January 19, 2017

New in BMC Medicine – December 2016

 
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Dear Dr Wirawan,

We are pleased to share with you our December content update, featuring journal news, top articles and our most recent table of contents.


From the BMC Medicine blog

Tropical medicine, Zika virus disease, and refugee health: BMC Medicine attends ASTMH 2016
Tropical medicine, Zika virus disease, and refugee health: BMC Medicine attends ASTMH 2016

BMC Medicine recently attended the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) 2016 meeting in Atlanta. Here we present some of the highlights of the conference, including exciting new developments and important challenges in the field of tropical medicine.


Magnesium deficiency and its multiple health outcomes
Magnesium deficiency and its multiple health outcomes

Published today in BMC Medicine, a new meta-analysis examines the evidence on the association between magnesium intake and the risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and all-cause mortality. Using data from more than a million people across nine countries it is the largest study of its kind to date. Here lead author Dr. Fudi Wang tells us more.


Supporting better decision making for acute infection management in secondary care
Supporting better decision making for acute infection management in secondary care

In a recent study published in BMC Medicine, we set out to explore the way that decisions are made surrounding infection management. We report a study to map the decision making process of medical physicians in secondary care for acute infection management and investigate factors which may hinder or facilitate the effective use of antibiotics.



Table of Contents

Commentary

Taking advantage of unexpected WebCONSORT results

Tumour response in metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors – assessment of intra-tumour heterogeneity

Opinion

Achieving development goals for HIV, tuberculosis and malaria in sub-Saharan Africa through integrated antenatal care: barriers and challenges

Modernising epidemic science: enabling patient-centred research during epidemics

Research

Adult-onset Still's disease: evaluation of prognostic tools and validation of the systemic score by analysis of 100 cases from three centers

Outcomes of notifications to health practitioner boards: a retrospective cohort study

Nut consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer, all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies

Cost-effectiveness of screening for ovarian cancer amongst postmenopausal women: a model-based economic evaluation

Dietary magnesium intake and the risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and all-cause mortality: a dose–response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

How effective are volunteers at supporting people in their last year of life? A pragmatic randomised wait-list trial in palliative care (ELSA)

Mapping the decision pathways of acute infection management in secondary care among UK medical physicians: a qualitative study

Metabolic profiling of pregnancy: cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence

Cognition in chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Cumulative subgroup analysis to reduce waste in clinical research for individualised medicine

What works for whom in pharmacist-led smoking cessation support: realist review

Impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on pneumococcal meningitis cases in France between 2001 and 2014: a time series analysis

Short Physical Performance Battery and all-cause mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis

Comparative safety and effectiveness of serotonin receptor antagonists in patients undergoing chemotherapy: a systematic review and network meta-analysis


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