Can maternal exposure to carbon black nanoparticles affect male fertility?
Carbon black nanoparticles are manufactured for use in rubber products, as a color pigment in plastics, paint and ink and used to model exposure to… Read more »
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Spotlight on e-health and m-health
The impact of digital technology on healthcare is explored in a Special Issue of BioMedical Engineering Online, introduced by Associate Editor,… Read more »
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BMC ‘Cancer Awareness’ poetry competition 2019 now open for submissions
We are happy to announce the launch of our first poetry competition in partnership with the leading cancer journals across our… Read more »
Implementing new technologies in national healthcare systems: the introduction of NGS testing in cancer
Next generation sequencing technologies are aiding in the development of targeted cancer therapies and are becoming part of… Read more »
Commuters on the London Underground are more likely to catch the flu
The London Underground is a crowded and closed environment with frequent visitors - this type of environment can act as a hot-spot… Read more »
Valproate use in migraine prevention in women of childbearing age – Why are we still discussing it?
The European Headache Federation (EHF) and European Medicines Agency (EMA) have published their latest clinical recommendation on… Read more »
Highlights from APHA 2018: a Q&A with Professor Guohua Li
This year the American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting took place in San Diego. The event brought more than 12,000… Read more »
How does critical illness impact our microbiomes?
New research published in Respiratory Research examined microbiota in lung, stomach and fecal samples of critically ill patients,… Read more »
Standardization of the diagnostic process for idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH)
In light of a recent consensus article on idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) published in The Journal of Headache and… Read more »
Aircraft noise at small airports and mental health
Aircraft noise from large airports has been frequently linked to affecting mental health, but it is not known whether the same is… Read more »