Topic: The Lancet

Room Air Sometimes as Good as Oxygen Therapy: Study

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Developing countries will bear 60 percent of the world's cancer burden by 2020 and 70 percent by 2030, but are not prepared for the looming crisis ...

Sugar for newborns does not relieve pain: Study

Contrary to international guidelines, sugar given to newborn babies does not ease pain, according to a study published on Thursday by The Lancet ...
A new British study finds that transplanted kidneys from patients whose hearts have stopped beating perform just as well as those from patients who...
Many youths appear resistant to treatment from the onset of a severe asthmatic condition. Why? Simply put, many have been wrongly diagnosed or...

Sugar for newborns 'does not relieve pain'

CONTRARY to international guidelines, sugar given to newborn babies does not ease pain.. . . In 2001, doctors published recommendations, based on a ...
Contrary to international guidelines, sugar given to newborn babies does not ease pain, according to a study published on Thursday by The Lancet.In 2001, doctors published recommendations, based on a series of trials, that oral sucrose be administered to
A prototype vaccine devised and tested in China has proven 100-percent effective in preventing hepatitis E, a disease that is widespread in the developing world and can be fatal, investigators reported in The Lancet on Monday.The formula, tested on 100,00

WHO calls for monitoring of new superbug

The World Health Organisation on Friday called on health authorities around the globe to monitor a multi-drug resistant superbug that surfaced in South Asia and spread to Britain.The WHO said research published in The Lancet medical journal on August 11 i

Vitamin B no help for stroke victims: study

Vitamin B, while harmless, does not help prevent a repeat occurrence of strokes or heart attacks, according to a study released Wednesday.The findings, based on first-ever clinical trials, suggest that vitamin B supplements should no longer be recommended