April 15, 2024
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04/16/2024
Editorial
In this piece, Coral Gartner and Wayne Hall discuss ongoing efforts to reduce the global burden of tobacco-related disease and disability and the relative success of WHO-recommended tobacco control measures.
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Browse Issues 2004 – 2024
04/04/2024
Perspective
In this Perspective, Shlomit Paz discusses the link between climate change and transmission of vector-borne diseases in non-endemic areas.
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04/12/2024
Research Article
Using nearly 1.5 million health records from >350,000 older adults with diabetes in Hong Kong, Elaine Chow and colleagues investigate a novel machine learning model to predict risk of severe hypoglycaemia.
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03/28/2024
Research Article
Lise Gaudernack and team assess the effect of hyoscine butylbromide on the duration of labor in nulliparous women showing early signs of slow labor.
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04/01/2024
Research Article
Anthony G B Walters and colleagues assess long-term cardiovascular outcomes fifty years after antenatal exposure to betamethasone in participants of a randomised controlled trial.
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03/28/2024
Research Article
Peter Scarborough and colleagues investigate how the UK Soft Drink Industry Levy has impacted dental caries, obesity, life expectancy and quality of life in children and adolescents living in England.
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04/04/2024
Research Article
In this multi-centre UK wide study, Chloe Swords et al. explore referral patterns for cochlear implantation.
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03/21/2024
Research Article
Using modelling, Sivaram Emani and colleagues estimate health losses and TB program costs attributable to gaps in the tuberculosis care cascade in Brazil.
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04/04/2024
Research Article
Tim Q Duong et al explore 3-year outcomes of patients with and without neurological signs during initial COVID-19 hospitalization.
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03/25/2024
Research Article
Eva Herweijer, Kejia Hu, and team examine whether women with or without mental illness have an increased rate of HPV infection.
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In this Editorial, Guest Editors Timothy R. Walsh, Ana C. Gales, Ramanan Laxminarayan, and our PLOS Medicine Editor Philippa C. Dodd discuss the Special Issue dedicated to Antimicrobial resistance and emphasize the urgent threat of AMR.
Ruchita Balasubramanian and colleagues, estimate the incidence of hospital-associated infections resistant to antibiotics in 195 countries using point prevalence survey data.
James Neal Russell and colleagues explore antibiotic use and mortality prediction in hospitalised neonates and infants with sepsis.
Silvia Bertagnolio, Amitabh Bipin Suthar, Olga Tosas and Kitty Van Weezenbeek discuss surveillance of antimicrobial resistance, the existing limitations and the implications this has on accurate determination of incidence.
Yin Mo and colleagues investigate implications of antibiotic duration on antibiotic resistance in hospitals.
In this Special Issue, we present a fascinating array of research papers providing insights into various facets of mental health during the pandemic.
This collection of research articles highlights the multi-faceted challenges imposed by drug-resistant bacteria, the consequences for health and economics, and interventions that could lessen the burden.
In this Collection, PLOS Medicine presents high-quality translational research and clinical studies on advances in early cancer detection.
This Special Issue brings together the latest research on child and adolescent health, including strategies to monitor and combat child mortality from birth through adolescence, and environmental impacts on child health and mortality.
This 2019 Special Issue highlights the importance of nutrition for maternal and child health.
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