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Volume 6, issue 12, 2009

A Comparison of Cost Effectiveness Using Data from Randomized Trials or Actual Clinical Practice: Selective Cox-2 Inhibitors as an Example pp. 1-10

Tjeerd-Pieter van Staa, Hubert G Leufkens, Bill Zhang and Liam Smeeth

Global Health Delivery 2.0: Using Open-Access Technologies for Transparency and Operations Research pp. 1-5

Duncan Smith-Rohrberg Maru, Aditya Sharma, Jason Andrews, Sanjay Basu, Jhapat Thapa, Shefali Oza, Chhitij Bashyal, Bibhav Acharya and Ryan Schwarz

The Severity of Pandemic H1N1 Influenza in the United States, from April to July 2009: A Bayesian Analysis pp. 1-12

Anne M Presanis, Daniela De Angelis, The New York City Swine Flu Investigation Team 3 ¶, Angela Hagy, Carrie Reed, Steven Riley, Ben S Cooper, Lyn Finelli, Paul Biedrzycki and Marc Lipsitch

Volume 6, issue 11, 2009

The Unequal World of Health Data pp. 1-3

Peter Byass

Time for a “Third Wave” of Malaria Activism to Tackle the Drug Stock-out Crisis pp. 1-3

The PLoS Medicine Editors

Mandatory Disclosure of Pharmaceutical Industry-Funded Events for Health Professionals pp. 1-5

Jane Robertson, Ray Moynihan, Emily Walkom, Lisa Bero and David Henry

Multiyear Climate Variability and Dengue—El Niño Southern Oscillation, Weather, and Dengue Incidence in Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Thailand: A Longitudinal Data Analysis pp. 1-9

Michael A Johansson, Derek A T Cummings and Gregory E Glass

Packages of Care for Dementia in Low- and Middle-Income Countries pp. 1-9

Martin J Prince, Daisy Acosta, Erico Castro-Costa, Jim Jackson and K S Shaji

Volume 6, issue 10, 2009

Lost but Not Forgotten—The Economics of Improving Patient Retention in AIDS Treatment Programs pp. 1-2

Gregory P Bisson and Jeffrey S A Stringer

Cost-Effectiveness of Preventing Loss to Follow-up in HIV Treatment Programs: A Côte d'Ivoire Appraisal pp. 1-11

Elena Losina, Hapsatou Touré, Lauren M Uhler, Xavier Anglaret, A David Paltiel, Eric Balestre, Rochelle P Walensky, Eugène Messou, Milton C Weinstein, François Dabis, Kenneth A Freedberg, for the ART-LINC Collaboration of International Epidemiological Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) and and the CEPAC International investigators

Packages of Care for Schizophrenia in Low- and Middle-Income Countries pp. 1-8

Jair de Jesus Mari, Denise Razzouk, Rangaswamy Thara, Julian Eaton and Graham Thornicroft

Packages of Care for Depression in Low- and Middle-Income Countries pp. 1-7

Vikram Patel, Gregory Simon, Neerja Chowdhary, Sylvia Kaaya and Ricardo Araya

Packages of Care for Epilepsy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries pp. 1-7

Caroline K Mbuba and Charles R Newton

Packages of Care for Alcohol Use Disorders in Low- And Middle-Income Countries pp. 1-7

Vivek Benegal, Prabhat K Chand and Isidore S Obot

Volume 6, issue 9, 2009

Grading Quality of Evidence and Strength of Recommendations: A Perspective pp. 1-3

Mohammed T Ansari, Alexander Tsertsvadze and David Moher

Volume 6, issue 8, 2009

Prolonged Grief Disorder: Psychometric Validation of Criteria Proposed for DSM-V and ICD-11 pp. 1-12

Holly G Prigerson, Mardi J Horowitz, Selby C Jacobs, Colin M Parkes, Mihaela Aslan, Karl Goodkin, Beverley Raphael, Samuel J Marwit, Camille Wortman, Robert A Neimeyer, George Bonanno, Susan D Block, David Kissane, Paul Boelen, Andreas Maercker, Brett T Litz, Jeffrey G Johnson, Michael B First and Paul K Maciejewski

Can We Systematically Review Studies That Evaluate Complex Interventions? pp. 1-8

Sasha Shepperd, Simon Lewin, Sharon Straus, Mike Clarke, Martin P Eccles, Ray Fitzpatrick, Geoff Wong and Aziz Sheikh

Twenty-Five Years of Convoluted Health Reforms in Mexico pp. 1-8

Núria Homedes and Antonio Ugalde

The Effect of Alternative Summary Statistics for Communicating Risk Reduction on Decisions about Taking Statins: A Randomized Trial pp. 1-10

Cheryl L L Carling, Doris Tove Kristoffersen, Victor M Montori, Jeph Herrin, Holger J Schünemann, Shaun Treweek, Elie A Akl and Andrew D Oxman

Schizophrenia and Violence: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis pp. 1-15

Seena Fazel, Gautam Gulati, Louise Linsell, John R Geddes and Martin Grann

Evaluating eHealth Interventions: The Need for Continuous Systemic Evaluation pp. 1-6

Lorraine Catwell and Aziz Sheikh

Volume 6, issue 7, 2009

Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions to Promote Physical Activity: A Modelling Study pp. 1-11

Linda J Cobiac, Theo Vos and Jan J Barendregt

Conflict, Crisis, and Abuse in Dharavi, Mumbai: Experiences from Six Years at a Centre for Vulnerable Women and Children pp. 1-6

Nayreen Daruwalla, Armida Fernandez, Jenny Salam, Nikhat Shaikh and David Osrin

Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement pp. 1-6

David Moher, Alessandro Liberati, Jennifer Tetzlaff, Douglas G Altman and The PRISMA Group

Focusing on Quality Patient Care in the New Global Subsidy for Malaria Medicines pp. 1-5

Suerie Moon, Carmen Pérez Casas, Jean-Marie Kindermans, Martin de Smet and Tido von Schoen-Angerer

Can the Relationship between Doctors and Drug Companies Ever Be a Healthy One? pp. 1-4

Emma D'Arcy and Ray Moynihan

The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration pp. 1-28

Alessandro Liberati, Douglas G Altman, Jennifer Tetzlaff, Cynthia Mulrow, Peter C Gøtzsche, John P A Ioannidis, Mike Clarke, P J Devereaux, Jos Kleijnen and David Moher

Volume 6, issue 6, 2009

Funding for Reproductive Health in Conflict and Post-Conflict Countries: A Familiar Story of Inequity and Insufficient Data pp. 1-3

Paul B Spiegel, Nadine Cornier and Marian Schilperoord

Can We “Hedge” against the Development of Antiviral Resistance among Pandemic Influenza Viruses? pp. 1-2

David K Shay and Benjamin J Ridenhour

Tracking Official Development Assistance for Reproductive Health in Conflict-Affected Countries pp. 1-13

Preeti Patel, Bayard Roberts, Samantha Guy, Louise Lee-Jones and Lesong Conteh

Seasonal Hunger: A Neglected Problem with Proven Solutions pp. 1-4

Bapu Vaitla, Stephen Devereux and Samuel Hauenstein Swan

Will the Public's Health Fall Victim to the Home Foreclosure Epidemic? pp. 1-5

Gary G Bennett, Melissa Scharoun-Lee and Reginald Tucker-Seeley

Volume 6, issue 5, 2009

Preventing Bias in Cluster Randomised Trials pp. 1-6

Bruno Giraudeau and Philippe Ravaud

Hedging against Antiviral Resistance during the Next Influenza Pandemic Using Small Stockpiles of an Alternative Chemotherapy pp. 1-11

Joseph T Wu, Gabriel M Leung, Marc Lipsitch, Ben S Cooper and Steven Riley

Volume 6, issue 4, 2009

Global Health Actors Claim To Support Health System Strengthening—Is This Reality or Rhetoric? pp. 1-5

Bruno Marchal, Anna Cavalli and Guy Kegels

The Preventable Causes of Death in the United States: Comparative Risk Assessment of Dietary, Lifestyle, and Metabolic Risk Factors pp. 1-23

Goodarz Danaei, Eric L Ding, Dariush Mozaffarian, Ben Taylor, Jürgen Rehm, Christopher J L Murray and Majid Ezzati

Volume 6, issue 3, 2009

Systematic Reviews of Genetic Association Studies pp. 1-7

Gurdeep S Sagoo, Julian Little and Julian P T Higgins

Advanced Paternal Age Is Associated with Impaired Neurocognitive Outcomes during Infancy and Childhood pp. 1-9

Sukanta Saha, Adrian G Barnett, Claire Foldi, Thomas H Burne, Darryl W Eyles, Stephen L Buka and John J McGrath

Setting Research Priorities To Reduce Global Mortality from Childhood Diarrhoea by 2015 pp. 1-6

Olivier Fontaine, Margaret Kosek, Shinjini Bhatnagar, Cynthia Boschi-Pinto, Kit Yee Chan, Christopher Duggan, Homero Martinez, Hugo Ribeiro, Nigel C Rollins, Mohammed A Salam, Mathuram Santosham, John D Snyder, Alexander C Tsai, Beth Vargas and Igor Rudan

A World Malaria Map: Plasmodium falciparum Endemicity in 2007 pp. 1-17

Simon I Hay, Carlos A Guerra, Peter W Gething, Anand P Patil, Andrew J Tatem, Abdisalan M Noor, Caroline W Kabaria, Bui H Manh, Iqbal R F Elyazar, Simon Brooker, David L Smith, Rana A Moyeed and Robert W Snow

Volume 6, issue 2, 2009

An Unbiased Scientific Record Should Be Everyone's Agenda pp. 1-3

The PLoS Medicine Editors

What Should Be Done To Tackle Ghostwriting in the Medical Literature? pp. 1-4

Peter C Gøtzsche, Jerome P Kassirer, Karen L Woolley, Elizabeth Wager, Adam Jacobs, Art Gertel and Cindy Hamilton

How Do Courts Set Health Policy? The Case of the Colombian Constitutional Court pp. 1-4

Alicia Ely Yamin and Oscar Parra-Vera

Volume 6, issue 1, 2009

Explaining Adherence Success in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Ethnographic Study pp. 1-7

Norma C Ware, John Idoko, Sylvia Kaaya, Irene Andia Biraro, Monique A Wyatt, Oche Agbaji, Guerino Chalamilla and David R Bangsberg

Data Sources for Improving Estimates of the Global Burden of Injuries: Call for Contributors pp. 1-3

Kavi Bhalla, James Harrison, Jerry Abraham, Nagesh N Borse, Ronan Lyons, Soufiane Boufous, Limor Aharonson-Daniel and on behalf of the Global Burden of Disease Injury Expert Group

Abolishing User Fees in Africa pp. 1-3

Valéry Ridde and Slim Haddad

Condom Access in South African Schools: Law, Policy, and Practice pp. 1-5

Juliana Han and Michael L Bennish

Effect of Removing Direct Payment for Health Care on Utilisation and Health Outcomes in Ghanaian Children: A Randomised Controlled Trial pp. 1-1

Evelyn Korkor Ansah, Solomon Narh-Bana, Sabina Asiamah, Vivian Dzordzordzi, Kingsley Biantey, Kakra Dickson, John Owusu Gyapong, Kwadwo Ansah Koram, Brian M Greenwood, Anne Mills and Christopher J M Whitty

Volume 5, issue 12, 2008

Mental Disorders among Homeless People in Western Countries pp. 1-2

Helen Herrman

The Disconnect between China's Public Health and Public Security Responses to Injection Drug Use, and the Consequences for Human Rights pp. 1-2

Stephen Koester

Poverty and Cataract—A Deeper Look at a Complex Issue pp. 1-2

Susan Lewallen

The Dirty War Index: Statistical Issues, Feasibility, and Interpretation pp. 1-2

Nathan Taback

Ovarian Carcinoma Subtypes Are Different Diseases: Implications for Biomarker Studies pp. 1-1

Martin Köbel, Steve E Kalloger, Niki Boyd, Steven McKinney, Erika Mehl, Chana Palmer, Samuel Leung, Nathan J Bowen, Diana N Ionescu, Ashish Rajput, Leah M Prentice, Dianne Miller, Jennifer Santos, Kenneth Swenerton, C Blake Gilks and David Huntsman

A Case-Control Study to Assess the Relationship between Poverty and Visual Impairment from Cataract in Kenya, the Philippines, and Bangladesh pp. 1-13

Hannah Kuper, Sarah Polack, Cristina Eusebio, Wanjiku Mathenge, Zakia Wadud and Allen Foster

Volume 5, issue 11, 2008

Mathematical Models for a New Era of Malaria Eradication pp. 1-2

Maciej F Boni, Caroline O Buckee and Nicholas J White

Is Private Health Care the Answer to the Health Problems of the World's Poor? pp. 1-5

Kara Hanson, Lucy Gilson, Catherine Goodman, Anne Mills, Richard Smith, Richard Feachem, Neelam Sekhri Feachem, Tracey Perez Koehlmoos and Heather Kinlaw

Reporting Bias in Drug Trials Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration: Review of Publication and Presentation pp. 1-10

Kristin Rising, Peter Bacchetti and Lisa Bero

The Chilling Effect: How Do Researchers React to Controversy? pp. 1-8

Joanna Kempner

Volume 5, issue 10, 2008

Why Current Publication Practices May Distort Science pp. 1-5

Neal S Young, John P A Ioannidis and Omar Al-Ubaydli

Reform Should Make Health the First Item of Business pp. 1-2

The PLoS Medicine Editors

Volume 5, issue 9, 2008

Towards a Data Sharing Culture: Recommendations for Leadership from Academic Health Centers pp. 1-5

Heather A Piwowar, Michael J Becich, Howard Bilofsky, Rebecca S Crowley and on behalf of the caBIG Data Sharing and Intellectual Capital Workspace

Making Sense of Non-Financial Competing Interests pp. 1-3

The PLoS Medicine Editors

Tobacco Control Yields Clear Dividends for Health and Wealth pp. 1-2

Kelley Lee

Key Issues in Conducting a Meta-Analysis of Gene Expression Microarray Datasets pp. 1-13

Adaikalavan Ramasamy, Adrian Mondry, Chris C Holmes and Douglas G Altman

Volume 5, issue 8, 2008

Developing a Prognostic Model for Traumatic Brain Injury—A Missed Opportunity? pp. 1-3

Neil H Young and Peter J D Andrews

Inflammation, Insulin Resistance, and Diabetes—Mendelian Randomization Using CRP Haplotypes Points Upstream pp. 1-9

Eric J Brunner, Mika Kivimäki, Daniel R Witte, Debbie A Lawlor, George Davey Smith, Jackie A Cooper, Michelle Miller, Gordon D O Lowe, Ann Rumley, Juan P Casas, Tina Shah, Steve E Humphries, Aroon D Hingorani, Michael G Marmot, Nicholas J Timpson and Meena Kumari

Effect of the California Tobacco Control Program on Personal Health Care Expenditures pp. 1-9

James M Lightwood, Alexis Dinno and Stanton A Glantz

Mendelian Randomisation and Causal Inference in Observational Epidemiology pp. 1-6

Nuala A Sheehan, Vanessa Didelez, Paul R Burton and Martin D Tobin

Greater Response to Placebo in Children Than in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in Drug-Resistant Partial Epilepsy pp. 1-15

Sylvain Rheims, Michel Cucherat, Alexis Arzimanoglou and Philippe Ryvlin

Volume 5, issue 7, 2008

International Monetary Fund Programs and Tuberculosis Outcomes in Post-Communist Countries pp. 1-12

David Stuckler, Lawrence P King and Sanjay Basu

The Effects of International Monetary Fund Loans on Health Outcomes pp. 1-3

Megan Murray and Gary King

Evidence-Based Tuberculosis Diagnosis pp. 1-7

Madhukar Pai, Andrew Ramsay and Richard O'Brien

International Funding for Malaria Control in Relation to Populations at Risk of Stable Plasmodium falciparum Transmission pp. 1-11

Robert W Snow, Carlos A Guerra, Juliette J Mutheu and Simon I Hay

Diabetes Mellitus Increases the Risk of Active Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review of 13 Observational Studies pp. 1-11

Christie Y Jeon and Megan B Murray

Divergent Goals and Commitments in Global Malaria Intervention pp. 1-2

Anthony E Kiszewski

Next Stop, Don't Block the Doors: Opening Up Access to Clinical Trials Results pp. 1-2

The PLoS Medicine Editors

Volume 5, issue 5, 2008

How Do US Journalists Cover Treatments, Tests, Products, and Procedures? An Evaluation of 500 Stories pp. 1-5

Gary Schwitzer

Disease Mongering Is Now Part of the Global Health Debate pp. 1-3

Ray Moynihan, Evan Doran and David Henry

Retail Sales of Alcohol and the Risk of Being a Victim of Assault pp. 1-3

Russell Bennetts and Rachel Seabrook

Volume 5, issue 4, 2008

The Reversal of Fortunes: Trends in County Mortality and Cross-County Mortality Disparities in the United States pp. 1-12

Majid Ezzati, Ari B Friedman, Sandeep C Kulkarni and Christopher J L Murray

Progress in Vaccination against Haemophilus influenzae type b in the Americas pp. 1-7

M Carolina Danovaro-Holliday, Salvador Garcia, Ciro de Quadros, Gina Tambini and Jon K Andrus

Chile's Neoliberal Health Reform: An Assessment and a Critique pp. 1-6

Jean-Pierre Unger, Pierre De Paepe, Giorgio Solimano Cantuarias and Oscar Arteaga Herrera

Better Reporting, Better Research: Guidelines and Guidance in PLoS Medicine pp. 1-2

The PLoS Medicine Editors

Volume 5, issue 3, 2008

Social Contacts and Mixing Patterns Relevant to the Spread of Infectious Diseases pp. 1-1

Joël Mossong, Niel Hens, Mark Jit, Philippe Beutels, Kari Auranen, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Marco Massari, Stefania Salmaso, Gianpaolo Scalia Tomba, Jacco Wallinga, Janneke Heijne, Malgorzata Sadkowska-Todys, Magdalena Rosinska and W John Edmunds

Alcohol Intake and Blood Pressure: A Systematic Review Implementing a Mendelian Randomization Approach pp. 1-11

Lina Chen, George Davey Smith, Roger M Harbord and Sarah J Lewis

Exploring the Developmental Overnutrition Hypothesis Using Parental–Offspring Associations and FTO as an Instrumental Variable pp. 1-10

Debbie A Lawlor, Nicholas J Timpson, Roger M Harbord, Sam Leary, Andy Ness, Mark I McCarthy, Timothy M Frayling, Andrew T Hattersley and George Davey Smith

Determining Origins and Causes of Childhood Obesity via Mendelian Randomization Analysis pp. 1-3

Eric L Ding and Frank B Hu

Volume 5, issue 2, 2008

Lifetime Medical Costs of Obesity: Prevention No Cure for Increasing Health Expenditure pp. 1-8

Pieter H M van Baal, Johan J Polder, G Ardine de Wit, Rudolf T Hoogenveen, Talitha L Feenstra, Hendriek C Boshuizen, Peter M Engelfriet and Werner Brouwer

Initial Severity and Antidepressant Benefits: A Meta-Analysis of Data Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration pp. 1-9

Irving Kirsch, Brett J Deacon, Tania B Huedo-Medina, Alan Scoboria, Thomas J Moore and Blair T Johnson

Does Preventing Obesity Lead to Reduced Health-Care Costs? pp. 1-2

Klim McPherson

The Neglected Diseases Section in PLoS Medicine: Moving Beyond Tropical Infections pp. 1-2

The PLoS Medicine Editors

The Fall and Rise of US Inequities in Premature Mortality: 1960–2002 pp. 1-15

Nancy Krieger, David H Rehkopf, Jarvis T Chen, Pamela D Waterman, Enrico Marcelli and Malinda Kennedy

Volume 5, issue 1, 2008

Why Pakistani Medical Graduates Must Remain Free to Emigrate pp. 1-3

Zarmeneh Aly and Fawad Taj

In the Era of Systematic Reviews, Does the Size of an Individual Trial Still Matter? pp. 1-3

Gordon H Guyatt, Edward J Mills and Diana Elbourne

Model-Based Insights into Multi-Host Transmission and Control of Schistosomiasis pp. 1-2

Song Liang and Robert C Spear