The COVID-19 pandemic revealed how ill-prepared the world was to detect and respond to global health threats. With over 7·1 million lives lost,1 more than US$4·7 trillion in economic damage,2 profound ...

Expectancy effects, encompassing both placebo and nocebo phenomena, are gaining increasing recognition across medical disciplines, including gastroenterology.1 Understanding psychological influences ...

Since the escalation of the conflict in Gaza in October, 2023, neighbouring countries have remained closed to Palestinian refugees, citing the long-term implications of any large-scale movement.

The World Federation of Neurology represents 125 member societies globally and aims to foster brain health and quality neurology worldwide. The term brain health has become an acknowledged term of ...

Earth system scientists developed the planetary boundaries framework for measuring and tracking the stability and resilience ...

Progress towards The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery's 2030 targets has been too slow and too patchy, particularly in low ...

A decade ago, the global community established the goal to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 through reducing new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths by 90% from 2010 levels.1 Progress has ...

Steatotic liver disease often progresses asymptomatically, with the risk of advancing to cirrhosis and liver cancer. Early ...

India's Central Bureau of Investigation alleges widespread bribery and collusion between government officials and private medical colleges, raising urgent concerns about the integrity of medical ...

A 4·6 billion-year-old patient of ill-defined sex is seen in the emergency room because of multiple, uncontrolled respiratory ...

Managing type 1 diabetes has a substantial impact on quality of life and psychological health. Indeed, insulin overdosing can ...

Treatment options for patients with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease have expanded in the past decade, with ...