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Volume 2(6);  June 2005
Editorial
Some Tolerance for Fur—Animal Studies in PLoS Medicine
The PLoS Medicine Editors
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e203. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020203.
PMCID: PMC1160600
Synopses
Brain Activity and Tinnitus
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e194. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020194.
PMCID: PMC1160594
Assessing the Risks of Twin Pregnancies
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e195. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020195.
PMCID: PMC1160595
A Promising Candidate for a Lassa Fever Vaccine
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e196. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020196.
PMCID: PMC1160596
Smoking and Inflammation
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e198. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020198.
PMCID: PMC1160597
Weight Loss and Mortality
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e200. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020200.
PMCID: PMC1160598
Turning Stem Cells into Mesenchymal Tissues
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e201. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020201.
PMCID: PMC1160599
Essays
Should Health Professionals Allow Reporters Inside Hospitals and Clinics at Times of Natural Disasters?
Anant Bhan
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e177. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020177.
PMCID: PMC1160582
How Women Were Affected by the Tsunami: A Perspective from Oxfam
Rhona MacDonald
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e178. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020178.
PMCID: PMC1160583
Perspectives
Hooray for Hypoxia?
Geoff Bellingan
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e130. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020130.
PMCID: PMC1160567
Uncomplicated Monochorionic Diamniotic Twins and the Timing of Delivery
Jane Cleary-Goldman and Mary E D'Alton
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e180. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020180.
PMCID: PMC1160585
Weight Loss and Mortality: What Does the Evidence Show?
Meir Stampfer
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e181. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020181.
PMCID: PMC1160586
Health in Action
How the Cochrane Collaboration Is Responding to the Asian Tsunami
Prathap Tharyan, Mike Clarke, and Sally Green
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e169. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020169.
PMCID: PMC1160578
Meeting the Health Needs of Migrant Workers Affected by the Tsunami
David Wilson
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e176. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020176.
PMCID: PMC1160581
Addressing Psychosocial Needs in the Aftermath of the Tsunami
Kaz de Jong, Sue Prosser, and Nathan Ford
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e179. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020179.
PMCID: PMC1160584
Policy Forum
Revisiting the Tsunami: Health Consequences of Flooding
Oliver Morgan, Mike Ahern, and Sandy Cairncross
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e184. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020184.
PMCID: PMC1160588
After the Tsunami: Legal Implications of Mass Burials of Unidentified Victims in Sri Lanka
Clifford Perera
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e185. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020185.
PMCID: PMC1160589
Research in Translation
Treating Critical Illness: The Importance of First Doing No Harm
Mervyn Singer and Paul Glynne
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e167. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020167.
PMCID: PMC1160576
Best Practice
Vitamin C for Preventing and Treating the Common Cold
Robert M Douglas and Harri Hemilä
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e168. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020168.
PMCID: PMC1160577
Learning Forum
A 61-Year-Old Man with Dyspepsia and Weight Loss
Catherine Burton
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e154. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020154.
PMCID: PMC1160569
Research Articles
Tinnitus Perception and Distress Is Related to Abnormal Spontaneous Brain Activity as Measured by Magnetoencephalography
Nathan Weisz, Stephan Moratti, Marcus Meinzer, Katalin Dohrmann, and Thomas Elbert
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e153. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020153.
PMCID: PMC1160568
Smoking Cessation and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Arvind Bakhru and Thomas P. Erlinger
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e160. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020160.
PMCID: PMC1160573
Derivation of Multipotent Mesenchymal Precursors from Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Tiziano Barberi, Lucy M Willis, Nicholas D Socci, and Lorenz Studer
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e161. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020161.
PMCID: PMC1160574
Intention to Lose Weight, Weight Changes, and 18-y Mortality in Overweight Individuals without Co-Morbidities
Thorkild I.A Sørensen, Aila Rissanen, Maarit Korkeila, and Jaakko Kaprio
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e171. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020171.
PMCID: PMC1160579
High Risk of Unexpected Late Fetal Death in Monochorionic Twins Despite Intensive Ultrasound Surveillance: A Cohort Study
Olivia Barigye, Lucia Pasquini, Paula Galea, Helen Chambers, Lucy Chappell, and Nicholas M Fisk
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e172. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020172.
PMCID: PMC1160580
Development of a New Vaccine for the Prevention of Lassa Fever
Thomas W Geisbert, Steven Jones, Elizabeth A Fritz, Amy C Shurtleff, Joan B Geisbert, Ryan Liebscher, Allen Grolla, Ute Ströher, Lisa Fernando, Kathleen M Daddario, Mary C Guttieri, Bianca R Mothé, Tom Larsen, Lisa E Hensley, Peter B Jahrling, and Heinz Feldmann
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e183. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020183.
PMCID: PMC1160587
Correspondence and Other Communications
Medical Decision Making: The Family–Doctor–Patient Triad
Fawad Aslam, Omar Aftab, and Naveed Z Janjua
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e129. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020129.
PMCID: PMC1160566
Allocating Antiretrovirals in South Africa: Using Modeling to Determine Treatment Equity
David P Wilson and Sally M Blower
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e155. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020155.
PMCID: PMC1160570
Malaria Diagnosis and Treatment: One Size Does Not Fit All
Chris Drakeley, Roly Gosling, and Hugh Reyburn
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e156. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020156.
PMCID: PMC1160571
The Debate over Placebo-Controlled Trials
Frankllin Miller
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e157. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020157.
PMCID: PMC1160572
Authors' Reply: Teaching Health Workers Malaria Diagnosis
Graham Icke and Richard E Davis
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e165. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020165.
PMCID: PMC1160575
Authors' Reply
Alexander M Capron and Andreas Reis
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e186. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020186.
PMCID: PMC1160590
Authors' Reply
Erick Turner and Martin Tramèr
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e187. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020187.
PMCID: PMC1160591
Author's Reply
Deborah Hayden
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e191. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020191.
PMCID: PMC1160592
Call for Biohistory Guidelines
Jordan Paradise
PLoS Med. 2005 June; 2(6): e192. Published online 2005 June 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020192.
PMCID: PMC1160593
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