# The Lancet
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Health
"Every minute counts." - Study shows why treating strokes immediately is vital
6 Aug 2014
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placebo
Suffer from lower back pain? Paracetamol might not be effective in relieving symptoms
24 Jul 2014
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pandemic
Decriminalising prostitution would 'slash HIV rates among sex workers'
22 Jul 2014
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playing on
Knocked out: Global players’ union want action after World Cup concussions
14 Jul 2014
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Health
Portable insulin pumps prove better than insulin injections for type 2 diabetes
3 Jul 2014
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intervention needed
Child mortality decreases - but at least 18,000 children dying every day
30 Jun 2014
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Maternal Deaths
300,000 die during pregnancy each year and midwives are key to reduction
23 Jun 2014
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Epidemic
Almost one in four Irish adults are obese, a rate worse than most of Europe
29 May 2014
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Drugs
Drug experts slam reports with 'misleading statistics' on legal high deaths
14 Mar 2014
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Health
Community-based schizophrenia treatment in low income countries better than facility care
5 Mar 2014
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watch your house
Gregory House MD is so amazing he's even saved a real-life patient
7 Feb 2014
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survival rates
If you're going to have a heart attack, Sweden is the place to do it
23 Jan 2014
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HIV
Despite protective drugs, no increase in sex risks for partners of HIV-positive
17 Oct 2013
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Smoking
How do e-cigarettes compare to nicotine patches in helping smokers quit?
8 Sep 2013
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new research
Marrying your first cousin can double the risk of birth defects in your babies
4 Jul 2013
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Guantánamo Bay
150 doctors write to Obama offering services to Guantánamo hunger strikers
19 Jun 2013
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good health
China has become one of the healthiest countries in the world in just two decades
7 Jun 2013
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