Cases of lung cancer among those who never smoked is on the rise and air pollution could be contributing to the increase, according to a new study. The study was published in The Lancet Respiratory ...

Professor Mark Lawler, a distinguished cancer expert and data scientist, has been appointed to the International Advisory ...

An article published this week in The Lancet medical journal found that more than half of the world’s population lacks access ...

Worst hit is sub-saharan Africa where nine percent have access to medical oxygen, then comes South Asia where, of 32 million ...

This Commission situates medical oxygen as a multifaceted system, a vital service, and an essential medicine, and presents new estimates of global medical oxygen need, the coverage gap, and the cost ...

A physician-scientist at the University of Oklahoma is part of an international effort seeking new options for patients with head and neck cancer who cannot receive the standard chemotherapy drug ...

Activists dressed in black veils pushed prams and held pictures of some of the children killed by Israel during its war ...

Prompted by the 20th anniversary of the 1993 World Development Report, a Lancet Commission revisited the case for investment in health and developed a new framework to achieve dramatic health gains by ...

A review has suggested biological processes by which a disruption to how fat is metabolised in the body could contribute to ...

An experimental trial of gene therapy has helped four toddlers - born with one of the most severe forms of childhood ...

Pope Francis has been known for his down-to-earth leadership, support of marginalized communities and interreligious dialogue ...