Racism could be fueling poor health among minority groups in the UK
Racial discrimination affects not only mental health but also physical health. Authors Ruth Hackett and Amy Ronaldson discuss their findings from new research… Read more »
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Can science be musical?
The coronavirus pandemic has been at the forefront of many researchers' minds this year. A recent publication in BMC Bioinformatics by Mark D. Temple has looked at… Read more »
A Q&A with Editorial Board Member Seeram Ramakrishna, on BMC Biomedical Engineering
Professor Seeram Ramakrishna from the National University of Singapore speaks about his perspective on BMC Biomedical Engineering.
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Quality of life and future risk of dying
A systematic review of 47 studies on over 1 million individuals is the first to investigate the association between Quality of… Read more »
Highlights of the BMC Series – September 2020
Considerations for CRISPR human germline editing • A unified tool to assess the risk of research bias • Dietary… Read more »
Contact tracing through friendship groups identifies additional syphilis and gonorrhea cases
A study just published in BMC Public Health looks at whether eliciting friendship networks of people diagnosed with syphilis and… Read more »
Getting real about kidney transplant timelines
In this month's BMC Nephrology blog, Editor Dr. Sumeska Thavarajah explores the difficulty of predicting pretransplant… Read more »
Highlights of the BMC Series: August 2020
Virtual reality video promotes effectiveness in advance care planning • Changes in sedentary behavior in European Union adults… Read more »
What influences NHS Health Check behaviors?
National Health Service Health Checks were introduced in 2009 to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risks and events. Since then,… Read more »
Addressing the issue of preventing hearing loss and tinnitus through recreational noise exposure
Recreational noise exposure can be reduced through adoption of hearing protection behaviors, but very little is known how… Read more »