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aDepartment of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA bGillings Humanitarian Health Initiative, University of North ...

Globally, it is recognised that cardiovascular risk begins early in life, yet the epidemiology of childhood hypertension remains fragmented and contested. In The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, ...

Retraining individuals with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis to walk with a patient-specific change in their foot angle (ie, toe-in or toe-out angle) can reduce excessive joint loading related ...

Liver cancer is the sixth most common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer-related mortality globally. The number of new liver cancers will nearly double, from 0·87 million in 2022 to 1·52 ...

Gambling is not an ordinary kind of leisure; it can be a health-harming, addictive behaviour. The harms associated with gambling are wide-ranging, affecting not only an individual's health and ...

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As life expectancies increase, the number of people living with dementia worldwide continues to rise. The 2024 report of the Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention, and care adds ...

Despite tremendous advances in breast cancer research and treatment over the past three decades—leading to a reduction in breast cancer mortality of over 40% in some high-income countries—gross ...

A 58-year-old man with a 31-month history of seeing peoples’ faces as distorted and, in his words, appearing “demonic” visited our laboratory for assessment. The patient stated that the ...

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Menopause is an inevitable life stage for half the the world’s population, but experiences vary hugely. Some women have few or no symptoms over the menopause transition while others have severe ...