October 15, 2025
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10/21/2025
Research Article
In a children-of-monozygotic-twins study, Mengping Zhou and colleagues assess associations between parent and offspring psychiatric conditions in a Swedish population.
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Browse Issues 2004 – 2025
10/30/2025
Research Article
Nicholas R. Jones and colleagues assess the diagnostic accuracy of NT-proBNP in identifying individuals with heart failure in patients with and without atrial fibrillation and compare results by sex, age, and BMI.
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10/15/2025
Perspective
Open science often centers around publications and data transparency. This Perspective discusses how and why disseminating results to study participants is essential for maximizing the values and benefits of open science.
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10/21/2025
Research Article
Based on an individual-based microsimulation model of 18.6 million French adolescents, Nicolas Hoertel and colleagues examine whether excessive social media use contributes to rising adolescent depression rates and evaluate potential mitigation strategies.
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10/23/2025
Research Article
In a modelling study, Martha Carnalla and colleagues investigate the effects doubling the current tax on sugar-sweetened beverages and non-essential energy-dense foods would have on obesity levels, by simulating a closed cohort of Mexican adults.
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10/27/2025
Research Article
In an observational cohort study, Tiwari and colleagues compare growth outcomes between breastfed children who are HIV-exposed and uninfected (CHEU) and children who are HIV-unexposed, and examine maternal HIV factors associated with growth deficits in CHEU.
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10/15/2025
Perspective
In this Perspective, Hansford and colleagues outline how the TARGET guidelines can improve the reporting transparency of observational studies emulating a target trial.
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10/23/2025
Research Article
Marcuzzi & colleagues assess the association between parental opioid prescriptions and risk of opioid use in offspring
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11/04/2025
Research Article
Boshen Jiao and colleagues investigate the financial risk protection vaccines can provide by preventing illnesses and associated healthcare costs in 52 low- and middle-income countries.
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10/27/2025
Research Article
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In this Editorial, Guest Editors Timothy R. Walsh, Ana C. Gales, Ramanan Laxminarayan, and our PLOS Medicine Editor Philippa C. Dodd discuss the Special Issue dedicated to Antimicrobial resistance and emphasize the urgent threat of AMR.
Ruchita Balasubramanian and colleagues, estimate the incidence of hospital-associated infections resistant to antibiotics in 195 countries using point prevalence survey data.
James Neal Russell and colleagues explore antibiotic use and mortality prediction in hospitalised neonates and infants with sepsis.
Silvia Bertagnolio, Amitabh Bipin Suthar, Olga Tosas and Kitty Van Weezenbeek discuss surveillance of antimicrobial resistance, the existing limitations and the implications this has on accurate determination of incidence.
Yin Mo and colleagues investigate implications of antibiotic duration on antibiotic resistance in hospitals.
In this Special Issue, we present a fascinating array of research papers providing insights into various facets of mental health during the pandemic.
This collection of research articles highlights the multi-faceted challenges imposed by drug-resistant bacteria, the consequences for health and economics, and interventions that could lessen the burden.
In this Collection, PLOS Medicine presents high-quality translational research and clinical studies on advances in early cancer detection.
This Special Issue brings together the latest research on child and adolescent health, including strategies to monitor and combat child mortality from birth through adolescence, and environmental impacts on child health and mortality.
This 2019 Special Issue highlights the importance of nutrition for maternal and child health.
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