the lancet News

Sydney - The mix of PTSD, violence and combat service has attained urban legend status, but as usual with urban legends, facts have been sparse. A new study published in The Lancet at last provides some working numbers and opens the gate for more study.

It's not surprising that quitting smoking is good for your health but it may be surprising to find stopping by 40 could add 10 years to a woman's life. That's what a study published Monday, Oct. 29 in the medical journal The Lancet has found.

Sydney - Being a couch vegetable is no great achievement- Unless you’re trying to kill yourself with inactivity. If you’re practising to be a corpse, 5 million people around the world will provide all the encouragement you need, every year.

Sydney - When you see a headline in the venerable Lancet saying “Moral decay at GSK reaps $3 billion fine”, you can’t help thinking that’s a hell of a lot of moral decay. GSK, an icon of Big Pharma, has achieved the biggest settlement in US history.

Research by The Lancet revealed that 200 million people worldwide are using illicit drugs. Australians and New Zealanders top the list of cannabis, speed and crystal meth users.