Could health-related interventions reduce overweight and obesity and increase employment?
This blog discusses the ASPIRE study, registered at the ISRCTN registry, which aims to help people who are unemployed or living with overweight or… Read more »
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I have mild asthma — I only need to use a reliever
This year’s World Asthma Day is dedicated to uncovering asthma’s misconceptions and disseminating accurate information to patients, prescribers,… Read more »
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Novel R21 vaccine provides hope to save children from malaria in Africa, but more work needs to be done
Krisztian Magori reports on the exciting new results of a phase II clinical trial of the R21 malaria vaccine, which shows safety… Read more »
Meet the SDG3 researchers: Pablo Gaitán-Rossi
Pablo Gaitán-Rossi is a health researcher at EQUIDE, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City. His research focuses on health… Read more »
Highlights of the BMC Series – March 2021
Why do those bagels smell so good? - Vaccinated mother gives birth to baby with SARS-CoV-2 antibodies - The influence of politics… Read more »
Tackling pork tapeworm through a One Health approach.
Pork tapeworm: a parasite that afflicts poor, marginalised farming and rural communities within 56 countries across the globe.… Read more »
Screening for kidney cancer in Leeds
A new University of Cambridge-led study registered at the ISRCTN registry will investigate the feasibility of developing a full… Read more »
International representation in Neurology journals: no improvement in over a decade
The underrepresentation of authors and editorial members from developing countries has been documented across several specialty… Read more »
Can an artificial intelligence device increase polyp detection during colonoscopy?
For Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, Alexander Seager discusses the COLO-DETECT study registered at the ISRCTN registry.
Investing in midwifery training and education for improved maternal and newborn outcomes
In a blog for World Health Day, Duncan N. Shikuku and Charles A. Ameh discuss the critical role of midwives in improving maternal… Read more »