Listen to The Lancet

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The Lancet (www.thelancet.com) is a weekly medical journal, renowned for the publication of high-quality peer-reviewed research and reviews from around the world. In the Podcasts our editors discuss journal highlights, including interviews with authors of key articles to provide context and insight to advancements in medicine and health worldwide.

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04.12.2019
Postoperative pain management and opioids
Inappropriate use of opioids after surgery has contributed substantially to the global opioid epidemic. Lead author Paul Myles (Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia) discusses a new Lancet Series that proposes alternative approaches for pain management after surgery.
04.07.2019
A framework convention for alcohol control?
TH Lam (University of Hong Kong) discusses a proposal for an international framework convention for alcohol control, given the totality of recent evidence that there is no safe limit for alcohol consumption.
03.29.2019
c-Section in LMICs
Shakila Thangaratinam (Queen Mary University of London, UK) discusses a systematic review and meta-analysis which highlights the increased risk of perinatal trauma and mortality associated with C-section use in low income and middle income countries.
03.20.2019
Building a tuberculosis-free world
A new Lancet Commission maps out priorities in diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and advocacy efforts to end tuberculosis by 2030. Detailed discussion with two of the commissioners: UN Tuberculosis Special Envoy Eric Goosby, and Paula Fujiwara from the International Union against...
03.15.2019
Communicating with children about life-threatening disease
Alan Stein, Brenda Kelly (University of Oxford, UK), and Ruth Bland (Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, UK) discuss a two-part Series that is helping to develop guidelines for health-care professionals and families concerning life-threatening conditions in children or their parents.
03.08.2019
Heart failure Series
Patrick Rossignol (University of Lorraine, Nancy University Hospital/INSERM, France) discusses recent progress and future challenges concerning heart failure, notably a widespread lack of implementation of established clinical guidelines.
03.01.2019
Inter-pregnancy interval after stillbirth
Annette Regan (A&M; University, Houston, USA) discusses an observational study which assesses an appropriate time interval for conception after stillbirth.
02.18.2019
A once-monthly treatment for opioid use disorder
Mark Greenwald discusses buprenorphine extended release—a once-monthly injected formulation for the treatment of opioid use disorder recently approved by the US FDA.
02.08.2019
Advancing women in science, medicine, and global health
Discussion of a special themed issue introduced by Lancet Editors Jocalyn Clark and Liz Zuccala, with contributions from #LancetWomen advisory group members Ravi Verma (International Center for Research on Women, New Delhi, India), and Imogen Coe (Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada).
01.28.2019
Global action to confront the pandemics of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change
Discussion with Obesity commission co-authors Bill Dietz (George Washington University, USA) and Boyd Swinburn (University of Auckland, New Zealand), plus three personal testimonies about the impact of obesity relating to stigma, indigenous culture, and health.
01.17.2019
EAT–<i>Lancet</i> Commission
Tamara Lucas is joined by Commissioners Tim Lang and Jessica Fanzo to discuss one of the most pressing issues of our time: the need for a transformation in the way we eat, for the future of our health and our planet.
12.21.2018
The right to health
Lawrence 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.
12.13.2018
Drivers' blood alcohol and road-traffic accidents
James 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. ...
12.05.2018
Uterus transplantation from deceased donor
Investigators 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.
11.29.2018
Health and climate change
Tamara Lucas and guests Hilary Graham and Hugh Montgomery discuss new developments in the 2018 Lancet Countdown report on health and climate change.
11.22.2018
Liver disease in the UK
Professor 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.
11.10.2018
Two-drug regimen for HIV
Jessamy 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.
11.02.2018
Hip replacement
Sion Glyn-Jones discusses current practice and outstanding challenges for total hip replacement surgery, linked to a two-part Series about hip and knee replacement.
10.20.2018
The Astana Declaration
The 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.
10.12.2018
Fighting Ebola in conflict in the DR Congo
Marianne 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.
10.12.2018
C-section Series
Jocalyn Clark and guests Marleen Temmerman and Ana-Pilar Betran discuss the challenge of overuse and underuse of caesarean section procedures worldwide.
10.10.2018
Global Mental Health Commission
With 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.
10.05.2018
Stroke Series
Helen Frankish and Craig Anderson discuss a new three-part stroke Series, covering ischaemic stroke, intracerebral haemorrhage, and implications for global stroke prevention and management.
09.28.2018
Stillbirth in Europe
Lucy Smith discusses the underestimation of stillbirth in Europe, and the global priorities for recognising stillbirth within the sustainable development agenda.
09.21.2018
NCD Countdown 2030
Ahead 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...
09.07.2018
MDRTB
With 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.
09.06.2018
Mortality due to low quality health systems
Margaret 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.
08.15.2018
Pain relief in labour
Naomi Lee talks to Matthew Wilson about current options for pain relief in labour, and what the future of research holds.
08.01.2018
Securement dressings for peripheral intravenous cannulae
Do 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.
07.25.2018
End of the Ebola outbreak in DRC
On 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...
07.24.2018
Secondment at The Lancet and Cell Press
This 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.
07.05.2018
The NHS at 70
Stephanie 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.
06.29.2018
The Lancet Women initiative
Lancet editors Jocalyn Clark and Liz Zuccala discuss what spurred the Lancet Women initiative, what the response has been like, and what the future holds.
06.22.2018
Police shootings and mental health of black Americans
Police 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...
06.22.2018
Rectal cancer watch & wait
Can patients with rectal cancer safely avoid surgery? Jessamy Bagenal of The Lancet interviews Geerard Beets about findings from the International Watch & Wait Database.
06.21.2018
Sexual and reproductive health and rights for all
Ann 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.
06.15.2018
From Ireland to Northern Ireland: campaigns for abortion law
Angel Li joins The Lancet's Marianne Guenot to discuss abortion law changes in Ireland and their potential effect on Northern Ireland.
06.15.2018
The real winners of right-to-try
Rebecca Cooney discusses right-to-try legislation with Dr. Vinay Prasad. Who actually benefits from the new law?
06.15.2018
Sexual and reproductive health and rights for all
Ann 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.
06.08.2018
Separating children at the border
Janna 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?
06.08.2018
Sexual and reproductive health and rights for all
Ann 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.
05.23.2018
Trends in diabetes-related mortality in the USA
Ed Gregg from the CDC joins The Lancet to discuss new research into changing trends of diabetes-related mortality in the United States.
04.19.2018
The Lancet-Tsinghua Healthy Cities Commission
Helena 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.
04.12.2018
Malaria nets and insecticide resistance
Natacha Protopopoff joins The Lancet to talk about her new study on bed nets, malaria, and insecticide resistance.
04.05.2018
NCDs and economics
Why 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.
03.22.2018
Low back pain
Three series authors join The Lancet to talk about trends in diagnosis and treatment of low back pain around the world.
03.15.2018
Pathology and laboratory medicine
Kenneth 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.
03.09.2018
Global health journalism
Marianne Guenot, editor of The Lancet's World Report section, joins us to talk about the current crisis in global health journalism.
02.23.2018
Canada's global leadership on health
Jocalyn Clark and Danielle Martin discuss Canada's healthcare system as part of The Lancet's Canada Series.
02.16.2018
Virtual reality and surgical training
Virtual reality and simulation are fast becoming important surgical training tools. The Lancet looks into the benefits, and what the future might hold.

What's Listen to The Lancet about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Listen to The Lancet episodes:

Postoperative pain management and opioids

A framework convention for alcohol control?

c-Section in LMICs

Building a tuberculosis-free world

Communicating with children about life-threatening disease

Heart failure Series

Inter-pregnancy interval after stillbirth

A once-monthly treatment for opioid use disorder

Advancing women in science, medicine, and global health

Global action to confront the pandemics of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change

EAT–<i>Lancet</i> Commission

The right to health

Drivers' blood alcohol and road-traffic accidents

Uterus transplantation from deceased donor

Health and climate change

Liver disease in the UK

Two-drug regimen for HIV

Hip replacement

The Astana Declaration

Fighting Ebola in conflict in the DR Congo

C-section Series

Global Mental Health Commission

Stroke Series

Stillbirth in Europe

NCD Countdown 2030

MDRTB

Mortality due to low quality health systems

Pain relief in labour

Securement dressings for peripheral intravenous cannulae

End of the Ebola outbreak in DRC

Secondment at The Lancet and Cell Press

The NHS at 70

The Lancet Women initiative

Police shootings and mental health of black Americans

Rectal cancer watch & wait

Sexual and reproductive health and rights for all

From Ireland to Northern Ireland: campaigns for abortion law

The real winners of right-to-try

Sexual and reproductive health and rights for all

Separating children at the border

Sexual and reproductive health and rights for all

Trends in diabetes-related mortality in the USA

The Lancet-Tsinghua Healthy Cities Commission

Malaria nets and insecticide resistance

NCDs and economics

Low back pain

Pathology and laboratory medicine

Global health journalism

Canada's global leadership on health

Virtual reality and surgical training