Monthly Archives: July 2012

JMCR publishes its first research articles

In December last year Journal of Medical Case Reports launched its research article type. Introduced as part of the journal’s ambition to support innovation in case reporting, research articles allow Journal of Medical Case Reports to act as a platform to analyse the impact, and improve the reporting of, case reports and associated information. In… Read more »

DARU journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences launches with BioMed Central

DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences has published its inaugural articles with BioMed Central. Amongst these are an editorial by Editor-in-Chief Mohammad Abdollahi which highlights the need for a quality, open-access journal in the field of pharmaceutical sciences.  The launch articles also include original research on enhancing indomethacin release in vitro, and propylene glycol tolerance in… Read more »

Guest blog: Pascal Meier on the risk of restenosis in patients after PCI

Dr Pascal Meieris a consultant Cardiologist based at The Heart Hospital London, and leader of the Yale-UCL Device Development Programme (part of the Yale-UCL collaborative).  Dr Meier and colleagues recently published a meta-analysis in BMC Medicine which has received much attention as the study suggests  assessment of coronary collateral circulation before PCI can be a… Read more »

Call for papers: Genome Medicine announces a series on Pharmacogenomics

Efforts to predict and monitor drug response in individuals and in the population have increased markedly over the past few years, but there is a need for replication, targeted resequencing and functional understanding, and for translation of pharmacogenomics research into the clinic. The editors of Genome Medicine are now accepting submissions of Research, Method, Database, Software… Read more »

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Pathways show better care for patients with stroke

Stroke occurs when the blood supply to the brain is cut off, resulting in cell damage and death due to lack of oxygen and nutrients. Facial weakness, arm weakness, difficulty with speech and time to call emergency services (FAST test) are the most common signs of stroke. A stroke can happen in two main ways:… Read more »