Urinary stone disease is common, associated with substantial morbidity, has a high recurrence rate, and affects quality of life.1,2 Consumption of large volumes of fluids is a foundational strategy ...

Among today's most pressing development challenges is the matching of financing to health needs. One of the critically underfunded global priorities is adolescent health, with adolescents (aged 10–24 ...

The 2021 Lancet Commission on diagnostics reported that nearly half of the world's population has limited access to basic diagnostic services.1 Less than 5% of diagnostics and less than 1% of vaccines ...

Respiratory medicine is deeply connected to social and structural determinants of health in terms of the diseases that we try to prevent and we treat. I think that connection to people's lives and ...

Between Nov 24 and Nov 27, 2025, the International Chair in Bioethics held its 17th World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics, and Health Law in Ljubljana, Slovenia.1 Despite being hosted in a ...

Although malaria elimination has been reported in 14 countries, human health risk reduction against vector-borne diseases remains dire. With neither effective treatment nor widely available ...

GLP-1 receptor agonist indications continue to expand beyond glycaemic and weight control, with benefits now shown in chronic kidney disease in type 2 diabetes, obesity-related heart failure, knee ...

Venous thromboembolism includes deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism, which have incidence rates of between 1 and 2 cases per 1000 people for the first episode.1,2 Strong, provoking risk ...

Each year, millions of individuals are admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) worldwide; for every patient treated in the ICU, there is often at least one other unseen vulnerable individual—the ...

As the global population ages, older adults with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) are projected to drive a ...

Men and partners are important contributors to the health of future generations, yet their own preconception health and wellbeing remain secondary considerations in research, practice, and policy.

Neuropathological confirmation of Alzheimer's disease is defined by the presence of extracellular amyloid-β plaques and intracellular neurofibrillary tau tangles. A central challenge to the ...