26/06/2014 Guest

Increased breast density is one of the risks in developing breast cancer, and new research published today in BMC Public Health suggests that sugar is associated with this issue. In this guest blog, the authors of the paper tell us more about their research and its implications.   Estimation of the proportion of densities in… Read more »

22/06/2014 Simon Harold

BMC Plant Biology is looking forward to an exciting few days of talks this week as the journal heads to Dublin, Ireland, for the Plant Biology Europe FESPB/EPSO 2014 Congress. The meeting, jointly organised by the Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology and the European Plant Science Organisation, promises to showcase some exciting developments… Read more »

13/06/2014 Catherine Rice

  In recent weeks, reports and discussions on the prevalence and health effects of obesity in the UK and wider afield have been uppermost in the news.  An individual is considered obese when their Body Mass Index (BMI), a measurement obtained by dividing a person’s weight by the square of the person’s height, exceeds 30 kg/m2…. Read more »

09/06/2014 Edward Sucksmith

Winglessness in the ancient moa • Battle of the sexes starts in the oviduct • Undetected anorectal chlamydia • Single molecule tracking • Health needs in the aftermath of 9/11 • 3D printing improves embryo screening Evolution: Winglessness in the ancient moa Limb loss by regressive evolution is widespread in nature e.g. whales, snakes and… Read more »

09/06/2014 Catia Cornacchia

This year, the 15th Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) is being held in Paris, on 11-14 June, and BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders will be attending.   EULAR is one of the major events in the calendar of world rheumatology and brings together researchers and clinicians from all areas of rheumatology. If you would like to… Read more »