Your wedding day. An occasion that for most, is one of the best days of your life. A day to celebrate the union of two people in love, committing to a life-long journey of happiness. Yet for some, marriage represents nothing more than the end of life as they know it, and opens a door… Read more »
The WHO defines displaced people as ‘people who have had to leave their homes as a result of a natural, technological or deliberate event’. But whatever the reason, displaced people often have to live in cramped camps with low levels of hygiene and lack of medical care. They also have to make the difficult decision… Read more »
The initial call for submissions for the new thematic series, ‘Reverse innovation in global health systems: learning from low-income countries’ from Globalization and Health has generated immense interest from across the world. This series aims to move beyond the narrow constraints of traditional thinking to promote bi-directional learning that challenges and rethinks traditional practice within… Read more »
Back in the summer, to celebrate the Olympics and the value of sports medicine research, a group of BioMed Central journals headed by BMC Medicine launched a thematic series: “Advances in Sports Nutrition, Exercise and Medicine”. The series has just been extended to include a systematic review from the International Society of Sports Nutrition on… Read more »