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Conference: Health-care Associated InfectionsDecember 11-12, 2008 QEII Conference Centre, London, UK Competition: Young Voices in Research for HealthThe Lancet, together with the Geneva-based Global Forum for Health Research, announces the winners of the 2008 essay competition. Read the six winning essays at The Lancet Global Health Network. |
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Child Maltreatment Series launched
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Current scientific evidence in child maltreatment is highlighted in the latest Series from The Lancet. Key findings include: a far greater incidence of child maltreatment than official statistics suggest; substantial under-reporting of child maltreatment by schools and physicians to child-support agencies; the need for multidisciplinary teams for effective maltreatment prevention; and acceptance of child welfare as a human right. |
Selected Online First articles from The Lancet journals ahead of print publication.
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Transient insomnia
Article The Lancet (online Dec 2)
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Change at IARC
News The Lancet Oncology (online Dec 1)
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Health inequity and access to medicines
Article The Lancet (online Dec 1)
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Research and the issue of patients' consentCorrespondence The Lancet (online Dec 3) PDF
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SERAD trial (Alzheimer’s disease)
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NICE recommends erlotinib to treat lung cancer
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Universal HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy
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Migraine treatment
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Pneumococcal and meningococcal disease
The Lancet's summary of news and developments across medicine
Public-health officials and AIDS advocates are looking forward to a renewed interest in domestic HIV/AIDS issues in the US as a result of Barack Obama's election to the White House.
Family doctors despair
Half of primary care doctors in the USA plan to reduce the number of patients they see or stop practising altogether over the next 3 years, according to a survey by the Physicians’ Foundation. Most blamed meddling bureaucrats and declining reimbursement from insurance companies for the plum-meting morale.
Health workers
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has condemned recent violence towards health workers in the country. Earlier this month, striking health workers were assaulted by riot police as they gathered to protest about the collapse of the public-health system. The Forum has called on Zimbabwean authorities to address the humanitarian and health crisis affecting the country.
Child friendly
The African Report on Child Wellbeing 2008 scores the child-friendliness of 52 African countries. The report finds that some of the poorest countries, such as Mauritius and Namibia, are the most child friendly be-cause they have put in place policies to protect child rights and to target re-sources to pro-vide for their basic needs, where-as some wealthier nations are failing to protect children from exploitation and harmful traditional practices.
End to homelessness
The UK Government has announced its strategy to end homelessness in London by 2012. The plan, developed with several homelessness charities, aims to end rough sleeping in time for the Olympic Games. The announcement comes amid fears that the worsening economic climate will force more people on the streets.
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Most cited in The Lancet since 1996
| 1. | Intensive blood-glucose control with sulphonylureas or insulin compared with conventional treatment and risk of complications
in patients with type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 33) Research (1998) Lancet 352 (9131), pp. 837-853
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| 2. | MRC/BHF Heart Protection Study of cholesterol lowering with simvastatin in 20 536 high-risk individuals: A randomised placebo-controlled
trial Research (2002) Lancet 360 (9326), pp. 7-22
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| 3. | Effects of intensive blood-pressure lowering and low-dose aspirin in patients with hypertension: Principal results of the
Hypertension Optimal Treatment (HOT) randomised trial Research (1998) Lancet 351 (9118), pp. 1755-1762
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| 4. | A randomised, blinded, trial of clopidogrel versus aspirin in patients at risk of ischaemic events (CAPRIE) Research (1996) Lancet 348 (9038), pp. 1329-1339
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| 5. | Peginterferon alfa-2b plus ribavirin compared with interferonalfa-2b plus ribavirin for initial treatment of chronic hepatitis
C: A randomised trial Research (2001) Lancet 358 (9286), pp. 958-965
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Most read in The Lancet journals in November 2008
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Clinical transplantation of a tissue-engineered airway
Article (2008) Lancet Online First (online Nov 19)
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Efficacy assessment of a cell-mediated immunity HIV-1 vaccine (the Step Study): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled,
test-of-concept trial
Article (2008) Lancet 372 (9653), pp. 1881-1893
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Inequalities in healthy life years in the 25 countries of the European Union in 2005: a cross-national meta-regression analysis
Article (2008) Lancet Online First (online Nov 17)
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Perioperative β blockers in patients having non-cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis
Article (2008) Lancet Online First (online Nov 12)
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Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection by toxin detection kits: a systematic review
Review (2008) Lancet Infectious DIseases 8 (12), pp. 777-784
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Floating Info
Letter to the Editor
"...excessive use [of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation] without evidence of cost-effectiveness...will lead to drastic increases
in health expenditures and draw away resources from interventions that are beneficial to many."
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