End torture and medical neglect of Julian Assange
Publication date: Available online 17 February 2020Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Stephen Frost, Lissa Johnson, Jill Stein, William Frost, on behalf of 117 signatories (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 18, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Timely research papers about COVID-19 in China
Publication date: Available online 17 February 2020Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Yu-Tao Xiang, Wen Li, Qinge Zhang, Yu Jin, Wen-Wang Rao, Liang-Nan Zeng, Grace K I Lok, Ines H I Chow, Teris Cheung, Brian J Hall (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 18, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Full spectrum of COVID-19 severity still being depicted – Authors' reply
Publication date: Available online 14 February 2020Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Xiaoying Gu, Bin Cao, Jianwei Wang (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 16, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Full spectrum of COVID-19 severity still being depicted
Publication date: Available online 14 February 2020Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Zhou Xu, Shu Li, Shen Tian, Hao Li, Ling-quan Kong (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 16, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
COVID-19: what is next for public health?
Publication date: Available online 13 February 2020Source: The LancetAuthor(s): David L Heymann, Nahoko Shindo, WHO Scientific and Technical Advisory Group for Infectious Hazards (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Do not violate the International Health Regulations during the COVID-19 outbreak
Publication date: Available online 13 February 2020Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Roojin Habibi, Gian Luca Burci, Thana C de Campos, Danwood Chirwa, Margherita Cinà, Stéphanie Dagron, Mark Eccleston-Turner, Lisa Forman, Lawrence O Gostin, Benjamin Mason Meier, Stefania Negri, Gorik Ooms, Sharifah Sekalala, Allyn Taylor, Alicia Ely Yamin, Steven J Hoffman (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
First imported case of 2019 novel coronavirus in Canada, presenting as mild pneumonia
Publication date: Available online 13 February 2020Source: The LancetAuthor(s): William Kyle Silverstein, Lynfa Stroud, Graham Edward Cleghorn, Jerome Allen Leis (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
The global burden of chronic kidney disease
Publication date: Available online 13 February 2020Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Paul Cockwell, Lori-Ann Fisher (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Publication date: Available online 13 February 2020Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Boris Bikbov, Caroline A Purcell, Andrew S Levey, Mari Smith, Amir Abdoli, Molla Abebe, Oladimeji M Adebayo, Mohsen Afarideh, Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Marcela Agudelo-Botero, Elham Ahmadian, Ziyad Al-Aly, Vahid Alipour, Amir Almasi-Hashiani, Rajaa M Al-Raddadi, Nelson Alvis-Guzman, Saeed Amini, Tudorel Andrei, Catalina Liliana Andrei, Zewudu AndualemSummaryBackgroundHealth system planning requires careful assessment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) epidemiology, but data for morbidity and mortality of this disease are scarce or non-existent in many...
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Improving the prognosis of health care in the USA
Publication date: 15–21 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223Author(s): Alison P Galvani, Alyssa S Parpia, Eric M Foster, Burton H Singer, Meagan C FitzpatrickSummaryAlthough health care expenditure per capita is higher in the USA than in any other country, more than 37 million Americans do not have health insurance, and 41 million more have inadequate access to care. Efforts are ongoing to repeal the Affordable Care Act which would exacerbate health-care inequities. By contrast, a universal system, such as that proposed in the Medicare for All Act, has the potential to transform the availability a...
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Complicit silence in medical malpractice
Publication date: 15–21 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223Author(s): The Lancet (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Preventing teenage pregnancies in Brazil
Publication date: 15–21 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223Author(s): The Lancet (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Appropriate care for pregnant women in Ebola outbreaks
Publication date: 15–21 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223Author(s): The Lancet (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Learning health systems: an empowering agenda for low-income and middle-income countries
Publication date: 15–21 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223Author(s): Kabir Sheikh, Irene Agyepong, Manoj Jhalani, Walid Ammar, Assad Hafeez, Sushil Pyakuryal, Seye Abimbola, Abdul Ghaffar, Soumya Swaminathan (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Another summit on global road safety? Key questions to ask ministers
Publication date: 15–21 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223Author(s): Adnan A Hyder (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Breathlessness, pleural effusions, fibromas, and Meigs syndrome: look beyond the chest and don't delay!
Publication date: 15–21 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223Author(s): Yoshinori Taniguchi, Hirofumi Nishikawa, Nagamasa Maeda, Yoshio Terada (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Europe faces worsening medicine shortages
Publication date: 15–21 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223Author(s): Rob Hyde (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Africa prepares for coronavirus
Publication date: 15–21 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223Author(s): Munyaradzi Makoni (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
UNAIDS and IAEA join forces on HIV and cervical cancer
Publication date: 15–21 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223Author(s): Talha Burki (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Flash Count Diary: A New Story About the Menopause, Darcey Steinke. Canongate Books (2019), 240, ISBN: 178689811X
Publication date: 15–21 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223Author(s): Tania Glyde (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Peter Salama
Publication date: 15–21 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223Author(s): Andrew Green (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Protective strategies to prevent trastuzumab-induced cardiotoxicity
Publication date: 15–21 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223Author(s): Shaohua Guo, Gary Tse, Tong Liu (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Protective strategies to prevent trastuzumab-induced cardiotoxicity – Authors' reply
Publication date: 15–21 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223Author(s): Helena M Earl, Louise Hiller, Chris Plummer, David Miles, Andrew M Wardley, David A Cameron, Janet A Dunn (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Septoplasty for nasal obstruction
Publication date: 15–21 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223Author(s): Alfonso Luca Pendolino, Premjit Randhawa, Samit Unadkat, Peter J Andrews (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Septoplasty for nasal obstruction
Publication date: 15–21 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223Author(s): Neil C Tan, Samuel C Leong (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Septoplasty for nasal obstruction
Publication date: 15–21 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223Author(s): Basile N Landis, Abel-Jan Tasman (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Septoplasty for nasal obstruction – Authors' reply
Publication date: 15–21 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223Author(s): Machteld MHT van Egmond, Maroeska M Rovers, Gerjon Hannink, Carine TM Hendriks, Niels van Heerbeek (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Portugal needs to revolutionise end-of-life care
Publication date: 15–21 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223Author(s): Barbara Gomes, Maja de Brito, Ana Forjaz de Lacerda, Duarte Soares (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Anti-Semitism and critiquing the actions of Israel
Publication date: 15–21 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223Author(s): Amy Alpert, Maxine Fookson, Seth Komarovsky, Alan F Meyers, Alice Rothchild, Rachel Rubin, Peter Sporn (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Department of Error
Publication date: 15–21 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223Author(s): (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Smoking cessation programmes in China
Publication date: 15–21 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223Author(s): Yuchen Xue (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Exclusion criterion: learning disability
Publication date: 15–21 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223Author(s): Samuel W Spaul, Ruth Hudson, Catherine Harvey, Helen Macdonald, Jesus Perez (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Offline: How to defeat political populism
Publication date: 15–21 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223Author(s): Richard Horton (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
European Green Deal: a major opportunity for health improvement
Publication date: Available online 12 February 2020Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Andy Haines, Pauline Scheelbeek (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Anti-Chinese sentiment during the 2019-nCoV outbreak
Publication date: Available online 12 February 2020Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Roger Yat-Nork Chung, Minnie Ming Li (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
What are the risks of COVID-19 infection in pregnant women?
Publication date: Available online 12 February 2020Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Jie Qiao (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Clinical characteristics and intrauterine vertical transmission potential of COVID-19 infection in nine pregnant women: a retrospective review of medical records
This study aimed to evaluate the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in pregnancy and the intrauterine vertical transmission potential of COVID-19 infection.MethodsClinical records, laboratory results, and chest CT scans were retrospectively reviewed for nine pregnant women with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia (ie, with maternal throat swab samples that were positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 [SARS-CoV-2]) who were admitted to Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, from Jan 20 to Jan 31, 2020. Evidence of intrauterine vertical transmission was assessed by testing for the pre...
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
On the use of corticosteroids for 2019-nCoV pneumonia
Publication date: Available online 12 February 2020Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Lianhan Shang, Jianping Zhao, Yi Hu, Ronghui Du, Bin Cao (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 14, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Minimise nosocomial spread of 2019-nCoV when treating acute respiratory failure
Publication date: Available online 11 February 2020Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Luca Cabrini, Giovanni Landoni, Alberto Zangrillo (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 12, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Early lessons from the frontline of the 2019-nCoV outbreak
Publication date: Available online 11 February 2020Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Hong Zhang (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 12, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
2019-nCoV, fake news, and racism
Publication date: Available online 11 February 2020Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Kazuki Shimizu (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 12, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
From Hendra to Wuhan: what has been learned in responding to emerging zoonotic viruses
Publication date: Available online 11 February 2020Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Lin-Fa Wang, Danielle E Anderson, John S Mackenzie, Michael H Merson (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 12, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Ebola virus disease and breastfeeding
Publication date: Available online 10 February 2020Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Anna E Thorson, Megan Foeller, Pura Rayco-Solon, Zita Weise Prinzo, João Paulo Souza, Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 11, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Hip attack for hip fractures: is ultra-early surgery necessary?
Publication date: Available online 9 February 2020Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Alejandro Lizaur-Utrilla, Fernando A Lopez-Prats (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 11, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Accelerated surgery versus standard care in hip fracture (HIP ATTACK): an international, randomised, controlled trial
This study is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02027896).FindingsBetween March 14, 2014, and May 24, 2019, 27 701 patients were screened, of whom 7780 were eligible. 2970 of these were enrolled and randomly assigned to receive accelerated surgery (n=1487) or standard care (n=1483). The median time from hip fracture diagnosis to surgery was 6 h (IQR 4–9) in the accelerated-surgery group and 24 h (10–42) in the standard-care group (p
Source: The Lancet - February 11, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Clinical evidence does not support corticosteroid treatment for 2019-nCoV lung injury
Publication date: Available online 7 February 2020Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Clark D Russell, Jonathan E Millar, J Kenneth Baillie (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 9, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
2019-nCoV epidemic: address mental health care to empower society
Publication date: Available online 7 February 2020Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Yanping Bao, Yankun Sun, Shiqiu Meng, Jie Shi, Lin Lu (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 9, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
2019-nCoV transmission through the ocular surface must not be ignored
Publication date: Available online 6 February 2020Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Cheng-wei Lu, Xiu-fen Liu, Zhi-fang Jia (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 8, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
2019-nCoV epidemic: what about pregnancies?
Publication date: Available online 6 February 2020Source: The LancetAuthor(s): Guillaume Favre, Léo Pomar, Didier Musso, David Baud (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 8, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Child mental health services in England: a continuing crisis
Publication date: 8–14 February 2020Source: The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10222Author(s): The Lancet (Source: The Lancet)
Source: The Lancet - February 8, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
