Ilze Bot discusses the link between stress, shown by amygdalar activity, and cardiovascular events.

Vikas Saini discusses a new Lancet Series, which aims to improve global health care through an emphasis on reducing overuse and underuse of medical treatment.

Marie-Paule Kieny outlines encouraging final results of the rVSV-ZEBOV Ebola vaccine trial from Guinea.

Naaheed Mukadam reads her winning Wakley Prize essay, entitled "Stay with me"; an account about the diagnosis and care of a patient with dementia and his spouse.

Sibylle Loibl discusses recent advances in the treatment of oestrogen receptor positive, HER2-positive, and triple-negative breast cancers.

Max Ortiz-Catalan discusses his trial of using augmented reality, motor execution technology to help treat patients with phantom limb pain.

Jeff Cohen from the Cleveland Clinic Lerner School of Medicine discusses the Series—recent therapeutic progress, and remaining challenges.

A joint podcast from Kaiser Health News and The Lancet – discussion of where US health policy might be heading when Donald Trump takes office early next year.

Nick Watts discusses the Lancet Countdown paper about importance of climate change to health, and tracking alterations to create positive changes for human health.

David Himmelstein looks ahead to US health policy challenges in light of the shock US election result.