BMC Public Health is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on the epidemiology of disease and the understanding of all aspects of public health. The journal has a special ...

An international team of scientists has discovered that tiny changes in the timing of the expression of a single gene can lead to big differences in eye size. Gene expression is the process by ...

A new study published in the journal of BMC Medicine showed that coronary artery calcium (CAC) and diastolic dysfunction (DD) ...

The retracted papers were all originally published this year and were spread over at least 13 BMC journals, with 15 studies having been published in the European Journal of Medical Research. The ...

Using a database that tracks the health outcomes of twins, scientists have found more evidence that tattoos may be linked to ...

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has decided to pay article processing charges if HHMI-funded scientists choose to publish in open access journals from BioMed Central (BMC). Articles published in ...

Tattoos larger than the palm of a hand more than double a person's risk of skin cancer and nearly triple their risk of ...

A new study published in the journal of BMC Nephrology revealed rituximab to be an effective and safe steroid sparing medication in individuals with steroid dependent (SD)/frequent relapsing ...