Monthly Archives: June 2019
Could estrogen be the reason for a female survival advantage after injury?
Estrogen has been suggested as potentially being the main contributing factor for female survival advantage in trauma. A study recently published in the Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine studied this hypothesis.
Taking – or leaving – a P: lifting a leg, or getting a leg-up on metrics of statistical rigor
Is it the end of the road for the p-value as we know it? Christina Cantrell and James Giordano, Editor in Chief of Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, talk us through the recent discourse over the value of the p-value.
BMC Medicine attends the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region (IAGG-ER) Congress 2019 meeting
The ninth International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region (IAGG-ER) Congress took place in Gothenburg, and the theme was ‘Towards Capability in Ageing – from cell to society’. Here are some of the highlights.
Headache disorders in primary care – interview with Tim Steiner, founder of Lifting the Burden
The European Headache Federation and Lifting The Burden, the two societies affiliated with The Journal of Headache and Pain, have just published the 2nd edition of the consensus article ‘Aids to management of headache disorders in primary care’. In light of this we have invited Tim Steiner, the founder and a director and trustee of Lifting The Burden, to explain the aims, process of development and benefits of the updated consensus article they are hoping to achieve for patients as well as physicians.
Take a fresh look at diabetes research for UK Diabetes Week
Monkeypox outbreak in Nigeria
In the latest in a series of Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines blogs highlighting the current hot topics in tropical medicine, Dr. S. Chakrabarti, Dr. S. Clarke, and Dr. A. Boggild discuss the moneypox virus and its outbreak history in humans from 1970 to present day.