Humans are programmed to follow intellectual fashions. In the field of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the concept that inflammation is the core problem is dominant, whereas other key ...

The Review by Stefanie Deinhardt-Emmer and colleagues1 on sepsis in patients who are immunocompromised is comprehensive and addresses a key and complex population. However, we would like to express ...

Gaza's maternal and neonatal health sector was sliding from crisis towards collapse,1 fresh field reports reveal an even starker picture. In the first 6 months of 2025, the Palestinian Ministry of ...

Language in reproductive health care, unlike elsewhere, has always defaulted to using the words woman and women due to the historic invisibility of pregnant transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse ...

The Working Group assessed more than 800 epidemiological studies that investigated the association of cancer with consumption of red meat or processed meat in many countries, from several continents, ...

Tuberculosis remains the world's leading infectious killer, resulting in more than 1·25 million deaths in 2023 alone.1 During the past decade, efforts to end tuberculosis have achieved important ...

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

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The Editorial on Gaza I read was one-sided to say the least.1 Gaza is currently facing a humanitarian catastrophe and even the threat of famine. However, to discuss this crisis without acknowledging ...

The terms of the settlement have been roundly criticised by public health professionals. Paul Webster reports.

Health systems in fragile and conflict-affected settings are often discussed in terms of what is broken—facilities, infrastructure, and financing. However, the real fracture line often runs through ...

When approached for a quote about Jeffrey D Rothstein, Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience and Director of the Brain Science Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (Baltimore MD, USA), his ...