BMC Medicine attended ESC Congress 2018, the largest medical congress in Europe. It gathers over 30,000 active participants and this year took place in Munich. Here we look at some of the highlights from the meeting.
Burns & Trauma recently published an article reviewing the emerging discipline of bioelectricity, evaluating the potential of electrically stimulated cell migration in wound healing. In this blog, lead author Dr. Guangping Tai tells us more.
The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) recognizes the birthday of Dr. Rudolf Carl Virchow, October 13, as World Thrombosis Day (WTD) to commemorate his contribution in defining the concept of thrombosis in 2013. Since then, a variety of campaign events have been organized to increase global awareness of thrombosis, including its causes, risk factors, symptoms, prevention, treatment, and ultimately to reduce death and disability caused by the condition.
Today is World Mental Health Day, which this year focuses on the theme of “young people and mental health in a changing world”. In this blog, Deborah Kendall, Assistant Editor for ISRCTN and Trials, invites you to explore some of the exciting research currently being carried out into young people’s mental health.
Female enrollment into medical schools is increasing worldwide, but gender disparities persist in certain specialties, especially in critical care medicine. Published data on the scale of this issue is scarce and a recent article published in Critical Care sought to understand availability of international data by surveying critical care organisations and national training bodies. In this blog, co-author Geeta Mehta discusses this study and the issues it has highlighted.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This year we’re marking the occasion with a quiz to test your knowledge of breast cancer and highlight some of our fantastic oncology research.