August 12, 2024
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07/30/2024
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Meena Rafiq and co-workers explore the predictive value of abnormal blood tests for detecting cancer in patients presenting to primary care with non-specific abdominal symptoms.
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Browse Issues 2004 – 2024
07/15/2024
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Tomáš Formánek and team examine the risk of all-cause and COVID-19-related death after a first laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in individuals with pre-existing mental disorders during five phases of the pandemic.
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07/16/2024
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In a randomised controlled trial, Natasha Hezelgrave and co-workers compare therapies for prevention of preterm birth in women with a short cervix.
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07/18/2024
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Gabrielle Bonnet and team assess the cost-effectiveness of rapid COVID testing across low-and-middle-income countries in context of country income level, SARS-CoV-2 prevalence and different testing scenarios.
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07/08/2024
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Maryam de Brun and colleagues assess whether implementation of the WHO-2013 diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes with risk factor based screening impacts pregnancy outcomes in Sweden.
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07/22/2024
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Sarah Cadot and team combine clinical parameters, biological monitoring, whole blood tissue imaging and mathematical modeling to identify key biological and pharmacodynamic factors related to ibrutinib responses in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
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07/08/2024
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Xuecheng Yin and co-authors project gonorrhea burden and associated costs in MSM.
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07/17/2024
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Ana Basto-Abreu and colleagues model the estimated reduction in obesity prevalence and savings in health-related costs under various taxation strategies.
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07/01/2024
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Floris Bosch and colleagues investigate whether patients with atrial fibrillation taking direct Factor Xa inhibitors have a lower risk of cancer and cancer-related mortality than patients taking dabigatran.
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06/24/2024
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Stephen Walsh and colleagues assess the safety and pharmacokinetics of the VRC07-523LS HIV vaccine in healthy adults.
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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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