Foot complications in diabetes are common yet the link between the two is not very well-known. Here to tell us more about it ahead of World Diabetes Day on 14 November is specialist and author for Journal of Foot and Ankle Research Trevor Prior, with colleague Debbie Coleman.
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Last week, BMC Medicine attended NCRI 2015, the UK’s largest annual meeting for cancer research. Here, we look back at some of the highlights from the meeting.
Today Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy publishes research to improve the sensitivity of the Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive subscale (ADAS-Cog) in clinical trials. Here, co-author of the work reveals more about what they did.
The use of stepped wedge trials is becoming increasingly popular but the designs themselves pose several challenges to researchers. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine recently held an event to coincide with the ‘Stepped Wedge Randomized Controlled Trials’ series launch in Trials, guest edited by Prof David Torgerson; here, Jennifer Thompson highlights the main themes that were raised.
Last week, BMC Medicine attended the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene conference to hear about the latest advances in tropical medicine. Here, we take a look at some of the highlights.
Launched in 2011, PROSPERO was the first registry dedicated to systematic review registration. Today, marks the registration of the 10,000th review, and Lesley Stewart, Director of the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination at University of York, which launched the register, discusses this landmark achievement.
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is an approach to medical practice intended to enhance decision making, recognizing that only the strongest study types can yield strong recommendations. Trish Greenhalgh explains more here.
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