Tafenoquine for Plasmodium vivax malaria
In this blog the authors discuss a new drug called tafenoquine, approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration in 2018 to prevent all malarias and… Read more »
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Assessing study quality and bias in prognosis research on rehabilitation in chronic pain using the QUIPS tool
We performed a systematic review to synthesize evidence on prognostic factors for physical functioning after multidisciplinary rehabilitation in patients with… Read more »
Hot topics in tropical medicine: Approval of Ivermectin by Health Canada
In a series of blogs highlighting the current hot topics in tropical medicine, Andrea Boggild, Editor-in-Chief of Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines,… Read more »
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BMC Medicine attends the annual Endocrine Society (ENDO) meeting
This year’s ENDO meeting took place in New Orleans, US; with over 7,500 participants from a range of professions encompassing… Read more »
Oral, Head and Neck Cancers 2019 Quiz
April marks Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness month. This year, we’ve created a quiz to complement our author blog… Read more »
Quality of peer-review reports and authors’ responses – a session with the MiRoR consortium
I was recently invited to give a presentation to PhD students working on Methods in Research on Research. Here I share my… Read more »
Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month: Research Highlights
BMC supports Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness month in April with a focused campaign week starting April 7th, led by the Head… Read more »
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… Read more »
How does AI technology help with burn diagnosis?
Graduate student Jiao Chong of Wuhan University in China has highlighted some of the most recent research in using AI to help burn… Read more »
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 »