Hot ambient conditions and associated heat stress can increase mortality and morbidity, as well as increase adverse pregnancy outcomes and negatively affect mental health. High heat stress can also ...

Jim Catto, co-leading author of the Lancet Series on men's health, was reluctant to be the subject of a profile, insisting it is more important to highlight what he is trying to accomplish: tackling ...

Europe has made important advances against hepatocellular carcinoma, which accounts for 75–85% a primary liver cancers, yet incidence and mortality continue to rise. Liver cancer incidence and ...

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Africa’s digital health revolution, marked by a rapid increase in the number of technologies and providers of electronic health records, mobile health applications, disease surveillance platforms, and ...

Sickle cell disease is the most common haemoglobinopathy, affecting more than 7 million people worldwide.1 Despite ...

Irritable bowel syndrome, chronic constipation, and functional diarrhoea are disorders of gut–brain interaction, the symptoms ...

aDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan bDepartment of Vision Informatics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan ...

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Commission on the present and future of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ...

Many men are failing to thrive. Shorter life expectancies for men than for woman first emerged in the 19th century and the gap has continued to widen (albeit with geographical variations). Men have a ...

The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change celebrated its tenth anniversary this week. The Countdown was preceded by two Lancet Commissions that sought to mobilise multiple disciplines within ...

Obesity has become prevalent in Asian populations with rates rising in the Asia Pacific region.1 East Asian populations, ...