World Heart Day 2020: #UseYourHeart to fight COVID-19
People with heart disease and its risk factors are more vulnerable to severe forms of COVID-19, and up to 1 in 5 patients hospitalised by COVID-19 have evidence of… Read more »
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Building trust in peer review: A Q&A with Dr Mario Malički
For Peer Review Week 2020, we speak with Dr Mario Malički, Co-Editor-in-Chief of Research Integrity and Peer Review on the importance of building trust and ensuring… Read more »
World Food Day 2020: Preventing Malnutrition
For World Food Day 2020 we look at research registered at the ISRCTN registry investigating how malnutrition can be minimized around the world.
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Can inspiratory muscle training help patients recover from surgery and ICU treatment for COVID-19?
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the topic of respiratory rehabilitation to the forefront of patient management. In this blog… Read more »
Can a systematic usability evaluation help us develop better wearable robots?
Wearable robotics has gained increasing attention over the past years. Researchers at the Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory… Read more »
ISRCTN 20th Anniversary Quiz
How much do you know about the ISRCTN registry?
Making clinical trials public for 20 years
This year the ISRCTN registry – the UK’s primary clinical trials registry – is 20 years old. For ISRCTN20, Marc Taylor,… Read more »
Improvements to the ISRCTN registry in its 20th anniversary year
In this blog, Database Manager Claire Veryard describes recent improvements to the ISRCTN registry and developments that are… Read more »
World Population Day 2020: A clarion call to recommit to sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice
Saturday July 11th is World Population Day, and Caitlin R Williams explains why observing this international health day is more… Read more »
Searching for a molecular SOS from fetuses sickened by their failing placentas
Severe fetal growth restriction is a rare yet one of the riskiest obstetric complications, requiring clinicians make decisions… Read more »