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New #TLClinicalPic quiz: 'Concerning colonic distention and malnutrition in an infant'
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Nearly 10 million people die from cancer every year.
At #WEF24 , a session organized by @IAEAorg and co-hosted with The Lancet Oncology and Union for International #CancerControl explored access to cancer care for low and middle-income countries.
🔴Watch the recording now: youtube.com/watch?v=gWCkQx…
Our Feb issue is online! Read about #hypertension in young adults, invasive #strepA ( #iGAS ), reproductive coercion, #racism & #childhealth in the USA, & more!
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Cover by Ama Antiwiwaa Amponsah, age 11
'We spotlight #female #brain health across the lifespan by informing on the role of sex steroids, particularly #oestradiol , on the female brain and on risk for diseases more prevalent in females, such as #depression and #Alzheimer 's disease' thelancet.com/journals/landi… #WomensHealth
Eugenics is a concept closely tied to what makes us unwell, and its roots in race medicine amplifies the drivers of racial health inequities, ableism, & white supremacy.
Learn more in a new episode of our Race & Health– #LancetVoice collab.
🔊Listen now: hubs.li/Q02gSZnr0
The Lancet Oncology's Editor-in-Chief interviewing IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency ⚛️'s DG Rafael MarianoGrossi at #WEF24 on global cancer control. To quote the DG's concluding remark: we need less talk, more action!
📢Our January issue is LIVE!
A lot of exciting research about #Asthma , #Tuberculosis , #Cushing syndrome, #Cerebellar #ataxia , #Inflammatorybowel disease
& more
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Paediatric care for non-White children is universally worse across the USA.
In new Series in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, authors identify pervasive racial inequities in paediatric care & call for urgent policy reform.
Explore here ➡️ hubs.li/Q02gKF8w0
Despite the availability of an effective vaccine, Hepatitis B virus (HBV) presents considerable challenges.
A Review in The Lancet Infectious Diseases discusses how social determinants of health focused interventions may improve prevention and treatment of HBV: hubs.li/Q02gKQmB0
Racism affects children’s health in numerous and complicated ways.
Join Nia Heard-Garris, MD, MSc (she/they) for a panel discussion exploring the impact racism has on child health and the quality of paediatric healthcare in the USA.
Register: hubs.ly/Q02fdF2R0
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