Estimating Donor Flows and Resource Needs?
by Marco Schäferhoff & Christina Schrade & Gavin Yamey
June 2010, Volume 7, Issue 6
- 1-12 Hospital Performance, the Local Economy, and the Local Workforce: Findings from a US National Longitudinal Study
by Jan Blustein & William B Borden & Melissa Valentine - 1-12 The Association of Factor V Leiden and Prothrombin Gene Mutation and Placenta-Mediated Pregnancy Complications: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies
by Marc A Rodger & Marisol T Betancourt & Peter Clark & Pelle G Lindqvist & Donna Dizon-Townson & Joanne Said & Uri Seligsohn & Marc Carrier & Ophira Salomon & Ian A Greer
May 2010, Volume 7, Issue 5
- 1-3 Can Foreign Policy Make a Difference to Health?
by Sigrun Møgedal & Benedikte Louise Alveberg
April 2010, Volume 7, Issue 4
- 1-1 Alternative Strategies to Reduce Maternal Mortality in India: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
by Sue J Goldie & Steve Sweet & Natalie Carvalho & Uma Chandra Mouli Natchu & Delphine Hu - 1-5 Brazil and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Global Health Diplomacy as Soft Power
by Kelley Lee & Luiz Carlos Chagas & Thomas E Novotny - 1-6 China's Engagement with Global Health Diplomacy: Was SARS a Watershed?
by Lai-Ha Chan & Lucy Chen & Jin Xu - 1-11 Economic Appraisal of Ontario's Universal Influenza Immunization Program: A Cost-Utility Analysis
by Beate Sander & Jeffrey C Kwong & Chris T Bauch & Andreas Maetzel & Allison McGeer & Janet M Raboud & Murray Krahn
March 2010, Volume 7, Issue 3
- 1-8 Can Animal Models of Disease Reliably Inform Human Studies?
by H Bart van der Worp & David W Howells & Emily S Sena & Michelle J Porritt & Sarah Rewell & Victoria O'Collins & Malcolm R Macleod - 1-10 Effects on Coronary Heart Disease of Increasing Polyunsaturated Fat in Place of Saturated Fat: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
by Dariush Mozaffarian & Renata Micha & Sarah Wallace - 1-13 The Promise of Prevention: The Effects of Four Preventable Risk Factors on National Life Expectancy and Life Expectancy Disparities by Race and County in the United States
by Goodarz Danaei & Eric B Rimm & Shefali Oza & Sandeep C Kulkarni & Christopher J L Murray & Majid Ezzati
February 2010, Volume 7, Issue 2
- 1-4 Ghostwriting at Elite Academic Medical Centers in the United States
by Jeffrey R Lacasse & Jonathan Leo - 1-6 The Global Research Neglect of Unassisted Smoking Cessation: Causes and Consequences
by Simon Chapman & Ross MacKenzie - 1-7 Packages of Care for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
by Alan J Flisher & Katherine Sorsdahl & Sean Hatherill & Sonia Chehil - 1-10 Event Rates, Hospital Utilization, and Costs Associated with Major Complications of Diabetes: A Multicountry Comparative Analysis
by Philip M Clarke & Paul Glasziou & Anushka Patel & John Chalmers & Mark Woodward & Stephen B Harrap & Joshua A Salomon & on behalf of the ADVANCE Collaborative Group
January 2010, Volume 7, Issue 1
- 1-2 Neonatal Circumcision for HIV Prevention: Cost, Culture, and Behavioral Considerations
by Seth C Kalichman - 1-3 The Global Health System: Strengthening National Health Systems as the Next Step for Global Progress
by Julio Frenk - 1-4 Meeting the Demand for Results and Accountability: A Call for Action on Health Data from Eight Global Health Agencies
by Margaret Chan & Michel Kazatchkine & Julian Lob-Levyt & Thoraya Obaid & Julian Schweizer & Michel Sidibe & Ann Veneman & Tadataka Yamada - 1-4 The Global Health System: Actors, Norms, and Expectations in Transition
by Nicole A Szlezák & Barry R Bloom & Dean T Jamison & Gerald T Keusch & Catherine M Michaud & Suerie Moon & William C Clark - 1-5 Are Patents Impeding Medical Care and Innovation?
by E Richard Gold & Warren Kaplan & James Orbinski & Sarah Harland-Logan & Sevil N-Marandi - 1-5 The Global Health System: Lessons for a Stronger Institutional Framework
by Suerie Moon & Nicole A Szlezák & Catherine M Michaud & Dean T Jamison & Gerald T Keusch & William C Clark & Barry R Bloom - 1-10 Male Circumcision at Different Ages in Rwanda: A Cost-Effectiveness Study
by Agnes Binagwaho & Elisabetta Pegurri & Jane Muita & Stefano Bertozzi - 1-17 “Working the System”—British American Tobacco's Influence on the European Union Treaty and Its Implications for Policy: An Analysis of Internal Tobacco Industry Documents
by Katherine E Smith & Gary Fooks & Jeff Collin & Heide Weishaar & Sema Mandal & Anna B Gilmore - 1-20 The Relationship between Anti-merozoite Antibodies and Incidence of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
by Freya J I Fowkes & Jack S Richards & Julie A Simpson & James G Beeson
December 2009, Volume 6, Issue 12
- 1-5 Global Health Delivery 2.0: Using Open-Access Technologies for Transparency and Operations Research
by Duncan Smith-Rohrberg Maru & Aditya Sharma & Jason Andrews & Sanjay Basu & Jhapat Thapa & Shefali Oza & Chhitij Bashyal & Bibhav Acharya & Ryan Schwarz - 1-10 A Comparison of Cost Effectiveness Using Data from Randomized Trials or Actual Clinical Practice: Selective Cox-2 Inhibitors as an Example
by Tjeerd-Pieter van Staa & Hubert G Leufkens & Bill Zhang & Liam Smeeth - 1-12 The Severity of Pandemic H1N1 Influenza in the United States, from April to July 2009: A Bayesian Analysis
by Anne M Presanis & Daniela De Angelis & The New York City Swine Flu Investigation Team 3 ¶ & Angela Hagy & Carrie Reed & Steven Riley & Ben S Cooper & Lyn Finelli & Paul Biedrzycki & Marc Lipsitch
November 2009, Volume 6, Issue 11
- 1-3 Time for a “Third Wave” of Malaria Activism to Tackle the Drug Stock-out Crisis
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-3 The Unequal World of Health Data
by Peter Byass - 1-5 Mandatory Disclosure of Pharmaceutical Industry-Funded Events for Health Professionals
by Jane Robertson & Ray Moynihan & Emily Walkom & Lisa Bero & David Henry - 1-9 Packages of Care for Dementia in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
by Martin J Prince & Daisy Acosta & Erico Castro-Costa & Jim Jackson & K S Shaji - 1-9 Multiyear Climate Variability and Dengue—El Niño Southern Oscillation, Weather, and Dengue Incidence in Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Thailand: A Longitudinal Data Analysis
by Michael A Johansson & Derek A T Cummings & Gregory E Glass
October 2009, Volume 6, Issue 10
- 1-2 Lost but Not Forgotten—The Economics of Improving Patient Retention in AIDS Treatment Programs
by Gregory P Bisson & Jeffrey S A Stringer - 1-7 Packages of Care for Alcohol Use Disorders in Low- And Middle-Income Countries
by Vivek Benegal & Prabhat K Chand & Isidore S Obot - 1-7 Packages of Care for Depression in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
by Vikram Patel & Gregory Simon & Neerja Chowdhary & Sylvia Kaaya & Ricardo Araya - 1-7 Packages of Care for Epilepsy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
by Caroline K Mbuba & Charles R Newton - 1-8 Packages of Care for Schizophrenia in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
by Jair de Jesus Mari & Denise Razzouk & Rangaswamy Thara & Julian Eaton & Graham Thornicroft - 1-11 Cost-Effectiveness of Preventing Loss to Follow-up in HIV Treatment Programs: A Côte d'Ivoire Appraisal
by Elena Losina & Hapsatou Touré & Lauren M Uhler & Xavier Anglaret & A David Paltiel & Eric Balestre & Rochelle P Walensky & Eugène Messou & Milton C Weinstein & François Dabis & Kenneth A Freedberg & for the ART-LINC Collaboration of International Epidemiological Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) & and the CEPAC International investigators
September 2009, Volume 6, Issue 9
- 1-3 Grading Quality of Evidence and Strength of Recommendations: A Perspective
by Mohammed T Ansari & Alexander Tsertsvadze & David Moher
August 2009, Volume 6, Issue 8
- 1-6 Evaluating eHealth Interventions: The Need for Continuous Systemic Evaluation
by Lorraine Catwell & Aziz Sheikh - 1-8 Can We Systematically Review Studies That Evaluate Complex Interventions?
by Sasha Shepperd & Simon Lewin & Sharon Straus & Mike Clarke & Martin P Eccles & Ray Fitzpatrick & Geoff Wong & Aziz Sheikh - 1-8 Twenty-Five Years of Convoluted Health Reforms in Mexico
by Núria Homedes & Antonio Ugalde - 1-10 The Effect of Alternative Summary Statistics for Communicating Risk Reduction on Decisions about Taking Statins: A Randomized Trial
by Cheryl L L Carling & Doris Tove Kristoffersen & Victor M Montori & Jeph Herrin & Holger J Schünemann & Shaun Treweek & Elie A Akl & Andrew D Oxman - 1-12 Prolonged Grief Disorder: Psychometric Validation of Criteria Proposed for DSM-V and ICD-11
by Holly G Prigerson & Mardi J Horowitz & Selby C Jacobs & Colin M Parkes & Mihaela Aslan & Karl Goodkin & Beverley Raphael & Samuel J Marwit & Camille Wortman & Robert A Neimeyer & George Bonanno & Susan D Block & David Kissane & Paul Boelen & Andreas Maercker & Brett T Litz & Jeffrey G Johnson & Michael B First & Paul K Maciejewski - 1-15 Schizophrenia and Violence: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
by Seena Fazel & Gautam Gulati & Louise Linsell & John R Geddes & Martin Grann
July 2009, Volume 6, Issue 7
- 1-4 Can the Relationship between Doctors and Drug Companies Ever Be a Healthy One?
by Emma D'Arcy & Ray Moynihan - 1-5 Focusing on Quality Patient Care in the New Global Subsidy for Malaria Medicines
by Suerie Moon & Carmen Pérez Casas & Jean-Marie Kindermans & Martin de Smet & Tido von Schoen-Angerer - 1-6 Conflict, Crisis, and Abuse in Dharavi, Mumbai: Experiences from Six Years at a Centre for Vulnerable Women and Children
by Nayreen Daruwalla & Armida Fernandez & Jenny Salam & Nikhat Shaikh & David Osrin - 1-11 Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions to Promote Physical Activity: A Modelling Study
by Linda J Cobiac & Theo Vos & Jan J Barendregt - 1-28 The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration
by Alessandro Liberati & Douglas G Altman & Jennifer Tetzlaff & Cynthia Mulrow & Peter C Gøtzsche & John P A Ioannidis & Mike Clarke & P J Devereaux & Jos Kleijnen & David Moher
June 2009, Volume 6, Issue 6
- 1-2 Can We “Hedge” against the Development of Antiviral Resistance among Pandemic Influenza Viruses?
by David K Shay & Benjamin J Ridenhour - 1-3 Funding for Reproductive Health in Conflict and Post-Conflict Countries: A Familiar Story of Inequity and Insufficient Data
by Paul B Spiegel & Nadine Cornier & Marian Schilperoord - 1-4 Seasonal Hunger: A Neglected Problem with Proven Solutions
by Bapu Vaitla & Stephen Devereux & Samuel Hauenstein Swan - 1-5 Will the Public's Health Fall Victim to the Home Foreclosure Epidemic?
by Gary G Bennett & Melissa Scharoun-Lee & Reginald Tucker-Seeley - 1-13 Tracking Official Development Assistance for Reproductive Health in Conflict-Affected Countries
by Preeti Patel & Bayard Roberts & Samantha Guy & Louise Lee-Jones & Lesong Conteh
May 2009, Volume 6, Issue 5
- 1-6 Preventing Bias in Cluster Randomised Trials
by Bruno Giraudeau & Philippe Ravaud
April 2009, Volume 6, Issue 4
- 1-5 Global Health Actors Claim To Support Health System Strengthening—Is This Reality or Rhetoric?
by Bruno Marchal & Anna Cavalli & Guy Kegels - 1-23 The Preventable Causes of Death in the United States: Comparative Risk Assessment of Dietary, Lifestyle, and Metabolic Risk Factors
by Goodarz Danaei & Eric L Ding & Dariush Mozaffarian & Ben Taylor & Jürgen Rehm & Christopher J L Murray & Majid Ezzati
March 2009, Volume 6, Issue 3
- 1-6 Setting Research Priorities To Reduce Global Mortality from Childhood Diarrhoea by 2015
by Olivier Fontaine & Margaret Kosek & Shinjini Bhatnagar & Cynthia Boschi-Pinto & Kit Yee Chan & Christopher Duggan & Homero Martinez & Hugo Ribeiro & Nigel C Rollins & Mohammed A Salam & Mathuram Santosham & John D Snyder & Alexander C Tsai & Beth Vargas & Igor Rudan - 1-9 Advanced Paternal Age Is Associated with Impaired Neurocognitive Outcomes during Infancy and Childhood
by Sukanta Saha & Adrian G Barnett & Claire Foldi & Thomas H Burne & Darryl W Eyles & Stephen L Buka & John J McGrath
February 2009, Volume 6, Issue 2
- 1-3 An Unbiased Scientific Record Should Be Everyone's Agenda
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-4 How Do Courts Set Health Policy? The Case of the Colombian Constitutional Court
by Alicia Ely Yamin & Oscar Parra-Vera - 1-4 What Should Be Done To Tackle Ghostwriting in the Medical Literature?
by Peter C Gøtzsche & Jerome P Kassirer & Karen L Woolley & Elizabeth Wager & Adam Jacobs & Art Gertel & Cindy Hamilton
January 2009, Volume 6, Issue 1
- 1-3 Abolishing User Fees in Africa
by Valéry Ridde & Slim Haddad - 1-3 Data Sources for Improving Estimates of the Global Burden of Injuries: Call for Contributors
by Kavi Bhalla & James Harrison & Jerry Abraham & Nagesh N Borse & Ronan Lyons & Soufiane Boufous & Limor Aharonson-Daniel & on behalf of the Global Burden of Disease Injury Expert Group - 1-7 Explaining Adherence Success in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Ethnographic Study
by Norma C Ware & John Idoko & Sylvia Kaaya & Irene Andia Biraro & Monique A Wyatt & Oche Agbaji & Guerino Chalamilla & David R Bangsberg
December 2008, Volume 5, Issue 12
- 1-2 The Disconnect between China's Public Health and Public Security Responses to Injection Drug Use, and the Consequences for Human Rights
by Stephen Koester - 1-2 Poverty and Cataract—A Deeper Look at a Complex Issue
by Susan Lewallen - 1-2 Mental Disorders among Homeless People in Western Countries
by Helen Herrman - 1-2 The Dirty War Index: Statistical Issues, Feasibility, and Interpretation
by Nathan Taback - 1-13 A Case-Control Study to Assess the Relationship between Poverty and Visual Impairment from Cataract in Kenya, the Philippines, and Bangladesh
by Hannah Kuper & Sarah Polack & Cristina Eusebio & Wanjiku Mathenge & Zakia Wadud & Allen Foster
November 2008, Volume 5, Issue 11
- 1-2 Mathematical Models for a New Era of Malaria Eradication
by Maciej F Boni & Caroline O Buckee & Nicholas J White - 1-5 Is Private Health Care the Answer to the Health Problems of the World's Poor?
by Kara Hanson & Lucy Gilson & Catherine Goodman & Anne Mills & Richard Smith & Richard Feachem & Neelam Sekhri Feachem & Tracey Perez Koehlmoos & Heather Kinlaw - 1-8 The Chilling Effect: How Do Researchers React to Controversy?
by Joanna Kempner - 1-10 Reporting Bias in Drug Trials Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration: Review of Publication and Presentation
by Kristin Rising & Peter Bacchetti & Lisa Bero
October 2008, Volume 5, Issue 10
- 1-2 Reform Should Make Health the First Item of Business
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-5 Why Current Publication Practices May Distort Science
by Neal S Young & John P A Ioannidis & Omar Al-Ubaydli
September 2008, Volume 5, Issue 9
- 1-2 Tobacco Control Yields Clear Dividends for Health and Wealth
by Kelley Lee - 1-3 Making Sense of Non-Financial Competing Interests
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-5 Towards a Data Sharing Culture: Recommendations for Leadership from Academic Health Centers
by Heather A Piwowar & Michael J Becich & Howard Bilofsky & Rebecca S Crowley & on behalf of the caBIG Data Sharing and Intellectual Capital Workspace - 1-13 Key Issues in Conducting a Meta-Analysis of Gene Expression Microarray Datasets
by Adaikalavan Ramasamy & Adrian Mondry & Chris C Holmes & Douglas G Altman
August 2008, Volume 5, Issue 8
- 1-3 Developing a Prognostic Model for Traumatic Brain Injury—A Missed Opportunity?
by Neil H Young & Peter J D Andrews - 1-6 Mendelian Randomisation and Causal Inference in Observational Epidemiology
by Nuala A Sheehan & Vanessa Didelez & Paul R Burton & Martin D Tobin - 1-9 Effect of the California Tobacco Control Program on Personal Health Care Expenditures
by James M Lightwood & Alexis Dinno & Stanton A Glantz - 1-9 Inflammation, Insulin Resistance, and Diabetes—Mendelian Randomization Using CRP Haplotypes Points Upstream
by Eric J Brunner & Mika Kivimäki & Daniel R Witte & Debbie A Lawlor & George Davey Smith & Jackie A Cooper & Michelle Miller & Gordon D O Lowe & Ann Rumley & Juan P Casas & Tina Shah & Steve E Humphries & Aroon D Hingorani & Michael G Marmot & Nicholas J Timpson & Meena Kumari - 1-15 Greater Response to Placebo in Children Than in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in Drug-Resistant Partial Epilepsy
by Sylvain Rheims & Michel Cucherat & Alexis Arzimanoglou & Philippe Ryvlin
July 2008, Volume 5, Issue 7
- 1-2 Divergent Goals and Commitments in Global Malaria Intervention
by Anthony E Kiszewski - 1-2 Next Stop, Don't Block the Doors: Opening Up Access to Clinical Trials Results
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-3 The Effects of International Monetary Fund Loans on Health Outcomes
by Megan Murray & Gary King - 1-7 Evidence-Based Tuberculosis Diagnosis
by Madhukar Pai & Andrew Ramsay & Richard O'Brien - 1-11 Diabetes Mellitus Increases the Risk of Active Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review of 13 Observational Studies
by Christie Y Jeon & Megan B Murray - 1-11 International Funding for Malaria Control in Relation to Populations at Risk of Stable Plasmodium falciparum Transmission
by Robert W Snow & Carlos A Guerra & Juliette J Mutheu & Simon I Hay - 1-12 International Monetary Fund Programs and Tuberculosis Outcomes in Post-Communist Countries
by David Stuckler & Lawrence P King & Sanjay Basu
May 2008, Volume 5, Issue 5
- 1-3 Disease Mongering Is Now Part of the Global Health Debate
by Ray Moynihan & Evan Doran & David Henry - 1-3 Retail Sales of Alcohol and the Risk of Being a Victim of Assault
by Russell Bennetts & Rachel Seabrook - 1-5 How Do US Journalists Cover Treatments, Tests, Products, and Procedures? An Evaluation of 500 Stories
by Gary Schwitzer
April 2008, Volume 5, Issue 4
- 1-2 Better Reporting, Better Research: Guidelines and Guidance in PLoS Medicine
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-6 Chile's Neoliberal Health Reform: An Assessment and a Critique
by Jean-Pierre Unger & Pierre De Paepe & Giorgio Solimano Cantuarias & Oscar Arteaga Herrera - 1-12 The Reversal of Fortunes: Trends in County Mortality and Cross-County Mortality Disparities in the United States
by Majid Ezzati & Ari B Friedman & Sandeep C Kulkarni & Christopher J L Murray
March 2008, Volume 5, Issue 3
- 1-1 Social Contacts and Mixing Patterns Relevant to the Spread of Infectious Diseases
by Joël Mossong & Niel Hens & Mark Jit & Philippe Beutels & Kari Auranen & Rafael Mikolajczyk & Marco Massari & Stefania Salmaso & Gianpaolo Scalia Tomba & Jacco Wallinga & Janneke Heijne & Malgorzata Sadkowska-Todys & Magdalena Rosinska & W John Edmunds - 1-3 Determining Origins and Causes of Childhood Obesity via Mendelian Randomization Analysis
by Eric L Ding & Frank B Hu - 1-10 Exploring the Developmental Overnutrition Hypothesis Using Parental–Offspring Associations and FTO as an Instrumental Variable
by Debbie A Lawlor & Nicholas J Timpson & Roger M Harbord & Sam Leary & Andy Ness & Mark I McCarthy & Timothy M Frayling & Andrew T Hattersley & George Davey Smith - 1-11 Alcohol Intake and Blood Pressure: A Systematic Review Implementing a Mendelian Randomization Approach
by Lina Chen & George Davey Smith & Roger M Harbord & Sarah J Lewis
February 2008, Volume 5, Issue 2
- 1-2 Does Preventing Obesity Lead to Reduced Health-Care Costs?
by Klim McPherson - 1-2 The Neglected Diseases Section in PLoS Medicine: Moving Beyond Tropical Infections
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-8 Lifetime Medical Costs of Obesity: Prevention No Cure for Increasing Health Expenditure
by Pieter H M van Baal & Johan J Polder & G Ardine de Wit & Rudolf T Hoogenveen & Talitha L Feenstra & Hendriek C Boshuizen & Peter M Engelfriet & Werner B F Brouwer - 1-9 Initial Severity and Antidepressant Benefits: A Meta-Analysis of Data Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration
by Irving Kirsch & Brett J Deacon & Tania B Huedo-Medina & Alan Scoboria & Thomas J Moore & Blair T Johnson - 1-15 The Fall and Rise of US Inequities in Premature Mortality: 1960–2002
by Nancy Krieger & David H Rehkopf & Jarvis T Chen & Pamela D Waterman & Enrico Marcelli & Malinda Kennedy
January 2008, Volume 5, Issue 1
- 1-2 Model-Based Insights into Multi-Host Transmission and Control of Schistosomiasis
by Song Liang & Robert C Spear - 1-3 Why Pakistani Medical Graduates Must Remain Free to Emigrate
by Zarmeneh Aly & Fawad Taj - 1-3 In the Era of Systematic Reviews, Does the Size of an Individual Trial Still Matter?
by Gordon H Guyatt & Edward J Mills & Diana Elbourne
December 2007, Volume 4, Issue 12
- 1-6 The Challenges of Chagas Disease— Grim Outlook or Glimmer of Hope?
by Rick L Tarleton & Richard Reithinger & Julio A Urbina & Uriel Kitron & Ricardo E Gürtler - 1-10 Assessment of Recent HIV-1 Infection by a Line Immunoassay for HIV-1/2 Confirmation
by Jörg Schüpbach & Martin D Gebhardt & Zuzana Tomasik & Christoph Niederhauser & Sabine Yerly & Philippe Bürgisser & Lukas Matter & Meri Gorgievski & Rolf Dubs & Detlev Schultze & Ingrid Steffen & Corinne Andreutti & Gladys Martinetti & Bruno Güntert & Roger Staub & Synove Daneel & Pietro Vernazza - 1-11 Elevated Risk for HIV Infection among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 2000–2006: A Systematic Review
by Stefan Baral & Frangiscos Sifakis & Farley Cleghorn & Chris Beyrer
November 2007, Volume 4, Issue 11
- 1-2 Who Needs Cause-of-Death Data?
by Peter Byass - 1-3 Sharing H5N1 Viruses to Stop a Global Influenza Pandemic
by Laurie Garrett & David P Fidler - 1-14 Evolution of Antiretroviral Drug Costs in Brazil in the Context of Free and Universal Access to AIDS Treatment
by Amy S Nunn & Elize M Fonseca & Francisco I Bastos & Sofia Gruskin & Joshua A Salomon - 1-15 Validation of the Symptom Pattern Method for Analyzing Verbal Autopsy Data
by Christopher J L Murray & Alan D Lopez & Dennis M Feehan & Shanon T Peter & Gonghuan Yang
October 2007, Volume 4, Issue 10
- 1-1 The US Anti-Prostitution Pledge: A Call for Cooperation
by Jay Silverman & Michele Decker - 1-2 Thirty Ways to Improve the Health of the World's Poorest People
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-4 Which Single Intervention Would Do the Most to Improve the Health of Those Living on Less Than $1 Per Day?
by Gavin Yamey & on Behalf of the Interviewees - 1-4 Child Rights and Child Poverty: Can the International Framework of Children's Rights Be Used to Improve Child Survival Rates?
by Simon Pemberton & David Gordon & Shailen Nandy & Christina Pantazis & Peter Townsend - 1-5 Access to Health Care in Contexts of Livelihood Insecurity: A Framework for Analysis and Action
by Brigit Obrist & Nelly Iteba & Christian Lengeler & Ahmed Makemba & Christopher Mshana & Rose Nathan & Sandra Alba & Angel Dillip & Manuel W Hetzel & Iddy Mayumana & Alexander Schulze & Hassan Mshinda - 1-5 Squaring the Circle: AIDS, Poverty, and Human Development
by Peter Piot & Robert Greener & Sarah Russell - 1-6 Slum Health: From Understanding to Action
by Alon Unger & Lee W Riley
September 2007, Volume 4, Issue 9
- 1-2 Excessive Work Hours of Physicians in Training: Maladaptive Coping Strategies
by Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi & Masoom Kassi & Talha Khawar - 1-4 Will Spam Overwhelm Our Defenses? Evaluating Offerings for Drugs and Natural Health Products
by Peter Gernburd & Alejandro R Jadad - 1-6 Grand Challenges in Global Health: Ethical, Social, and Cultural Issues Based on Key Informant Perspectives
by Kathryn Berndtson & Tina Daid & C Shawn Tracy & Anant Bhan & Emma R M Cohen & Ross E G Upshur & Jerome A Singh & Abdallah S Daar & James V Lavery & Peter A Singer - 1-11 Physician Awareness of Drug Cost: A Systematic Review
by G Michael Allan & Joel Lexchin & Natasha Wiebe
August 2007, Volume 4, Issue 8
- 1-4 Making Performance-Based Funding Work for Health
by Daniel Low-Beer & Houtan Afkhami & Ryuichi Komatsu & Prerna Banati & Musoke Sempala & Itamar Katz & John Cutler & Paul Schumacher & Ronald Tran-Ba-Huy & Bernhard Schwartländer - 1-11 Whole Grain, Bran, and Germ Intake and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Cohort Study and Systematic Review
by Jeroen S L de Munter & Frank B Hu & Donna Spiegelman & Mary Franz & Rob M van Dam
July 2007, Volume 4, Issue 7
- 1-1 Transparent Development of WHO Rapid Advice Guidelines: A Useful Approach
by Antonio Cunha - 1-1 Medicines without Doctors: In Mozambique, Salaries Are Not the Biggest Problem
by Wouter Arrazola de Oñate - 1-3 Excessive Work Hours of Physicians in Training in El Salvador: Putting Patients at Risk
by Kenneth R Fernández Taylor - 1-9 The Effects of Mandatory Prescribing of Thiazides for Newly Treated, Uncomplicated Hypertension: Interrupted Time-Series Analysis
by Atle Fretheim & Kari Håvelsrud & Graeme MacLennan & Doris Tove Kristoffersen & Andrew D Oxman - 1-16 Patient Adherence to Tuberculosis Treatment: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Research
by Salla A Munro & Simon A Lewin & Helen J Smith & Mark E Engel & Atle Fretheim & Jimmy Volmink
June 2007, Volume 4, Issue 6
- 1-1 Consent for Genomic Epidemiology in Developing Countries: Added Human Subject Protection Also Needed
by Robert Reinhard - 1-1 Reporting of Systematic Reviews: The Challenge of Genetic Association Studies
by Muin J Khoury & Julian Little & Julian Higgins & John P A Ioannidis & Marta Gwinn - 1-2 Why Most Published Research Findings Are False: Author's Reply to Goodman and Greenland
by John P A Ioannidis - 1-2 Can Pay-for-Performance Improve Quality and Reduce Health Disparities?
by Katie Coleman & Richard Hamblin - 1-2 The Changing Face of Occupational Medicine
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-2 Late HIV Diagnosis: Bad Medicine and Worse Public Health
by Ronald O Valdiserri - 1-2 Biomedical Journals and Global Poverty: Is HINARI a Step Backwards?
by Javier Villafuerte-Gálvez & Walter H Curioso & Oscar Gayoso - 1-3 Influenza Pandemic Vaccines: Spread Them Thin?
by Christophe Fraser - 1-3 Teaching Global Health at the Frontlines
by Javier Villafuerte-Galvez & Walter H Curioso - 1-4 The Adult Film Industry: Time to Regulate?
by Corita R Grudzen & Peter R Kerndt - 1-9 Optimizing the Dose of Pre-Pandemic Influenza Vaccines to Reduce the Infection Attack Rate
by Steven Riley & Joseph T Wu & Gabriel M Leung - 1-10 Factors Associated with Findings of Published Trials of Drug–Drug Comparisons: Why Some Statins Appear More Efficacious than Others
by Lisa Bero & Fieke Oostvogel & Peter Bacchetti & Kirby Lee
May 2007, Volume 4, Issue 5
- 1-1 Undertaking Research in Other Countries: Further Considerations
by Adamson Muula - 1-2 Natural Ventilation for Prevention of Airborne Contagion: Authors' Reply
by Adrian Roderick Escombe & David A J Moore & Jon S Friedland & Carlton A Evans & Robert H Gilman - 1-9 Childhood Conditions Influence Adult Progesterone Levels
by Alejandra Núñez-de la Mora & Robert T Chatterton & Osul A Choudhury & Dora A Napolitano & Gillian R Bentley
April 2007, Volume 4, Issue 4
- 1-1 Why Most Published Research Findings Are False: Problems in the Analysis
by Steven Goodman & Sander Greenland - 1-3 Comparing Alcohol Policies Between Countries: Science or Silliness?
by Alison Ritter - 1-3 Reducing Medical Costs and Improving Quality via Self-Management Tools
by Harold J DeMonaco & Eric von Hippel - 1-4 Medicines without Doctors: Why the Global Fund Must Fund Salaries of Health Workers to Expand AIDS Treatment
by Gorik Ooms & Wim Van Damme & Marleen Temmerman - 1-5 Malaria in Pregnancy: What Can the Social Sciences Contribute?
by Joan Muela Ribera & Susanna Hausmann-Muela & Umberto D'Alessandro & Koen Peeters Grietens - 1-5 Addressing the Global Neglect of Childhood Hearing Impairment in Developing Countries
by Bolajoko O Olusanya - 1-6 Interrupted Time-Series Analysis of Regulations to Reduce Paracetamol (Acetaminophen) Poisoning
by Oliver W Morgan & Clare Griffiths & Azeem Majeed - 1-8 Comparative Analysis of Alcohol Control Policies in 30 Countries
by Donald A Brand & Michaela Saisana & Lisa A Rynn & Fulvia Pennoni & Albert B Lowenfels
March 2007, Volume 4, Issue 3
- 1-1 Pollution and Tuberculosis: Outdoor Sources
by Aaron Cohen & Sumi Mehta - 1-2 World Social Health Insurance: Strengthening Health Systems in Low-Income Countries
by Wim Van Damme - 1-2 Many Reviews Are Systematic but Some Are More Transparent and Completely Reported than Others
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-2 Medicines Prices and Malaysia—Untangling the Medicines Web
by Suzanne Hill - 1-9 Epidemiology and Reporting Characteristics of Systematic Reviews
by David Moher & Jennifer Tetzlaff & Andrea C Tricco & Margaret Sampson & Douglas G Altman - 1-10 Evaluating Drug Prices, Availability, Affordability, and Price Components: Implications for Access to Drugs in Malaysia
by Zaheer Ud Din Babar & Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim & Harpal Singh & Nadeem Irfan Bukahri & Andrew Creese - 1-11 Loperamide Therapy for Acute Diarrhea in Children: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
by Su-Ting T Li & David C Grossman & Peter Cummings
February 2007, Volume 4, Issue 2
- 1-2 Educating Health Professionals about Drug and Device Promotion: Authors' Reply
by Peter R Mansfield & Jerome R Hoffman & Joel Lexchin - 1-2 Contraceptive Use and the Poor: A Matter of Choice?
by Duff Gillespie - 1-4 Most Published Research Findings Are False—But a Little Replication Goes a Long Way
by Ramal Moonesinghe & Muin J Khoury & A Cecile J W Janssens - 1-4 What Drives Health-Care Spending Priorities? An International Survey of Health-Care Professionals
by Glenn Salkeld & David Henry & Suzanne Hill & Danielle Lang & Nick Freemantle & Jefferson D'Assunção - 1-9 Use of Modern Contraception by the Poor Is Falling Behind
by Emmanuela Gakidou & Effy Vayena