PLoS medicine
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A common feature of research investigating the placebo effect is deception of research participants about the nature of the research. Miller and colleagues examine the ethical issues surrounding such deception.
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The international AIDS community is being held hostage by a small number of activist groups, argues Lange.
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The dramatic protests that shut down trials of tenofovir as pre-exposure prophylaxis against HIV may prove damaging in our fight against the HIV pandemic.
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Smith explores the implications of a recent report from Britain's House of Commons Health Committee that examined the pharmaceutical industry's influence upon medicine.
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Ugwumadu discusses a new tool, reported in PLoS Medicine, that can help to predict the risks of Caesarean section and uterine rupture in women attempting vaginal birth after prior Caesarean section.