The Lancet

The Lancet is a weekly medical journal that goes through a peer-review process. It is recognized as one of the oldest and most reputable general medical journals globally.

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Towards a greener, healthier Paris

1 week ago | thelancet.com | Jacqui Thornton

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The Lancet, 12 April 2025, Volume 405, Issue 10486, Pages 1203-1312

1 week ago | thelancet.com | Robert Byrne |Byung Ryul Cho

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Climate change fuels deadly dust storms worldwide

2 weeks ago | thelancet.com | Bryant Furlow

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Microplastics: an underestimated and underregulated crisis

2 weeks ago | thelancet.com | Vijay Shankar Balakrishnan

Publication History:Published April 8, 2025DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(25)00086-4Also available on ScienceDirectCopyright: © 2025 Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. Plastics are everywhere—even in the air we breathe. Researchers are discovering microplastics (<5 mm) and nanoplastics (<1 μm), not just in the environment around us, but also in the internal organs of animals and human beings.
Prison health in Belarus

2 weeks ago | thelancet.com | Ed Holt

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The gut-bone axis: implications of gut hormone-based therapies for bone health

2 weeks ago | thelancet.com | Amsterdam UMC |Elizabeth Winter |Einthoven Laboratory |Natasha M. Appelman-Dijkstra

Get full text accessLog in, subscribe or purchase for full access. References1. Paccou, J ∙ Compston, JEBone health in adults with obesity before and after interventions to promote weight lossLancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2024; 12:748-7602. Muskiet, MHA ∙ Tonneijck, L ∙ Smits, MM ∙ et al. GLP-1 and the kidney: from physiology to pharmacology and outcomes in diabetesNat Rev Nephrol. 2017; 13:605-6283.
US funding cuts impact cancer care and research

3 weeks ago | thelancet.com | Sharmila Devi

Physicians and scientists have accused the Trump administration of putting cancer research and care at grave risk with massive funding and staff cuts at federal agencies, including 10 000 staff lay-offs announced by the US Health and Human Services Department (HHS)
Sexual health and reproductive toxicity from cancer therapies

3 weeks ago | thelancet.com | David Benjamin |Newport Beach

References1. Krouwel, EM ∙ Albers, LF ∙ Nicolai, MPJ ∙ et al. Discussing sexual health in the medical oncologist's practice: exploring current practice and challengesJ Cancer Educ. 2020; 35:1072-10882. Benjamin, DJ ∙ Haslam, A ∙ Gill, J ∙ et al. Targeted therapy in lung cancer: are we closing the gap in years of life lost? Cancer Med. 2022; 11:3417-34243. Weickhardt, AJ ∙ Doebele, RC ∙ Purcell, WT ∙ et al.
Comparative effectiveness research in bariatric surgery and the need for complementary study designs

3 weeks ago | thelancet.com | Justin B. Dimick

References1. Salminen, P ∙ Gronroos, S ∙ Helmio, M ∙ et al. Effect of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy vs roux-en-y gastric bypass on weight loss, comorbidities, and reflux at 10 years in adult patients with obesity: the SLEEVEPASS randomized clinical trialJAMA Surg. 2022; 157:656-6662. Courcoulas, AP ∙ King, WC ∙ Belle, SH ∙ et al. Seven-year weight trajectories and health outcomes in the longitudinal assessment of bariatric surgery (LABS) StudyJAMA Surg. 2018; 153:427-4343.
The Lancet Commission on rethinking coronary artery disease: moving from ischaemia to atheroma

3 weeks ago | thelancet.com | Sarah Zaman |Jason H. Wasfy |Vikas Kapil |Boback Ziaeian

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