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Find out more Editors' picks Credit: Getty Images Vegans, vegetarians and pescetarians may be at higher risk of bone fractures than meat eaters Compared with people who ate meat, vegans with lower calcium and protein intakes on average, had a 43% higher risk of fractures anywhere in the body (total fractures), as well as higher risks of site-specific fractures of the hips, legs and vertebrae. BMC Medicine 2020 Credit: Pixabay Poor work-life balance may have negative health effects Working adults across Europe with poor work-life balance are more likely to report poor general health. BMC Public Health 2020 BMC Research Notes Launches Data Notes Data is becoming increasingly more important. Researchers tell us they want to share their data to progress research, to receive more credit and visibility for their work and to comply with funder policies. To help our authors do this, we have launched the data note. Open Access Funding Support Service Did you know that there almost 250 open access article processing charge (APC) funds available to researchers worldwide? At BMC, we offer a free advice service to help our authors to discover and apply for funding. On our support pages you can find our OA checklist along with a list of research funders and institutions that make APC funding available. 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. Through the looking glass Citizen science 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 From the wild and the tame – zoonotic parasites 19 November 2021 Linking a disease to knowledge of its vector: River blindness and black flies 12 November 2021 The pillars of wellbeing – activity and sleep: a Q&A with Corneel Vandelanotte 11 November 2021 Read more on our blogs Receive BMC newsletters Manage article alerts Language editing for authors Scientific editing for authors Policies Accessibility Press center Support and Contact Leave feedback Careers Follow BMC By using this website, you agree to our Terms and Conditions, California Privacy Statement, Privacy statement and Cookies policy. Manage cookies/Do not sell my data we use in the preference centre. © 2021 BioMed Central Ltd unless otherwise stated. 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