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The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology is the world-leading #gastroenterology and #hepatology research journal. IF=30.9. 🌐 thelancet.com/journals/langas/home
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Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by infection with blood flukes (trematode worms). There is some uncertainty on the best approach to individual diagnosis and clinical management for the disease. Find out more in a new Seminar: tinyurl.com/3jhd9dsn

Long-term outcomes of #pancreatic #islet #transplantation alone in type 1 #diabetes: a 20-year single-centre study in Italy www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #T1D #MedSky #EndoSky

Our March issue is live! Including research on #ILD in #RheumatoidArthritis and #SystemicSclerosis, cardiovascular protection in #gout, and the burden of #arthritis in Australia, plus much more! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Cover by Sara Gironi Carnevale #Medsky #Rheumsky

New correspondence Unexpected increase in ompA-genotype L1 variants responsible for anorectal lymphogranuloma venereum in France www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #ClinMicro #IDSky #Chlamydia #OpenAccess #OA

An important new update to HCV estimates among people who inject drugs- we are already behind in helping people get treatment and that was before Trump turned the tap off on programs for PWID. #liversky #episky

New research - Artenie et al - Global, regional, and national estimates of HCV infection incidence among people who inject drugs and number of new annual HCV infections attributable to injecting drug use: a multi-stage analysis www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #LiverSky #IDSky #MedSky #HepSky

🚀 We have launched our 1st Clinical Series of 2025 at the EASL Liver Cancer Summit 2025 in Paris! 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬 (BTCs) 🔬BTCs are rising in incidence & mortality across Europe. Explore key findings & recommendations in our infographic & read the Series here thelancet.com/infographics...

The arrival of immunotherapy marked a major advance in the management of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. But how have other areas of care for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma evolved in recent years? Our new Series explores… #liversky #oncsky #medsky @oncoalert.bsky.social

Our new Series on the management of hepatocellular carcinoma is now available at buff.ly/4b3odyq Papers examine the roles precision surgery, combining locoregional & systemic therapies, and the use of external-beam radiotherapy for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma #LiverSky #OncSky #MedSky

New research: Oral treatment of Whipple's disease with doxycycline and hydroxychloroquine versus iv therapy with ceftriaxone followed by oral trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole in Germany: a phase 2/3, prospective, open-label, randomised, controlled trial www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

New research - Nault et al - [¹⁸F]fluorodeoxyglucose and [¹⁸F]fluorocholine PET-CT for staging optimisation and treatment modification in hepatocellular carcinoma (PET-HCC01): a prospective multicentre study https://buff.ly/419ebHP #MedSky #OncSky #LiverSky @naultjc.bsky.social

ORANGE Segments: “For patients with lesions in the posterosuperior segments of the liver, laparoscopic surgery reduces time to functional recovery [vs open surgery]. However, this reduction did not meet the hypothesized difference of 2 days.” #GastroSky #MedSky @lancetrh-europe.bsky.social

Modelling the cost effectiveness of mailed outreach for hepatocellular carcinoma screening “Mailed outreach to encourage screening in patients with cirrhosis dominates usual care and should be considered for implementation in routine practice.” #LiverSky #OncSky #MedSky @eclinicalmed.bsky.social

The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health is on Bluesky! 🦋 As a world-leading #paediatrics journal, we are dedicated to promoting the health of children from the fetal period to young adulthood. Our journal publishes practice-changing original research, insightful opinion pieces, and more. Follow us!

Over 400 million people globally are affected by alcohol use disorder. In @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social, a new Review explores the current management and treatment options for alcohol use disorder from a gastroenterology and hepatology-focused perspective: tinyurl.com/43fxj63f

New personal view article How can the gut #microbiome be targeted to fight multidrug-resistant organisms? www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #IDSky #ClinMicro #AMR #OpenAccess #OA

New research - Liguori et al - Staging liver fibrosis and cirrhosis using non-invasive tests in people with chronic hepatitis B to inform WHO 2024 guidelines: a systematic review and meta-analysis https://buff.ly/4jWEpG1 #LiverSky #HepSky #MedSky

New Editorial - US policy changes put elimination of viral hepatitis at high risk www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #LiverSky #MedSky #IDSky #HepSky

Thanks to @contagionlive.bsky.social for the 2 part interview on our piece “Pathogens don’t respect Politicians” published in @thelancet.bsky.social. We must be ready for the fallout from this attack on #GlobalHealth 😥🦠🤕 @pippa-matt.bsky.social @robbrierley.bsky.social @treatmentactiongroup.org

This @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social publication took our team & collaborators 3+ years in the making👏🏽 Congratulations to all the authors!

SAIA collaborated with researchers globally on important new research in @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social, 'IBD in South Asia: A Scoping Review' www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... This article comprehensively reviews #IBD to state that IBD in South Asia is NOT DISSIMILAR from North America & Europe.

Our scoping review on IBD in South Asia is published! It took us over 3 years to review the literature and write. We hope that this paper will provide clinical pearls and help advance the field. @dranuraagj.bsky.social @ownyourcrohns.bsky.social

US policy changes put elimination of viral #hepatitis at high risk. Diagnosis, treatment & prevention all threatened. This affects all of us… don’t look away. #HepSky #MedSky #CDC #USAID @gavi.org @who.int @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social @robbrierley.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

New Editorial - US policy changes put elimination of viral hepatitis at high risk www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #LiverSky #MedSky #IDSky #HepSky

New Review - Management of alcohol use disorder: a gastroenterology and hepatology-focused perspective www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #GastroSky #MedSky @luisantoniodiaz.bsky.social

The March issue of The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology is out now at www.thelancet.com/gastrohep! Content includes: alcohol & cancer risk, colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, appendicitis, MASLD, viral hepatitis + more... #MedSky #GastroSky #LiverSky #IDSky #HepSky

NEW REVIEW—The concept of difficult-to-treat disease in #rheumatology: where next? www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #Medsky #Rheumsky

NEW – final results from RESOLVE: Perioperative or postoperative #adjuvant #oxaliplatin with S1 vs adjuvant oxaliplatin with capecitabine in patients with locally advanced gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma #gastriccancer #gicsm www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Physiological changes that occur in pregnancy can exacerbate or improve some pre-existent liver diseases. A new Review describes the challenges of diagnosing, risk stratifying, and managing liver disease in pregnancy: tinyurl.com/3wyer94e

In our Jan issue A prospective observational study looking at associations between weather extremes & faecal contamination in rural Bangladeshi households Measures should focus on 1️⃣water treatment 2️⃣safe storage 3️⃣reducing exposure to surface waters. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

We believe in the power of quality #primarycare, considering the psychological, social, and economic dimensions of health, to reduce social inequities. Explore our aims and scope and submit your manuscript today! Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/40T8uO3 #medsky #familymedicinesky #internalmedicinesky

#GastroEdPicks Early antiviral treatment with tenofovir alafenamide to prevent serious clinical adverse events in adults with chronic hepatitis B and moderate or high viraemia (ATTENTION): interim results from a RCT @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New Comment - Paula Iruzubieta & Javier Crespo - Breaking the silence: MASLD and the scarcity of data on the Roma population www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #LiverSky #MedSky

Given recent actions of the US government's executive branch related to manuscripts in process at scientific journals, the ICMJE has today highlighted points in their recommendations relevant to medical journals' responding to requests to withdraw/revise/alter authorship 👉 buff.ly/4aS6p9v #MedSky

“...to care is an act not of weakness, but of strength.” The Lancet response: bit.ly/4jRb5Av

We are facing a new threat to #globalhealth. 🧪 #MedSky #EpiSky #IDSky #HepSky #CDC #USAID #PEPFAR #science @who.int @worldhepalliance.bsky.social

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New editorial: Should science be political? We stand with scientists affected by Trump's attacks on science and global health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

👇Our just published letter on the sudden sabotage of disease control & public health from the current US administration. “The current catastrophic threat to global health must be stopped.” @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social @pippa-matt.bsky.social @treatmentactiongroup.org @worldhepalliance.bsky.social

New Correspondence - Wang et al - Pathogens don’t respect politicians: US federal disruption poses a new threat to global public health https://buff.ly/4hsVANG #MedSky #IDSky #GastroSky #HepSky @pippa-matt.bsky.social @suwang88.bsky.social

📰 The Lancet Respiratory Medicine’s February issue is out now! Check out the full issue here: bit.ly/3P2PVls 🔗 Read content including two NSCLC trials, an Article on the burden of #RSV infection among children in primary care, and baseline characteristics from the Chinese Bronchiectasis Registry

👋 Introducing The Lancet Primary Care, an OA journal dedicated to quality #primarycare for healthier societies. Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/3WOhfYg #medsky #physician-researcher #primarycaresky #familymedicinesky #internalmedicinesky

The Lancet Voice is back with a new episode on *gestures broadly*. How will the new regime affect health of people around the world? What's happened already? Where do we go? @gavinyamey.bsky.social joins us to discuss Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/1oUF... Apple podcasts.apple.com/gr/podcast/h...

More Lancet on Bluesky 🙌 We’ve launched accounts for 17 Lancet journals, with more coming soon. Follow for the latest from our Editorial teams 👉 go.bsky.app/2yuBkPV

Our February issue is now online: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Our journal is #OpenAccess, so you are free to explore all of our content. But these hashtags offer a flavour: #malaria #tuberculosis #AMR #influenza #Zika #dengue #SARS-CoV-2 #IDSky #ClinMicro #OA

New Comment - Noor et al - Applying the estimand framework to inflammatory bowel disease clinical trials www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #GastroSky #MedSky #IBDSky

New Review - Temido et al - Overcoming the challenges of overtreating and undertreating inflammatory bowel disease www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #IBDSky #GastroSky #MedSky

Our February issue is now online: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Feel free to explore all our #openaccess content about personalized #cancerscreening, #lifeexpectancy, #mentalillness, #physicalactivity. We will highlight some content later this week. Stay tuned! #publichealth #publichealthsky

Our February issue is now live: thelancet.com/journals/lan... This issue includes papers on #GIcancer, #ovariancancer, #headandneckcancer, #livercancer, #lymphoma, the psychosocial impact of an early detection test, and more Editorial: Fires and their smouldering health effects #WorldCancerDay

Today is #WorldCancerDay Did you know❓ Vaccination against #hepatitisB can help prevent liver cancer in children, while #HPV vaccination for young girls can reduce the risk of #CervicalCancer later in life. Learn more 👉bit.ly/2NeFF8B