What does it take to run your own journal?
Ever thought about starting your own academic journal? Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar is the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice and is based… Read more »
Latest posts by Guest (see all)
- Microbial forensics: It’s not just fingerprints that can be left behind - 12th May 2015
- When culture meets epidemic: the case of Ebola - 23rd April 2015
- Sleep in the intensive care unit – it’s important, right? - 23rd March 2015
What’s it worth? The economic case for medical research
This has been reposted, with kind permission from the author and the Wellcome Trust. What’s it worth, a report published today in BMC Medicine, is one of the… Read more »
What is cancer research worth?
A report published today in BMC Medicine has shown that for every £1 the public has spent on cancer research in the UK, 40p has been returned to the… Read more »
Do we need a red card for alcohol advertising in football?
With the World Cup kicking off today, it’s time to brace ourselves for the highs and lows of a month of football. But disappointment may not be the only… Read more »
Weaving a web of knowledge about silk and venom
To create new materials that mimic the strength and flexibility of black widow spider silk and drugs based on its potent venom, we need a full list of the… Read more »
The devil is in the DEETails
An article published today in the journal Parasites and Vectors reviews the evidence on whether DEET is unsafe. In this guest post Dr James Logan, one of the… Read more »
Non-celiac gluten sensitivity: from the no-man’s-land disorder to a worldwide-recognized syndrome
This is a guest post by Dr. Umberto Volta from Bologna University (Italy). He tells us more about non-celiac gluten sensitivity and the multicenter prospective… Read more »
Antibiotic resistance in pneumonia treatment is costing $233m a year in the US alone
Resistance to antibiotics is not a new issue, but is certainly a growing one. As concerns around addressing it continue to mount, Dr Courtney Reynolds and… Read more »
Why do ‘alternative’ teenagers self-harm?
In this guest blog, Robert Young, a senior investigator at the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, discusses his latest research into the… Read more »
MSF Scientific Day 2014: the role of evidence in humanitarian aid
This is a guest post by Sarah Venis and Philipp du Cros of the Manson Unit at Médicins sans Frontières. Ahead of MSF Scientific day this Friday, they take a… Read more »