Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, the most common malignancy of the pancreas, remains a lethal disease. Despite substantial recent advancements in systemic therapy, median overall survival in de novo ...

Tobacco, ultra-processed food, alcohol, and air pollution from fossil fuels cause at least 19 million deaths each year—a ...

Power disparities lie at the heart of racism and discrimination, and medical journals such as The Lancet have long held positions of great power. The Lancet has provided a platfor ...

We read with great interest the article “The association between education and premature mortality in the Chinese population: a 10-year cohort study,” highlighting the crucial link between educational ...

Lyme borreliosis is the most common vector borne infectious disease in North America and Europe and both its incidence and the geographical range of endemic areas are increasing.1–3 Lyme borreliosis ...

The effect of sex on autoimmune diseases remains an interesting and challenging field. In a nationwide study of the 19 most ...

UNAIDS has established targets to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. Initial 90-90-90 targets were to ensure that 90% of all ...

and their conclusion that short-term, judicious use of opioids for acute back pain conferred no benefit over placebo. However, we have some concerns. Although opioids are generally not recommended in ...

England became the only high-income country in which a national cancer control plan (NCCP)—in place since September, 2000—was ...

The Lancet's Editorial on India's elections is timely and relevant.1 In the lead-up to the parliamentary elections—dubbed the largest festival of democracy in the world—political parties, cutting ...

The potential benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine are indisputable. AI can provide novel methods for disease ...

Despite early ART, mortality remains high in infants. High baseline VL and adverse maternal social environment increased the ...