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- in Public Health
- — 23 Jul, 2009
Murder And Suicide: Study Finds Link With Economic Crises, Unemployment
David Stuckler of Oxford University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine tells Peter Goodwin about the findings of his study, just published in the Lancet, showing that increasing economic stresses and loss of employment across a wide …
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- in Public Health
- — 11 Jun, 2008
Obesity, Car Travel, Climate Change: Linked?

Phil Edwards
Phil Edwards, London School of Hyugiene and Tropical Medicine
LSHTM Audio News
Obesity Linked to Motor Transport And Climate Change
Peter Goodwin questions Phil Edwards of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine about “competition between stomachs
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- in Oncology
- — 25 May, 2008
Audio Journal of Oncology Volume 16 Number 10
Scientific Editors: George Canellos (Boston), Pat Price (Manchester), Gianni Bonadonna (Milan), Gordon McVie (Milan)
Commenting Expert: Michael Untch, HELIOS Klinikum, Berlin
In this edition Peter Goodwin and Sara Freeman report from:
European Breast Cancer Conference, Berlin, April 15-19, 2008;
Chemotherapy …
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- in Public Health
- — 17 Jan, 2008
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Audio News – Undernutrirtion Causes a Third of Child Deaths

Zulfiqar Bhutta
Reference: The Lancet, Maternal and Child Undernutrition Special Series
With one child in three killed by it, childhood and maternal undernutrition are discussed in a special series of articles in the Lancet. Sarah Maxwell spoke with Zulfiqar Bhutta
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- in General Medicine
- — 11 Jan, 2008
Meta-Analysis Proves Statins Help Patients With Diabetes

Colin Baigent
REFERENCE: Lancet 371:117 January 11, 2008
COLIN BAIGENT, Oxford University
Statins were found to cut cardiovascular event rates by a fifth among patients with both Type I and Type II diabetes in a meta-analysis of 18 000
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- in News
- — 8 Jan, 2008
Early Breast Cancer Chemotherapy: Long Term Findings

Richard Peto
REFERENCE: Lancet 371:29-40; January 5, 2008
RICHARD PETO, Oxford University
The prospect of cutting breast cancer mortality in half throughout the world is held out by Richard Peto of the Early Breast Cancer Trialists’ Collaborative Group (EBCTCG). He
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- in General Medicine
- — 4 Jan, 2008
Non Drug Intervention: Better Than Antipsychotic Drugs for Aggressive Challenging Behaviour in Intellectual Disability

Peter Tyrer
REFERENCE: Lancet 371:57 January 5, 2008
PETER TYRER, Imperial College, W6 8RP London
A randomized study comparing treatment with risperidone, or haloperidol, or placebo to treat patients who have intellectual disability presenting with a syndrome commonly labelled as
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- in General Medicine
- — 15 Aug, 2007
Earlier Interferon Reduces Disability in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

Ludwig Kappos
REFERENCE: Lancet 2007; 370: 389-97
LUDWIG KAPPOS, University Hospital, Basel
Earlier treatment can reduce the risk of confirmed disability in patients with multiple sclerosis, according to a new study published in the Lancet. Three-year follow-up of the BENEFIT
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- in Public Health
- — 25 May, 2007
Type 1 Polio Vaccine Could Help Finally Eradicate Polio
NICHOLAS GRASSLY, Imperial College London
REFERENCE: Lancet 2007; 369:1356-62
A case-control study performed in India has provided hope that polio could finally be eradicated. India is one of six countries in which polio transmission has not yet been interrupted and,
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- in General Medicine
- — 21 May, 2006
Audio Journal of Medicine – Folate Supplements May Increase Twinning Among Patients Treated with In Vitro Fertilisation
Paul Haggarty, Aberdeen University
REFERENCE: Lancet 2006;367:1513
Folic acid may increase the chance of a twin birth for women undergoing in-vitro fertilisation, according to a recent study published in the Lancet. This finding could present IVF practitioners with something of
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- in General Medicine
- — 6 Mar, 2006
Pregnancy Risk from Cervical Excision
Maria Kyrgiou, Hammersmith Hospital, London
Abstract: Lancet 2006; 367: 489-98
A meta-analysis published in the Lancet has found that excising pre-cancerous lesions of the cervix can lead to problems with pregnancy such as: pre-term delivery, caesarian section, low-birthweight and …
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