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What factors drive persistent schistosomiasis infections in hotspot communities.

Anouk Gouvras — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:00:56 +0000

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Can Kidney Disease Affect Your Thinking?

Daphne Knicely — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:00:15 +0000

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Recently in BMC Nephrology, an article by Månsson et al. shows that processing speed is affected by kidney disease in the elderly. In our next BMC Nephrology blog, Blog Editor Dr. Daphne Knicely looks at what this means for treating our elderly population with kidney disease.

Highlights of the BMC Series – September 2021

Jenny Harman — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 09:00:20 +0000

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World Mental Health Day 2021: mental health in an unequal world

Eleanor Cox — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 09:30:02 +0000

< div风格= "浮动:左;margin-right: 5 px;" > < imgwidth="140" height="110" src="//www.geezinslaw.com/on-medicine/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2021/10/06.10.21blog1-140x110.jpg" class="attachment-bones-thumb-140 size-bones-thumb-140" alt="Close up of a child’s hand being held between the two hands of another person on a wooden table" />This blog for World Mental Health Day 2021 will discuss a selection of research registered at the ISRCTN registry investigating and tackling the impact of inequality on people’s mental health.

Is toxoplasmosis a COVID risk factor?

Hilary Hurd — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 09:00:37 +0000

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Meet the SDG3 researchers: Uduak Okomo

Uduak Okomo — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 06:00:40 +0000

< div风格= "浮动:左;margin-right: 5 px;" > < imgwidth="140" height="110" src="//www.geezinslaw.com/on-health/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2021/10/Uduak-Okomo-e1632949509520-140x110.jpg" class="attachment-bones-thumb-140 size-bones-thumb-140" alt="" />Dr. Uduak Okomo is Clinical Assistant Professor with the Vaccines and Immunity Theme, MRC Unit at the Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. A paediatrician and epidemiologist by training, her research is focused on better measurement and reduction in the burden of newborn mortality in developing countries, particularly neonatal infections, infection control, and antimicrobial resistance.

What do you know about malaria?

Srimathy Sriskantharajah — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 09:00:09 +0000

< div风格= "浮动:左;margin-right: 5 px;" > < imgwidth="140" height="110" src="//www.geezinslaw.com/bugbitten/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2021/09/earth-g22fc569de_1920-140x110.jpg" class="attachment-bones-thumb-140 size-bones-thumb-140" alt="" />Or perhaps a better question would be what do you think you know about malaria? In this day and age, with easy access to information, are there any checks or verification on the information we receive? Information – and correct information at that – is important when it comes to disease control. Bogale Belay and colleagues assessed the knowledge, attitude, and practice amongst febrile patients visiting an Ethiopian clinic to see how that tallied with disease prevalence.

Wolbachia to the rescue – reducing dengue just like a COVID-19 vaccine

Krisztian Magori — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 09:00:12 +0000

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Highlights of the BMC Series – August 2021

Anne Menard — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:54:51 +0000

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How can we support reviewer diversity?

Dr Mario Malički — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:01:13 +0000

< div风格= "浮动:左;margin-right: 5 px;" > < imgwidth="140" height="110" src="//www.geezinslaw.com/on-medicine/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2021/09/Featured-image-140x110.jpg" class="attachment-bones-thumb-140 size-bones-thumb-140" alt="" />For Peer Review Week 2021, Dr Mario Malički, Co-Editor-in-Chief of Research Integrity and Peer Review shares his thoughts and questions regarding this year's featured theme, “Identity in Peer Review”