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Dec 2, 2024 · 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 wellbeing, but also their wealth and relationships, families and communities, and deepening health and societal inequalities.
Latest advances in treatment for non-small cell lung cancer - The …
Mar 4, 2024 · Lung cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer globally, and the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. 85% of all lung cancer cases are categorised as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
The 2023 WHO World malaria report - The Lancet Microbe
Jan 31, 2024 · The estimated number of global malaria cases in 2022 exceeded pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels in 2019, according to WHO’s 2023 World malaria report. Several threats to the malaria global response are highlighted in the report, including climate change.
Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2024 report of the …
Jul 31, 2024 · The 2024 update of the Lancet Commission on dementia provides new hopeful evidence about dementia prevention, intervention, and care. As people live longer, the number of people who live with dementia continues to rise, even as the age-specific incidence decreases in high-income countries, emphasising the need to identify and implement prevention approaches.
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder - The Lancet
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (complex PTSD) is a severe mental disorder that emerges in response to traumatic life events. Complex PTSD is characterised by three core post-traumatic symptom clusters, along with chronic and pervasive disturbances in emotion regulation, identity, and relationships. Complex PTSD has been adopted as a new diagnosis in the ICD-11.
The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific
Dec 10, 2024 · Dementia in the Western Pacific region: from risk reduction to care: The Series highlights the challenges in dementia risk reduction, diagnosis, treatment and care, and calls for intersectoral collaboration and action to achieve our shared goal of the best level of health for all people in the Western Pacific region.Explore the Series here.
Antimicrobial resistance: a concise update - The Lancet Microbe
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to global public health, with approximately 5 million deaths associated with bacterial AMR in 2019. Tackling AMR requires a multifaceted and cohesive approach that ranges from increased understanding of mechanisms and drivers at the individual and population levels, AMR surveillance, antimicrobial stewardship, improved infection prevention and ...
Open access - The Lancet
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Clinical advances and ongoing trials of mRNA vaccines for cancer ...
Years of research exploring mRNA vaccines for cancer treatment in preclinical and clinical trials have set the stage for the rapid development of mRNA vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therapeutic cancer vaccines based on mRNA are well tolerated, and the inherent advantage in ease of production, which rivals the best available conventional vaccine manufacture methods, renders mRNA ...
Lipoprotein(a) and cardiovascular disease - The Lancet
Sep 28, 2024 · One in five people are at high risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and aortic valve stenosis due to high lipoprotein(a). Lipoprotein(a) concentrations are lowest in people from east Asia, Europe, and southeast Asia, intermediate in people from south Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, and highest in people from Africa. Concentrations are more than 90% genetically determined ...