Food insufficiency is associated with high-risk sexual behavior among women in Botswana and Swaziland.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Socioeconomic disparities in infant mortality have persisted for decades in high-income countries and may have become stronger in some populations. Therefore, new understandings of the mechanisms that underlie socioeconomic differences in infant deaths are essential for creating and implementing health initi...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Yu Y,Liew Z,Wang A,Arah OA,Li J,Olsen J,Cnattingius S,Qin G,Obel C,Fu B,Li J

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For more than a decade, most parts of Somalia have not been under the control of any type of government. This "failure of state" is complete in the central and southern regions and most apparent in Mogadishu, which had been for a long period in the hands of warlords deploying their private militias in a batt...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Odenwald M,Hinkel H,Schauer E,Neuner F,Schauer M,Elbert TR,Rockstroh B

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Earlier puberty is widely linked with future obesity and cardiometabolic disease. We examined whether age at puberty onset likely influences adiposity and cardiometabolic traits independent of childhood adiposity. METHODS AND FINDINGS:One-sample Mendelian randomisation (MR) analyses were conducted on up to ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Bell JA,Carslake D,Wade KH,Richmond RC,Langdon RJ,Vincent EE,Holmes MV,Timpson NJ,Davey Smith G

更新日期：2018-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence on where in the hypertension care process individuals are lost to care, and how this varies among states and population groups in a country as large as India, is essential for the design of targeted interventions and to monitor progress. Yet, to our knowledge, there has not yet been a nationally rep...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Prenissl J,Manne-Goehler J,Jaacks LM,Prabhakaran D,Awasthi A,Bischops AC,Atun R,Bärnighausen T,Davies JI,Vollmer S,Geldsetzer P

更新日期：2019-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug manufacturers have developed "evergreening" strategies to compete with generic medication after patent termination. These include marketing of slightly modified follow-on drugs. We aimed to estimate the financial impact of these drugs on overall healthcare costs and also to examine the impact of listing...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Vernaz N,Haller G,Girardin F,Huttner B,Combescure C,Dayer P,Muscionico D,Salomon JL,Bonnabry P

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thomas Platts-Mills and Matthew Perzanowski provide their expert Perspective on a translational study from Custovic and colleagues that identifies pairings of IgE that show value in estimating risk of concurrent asthma. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Platts-Mills TAE,Perzanowski M

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Experimental and observational research has suggested the potential for increased type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk among populations taking statins for the primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). However, few studies have directly compared statin-associated benefits and harms or exami...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Engeda JC,Lhachimi SK,Rosamond WD,Lund JL,Keyserling TC,Safford MM,Colantonio LD,Muntner P,Avery CL

更新日期：2020-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perinatal mortality and morbidity continue to be major global health challenges strongly associated with prematurity and reduced fetal growth, an issue of further interest given the mounting evidence that fetal growth in general is linked to degrees of risk of common noncommunicable diseases in adulthood. Ag...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Kiserud T,Piaggio G,Carroli G,Widmer M,Carvalho J,Neerup Jensen L,Giordano D,Cecatti JG,Abdel Aleem H,Talegawkar SA,Benachi A,Diemert A,Tshefu Kitoto A,Thinkhamrop J,Lumbiganon P,Tabor A,Kriplani A,Gonzalez Perez R,He

更新日期：2017-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Resistance of malaria parasites to chloroquine (CQ) and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is increasing in prevalence in Africa. Combination therapy can both improve treatment and provide important public health benefits if it curbs the spread of parasites harbouring resistance genes. Thus, drug combinations m...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Sutherland CJ,Ord R,Dunyo S,Jawara M,Drakeley CJ,Alexander N,Coleman R,Pinder M,Walraven G,Targett GA

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this month's editorial, PLOS Medicine Editorial Board member Rachel Jewkes identifies challenges that the violence prevention research community faces in substantially reducing violence against women and girls over the next 30 years. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Jewkes R

更新日期：2014-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Is it ethical for scientists to conduct or to benefit from research in another country if that research would be unlawful, or not generally accepted, in their own country? ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Skene L

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The cesarean section (CS) rate has risen globally during the last two decades. Effective and feasible strategies are needed to reduce it. The aim of this study was to assess the CS rate change after a two-stage intervention package that was designed to reduce the overall CS rate in Guangzhou, China. METHODS...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Xia X,Zhou Z,Shen S,Lu J,Zhang L,Huang P,Yu J,Yang L,Wang P,Lam KH,Jacobsson B,Mol BW,Xia H,Qiu X

更新日期：2019-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Historically, the main focus of studies of childhood mortality has been the infant and under-five mortality rates. Neonatal mortality (deaths <28 days of age) has received limited attention, although such deaths account for about 41% of all child deaths. To better assess progress, we developed annual estimat...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Oestergaard MZ,Inoue M,Yoshida S,Mahanani WR,Gore FM,Cousens S,Lawn JE,Mathers CD,United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation and the Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group.

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Violence against women by intimate partners remains unacceptably common worldwide. The evidence base for the assumed psychological impacts of intimate partner violence (IPV) is derived primarily from studies conducted in high-income countries. A recently published systematic review identified 13 studies link...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Tsai AC,Tomlinson M,Comulada WS,Rotheram-Borus MJ

更新日期：2016-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In an essay, Paul Bloem and Ikechukwu Ogbuanu discuss the public health implications of HPV vaccination. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Bloem P,Ogbuanu I

更新日期：2017-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic malignancy, and its incidence and associated mortality are increasing. Despite the immediate need to detect these cancers at an earlier stage, there is no effective screening methodology or protocol for endometrial cancer. The comprehensive, genomics-based an...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Nair N,Camacho-Vanegas O,Rykunov D,Dashkoff M,Camacho SC,Schumacher CA,Irish JC,Harkins TT,Freeman E,Garcia I,Pereira E,Kendall S,Belfer R,Kalir T,Sebra R,Reva B,Dottino P,Martignetti JA

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antiretroviral-based interventions for HIV-1 prevention, including antiretroviral therapy (ART) to reduce the infectiousness of HIV-1 infected persons and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce the susceptibility of HIV-1 uninfected persons, showed high efficacy for HIV-1 protection in randomized clinical...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Baeten JM,Heffron R,Kidoguchi L,Mugo NR,Katabira E,Bukusi EA,Asiimwe S,Haberer JE,Morton J,Ngure K,Bulya N,Odoyo J,Tindimwebwa E,Hendrix C,Marzinke MA,Ware NC,Wyatt MA,Morrison S,Haugen H,Mujugira A,Donnell D,Ce

更新日期：2016-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), a heterogeneous early-onset retinal dystrophy, accounts for approximately 15% of inherited congenital blindness. One cause of LCA is loss of the enzyme lecithin:retinol acyl transferase (LRAT), which is required for regeneration of the visual photopigment in the retina. MET...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Batten ML,Imanishi Y,Tu DC,Doan T,Zhu L,Pang J,Glushakova L,Moise AR,Baehr W,Van Gelder RN,Hauswirth WW,Rieke F,Palczewski K

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between population trends in delaying childbirth and rising rates of primary cesarean delivery is unclear. The aims of the present study were (1) to characterize the association between maternal age and the outcome of labor, (2) to determine the proportion of the increase in primary cesarean...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Smith GC,Cordeaux Y,White IR,Pasupathy D,Missfelder-Lobos H,Pell JP,Charnock-Jones DS,Fleming M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an Editorial, Ligia Kiss and Cathy Zimmerman discuss the need for research on the prevention of human trafficking and mitigation of its effects. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Kiss L,Zimmerman C

更新日期：2019-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Published research on prescribed opioid analgesic (POA) use during pregnancy and birth outcomes is limited in scope and has not adequately adjusted for potential confounding factors. To help address these gaps, we estimated associations between maternal POAs during pregnancy and two adverse birth outcomes us...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Sujan AC,Quinn PD,Rickert ME,Wiggs KK,Lichtenstein P,Larsson H,Almqvist C,Öberg AS,D'Onofrio BM

更新日期：2019-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria vaccines based on the 19-kDa region of merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP-1(19)) derived from the 3D7 strain of Plasmodium falciparum are being tested in clinical trials in Africa. Knowledge of the distribution and natural dynamics of vaccine antigen polymorphisms in populations in which malaria vaccin...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Takala SL,Coulibaly D,Thera MA,Dicko A,Smith DL,Guindo AB,Kone AK,Traore K,Ouattara A,Djimde AA,Sehdev PS,Lyke KE,Diallo DA,Doumbo OK,Plowe CV

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent decades, increased attention has been focused on the impact of disabilities and medicinal drug use on road safety. The aim of our study was to investigate the association between prescription medicines and the risk of road traffic crashes, and estimate the attributable fraction. METHODS AND FINDIN...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Orriols L,Delorme B,Gadegbeku B,Tricotel A,Contrand B,Laumon B,Salmi LR,Lagarde E,CESIR research group.

更新日期：2010-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The PLOS Medicine editors discuss the new extension to the PRISMA reporting guidelines, PRISMA for Equity (PRISMA-E), and why it is relevant to the journal and to health research more generally. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： PLOS Medicine Editors.

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The "fitness" of an infectious pathogen is defined as the ability of the pathogen to survive, reproduce, be transmitted, and cause disease. The fitness of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) relative to drug-susceptible tuberculosis is cited as one of the most important determinants of MDRTB spread and ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Grandjean L,Gilman RH,Martin L,Soto E,Castro B,Lopez S,Coronel J,Castillo E,Alarcon V,Lopez V,San Miguel A,Quispe N,Asencios L,Dye C,Moore DA

更新日期：2015-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The contribution of low-penetrant susceptibility variants to cancer is not clear. With the aim of searching for genetic factors that contribute to cancer at one or more sites in the body, we have analyzed familial aggregation of cancer in extended families based on all cancer cases diagnosed in Iceland over ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Amundadottir LT,Thorvaldsson S,Gudbjartsson DF,Sulem P,Kristjansson K,Arnason S,Gulcher JR,Bjornsson J,Kong A,Thorsteinsdottir U,Stefansson K

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND TO THE DEBATE:The tobacco control community is divided on whether or not to inform the public that using oral, smokeless tobacco (Swedish snus) is less hazardous to health than smoking tobacco. Proponents of "harm reduction" point to the Swedish experience. Snus seems to be widely used as an alternative to c...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Gartner CE,Hall WD,Chapman S,Freeman B

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive primary brain tumor that carries a 5-y survival rate of 5%. Attempts at eliciting a clinically relevant anti-GBM immune response in brain tumor patients have met with limited success, which is due to brain immune privilege, tumor immune evasion, and a pauc...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Curtin JF,Liu N,Candolfi M,Xiong W,Assi H,Yagiz K,Edwards MR,Michelsen KS,Kroeger KM,Liu C,Muhammad AK,Clark MC,Arditi M,Comin-Anduix B,Ribas A,Lowenstein PR,Castro MG

更新日期：2009-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Undiagnosed and misdiagnosed tuberculosis (TB) drives the epidemic in India. Serological (antibody detection) TB tests are not recommended by any agency, but widely used in many countries, including the Indian private sector. The cost and impact of using serology compared with other diagnostic techniques is ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Dowdy DW,Steingart KR,Pai M

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is unclear whether an upper gastrointestinal bleed is an isolated gastrointestinal event or an indicator of a deterioration in a patient's overall health status. Therefore, we investigated the excess causes of death in individuals after a non-variceal bleed compared with deaths in a matched sample of the ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Crooks CJ,Card TR,West J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00