December 23, 2019
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12/23/2019
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Charles Guenancia and colleagues investigate the association of obesity to breast cancer treatment related cardiotoxicity. Read the Author Summary.
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12/20/2019
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Tom Callender and co-authors use a modelling approach to determine the benefit–harm tradeoff and cost-effectiveness of a risk-tailored screening programme compared to age-based and no screening. Read the Author Summary.
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12/18/2019
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Victoria Chou and colleagues estimate the implications of poor-quality care for maternal and child health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Read the Author Summary.
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12/17/2019
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Daniel Kim uses geolocated gun homicide data to investigate associations between local social determinants of health and firearm deaths. Read the Author Summary.
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12/17/2019
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In a microsimulation model-based cost analysis, Thomas Gaziano and colleagues investigate the estimated cardiometabolic disease costs in the United States associated with suboptimal diet. Read the Author Summary.
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12/17/2019
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In a longitudinal study, Seena Fazel and colleagues investigate the risk of intimate partner violence toward women in men with mental and substance use disorders in the Swedish population. Read the Author Summary.
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12/13/2019
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Benedikt Ley and colleagues assess the performance of a point of care screening test for identifying malaria patients who are at risk of drug-induced haemolysis. Read the Author Summary.
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12/11/2019
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In this modeling study, Elizabeth Lee and colleagues estimate the effectiveness of different strategies for targeting oral cholera vaccination in sub-Saharan Africa. Read the Author Summary.
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12/10/2019
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Manuel A Rivas and colleagues investigate the potential benefit of weight loss to those with lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Read the Author Summary.
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12/10/2019
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Susannah Woodd and co-workers report a meta-analysis on the incidence and distribution of maternal peripartum infection. Read the Author Summary.
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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.
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