Paving the desire paths of health information needs: Teaching students to edit Wikipedia
Research recently published in BMC Medical Education found that pharmacy students can improve access to quality medicines information by editing… Read more »
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Backstory podcast: Scaling up delivery of mental health treatment
Filling the mental health treatment gap globally will require low-cost solutions for resource-limited settings. In this podcast, global mental health… Read more »
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It’s not just about nutrients – the Journal of Ethnic Foods now open for submissions
Food studies provide better insights into important societal processes involving economics, health, politics, history, and the… Read more »
Exploring cancer risk in men on International Men’s day
Worldwide, cancer rates are rising in both men and women, but compared to women, men are more likely to develop cancer and sadly… Read more »
Challenges to globalizing genetic predictions of health and disease
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have given us unprecedented insight into heritable traits and diseases. However, because… Read more »
Being around vapers does not undermine desire to quit smoking
The rise in popularity of e-cigarettes is a contentious topic. Are they good because they’re a safer alternative to conventional… Read more »
Aircraft noise at small airports and mental health
Aircraft noise from large airports has been frequently linked to affecting mental health, but it is not known whether the same is… Read more »
Your last breath: Raising awareness on World Pneumonia Day
Every year, pneumonia affects millions of the most vulnerable people in our society. But although the most high profile cases… Read more »
Breech birth at home: a new study of safety outcomes
Research on outcomes of out-of-hospital breech birth is scarce. A new study in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth evaluates the outcomes… Read more »
The road to echinococcosis control in Peru: A workshop to review and synthesize the evidence
Cystic echinococcosis is a parasitic disease of medical, veterinary and economic importance. I attended a workshop to see how Peru… Read more »