Effectiveness and equity of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation.

abstract：:Mirjam Kretzschmar and colleagues describe the BCoDE project, which uses a pathogen-based incidence approach to better estimate the infectious disease burden in Europe. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Kretzschmar M,Mangen MJ,Pinheiro P,Jahn B,Fèvre EM,Longhi S,Lai T,Havelaar AH,Stein C,Cassini A,Kramarz P,BCoDE consortium.

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oncolytic viruses hold much promise for clinical treatment of many cancers, but a lack of systemic delivery and insufficient tumor cell killing have limited their usefulness. We have previously demonstrated that vaccinia virus strains are capable of systemic delivery to tumors in mouse models, but infection ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Kirn DH,Wang Y,Le Boeuf F,Bell J,Thorne SH

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vital registration and cause of death reporting is incomplete in the countries in which the HIV epidemic is most severe. A reliable tool that is independent of HIV status is needed for measuring the frequency of AIDS deaths and ultimately the impact of antiretroviral therapy on mortality. METHODS AND FINDIN...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Lopman BA,Barnabas RV,Boerma JT,Chawira G,Gaitskell K,Harrop T,Mason P,Donnelly CA,Garnett GP,Nyamukapa C,Gregson S

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How do we spot the next sexually transmitted infection? Kyle Bernstein and colleagues look for lessons from past discovery. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Bernstein K,Bowen VB,Kim CR,Counotte MJ,Kirkcaldy RD,Kara E,Bolan G,Low N,Broutet N

更新日期：2017-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Through major efforts to reduce costs and expand access to antiretroviral therapy worldwide, widespread delivery of effective treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS is now conceivable even in severely resource-constrained settings. However, the potential epidemiologic impact of treatment in the context of ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Salomon JA,Hogan DR,Stover J,Stanecki KA,Walker N,Ghys PD,Schwartländer B

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nocturnal hypoglycemia frequently occurs in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). It can be fatal and is believed to promote the development of the hypoglycemia-unawareness syndrome. Whether hypoglycemia normally provokes awakening from sleep in individuals who do not have diabetes, and whether this...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Schultes B,Jauch-Chara K,Gais S,Hallschmid M,Reiprich E,Kern W,Oltmanns KM,Peters A,Fehm HL,Born J

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:Socioeconomic adversity in early life has been hypothesized to "program" a vulnerable phenotype with exaggerated inflammatory responses, so increasing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in adulthood. The aim of this study is to test this hypothesis by assessing the extent to which the association between...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Stringhini S,Batty GD,Bovet P,Shipley MJ,Marmot MG,Kumari M,Tabak AG,Kivimäki M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The disease burden attributable to mental health problems and to excess or harmful alcohol use is considerable. Despite a strong relationship between these 2 important factors in population health, there are few studies quantifying the mortality risk associated with their co-occurrence in the general populat...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Degerud E,Høiseth G,Mørland J,Ariansen I,Graff-Iversen S,Ystrom E,Zuccolo L,Næss Ø

更新日期：2020-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:David Studdert and colleagues explore how to balance public health, individual freedom, and good government when it comes to sugar-sweetened drinks. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Studdert DM,Flanders J,Mello MM

更新日期：2015-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001895.]. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： PLOS Medicine Staff.

更新日期：2016-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Puberty is a critical period for bone mass accrual, and late puberty in boys is associated with reduced bone mass in adult men. The role of variations in pubertal timing within the normal range for adult fracture risk in men is, however, unknown. We, therefore, assessed the association between age at peak he...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Vandenput L,Kindblom JM,Bygdell M,Nethander M,Ohlsson C

更新日期：2019-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lifetime glycemic exposure and its relationship with age at diagnosis in type 2 diabetes (T2D) are unknown. Pharmacologic glycemic management strategies for young-onset T2D (age at diagnosis <40 years) are poorly defined. We studied how age at diagnosis affects glycemic exposure, glycemic deterioration, and ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Ke C,Stukel TA,Shah BR,Lau E,Ma RC,So WY,Kong AP,Chow E,Chan JCN,Luk A

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002511.]. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Torrone EA,Morrison CS,Chen PL,Kwok C,Francis SC,Hayes RJ,Looker KJ,McCormack S,McGrath N,van de Wijgert JHHM,Watson-Jones D,Low N,Gottlieb SL,STIMA Working Group.

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multidisciplinary care (MDC) programs have been proposed as a way to alleviate the cost and morbidity associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the US. METHODS AND FINDINGS:We assessed the cost-effectiveness of a theoretical Medicare-based MDC program for CKD compared to usual CKD care in Medicare ben...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Lin E,Chertow GM,Yan B,Malcolm E,Goldhaber-Fiebert JD

更新日期：2018-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Four studies previously indicated that the effect of malaria infection during pregnancy on the risk of low birthweight (LBW; <2,500 g) may depend upon maternal nutritional status. We investigated this dependence further using a large, diverse study population. METHODS AND FINDINGS:We evaluated the interacti...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Cates JE,Unger HW,Briand V,Fievet N,Valea I,Tinto H,D'Alessandro U,Landis SH,Adu-Afarwuah S,Dewey KG,Ter Kuile FO,Desai M,Dellicour S,Ouma P,Gutman J,Oneko M,Slutsker L,Terlouw DJ,Kariuki S,Ayisi J,Madanitsa M,M

更新日期：2017-08-08 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:Annual influenza vaccination of institutional health care workers (HCWs) is advised in most Western countries, but adherence to this recommendation is generally low. Although protective effects of this intervention for nursing home patients have been demonstrated in some clinical trials, the exact relationsh...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： van den Dool C,Bonten MJ,Hak E,Heijne JC,Wallinga J

更新日期：2008-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With cesarean section rates increasing worldwide, clarity regarding negative effects is essential. This study aimed to investigate the rate of subsequent stillbirth, miscarriage, and ectopic pregnancy following primary cesarean section, controlling for confounding by indication. METHODS AND FINDINGS:We perf...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： O'Neill SM,Agerbo E,Kenny LC,Henriksen TB,Kearney PM,Greene RA,Mortensen PB,Khashan AS

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND TO THE DEBATE:The UK Medical Research Council defines complex interventions as those comprising "a number of separate elements which seem essential to the proper functioning of the interventions although the 'active ingredient' of the intervention that is effective is difficult to specify." A typical example...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Shepperd S,Lewin S,Straus S,Clarke M,Eccles MP,Fitzpatrick R,Wong G,Sheikh A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fibre is promoted as part of a healthy dietary pattern and in diabetes management. We have considered the role of high-fibre diets on mortality and increasing fibre intake on glycaemic control and other cardiometabolic risk factors of adults with prediabetes or diabetes. METHODS AND FINDINGS:We conducted a ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Reynolds AN,Akerman AP,Mann J

更新日期：2020-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Excessive pregnancy weight gain is associated with obesity in the offspring, but this relationship may be confounded by genetic and other shared influences. We aimed to examine the association of pregnancy weight gain with body mass index (BMI) in the offspring, using a within-family design to minimize confo...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Ludwig DS,Rouse HL,Currie J

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacogenomics is one of the first clinical applications of the postgenomic era. It promises personalized medicine rather than the established "one size fits all" approach to drugs and dosages. The expected reduction in trial and error should ultimately lead to more efficient and safer drug therapy. In recent years,...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Swen JJ,Huizinga TW,Gelderblom H,de Vries EG,Assendelft WJ,Kirchheiner J,Guchelaar HJ

更新日期：2007-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Despite repeated outbreaks, in particular the devastating 2014-2016 epidemic, there is no effective treatment validated for patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD). Among the drug candidates is the broad-spectrum polymerase inhibitor favipiravir, which showed a good tolerance profile in patients with EVD (JI...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Guedj J,Piorkowski G,Jacquot F,Madelain V,Nguyen THT,Rodallec A,Gunther S,Carbonnelle C,Mentré F,Raoul H,de Lamballerie X

更新日期：2018-03-27 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:Patients with multimorbidities have the greatest healthcare needs and generate the highest expenditure in the health system. There is an increasing focus on identifying specific disease combinations for addressing poor outcomes. Existing research has identified a small number of prevalent "clusters" in the g...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Stokes J,Guthrie B,Mercer SW,Rice N,Sutton M

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The PLoS Medicine Editors discuss the link between shift work, diet, and type 2 diabetes, and argue that unhealthy eating should be considered a new form of occupational hazard. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： PLoS Medicine Editors.

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To reduce the risk of drug-induced haemolysis, all patients should be tested for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency (G6PDd) prior to prescribing primaquine (PQ)-based radical cure for the treatment of vivax malaria. This systematic review and individual patient meta-analysis assessed the uti...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Ley B,Winasti Satyagraha A,Rahmat H,von Fricken ME,Douglas NM,Pfeffer DA,Espino F,von Seidlein L,Henriques G,Oo NN,Menard D,Parikh S,Bancone G,Karahalios A,Price RN

更新日期：2019-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychosis is a severe mental condition that is characterized by a loss of contact with reality and is typically associated with hallucinations and delusional beliefs. There are numerous psychiatric conditions that present with psychotic symptoms, most importantly schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, an...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Huang JT,Leweke FM,Oxley D,Wang L,Harris N,Koethe D,Gerth CW,Nolden BM,Gross S,Schreiber D,Reed B,Bahn S

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00