to your account biomed central for 15 years we have been making scientific research freely accessible and discoverable through partnerships innovation and collaboration with the scientific community . dedicated to open research we now publish over 290 quality peer reviewed journals in biology clinical medicine and health . view our journals editors picks pixabay mediterranean diet could lower the risk of cardiovascular disease in the uk britons eating a mediterranean diet could lower their risk of developing cardiovascular disease including conditions such as heart attack and stroke . healthy individuals with greater adherence to a mediterranean type diet had 6 to 16 % lower risk of future cardiovascular disease compared to individuals who had poor adherence.bmc medicine 2016 pixabay much of the social inequality in heart disease risk among uk women is due to smoking obesity and physical inactivity women with lower levels of education and living in more deprived areas of the uk are at greater risk of coronary heart disease and this is largely due to smoking obesity and physical inactivity.bmc medicine 2016 retrospectively registered trials pixabay the editors dilemma prospective clinical trial registration aims to address publication and reporting bias . unfortunately not all clinical trials are registered before they start . here we discuss the dilemma faced by editors when receiving submissions reporting a clinical trial that was not registered prospectively and a new policy for increasing transparency when a trial was registered after participant recruitment has begun . citizen science through the looking glass citizen science through the looking glass in this blog poppy lakeman fraser senior programme coordinator for the open air laboratories opal initiative explains what citizen science actually is and how researchers rely on this form of data collection . from our blogs view feed penguins dying of malaria published on 14 october 2016 more to science working as a science artist published on 13 october 2016 precision cancer medicine is improved using novel statistical methods published on 13 october 2016 icp 15051854 3 publisher main menu explore journals get published about biomed central by continuing to use this website you agree to our terms and conditions privacy statement and cookies policy . publisher secondary menu contact us jobs manage manuscripts sign up for article alerts manage article alerts leave feedback press center read more on our blogs policies licensing terms and conditions privacy statement accessibility cookies follow biomed central twitter facebook google plus youtube linkedin reddit weibo 2016 biomed central ltd unless otherwise stated . part of springer nature .