Revisiting child and adolescent health in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals
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The intersection of genomics and big data with public health: Opportunities for precision public health
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Muin Khoury and co-authors discuss anticipated contributions of genomics and other forms of large-scale data in public health.
Tuberculosis, human rights, and law reform: Addressing the lack of progress in the global tuberculosis response
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Mathew Kavanagh and co-authors discuss law reform in the global tuberculosis response.
Correction: Dysregulation of multiple metabolic networks related to brain transmethylation and polyamine pathways in Alz...
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003012.].
Social distancing to slow the US COVID-19 epidemic: Longitudinal pretest–posttest comparison group study
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Risk prediction models for selection of lung cancer screening candidates: A retrospective validation study
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STrengthening the Reporting Of Pharmacogenetic Studies: Development of the STROPS guideline.
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Large sample sizes are often required to detect statistically significant associations between pharmacogenetic markers and treatment response. Meta-analysis may be performed to synthesize data from several studies, increasing sample size and, consequently, power to detect significant genetic effects. However, performing robust synthesis of data fro...
TIDieR-Placebo: A guide and checklist for reporting placebo and sham controls.
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Placebo or sham controls are the standard against which the benefits and harms of many active interventions are measured. Whilst the components and the method of their delivery have been shown to affect study outcomes, placebo and sham controls are rarely reported and often not matched to those of the active comparator. This can influence how benef...
Biannual azithromycin distribution and child mortality among malnourished children: A subgroup analysis of the MORDOR cl...
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In this Perspective, David Mabey and colleagues discuss a recent PLOS Medicine article on azithromycin as an intervention for reducing child mortality.
How to make your research jump off the page: Co-creation to broaden public engagement in medical research.
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Nina Finley and co-authors discuss public involvement in planning and reporting medical research.
