27/02/2019 Maisha Umama

As it does every year, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases is proud to partner with Findacure in its Student Voice essay contest. The overall winner will be published in the journal on Rare Disease Day, and we are proud to present the other finalists here. For this entry, undergraduate and masters students from around the world were asked to use a case study to demonstrate what future doctors can learn from patients with rare diseases. In this blog, Maisha Umama takes us through her experience and what she learned from her time communicating with a patient with fibrous dysplasia.

27/02/2019 Joseph Hasan

Rare Disease Day occurs annually, on the last day of February. It is an awareness day meant to increase cognizance and spark conversation among decision-makers, the public, and patients about rare diseases and the effects they have on lives. Take our quiz to see how much you know about rare diseases and to discover some things you might not know, from Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases (OJRD) and other BMC titles.

27/02/2019 Deborah Kendall

The 11th March marks the beginning of Brain Awareness Week. As part of this campaign the ISRCTN team have compiled a collection of recent and ongoing clinical trials into Alzheimer’s disease.

26/02/2019 Naomi Morka

As it does every year, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases partnered with Findacure in its Student Voice essay contest. The overall winner will be published in the journal on Rare Disease Day, and we are proud to present the other finalists here. For this entry, undergraduate and masters students from around the world were asked to compare and contrast rare disease healthcare provision of two countries of their choice. In this blog, Naomi Morka compares pre-natal diagnosis and management of harlequin ichthyosis between a developed and a developing nation.

25/02/2019 Timothy Badcock

As it does every year, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases partnered with Findacure in its Student Voice essay contest. The overall winner will be published in the journal on Rare Disease Day, and we are proud to present the other finalists here. For this entry, undergraduate and masters students from around the world were asked to use a case study to demonstrate what future doctors can learn from patients with rare diseases. In this blog, Timothy Badcock describes his experience in helping a patient with X-linked agammaglobulinaemia.

21/02/2019 W. Neil Duggar

Peer review in publishing is common practice, but how can peer review be applied clinically in the field of radiation oncology, and what barriers need to be overcome to implement successful peer review in a clinical setting?

07/02/2019 Amy Smikle

Exergaming, or “exercise-gaming,” is an exciting new therapy option for patients with dementia. In a recently published study in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, Christian Werner and colleagues attempt to identify predictors of early training response and establish the necessary time course for improved motor-cognitive performance in patients with dementia.

07/02/2019 Anna Lopez

BMC Medicine attended the 10^th anniversary of the Precision Medicine World Conference. Here are some of the highlights!

04/02/2019 Michelle Feng He

At BMC, we are proud to support World Cancer Day, taking place on February 4th, 2019. Read on to find out how we’re contributing to this year’s campaign.