Anaemia during pregnancy and lactation is common, affecting ~40% of women globally [ 1 , 2 ]. Highest levels of anaemia in pregnancy occur in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where an estimated 57% (~17 million) of all pregnant women are anaemic …

The editors of BMC Infectious Diseases would like to thank all our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 12 (2012).

The editors of BMC Infectious Diseases would like to thank all our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 13 (2013).

Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition associated with widespread pain, fatigue and tender points [ 1 ],[ 2 ]. A recent European survey conducted in France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain estimated a prevalence ranging from 1.4% (France) to 3.7% …

Low-back pain is a major diagnostic and therapeutic problem, which causes a great deal of suffering and is a major expense to society [ 1 , 2 ]. Ever since 1949 when Harold Palmer [ 3 ] suggested pain drawings to distinguish functional pain from …

Two recent patient memoires describe vividly the often unanticipated consequences of changes to one’s sense of smell from the patient’s perspective [ 1 , 2 ]. Olfactory perceptual changes can be quantitative (smell loss) or qualitative (smell …

A core task in forensic medicine is the classification of skin injuries such as illustrated in the bottom row of Figure 1 . Injuries are classified to estimate their possible sequence over time, possible causes, possible age or other details of the …

Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) of the lung is a relatively new on-site tool to visualize and quantify intra-thoracic ventilation-dependent gas distribution [ 1 ]. EIT images represent changes in regional bio impedance. The images are derived …

Although recent epidemiological studies have not demonstrated any differences in the prevalence rate of major depressive disorders in the Latino and Caucasian populations living in the United States [ 1 ], the Hispanic Health and Nutrition …

A mounting body of critical research is raising the credibility of Traditional Knowledge (TK) in scientific studies. These studies have gained credibility because their claims are supported by methods that are repeatable and provide data for …