Highlights of the BMC Series: August 2020
Virtual reality video promotes effectiveness in advance care planning • Changes in sedentary behavior in European Union adults • Analyses of key genes involved… Read more »
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What influences NHS Health Check behaviors?
National Health Service Health Checks were introduced in 2009 to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risks and events. Since then, national evaluations have… Read more »
Addressing the issue of preventing hearing loss and tinnitus through recreational noise exposure
Recreational noise exposure can be reduced through adoption of hearing protection behaviors, but very little is known how successful interventions have been at… Read more »
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Females, younger adults, sexual minorities, and multiracial individuals most vulnerable to adverse childhood experiences
A study just published in BMC Public Health looks at a dataset of 211,376 adults across 34 states in the U.S. and finds that… Read more »
Time to get moving!
In a recent BMC Nephrology article, Bogataj et al. examines the effect of intradialytic cycling and functional training on… Read more »
Highlights of the BMC Series: July 2020
COVID-19 detection dogs • Work-life conflict and poor health • Social media in recruitment to surgical trials • Antibiotic… Read more »
Sexual minority women experience disparities in food insecurity and food assistance
A study published today in BMC Public Health is among the first to document disparities in food insecurity and emergency food… Read more »
Seventh BMC Ecology Image Competition: the winning images
Today, BMC Ecology announces the winners of our seventh Image Competition. Here we share our overall winning images - enjoy!
Factors associated with perceived loneliness across the adult life span
Hardly a day goes by without news of increasing numbers of perceived loneliness among both old, but also younger people, such as… Read more »
Sexual minority middle-aged and older adults are at high risk for having multiple chronic diseases
Older lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adults are an underserved and understudied population that experience specific health… Read more »