Arthritis Research & Therapy recently published an article investigating the risk of heart attack for those with rheumatoid arthritis following surgery. Here Audrey Low talks about the research findings.
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The National Cancer Moonshot Summit is being held today in the US, and in this blog, I asked three of our Editors-in-Chief what they think are the main priorities in achieving the Moonshot goals. Why don’t you let us know your thoughts too?
BMC Medicine recently joined Digestive Disease Week 2016 (DDW2016) in San Diego. Here we report some of the highlights from the world’s largest gastrointestinal and hepatology gathering.
Here, Dr David MacIntyre and Prof Phillip Bennett, co-authors of an article published in BMC Medicine, explain more about their research on modeling hormonal and inflammatory contributions to preterm and term labor.
Senior Editor for Advances in Simulation, Ryan Brydges, recently published an Editorial discussing how much evidence is needed in order to support policy change and he explains more about it in this guest blog.
Today BMC Medicine publishes an article investigating a system intervention to improve the quality of life for patients with multiple complex problems in Scotland. This study, known as CARE Plus, also looks at the cost-effectiveness of the intervention and finds some promising results. Co-author Stewart Mercer explains more here.
In recognition of International Dengue Day (June 15), we asked Bipin Adhikari, a medical doctor from Nepal , PhD candidate at the University of Oxford in Community in Lao People’s Democratic Republic and editorial board member of Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, to share his experiences with and challenges of treating dengue.
Burns & Trauma has recently started a thematic series titled ‘Trauma regeneration‘ introducing the latest developments of regenerative medicine in research in China and other countries. One article in particular looks at the demands, capacity and regulation of regenerative medicine in China and co-author Biao Cheng explains more.
June 15 is International Anti-Dengue Day, which is dedicated to awareness, prevention, treatment and control of dengue, a mosquito-borne tropical disease responsible for an estimated 96 million illnesses per year.
Today marks World Blood Donor Day and so we asked Deputy Editor for Journal of Intensive Care, Hiroshi Morisaki, to explain more about the importance of blood transfusion, and how research in this area is progressing.