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… Read more »
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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… Read more »
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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… Read more »
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… Read more »
Take a fresh look at diabetes research for UK Diabetes Week
To mark UK Diabetes Week, we take a look at the latest diabetes clinical trials registered at the ISRCTN registry.
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In the latest in a series of Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines blogs highlighting the current hot topics in tropical… Read more »
Suggestions in improving the transition from pediatric to adult care in patients with type 1 diabetes
The period when teens with type 1 diabetes transition from pediatric to adult care is critical, which can result in these… Read more »
The “No jab, no school” policy and vaccination efforts needed for measles elimination
Italy and France have both introduced compulsory vaccination against measles for children starting school; could similar policies… Read more »
BMC Medicine at Digestive Disease Week 2019
BMC Medicine attended DDW 2019, one of the largest worldwide gatherings for gastroenterologists and hepatologists. Here we share… Read more »
A Winning Poem from the BMC Cancer Awareness Poetry Competition 2019 by Aida Cavalic
We received amazing entries from talented poets across the globe, for our first poetry competition. Anyone affected by cancer—a… Read more »