Written by Veronica Wignall, Assistant Editor, BMC Series Chlamydia, the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI), is easily tested for and easily treated. However, since the disease is asymptomatic in over 80% of cases it can remain undiagnosed, leading to increased transmission between sexual partners and a higher incidence in the population. Left untreated,… Read more »
With few measures currently agreed upon, how can we judge the impact of humanitarian assistance following natural disasters? In this guest post, Christopher Lee*, tells us about his new paper just published in BMC Public Health, which describes an impact assessment of humanitarian services carried out in Aceh, Indonesia, following the 2004 tsunami. On a sunny morning… Read more »
“Although much of the future of science will be driven by computational research, there is a critical need to maintain a close connection to the experimental research.” A seven year old boy shown a computer program for the first time was so enthralled by it that he set himself up for a career working with… Read more »
BMC Public Health will be heading over to the fascinating city of New Orleans next week for the 142nd Annual Public Health Association (APHA’s) annual meeting and exposition held from the 15th – 19th of November. This year’s theme, ‘Healthography: How where you live affects your well-being’ will unite over 12,000 people from across the… Read more »
Delivering cannabis more effectively • Proteins in the extremes • Predicting C.difficile drug targets • The best treatment for canine epilepsy • Treating the elderly cancer patient • Taming Arabidopsis • Just another incentive scheme • The cure for a broken heart? Pharmacology: Delivering cannabis more effectively Interest in the use of cannabis as a… Read more »
For over a decade, BMC Clinical Pathology has been receiving and publishing an ever increasing number of articles, while pioneering the open access model. Until now, the journal has been administered by our in-house editorial team. However, as our visibility increases we must put better mechanisms in place to handle increasing submissions and ensure that the… Read more »