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The Lancet News

The Lancet News is a weekly podcast brought to you by The Lancet. Our editors, Tim Dehnel and Dara Mohammadi, report on important, interesting, and sometimes quirky health-related happenings from around the world, while providing a rundown of the latest news from The Lancet, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, The Lancet Neurology, and The Lancet Oncology.

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18:20

The Lancet News: March 7, 2014

The Lancet News ·

2014/03/07

This is Your Podcast on Drugs: New EU restrictions on smoking and illicit drug use in the ageing population take centre stage in the Lancet News this week.

en-uk

10:32

The Lancet News: February 28, 2014

The Lancet News ·

2014/02/28

Blue screen of life: We speak with UNICEF USA about their new smartphone app that urges users not to touch their phone (the screen goes blue) to provide water to children who need it...

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16:10

The Lancet News: February 21, 2014

The Lancet News ·

2014/02/21

South Sudan unrest: our correspondent Andrew Green joins us straight from Juba to describe the situation for the thousands of people displaced due to increasing violence in the country...

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11:21

The Lancet News: February 14, 2014

The Lancet News ·

2014/02/14

Buckle up: There's no time for Valentine's day as we speed through the biggest medical news stories of the week...

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10:22

The Lancet News: February 07, 2014

The Lancet News ·

2014/02/07

The right to health: This week we examine stories from around the world linked to the basic human right for health...

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14:36

The Lancet News: January 31, 2014

The Lancet News ·

2014/01/31

Scotland the brave: Later this year, Scotland votes on whether to secede from the UK. We hear what that would mean for health in an independent Scotland...

en-uk

17:41

The Lancet News: January 24, 2014

The Lancet News ·

2014/01/24

Close, but no cigar: Cuba's primary health system is impressive, but the country has some pressing health challenges. We speak with Sharmila Devi, who visited the country to find out more...

en-uk

17:41

The Lancet News: December 20, 2013

The Lancet News ·

2013/12/20

So that was 2013: We look back at the biggest stories of the year, our favourite podcasts, your favourite podcasts, and stories cherry-picked by Lancet Editors.

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09:06

The Lancet News: December 13, 2013

The Lancet News ·

2013/12/13

Agent Orange exposed: The IOM has added stroke to the list of suggestive after-effects of herbicide exposure in Vietnam veterans, but questions remain...

en-uk

14:35

The Lancet News: December 06, 2013

The Lancet News ·

2013/12/06

FDA v Home DNA: Together, Direct-to-consumer genetic testing has been thrown into doubt after the 23andMe and FDA stopped communicating, but what does it mean for personal genome screening?...

en-uk

15:28

The Lancet News: November 29, 2013

The Lancet News ·

2013/11/29

Strength in numbers: Together, rare diseases affect about 3 million people in the UK. We discuss a new UK-wide strategy to improve care for these patients...

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15:24

The Lancet News: November 22, 2013

The Lancet News ·

2013/11/22

Poisoned waters: why are funds to reduce arsenic poisoning drying up in Bangladesh? Find out in this week's podcast. Also, relaxing China's one-child-policy, shockingly low rates of organ donation in Germany...

en-uk

15:22

The Lancet News: November 15, 2013

The Lancet News ·

2013/11/15

Typhoon Haiyan: we talk to the International Medical Corps' Jacob Schafer in Cebu, Philippines, about what the international aid response has been like so far.

en-uk

15:23

The Lancet News: November 08, 2013

The Lancet News ·

2013/11/08

It's a knockout: Concussion in sport has received much attention of late, so we're joined by the Editor of The Lancet Psychiatry to discuss how sporting bodies can help protect people who play sport.

en-uk

16:22

The Lancet News: November 01, 2013

The Lancet News ·

2013/11/01

A bad plan: The Harper administration in Canada wants to make it more difficult for safe drug-injection rooms to exist. We interview the author of a World Report for the reaction from the medical community...

en-uk

15:50

The Lancet News: October 25, 2013

The Lancet News ·

2013/10/25

Modern slavery: Almost 30 million people are controlled by other people for economic or sexual gain. Kevin Bales joins us to explore the problems and the health implications for these disenfranchised people...

en-uk

15:59

The Lancet News: October 18, 2013

The Lancet News ·

2013/10/18

MIM's the word: We get the lowdown on what happened at the 6th International Malaria Conference (MIM). Also, the US government re-opens (but at what lasting cost to health?)...

en-uk

15:56

The Lancet News: October 11, 2013

The Lancet News ·

2013/10/11

Atlas of MS: The MS International Federation have pulled together the largest and most up-to-date interactive collection of MS data worldwide. We speak with one of its creators, who encourages everyone to have a go...

en-uk

16:05

The Lancet News: October 04, 2013

The Lancet News ·

2013/10/04

Shutdown and out: We're joined by our North American Editor to discuss Congress's failure to extend the debt ceiling and what the US government shutdown means for the future of Obamacare...

en-uk

16:56

The Lancet News: September 27, 2013

The Lancet News ·

2013/09/27

Health in crises: We take a look at how armed insurrections in the south Philippines and in Somalia make delivering aid all but impossible for those populations who need it most...

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