Italy and France have both introduced compulsory vaccination against measles for children starting school; could similar policies be effective in stemming the alarming resurgence of measles in other high-income countries? Authors of a recent article in BMC Medicine explore this issue and the challenges in achieving measles elimination. Filippo Trentini, Piero Poletti, Alessia Melegaro & Stefano Merler, Ms 28 […]

Sports betting is now extremely popular. Let’s try to highlight a few basic rules that will help you to earn. 1. Why make bets? You can consider betting as a business or entertainment, respectively, the approach is different. In the first case, the main thing to understand is that there is never a 100% guarantee […]

Young adulthood can be a trying time for any person, but for people with type 1 diabetes, these years pose even more difficulties. They have the same challenges as a typical teen with trying to figure out the next steps in their education and life plans, but they need to do this while managing their […]

Research published today in Respiratory Research presents findings from the IPF-PRO Registry, a nationwide US registry collecting data on the clinical course of Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and its impact on patients. Courtesy of Dr. Laurie Snyder Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF, is a rare, debilitating lung disease that mainly affects individuals over the age of 60. […]

World No Tobacco Day is organized by the World Health Organisation to raise awareness of the harmful effects of tobacco on health and to advocate the implementation of policies aimed at reducing tobacco consumption. In this blog we mark the occasion by revisiting some recently published research, with a focus on implementing feasible interventions. World […]

Swipe left or swipe right? With a few images and a short bio to appeal to prospective partners, dating apps have undoubtedly put a focus on users’ physical appearance. This heightened pressure on appearance prompted researchers to explore associations in dating app use and unhealthy weight control behaviors. The research is published today in the Journal of Eating […]