An estimated 2·1 billion adults worldwide are affected by overweight and obesity, a figure projected to reach 3·8 billion by ...

Continuous exposure to AI might reduce the ADR of standard non-AI assisted colonoscopy, suggesting a negative effect on ...

Adolescence is a pivotal stage for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Young adolescents (aged 10–14 years) ...

Joël Le Scouarnec sexually assaulted hundreds of patients in his care. His victims are now calling for institutional changes in the wake of his conviction. Marianne Guenot reports.

On June 30, Microsoft announced a generative AI (genAI) system that outperforms physicians in diagnosing complex cases, ...

Culture has been described as “a set of practices and behaviours defined by customs, habits, language, and geography that groups of individuals share”.1 Ethnic identity and national allegiance are key ...

Achieving the correct balance between respect for people, beneficence, and justice is an ongoing issue in participant consent ...

I shouldn't be here”, said stand-up comedian Yvonne Hughes towards the start of her performance, before taking a step to her ...

We read with interest the Correspondence by Zhiqi Yao and colleagues1 published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, which ...

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Prediabetes is an important clinical concern. Not only is it a harbinger of future type 2 diabetes—with all the attendant ...

More than 82 million people could be living with dementia by 2030,1 the majority in low-income and middle-income countries ...