Is a megaphone drowning out the most effective way to quit smoking?
Earlier this week NPR ran an item about how anti-smoking efforts have evolved over the decades. Since 1984 when the first nicotine gum became available over the counter, nicotine replacement therapy...
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Read the new papers published in PLoS Medicine this week, including three Research Articles. The first article finds that better family planning, provision of safe abortion, and improved intrapartum...
View ArticleThis Week in PLoS Medicine: Tobacco policy; HIV & bacterial vaginosis; Big Food
Image Credit: Scott McLeod Five new articles published this week in PLoS Medicine, including two research articles on tobacco policy, and the continuation of our Big Food Series. Heide Weishaar and...
View ArticleThis Week in PLOS Medicine: SimSmoke for Brazil; Leisure-time physical...
Image Credit: Elyyo Three new articles published this week in PLOS Medicine: David Levy and colleagues use the SimSmoke model to estimate the effect of Brazil’s recent stronger tobacco control policies...
View ArticleThis Week in PLOS Medicine: Smoking licenses; Neonatal care; Liver function...
Image Credit: Daniel Lobo Five new articles published this week in PLOS Medicine, including a Debate series and a new Research Article with a related Perspective. In a PLOS Medicine Debate, Simon...
View ArticleThis Week in PLOS Medicine: Tobacco Control in India, Abortion & Preterm...
This week PLOS Medicine publishes the following new articles: Image Credit: slgckgc, Flickr The burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD), a major cause of illness and death in high-income countries for...
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