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This Week in PLOS Medicine: Neonatal Mortality, M. pneumonia in Children, Childhood Diarrhoea, & Integrating Mental Health

By PLOS Medicine
Posted: May 14, 2013

Category: General | Tagged child health, clinical trials, diarrhea, diarrhoea, Integrating Mental Health Series, M. pneumoniae, neonatal health, neonatal mortality, noncommunicable diseases, primary care, research priority, respiratory health, Vietnam | Comments Off

This Week in PLOS Medicine: Clinical trial reporting; ED and cardio disease; NCDs in LMICs

By Michael Morris
Posted: January 29, 2013

Category: PLoS Medicine Week by Week | Tagged cardiovascular health, clinical trials, erectile dysfunction, evidence-based medicine, guidelines, LMICs, mortality, noncommunicable diseases, reporting | Comments Off

This Week in PLoS Medicine: End-of-life care; Clean Delivery Kits; Mortality in seniors & more

By Michael Morris
Posted: February 28, 2012

Category: PLoS Medicine Week by Week | Tagged chronic disease, Clean Delivery Kits, end-of-life care, global burden of disease, global health, Mental Health, mortality, neonatal health, neonatal mortality, noncommunicable diseases, palliative care, Seniors | Comments Off

This Week in PLoS Medicine: Sanitation & infection; adult mortality in Japan; Ghostwriting in the courts

By Michael Morris
Posted: January 24, 2012

Category: PLoS Medicine Week by Week | Tagged Ghostwriting, high blood pressure, mortality, noncommunicable diseases, Policy, research ethics, sanitation, smoking, tobacco, Water and Sanitation | Comments Off

Media Release: Tobacco smoking and high blood pressure are biggest killers of Japanese adults

By PLOS Medicine
Posted: January 24, 2012

Category: Media Releases | Tagged high blood pressure, injury, life expectancy, lifestyle, mortality, noncommunicable diseases, smoking, tobacco | Comments Off

This Week in PLoS Medicine: Alcohol & women’s health; Insecticide-treated nets; UN on NCDs; New metrics

By Michael Morris
Posted: September 6, 2011

Category: PLoS Medicine Week by Week | Tagged alcohol, insecticide treated nets, malaria, noncommunicable diseases, policy development, United Nations, Women's health | Comments Off

Tackling the Global Epidemic of Non-Communicable Diseases

By plosmedstudent
Posted: April 15, 2011

Category: General, Students | Tagged NCDs, noncommunicable diseases, UAEM, Universities Allied for Essential Medicines | 1 Comment

This week in PLoS Medicine: Long term studies of chronic disease; Foreign policy and global health

By Darcy Gill
Posted: May 12, 2010

Category: General | Tagged cohorts, Global Health Diplomacy, noncommunicable diseases, sub-saharan Africa, UN, WHO | Comments Off

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