Receptors that help mosquitoes smell us
Some mosquitoes have a strong preference for feeding on humans rather than other vertebrates. Our smell is one of the cues they use to detect us. A recent… Read more »
23 Apr 2019
Open research pioneers, open perspectives
Open research pioneers, open perspectives
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Assessing study quality and bias in prognosis research on rehabilitation in chronic pain using the QUIPS tool
We performed a systematic review to synthesize evidence on prognostic factors for physical functioning after multidisciplinary rehabilitation in patients with… Read more »
Closing the gap between intention and reality in pesticide risk assessment
Pesticides have been identified as one of the culprits of the loss in biodiversity. Prof. Ralf B Schäfer describes their recent policy paper in which they… Read more »
Airborne viruses inside “germ factories”
Compared to bacteria and fungus, the airborne viral microbiome in built environments, is relatively understudied. Recently published research in Microbiome… Read more »
Hot topics in tropical medicine: Approval of Ivermectin by Health Canada
In a series of blogs highlighting the current hot topics in tropical medicine, Andrea Boggild, Editor-in-Chief of Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and… Read more »
New focus on intestinal schistosomiasis: Emergence of Biomphalaria snails and transmission of Schistosoma mansoni in Lake Malawi
A first report of Biomphalaria in Lake Malawi, with confirmed emergence of intestinal schistosomiasis in Mangochi District, Malawi, is described here. The… Read more »
The importance of negative results for family medicine
Healthcare-related trials showing positive results of an intervention, whether a drug, a device, or an educational program, are usually published and often… Read more »
Black holes in virtual reality
Black holes are some of the most extreme objects in the universe. They can be more massive than a billion suns. Matter in their surrounding gets trapped and… Read more »
BMC Medicine attends the annual Endocrine Society (ENDO) meeting
This year’s ENDO meeting took place in New Orleans, US; with over 7,500 participants from a range of professions encompassing several endocrinology… Read more »
