August 20, 2019
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08/20/2019
Research Article
Marion Lecorguillé and colleagues reveal reduced birthweight in infants where obese mothers reduce weight prior to pregnancy, but these women are more likely to gain weight during pregnancy than stable weight women. Part of the Maternal and Child Health & Nutrition Special Issue.
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08/20/2019
Research Article
Michelle Sholzberg and colleagues report on the implementation of a toolkit aimed at improving management of anemia in pregnancy. Part of the Maternal and Child Health & Nutrition Special Issue.
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08/20/2019
Research Article
Rasmus Wibaek and colleagues reveal associations between fat mass and fat free mass in the first 6 months of life and cardiometabolic markers and growth later in childhood. Part of the Maternal and Child Health & Nutrition Special Issue.
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08/16/2019
Research Article
In a randomized trial, Bjarke Brandt Hansen and colleagues study a complex occupational intervention for patients with low back pain. Read the Author Summary.
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08/15/2019
Collection Review
Amita Gupta and colleagues discuss priorities in clinical research aimed at improving tuberculosis prevention and treatment in pregnant women, children, and people with HIV. Part of the Novel TB Treatments Collection.
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08/13/2019
Research Article
Philip Thomas James and colleagues reveal a potential, unique link between mother's nutritional input and an offspring's methylation status. Part of the Maternal and Child Health & Nutrition Special Issue.
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08/09/2019
Research Article
Kaitlin Wade and colleagues investigate associations between BMI and cause-specific mortality in a large cohort of parent-son pairs. Read the Author Summary.
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08/07/2019
Research Article
Sanam Roder-DeWan reveal low levels of quality care in some LMICs based on findings of a survey. Read the Author Summary.
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08/07/2019
Research Article
James Yarmolinsky and colleagues assess risk factors for epithelial ovarian cancer using a genetic approach. Read the Author Summary.
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08/06/2019
Research Article
Jane L. Tarry-Adkins and colleagues report on neonates whose mothers were treated for gestational diabetes with metformin vs. insulin. Part of the Maternal and Child Health & Nutrition Special Issue.
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A new PLOS Collection, supported by the WHO, to identify and outline the optimal characteristics of clinical trial designs to inform policy guidance for new TB regimens.
In this Collection Review, Kelley Dooley and colleagues discuss incorporating modern preclinical drug development tools to improve and accelerate the designing and testing of new tuberculosis regimens.
Geraint Davies and colleagues discuss the potential for innovative early-phase clinical trial methods to improve the safety and efficiency of the tuberculosis drug development process.
In this Collection Review for the Novel Treatments for Tuberculosis Collection, Piero Olliaro and Michael Vaillant discuss the considerations when choosing a non-inferiority margin that is meaningful from statistical, ethical, clinical, and health standpoint.
Our most recent Special Issue, this collection focuses on new approaches to fighting and ending TB, including discovery and validation of novel biomarkers and diagnostic technologies, development of new treatments and testing of vaccines.
PLOS Medicine's special issue devoted to the health impacts of climate change, Guest Edited by Jonathan Patz and Madeleine Thomson.
Modern statistical modeling techniques—often called machine learning—are posited as a transformative force for human health. This Special Issue explores the intersections of deep learning and health.
HIV infection continues to pose a critical risk to health in many countries. Read the research in our special issue and collection.
This collection, published in collaboration with WHO, focuses on global policy and systems aiming to achieve control of STIs and mitigation of their adverse effects on health.
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