In this issue of The Lancet we feature 30 photographs selected from the many interesting images that were entered for this ...

The medical knowledge of Renaissance artists, honed through the study of classical texts and direct anatomical exploration ...

For the subgroup of patients with rheumatoid arthritis who require biological DMARDs, sustained DMARD-free remission does not ...

Locarno Treaties—a series of treaties between European countries after World War 1, negotiated in October, 1925, in Locarno, ...

Spatial repellents have been used as commercial household bite prevention products since the early 1900s, but significant ...

A huge criminal investigation is under way following accusations that fraud and substandard care have resulted in the deaths of several babies. Kaya Genc reports from Istanbul.

Imagine stepping outside and each breath feels like a hazard—this situation is the grim reality for millions living in Lahore, Pakistan. The average air quality index (AQI) in Lahore from Oct 17 to ...

The hospital corridor, usually so busy with the incessant hum of life and death, now lay in a brief silence, as though the ...

Most people with functioning ovaries will eventually go through menopause. However, the research priorities for those with lived experience of menopause and their health-care providers is not known.1 ...

Historically, sickle cell anaemia has been widely neglected within its global epicentre of sub-Saharan Africa. More than ...

The outbreak of an undiagnosed disease in DR Congo, reported by WHO on Dec 8, 2024,1 is a pressing global health concern that demands swift and coordinated action. As of Dec 5, 406 cases and 31 deaths ...

Assad, an ophthalmologist who graduated from Damascus University (Syria) and specialised at the Western Eye Hospital in London (UK), had a sudden career shift to politics and became Syria's President ...