The economic cost of dealing with the consequences of diabetes is not only a threat to health systems but is a far broader economic and social problem and thus a threat to future long-term sustainable... Category: PLoS Medicine
by Nicholas J Wareham | On 26 Jul 2016 |
Given that mental health and other non-communicable diseases were conspicuously omitted from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and have only been weakly mentioned in draft Sustainable Developme... Category: PLoS Medicine
by Alexander C. Tsai | On 30 Jun 2015 |
Political leaders and policy makers need to understand that TB cannot be eliminated without investing more resources. Here, advocacy is critical. There are signs that TB’s time in the spotlight is arr... Category: PLoS Medicine
by Madhukar Pai | On 24 Mar 2015 |
There are great opportunities for Open Access publications to advance human health, provided the medical research and publishing communities can rise to the challenges that come with them. There are m... Category: PLoS Medicine
by Plos medicine Editors | On 01 Dec 2013 |
It has been predicted that by 2017 there will be ‘‘more mobile phones than people’’ on the planet, and currently three-quarters of the world’s population have access to a mobile phone. Amidst the inte... Category: PLoS Medicine
by PLoS Medicine | On 01 Feb 2013 |
The Editors examine the lack of correlation between the size of a city and its air quality, noting that the strength of environmental laws and the accountability of the country's government have a gre... Category: PLoS Medicine
by PLoS Medicine Editors | On 01 Aug 2012 |
A lay out of the background on the role of Big Food in global health, and offer three competing views of how public health professionals can respond. Subsequent articles include: a comparison of soda... Category: PLoS Medicine
by Plos medicine Editors | On 30 Jun 2012 |
PLoS Medicine, Olav Lindqvist and colleagues describe the range of non pharmacological care giving activities provided by palliative care staff for cancer patients in the last days of life. Their find... Category: PLoS Medicine
by Plos medicine Editors | On 29 Feb 2012 |
As the world of work becomes increasingly
24 hour, shift work will become
more common. Shift work has the potential to
accelerate the progression of the global
epidemic of obesity and diabetes. Ob... Category: PLoS Medicine
by PLoS Medicine Editors | On 31 Dec 2011 |
The MHTF–PLoS Collection in
2011–12 will focus on quality of maternal
health care, as it is clear that such a focus
is now a global imperative [9]. The quality
of maternal health care is highly va... Category: PLoS Medicine
by Samantha R Lattof | On 29 Nov 2011 |