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Hilary Glover

Latest posts by Hilary Glover (see all)

  • Cutlery: do size, weight, shape and color matter? - 28th June 2013
  • Mapping the risks of H7N9 infection in China - 4th May 2013
  • Young people in the developing world - 2nd April 2013

Cutlery: do size, weight, shape and color matter?

28/06/2013

On Biology

Vanessa Harrar and Charles Spence from the University of Oxford found that the appearance of cutlery can affect perception of a food’s taste. Food tastes… Read more »

Mapping the risks of H7N9 infection in China

04/05/2013

On Medicine

Avian influenza  A (H7N9) is a tricky version of bird flu which seems to be sweeping across China. At the end of April the WHO registered 126 cases and 24… Read more »

Young people in the developing world

02/04/2013

On Health

Young people all over the world face challenges, but in the developing world there are additional pressures.  According to UNESCO 20% of young people in… Read more »

Links between Diabetes and Tuberculosis – a big problem for Ethiopia

28/03/2013

On Medicine

World Tuberculosis Day was on the 24th March  and this year’s focus of the Stop TB Partnership, a collective force of 1000 partners in more than 100… Read more »

What is the cost of rare diseases?

28/02/2013

On Medicine

Rare diseases day February 28th 2013 aims to raise awareness of rare diseases and their impact on people’s lives. These diseases have a cost, not just to the… Read more »

World AIDS Day 1st December 2012

30/11/2012

On Medicine

Saturday 1st December is World AIDS Day. World Aids Day was the first global health awareness day held in 1988 to help commemorate those who have died of AIDS,… Read more »

BioMed Central and Springer Superheroes: helping research into breast cancer

16/11/2012

Research in progress blog

October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month and on October 26th superheroes  from the London offices of BioMed Central and Springer participated in the Wear it… Read more »

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

01/10/2012

On Medicine

According to the Breast Cancer Campaign one in eight women in the UK will be diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetimes. This equates to 48,000 new… Read more »

Open access to UK government's development research

06/08/2012

Research in progress blog

A new policy was announced last week by the Department for International Development (DFID), pledging that all of the research it funds will be made freely… Read more »

BioMed Central celebrates its tenth Foundation Member

01/08/2012

Research in progress blog

July saw us sign up our tenth Foundation Member, the National Institute of Oncology in Rabat, Morocco – one of two public oncology centres in Morocco… Read more »

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