World Alzheimer’s Month: Let’s talk about dementia to end the stigma
Today, as part of World Alzheimer's Month, Paola Barbarino explains why we all need to talk about dementia, highlighting some key findings of the… Read more »
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Big step towards predicting West Nile virus transmission risk by combining citizen science and phylogenetic imputation
Krisztian Magori reviews a recent paper by Kain and Bolker on using citizen-science derived bird community data and phylogenetic imputation to… Read more »
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Highlights from European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2019
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders traveled to Paris to attend the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2019 Congress held together with… Read more »
Can fasting or pseudo-diabetes have a positive effect on aging and health?
In this blog post by Dr Mikhail Blagosklonny, he summarizes the evidence in support of the use of mTORs (such as rapamycin) and… Read more »
Advancements in Prostate Cancer Research – ABI1 becomes EMT Influencer
Prostate cancer - also known as the silent killer - is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among American men. This blog focuses… Read more »
Geomagnetic Disturbances and Cardiovascular Mortality Risk
Short-term geomagnetic disturbances driven by solar activity have been linked to a broad range of adverse health effects. In this… Read more »
World Heart Day: Saving lives with CPR
To celebrate World Heart Day, we take a look at studies of CPR registered at the ISRCTN registry.
Highlights of the BMC series: August 2019
• Deep-learning model to predict drug-drug interaction • Onset of lung cancer in young and older patients • Issues with… Read more »
Reconciling disease risk with livelihood needs in high schistosomiasis transmission settings
Discussions with villagers in Senegal reveal high levels of schistosomiasis knowledge but inevitable contact with water for daily… Read more »
Suicide in the criminal justice system
September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day. As part of Springer Nature’s commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals… Read more »