Diabetes is now recognized as a global problem, with recent estimates of a staggering 410 million people with diabetes mellitus in 2013. It is estimated that by 2040 one in ten adults will be living with this condition. This month's Editorial in PLOS Medicine focuses on this issue and Professors Nick Wareham and William Herman discuss the challenges that face society; specifically how population-level changes are needed, using multiple approaches to slow down or reverse the onwards increase in incidence. Professors Wareham and Herman are the Guest Editors of our upcoming summer special issue on diabetes prevention and further information on submitting to the journal is provided in the Editorial.
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Editorial
The Future of Diabetes Prevention: A Call for Papers
PLOS Medicine: published February 16, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001966
Essays
The Health Care Consequences Of Australian Immigration Policies
PLOS Medicine: published February 16, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001960
The Case for Reforming Drug Naming: Should Brand Name Trademark Protections Expire upon Generic Entry?
PLOS Medicine: published February 9, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001955
The Rise of Consumer Health Wearables: Promises and Barriers
PLOS Medicine: published February 2, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001953
Transforming Living Kidney Donation with a Comprehensive Strategy
PLOS Medicine: published February 2, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001948
Health in Action
A Time for Global Action: Addressing Girls’ Menstrual Hygiene Management Needs in Schools
PLOS Medicine: published February 23, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001962
Policy Forum
When Children Become Adults: Should Biobanks Re-Contact?
PLOS Medicine: published February 16, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001959
Research Articles
Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in China: Modeling Epidemic Dynamics of Enterovirus Serotypes and Implications for Vaccination
PLOS Medicine: published February 16, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001958
Microenvironmental Heterogeneity Parallels Breast Cancer Progression: A Histology–Genomic Integration Analysis
PLOS Medicine: published February 16, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001961
Estimated Effects of Different Alcohol Taxation and Price Policies on Health Inequalities: A Mathematical Modelling Study
PLOS Medicine: published February 23, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001963
Mortality, Morbidity, and Developmental Outcomes in Infants Born to Women Who Received Either Mefloquine or Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine as Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy: A Cohort Study
PLOS Medicine: published February 23, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001964
Effect of Short-Term Supplementation with Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food or Micronutrients for Children after Illness for Prevention of Malnutrition: A Randomised Controlled Trial in Nigeria
PLOS Medicine: published February 9, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001952
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Effect of Short-Term Supplementation with Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food or Micronutrients for Children after Illness for Prevention of Malnutrition: A Randomised Controlled Trial in Uganda
PLOS Medicine: published February 9, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001951