BMC Series blog 2019 May

How does family history affect the risk of preterm birth?

31/05/2019 Marcelo L. Urquia

Women born preterm are known to be at higher risk of themselves giving birth preterm, but the role of family history on this risk factor is not understood. A new study in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth has addressed this using a sibling design to study the risk of giving birth preterm in women with sisters born preterm. In this blog post, the lead author of the study answers some questions about this study.

Health Medical Evidence

Culled foxes are dead, but not gone: No evidence for lowered predation risk after uncoordinated fox culls.

28/05/2019 Lino Kämmerle

The culling of mammalian mesopredators is often justified by alleged conservation benefits for a target prey species. A recent study in BMC Ecology demonstrates that uncoordinated culls may often fail to achieve such benefits, despite subjectively high culling effort. This is the issue we tackled in a recent research project using fox culls in fragmented montane forests as a study system.

Biology

The hidden problem of malnutrition among older adults in developed regions

24/05/2019 Helen Chan & Winnie K.W. So

The prevalence of older adults at risk of malnutrition or who are malnourished in an affluent society is comparable to the prevalence in economies where food insecurity prevails, according to a new study in BMC Geriatrics. In this blog post, the authors of this study discuss their findings and suggest ways to address this complex issue.

Health

Highlights of the BMC Series: April 2019

23/05/2019 Akila Sridhar

We have had a fantastic month for publications this April at the BMC Series with over 1400 publications across the Series Journals. Below are some of the highlights from articles published in various BMC Series Journals in April 2019.

Biology Health

Highlights of the BMC Series: March 2019

21/05/2019 Stephen Madamba

A new section in BMC Anesthesia open for submissions • Preventing and treating adhesions occurring after surgery • Managing carbon dioxide emissions in the chemical industry • Anti-cancer properties of a compound found in garlic • Views of general practitioners and parents on antibiotic prescribing • An optimized protocol for producing cerebral organoids

Biology Health

Promoting the competition: A randomized trial of cash incentives for postnatal care referrals by Traditional Birth Attendants

20/05/2019 Adanna Chukwuma, Chinyere Mbachu, Margaret McConnell, Thomas Bossert & Jessica Cohen

Postnatal care in a formal health facility can be critical in preventing complications and even death of new mothers and babies. Use of postnatal care, however, is low in places like Nigeria where many women give birth supported by a Traditional Birth Attendant rather than a formally trained, skilled provider. BMC Pregnancy and Chilbirth has just published the results of a trial using monetary incentives to encourage Traditional Birth Attendants to refer clients to postnatal care in the local healthcare facility. In this blog post, the authors discuss and provide context for their findings.

Health

Research on Augmented Reality in nursing still in its infancy

16/05/2019 Hanna Wüller & Jonathan Behrens

The use of Augmented Reality, such as that used in the widely popular video game Pokemon Go, has recently expanded within education, medicine, video games, and many other fields. In this blog post, the authors of a new review of Augmented Reality in nursing, published in BMC Nursing, discuss why they chose to focus on this field and what they found.

Medicine Technology

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth – Highlights of 2018

02/05/2019 Tovah Honor Aronin & Janelle Coore

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth publishes papers from around the world on a wide variety of topics related to all aspects of pregnancy and childbirth, from challenges in prenatal care to birth outcomes and breastfeeding. In this blog post, we have collected interesting papers from 2018 that are worth revisiting.

Health Medical Evidence

Monthly Archives: May 2019