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Ben Burwood

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Senior Editor at The Lancet Obstetric, Gynaecology, and Women's Health, views are my own

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Ben Burwood @benburwood.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
A bit of a labour of love for me. I'm very proud and pleased to see the publication of our theme issue on #patientcentred #reproductive #medicine and #fertility #care. I'm at the ##ESHRE2026 meeting all day, please do reach out if you'd like to chat
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Ben Burwood @benburwood.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Conference season (at least for me) is in full swing! I'll be at #ESHRE2026 for @eshre.bsky.social the next few days. Very excited to hear about the latest updates. If you would like to know more about @lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social and what we can offer, don't hesitate to reach out
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Ben Burwood @benburwood.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Very proud to see these two articles on IVF add-ons published. They are available now at @lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social
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Ben Burwood @benburwood.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
"Placing women at the heart of vaccination strategies is crucial to achieving the Immunization Agenda 2030 targets and Sustainable Development Goal 5." Latest Editorial for @lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social is live now: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Women at the centre of vaccination success
April 24–30, 2026, marked WHO's World Immunization Week (WIW), centred on the theme that “for every generation, vaccines work”. Despite historic victories, strong and wide-reaching vaccination program...
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Ben Burwood @benburwood.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Today is the day! I'm here in Berlin for #ESMOBREAST2026 and very excited to learn more about the updates in breast cancer care and, of course, rate all of the coffees provided by the exhibitors. Please do reach out if you'd like to learn more about @lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social
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Ben Burwood @benburwood.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Just over a week to go until #ESMOBreast2026 in Berlin! Please do reach out if you are interested in hearing more about @lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social
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Ben Burwood @benburwood.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
According to findings in an SRMA #Paracetamol or #Tylenol during #pregnancy is not associated with #ADH, #ASD, or intellectual disability. I was very pleased to discuss the study with Prof Asma Khalil in the latest @lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
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Asma Khalil on Paracetamol During Pregnancy and the risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and Intellectual Disability
Podcast Episode · The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health · 18 March · 31m
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Ben Burwood @benburwood.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Special bonus episode of the @lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social podcast episode to celebrate #internationalwomensday is now live in your feeds. Find it in iTunes, Spotify, and all other podcast sites podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health
Medicine Podcast · Monthly · Editors at The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health, in conversation with the journal’s authors, researchers, policymakers, economists, politicians, and others...
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Ben Burwood @benburwood.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
"Heavy menstrual bleeding is common, consequential, and treatable. The failure to adequately address this debilitating symptom reflects not a lack of clinical solutions but a lack of urgency." Read our latest Editorial on HMB here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Heavy menstrual bleeding: an overlooked global burden
Heavy menstrual bleeding is defined by the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as “excessive menstrual blood loss which interferes with the woman's physical, emotional, social,...
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Ben Burwood @benburwood.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
A really interesting chat about acute heavy menstrual bleeding and the impact of emergency treatment. I'd recommend listening, but I'm biased
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The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health @lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
NEW! Researchers at the University of Oxford have assessed the use of large-language models in women's health. They used validated question–answer pairs (obtained from the RCOG) to compare semantic entropy and perplexity for detecting inaccurate answers www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @ox.ac.uk
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Measuring large language model uncertainty in women's health using semantic entropy and perplexity: a comparative study
Semantic entropy offers a robust and scalable method to identify uncertain or potentially misleading outputs from LLMs. Semantic entropy could support safer artificial intelligence-assisted clinical d...
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Ben Burwood @benburwood.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Very interesting first day at #BGCS2025, representing @lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social, and great to be there with colleagues from @eclinicalmed.bsky.social and @thelancetoncol.bsky.social. We'd love to chat with you about your work and our journals! Looking forward to day 2.
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Ben Burwood @benburwood.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Very pleased to be back at #ESHRE2025 representing @lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social. Please do reach out if interested, I'd love to chat about your work and our journal
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Ben Burwood @benburwood.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Very excited to be heading to the Women's Health Summit on June 20th next week. If you're attending and would like to discuss your work or @lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social, please don't hesitate to reach out. Learn more about our scope and global reach & impact here: hubs.li/Q03l_7gb0
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The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health @lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
We’re dedicated to publishing original research, evidence-based reviews, and insightful features on #womenshealth and #obgyn, throughout the entire life course—from adolescence to menopause and beyond. Explore our aims and scope and submit your manuscript today! Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/3E6vIsq
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Ben Burwood @benburwood.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
In some personal news, I'm very pleased to say that today marks day 1 of my new role as a Senior Editor at The Lancet #Obstetrics, #Gynaecolgy, and #Women'sHealth. Super excited to be joining the team and I'm looking forward to highlighting the key advances across the fields
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Ben Burwood @benburwood.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Very excited to say that the latest episode of the eClinicalMedicine podcast is now live. In this episode, we look back on 2024 and ahead to 2025 discussing a range of highlights including #HIV, #AI, #obesity, and the impact of politics on health care: www.buzzsprout.com/1845316/epis...
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The eCM team on 2024 and 2025 - eClinicalMedicine in conversation with
The eClinicalMedicine team come together to discuss 2024 and 2025 in an editorial round table. Ben Burwood is joined by Hannah Linne and Rachel Kerslake to discuss obesity, AI, recessive dystrophic ep...
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Ben Burwood @benburwood.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Latest issue of eClinicalMedicine is live, featuring an editorial on #GLP-1 receptor agonists: www.thelancet.com/issue/S2589-...
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eClinicalMedicine, December 2024, Volume 78
New general medicine open access journal, published by The Lancet, influencing clinical practice and health policy.
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