Monthly Archives: December 2011

Browsing by subject with Journal of Medical Case Reports

We have introduced  a new feature for Journal of Medical Case Reports, which will enhance readers’ experience and make it easier to identify cases of interest in a rapidly-growing, broad-scope medical journal. Visitors to the journal website can now find articles of interest using the browse by subject tab, within the ‘Articles’ section of the… Read more »

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Simple blood test for bowel cancer

Bowel cancer (also known as colorectal cancer or colon cancer) is the third most common cancer, and is responsible for over 16 000 deaths in the UK every year. The sooner bowel cancer is detected, the more easily it can be treated; approximately 90% of people survive for over 5 years if diagnosed at the… Read more »

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Conferences: from bone to brain

November was a busy month for conferences, and two of those attended by BioMed Central included the 75th annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology and  the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals (ACR/ARHP), and Neuroscience 2011, the Society for Neuroscience’s (SfN) 41st annual meeting. This year, ACR/ARHP was held in Chicago, Illinois from 5th-9th… Read more »

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BMC Cancer turns ten

This year saw BMC Cancer turn ten.  When the journal published its first volume of 20 articles in 2001 it was one of only a handful of open access titles operating in the field and was exclusively run by a small team of in-house editors.  A decade later, the journal’s in-house team is supported by… Read more »

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A transcription network at the core of brain cancer

Research published this week in Genome Medicine provides new insights into the molecular pathways underlying brain cancer (glioblastoma multiforme). Sol Efroni and Rotem Ben-Hamo from Bar IIan University in Israel analyzed gene expression and clinical data for a large number of patients, with the aim of identifying prognostic biomarkers and new therapeutic targets. Glioblastoma multiforme… Read more »

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Group therapy delays progression of dementia

Dementia describes a set of progressive neurodegenerative symptoms resulting in   serious impairment of cognitive ability beyond what might be expected from the normal ageing process. Several conditions and diseases may cause dementia, the most common of which is Alzheimer’s disease. Dementia mainly affects people over the age of 65 and the prevalence of this condition… Read more »

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