The Lancet in conversation with
655 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago -Jessamy Bagenal, Chloe Wilson, and Callum Davidson—editors at The Lancet—and Gavin Cleaver, The Lancet Group’s Audio Producer, in conversation with the journal’s authors, explore their latest research and its impact on people’s health, healthcare, and health policy.
A monthly audio companion to the journal, this podcast covers topics that advance the field of medical research, from exploring treatments to examining drug trials, public health outbreaks to surgical techniques, and more.
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The right to health
December 21, 2018 15:30 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBLawrence Gostin (Georgetown University, USA) joins The Lancet to reflect on 70 years of human rights in global health, and discusses the challenges ahead for governance on the path to universal health coverage. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Drivers' blood alcohol and road-traffic accidents
December 13, 2018 07:30 - 13 minutes - 9.26 MBJames Lewsey (University of Glasgow, UK) discusses the impact of a legal change in Scotland in 2014, concerning the lowering of the legal limit for blood alcohol concentration of car drivers and its relation to the frequency of road-traffic accidents. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelan...
Uterus transplantation from deceased donor
December 05, 2018 07:30 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MBInvestigators from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, discuss the first known uterus transplantation from a deceased donor, 3 years after the first successful transplantation from a live donor. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Health and climate change
November 29, 2018 07:30 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBTamara Lucas and guests Hilary Graham and Hugh Montgomery discuss new developments in the 2018 Lancet Countdown report on health and climate change. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Liver disease in the UK
November 22, 2018 21:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBProfessor Roger Williams (Kings College London, UK) and Jennifer Sargent discuss new developments detailed in the fifth update of The Lancet Commission on liver disease in the UK. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Two-drug regimen for HIV
November 10, 2018 07:30 - 11 minutes - 7.69 MBJessamy Bagenal and Kimberly Smith discuss implications arising from the Gemini study, which shows how a two-drug combination is not inferior to a conventional three-drug regimen in the treatment of HIV. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Hip replacement
November 02, 2018 06:30 - 12 minutes - 8.37 MBSion Glyn-Jones discusses current practice and outstanding challenges for total hip replacement surgery, linked to a two-part Series about hip and knee replacement. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
The Astana Declaration
October 20, 2018 15:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBThe Astana Declaration: a look back at primary care services 40 years after the Alma-Ata Declaration, and future priorities for strengthening primary care worldwide within the context of sustainable development. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Fighting Ebola in conflict in the DR Congo
October 12, 2018 19:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBMarianne Guenot talks to Benedict Moran, author of the World Report “Fighting Ebola in conflict in the DR Congo”, about the effect of conflict on responding to a public health emergency. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
C-section Series
October 12, 2018 06:30 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBJocalyn Clark and guests Marleen Temmerman and Ana-Pilar Betran discuss the challenge of overuse and underuse of caesarean section procedures worldwide. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Global Mental Health Commission
October 10, 2018 06:30 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBWith a high-level ministerial summit taking place on Oct 9-10 in London, Vikram Patel and Shekhar Saxena outline the priorities ahead for improving mental health worldwide. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Sexual and reproductive health and rights for all
October 06, 2018 13:00 - 7 minutes - 4.92 MBAnn Starrs and Susheela Singh, of the Guttmacher Institute, join The Lancet to talk about the need for a comprehensive package of sexual and reproductive rights. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Stroke Series
October 05, 2018 06:30 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBHelen Frankish and Craig Anderson discuss a new three-part stroke Series, covering ischaemic stroke, intracerebral haemorrhage, and implications for global stroke prevention and management. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Stillbirth in Europe
September 28, 2018 18:00 - 11 minutes - 7.9 MBLucy Smith discusses the underestimation of stillbirth in Europe, and the global priorities for recognising stillbirth within the sustainable development agenda. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
NCD Countdown 2030
September 21, 2018 06:30 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBAhead of the third UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs on Sept 27, Jennifer Sargent and guests discuss The Lancet’s first NCD Countdown 2030 paper and implications for country-level health policies and progress towards the achievement of SDG target 3.4: a third reduction in premature deaths from non-communicable diseases by 2030. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljourn...
MDRTB
September 07, 2018 14:30 - 9 minutes - 6.72 MBWith 2018 being declared a year for action against TB, Pam Das and Dick Menzies discuss a study that informs the recent change in WHO treatment guidelines for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis worldwide. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Mortality due to low quality health systems
September 06, 2018 06:30 - 10 minutes - 7.37 MBMargaret Kruk talks about her latest work on health system quality and related mortality, appearing in The Lancet and in a Commission in The Lancet Global Health. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Pain relief in labour
August 15, 2018 06:30 - 9 minutes - 6.79 MBNaomi Lee talks to Matthew Wilson about current options for pain relief in labour, and what the future of research holds. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Securement dressings for peripheral intravenous cannulae
August 01, 2018 02:00 - 13 minutes - 9.18 MBDo more expensive securement dressings for peripheral intravenous cannulae improve failure rates and outcomes for patients? Lancet editor Jessamy Bagenal talks with paper author Claire Rickard. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
End of the Ebola outbreak in DRC
July 25, 2018 06:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBOn the day the WHO announced the end of the Ebola outbreak in the DRC, Lancet editor Pam Das speaks with Mike Ryan, Assistant DG for Emergency Preparedness and Response at the WHO, and David Heymann, head of Chatham House Global Health, about how the outbreak was contained and what lessons were learned. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.c...
Secondment at The Lancet and Cell Press
July 24, 2018 15:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBThis podcast hosted by Rebecca Cooney features editors Catarina Sacristan and Helen Brooks discussing their experiences in the editorial secondment program, a special collaboration between Cell Press and The Lancet. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
The NHS at 70
July 05, 2018 06:30 - 8 minutes - 5.75 MBStephanie Snow joins The Lancet to discuss her project, NHS at 70: The Story Of Our Lives, as well as the importance of the NHS to the fabric of the UK. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
The Lancet Women initiative
June 29, 2018 06:30 - 9 minutes - 6.22 MBLancet editors Jocalyn Clark and Liz Zuccala discuss what spurred the Lancet Women initiative, what the response has been like, and what the future holds. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Police shootings and mental health of black Americans
June 22, 2018 06:45 - 32 minutes - 22.7 MBPolice killings of unarmed black Americans have adverse effects on the mental health of black American adults in the general population. A new study highlights the population mental health impact of events widely perceived to be a symptom of structural racism, and supports recent calls to treat police killings as a public health issue. The Lancet’s Rebecca Cooney speaks to Jacob Bor and Rhea Boyd. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet http...
Rectal cancer watch & wait
June 22, 2018 06:30 - 13 minutes - 9.63 MBCan patients with rectal cancer safely avoid surgery? Jessamy Bagenal of The Lancet interviews Geerard Beets about findings from the International Watch & Wait Database. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
From Ireland to Northern Ireland: campaigns for abortion law
June 15, 2018 07:00 - 16 minutes - 11 MBAngel Li joins The Lancet's Marianne Guenot to discuss abortion law changes in Ireland and their potential effect on Northern Ireland. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
The real winners of right-to-try
June 15, 2018 07:00 - 12 minutes - 8.47 MBRebecca Cooney discusses right-to-try legislation with Dr. Vinay Prasad. Who actually benefits from the new law? Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Separating children at the border
June 08, 2018 07:00 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MBJanna Juvonen and Jen Silvers speak with Lancet Executive Editor Rebecca Cooney about the Trump administration’s migrant child separation policy. Does it amount to torture? Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Trends in diabetes-related mortality in the USA
May 23, 2018 22:00 - 4 minutes - 3.14 MBEd Gregg from the CDC joins The Lancet to discuss new research into changing trends of diabetes-related mortality in the United States. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
The Lancet-Tsinghua Healthy Cities Commission
April 19, 2018 19:00 - 14 minutes - 9.94 MBHelena Wang talks to Peng Gong about The Lancet-Tsinghua Healthy Cities Commission, what needs to be done to evaluate the progress and promote healthy cities in China. This podcast is in Chinese. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Malaria nets and insecticide resistance
April 12, 2018 22:30 - 7 minutes - 5.2 MBNatacha Protopopoff joins The Lancet to talk about her new study on bed nets, malaria, and insecticide resistance. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
NCDs and economics
April 05, 2018 18:00 - 12 minutes - 8.76 MBWhy are poverty and NCDs linked so closely? And what can be done to fix both? Authors and editors from The Lancet's Taskforce on NCDs and economics discuss taxation, healthcare, and more. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Low back pain
March 22, 2018 00:00 - 7 minutes - 5.05 MBThree series authors join The Lancet to talk about trends in diagnosis and treatment of low back pain around the world. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Pathology and laboratory medicine
March 15, 2018 21:15 - 9 minutes - 6.49 MBKenneth Fleming and John Nkengasong discuss the importance of pathology services, as part of The Lancet’s Series on pathology and laboratory medicine in low-income and middle-income countries. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Global health journalism
March 09, 2018 07:30 - 9 minutes - 6.78 MBMarianne Guenot, editor of The Lancet's World Report section, joins us to talk about the current crisis in global health journalism. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Canada's global leadership on health
February 23, 2018 14:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBJocalyn Clark and Danielle Martin discuss Canada's healthcare system as part of The Lancet's Canada Series. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Virtual reality and surgical training
February 16, 2018 07:30 - 8 minutes - 5.68 MBVirtual reality and simulation are fast becoming important surgical training tools. The Lancet looks into the benefits, and what the future might hold. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Global health in 2018: The Lancet: January 23, 2018
January 23, 2018 16:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MBWhat do we want from global health in 2018? The Lancet's editor-in-chief Richard Horton discusses his hopes for world health, as well as looking back at 2017. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Rohingya in Malaysia: The Lancet: January 11, 2018
January 12, 2018 07:30 - 6 minutes - 4.6 MBAdam Bemma discusses his world report on the Rohingya refugees' attempts to settle in Malaysia. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Gene therapy for retinal dystrophy: The Lancet: January 5, 2018
January 06, 2018 23:30 - 8 minutes - 5.72 MBRebecca Cooney discusses the newly FDA-approved gene therapy for treating loss of vision as a result of retinal dystrophy. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
You don't know me: The Lancet: December 23, 2017
December 22, 2017 07:30 - 14 minutes - 9.76 MBThe author of the Wakley Prize-winning essay, Kate Rowland, talks about the ethics of care and the philosophy underlying the clinician-patient relationship, themes raised in her essay. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Public availability of trial protocols: The Lancet: December 16, 2017
December 15, 2017 07:30 - 6 minutes - 4.21 MBJoan Marsh and Paul Glasziou discuss what steps can be taken to reduce research waste with the public availability of trial protocols. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Weight management in type 2 diabetes: The Lancet: December 5, 2017
December 05, 2017 21:15 - 8 minutes - 5.59 MBRoy Taylor talks about weight management techniques and remission in type 2 diabetes. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Liver disease: The Lancet: November 29, 2017
November 29, 2017 21:00 - 11 minutes - 7.71 MBMartin McKee discusses the final report of the Lancet's Commission on liver disease, highlighting the health costs of excess alcohol consumption, obesity, and viral hepatitis. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Heart failure incidence: The Lancet: November 21, 2017
November 22, 2017 07:30 - 7 minutes - 5.03 MBKazem Rahimi discusses the temporal trends and patterns in heart failure incidence in the UK between 2002 and 2014. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Lancet Countdown 2017: The Lancet: October 30, 2017
October 31, 2017 04:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBNick Watts and Elizabeth Robinson discuss their findings from the 2017 report of The Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Conflict in Colombia: The Lancet: October 26, 2017
October 27, 2017 14:30 - 12 minutes - 8.73 MBJoe Parkin Daniels, author of a new World Report on a military hospital in Bogota, joins us to discuss the nuances of peace and conflict in Colombia since the FARC peace deal, and the challenges still facing healthcare in the country. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health: October 19, 2017
October 20, 2017 06:30 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBGina McCarthy, former EPA Administrator, and Commission leads Philip Landrigan and Richard Fuller join Gavin Cleaver for a discussion of the problems of pollution and the solutions available. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv
Palliative Care and Pain Relief: The Lancet: October 12, 2017
October 13, 2017 14:30 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBFelicia Knaul and Julio Frenk discuss the Commission on the global access to palliative care and pain relief, highlighting the new metric used to measure the burden, an essential package to these treatments, and integration of palliative care and pain relief into health systems. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet htt...
Russia—history and health: The Lancet: September 28, 2017
September 29, 2017 06:30 - 12 minutes - 8.76 MBMichel Kazatchkine joins us to talk about Russia's health system and struggles with HIV/AIDS in the context of its unique history. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://twitter.com/thelancet https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv