Open medicine digest: controlling HIV, osteoporosis markers, diabetes in India, and more
Here we take a look at recent research published elsewhere across open access medicine.
Here we take a look at recent research published elsewhere across open access medicine.
Following the recent publication of the methods for user involvement in a Cochrane systematic review update in Systematic Reviews, we hear from the authors, patients and carers involved in research, as well as journal Editors, on involving patients and the wider public in research and how this can impact the clinical relevance.
Research published in BMC Medicine shows that people in England drink around the equivalent of 12 million more bottles of wine a week than previously thought. Dr James Nicholls of Alcohol Research UK explains why previous research was underestimating the figures.
In our second installment to celebrate International Clinical Trials Day 2015, we hear from a European pharmaceutical company and patients involved in research in USA and Australia, in what they think the single greatest development that will help improve clinical trials will be.
To celebrate International Clinical Trials Day 2015, BioMed Central asked a European pharmaceutical company, a funder from the United Kingdom, an Ethiopian trialist, and patients involved in research in the USA and Australia, what they think will be the single greatest development to help improve clinical trials in the next 5–10 years.
Hosted by the Alzheimer’s Society, Dementia Awareness Week takes place from 17th-23rd May, 2015. To mark the occasion, the ISRCTN registry takes a look at the dementia clinical trials landscape.
We speak to Dr. Stephen Hoffman, who’s joined us as an Editorial Board member for Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, about the current state of malaria research.