Archives for February 21, 2012

This Week in PLoS Medicine: Life cycles & malaria drugs; Homocysteine & heart health; Text messages & health delivery

Posted February 21, 2012 by Michael Morris in General

Three new articles were published this week in PLoS Medicine in the research and magazine sections. Michael Delves and colleagues compare the activity of 50 current and experimental antimalarials against liver, sexual blood, and mosquito

Media Release: High blood homocysteine levels are not linked with coronary heart disease

Posted February 21, 2012 by PLOS Medicine in General

A comprehensive study in this week’s PLoS Medicine shows levels of the amino acid, homocysteine, have no meaningful effect on the risk of developing coronary heart disease, closing the door on the previously suggested benefits