The Lancet
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What is the possiblity of major progress against Hepatitis C by 2030?
Jan 31, 2019A comprehensive package of prevention, screening, and treatment interventions could avert 15.1 million new hepatitis C infections and 1.5 million cirrhosis and liver cancer deaths globally by 2030 – equal to an 80% reduction in incidence... -
Humanitarian crisis in Venezuela may have undone 18 years of progress in infant mortality
Jan 31, 2019A new observational study published in The Lancet Global Health journal estimates that infant mortality rates in Venezuela may have stopped decreasing and started increasing in 2009 – around the time funding for the Venezuelan health... -
Transformation of the global food system urgently needed
Jan 21, 2019Transformation of the global food system is urgently needed as more than 3 billion people are malnourished (including people who are undernourished and overnourished), and food production is exceeding planetary boundaries – driving climate change, biodiversity... -
The proportion of the global population vulnerable to heat related death and disease is growing
Dec 4, 2018The proportion of the global population vulnerable to heat related death and disease is growing as a result of climate change’s effects on growing populations of older people, people living in cities, and people with non-communicable... -
Hypnotherapy could help relieve irritable bowel syndrome symptoms
Nov 25, 2018Hypnotherapy might help relieve irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) complaints for some patients for as long as 9 months after the end of treatment, according to a randomized controlled trial of 354 adults with IBS in primary... -
Global study predicts more than 20% rise in insulin use by 2030
Nov 21, 2018The amount of insulin needed to effectively treat type 2 diabetes will rise by more than 20% worldwide over the next 12 years, but without major improvements in access, insulin will be beyond the reach of... -
Rates of premature mortality two times higher in the most deprived areas of England, compared to the most affluent
Oct 27, 2018Rates of premature mortality are two times higher in the most deprived areas of England (Blackpool), compared to the most affluent (Wokingham), according to a new comprehensive analysis of health at a local, national and regional... -
PrEP implementation associated with a rapid decline in new HIV infections
Oct 23, 2018Study from Australia is the first to evaluate a population-level roll-out of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in men who have sex with men. Rapid, targeted, and high-coverage roll-out of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to men who have sex... -
Cesarean section use has almost doubled worldwide since 2000
Oct 13, 2018Globally, the number of babies born through cesarean section (C-section) almost doubled between 2000 and 2015 – from 12% to 21% of all births – according to a Series of three papers published in The Lancet... -
Closed-loop ‘artificial pancreas’ insulin delivery system offers better glucose control
Oct 4, 2018New research presented at this year’s annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Berlin, Germany, and published in The Lancet, shows that use of a hybrid day-night closed-loop insulin delivery system...
