Preventing and controlling water pipe smoking
A manuscript published today in BMC Public Health looks at identifying experienced management interventions in preventing and controlling water pipe smoking (WPS)… Read more »
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Highlights of the BMC Series – January 2021
Predicting measles outbreaks - Repairing damaged heart tissue - Comparing risk predictions for newborns - Listening to older adults' experiences of exercise -… Read more »
Does obesity cause more deaths than smoking?
A study published in BMC Public Health finds that adiposity now accounts for more deaths in England and Scotland than smoking among middle- and old-age people.… Read more »
More BMC Series blog posts
An assessment of nutrition information on front of pack labels and healthiness of foods in the UK retail market
Consumers are generally becoming more aware of the implications of nutrition on their health, and one of the ways they monitor… Read more »
A ‘furever’ home: AI to the rescue!
Findings from a new machine learning study, published today in BMC Veterinary Research, can be applied to predict how long an… Read more »
Inaugural BMC Ecology and Evolution image competition announcement
In celebration of the recent launch of BMC Ecology and Evolution, we are delighted to announce our inaugural BMC Ecology and… Read more »
Saving the Catheter
Last Week in BMC Nephrology, an article by Richtrova et al. discusses whether recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) is… Read more »
Changing agency practices may help in minimizing the occurrence of mis-implementation of chronic disease prevention programs
Research published today in BMC Public Health explores the extent to which mis-implementation of chronic disease programs is… Read more »
Highlights of the BMC Series – December 2020
Long Covid - Maternal Cannabis Use - Pesticide Poisoning - Psychotherapy and Refugees - Dying Patient Law
Revisiting the management of term breech presentation: overcoming controversy
Background Recent publications have focused excessively on the mode of delivery. To go beyond the sole question of the mode of… Read more »