The Lancet in conversation with
Jessamy Bagenal, Chloe Wilson, and Callum Davidson—editors at The Lancet—and Gavin Cleaver, The Lancet Group’s Audio Producer, in conversation with the journal’s authors, explore their latest research and its impact on people’s health, healthcare, and health policy.
A monthly audio companion to the journal, this podcast covers topics that advance the field of medical research, from exploring treatments to examining drug trials, public health outbreaks to surgical techniques, and more.
Episodes
656 episodes
Nusrat Husain, Farah Lunat, and Fehmida Motala on postnatal depression in British south Asian women (the ROSHNI-2 trial)
ROSHNI-2 was a multicentre, randomised controlled trial that investigated the efficacy of a culturally adapted, cognitive behavioural therapy-based intervention for postnatal depression in British south Asian women. Joining us to share their ex...
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Rasha Al-Lamee and Shayna Chotai on ESC 2024 highlights
Rasha Al-Lamee and Shayna Chotai join Chloe Wilson of The Lancet to discuss ESC Congress 2024 highlights.The papers featured on this podcast are:1)
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Dr Oriol Mitjà and Dr Hypolite Muhindo Mavoko on mpox
On August 14th, the World Health Organisation declared a public health emergency of international concern in relation to mpox. This was motivated, in part, by the emergence of a concerning new strain of mpox, clade 1b, which has spread rapidly ...
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Natasha Pocovi on the prevention of low back pain recurrence
Natasha Pocovi joins Chloe Wilson of The Lancet to discuss a trial investigating a walking and education intervention for the prevention of low back pain recurrence in Australia (WalkBack).Read the full article:
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Prasad Kulkarni on a vaccine against typhoid and paratyphoid
Prasad Kulkarni joins Callam Davidson of The Lancet to discuss the safety and immunogenicity of a bivalent conjugate vaccine against typhoid and paratyphoid, following the publication of a phase 1 trial.Read the full article:
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Patricia Campbell and Frans Rutten on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Patricia Campbell and Frans Rutten join Chloe Wilson for an educationally-focused podcast, discussing the key messages for clinical practice on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.Read the full Seminar:
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Lene Seidler on umbilical cord management at preterm birth
Lene Seidler joins Callam Davidson of The Lancet to discuss umbilical cord clamping strategies at preterm birth following the publication of two systemic review and meta-analyses with individual participant data.Read the full a...
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Emily Chew on the future of treatments for geographic atrophy
Emily Chew joins Chloe Wilson of The Lancet to discuss the future of treatments for geographic atrophy following the publication of two randomised controlled trials of new drug treatments.Read the full article here:
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18:26
Simon Kyle on a new effective treatment for insomnia
Simon Kyle joins Gavin Cleaver of The Lancet to discuss his paper on sleep restriction therapy as a new effective treatment for insomnia.Read the full article:
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Verna Vanderpuye and Isabelle Soerjomataram on International Women's Day and cancer
On this International Women's Day, Lancet editors and the co-chairs of the Women and Cancer Commission discuss the burden of women’s cancer on society and reflect on the questions the Commission is trying to answer.
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12:56
Nick James on the STAMPEDE trial
Nick James discusses the key messages of the recent report from the STAMPEDE trial platform and the success of this platform in advancing the treatment of prostate cancer
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14:56
Jie Qiao (in Chinese) on reproductive health in China
《柳叶刀》亚洲执行主编王辉对话《柳叶刀中国女性生殖、孕产妇、新生儿、儿童和青少年健康重大报告》共同主席乔杰院士。
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Jie Qiao (in English) on reproductive health in China
Helena Wang discusses The Lancet Commission on women's reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) in China with author Professor Jie Qiao.
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16:41
Siobhan Quenby & Arri Coomarasamy on miscarriage
Siobhan Quenby & Arri Coomarasamy discuss the key findings from The Lancet's new Series on miscarriage.
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18:27
Muir Gray
On the 50th anniversary of the Inverse Care Law, Professor Sir Muir Gray joins Gavin Cleaver to discuss the continuing importance of the ICL, and notions of value and quality in health care.
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Mary Bassett
The Lancet's new Commission, Public Policy and Health in the Trump Era, looks back at the effects of the last four years on the health of the USA. One of the authors of the Commission, Mary Bassett (Harvard University) joins us to talk...
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25:20
Richard Horton on the Oxford vaccine phase 3 trial
Editor-in-chief of The Lancet, Richard Horton, discusses the results of the Oxford vaccine's phase 3 trial.
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11:32
Renee Salas
Renee Salas, leader of the Lancet Countdown policy brief in the US, discusses the climate problems facing the US, the issues of the last four years, and the reasons to be optimistic about the future.
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17:12
Rafael Lozano and Margaret Kruk
Universal health coverage (UHC) is a vital facet of healthcare across the world, and a new Global Burden of Disease paper seeks to measure its spread. The Lancet spoke with author Rafael Lozano and linked Comment author...
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22:52
Richard Horton
The Lancet Editor-in-Chief Richard Horton explains the current status of the Oxford and China COVID-19 vaccines, including an overview of current progress and the next steps for both.
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11:23
Kathleen O’Reilly and Stein Emil Vollset
The new Global Burden of Disease paper forecasts major alterations in worldwide population over the next few decades. We ask Kathleen O’Reilly, of LSHTM, how models are made and how you account for a changing world, and we speak with paper auth...
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23:21
Rosanna Peeling
Professor Rosanna Peeling discusses the implications of seroprevalence results from recent COVID-19 antibody studies.
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