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Autor:
Mahdi Fallah, Xing Xu, Yu Tian, Trasias Mukama, Hermann Brenner, Elham Kharazmi, Kristina Sundquist, Jan Sundquist
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PLoS Medicine, Vol 18, Iss 6, p e1003616 (2021)
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Background Evidence-based guidance for starting ages of screening for first-degree relatives (FDRs) of patients with prostate cancer (PCa) to prevent stage III/IV or fatal PCa is lacking in current PCa screening guidelines. We aimed to provide eviden
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Mohammad Golam Kibria, Sarah Auburn, Kamala Thriemer, Wasif A. Khan, Jutta Marfurt, Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Mohammad Sharif Hossain, Fatema Tuj Johora, Benedikt Ley, Ric N. Price, Ching Swe Phru, Cristian Koepfli, Jenifar Quaiyum Ami, Nusrat Jahan
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PLoS Medicine
PLoS Medicine, Vol 18, Iss 4, p e1003576 (2021)
PLoS Medicine, Vol 18, Iss 4, p e1003576 (2021)
Background Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) activity is dependent upon G6PD genotype and age of the red blood cell (RBC) population, with younger RBCs having higher activity. Peripheral parasitemia with Plasmodium spp. induces hemolysis, repl
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PLoS Medicine
PLoS Medicine, Vol 18, Iss 8, p e1003673 (2021)
PLoS Medicine, Vol 18, Iss 8, p e1003673 (2021)
Background Previous research has focused on the mortality associated with armed conflict as the primary measure of the population health effects of war. However, mortality only demonstrates part of the burden placed on a population by conflict. Injur
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Lutful Husain, M. Alauddin, Jennifer L. Patnaik, Mohammad Awlad Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahaman, Danny Haddad, Munir Ahmed, David Hunter Cherwek, Noelle Whitestone, Nathan Congdon
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PLoS Medicine, Vol 17, Iss 3, p e1003096 (2020)
PLoS Medicine, Vol 17, Iss 3, p e1003096 (2020)
Background There is a growing awareness that addressing chronic as well as acute health conditions may contribute importantly to the well-being of displaced populations, but eye care service has generally not been prioritized in crisis situations. We
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A. Sarah Walker, Sarah Tonkin-Crine, James M. Buchanan, Christopher C Butler, Monsey McLeod, Julie V. Robotham, Stepup team, Alison Holmes, Laurence Roope, Benedict Hayhoe, Liz Morrell, Koen B. Pouwels, Sarah Wordsworth
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PLoS Medicine
PLoS Medicine, Vol 18, Iss 8, p e1003737 (2021)
PLoS Medicine, Vol 18, Iss 8, p e1003737 (2021)
Background Delayed (or “backup”) antibiotic prescription, where the patient is given a prescription but advised to delay initiating antibiotics, has been shown to be effective in reducing antibiotic use in primary care. However, this strategy is
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Yujin Lee, Thomas A. Gaziano, Thiago Veiga Jardim, Shafika Abrahams-Gessel, Junxiu Liu, Colin D. Rehm, Dariush Mozaffarian, Yue Huang, Stephen Sy, Parke Wilde, Renata Micha
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PLoS Medicine
PLoS Medicine, Vol 16, Iss 12, p e1002981 (2019)
PLoS Medicine, Vol 16, Iss 12, p e1002981 (2019)
Background Poor diet is a leading risk factor for cardiometabolic disease (CMD) in the United States, but its economic costs are unknown. We sought to estimate the cost associated with suboptimal diet in the US. Methods and findings A validated micro
Autor:
Bareng A. S. Nonyane, Tsundzukani Siwelana, Lesego Mmolawa, Limakatso Lebina, Nora S. West, David W. Dowdy, Neil A. Martinson, Colleen F. Hanrahan
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PLoS Medicine, Vol 16, Iss 4, p e1002796 (2019)
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Background There is a dearth of comparative effectiveness research examining the implementation of different strategies for active tuberculosis (TB) case finding, particularly in rural settings, which represent 60% of the population of sub-Saharan Af
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PLoS Medicine, Vol 15, Iss 12, p e1002718 (2018)
PLoS medicine, vol 15, iss 12
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PLoS medicine, vol 15, iss 12
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Background A person’s rate of aging has important implications for his/her risk of death and disease; thus, quantifying aging using observable characteristics has important applications for clinical, basic, and observational research. Based on rout
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PLoS Medicine
PLoS Medicine, Vol 18, Iss 2, p e1003541 (2021)
PLoS Medicine, Vol 18, Iss 2, p e1003541 (2021)
Background In the United States, non-Hispanic Black (NHB), Hispanic, and non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native (NHAIAN) populations experience excess COVID-19 mortality, compared to the non-Hispanic White (NHW) population, but racial/ethnic diff
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Ify R. Mordi, Chim C. Lang, N. David Yanez, James D. Chalmers, Colin N. A. Palmer, Benjamin K. Chan
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PLoS Medicine, Vol 17, Iss 11, p e1003372 (2020)
PLoS Medicine, Vol 17, Iss 11, p e1003372 (2020)
Background There are conflicting reports regarding the association of the macrolide antibiotic clarithromycin with cardiovascular (CV) events. A possible explanation may be that this risk is partly mediated through drug–drug interactions and only e