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Our Editors and the journal’s authors explore their research and its impact on people’s health, health care, and health policy in this regular podcast.
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Mar 7, 2022
Verna Vanderpuye and Isabelle Soerjomataram on International Women's Day and cancer
On this International Women's Day, Lancet editors and the co-chairs of the Women and Cancer Commission discuss the burden of women’s cancer on society and reflect on the questions the Commission is trying to answer.
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Dec 23, 2021
Nick James on the STAMPEDE trial
Nick James discusses the key messages of the recent report from the STAMPEDE trial platform and the success of this platform in advancing the treatment of prostate cancer
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Jun 2, 2021
Jie Qiao (in English) on reproductive health in China
Helena Wang discusses The Lancet Commission on women's reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) in China with author Professor Jie Qiao.
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Jun 2, 2021
Jie Qiao (in Chinese) on reproductive health in China
《柳叶刀》亚洲执行主编王辉对话《柳叶刀中国女性生殖、孕产妇、新生儿、儿童和青少年健康重大报告》共同主席乔杰院士。
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Apr 26, 2021
Siobhan Quenby & Arri Coomarasamy on miscarriage
Siobhan Quenby & Arri Coomarasamy discuss the key findings from The Lancet's new Series on miscarriage.
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Feb 25, 2021
Muir Gray
On the 50th anniversary of the Inverse Care Law, Professor Sir Muir Gray joins Gavin Cleaver to discuss the continuing importance of the ICL, and notions of value and quality in health care.
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Feb 10, 2021
Mary Bassett
The Lancet's new Commission, Public Policy and Health in the Trump Era, looks back at the effects of the last four years on the health of the USA. One of the authors of the Commission, Mary Bassett (Harvard University) joins us to talk about the Commission findings and wider issues facing the USA.
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Dec 8, 2020
Richard Horton on the Oxford vaccine phase 3 trial
Editor-in-chief of The Lancet, Richard Horton, discusses the results of the Oxford vaccine's phase 3 trial.
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Dec 2, 2020
Renee Salas
Renee Salas, leader of the Lancet Countdown policy brief in the US, discusses the climate problems facing the US, the issues of the last four years, and the reasons to be optimistic about the future.
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Sep 2, 2020
Rafael Lozano and Margaret Kruk
Universal health coverage (UHC) is a vital facet of healthcare across the world, and a new Global Burden of Disease paper seeks to measure its spread. The Lancet spoke with author Rafael Lozano and linked Comment author Margaret Kruk about efforts to analyse and measure UHC.
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Jul 20, 2020
Richard Horton
The Lancet Editor-in-Chief Richard Horton explains the current status of the Oxford and China COVID-19 vaccines, including an overview of current progress and the next steps for both.
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Jul 14, 2020
Kathleen O’Reilly and Stein Emil Vollset
The new Global Burden of Disease paper forecasts major alterations in worldwide population over the next few decades. We ask Kathleen O’Reilly, of LSHTM, how models are made and how you account for a changing world, and we speak with paper author Stein Emil Vollset of IHME about the implications of his predictions.
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Jul 7, 2020
Rosanna Peeling
Professor Rosanna Peeling discusses the implications of seroprevalence results from recent COVID-19 antibody studies.
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Mar 9, 2020
Bin Cao (in Chinese)
柳叶刀亚洲执行主编王辉跟曹彬教授关于2019冠状病毒感染住院患者临床发病过程和死亡危险因素的讨论
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Mar 9, 2020
Bin Cao
The Asia Executive Editor of The Lancet, Helena Hui Wang, chats with Bin Cao about clinical course and risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China.
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Feb 19, 2020
Richard Horton, Sarah Dalglish, and Grace Gatera
Richard Horton, Sarah Dalglish, and Grace Gatera talk about the future for children alive today, alongside findings from the new Commission.
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Dec 20, 2019
The Gift
Preethi Ramchand reads her Wakley Prize-winning essay, The Gift.
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Dec 16, 2019
The double burden of malnutrition
Camila Corvalan and Sandro Demaio talk about malnutrition around the world, and discuss how obesity and undernutrition are part of the same problem.
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Nov 14, 2019
The 2019 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change
The Lancet’s Tamara Lucas talks to Professor Hugh Montgomery and Professor Hilary Graham about this year’s annual Lancet Countdown, and past twelve months of activity in climate change.
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Oct 23, 2019
Opioid use, treatment, and policy
Louisa Degenhardt analyses recent changes in opioid usage and talks about clinical and policy solutions, in a podcast to accompany The Lancet's Drug Use Series.
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Sep 9, 2019
Malaria eradication within a generation
Sir Richard Feacham discusses the prospects and benefits of eradicating malaria.
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Aug 2, 2019
The upstream determinants of health
Michael Marmot, author of the 2010 Marmot Review, and Elias Nosrati discuss the effects of punitive social policy and austerity on health equity in the USA and Europe.
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Jul 12, 2019
25 Years Since Cairo
To mark World Population Day, UNFPA executive director Dr. Natalia Kanem discusses progress made since the landmark 1994 Cairo conference on population and development, and her hopes for the future.
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Jul 6, 2019
Nerve transfer surgery for restoring upper limb movement
The Lancet's Senior Editor Jonathan Pimm talks with author Natasha van Zyl about the pioneering surgical procedure of transplanting nerves to restore function in the upper limbs.
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Jun 24, 2019
Mortality, morbidity, and risk factors in China
Helena Wang from The Lancet talks with Xiaofeng Liang from China CDC about China’s major burden of diseases. This podcast is in Chinese.
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Jun 12, 2019
Mental health in conflict zones
Fiona Charlson and Mark van Ommeren talk about the hidden epidemic of severe mental health disorders in conflict zones.
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May 31, 2019
A Series on gender norms, equality, and health
Gary Darmstadt (Stanford University, USA) in discussion with Lancet Executive Editor Jocalyn Clark on the priority to transform gender norms and inequalities. The need for more action and accountability on gender equality is clear: introduction of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Universal Health Coverage goals demand greater attention to the social determinants of health, including gender, for the purpose of enabling all people to reach their full human potential.
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May 17, 2019
Mass gatherings medicine
A decade after H1N1 influenza threatened the 2009 Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, Ziad Memish (Alfaisal University, and Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) discusses the future priorities for research and global collaboration in the emerging specialty of mass gatherings medicine.
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May 14, 2019
Prophylactic antibiotics for operative vaginal delivery
Marian Knight (University of Oxford, UK) discusses the ANODE trial, which highlights how prophylactic antibiotics given at 3 hours after birth can substantially reduce infection after operative vaginal delivery. The results should result in an updating of current clinical guidelines.
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May 2, 2019
Law, global health, and sustainable development
Lawrence Gostin (O’Neill Institute, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA), and Luisa Cabal (UNAIDS, Geneva) discuss a new Lancet Commission which highlights how greater collaboration between the spheres of law and health could potentially lead to improvements in sustainable development and global health.
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Apr 26, 2019
Nutritional support for inpatients
Philipp Schuetz (University of Basel, Switzerland) discusses a pragmatic randomised trial that highlights the benefit of guided nutritional support for medical inpatients.
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Apr 12, 2019
Postoperative pain management and opioids
Inappropriate use of opioids after surgery has contributed substantially to the global opioid epidemic. Lead author Paul Myles (Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia) discusses a new Lancet Series that proposes alternative approaches for pain management after surgery.
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Apr 7, 2019
A framework convention for alcohol control?
TH Lam (University of Hong Kong) discusses a proposal for an international framework convention for alcohol control, given the totality of recent evidence that there is no safe limit for alcohol consumption.
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Mar 29, 2019
c-Section in LMICs
Shakila Thangaratinam (Queen Mary University of London, UK) discusses a systematic review and meta-analysis which highlights the increased risk of perinatal trauma and mortality associated with C-section use in low income and middle income countries.
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Mar 20, 2019
Building a tuberculosis-free world
A new Lancet Commission maps out priorities in diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and advocacy efforts to end tuberculosis by 2030. Detailed discussion with two of the commissioners: UN Tuberculosis Special Envoy Eric Goosby, and Paula Fujiwara from the International Union against tuberculosis and lung disease. The podcast is introduced by Liz Zuccala from The Lancet.
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Mar 15, 2019
Communicating with children about life-threatening disease
Alan Stein, Brenda Kelly (University of Oxford, UK), and Ruth Bland (Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, UK) discuss a two-part Series that is helping to develop guidelines for health-care professionals and families concerning life-threatening conditions in children or their parents.
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Mar 8, 2019
Heart failure Series
Patrick Rossignol (University of Lorraine, Nancy University Hospital/INSERM, France) discusses recent progress and future challenges concerning heart failure, notably a widespread lack of implementation of established clinical guidelines.
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Mar 1, 2019
Inter-pregnancy interval after stillbirth
Annette Regan (A&M University, Houston, USA) discusses an observational study which assesses an appropriate time interval for conception after stillbirth.
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Feb 18, 2019
A once-monthly treatment for opioid use disorder
Mark Greenwald discusses buprenorphine extended release—a once-monthly injected formulation for the treatment of opioid use disorder recently approved by the US FDA.
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Feb 8, 2019
Advancing women in science, medicine, and global health
Discussion of a special themed issue introduced by Lancet Editors Jocalyn Clark and Liz Zuccala, with contributions from #LancetWomen advisory group members Ravi Verma (International Center for Research on Women, New Delhi, India), and Imogen Coe (Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada).
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Jan 28, 2019
Global action to confront the pandemics of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change
Discussion with Obesity commission co-authors Bill Dietz (George Washington University, USA) and Boyd Swinburn (University of Auckland, New Zealand), plus three personal testimonies about the impact of obesity relating to stigma, indigenous culture, and health.
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Jan 17, 2019
EAT–_Lancet_ Commission
Tamara Lucas is joined by Commissioners Tim Lang and Jessica Fanzo to discuss one of the most pressing issues of our time: the need for a transformation in the way we eat, for the future of our health and our planet.
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Dec 21, 2018
The right to health
Lawrence Gostin (Georgetown University, USA) joins The Lancet to reflect on 70 years of human rights in global health, and discusses the challenges ahead for governance on the path to universal health coverage.
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Dec 13, 2018
Drivers' blood alcohol and road-traffic accidents
James Lewsey (University of Glasgow, UK) discusses the impact of a legal change in Scotland in 2014, concerning the lowering of the legal limit for blood alcohol concentration of car drivers and its relation to the frequency of road-traffic accidents.
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Dec 5, 2018
Uterus transplantation from deceased donor
Investigators from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, discuss the first known uterus transplantation from a deceased donor, 3 years after the first successful transplantation from a live donor.
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Nov 29, 2018
Health and climate change
Tamara Lucas and guests Hilary Graham and Hugh Montgomery discuss new developments in the 2018 Lancet Countdown report on health and climate change.
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Nov 22, 2018
Liver disease in the UK
Professor Roger Williams (Kings College London, UK) and Jennifer Sargent discuss new developments detailed in the fifth update of The Lancet Commission on liver disease in the UK.
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Nov 10, 2018
Two-drug regimen for HIV
Jessamy Bagenal and Kimberly Smith discuss implications arising from the Gemini study, which shows how a two-drug combination is not inferior to a conventional three-drug regimen in the treatment of HIV.
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Nov 2, 2018
Hip replacement
Sion Glyn-Jones discusses current practice and outstanding challenges for total hip replacement surgery, linked to a two-part Series about hip and knee replacement.
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Oct 20, 2018
The Astana Declaration
The Astana Declaration: a look back at primary care services 40 years after the Alma-Ata Declaration, and future priorities for strengthening primary care worldwide within the context of sustainable development.
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Oct 12, 2018
Fighting Ebola in conflict in the DR Congo
Marianne Guenot talks to Benedict Moran, author of the World Report “Fighting Ebola in conflict in the DR Congo”, about the effect of conflict on responding to a public health emergency.
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Oct 12, 2018
C-section Series
Jocalyn Clark and guests Marleen Temmerman and Ana-Pilar Betran discuss the challenge of overuse and underuse of caesarean section procedures worldwide.
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Oct 10, 2018
Global Mental Health Commission
With a high-level ministerial summit taking place on Oct 9-10 in London, Vikram Patel and Shekhar Saxena outline the priorities ahead for improving mental health worldwide.
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Oct 6, 2018
Sexual and reproductive health and rights for all
Ann Starrs and Susheela Singh, of the Guttmacher Institute, join The Lancet to talk about the need for a comprehensive package of sexual and reproductive rights.
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Oct 5, 2018
Stroke Series
Helen Frankish and Craig Anderson discuss a new three-part stroke Series, covering ischaemic stroke, intracerebral haemorrhage, and implications for global stroke prevention and management.
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Sep 28, 2018
Stillbirth in Europe
Lucy Smith discusses the underestimation of stillbirth in Europe, and the global priorities for recognising stillbirth within the sustainable development agenda.
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Sep 21, 2018
NCD Countdown 2030
Ahead of the third UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs on Sept 27, Jennifer Sargent and guests discuss The Lancet’s first NCD Countdown 2030 paper and implications for country-level health policies and progress towards the achievement of SDG target 3.4: a third reduction in premature deaths from non-communicable diseases by 2030.
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Sep 7, 2018
MDRTB
With 2018 being declared a year for action against TB, Pam Das and Dick Menzies discuss a study that informs the recent change in WHO treatment guidelines for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis worldwide.
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Sep 6, 2018
Mortality due to low quality health systems
Margaret Kruk talks about her latest work on health system quality and related mortality, appearing in The Lancet and in a Commission in The Lancet Global Health.
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Aug 15, 2018
Pain relief in labour
Naomi Lee talks to Matthew Wilson about current options for pain relief in labour, and what the future of research holds.
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Jul 31, 2018
Securement dressings for peripheral intravenous cannulae
Do more expensive securement dressings for peripheral intravenous cannulae improve failure rates and outcomes for patients? Lancet editor Jessamy Bagenal talks with paper author Claire Rickard.
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Jul 25, 2018
End of the Ebola outbreak in DRC
On the day the WHO announced the end of the Ebola outbreak in the DRC, Lancet editor Pam Das speaks with Mike Ryan, Assistant DG for Emergency Preparedness and Response at the WHO, and David Heymann, head of Chatham House Global Health, about how the outbreak was contained and what lessons were learned.
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Jul 24, 2018
Secondment at The Lancet and Cell Press
This podcast hosted by Rebecca Cooney features editors Catarina Sacristan and Helen Brooks discussing their experiences in the editorial secondment program, a special collaboration between Cell Press and The Lancet.
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Jul 5, 2018
The NHS at 70
Stephanie Snow joins The Lancet to discuss her project, NHS at 70: The Story Of Our Lives, as well as the importance of the NHS to the fabric of the UK.
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Jun 29, 2018
The Lancet Women initiative
Lancet editors Jocalyn Clark and Liz Zuccala discuss what spurred the Lancet Women initiative, what the response has been like, and what the future holds.
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Jun 22, 2018
Police shootings and mental health of black Americans
Police killings of unarmed black Americans have adverse effects on the mental health of black American adults in the general population. A new study highlights the population mental health impact of events widely perceived to be a symptom of structural racism, and supports recent calls to treat police killings as a public health issue. The Lancet’s Rebecca Cooney speaks to Jacob Bor and Rhea Boyd.
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Jun 22, 2018
Rectal cancer watch & wait
Can patients with rectal cancer safely avoid surgery? Jessamy Bagenal of The Lancet interviews Geerard Beets about findings from the International Watch & Wait Database.
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Jun 15, 2018
The real winners of right-to-try
Rebecca Cooney discusses right-to-try legislation with Dr. Vinay Prasad. Who actually benefits from the new law?
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Jun 15, 2018
From Ireland to Northern Ireland: campaigns for abortion law
Angel Li joins The Lancet's Marianne Guenot to discuss abortion law changes in Ireland and their potential effect on Northern Ireland.
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Jun 8, 2018
Separating children at the border
Janna Juvonen and Jen Silvers speak with Lancet Executive Editor Rebecca Cooney about the Trump administration’s migrant child separation policy. Does it amount to torture?
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May 23, 2018
Trends in diabetes-related mortality in the USA
Ed Gregg from the CDC joins The Lancet to discuss new research into changing trends of diabetes-related mortality in the United States.
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Apr 19, 2018
The Lancet-Tsinghua Healthy Cities Commission
Helena Wang talks to Peng Gong about The Lancet-Tsinghua Healthy Cities Commission, what needs to be done to evaluate the progress and promote healthy cities in China. This podcast is in Chinese.
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Apr 12, 2018
Malaria nets and insecticide resistance
Natacha Protopopoff joins The Lancet to talk about her new study on bed nets, malaria, and insecticide resistance.
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Apr 5, 2018
NCDs and economics
Why are poverty and NCDs linked so closely? And what can be done to fix both? Authors and editors from The Lancet's Taskforce on NCDs and economics discuss taxation, healthcare, and more.
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Mar 21, 2018
Low back pain
Three series authors join The Lancet to talk about trends in diagnosis and treatment of low back pain around the world.
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Mar 15, 2018
Pathology and laboratory medicine
Kenneth Fleming and John Nkengasong discuss the importance of pathology services, as part of The Lancet’s Series on pathology and laboratory medicine in low-income and middle-income countries.
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Mar 9, 2018
Global health journalism
Marianne Guenot, editor of The Lancet's World Report section, joins us to talk about the current crisis in global health journalism.
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Feb 23, 2018
Canada's global leadership on health
Jocalyn Clark and Danielle Martin discuss Canada's healthcare system as part of The Lancet's Canada Series.
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Feb 16, 2018
Virtual reality and surgical training
Virtual reality and simulation are fast becoming important surgical training tools. The Lancet looks into the benefits, and what the future might hold.
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Jan 23, 2018
Global health in 2018: The Lancet: January 23, 2018
What do we want from global health in 2018? The Lancet's editor-in-chief Richard Horton discusses his hopes for world health, as well as looking back at 2017.
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Jan 12, 2018
Rohingya in Malaysia: The Lancet: January 11, 2018
Adam Bemma discusses his world report on the Rohingya refugees' attempts to settle in Malaysia.
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Jan 6, 2018
Gene therapy for retinal dystrophy: The Lancet: January 5, 2018
Rebecca Cooney discusses the newly FDA-approved gene therapy for treating loss of vision as a result of retinal dystrophy.
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Dec 22, 2017
You don't know me: The Lancet: December 23, 2017
The author of the Wakley Prize-winning essay, Kate Rowland, talks about the ethics of care and the philosophy underlying the clinician-patient relationship, themes raised in her essay.
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Dec 15, 2017
Public availability of trial protocols: The Lancet: December 16, 2017
Joan Marsh and Paul Glasziou discuss what steps can be taken to reduce research waste with the public availability of trial protocols.
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Dec 5, 2017
Weight management in type 2 diabetes: The Lancet: December 5, 2017
Roy Taylor talks about weight management techniques and remission in type 2 diabetes.
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Nov 29, 2017
Liver disease: The Lancet: November 29, 2017
Martin McKee discusses the final report of the Lancet's Commission on liver disease, highlighting the health costs of excess alcohol consumption, obesity, and viral hepatitis.
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Nov 22, 2017
Heart failure incidence: The Lancet: November 21, 2017
Kazem Rahimi discusses the temporal trends and patterns in heart failure incidence in the UK between 2002 and 2014.
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Oct 31, 2017
Lancet Countdown 2017: The Lancet: October 30, 2017
Nick Watts and Elizabeth Robinson discuss their findings from the 2017 report of The Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change
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Oct 27, 2017
Conflict in Colombia: The Lancet: October 26, 2017
Joe Parkin Daniels, author of a new World Report on a military hospital in Bogota, joins us to discuss the nuances of peace and conflict in Colombia since the FARC peace deal, and the challenges still facing healthcare in the country.
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Oct 20, 2017
The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health: October 19, 2017
Gina McCarthy, former EPA Administrator, and Commission leads Philip Landrigan and Richard Fuller join Gavin Cleaver for a discussion of the problems of pollution and the solutions available.
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Oct 13, 2017
Palliative Care and Pain Relief: The Lancet: October 12, 2017
Felicia Knaul and Julio Frenk discuss the Commission on the global access to palliative care and pain relief, highlighting the new metric used to measure the burden, an essential package to these treatments, and integration of palliative care and pain relief into health systems.
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Sep 29, 2017
Russia—history and health: The Lancet: September 28, 2017
Michel Kazatchkine joins us to talk about Russia's health system and struggles with HIV/AIDS in the context of its unique history.
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Sep 21, 2017
Blood donation frequency: The Lancet: September 20, 2017
Emanuele Di Angelantonio talks about his study on increasing the frequency of blood donation.
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Sep 20, 2017
Difference between human trafficking and smuggling: September 19, 2017
Rebecca Cooney and Hanni Stoklosa discuss the distinction between human trafficking and smuggling.
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Sep 15, 2017
Global Burden of Disease 2016: The Lancet: September 16, 2017
In this special podcast we talk to GBD guru Chris Murray, representatives from exemplar countries Ethiopia, Nepal, and Peru, and The Lancet's editor Richard Horton.
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Sep 12, 2017
Asthma Commission: The Lancet: September 11, 2017
Discussion with two authors of a new Lancet Commission about the need for a new approach to prevent, manage, and cure asthma.
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Sep 8, 2017
Paediatric surgery: The Lancet: September 9, 2017
Paul Tam discusses the two-part Series about Paediatric Surgery, focusing on developments in paediatric urology and gastroenterology.
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Sep 1, 2017
Listen in—the conversations we need to have about racism, health, and medicine: September 1, 2017
Rebecca Cooney is joined by Mary Bassett, Tené T Lewis, Nwando Olayiwola, Esther Choo, Jennifer Okwerekwu, and Barron Lerner.
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Aug 30, 2017
PURE: diet and cardiovascular disease: The Lancet: August 29, 2017
Victoria Miller and Mahshid Dehghan discuss their two PURE studies, assessing the intake of fruit, vegetables, and legumes, and also carbohydrates and fat on cardiovascular disease and mortality.
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Aug 18, 2017
Black lung disease: The Lancet: Aug 17, 2017
Discussion of how coal workers pneumoconiosis (so-called black lung disease) may be re-emerging among coal miners in Queensland, Australia.
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Aug 9, 2017
Research in the lurch: August 9, 2017
Rebecca Cooney talks with Representative Barbara Lee and others about the Trump Administration's decision to cancel teen pregnancy prevention research grants midway, without warning
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Aug 4, 2017
Venezuela's green helmets: The Lancet: August 3, 2017
Manuel Rueda discusses the humanitarian work of medical students and doctors in Venezuela’s violent street protests.
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Jul 29, 2017
Coeliac disease: The Lancet: July 28, 2017
Peter Green from Columbia University, New York City, discusses a Seminar which gives an up-to-date analysis of an increasingly prevalent disease that affects around 1% of the global population.
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Jul 28, 2017
Addressing the nation's opioid epidemic: July 27, 2017
Rebecca Cooney discusses the new National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report on opioids with members of the committee.
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Jul 28, 2017
Dementia Commission launch: The Lancet: July 27, 2017
From the launch of The Lancet's Commission Dementia prevention, intervention, and care, listen to Alistair Burns, Charles Alessi, and Helen Kales provide their views on the importance and future use of the Commission.
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Jul 20, 2017
Dementia Commission: The Lancet: July 20, 2017
Lead author Gill Livingston discusses the new Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention, and care.
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Jul 11, 2017
Putting a dent in gonorrhoea?: The Lancet: July 10, 2017
Helen Petousis-Harris discusses a proof of principle study which suggests that a type of meningococcal B vaccine could protect against gonorrhoea.
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Jul 4, 2017
Germany Series: The Lancet: July 3, 2017
Author and leading health policy expert Reinhard Busse discusses the success and current challenges of Germany’s health system.
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Jun 29, 2017
The Better Care Reconciliation Act: The Lancet: June 27, 2017
Adam Gaffney discusses what is in the US Senate's Affordable Care Act-repeal bill with Rebecca Cooney ahead of this week’s expected Senate vote.
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Jun 28, 2017
Microneedle patch flu vaccination: The Lancet: June 27, 2017
Nadine Rouphael and Mark Prausnitz discuss the findings from their phase 1 trial that uses a dissolvable microneedle patch to deliver an influenza vaccine to patients.
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Jun 19, 2017
Rheumatoid arthritis: The Lancet: June 19, 2017
A special podcast from the European League Against Rheumatology meeting in Madrid, highlighting a two-part Series on rheumatoid arthritis.
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Jun 16, 2017
Abortion access in the USA: The Lancet: June 16, 2017
Julie Cantor discusses the freedom to access abortion in the USA.
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Jun 2, 2017
Going viral through music: The Lancet: June 1, 2017
Elizabeth Pisani discusses how global health can be represented through music, in an upcoming production in London called Song of Contagion.
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May 27, 2017
American Health Care Act: The Lancet: May 26, 2017
Rebecca Cooney and Aaron van Dorn speak with Adam Gaffney about the state of the American Health Care Act and what it means for the politics of health care in the USA.
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May 26, 2017
Renal Medicine Series: The Lancet: May 25, 2017
Danilo Fliser discusses a clinical Series that examines acute kidney injury, and priorities for graft preservation after renal transplantation.
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May 19, 2017
South Sudan Special Report: The Lancet: May 18, 2017
Sharmila Devi reports after a recent visit to South Sudan, where a combination of drought and civil conflict is perpetuating an appalling health and humanitarian catastrophe.
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May 8, 2017
Health in Israel: The Lancet: May 8, 2017
Professor Mark Clarfield from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, with an overview of a new Lancet country Series about health in Israel.
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May 5, 2017
America: Equity and Equality in Health 5: Population health in an era of rising income inequality
Aaron van Dorn speaks with series author Jacob Bor about the interaction of rising inequality and health outcomes.
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May 4, 2017
Weight-loss programme: The Lancet: May 3, 2017
Amy Ahern discusses the results from the UK trial assessing the effects of patient access to an extended vs standard weight-loss programme.
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Apr 28, 2017
America: Equity and Equality in Health 4: Mass incarceration, public health, and widening inequality in the USA: April 28, 2017
Aaron van Dorn discusses mass incarceration and its effect on public health in the USA with Series author Christopher Wildeman.
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Apr 26, 2017
Post-partum haemorrhage: The Lancet: April 26, 2017
Haleema Shakur-Still and Ian Roberts discuss the results from the WOMAN trial on early use of tranexamic acid to reduce deaths due to post-partum haemorrhage.
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Apr 21, 2017
America: Equity and Equality in Health 3: Structural racism and health inequities in the USA: April 21, 2017
Rebecca Cooney speaks with Mary Bassett and Zinzi Bailey about health outcomes and structural racism in the USA.
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Apr 13, 2017
America: Equity and Equality in Health 2: April 13, 2017
Rebecca Cooney discusses the Affordable Care Act with US Series author Adam Gaffney.
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Apr 7, 2017
America: Equity and Equality in Health 1: April, 2017
Rebecca Cooney discusses inequality and healthcare outcomes in the USA with Series author Sam Dickman.
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Apr 7, 2017
America: equity and equality in health: The Lancet: April 6, 2017
Series leaders David Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler discuss the Series, and how it could help shape the future direction of US health policy.
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Apr 5, 2017
Global burden of smoking: The Lancet: April 5, 2017
Emmanuela Gakidou discusses the Article on daily smoking prevalence and attributable global disease burden.
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Mar 30, 2017
Wakley at sea: The Lancet: March 30, 2017
Carolyn Paul discusses new insights into a sea voyage to Calcutta undertaken by Lancet founder Thomas Wakley when he was just 11 years old.
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Mar 17, 2017
Countdown to climate change: The Lancet: March 17, 2017
Nick Watts and guests discuss progress on The Lancet Countdown to Climate Change project at an interim meeting held in London on March 13–14, 2017.
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Mar 16, 2017
The American Health Care Act: The Lancet: March 16, 2017
Rebecca Cooney and Aaron van Dorn with insight and analysis about the new US Administration’s proposal for health care reform: the American Health Care Act.
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Mar 10, 2017
Polypills Series: The Lancet: March 9, 2017
Ruth Webster from the George Institute in Sydney, Australia, discusses the potential of polypills to prevent atherosclerosis as part of a wider plan to meet non-communicable disease targets by 2025.
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Mar 3, 2017
Syndemics Series: The Lancet: March 2, 2017
Emily Mendenhall discusses a new Lancet Series, explaining the new health concept of syndemics and how it can be used to tackle health inequities.
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Mar 2, 2017
Crohn's disease: The Lancet: March 1, 2017
Subra Kugathasan discusses his Article which creates a risk-stratification model to predict the risk of developing complications in paediatric patients with newly diagnosed Crohn’s disease.
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Feb 21, 2017
2030 life expectancy estimates: The Lancet: February 21, 2017
Majid Ezzati discusses Projections for increases in life expectancy in most of the world’s developed nations by 2030, and the implications for social policy.
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Feb 14, 2017
Religious leaders in promotion of male circumcision: The Lancet: February 14, 2017
Jennifer Downs discusses her Article on the influence of religious leaders in promoting male circumcision as a strategy to decrease HIV transmission in Tanzania.
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Feb 10, 2017
Type 2 diabetes: The Lancet: February 9, 2017
Melanie Davies and Sudesna Chatterjee discuss a Seminar on type 2 diabetes, and outline plans for a Lancet Diabetes Commission.
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Feb 1, 2017
Socioeconomic status as a risk factor for non-communicable diseases: The Lancet: January 31, 2017
Silvia Stringhini discusses a research article which highlights how low socioeconomic status should be considered alongside other established risk factors for non-communicable diseases.
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Jan 26, 2017
US premature mortality: The Lancet: January 25, 2017
Dr. Meredith Shiels discusses trends in premature mortality in the US since 1999.
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Jan 25, 2017
Pancreatic cancer: The Lancet: January 24, 2017
John Neoptolomos discusses the ESPAC-4 trial, investigating a chemotherapy drug combination for patients with pancreatic cancer.
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Jan 20, 2017
Use of MRI in prostate cancer screening: The Lancet: January 19, 2017
Hashim Ahmed discusses his study about the diagnostic accuracy of multi-parametric MRI in detecting clinically significant prostate cancer in men.
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Jan 13, 2017
Amygdalar activity and cardiovascular events: The Lancet: January 12, 2017
Ilze Bot discusses the link between stress, shown by amygdalar activity, and cardiovascular events.
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Jan 9, 2017
Right Care Series: The Lancet: January 8, 2017
Vikas Saini discusses a new Lancet Series, which aims to improve global health care through an emphasis on reducing overuse and underuse of medical treatment.
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Dec 23, 2016
Ebola vaccine: The Lancet: December 22, 2016
Marie-Paule Kieny outlines encouraging final results of the rVSV-ZEBOV Ebola vaccine trial from Guinea.
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Dec 16, 2016
Wakley Prize 2016: The Lancet: December 15, 2016
Naaheed Mukadam reads her winning Wakley Prize essay, entitled "Stay with me"; an account about the diagnosis and care of a patient with dementia and his spouse.
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Dec 7, 2016
Breast Cancer 2016: The Lancet: December 6, 2016
Sibylle Loibl discusses recent advances in the treatment of oestrogen receptor positive, HER2-positive, and triple-negative breast cancers.
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Dec 1, 2016
Phantom motor execution: The Lancet: December 1, 2016
Max Ortiz-Catalan discusses his trial of using augmented reality, motor execution technology to help treat patients with phantom limb pain.
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Nov 25, 2016
Multiple sclerosis Series: The Lancet: November 23, 2016
Jeff Cohen from the Cleveland Clinic Lerner School of Medicine discusses the Series—recent therapeutic progress, and remaining challenges.
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Nov 16, 2016
Where next for US health and health care?
A joint podcast from Kaiser Health News and The Lancet – discussion of where US health policy might be heading when Donald Trump takes office early next year.
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Nov 14, 2016
The Lancet Countdown: The Lancet: November 13, 2016
Nick Watts discusses the Lancet Countdown paper about importance of climate change to health, and tracking alterations to create positive changes for human health.
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Nov 11, 2016
US Election reaction: The Lancet: November 11, 2016
David Himmelstein looks ahead to US health policy challenges in light of the shock US election result.
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Nov 4, 2016
US Election: The Lancet: November 4, 2016
Discussion of the US election, and of the importance of underlying social determinants of health for the US health policy environment.
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Nov 2, 2016
Health, equity, and women's cancers: The Lancet: November 2, 2016
Ophira Ginsburg discusses her Series about women's cancers, summarising what the needs are, disparities between regions, and this topic as an unmet global health issue.
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Oct 27, 2016
The future of health-care policy: Center for American Progress: The Lancet: October 26, 2016
Topher Spiro, Vice President for Health Policy from the Center for American Progress, discusses how they believe the US election will affect future health care policy.
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Oct 25, 2016
Primary care obesity intervention: The Lancet: October 24, 2016
Paul Aveyard discusses a new trial regarding a primary care intervention to help obese patients lose weight.
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Oct 17, 2016
The health of people living in slums: The Lancet: October 16, 2016
Oyinlola Oyebode discusses the health problems of people living in slums, possible interventions, and the value in additional research needed for this neglected field.
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Oct 8, 2016
A manifesto for UK health: The Lancet: October 7, 2016
Lord Nigel Crisp discusses a new vision for improving health in the UK.
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Oct 5, 2016
Early Childhood Development 2016: The Lancet: October 4, 2016
Linda Richter from the University of the Witwatersrand discusses the importance of investing in early childhood development.
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Sep 30, 2016
Mobilisation in the surgical ICU: The Lancet: September 29, 2016
Matthias Eikermann discusses a trial to improve mobility for patients within the surgical ICU environment
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Sep 23, 2016
A Baseline for the Sustainable Development Goals
Stephen Lim from the University of Washington discusses analysis of the Sustainable Development Goals, using data from the Global Burden of Diseases Programme.
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Sep 16, 2016
Maternal health: The Lancet: 15 September, 2016
Series co-leader Oona Campbell discusses progress and ongoing priorities for maternal health with Richard Lane
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Sep 9, 2016
Statins reviewed: The Lancet: September 8, 2016
Rory Collins discusses his Review of the evidence from randomised studies concerning the efficacy and safety of statins.
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Sep 9, 2016
US Election 2016: The Lancet: September 8, 2016
Rebecca Cooney discusses a platform for improving health in the US
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Aug 26, 2016
UK obesity strategy: The Lancet: August 25, 2016
Tim Lobstein from the World Obesity Forum discusses the recently published UK childhood obesity strategy.
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Aug 19, 2016
Atrial fibrillation: The Lancet: August 18, 2016
Ben Freedman from the University of Sydney discusses atrial fibrillation and stroke risk with Richard Lane
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Aug 12, 2016
Virtual reality to prevent falls?
Anat Mirelman from the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv, Israel, discusses how combining virtual reality and treadmill training helps to prevent falls in older adults better than treadmill training alone.
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Aug 5, 2016
US Democrats Platform: The Lancet: August 4, 2016
Susan Jaffe with a health policy update from the recent US Democratic Party platform in Philadelphia.
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Jul 28, 2016
Physical Activity Series: The Lancet: July 28, 2016
Melody Ding discusses a new Lancet Series about physical activity and health, describing a global pandemic of inactivity that needs urgent attention.
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Jul 16, 2016
INTERSTROKE: The Lancet: July 15, 2016
Martin O’Donnell and Naomi Lee discuss the latest findings from INTERSTROKE, a worldwide study which identifies key population risk factors for ischaemic and intracellular stroke.
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Jul 15, 2016
HIV in prisons: The Lancet: July 14, 2016
Frederick Altice discusses what needs to happen to reduce the HIV epidemic in the prison environment
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Jun 30, 2016
Congenital Zika syndrome: The Lancet: June 29, 2016
Sherif Zaki from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discusses the finding of Zika virus in brain and placenta tissues in five cases in Brazil.
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Jun 27, 2016
Private sector and health: The Lancet: June 27, 2016
Kara Hanson and Richard Lane discuss a new Lancet Series about the role of the private sector in health systems within the context of universal health coverage.
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Jun 17, 2016
EU referendum and health: The Lancet: June 17, 2016
Prof Martin McKee on why the UK's continued membership of the EU is good for health.
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Jun 17, 2016
Getting health into the US election: The Lancet: June 16, 2016
Susan Jaffe with an update on how health can become an election issue after next month's party conventions.
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Jun 9, 2016
Childhood depression: The Lancet: June 8, 2016
Andrea Cipriani from the University of Oxford, UK, discusses the efficacy of antidepressants for children and adolescents.
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May 24, 2016
Teenage pregnancy: The Lancet: May 23, 2016
Kaye Wellings from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine discusses a halving of teenage pregnancy in England since the introduction of a government-led intervention in 1999.
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May 12, 2016
Women Deliver: The Lancet: May 12, 2016
Women Deliver Chief Executive Katja Iversen previews Women Deliver 2016 taking place in Copenhagen from May 16-19.
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Apr 29, 2016
US response to Zika: The Lancet: April 28, 2016
Susan Jaffe discusses with Dr Anthony Fauci and Debbie Wasserman Schultz about the US response to Zika and the question of funding.
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Apr 26, 2016
Junior doctors’ strike: The Lancet: April 26, 2016
Junior doctors are on strike in England. Why? Niall Boyce reports from the picket line at University College London Hospital, interviewing junior doctors Danny Bhagawati and Sophie Candfield, and BMA representative Yannis Gourtsoyannis.
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Apr 25, 2016
World Malaria Day: The Lancet: April 25, 2016
Sir Richard Feachem discusses a review of the progress made globally in the eradication and elimination of malaria.
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Apr 21, 2016
Indigenous health: The Lancet: April 20, 2016
Ian Anderson and Romlie Mokak discuss a new analysis of health indicators across 28 indigenous populations, with implications for future health services planning worldwide.
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Apr 13, 2016
Global health financing: The Lancet: April 13, 2016
Tim Evans from the World Bank discusses the need for a transformation in global health financing if universal health coverage in low-income and middle-income countries is to be achieved by 2030.
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Apr 1, 2016
The weight of the world: The Lancet: April 1, 2016
Majid Ezzati discusses a new analysis of global changes in bodyweight over four decades, from 1975-2014.
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Apr 1, 2016
US election: The Lancet: March 31, 2016
Susan Jaffe with a round-up of what the Republican and democrat presidential hopefuls are saying about US health care.
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Mar 25, 2016
To truly look inside: The Lancet: March 24, 2016
Eric Topol discusses the use of hand-held ultrasound devices – could they one day usurp the stethoscope?
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Mar 18, 2016
NSAIDs for osteoarthritic knee and hip pain: The Lancet: March 17, 2016
Sven Trelle discusses a meta-analysis which aims to shed light on the best non-steroidal anti-inflammatory treatments for common knee and hip pain.
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Mar 11, 2016
US gun laws: The Lancet: March 10, 2016
Bindu Kalesan discusses research which highlights how widespread adoption of the most effective gun and ammunition laws could substantially reduce US firearms mortality.
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Feb 19, 2016
Antibiotic prescribing: The Lancet: February 18, 2016
Michael Hallsworth discusses the value of an information-led intervention to reduce antibiotic prescribing among primary care physicians in England
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Feb 12, 2016
NIH funding: The Lancet: February 11, 2016
Susan Jaffe interviews NIH Director Francis Collins with welcome news of a $2 billion boost to NIH funding.
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Jan 22, 2016
Refugees and health-care services: The Lancet: January 22, 2016
Etienne Langlois discusses the importance of access to appropriate health-care services for refugees worldwide.
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Dec 18, 2015
Wakley Prize 2015: The Lancet: December 17, 2015
Abigail Murdy reads this year's winner, entitled 'Lifelines' by Claude Matuchansky; a piece about the lesson of medical humanism.
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Dec 15, 2015
Climate change and health: The Lancet: December 15, 2015
Andy Haines reflects on the historic Paris climate change treaty, and outlines ideas for carbon taxation to reduce emissions.
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Nov 23, 2015
Ebola response: The Lancet: Nov 22, 2015
Peter Piot discusses new recommendations for health agencies and public health systems in response to the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak.
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Nov 11, 2015
Cancer in LMIC: The Lancet: November 11, 2015
Helen Gelband discusses plans for an essential package of cancer prevention and treatment strategies for low-income and middle-income settings.
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Nov 5, 2015
Breast cancer screening: The Lancet: November 4, 2015
Martin Yaffe discusses a Japanese randomized trial which investigates the potential role of ultrasound in breast cancer screening.
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Oct 26, 2015
Eliminating TB: The Lancet: October 26, 2015
Salmaan Keshavjee outlines how a new Lancet series can assist in global efforts to eliminate tuberculosis.
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Oct 23, 2015
US health care: The Lancet: October 23, 2015
Rebecca Cooney and Susan Jaffe with an update on US health policies and the progress of the Affordable Care Act.
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Oct 9, 2015
China’s health reform: The Lancet: October 9, 2015
Helena Wang with an overview of a china themed issue on the country’s progress towards universal health coverage.
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Sep 26, 2015
10 000 issues of The Lancet: Sept 25, 2015
Editor Richard Horton reflects on The Lancet’s history, and looks ahead as the journal publishes its 10 000th issue.
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Sep 4, 2015
Alcohol-use disorders: The Lancet: Sept 4, 2015
Wayne Hall discusses how doctors could do more to better diagnose and treat patients who have poor health relating to high alcohol use.
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Aug 14, 2015
Music and surgery: The Lancet: Aug 13, 2015
Paul Glasziou discusses a systematic review from UK authors which suggests that music could reduce anxiety and pain for patients undergoing surgery.
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Jul 30, 2015
Medicare at 50: The Lancet: July 30, 2015
Susan Jaffe discusses the introduction of Medicare 50 years ago with two US physicians who were in practice at the time.
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Jul 24, 2015
Tattoo safety: The Lancet: July 24, 2015
Andreas Luch discusses a Review about the medical and toxicological concerns of tattooing.
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Jul 16, 2015
Planetary Health Commission: The Lancet: July 16, 2015
Andy Haines and Richard Lane discuss the background and main action points from the Commission.
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Jul 11, 2015
Cholera vaccination: The Lancet: July 10, 2015
Firdausi Qadri discusses results of a cholera vaccine study, done in a real-life setting in Bangladesh.
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Jul 7, 2015
Faith and Health: The Lancet: July 7, 2015
Andrew Tomkins and Richard Lane discuss controversies in faith-based health care.
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Jun 25, 2015
UNAIDS Commission: The Lancet: June 25, 2015
Peter Piot outlines key themes and priorities emerging from The Lancet/UNAIDS Commission launched on June 25
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Jun 17, 2015
Reducing unintended pregnancy: The Lancet: June 17, 2015
Cynthia Harper discusses the effects of a clinic-based intervention to increase patients’ access to long-acting reversible contraceptives.
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Jun 5, 2015
Women and Health: The Lancet: June 5, 2015
Ana Langer discusses a new Lancet Commission on Women and Health with Richard Lane.
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May 29, 2015
Methadone in prisons: The Lancet: May 29, 2015
Josiah ‘Jody’ Rich discusses a research article about methadone treatment for US prisoners.
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May 22, 2015
Diabetes in children: The Lancet: May 22, 2015
Diane Wherrett discusses the challenges of diabetes treatment and prevention in childhood and adolescence.
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May 7, 2015
Health systems resilience: The Lancet: May 7, 2015
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May 1, 2015
UK Election part 6: The Lancet: May 1, 2015
Daniel Poulter talks to Richard Lane about the Conservative Party’s commitments to the NHS and international development.
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Apr 27, 2015
Global Surgery Commission: The Lancet: April 27, 2015
John Meara discusses the background and key actions from The Lancet Global Surgery commission.
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Apr 25, 2015
US and climate change: The Lancet: April 24, 2015
Susan Jaffe from Washington DC with news on a US climate change campaign which is receiving full support from President Obama.
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Apr 23, 2015
UK Election part 5: The Lancet: April 23, 2015
Norman Lamb discusses Liberal Democrat health and care priorities with Richard Lane.
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Apr 16, 2015
UK Election part 4: The Lancet: April 16, 2015
Dr Philippa Whitford discusses SNP health policies with Richard Lane
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Mar 26, 2015
UK Election part 3: The Lancet: March 26, 2015
Shadow Secretary of State Andy Burnham discusses The Labour Party’s future health priorities with Richard Lane.
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Mar 13, 2015
UK Election part 2: The Lancet: March 13, 2015
Richard Lane talks health politics with Jillian Creasy of the Green Party.
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Mar 7, 2015
UK Election 2015: The Lancet: March 6, 2015
In the first in a series of UK election podcasts, listen to the health priorities of the National Health Action Party.
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Feb 27, 2015
FDA changes: The Lancet: February 27, 2015
Susan Jaffe with news on changes at the US FDA including an interview with new FDA Deputy Commissioner Robert Califf
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Feb 19, 2015
The Lancet: February 18, 2015
Obesity Series – discussion with Christina Roberto and Richard Lane
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Feb 13, 2015
The Lancet: February 12, 2015
Ebola in west Africa: getting to zero. Udani Samarasekera discusses a Lancet Editorial and World Report
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Feb 5, 2015
The Lancet: February 05, 2015
Care after hip fracture: discussion of a randommised trial to assess the value of specialist geriatric care
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Jan 30, 2015
The Lancet: January 30, 2015
NIH budget shrinks despite Ebola emergency funds: Susan Jaffe talks to NIH Director Francis Collins
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Jan 23, 2015
The Lancet: January 23, 2015
Beyond political rhetoric: Bill Summerskill and Richard Lane discuss ideas for a sustainable NHS.
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Jan 9, 2015
The Lancet: January 09, 2015
Rebecca Cooney and Richard Lane discuss 2015 expectations for further implementation of the US Affordable Care Act.
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Dec 19, 2014
The Lancet: December 19, 2014
Wakley Essay winner Johanna Riesel reads ‘On Seeing roses’.
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Dec 12, 2014
The Lancet: December 12, 2014
Universal Health Coverage Day – discussion of UHC with Selina Lo and Richard Lane.
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Nov 27, 2014
The Lancet: November 27, 2014
Discussion of a new Lancet Commission on improving prevention and treatment of liver disease in the UK.
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Nov 21, 2014
The Lancet: November 21, 2014
Discussion of a new five-part Series about violence against women and girls.
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Nov 14, 2014
The Lancet: November 14, 2014 (Perinatal mental health)
Alan Stein discusses a three-part Series on perinatal mental health.
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Nov 14, 2014
The Lancet: November 14, 2014 (ACA implementation)
Susan Jaffe with the latest developments on ACA implementation in the US.
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Nov 7, 2014
The Lancet: November 07, 2014
Edgar Jones discusses the legacy of World War 1 on psychiatry.
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Oct 30, 2014
The Lancet: October 30, 2014
Following The Lancet's Ebola discussion on Twitter, David Heymann outlines ebola response and management priorities for the next two months.
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Oct 24, 2014
The Lancet: October 24, 2014
Seena Fazel discusses a two-part Series on homelessness with Richard Lane.
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Oct 23, 2014
The Lancet: October 23, 2014
Susan Jaffe discusses the US response to the Ebola crisis.
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Oct 16, 2014
The Lancet: October 16, 2014
Robert Lanza discusses two-year follow-up findings of human embryonic stem-cell transplantation in the potential treatment of Stargardt's Macular dystrophy and age-related macular degeneration.
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Oct 3, 2014
The Lancet: October 03, 2014
Discussion of a Series on fertility preservation, and an interview with Glenda Gray, new President of South Africa's Medical Research Council.
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Sep 19, 2014
The Lancet: September 19, 2014
Susan Jaffe with discussion about the US President's Scientific panel report on antibiotic resistance.
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Sep 12, 2014
The Lancet: September 12, 2014
Rebecca Cooney discusses organ donation and distribution in the US with David Mulligan, chair of the Liver and Transplant Committee for United Network for Organ Sharing.
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Aug 28, 2014
The Lancet: August 28, 2014
Naomi Lee discusses new research about depression and cancer with Michael Sharpe and Jane Walker.
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Aug 21, 2014
The Lancet: August 21, 2014
Discussion of the global response to the ebola epidemic, and of a bioethical approach to the use of experimental drugs.
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Aug 7, 2014
The Lancet: August 07, 2014
Professor Fritz Schröder discusses the latest research on prostate cancer screening.
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Jul 28, 2014
The Lancet: July 28, 2014
Richard Tedder discusses the prevalence and transmission of hepatitis E in blood donors and recipients in south-east England.
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Jul 25, 2014
The Lancet: July 25, 2014
Christopher Williams explains new research on the efficacy of paracetamol for treatment of low-back pain.
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Jul 23, 2014
The Lancet: July 22, 2014
Steffanie Strathdee discusses the HIV and sex workers Series.
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Jul 10, 2014
The Lancet: July 10, 2014
The second podcast for the US Health of Americans Series - discussion of accident and injury prevention, and of CDC's role in global health.
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Jul 4, 2014
The Lancet: July 04, 2014
Ursula Bauer, Richard Horton, and Rebecca Cooney discuss priorities for the prevention of chronic diseases in the US in the 21st century.
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Jun 10, 2014
The Lancet: June 10, 2014
Rachel Jewkes discusses priorities for the prevention of sexual violence.
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May 30, 2014
The Lancet: May 30, 2014
Joy Lawn and Erika Niesner discuss the every Newborn Series and its action plan, after discussion at the 2014 World Health Assembly.
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May 30, 2014
The Lancet: May 30, 2014
Discussion of blood pressure, age, and lifetime risk of 12 cardiovascular diseases in 1.25 million people.
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May 16, 2014
The Lancet: May 16, 2014
Bec Cooney discusses a new report and Lancet editorial, giving a US perspective on climate change and health.
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May 8, 2014
The Lancet: May 08, 2014
Seena Fazel discusses a population study to assess the effects of antipsychotics on violent behavior and crime.
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May 2, 2014
The Lancet: May 02, 2014
Susan Jaffe discusses early implementation and future challenges of the US Affordable Care Act.
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Apr 24, 2014
The Lancet: April 24, 2014
Marcia Brose discusses results of a phase III trial of the kinase inhibitor sorafenib for treating radioactive iodine-refractory thyroid cancer.
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Apr 18, 2014
The Lancet: April 18, 2014
Steven Laureys discusses the potential of neuroimaging for diagnoses in minimally conscious patients.
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Apr 11, 2014
The Lancet: April 11, 2014
John Strang discusses the potential of cash payments to improve Hepatitis B vaccination uptake among injecting drug users.
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Apr 4, 2014
The Lancet: April 04, 2014
Zoe Michaleff joins Nicolai Humphreys to discuss a simple self-directed exercise program for reducing pain from chronic whiplash.
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Mar 28, 2014
The Lancet: March 28, 2014
Nicolai Humphreys and Jasper Been discuss new research that show public smoking bans are linked with a rapid fall in preterm births and child hospital visits for asthma.
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Mar 14, 2014
The Lancet: March 14, 2014
Nilesh Samani discusses an Article that highlights the discovery of an epigenetic mechanism that could affect risk of obesity-related disease.
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Feb 28, 2014
The Lancet: February 28, 2014
Linda Aiken discusses the results of a European study that links nurses' workload and education to patients' survival after surgery.
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Feb 21, 2014
The Lancet: February 21, 2014
Nicolai Humphreys is joined by Abdisalan Noor to discusses the changing risk of Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection in Africa.
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Feb 13, 2014
The Lancet: February 13, 2014
Naeemah Abrahams talks to Nicolai Humphreys about the prevalence of non-partner sexual violence.
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Feb 6, 2014
The Lancet: February 06, 2014
Nicolai Humphreys is joined by Anthony Morrison to discuss how cognitive therapy might be beneficial for people with schizophrenia not taking antipsychotic drugs.
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Jan 30, 2014
The Lancet: January 30, 2014
Andrew Clark discusses how children and adolescents with peanut allergies could benefit from treatment with oral immunotherapy.
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Jan 20, 2014
The Lancet: January 20, 2014
Rita Giacaman talks to Nicolai Humphreys about The Lancet's Health in the Arab world Series.
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Jan 16, 2014
The Lancet: January 16, 2014
Robert MacLaren discusses how gene therapy improves eyesight in people born with choroideremia.
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Jan 8, 2014
The Lancet: January 08, 2014
Paul Glasziou discusses a new Lancet Series 'Research: increasing value, reducing waste'.
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Dec 20, 2013
The Lancet: December 20, 2013
This year's Wakley Prize essay, 'The Measuring Cup'.
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Dec 11, 2013
The Lancet: December 11, 2013
Peter Flemming discusses the findings of the Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with intellectual disabilities in the UK.
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Dec 3, 2013
The Lancet: December 03, 2013
Richard Horton discusses why it is time to revisit the case for investment in health in the latest Lancet Commission.
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Nov 26, 2013
The Lancet: November 26, 2013
Kaye Wellings discusses the history and future of the NATSAL research programme.
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Nov 21, 2013
The Lancet: November 21, 2013
Mushtaque Chowdhury discusses a new Series about health in Bangladesh.
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Nov 11, 2013
The Lancet: November 11, 2013
Jayant Vaidya and Umberto Veronesi discuss the TARGIT and ELIOT trials of intraoperative radiotherapy for early breast cancer.
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Nov 8, 2013
The Lancet: November 08, 2013
Barbara Tomczyk discusses a Viewpoint about the importance of access to womens health services in Syria.
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Nov 1, 2013
The Lancet: November 01, 2013
Clive Ballard discusses the efficacy of pimavanserin for treatment of Parkinson's disease psychosis.
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Oct 24, 2013
The Lancet: October 24, 2013
Myles Connor discusses the global and regional burden of stroke during 1990-2010.
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Oct 18, 2013
The Lancet: October 18, 2013
Peter Tyrer discusses the potential of CBT for treating medical anxiety.
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Oct 4, 2013
The Lancet: October 04, 2013
Neil Scolding discusses the future role of stem-cell therapies for multiple sclerosis.
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Sep 27, 2013
The Lancet: September 27, 2013
Ashley Blom discusses the recent reduction in mortality after hip replacement surgery in the United Kingdom.
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Sep 20, 2013
The Lancet: September 20, 2013
Jennifer Bryce discusses 'the unfinished agenda in child survival'.
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Sep 13, 2013
The Lancet: September 13, 2013
Good news concerning meningitis vaccination in chad, and other print and online highlights this week.
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Aug 30, 2013
The Lancet: August 30, 2013
Michael Lynskey discusses two new papers from the Global Burden of Disease 2010 programme, assessing mental health and substance misuse.
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Aug 23, 2013
The Lancet: August 23, 2013
John Field discusses the potential of population screening for lung cancer.
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Aug 16, 2013
The Lancet: August 16, 2013
Gerd Heusch discusses the potential of remote ischaemic preconditioning for people undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery.
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Aug 2, 2013
The Lancet: August 02, 2013
Amy Jordan discusses a seminar about sleep apnoea.
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Jul 22, 2013
The Lancet: July 22, 2013
Seena Fazel discusses new research about epilepsy and psychiatric comorbidity.
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Jul 18, 2013
The Lancet: July 18, 2013
Richard Gelber discusses results of the HERA trial comparing 2 years vs 1 year trastuzumab for HER2 positive breast cancer.
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Jul 12, 2013
The Lancet: July 12, 2013
Kaare Christensen discusses an Article that compares physical and mental functioning in people born in 1905 and 1915.
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Jul 2, 2013
The Lancet: July 02, 2013
Aimee Kreimer discusses one of the first natural history studies of oral human papillomavirus infection.
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Jun 21, 2013
The Lancet: June 21, 2013
Heidi Stockl discusses new data which highlights how intimate partners are responsible for between a third and a half of all female homicides worldwide.
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Jun 14, 2013
The Lancet: June 14, 2013
Rafick-Pierre Sekaly discusses a Review about barriers to a cure for HIV.
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Jun 7, 2013
The Lancet: June 07, 2013
Robert Black from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with an overview of a new Lancet Series on maternal and child nutrition.
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Jun 7, 2013
The Lancet: June 07, 2013
Theo Vos discusses the global burden of disease 2010 data for China.
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May 31, 2013
The Lancet: May 31, 2013
Colin Baigent discusses the vascular and gastric effects of long-term use of high-dose non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
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May 24, 2013
The Lancet: May 24, 2013
Tim Goodnough discusses a new three-part clinical Series about transfusion medicine.
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May 17, 2013
The Lancet: May 17, 2013
Zulfiqar Bhuta with an overview of the health in Pakistan Series.
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May 10, 2013
The Lancet: May 10, 2013
Niall Boyce and Nick Craddock with their thoughts on The Lancet's bipolar disorder Series.
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May 3, 2013
The Lancet: May 03, 2013
John Britton discusses progress and future priorities for tobacco control in Europe.
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Apr 25, 2013
The Lancet: April 25, 2013
Discussion of H7N9 influenza virus transmission from poultry to humans in China.
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Apr 19, 2013
The Lancet: April 19, 2013
Ryan McCormack discusses a Viewpoint about better treatment in hospital emergency departments for people with severe alcohol problems.
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Apr 12, 2013
The Lancet: April 12, 2013
Zulfiqar Bhutta with an overview of a new Series on childhood diarrhoea and pneumonia.
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Mar 27, 2013
The Lancet: March 27, 2013
Martin McKee and Richard Lane discuss key points from a new Lancet Series about health in Europe.
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Mar 19, 2013
The Lancet: March 19, 2013
Debbie Lawlor discusses the implications of research about vitamin D status in pregnancy and bone mineral content of children.
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Mar 15, 2013
The Lancet: March 15, 2013
Discussion of an Iraq themed issue, with Gilbert Burnham from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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Mar 8, 2013
The Lancet: March 08, 2013
David Heyman discusses the 10th anniversary of SARS, and the implications for managing the latest coronavirus outbreak.
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Feb 22, 2013
The Lancet: February 22, 2013
Steve Humphries discusses a LDL cholesterol gene score to identify monogenic or polygenic familial hypercholesterolaemia.
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Feb 15, 2013
The Lancet: February 15, 2013
NCD champions Robert Beaglehole and Ruth Bonita discuss the emerging NCD movement and the key features of the new Lancet Series.
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Feb 8, 2013
The Lancet: February 08, 2013
Andrew Clegg discusses a Seminar about frailty in the elderly.
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Feb 4, 2013
The Lancet: February 04, 2013
Helen McShane from the University of Oxford discusses results from a phase IIb tuberculosis trial.
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Jan 25, 2013
The Lancet: January 25, 2013
Richard Peto discusses a meta-analysis about folate supplementation and cancer risk.
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Jan 18, 2013
The Lancet: January 18, 2013
Vicente Corrales-Medina discusses a review about the association between pneumonia and cardiovascular disease.
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Jan 11, 2013
The Lancet: January 11, 2013
Francois Raffi and Nicolai Humphreys discuss dolutegravir versus raltegravir as treatment for HIV.
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Jan 4, 2013
The Lancet: January 04, 2013
Gerd Burmester and Richard Lane discuss a potential new treatment for refractory rheumatoid arthritis.
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Dec 19, 2012
The Lancet: December 19, 2012
Richard Horton and an expert panel discuss what happens next in the light of the launch of GBD.
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Dec 14, 2012
The Lancet: December 14, 2012
Chris Murray highlights key findings from the seven research articles in the GBD 2010 Study.
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Dec 13, 2012
The Lancet: December 13, 2012
Richard Horton with a background and overview of GBD 2010.
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Dec 7, 2012
The Lancet: December 07, 2012
A reading of this year's Wakley prize essay, 'Thank you for seeing my beautiful daughter, Kate'.
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Nov 30, 2012
The Lancet: November 30, 2012
Andy Dobson with an overview of a three-part zoonoses Series.
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Nov 22, 2012
The Lancet: November 22, 2012
David Cunningham from the Royal Marsden Hospital in London assesses the potential of regorafenib in the treatment of colorectal cancer and gastrointestinal stromal tumours.
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Nov 16, 2012
The Lancet: November 16, 2012
A Finnish randomized trial assessing the efficacy of a 10-serotype pneumococcal vaccine.
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Nov 9, 2012
The Lancet: November 09, 2012
A US Election special from New York City.
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Oct 30, 2012
The Lancet: October 30, 2012
Authors explain the findings of a new Review about breast cancer screening in the UK.
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Oct 26, 2012
The Lancet: October 26, 2012
Andrew Grace with an overview of a new clinical Series about cardiac arrhythmias.
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Oct 19, 2012
The Lancet: October 19, 2012
Discussion with Jimmy Volmink, Head of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University, South Africa
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Oct 12, 2012
The Lancet: October 12, 2012
What can the UK and US health-care systems learn from each other?
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Oct 5, 2012
The Lancet: October 05, 2012
Ted Alcorn discusses the future of the US Global Health Initiative, ahead of next month's election.
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Sep 28, 2012
The Lancet: September 28, 2012
Obama vs Romney health policies, and an epilepsy focus.
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Sep 21, 2012
The Lancet: September 21, 2012
Sharmila Devi discusses racial inequities in health in the United States, and details of a surgery themed issue.
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Sep 14, 2012
The Lancet: September 14, 2012
Mika Kivimaki discusses the relationship between stress at work and coronary heart disease.
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Sep 7, 2012
The Lancet: September 07, 2012
Jeff Sachs from the Earth Institute at Columbia university discusses progress towards universal health coverage.
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Aug 29, 2012
The Lancet: August 29, 2012
Surinder Birring discusses the potential of gabapentin for treating chronic cough.
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Aug 24, 2012
The Lancet: August 24, 2012
A preview of upcoming Lancet papers to be presented at ESC, and views on global health from Jeanette Vega at the Rockefeller Foundation.
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Aug 10, 2012
The Lancet: August 10, 2012
Jenny Cresswell discusses research about increasing bodyweight in sub-saharan Africa and effect on neonatal health. .
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Aug 3, 2012
The Lancet: August 03, 2012
The Lancet Commission on Global Health Technologies.
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Jul 20, 2012
The Lancet: July 20, 2012
Chris Beyrer with an overview of a new Lancet HIV Series about men who have sex with men (MSM).
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Jul 10, 2012
The Lancet: July 10, 2012
Highlights from the launch of The Lancet Series on Family Planning.
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Jul 6, 2012
The Lancet: July 06, 2012
Dr Nick Webborn discusses paralaympic medicine in relation to the complex mix of medical issues that challenge health-care providers and medical staff.
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Jun 29, 2012
The Lancet: June 29, 2012
Interview with Bill Foege, 'gentle giant of global health'.
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Jun 22, 2012
The Lancet: June 22, 2012
Niall Boyce discusses a three-part Series on the complex topic of suicide.
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Jun 15, 2012
The Lancet: June 15, 2012
Seema Kang with highlights from a diabetes themed issue.
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Jun 7, 2012
The Lancet: June 07, 2012
Explanation of new data concerning childhood CT scans and increased risk of leukaemia and brain cancer.
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May 30, 2012
The Lancet: May 30, 2012
Highlights from the launch of the Healthy Cities Lancet/UCL commission.
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May 25, 2012
The Lancet: May 25, 2012
Results of a randomized trial offer hope for the treatment of tinnitus.
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May 17, 2012
The Lancet: May 17, 2012
Seamus Harrison discusses new research which suggests no causal link between raised HDL cholesterol and reduced risk of coronary heart disease.
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May 11, 2012
The Lancet: May 11, 2012
Discussion of the pioneering renal transplantation work of Dr Elmi Muller in South Africa.
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May 4, 2012
The Lancet: May 04, 2012
Ian Morgan discusses myopia, part of a three-part ophthalmology Series.
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Apr 25, 2012
The Lancet: April 25, 2012
Sabine Kleinert and Susan M Sawyer launch the latest Series on adolescent health.
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Apr 18, 2012
The Lancet: April 18, 2012
Musical excerpts from the World Doctors Orchestra, and highlights of the Physics and Medicine Series.
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Apr 13, 2012
The Lancet: April 13, 2012
Highlights from the April 14 issue, and introducing The Lancet News podcast.
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Apr 6, 2012
The Lancet: April 06, 2012
Anthony J Avery discusses a pharmacist-led, information technology intervention for medication errors.