Africa’s cancer healthcare workforce is overworked and under-supported
Research published today in Infectious Agents and Cancer reports alarming disparities in the workload of oncologists in Africa compared to other parts of the… Read more »
21 May 2019
Open research pioneers, open perspectives
Open research pioneers, open perspectives
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Highlights of the BMC Series: March 2019
A new section in BMC Anesthesia open for submissions • Preventing and treating adhesions occurring after surgery • Managing carbon dioxide emissions in the… Read more »
The epigenetics diet: A barrier against environmental pollution
Early-life nutrition can profoundly affect development through the regulation of gene expression even when the DNA is not altered. In this blog, a research team… Read more »
A Winning Poem from the BMC Cancer Awareness Poetry Competition 2019 by Aida Cavalic
We received amazing entries from talented poets across the globe, for our first poetry competition. Anyone affected by cancer—a current patient, a survivor,… Read more »
A Winning Poem from the BMC Cancer Awareness Poetry Competition 2019 by Shari Rhodes
We received amazing entries from talented poets across the globe, for our first poetry competition. Anyone affected by cancer—a current patient, a survivor,… Read more »
The fascination of plant genomes
At Genome Biology we are as fascinated with plants as the next botanist and over the last couple of months we've seen some excellent plant research publish in… Read more »
Priority and Power for Women’s Health: May 2019
In support of Women’s Health Month, we have put together the following collection of recent research published in open access BMC and Springer Open journals… Read more »
BMC Medicine attends the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) 2019
This year’s ECO meeting took place in Glasgow, and covered important topics relating to both child and adult obesity. Here are some of the highlights.
Promoting the competition: A randomized trial of cash incentives for postnatal care referrals by Traditional Birth Attendants
Postnatal care in a formal health facility can be critical in preventing complications and even death of new mothers and babies. Use of postnatal care, however,… Read more »
