Monthly Archives: April 2012

Sugar: A Popular Poison?

By Claire Meek
Posted: April 30, 2012

Category: General | Tagged sugar, toxin | 1 Comment

Responding to Malaria: A View from the Ground

By Médecins Sans Frontières
Posted: April 25, 2012

Category: MSF | Tagged Africa, child health, global burden of disease, malaria, MSF, WHO | 4 Comments

New PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Collection Charts a Course for Elimination of Helminthiases

By Marina Kukso
Posted: April 24, 2012

Category: Collections, Neglected Diseases | Tagged Africa, developing world, neglected tropical diseases, sanitation, water | Leave a comment

This Week in PLoS Medicine: Competing interests and bias; PPROM; Gaps in health research

By Michael Morris
Posted: April 24, 2012

Category: PLoS Medicine Week by Week | Tagged bias, conflicts of interest, health research, premature birth, preterm birth, publication bias, World Health Report | 1 Comment

Open Access and HIFA2015 – where next?

By Virginia Barbour
Posted: April 24, 2012

Category: Access, General, Open Access | Tagged developing world, global health, health information, medical literature, open access, Policy | 5 Comments

Time to make TB the enemy that can’t hide

By Médecins Sans Frontières
Posted: April 20, 2012

Category: MSF | Tagged tuberculosis | Leave a comment

This Week in PLoS Medicine: CD4 count prediction; Silica dust exposure; BCoDE project

By Michael Morris
Posted: April 17, 2012

Category: PLoS Medicine Week by Week | Tagged antiretroviral treatment, BCoDE, CD4, HIV, infectious diseases, respiratory health, silica dust | Leave a comment

Increased Information Transparency is Needed to Fight Air Pollution in China

By PLOS Guest Blogger
Posted: April 12, 2012

Category: General | Tagged air pollution, china, health policy, public policy, respiratory health, smog | 2 Comments

This Week in PLoS Medicine: Metformin efficacy; Food insecurity & HIV risk; Sharing clinical study reports & more

By Michael Morris
Posted: April 10, 2012

Category: PLoS Medicine Week by Week | Tagged clinical trials, diabetes, HIV, HIV risk, Metformin, pharmaceutical industry, Tamiflu, type 2 diabetes | Leave a comment

The Dangers of Spring

By Claire Meek
Posted: April 9, 2012

Category: General | Leave a comment

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