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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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?...