Highlights of the BMC series: December 2018
Celebrating Human Rights Day • Do opioid treatment policies prevent opioid-related hospital readmissions? • A new self-assessment tool for cancer patients with… Read more »
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Succeeding as a woman in biomedical engineering
Being a woman in engineering is not straightforward. To shine some light on some of the hurdles women face whilst building a career in bioengineering, we recently… Read more »
Lessons learned and best practices from the Polio Eradication Programme in Nigeria
A new supplement from the World Health Organization published in BMC Public Health explores the Polio Eradication Programme in Nigeria. Because Nigeria has made… Read more »
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Highlights of the BMC series: November 2018
• Choosing a women’s health career • (Cost-)effectiveness of an internet-based physical activity support program (with and… Read more »
Human Rights Day: What roles do physicians play in human rights issues?
December 10th is Human Rights Day, honoring the date the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of… Read more »
Sequence analysis – an old/new section in BMC Bioinformatics
The journal sections Sequence Analysis (methods) and Sequence Analysis (applications) in BMC Bioinformatics have been merged into… Read more »
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month – Using computer models to understand tumor growth
November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, raising awareness of one of the most lethal forms of cancer. In this blog, Alan… Read more »
Paving the desire paths of health information needs: Teaching students to edit Wikipedia
Research recently published in BMC Medical Education found that pharmacy students can improve access to quality medicines… Read more »
Exploring cancer risk in men on International Men’s day
Worldwide, cancer rates are rising in both men and women, but compared to women, men are more likely to develop cancer and sadly… Read more »
Highlights of the BMC Series: October 2018
Effect of pulsed transcranial ultrasound stimulation at different number of tone-burst on cortico-muscular coupling • Procedural… Read more »