Associate Editor at BMC Medicine, Anna Lopez, recently attended the MDA Clinical and Scientific Conference in Orlando, Florida. Here she reports on the exciting developments in muscular dystrophies.
In this blog the authors discuss a new drug called tafenoquine, approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration in 2018 to prevent all malarias and prevent relapse in P. vivax and P. ovale.
We performed a systematic review to synthesize evidence on prognostic factors for physical functioning after multidisciplinary rehabilitation in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain (Tseli et. al, 2019) and used a tool, QUIPS, which was developed specifically for evaluation of study quality of prognostic studies (Hayden, et al 2013). We have evaluated this process in our… Read more »
In a series of blogs highlighting the current hot topics in tropical medicine, Andrea Boggild, Editor-in-Chief of Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, looks at the recent approval of the anti-parasite medication ivermectin in Canada.
This year’s ENDO meeting took place in New Orleans, US; with over 7,500 participants from a range of professions encompassing several endocrinology specialties, a number of important topics were covered. Here are some of the highlights.
April marks Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness month. This year, we’ve created a quiz to complement our author blog addressing commonly held myths about this set of diseases and a curated list of research on oral, head and neck cancer. Find out how much you know, and tweet @OncoBioMed to share your results!
I was recently invited to give a presentation to PhD students working on Methods in Research on Research. Here I share my experience with the members of the MiRoR project.
BMC supports Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness month in April with a focused campaign week starting April 7th, led by the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance. In this blog, our Editors highlight some of the recent developments and emerging research areas on oral, head and neck cancers. This year, we’ve also created a quiz to complement these highlights and our author blog addressing Commonly Held Myths of Head and Neck Cancers.
There are many myths associated with head and neck cancer such as how environmental influences can affect our risk, or what role gender plays. Here, Dr Fauzia Riaz helps set the record straight to provide the real facts behind the myths. For the latest research on head and neck cancer at BMC, please read our ‘Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month: Research Highlights’ blog. Then, when you’re ready to test your knowledge, take our dedicated 2019 quiz on this topic.
Graduate student Jiao Chong of Wuhan University in China has highlighted some of the most recent research in using AI to help burn patients.