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- 1From: PLoS Medicine. (Vol. 9, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedHuman Health and Climate Change The 17th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (COP 17) concluded in December 2011, in Durban, South Africa, two days late, after two weeks of...
- 2From: PLoS Medicine. (Vol. 9, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground: The Czech Republic has one of the poorest tobacco control records in Europe. This paper examines transnational tobacco companies' (TTCs') efforts to influence policy there, paying particular attention to...
- 3From: PLoS Medicine. (Vol. 9, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground: To improve care for children in district hospitals in Kenya, a multifaceted approach employing guidelines, training, supervision, feedback, and facilitation was developed, for brevity called the Emergency...
- 4From: PLoS Medicine. (Vol. 9, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed
Protecting clinical trial participants and protecting data integrity: are we meeting the challenges?
Introduction A long-standing tenet of clinical trial conduct is that the accumulating data must be monitored, if not continuously then at regular intervals during the trial. Such regular review helps to ensure that... - 5From: PLoS Medicine. (Vol. 9, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground: In successfully negotiating the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the World Health Organization (WHO) has led a significant innovation in global health governance, helping to transform...
- 6From: PLoS Medicine. (Vol. 9, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Waist circumference (WC) is a simple and reliable measure of fat distribution that may add to the prediction of type 2 diabetes (T2D), but previous studies have been too small to reliably quantify the...
- 7From: PLoS Medicine. (Vol. 9, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction: Private sector healthcare delivery in low- and middle-income countries is sometimes argued to be more efficient, accountable, and sustainable than public sector delivery. Conversely, the public sector is...
- 8From: PLoS Medicine. (Vol. 9, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThis article was commissioned for the PLoS Medicine series on Big Food that examines the activities and influence of the food and beverage industry in the health arena. Power over Food One of the most enduring...
- 9From: PLoS Medicine. (Vol. 9, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIn anticipation of the 2012 World Health Report, this paper was commissioned to help contextualize and critically reflect on the theme of "no health without research." Why Do We Need Trials and What Makes a Trial a...
- 10From: PLoS Medicine. (Vol. 9, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction "Unhealthy commodities"--soft drinks and processed foods that are high in salt, fat, and sugar, as well as tobacco and alcohol--are leading risk factors for chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Their...
- 11From: PLoS Medicine. (Vol. 9, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground: We aimed to compare reproductive outcomes following ectopic pregnancy (EP) versus livebirth, miscarriage, or termination in a first pregnancy. Methods and Findings: A retrospective cohort study design was...
- 12From: PLoS Medicine. (Vol. 9, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality in England fell by approximately 6% every year between 2000 and 2007. However, rates fell differentially between social groups with inequalities actually widening. We...
- 13From: PLoS Medicine. (Vol. 9, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Nevirapine (NVP) is widely used in antiretroviral treatment (ART) of HIV-1 globally. The primary objective of the AA5208/OCTANE trial was to compare the efficacy of NVP-based versus lopinavir/ritonavir...
- 14From: PLoS Medicine. (Vol. 9, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThis article is part of the the PLoS Medicine series on Big Food Today we launch a major new series on "Big Food" in the PLoS Medicine Magazine. Over three weeks beginning 19 June 2012 we will publish seven articles...
- 15From: PLoS Medicine. (Vol. 9, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThis article was commissioned for the PLoS Medicine series on Big Food that examines the activities and influence of the food and beverage industry in the health arena. For the first time in 23 years, PepsiCo...
- 16From: PLoS Medicine. (Vol. 9, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedWhy Is Climate Change a Public Health Problem? As the dust settles on the November 2011 United Nations (UN) climate talks in Durban, it is opportune to reflect on the likely consequences of the proceedings for human...
- 17From: PLoS Medicine. (Vol. 9, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThis article was commissioned for the PLoS Medicine series on Big Food that examines the activities and influence of the food and beverage industry in the health arena. As the PLoS Medicine series on Big Food...
- 18From: PLoS Medicine. (Vol. 9, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe Challenge Poor rural populations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not have access to diagnostic laboratories. Until recently, this has meant that they could not be screened for asymptomatic...
- 19From: PLoS Medicine. (Vol. 9, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Bacterial vaginosis (BV), a disruption of the normal vaginal flora, has been associated with a 60% increased risk of HIV-1 acquisition in women and higher concentration of HIV-1 RNA in the genital tract of...