The Lancet
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Real-time flu prediction may be possible using wearable heart rate and sleep tracking devices
Jan 19, 2020First study to evaluate de-identified data from wearable devices on resting heart rate and sleep finds improved real-time prediction of influenza-like illness in five US states compared to current surveillance methods. The research, published in The... -
Scientists call for government action to control and treat unprecedented outbreak of childhood HIV in Pakistan
Dec 20, 2019The HIV outbreak in Pakistan is unprecedented in terms of the proportion of young children affected, mostly under 5-years-old. It represents a 54% increase in paediatric diagnoses over the past 13 years, according to an observational... -
Tenfold increase in number of adolescents on HIV treatment in South Africa since 2010
Oct 3, 2019A new study of more than 700,000 one to 19-year olds being treated for HIV infection suggests a ten-fold increase in the number of adolescents aged 15 to 19 receiving HIV treatment in South Africa, according... -
Malaria can and should be eradicated within a generation
Sep 16, 2019A future free of malaria, one of the world’s oldest and deadliest diseases, can be achieved as early as 2050, according to a new report published by The Lancet Commission on malaria eradication. Authored by 41... -
Non-physician health workers lead new approach to lowering risk of world’s number one cause of death
Sep 3, 2019A substantial reduction in the risk of cardiovascular disease, the world’s leading cause of death, can be achieved in a year with a new comprehensive approach, according to a randomized controlled trial of 1,371 adults in... -
Large five-year randomized trial supports use of polypill to prevent cardiovascular diseases
Aug 29, 2019A once-daily polypill safely reduces the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, and heart failure by more than a third over five years compared with lifestyle advice alone (202/3,421 vs 301/3,417... -
High blood pressure associated with smaller brain volume and white matter lesions in later years
Aug 29, 2019High blood pressure and large increases in blood pressure in midlife may be associated with brain pathologies in later life, according to an observational study of 502 people who have been tracked since their birth in... -
Very frequent use of social media may compromise teenage girls’ mental health
Aug 16, 2019Very frequent use of social media may compromise teenage girls’ mental health by increasing exposure to bullying and reducing sleep and physical exercise, according to an observational study of almost 10,000 adolescents aged 13-16 years studied... -
Automatically chlorinating water at public taps cuts child diarrhoea by almost a quarter in urban Bangladesh
Aug 10, 2019A novel water treatment device that delivers chlorine automatically via public taps without the need for electricity, reduced child diarrhoea by 23% compared with controls (156 cases out of 2,073 child measurements vs 216/2,145 )... -
Testosterone treatment for women can significantly improve sexual wellbeing for postmenopausal women
Jul 31, 2019The most comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of testosterone treatment for women undertaken, including 46 reports on 36 trials involving 8,480 women, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal, suggests it can significantly improve sexual...
