abstract：BACKGROUND:The US Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act requires results from clinical trials of Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs to be posted at ClinicalTrials.gov within 1 y after trial completion. We compared the timing and completeness of results of drug trials posted at ClinicalTrials.gov and publ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Riveros C,Dechartres A,Perrodeau E,Haneef R,Boutron I,Ravaud P

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assessing the mortality impact of the 2009 influenza A H1N1 virus (H1N1pdm09) is essential for optimizing public health responses to future pandemics. The World Health Organization reported 18,631 laboratory-confirmed pandemic deaths, but the total pandemic mortality burden was substantially higher. We estim...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Simonsen L,Spreeuwenberg P,Lustig R,Taylor RJ,Fleming DM,Kroneman M,Van Kerkhove MD,Mounts AW,Paget WJ,GLaMOR Collaborating Teams.

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alexander Tsai and colleagues highlight the complex relationship between poverty and HIV stigma in sub-Saharan Africa, and discuss possible ways to break the cycle. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Tsai AC,Bangsberg DR,Weiser SD

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peter Openshaw discusses the challenges in advancing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) treatments and the implications of a study by Mejias and colleagues using a newly identified gene signature for diagnosis and prediction of RSV severity. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Openshaw PJ

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xonghong Xiao and colleagues analyze the challenge of antimicrobial resistance in China. A government strategy to promote rational use of antimicrobials in health care reduced antibiotic sales and percentage of prescriptions for antimicrobials for both hospitalized patients and outpatients, and offers insights to shap...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Xiao Y,Zhang J,Zheng B,Zhao L,Li S,Li L

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：:Nathan Ford and Gottfried Hirnschall reflect on recent research by Jan Hontelez and colleagues published in this week's PLOS Medicine. The authors argue that the future HIV modeling efforts should focus on helping programs make choices about which interventions need to be prioritized in order to achieve the levels of ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Ford N,Hirnschall G

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous estimates of mortality in Iraq attributable to the 2003 invasion have been heterogeneous and controversial, and none were produced after 2006. The purpose of this research was to estimate direct and indirect deaths attributable to the war in Iraq between 2003 and 2011. METHODS AND FINDINGS:We condu...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Hagopian A,Flaxman AD,Takaro TK,Esa Al Shatari SA,Rajaratnam J,Becker S,Levin-Rector A,Galway L,Hadi Al-Yasseri BJ,Weiss WM,Murray CJ,Burnham G

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：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

abstract：:As participant-led health research increases, Effy Vayena and and John Tasioulas examine what ethical questions are raised, and what types of standards need to be developed for appropriate ethical oversight for participant-led research projects. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Vayena E,Tasioulas J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is evidence that a young child's risk of dying increases following the mother's death, but little is known about the risk when the mother becomes very ill prior to her death. We hypothesized that children would be more likely to die during the period several months before their mother's death, as well ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Clark SJ,Kahn K,Houle B,Arteche A,Collinson MA,Tollman SM,Stein A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Randomized clinical trials of oral antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention have widely divergent efficacy estimates, ranging from 0% to 75%. These discrepancies are likely due to differences in adherence. To our knowledge, no studies to date have examined the impact of improving adh...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Haberer JE,Baeten JM,Campbell J,Wangisi J,Katabira E,Ronald A,Tumwesigye E,Psaros C,Safren SA,Ware NC,Thomas KK,Donnell D,Krows M,Kidoguchi L,Celum C,Bangsberg DR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We simulated tobacco control and pharmacological strategies for preventing cardiovascular deaths in India, the country that is expected to experience more cardiovascular deaths than any other over the next decade. METHODS AND FINDINGS:A microsimulation model was developed to quantify the differential effect...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Basu S,Glantz S,Bitton A,Millett C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spurred by the creation of potential modified risk tobacco products, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioned the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to assess the science base for tobacco "harm reduction," leading to the 2001 IOM report Clearing the Smoke. The objective of this study was to determine ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Tan CE,Kyriss T,Glantz SA

更新日期：2013-01-01 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:Although gastric cancer has declined dramatically in the US, the disease remains the second leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. A better understanding of reasons for the decline can provide important insights into effective preventive strategies. We sought to estimate the contribution of risk factor...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Yeh JM,Hur C,Schrag D,Kuntz KM,Ezzati M,Stout N,Ward Z,Goldie SJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The vast majority of medical interventions introduced into clinical development prove unsafe or ineffective. One prominent explanation for the dismal success rate is flawed preclinical research. We conducted a systematic review of preclinical research guidelines and organized recommendations according to the...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Henderson VC,Kimmelman J,Fergusson D,Grimshaw JM,Hackam DG

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prognostic models are abundant in the medical literature yet their use in practice seems limited. In this article, the third in the PROGRESS series, the authors review how such models are developed and validated, and then address how prognostic models are assessed for their impact on practice and patient outcomes, ill...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Steyerberg EW,Moons KG,van der Windt DA,Hayden JA,Perel P,Schroter S,Riley RD,Hemingway H,Altman DG,PROGRESS Group.

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Women with preeclampsia (PEC) and gestational hypertension (GH) exhibit insulin resistance during pregnancy, independent of obesity and glucose intolerance. Our aim was to determine whether women with PEC or GH during pregnancy have an increased risk of developing diabetes after pregnancy, and whether the pr...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Feig DS,Shah BR,Lipscombe LL,Wu CF,Ray JG,Lowe J,Hwee J,Booth GL

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diarrhea morbidity and mortality remain important child health problems in low- and middle-income countries. The treatment of diarrhea and accurate measurement of treatment coverage are critical if child mortality is going to continue to decline. In this review, we examine diarrhea treatment coverage indicators collec...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Fischer Walker CL,Fontaine O,Black RE

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable progress has been made in reducing maternal, newborn, and child mortality worldwide, but many more deaths could be prevented if effective interventions were available to all who could benefit from them. Timely, high-quality measurements of intervention coverage--the proportion of a population in need of a...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Bryce J,Arnold F,Blanc A,Hancioglu A,Newby H,Requejo J,Wardlaw T,CHERG Working Group on Improving Coverage Measurement.

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：: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:Only about half the studies that have collected information on the relevance of women's height and body mass index to their risk of developing ovarian cancer have published their results, and findings are inconsistent. Here, we bring together the worldwide evidence, published and unpublished, and describe th...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Collaborative Group on Epidemiological Studies of Ovarian Cancer.

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Care advances in the United States (US) have led to improved survival of children with neurological impairment (NI). Children with NI may account for an increasing proportion of hospital resources. However, this assumption has not been tested at a national level. METHODS AND FINDINGS:We conducted a study of...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Berry JG,Poduri A,Bonkowsky JL,Zhou J,Graham DA,Welch C,Putney H,Srivastava R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many mathematical models have investigated the impact of expanding access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) on new HIV infections. Comparing results and conclusions across models is challenging because models have addressed slightly different questions and have reported different outcome metrics. This study co...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Eaton JW,Johnson LF,Salomon JA,Bärnighausen T,Bendavid E,Bershteyn A,Bloom DE,Cambiano V,Fraser C,Hontelez JA,Humair S,Klein DJ,Long EF,Phillips AN,Pretorius C,Stover J,Wenger EA,Williams BG,Hallett TB

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results from several observational studies of HIV-discordant couples and a randomized controlled trial (HIV Prevention Trials Network 052) show that antiretroviral therapy (ART) can greatly reduce heterosexual HIV transmission in stable HIV-discordant couples. However, such data do not prove that ART will reduce HIV i...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Smith MK,Powers KA,Muessig KE,Miller WC,Cohen MS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most adults infected with HIV achieve viral suppression within a year of starting combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). It is important to understand the risk of AIDS events or death for patients with a suppressed viral load. METHODS AND FINDINGS:Using data from the Collaboration of Observational HIV E...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Opportunistic Infections Project Team of the Collaboration of Observational HIV Epidemiological Research in Europe (COHERE) in EuroCoord.,Young J,Psichogiou M,Meyer L,Ayayi S,Grabar S,Raffi F,Reiss P,Gazzard B,Sharland M,Gutierrez F

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Childbirth with a skilled attendant is crucial for preventing maternal mortality and is an important opportunity for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The Maternity in Migori and AIDS Stigma Study (MAMAS Study) is a prospective mixed-methods investigation conducted in a high HIV prevalence a...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Turan JM,Hatcher AH,Medema-Wijnveen J,Onono M,Miller S,Bukusi EA,Turan B,Cohen CR

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Philippe Calain discusses the health and environmental hazards of extractive industries like mining and explores the tensions that arise when medical humanitarian organizations are called to intervene in emergencies involving the extractive sector. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Calain P

更新日期：2012-01-01 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:Introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) of limited valency is justified in Africa by the high burden of pneumococcal disease. Long-term beneficial effects of PCVs may be countered by serotype replacement. We aimed to determine the impact of PCV-7 vaccination on pneumococcal carriage in rural G...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Roca A,Hill PC,Townend J,Egere U,Antonio M,Bojang A,Akisanya A,Litchfield T,Nsekpong DE,Oluwalana C,Howie SR,Greenwood B,Adegbola RA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To date, drug response genes have not proved as useful in clinical practice as was anticipated at the start of the genomic era. An exception is in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 infection with pegylated interferon-alpha and ribavirin (PegIFN/R). Viral clearance is achieved in 40%...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Suppiah V,Gaudieri S,Armstrong NJ,O'Connor KS,Berg T,Weltman M,Abate ML,Spengler U,Bassendine M,Dore GJ,Irving WL,Powell E,Hellard M,Riordan S,Matthews G,Sheridan D,Nattermann J,Smedile A,Müller T,Hammond E,Dunn D

更新日期：2011-09-01 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: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:The World Health Organization has endorsed the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for investigation of patients suspected of having tuberculosis (TB). However, its utility for routine TB screening and detection of rifampicin resistance among HIV-infected patients with advanced immunodeficiency enrolling in antiretroviral t...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Lawn SD,Brooks SV,Kranzer K,Nicol MP,Whitelaw A,Vogt M,Bekker LG,Wood R

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While patterns of incidence of clinical influenza have been well described, much uncertainty remains over patterns of incidence of infection. The 2009 pandemic provided both the motivation and opportunity to investigate patterns of mild and asymptomatic infection using serological techniques. However, to dat...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Riley S,Kwok KO,Wu KM,Ning DY,Cowling BJ,Wu JT,Ho LM,Tsang T,Lo SV,Chu DK,Ma ES,Peiris JS

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drawing upon interviews with experts and a review of the literature, Gavin Yamey proposes a new framework for scaling up global health interventions. ...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Yamey G

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our objective was to examine whether gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) or newborns' high birthweight can be prevented by lifestyle counseling in pregnant women at high risk of GDM. METHOD AND FINDINGS:We conducted a cluster-randomized trial, the NELLI study, in 14 municipalities in Finland, where 2,271 wo...

journal_title：PLoS medicine

authors： Luoto R,Kinnunen TI,Aittasalo M,Kolu P,Raitanen J,Ojala K,Mansikkamäki K,Lamberg S,Vasankari T,Komulainen T,Tulokas S

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00