An estimated 2·1 billion adults worldwide are affected by overweight and obesity, a figure projected to reach 3·8 billion by ...

Continuous exposure to AI might reduce the ADR of standard non-AI assisted colonoscopy, suggesting a negative effect on ...

Adolescence is a pivotal stage for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Young adolescents (aged 10–14 years) ...

Neutralising monoclonal antibodies (NAbs) are being developed for future respiratory virus threats, notably highly pathogenic ...

Despite significant advances in early detection, surgery, radiotherapy, and systemic treatment of breast cancer, late relapse ...

More than 82 million people could be living with dementia by 2030,1 the majority in low-income and middle-income countries ...

Blood and plasma donor whose blood contained anti-D antibodies and helped save babies' lives. He was born on Dec 27, 1936 in ...

Paris Agreement saw countries commit to historic climate goals, the world is dangerously close to breaching its target to limit global heating to 1·5°C. As reported by the Lancet Countdown on health ...

WHO has recognised mental health and, more recently, brain health as public health priorities.1 This momentum was further advanced at the National, Regional and International Plans for Brain and ...

On June 30, Microsoft announced a generative AI (genAI) system that outperforms physicians in diagnosing complex cases, ...

Joël Le Scouarnec sexually assaulted hundreds of patients in his care. His victims are now calling for institutional changes in the wake of his conviction. Marianne Guenot reports.

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