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… Read more »
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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… Read more »
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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… 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… 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… Read more »
How can patient and public involvement benefit clinical trials?
The 20th May is International Clinical Trials Day. To celebrate this day the Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Manager at… Read more »
Clinical Trials Day Quiz 2019
How much do you know about the latest research into randomized controlled trials? Take the quiz, share your results and explore… Read more »
A new era in mosquito-borne disease surveillance
Krisztian Magori (@BiteOfAMosquito) discusses the newest innovation in arbovirus surveillance, using mosquito excreta to test for… Read more »
Research on Augmented Reality in nursing still in its infancy
The use of Augmented Reality, such as that used in the widely popular video game Pokemon Go, has recently expanded within… Read more »
Rare Fatal African Sleeping Sickness May Have Easy And Accessible Cure
The World Health Organization's goal of eliminating the fatal neglected tropical disease Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), also… Read more »