In this blog we take a closer look at new research on parental views of sugar intake in young children aged between 5-11. The research, published in BMC Public Health considers the influence of current health marketing campaigns aimed at reducing sugar consumption and whether we are doing enough to improve our children’s health.
Repeat Cesarean births can carry high risks for mothers, but so can labor for women with a history of Cesarean birth. A new study, published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, which selected women at low risk of complications from labor and provided them with information on the risks and benefits of both repeat Cesarean and labor, found that more than half of the women chose trial of labor and that the vast majority of those who did so successfully avoided repeat Cesarean with very few complications. In this blog post, the author of this study summarizes the findings and recommendations for practice.
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Many people live independently at home well into old age. As they age, they may experience a range of limitations that result in chronic care needs. Integrated approaches to primary and community care are increasingly being implemented as a way to better address these long-term and often complex needs. In this blog post, the author of a recent scoping review in BMC Geriatrics discusses the benefits of and challenges of of integrated care and the safety considerations important to older adults.
This week in BMC Nephrology, an article by Neale et al. evaluated the barriers and enablers to the detection of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the primary healthcare setting. In this BMC Nephrology World Kidney Day blog, Blog Editor Dr. Daphne Harrington Knicely examines the benefits of early CKD detection and management and how we can enhance efforts in primary healthcare for early CKD diagnosis.
The more we discover about the human genome, the more we understand how changes in its sequence influence our health and disease. For subjects who had their genome sequenced in the past, these updates might potentially lead to changes in their diagnosis as well as clinical management.
Human placentophagy, the practice of eating one’s own placenta, has gained popularity in recent year, despite a lack of reliable evidence of the expected benefits of the practice. A new paper in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth examines the reasons why some new mothers engage in the practice. In this blog post, the lead author of the study summarizes their findings, including the reasons the practice has become so popular, and highlight some concerns as well.
Older adults often report memory problems even when cognitive testing is normal. A new analysis in BMC Geriatrics shows that healthcare providers should take note of these memory complaints as they can predict later depressive symptoms. In this blog post, the authors of this study explain how they reached this finding and what it means.