New Evidence That Ultra-Processed Foods May Increase Cancer Risk

A study funded by the World Cancer Research Fund and Cancer Research UK and published in eClinicalMedicine, a Lancet open access clinical journal, provides new evidence of a link between ultra-process...

Online Hate—Like Violent Crime—Soars With High Temperatures, Study Suggests

Topline Extreme heat can not only lead to a rise in violent crime, it also helps fuel an increase in online hate speech on Twitter, according to a study published Wednesday in the Lancet, a cautionary...

More Than 5 Million Children Worldwide Have Lost A Parent Or Caregiver To Covid, Study Suggests

Topline Roughly 5.2 million children around the world have lost a parent or caregiver to Covid-19, according to a study published in the Lancet Child & Adolescent Health medical journal, a figure ...

1.2 Million Opioid Overdose Deaths Expected In U.S. And Canada By 2029, Experts Warn

Topline More than 1.2 million people will die from opioid overdoses in the U.S. and Canada by 2029 if no action is taken to tackle the growing epidemic, warns a group of leading health experts on the ...

Antibiotic-resistant infections are killing millions, scientists say in Lancet study

MRSA bacteria DTKUTOO | Getty Images Drug-resistant bacteria killed almost 1.3 million people in 2019, scientists have estimated — more than either HIV or malaria. Researchers also estimated that anti...