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… Read more »
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Commonly Held Myths of Head and Neck Cancers
There are many myths associated with head and neck cancer such as how environmental influences can affect our risk, or what role gender plays. Here,… Read more »
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Sport research for development and peace
To mark the fifth International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, Nick Hylands-White, Database Editor for ISRCTN, takes a… Read more »
BMC Medical Ethics: Highlights of 2018
BMC Medical Ethics in 2018 published many thought-provoking manuscripts, below are 5 of the highlights selected by the Editorial… Read more »
Highlights of the BMC series: February 2019
Discussing goals of care in advanced cancer • The future direction of chemical engineering • Association between poor diet and… Read more »
Kidney Cancer Awareness Month: Highlighting our open access kidney cancer research
To mark Kidney Cancer Awareness month and to help raise awareness of kidney cancer, our Editors across a number of open access… Read more »
Spotlight on Alzheimer’s Research: Brain Awareness Week 2019
The 11th March marks the beginning of Brain Awareness Week. As part of this campaign the ISRCTN team have compiled a collection of… Read more »
Pre-treatment, group consensus peer review – preventing instead of mitigating errors
Peer review in publishing is common practice, but how can peer review be applied clinically in the field of radiation oncology,… Read more »
What is the most effective intervention for ensuring weight recording in pregnancy?
Following weight gain guidelines has been shown to improve pregnancy and birth outcomes for women and their babies, but adherence… Read more »
Insight into blood cancer using genetic correlation
New research published in Blood Cancer Journal, provides evidence of a genetic correlation between multiple myeloma and chronic… Read more »