More than half a million reviewers to receive free access to published research Nov 18, 2008
Elsevier's extensive and unique full- text collection covers authoritative titles from the core scientific literature including high impact factor titles such as Cell, THE LANCET, and Tetrahedron. Over 6 million articles are available online, including Articles in Press which offer rapid access to recently accepted manuscripts. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
More Children Sleep Under Malaria Nets, but Millions Still Do Not Nov 18, 2008
By last year, about 19 percent of African children who lived in areas where malaria was endemic were sleeping under insecticide-treated mosquito nets, according to a new study in The Lancet. Whether or not that is success or failure depends on how you look at it. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Huge variation in healthy life years from the age of 50 in the 25 ... Nov 18, 2008
These are the conclusions of an Article published Online first and in and upcoming edition of The Lancet, written by Professor Carol Jagger, University of Leicester, UK, and colleagues. While life expectancy in the EU is increasing, it is unclear whether most of these extra years are spent in good health. (Hindu)
Periods of healthy old age 'vary' Nov 17, 2008
The lead authors of the Lancet study, from Leicester University, said the figures could help governments plan for future health needs. BREAKDOWN FOR MEN Life expectancy/healthy years after age 50 UK: 79. (BBC News)
No Clear Answer On Why HIV Vaccine Candidates Did Not Lower Risk Of Acquiring HIV Nov 17, 2008
16, 2008) Results from the Step study, a test-of-concept efficacy study of a Merck & Co., Inc. HIV vaccine candidate, were published online today in two papers in The Lancet. These analyses of the Step study are being conducted, presented and published to inform the continued search for an effective HIV vaccine. (Science Daily)
'Gap in good health lifespan in Europe' Nov 17, 2008
Roughly the same countries occupy either end of the health spectrum for women, according to the study, published in the British medical journal The Lancet ... In a comment, also published in The Lancet, Errol Crook and Terry Hundley of the University of South Alabama point out that "the major reason for the gaps in health outcomes are disparities in treatable chronic diseases.". (India Times, India)
Africa: Health Funding 'Does Not Reflect Real Needs' Nov 15, 2008
Global health funding at the World Health Organisation (WHO) is skewed towards infectious diseases and does not reflect the actual health needs of recipient countries, say researchers in The Lancet this month (1 November) ... The Lancet 9, 649, 1,563 (2008). (allAfrica.com)
HIV Vaccine Failure Still Brings Insights Nov 15, 2008
"It's raised a whole new set of questions that are going to be really important to answer to get us to a successful vaccine," said Dr. Susan P. Buchbinder, lead author of a study published online Nov. 13 in The Lancet. "We couldn't have raised them or even anticipated them before doing this study.". (MEDLINEplus)
Diet experts go cold on icy canteen treat Nov 14, 2008
The additives are the subject of a gradual ban between now and 2010 by British food authorities, following research published in The Lancet last year which concluded that the effects on some children's development from the food colourings could be as detrimental as lead. Carmoisine and quinoline are banned in the US and Scandinavia. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Top ups decision will create 'two-tier' NHS, says medical journal Nov 14, 2008
An editorial in the Lancet accuses ministers of being "embarrassed" over the new policy, which will see those who can pay for extra expensive drugs being treated in separate rooms from other NHS patients ... But the Lancet warns that the decision to allow top-ups risks "moral bankruptcy". (Telegraph.co.uk)
Previous Abortions And Exercise: Do They Affect Pregnancy? Nov 13, 2008
(May 21, 2007) Women who receive aspirin or other antiplatelet drugs during pregnancy are at lower risk of pre-eclampsia, conclude authors of a study in the Lancet. But an accompanying comment says that potential. (Science Daily)
Diabetes sees 6-fold rise in city Nov 13, 2008
Studies published by The Lancet, Diabetes Care and American College of Cardiology show that the disorder, which affected 2. 3% of the general population in cities in 1975, rose to 15. (Times of India)
Beta Blocker Use Questioned in Non-Heart Surgery Nov 13, 2008
"Our study says that if you look at the overall picture, do a meta-analysis, studies that are not particularly well-done come to the conclusion that they are useful," said Dr. Franz Messerli, professor of medicine at Columbia University and an author of a report published online by The Lancet to coincide with the annual heart meeting now underway. "But if you look at the high-quality studies, there are distinctly more strokes with beta blockers." Beta blockers are drugs that inhibit adrenaline... (MEDLINEplus)
Gibraltar Suffers Fast-Spreading Measles Outbreak Nov 11, 2008
Gibraltar is a British territory, and resistance to the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine has been high in Britain since a 1998 report in The Lancet speculated that it could cause autism. That report has been widely discredited, and numerous later studies showed no link between vaccines and autism. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
* World News Quick Take Nov 10, 2008
Earlier studies have linked living near green space to improved health but the findings in the medical journal The Lancet show some of the impacts are bigger than thought, said Richard Mitchell, an epidemiologist who led the study. Early exposure to peanuts may prevent allergy. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Green spaces 'reduce health gap' Nov 9, 2008
Their study, in The Lancet, matched data about hundreds of thousands of deaths to green spaces in local areas ... In an accompanying article in The Lancet, Dr Terry Hartig, from the Institute for Housing and Urban Research at Uppsala University in Sweden, wrote: "This study offers valuable evidence that green space does more than 'pretty up' the neighbourhood - it appears to have real effects on health inequality, of a kind that politicians and health authorities should take seriously.". (BBC News -- Health)
'No link' between MMR and autism Nov 9, 2008
Concern over a link between the two were raised after a study by Dr Andrew Wakefield published in the Lancet in 1998 which claimed MMR might trigger autism. However, no research has ever proved a link, and the overwhelming majority of experts believe the vaccine is safe. (Yahoo News -- Autism)
BETTER LIFE: More on senior health issues Nov 8, 2008
But a new in The Lancet found that the flu shot did not appear to lower the risk of pneumonia in frail older seniors ... The Lancet, a medical journal, reports on two Alzheimer's findings today ... The new research appars in the journal Lancet Neurology. (USA Today -- Money)
Green Areas Lower Health Inequities Between Rich, Poor Nov 8, 2008
The study was published in this week's special issue of The Lancet, which focuses on social determinants of health ... Another British study in the same issue of The Lancet found that best-practice interventions could eliminate most socioeconomic disparities in coronary heart disease deaths. (MEDLINEplus)
BETTER LIFE: Smokers more addicted now than in '80s, '90s Nov 7, 2008
Addiction - Better Life - USATODAY.com. Study: Smokers more addicted now than in '80s, '90s. (USA Today -- Life)
Life near a city park can be as healthy as out in the country Nov 7, 2008
When all deaths were analysed, the gulf in health between the rich and the poor in the greenest areas of Britain was roughly half of that observed in the least green parts of the country, according to the findings published in the medical journal The Lancet ... "In an accompanying commentary article in The Lancet, Terry Hartig of the Institute for Housing and Urban Research at Sweden's Uppsala University, writes: "This study offers valuable evidence that green space does more than pretty up the... (Independent)
Green Areas Cut Health Gap Between Rich And Poor Nov 7, 2008
Earlier studies have linked living near green space to improved health but the findings in the journal Lancet show some of the impacts are bigger than thought, said Richard Mitchell, an epidemiologist who led the study. "The size of the difference in the health gap is surprising and represented a much bigger effect than I had been expecting," Mitchell, a researcher at the University of Glasgow, said in a telephone interview. (Planet Ark, United States)
Green spaces, longer life Nov 7, 2008
The rich live longer than the poor but the gap narrows substantially in cities where there are plentiful parks, woods and playing fields, according to a study that appears in Saturday's issue of The Lancet. Researchers looked at mortality records and income data for 366000 people in England who were below retirement age in the first half of this decade, and matched these figures to location. (iAfrica.com)
First mutt wanted: must be a mongrel Nov 7, 2008
The situation was not assisted by Britain's premier medical journal The Lancet, which published the Massachusetts physician John Alam's ghoulishly cheerful assessment that President McCain had at least a one-in-five chance of kicking the bucket in his first term. The McCain campaign decided to address the issue directly, and in a high-security May operation several reporters were allowed for three hours into a secure room in a Phoenix, Arizona, resort to examine about 2000 pages of John McCain's... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
The generation that inhaled Nov 6, 2008
Yesterday's heresy is today's truth, with the journal The Lancet last year recanting its 1995 editorial, which claimed cannabis was harmless. It published a paper that examined 35 international studies and found "a consistent association between cannabis use and psychotic symptoms, including disabling psychotic disorders". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Seizures Following Parasitic Infection Associated With Brain Swelling Nov 6, 2008
The Lancet Neurology, Online Nov. 4, 2008 DOI. Adapted from materials provided by , via , a service of AAAS.. (Science Daily)
Dramatic Fall In Malaria In Gambia Raises Possibility Of Elimination In Parts Of Africa Nov 5, 2008
The findings from the study, appearing in the Lancet, raise the possibility of eliminating malaria as a public health problem in parts of Africa ... The Lancet, October 30, 2008. (Science Daily)
CDC Urges: Get a Flu Shot Nov 4, 2008
That hesitation might come from a recent study published in the journal Lancet ... The study in Lancet also said people who get flu shots are simply more health conscious about everything and it was their state of health that likely protected against pneumonia, not the vaccine. (WOKR13 Rochester)
Lifestyle Controls Enzyme Regulatin... Nov 4, 2008
The result, titled Increased telomerase activity and comprehensive lifestyle changes: a pilot study was published online, on September 16th 2008, and appear in the November 2008 print issue of The Lancet Oncology. Even if this pilot study could not include control volunteers to compare with the prostate cancer patients or other cancer patients, these findings strongly suggest that lifestyle factors known to promote cancer and cardiovascular diseases might also adversely affect the telomere... (Suite101.com)
New ways to mitigate migraines Nov 4, 2008
Interest among migraine specialists stems from evidence that these drugs are at least as effective as triptans, the most commonly prescribed class of migraine drug, writes Stephen Silberstein in the October issue of The Lancet. Triptans were considered a major breakthrough when they came out about 15 years ago. (USA Today)
US desperately in need for more family doctors Nov 4, 2008
The call for action is made by four doctors from the American Academy of Family Physicians in a Comment published early Online and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet. Drs Perry A Pugno, Rick Kellerman, Amy L McGaha, and Norman B Kahn Jr say: "The US health-care system needs reform. On that point, we have national consensus. Information from WHO and the Commonwealth Fund shows the poor state of health-care access and patients' outcomes in the USA compared with other nations. These findings are... (Hindu)
New evidence for homeopathy Nov 4, 2008
Two new studies conclude that a review which claimed that homeopathy is just a placebo, published in The Lancet, was seriously flawed ... In August 2005, The Lancet published an editorial entitled 'The End of Homeopathy', prompted by a review comparing clinical trials of homeopathy with trials of conventional medicine ... Sufficient detail to enable a reconstruction was eventually published and two recently published scientific papers based on such a reconstruction challenge the Lancet review,... (EurekAlert!)
NIAID media availability: Seizures following parasitic infection associated with brain swelling Nov 4, 2008
The Lancet Neurology. (Published online Nov. 4, 2008) DOI: 10. (EurekAlert!)
Current hospital tests for Clostridium difficile not accurate enough Nov 3, 2008
As a result of huge public interest in infections of this nature, The Lancet Infectious Diseases will be hosting a conference on healthcare-associated infections featuring experts in the field from around the globe ... John McConnell, editor of The Lancet Infectious Diseases, says: "Modern medicine faces few greater challenges than that of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). In the UK, one of the worst-affected countries in Europe, HAIs are estimated to cost the National Health Service at... (News-Medical.net)
Troublesome hot flushes 'are a sign breast cancer drugs are working' Nov 2, 2008
The results are reported in the journal Lancet Oncology. Share this article. (Daily Mail)
C. diff testing 'is often wrong' Nov 1, 2008
The study was published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. Bacteria balance. (BBC News)
One in five superbug tests wrong Nov 1, 2008
But the same proportion of real cases were also missed, according to the study to be published in The Lancet. Lead author Dr Timothy Planche said: "Infected patients could pass the infection on, while a false positive patient may be placed with infected ones, putting them at risk.". (Mirror.co.uk)
Hot flushes linked to breast cancer drug success Oct 31, 2008
"The treatment is designed to starve potential cancers of estrogen and these symptoms mean that there are lower levels of estrogen in the body," said Jack Cuzick, an epidemiologist at Cancer Research UK, who led the study published in the journal Lancet Oncology. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Health)
Study backs safety of MMR vaccine Oct 31, 2008
The MMR controversy was first sparked after a small-scale study published in The Lancet in 1998 by Dr Andrew Wakefield suggested a link. The new study, appearing in the same journal, follows numerous others disproving any such link. (Yahoo News -- Autism)
Aspirin 'cuts pre-eclampsia risk' Oct 31, 2008
A University of Sydney team analysed data on more than 32,000 women for a study published in The Lancet. The results suggested cases of pre-eclampsia, which is caused by a defect in the placenta, could fall by 10% if aspirin was taken widely. (Yahoo News -- Fertility & Pregnancy)
Malaria Deaths In Gambia Drop Steeply - Study Oct 31, 2008
The findings suggest health officials in other parts of Africa could eliminate the disease as a public health problem in a region where malaria kills a child every 30 seconds, David Conway and colleagues at the Medical Research Council UK reported in the journal Lancet. "We have seen that it has gone down and stayed down," Conway said. (Planet Ark, United States)
Hot Flashes, Night Sweats a Good Sign for Breast Cancer Patients Oct 31, 2008
The study was published online and was expected to be in the December print issue of The Lancet Oncology. "The appearance of new vasomotor symptoms or joint symptoms within the first three months is a useful biomarker, suggesting a greater response to endocrine treatment, compared with women without these symptoms," wrote Professor Jack Cuzick, Cancer Research U.K. and Queen Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, and colleagues. (MEDLINEplus)
Breast cancer drug breakthrough 'could lead to new treatments' Oct 30, 2008
" The findings, published in the journal Cancer Research, came after the scientists team studied cells of cancer which had become resistant to tamoxifen in a laboratory. It comes as another study finds that painful joints and embarrassing hot flushes could be boon for breast cancer patients, because they show that their treatment is working, according to a new study. Scientists found that women who have side effects while taking common breast medications tamoxifen or anastrozole are 10 per cent... (Telegraph.co.uk)
Making America safe for the world Oct 29, 2008
A 2006 survey of Iraqi households in the British medical journal Lancet, however, suggested the war had led to 655,000 Iraqis deaths by July 2006. In September 2007, a survey published by United Kingdom-based polling agency Opinion Research Business suggested up to 1. (Asia Times Online)
Most Off-Label Cancer Drug Use for Palliative Care Oct 29, 2008
The review was published in the November issue of The Lancet Oncology. HealthDay. (MEDLINEplus)
Where have all the women gone? Oct 28, 2008
Dr. Tsang reviewed landmark clinical trials between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 2007 in leading medical journals The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), The Lancet ,and the New England Journal of Medicine. "These are major trials published in the world's leading medical journals," says Dr. Tsang who is a cardiology resident at the University of Toronto. (Canada Newswire)
Dr. Raymond D. Adams, 97; Mass. General neurology chief coauthored textbook Oct 26, 2008
It "ranks first among textbooks in neurology," a review in the British medical journal The Lancet said of the seventh edition. "Diving into a new edition of 'Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology' is like meeting up with an old teacher after several years," began the review, which ended: "One can certainly live without this book, but medical life is far more pleasant with a copy within reach.". (Boston Globe)
How Healthy Is John McCain? Oct 26, 2008
TheLancet probes the issue of US presidential candidate JohnMcCain's health ... As a result, using the prognostic model, his predicted 10-year-survival at the time of diagnosis was only 24%". The Schuchter model was used to predict a 12% per year mortality risk over the next two years for Senator McCain; this risk would remain similar for several subsequent years. The weakness of this model, however, is that it was designed in an era that did not use sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy to indicate... (Medical News Today)
New MS Therapies Show Promise Oct 25, 2008
The study was published in the Oct. 24 issue of the The Lancet. In an accompanying comment in the journal, Professor Per Soelberg Sorensen and Dr. Finn Sellebjerg of the Danish Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, noted that "BG00012 might have a favorable benefit-to-risk ratio profile compared with its oral competitors and the currently available first-line injectable drugs. However, we will have to await the results from the ongoing large phase III trials to establish the place of BG00012 and... (MEDLINEplus)
Firm that made heart drug for blacks selling unit Oct 24, 2008
The pill may have the potential to protect the brain and counter inflammation, Kappos said in the midstage study published in the British medical journal Lancet. (Bloomberg). (Boston Globe)
Bad news for anti-obesity drug Acomplia Oct 24, 2008
Also in the news right now: reports of a new promising anti-obesity drug, tesofensine, in the journal the Lancet. (Because that journal won't let you read for free, check it out instead. (Los Angeles Times)
New Diet Pill Doubles Weight Loss of Current Drugs Oct 24, 2008
The report was published in the Oct. 23 online issue of The Lancet. For the study, Astrup's team conducted a phase II trial in which they randomly assigned 203 obese patients to receive three different daily doses of tesofensine or placebo. (MEDLINEplus)
Phase IIb data show that BG-12 significantly reduced brain lesions in multiple sclerosis Oct 24, 2008
Phase IIb data published in the Lancet show that Biogen Idec's novel oral compound significantly reduced brain lesions in patients with multiple sclerosis. Cambridge, MA October 23, 2008 Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) today announced the publication of Phase IIb data showing that a 240 mg three-times-daily dose of the company's novel oral compound, BG-12 (BG00012, dimethyl fumarate), reduced the number of new gadolinium enhancing (Gd+) lesions by 69 percent in patients with relapsing-remitting... (EurekAlert!)
Diet drug 'doubles weight loss' Oct 23, 2008
Danish tests of tesofensine, reported in The Lancet, found dieting patients on the highest doses lost up to 12. 8kg (28. (BBC News)
Experimental diet pill may double weight loss Oct 23, 2008
The study suggest the experimental drug is safe because it had no effect on blood pressure and only raised heart rate slightly, said Arne Astrup of the University of Copenhagen, who led the study published in the journal Lancet. "It is quite solid from this study that it seems to produce a weight loss that is twice ... what we see from existing compounds on the market," Astrup said in a telephone interview. (MSNBC -- Health)
New Drug May Boost Weight Loss Efforts Oct 23, 2008
The phase II study, reported today in The Lancet, included 203 obese patients whose average weight was about 220 pounds ... Astrup, A. The Lancet, Oct. 23, 2008; online edition. (WebMD)
Scientific Hunch Poised To Save Thousands From Toxic Fish Poisoning Oct 23, 2008
9, 2005) Eating seafood containing toxic substances can have serious neurological as well as gastrointestinal effects, reveals a review in the April issue of THE LANCET. (Mar. (Science Daily)
New promising obesity drug may have huge potential Oct 23, 2008
These are the conclusions of an Article published early Online and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet, written by Professor Arne Astrup, Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and colleagues. Increased obesity prevalence worldwide, in both developed and developing countries, results in more people with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders, and cancer. (EurekAlert!)
Newsweek: How prosperity is making China unhealthy Oct 22, 2008
A new report, published today in the Lancet medical journal warns of "a health and economic time bomb" that could unravel China's economic miracle unless it shifts its healthcare system towards preventive policies ... Back in 1970, one million patients developed high blood pressure each year; today the figure is 7 million, according to Lancet report's lead author Yang Gonghuan, Deputy Director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ... The Lancet report urges the full... (MSNBC -- International)
Sosei Agrees Terms With ASKA for Commercialisation of SOH-075 (NorLevo(R)) Oct 22, 2008
Two large multinational studies, aiming to test a 12-24h regimen (Lancet, 1999) and a single administration (Lancet, 2002), both performed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) demonstrated that levonorgestrel mono therapy, such as NorLevo(R), was safe and more effective than the Yuzpe method (ethinyl estradiol and levonorgestrel), a traditional emergency contraception method used since 1977. Levonorgestrel mono therapy for emergency contraception is listed as an essential drug by the WHO.... (PR Newswire)
Western diet to blame for 35% of heart attacks, global study suggests Oct 22, 2008
Also on Monday, a series of reports published in the medical journal the Lancet concluded that worsening diets and unhealthy habits in China are contributing to a looming health crisis in the increasingly wealthy country. "The pace and spread of behavioural changes including changing diets, decreased physical activity, high rates of male smoking and other high-risk behaviours has accelerated to an unprecedented degree," one report says. (CBC.ca)
* Outbreak of enterovirus leaves three dead in PRC Oct 21, 2008
Increasingly affluent Chinese in urban and rural areas consumed between 25 and 100 percent more fat each day in 2002 than in 1982, sharply raising the risk of heart disease and cancer, researchers wrote in The Lancet medical journal ... In another paper in The Lancet, a team at the Harvard School of Public Health said only 12 percent of hypertension patients in urban areas and 7 percent in the countryside were covered by treatment. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
New outbreak Oct 21, 2008
" The next epidemic? Chikungunya may well become the next epidemic to reach the USA. Carrying an African name that roughly means "bent over," chikungunya is a mosquito-borne illness that causes severe flu-like symptoms and muscle aches that may last a lifetime. In the past two years, the disease traveled from East Africa to French-speaking islands in the Indian Ocean, afflicting 266,000 people, swamping hospitals and causing 255 deaths, says Antoine Flahault of the L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en... (USA Today -- News)
Smoking `Scourge' May Kill 100 Million Men in China by 2050, Lancet Says Oct 20, 2008
China's Smokers Are `Scourge' on Health System, Lancet Says ... The study on smoking is among 19 papers to be presented today in Beijing at a Lancet meeting on changes to China's health system ... China's economic boom of the past three widened the health gap between rich and poor, according a separate study in the Lancet. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
China healthcare under spotlight Oct 20, 2008
The UK-based medical journal, The Lancet, is launching a major series of scientific papers in Beijing on China's plans for healthcare reform ... Bill Summerskill Executive Editor, The Lancet ... Bill Summerskill, the Lancet's executive editor, says the current system just is not working. (BBC News -- Health)
