US education: More engineers needed

Macroeconomic Forecasts: Betraying Us When Most Needed

A Narrative Review of Norovirus Gastroenteritis: More Global Attention Is Needed

Noroviruses (NoVs), an important pathogenic agent of foodborne illness, lead to acute and chronic gastroenteritis in humans of all ages and to travelers’ diarrhea. Many genotypes exist in nature; GII.4 is widely known as the most predominant. Outbreaks mostly occur in semi-closed settings. Although the disease is self-limited to person, many cases have resulted in death, which has raised more c...

Detecting intimate partner violence: more than trauma team education is needed.

BACKGROUND Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an underappreciated cause of morbidity and mortality in female trauma patients. We investigated the impact of a domestic violence education program for trauma residents on the detection of IPV. STUDY DESIGN In January 2008, an educational IPV program was implemented for all trauma residents. A retrospective review of all female patients evaluated ...

More education is needed before we burden women with their HPV status.

Elfström and colleagues do not discuss the ethics of human papillomavirus (HPV) testing, which will become a more contentious problem as more women are screened for HPV. We encourage patients diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections to tell their sexual partners. It is mandatory for patients to inform their partners of potentially life threatening infections like HIV: if the patient refus...

Mexico's Health System: More Comprehensive Reform Needed

The article by Homedes and Ugalde in this week’s issue of PLoS Medicine is an important addition to the global discussion about Mexico’s 2003 health reform, the Seguro Popular (SP) [1]. While this reform has been controversial in Mexico [2], it has been highly praised in international circles. The Lancet ran a special series on the reform in 2006, and former U.S. President Bill Clinton lauded S...