| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveEditorial Homelessness Is Not Just a Housing Problem The PLoS Medicine Editors PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000003. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000003.PMCID: PMC2605901 Perspectives Mental Disorders among Homeless People in Western Countries Helen Herrman PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e237. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050237.PMCID: PMC2592354 The Disconnect between China's Public Health and Public Security Responses to Injection Drug Use, and the Consequences for Human Rights Stephen Koester PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e240. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050240.PMCID: PMC2596855 Poverty and Cataract—A Deeper Look at a Complex Issue Susan Lewallen PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e245. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050245.PMCID: PMC2602717 The Dirty War Index: Statistical Issues, Feasibility, and Interpretation Nathan Taback PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e248. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050248.PMCID: PMC2602718 A New Tool for Measuring the Brutality of War Egbert Sondorp PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e249. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050249.PMCID: PMC2602719 Accessing Maternal Health Services in Eastern Burma Macaya Douoguih PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e250. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050250.PMCID: PMC2605898 Health in Action African AIDS Vaccine Programme for a Coordinated and Collaborative Vaccine Development Effort on the Continent Pontiano Kaleebu, Alash'le Abimiku, Shenaaz El-Halabi, Sinata Koulla-Shiro, Nicole Mamotte, Souleymane Mboup, Roy Mugerwa, John Nkengasong, Coumba Toure-Kane, Tim Tucker, Douglas Wassenaar, Carolyn Williamson, and Dawit Wolday PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e236. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050236.PMCID: PMC2592353 Policy Forum What Is the Future for Global Case Management Guidelines for Common Childhood Diseases? Mike English and J. Anthony G Scott PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e241. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050241.PMCID: PMC2596856 The Dirty War Index: A Public Health and Human Rights Tool for Examining and Monitoring Armed Conflict Outcomes Madelyn Hsiao-Rei Hicks and Michael Spagat PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e243. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050243.PMCID: PMC2602715 Research Articles The Prevalence of Mental Disorders among the Homeless in Western Countries: Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis Seena Fazel, Vivek Khosla, Helen Doll, and John Geddes PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e225. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050225.PMCID: PMC2592351 Ovarian Carcinoma Subtypes Are Different Diseases: Implications for Biomarker Studies 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 PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e232. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050232.PMCID: PMC2592352 Health and Human Rights Concerns of Drug Users in Detention in Guangxi Province, China J. Elizabeth Cohen and Joseph J Amon PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e234. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050234.PMCID: PMC2596857 “A Good Personal Scientific Relationship”: Philip Morris Scientists and the Chulabhorn Research Institute, Bangkok Ross MacKenzie and Jeff Collin PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e238. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050238.PMCID: PMC2605886 Analysis of Germline GLI1 Variation Implicates Hedgehog Signalling in the Regulation of Intestinal Inflammatory Pathways Charlie W Lees, William J Zacharias, Mark Tremelling, Colin L Noble, Elaine R Nimmo, Albert Tenesa, Jennine Cornelius, Leif Torkvist, John Kao, Susan Farrington, Hazel E Drummond, Gwo-Tzer Ho, Ian D. R Arnott, Henry D Appelman, Lauri Diehl, Harry Campbell, Malcolm G Dunlop, Miles Parkes, Sarah E. M Howie, Deborah L Gumucio, and Jack Satsangi PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e239. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050239.PMCID: PMC2596854 Access To Essential Maternal Health Interventions and Human Rights Violations among Vulnerable Communities in Eastern Burma Luke C Mullany, Catherine I Lee, Lin Yone, Palae Paw, Eh Kalu Shwe Oo, Cynthia Maung, Thomas J Lee, and Chris Beyrer PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e242. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050242.PMCID: PMC2605890 A Case-Control Study to Assess the Relationship between Poverty and Visual Impairment from Cataract in Kenya, the Philippines, and Bangladesh Hannah Kuper, Sarah Polack, Cristina Eusebio, Wanjiku Mathenge, Zakia Wadud, and Allen Foster PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e244. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050244.PMCID: PMC2602716 “Efforts to Reprioritise the Agenda” in China: British American Tobacco's Efforts to Influence Public Policy on Secondhand Smoke in China Monique E Muggli, Kelley Lee, Quan Gan, Jon O Ebbert, and Richard D Hurt PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e251. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050251.PMCID: PMC2605899 A Randomised Controlled Trial of Artemether-Lumefantrine Versus Artesunate for Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Treatment in Pregnancy Rose McGready, Saw Oo Tan, Elizabeth A Ashley, Mupawjay Pimanpanarak, Jacher Viladpai-nguen, Lucy Phaiphun, Katja Wüstefeld, Marion Barends, Natthapon Laochan, Lily Keereecharoen, Niklas Lindegardh, Pratap Singhasivanon, Nicholas J White, and François Nosten PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e253. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050253.PMCID: PMC2605900 Corrections Correction: A Prevalent Variant in PPP1R3A Impairs Glycogen Synthesis and Reduces Muscle Glycogen Content in Humans and Mice David B Savage, Lanmin Zhai, Balasubramanian Ravikumar, Cheol Soo Choi, Johanna E Snaar, Amanda C McGuire, Sung-Eun Wou, Gemma Medina-Gomez, Sheene Kim, Cheryl B Bock, Dyann M Segvich, Bhavana Solanky, Dinesh Deelchand, Antonio Vidal-Puig, Nicholas J Wareham, Gerald I Shulman, Fredrik Karpe, Roy Taylor, Bartholomew A Pederson, Peter J Roach, Stephen O'Rahilly, and Anna A DePaoli-Roach PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e246. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050246.PMCID: PMC2605894 Corrects: David B Savage, et al. A Prevalent Variant in PPP1R3A Impairs Glycogen Synthesis and Reduces Muscle Glycogen Content in Humans and Mice. PLoS Med. 2008 January; 5(1): e27. Correction: Vitamin K Supplementation in Postmenopausal Women with Osteopenia (ECKO Trial): A Randomized Controlled Trial Angela M Cheung, Lianne Tile, Yuna Lee, George Tomlinson, Gillian Hawker, Judy Scher, Hanxian Hu, Reinhold Vieth, Lilian Thompson, Sophie Jamal, and Robert Josse PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e247. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050247.PMCID: PMC2605895 Corrects: Angela M Cheung, et al. Vitamin K Supplementation in Postmenopausal Women with Osteopenia (ECKO Trial): A Randomized Controlled Trial. PLoS Med. 2008 October; 5(10): 1–12. |