26/01/2018 Emre Guney, Marc Santolini & Amitabh Sharma

Vast amounts of data are collected every day from all aspects of people’s lives. The recent field of network science aims to tackle the sheer amount of information gathered to provide insights on our health and better understand biomedical processes. Applied Network Science will collect the most recent developments of the field in a new thematic series on Network Medicine in the era of Big Data in Science and Healthcare, guest edited by Emre Guney, Marc Santolini and Amitabh Sharma.

24/01/2018 Bin Jiang

Echinococcosis is a zoonotic, parasitic disease caused by Echinococcus tapeworms. It affects humans in two forms: cystic and alveolar, with dogs act as the definitive host for the worms. A study published in Infectious Diseases of Poverty looks at the chemistry and delivery of praziquantel, the recommended antiparasitic drug, in efforts to provide more effective control through longer lasting resistance to Echinococcus infections.

16/01/2018 Jonathan Grant, Erin Montague, Martin Buxton & Matt Glover

Jonathan Grant, Erin Montague, Martin Buxton and Matthew Glover discuss the return from the approximately $270 billion invested in biomedical and health research each year.

12/01/2018 Alyssa L. Berry

The new year brings with it new promises — eat less, sleep more, find love, lose your mind (mindLESSness is apparently the new mindfulness) — and this year, the weight-loss world is kicking off 2018 with a renewed interest in the Kardashian-loving ketogenic diet, whose adherents claim a host of health benefits, shedding unwanted pounds not least among them.

12/01/2018 Dr Charles Dean

Despite five decades of research and discoveries in psychiatry, the results have not always met the expectations. Outcomes are still poor in a number of disorders, including schizophrenia, anxiety, and depression. In a new article published in Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, Charles Dean explores the complex relationship between failures in psychiatry, the concept of disease in mental health, research funding, and the rise of socioeconomic inequality.