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A new randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial found consumption of an oral live bacteria formula significantly improve the gut microbiome after six months and lead to remarkable alleviation of long COVID symptoms affecting different systems and organs.

11 months ago thelancet.com covid medicine trial

A new study shows that hospital admission for COVID-19 was associated with higher long-term risks of death and adverse health outcomes in nearly every organ system (except for the lungs) and significant cumulative excess disability-adjusted life-years than hospital admission for seasonal influenza.

11 months ago thelancet.com covid medicine

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) during colonoscopy significantly enhanced the detection of colorectal neoplasias (bowel polyps that can turn into cancer), likely by reducing the miss rate, finds meta analysis of 33 randomized clinical trials involving 27,404 patients.

11 months ago thelancet.com ai cancer meta

Study (n 91,298, mean 75,8 years) to lower Alzheimer's disease-related mortality in the USA found 40 min/week of Vigorous Physical Activity would prevent 12,238 deaths/year, while 140 min/week is the optimal amount and would prevent 37,710 deaths a year

11 months ago thelancet.com health usa

Multinational cohort study including 266,666 participants finds ultraprocessed animal-based foods increases risk of cancer and cardiometabolic multimorbidity but plant-based ultraprocessed foods do not

12 months ago thelancet.com cancer health

Study on 4,488 subjects disclosed that regular consumption of tea or coffee curtailed the risk of developing Parkinson’s Disease by 4 to 8 times compared to non-caffeine drinkers who have the Asian gene variants

13 months ago thelancet.com disease health

Can living near parks and lakes boost your mental health

13 months ago thelancet.com environment

Epistemology in the Lancet

13 months ago thelancet.com

Efgartigimod Efficacy in Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenia, Phase 3 trial show increased sustained platelet response in treatment group

13 months ago thelancet.com medicine trial

Biodistribution of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in human breast milk

14 months ago thelancet.com covid mrna

An AI algorithm for the diagnosis and management of pigmented skin cancer that was superior in experimental studies was significantly inferior to specialists in a real-world scenario, suggesting that caution is needed when extrapolating results of experimental studies to clinical practice.

14 months ago thelancet.com ai algorithm cancer medicine

Effectiveness of wearable activity trackers to increase physical activity

14 months ago thelancet.com

Past Covid infection protection against re-infection: a systematic meta-analysis

15 months ago thelancet.com covid

Insulin-producing designer cells can be implanted in the body and triggered using music to release insulin to treat diabetes in a new study

15 months ago thelancet.com diabetes medicine music release

Stronger immune response elicited after receiving Covid-19 vaccine and booster in same arm vs opposite arms, study shows

15 months ago thelancet.com arm covid medicine vaccine

COVID-19 is associated with an increased risk of developing various autoimmune diseases (such as lupus/SLE) and the risk could be reduced by COVID-19 vaccination, finds a new study of 4.2m people.

15 months ago thelancet.com covid medicine

Scientists have developed a CRISPR-Cas13 gene editing therapy against the RNA virus that causes hand, foot, and mouth disease, eliminating the virus in mouse models

15 months ago thelancet.com disease medicine

Analysis using data from more than 100 countries spanning nearly two decades, indicates that increased air pollution is linked with rising antibiotic resistance across every country and continent.

15 months ago thelancet.com environment

Efficacy of infant simulator programmes to prevent teenage pregnancy

15 months ago thelancet.com

The use of AI in breast cancer screening is safe and can almost halve the workload of radiologists, according to the world’s most comprehensive trial of its kind

15 months ago thelancet.com ai cancer medicine trial

Cough monitoring might be a key measure of asthma control and risk of future exacerbations, potentially transforming asthma management strategies, recent research suggests.

15 months ago thelancet.com health

During recovery from symptomatic COVID-19, fully vaccinated participants had lower concentrations of inflammatory markers than unvaccinated, suggesting vaccination is associated with reduction in inflammation, which in part explains reduced disease severity and mortality in vaccinated individuals.

15 months ago thelancet.com covid disease medicine

A study of nearly 2,000 adults found those most at risk of cognitive decline who wore hearing aids for three years lowered their chances of cognitive decline by 48 per cent

16 months ago thelancet.com health

A new talking therapy for depression could be more effective and cheaper than Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

16 months ago thelancet.com psychology

Having a food allergy as a baby is linked to asthma and reduced lung function later in childhood, according to a world first study

16 months ago thelancet.com medicine

People in their eighties who can recall everyday events and life experiences as well as someone 20 to 30 years younger—known as superagers—are also more likely to have greater movement speed than typical older adults