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Conference attendance! Associate Editor Katarzyna (Kasia) Starowicz is attending The Asian Conference on Aging & Gerontology 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. If you wish to discuss your research or the journal, do reach out and say hi! 🧪 #AGEN2026

Conference attendance! If you're heading to the European Lung Cancer Congress in Copenhagen, keep an eye out for our Senior Editor Alex Tosun! 🧪 #ELCC26
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March is #Endometriosis Awareness Month, and this Editorial by Alex Tosun (@atosun.bsky.social) discusses why greater awareness, education, funding and research for this systemic condition is imperative to redefining pain, equity, and investment in women’s health 🧪🌻 #Medsky
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The Stigma of self-report in health research: Time to reconsider what counts as “Objective”

‘Self-report’ is mindlessly stigmatised in quantitative health research in the pursuit of ‘objectivity’ so I wrote a piece reflecting on our need to do better.

Interested to hear your views about this too.
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Analyses of open health datasets can offer valuable contributions to health & medicine, but recent years have seen a proliferation of papers lacking robust or novel findings. In this Editorial, we provide guidance for conducting & reporting high-quality analyses using open datasets🧪
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In this Editorial, Zulfiqar Bhutta discusses the Global Burden of Disease 2023 report, outlining why, alongside improved data acquisition & analysis, its continued expansion creates new challenges & opportunities for improving its accuracy, completeness & policy relevance 🌏🧪 #GBD2023
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Treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS: Unfinished business In recognition of World AIDS Day 2025, this Perspective by Gregory Folkers and Anthony Fauci reflects on the progress made in antiretroviral treatments and prevention of HIV/AIDS, highlighting promisi...

In recognition of World AIDS Day 2025, this Perspective by Gregory Folkers & Anthony Fauci reflects on progress made in #antiretroviral treatments & prevention of HIV/AIDS, highlighting promising therapeutic developments and looking ahead to what is needed to end the #AIDS epidemic 🧪
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We are thrilled to now be on BlueSky!

We prioritize studies addressing critical health challenges—from major diseases to health equity—that bridge scientific rigor with real-world impact, connecting researchers, clinicians, and policymakers to advance global health 🧬🧪

#OpenScience #MedSky

Looking forward to connecting with the public health community at #EPH2025 on behalf of #PLOS Medicine. Please drop me a line if you'd like to chat about a potential submission, or anything else publishing or public health related.

😃 to share this new @plos.org Medicine 📄 written in collaboration with the super cool @kahin-tai.bsky.social (from the super cool @sharectd.bsky.social doctoral network), Gérard Legoff, @annelelouarn.bsky.social & @synthymama.bsky.social.

In our latest Editorial, PLOS Medicine Executive Editor Helen Lumbard and I call for the scientific community to tackle research fraud and paper mills head on by creating robust systems of data sharing and transparency 🧪 #PLOSMedicine #datasharing #openscience
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Charting the future of PLOS Medicine – in their Editorial, Executive Editor, Helen Lumbard, and Editor-in-Chief, Till Baernighausen, outline their vision for the journal’s next chapter and reaffirm its commitment to diversity, openness, and actionable science. 🧪

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Excited to be attending #KSClimateID25 on behalf of PLOS Medicine. Please get in touch if you’d like to chat! @keystonesymposia.bsky.social @plos.org

💡 NEW PERSPECTIVE! ⚕️

Nguyen and Lee discuss how universal practice of kindness is a public health action and can improve mental health outcomes.

https://bit.ly/4jRhMlG
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So useful! Thanks