Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists are transforming the management of obesity and metabolic disease, with important implications across women’s health.

The trial did not show a clinical benefit of faecal microbiota transplantation in patients with IBS. These findings suggest that microbiota modulation alone might be insufficient for symptom improveme...

The National University of Singapore (NUS)–Lancet Pandemic Readiness through Institutions, Mobilising Communities, and Equity (PRIME) Commission redefines pandemic readiness

Deep learning can identify contrast-enhancing brain tumours from non-contrast MRI. These models show promise as a triage or decision-support aid—for example, flagging studies in which post-contrast en...

Epilepsy increases sharply after symptomatic Alzheimer's disease onset in people with Down syndrome. The association of epilepsy with reduced survival and accelerated cognitive decline underscores the...

Infectious disease outbreaks expose weaknesses that are overlooked between crises. The ongoing Ebola virus disease outbreak caused by Bundibugyo virus (Orthoebolavirus bundibugyoense; BDBV) in the Dem...

What cardiovascular issues can women experience in pregnancy, and why? Lancet editors Niall Boyce and Chloe Wilson talk with Professor Garima Sharma, one of the authors of a new Series of papers aimin...

Cardiovascular disease remains one of the leading causes of maternal mortality worldwide and a major driver of long-term morbidity.