How is healthcare becoming more individualized?
Last week, we took a look at how mobile healthcare apps can personalize healthcare in our blog post. While such apps represent an innovative way of measuring… Read more »
Claire Barnard
Claire studied at the University of Sheffield, completing a PhD investigating mast cell ion channels as targets for asthma therapy. She joined BioMed Central in 2011, and is Deputy Editor for BMC Medicine.
Latest posts by Claire Barnard (see all)
- Open medicine digest: smoking cessation, antimalarials, prostate cancer genomics, and more - 30th November 2015
- What’s next for prostate cancer screening? - 27th November 2015
- Cancer prevention, genome-driven treatment, and mobilizing the immune system: highlights from NCRI 2015 - 13th November 2015
Innovation versus regulation in mobile health technology
Mobile healthcare applications – or “apps” – are having an increasingly profound impact on medicine; it is estimated that within 5 years, 50% of mobile… Read more »
Celiac disease: controversies and comorbidities
Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune digestive condition affecting approximately 1 in 100 people worldwide. The symptoms of celiac disease – including… Read more »
PSA testing for prostate cancer: balancing the benefits and harms
Routine screening of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in men to detect prostate cancer is very controversial. The higher the level of PSA in the blood,… Read more »
Healthy lifestyle, healthy heart: the importance of a multidisciplinary approach
As the arrival of February sees heart awareness month kicking off across many countries, it is important to consider how we can prevent heart disease through… Read more »
Targeting metabolic pathways: a new therapeutic approach for cancer?
Although it was first reported that cancer cells have altered metabolism almost a century ago, metabolic pathways have only been recognized as potential… Read more »
Tropical fever, malaria vaccines and cholera control: BMC Medicine at the ASTMH 62nd annual meeting
Tropical diseases – illnesses that are prevalent in tropical or subtropical regions – are most commonly spread by insect vectors that carry infectious… Read more »
BMC Medicine’s top 10 most accessed articles
Here at BioMed Central there are a number of ways we can keep track of how many times our articles are accessed (a more detailed guide to this can be found… Read more »
Exploring the benefits of the Mediterranean diet: evidence from the PREDIMED trial
The Mediterranean diet, rich in vegetables, olive oil, whole grains, fruit and nuts, has been linked to numerous health benefits. Many observational studies… Read more »
Asperger’s or autism? Discussion of EEG study now on Storify
BMC Medicine published the results of a study by Frank Duffy and colleagues on EEG signatures in children with Asperger's and autism on July 31st as part of our… Read more »