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The effect of Indigenous American genomic ancestry on type 2 diabetes in Mexico: an analysis of 134 548 individuals from the Mexico City Prospective Study The percentage of inherited AMR ancestry is strongly associated with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes in this admixed Mexican population. These findings suggest that most of the Mexican population has ...

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The effect of Indigenous American genomic ancestry on type 2 #diabetes in Mexico: an analysis of 134 548 individuals from the Mexico City Prospective Study www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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February Issue of The Lancet Public Health is Live. This month sees an array of PH topics:

♥️ Cardiovascular Disease 🇪🇺
🧬 Diabetes 🇲🇽
🧸 Child protective services 🇨🇦
🩵 Cervical cancer 🇦🇺
🧫 Tuberculosis - 🇨🇦 and 🇦🇺
🍱 School meal programmes 🇪🇺

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The Lancet Public Health recently extended their thanks and appreciation to all who reviewed in 2025

- Thank you reviewers we’re looking forward the continued insight 2026 brings

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Monday reading:
Check out our January issue!

This month we have a range of topics from around the world including:

▫️Nicotine Pouch use in GB 🇬🇧
🩵 Cervical Cancer Vaccination in Sweden 🇸🇪
🎲 Gambling behaviours in Italy 🇮🇹

and more:
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In 2024, one in nine adults worldwide was living with #diabetes. The number of adults with diabetes in 2024 exceeded 500 million and is projected to rise to close to 900 million by 2050 thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Temporal trends in associations between social drivers and life-years lost in newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation in Denmark, 2000–22: a nationwide cohort study #Afib @livhp.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social @thelancetph.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Commercialisation and care sufficiency: the privatisation of children's homes in England Although the commercialisation of care services is intended to produce markets that respond to care need, it is still unclear whether profit incentives align with population need. In this Health Polic...

New paper out today in @thelancetph.bsky.social with François Schoenberger and @andersb-m.bsky.social :

Do commercial markets deliver public services where we need them?

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Figure showing trends in current nicotine pouch use in Great Britain overall among adults aged ≥18 years (A) and by age group among people aged ≥16 years (B) Lines represent the modelled weighted prevalence by monthly survey wave (estimated using logistic regression, with time modelled with restricted cubic splines); shaded bands represent 95% CIs; and crosses represent the unmodelled weighted prevalence in each month. Copyright: 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. CC BY 4.0.

Use of nicotine pouches has increased from 0.1% to 1% in the UK from 2020 to 2025, primarily driven by their use in young people, study suggests in @thelancetph.bsky.social

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Two Lancet studies, led by Dr Nadine Kronfli, examine gaps in STI and hepatitis care in prison settings. First authors: Gabrielle Beaudry and Akhil Garg. @cusm-muhc.bsky.social @healthsciences.mcgill.ca @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social @thelancetph.bsky.social
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Deux études publiées dans The Lancet, sous la direction de la Dre Nadine Kronfli, analysent les lacunes en soins liés aux ITSS et à l’hépatite en milieu carcéral. @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social @thelancetph.bsky.social @healthsciences.mcgill.ca
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@thelancetoncol.bsky.social, @thelancetph.bsky.social, @eclinicalmed.bsky.social are excited to partner with IARC for: #IARC60 Cancer Research into Action Conference Lyon, France, 19-21 May
Submit your abstract by 19 Jan: iarc2026conf.iarc.who.int/en/abstracts...
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Investigating associations between long-term poverty exposure and premature mortality: evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 prospective cohort Greater cumulative exposure to poverty across emerging and established adulthood is associated with a greater risk for premature mortality. To inform public health action and policy, future research s...

"Millions of individuals in the USA experience poverty."

"Greater cumulative exposure to #poverty across emerging and established adulthood is associated with a greater risk for premature mortality."

via The Lancet Public Health @thelancetph.bsky.social

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Comparing US prevention efforts to other high-income countries Life expectancy in the USA is considerably lower than in most high-income countries, with many deaths considered preventable. The extent by which poor…

We often hear that the U.S. underinvests in primary care and prevention—and that this explains why Americans live shorter, less healthy lives.

In our new @thelancetph.bsky.social, we take a closer look at this issue.

#IrenePapanicolas @Brown

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Minister Padilha, Dr. Massuda and Dr. Simão on Brazil's expectations for COP30 - The Lancet Regional Health Americas in conversation with In this episode, our editor Taissa Vila talks to Dr. Alexandre Padilha, Brazil’s Minister of Health, Dr. Adriano Massuda, Executive Secretary of Health, and Dr. Mariângela Simão, Secretary for Health ...

With COP30 around the corner, we interviewed the Brazilian Health Minister and his team to know what Brazil is bringing to the discussion table on this historical #healthday @ #COP30.

🎙️Listen here: bit.ly/47FNUUv

🌱 From pills to people: the rise of social prescribing.

Who’s being referred to walking groups, arts classes and community activities, and who’s missing out?

Two major 2025 studies explore referral trends and inequalities.

🧵 THREAD
#SocialPrescribing #PrimaryCare #HealthInequalities #MentalHealth

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📸 We want your photos!

If you've taken an image that brings a health story to life, enter it in our #LancetHighlights photography competition.

Submit by Nov 12—on any health-related topic and from any country or setting. More info: tinyurl.com/28pmu4m2

A blue square with the words, "Clinical Resources" and a take on the Rod of Asclepius; a traditional symbol of medicine.

Introducing the Clinical Resources hub 🩺

A new, easy-to-navigate platform from The Lancet Group, packed with the latest research and clinical reviews. Perfect for healthcare professionals looking to stay current and improve patient care.

Explore now: 🔗 hubs.li/Q03HKpBt0

Quote from a correspondence published in The Lancet entitled 'Improving survival and reducing suffering for children with NCDs.' Quote reads: [The Fourth High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly6 on the prevention and control of NCDs] is an opportunity to galvanise a global movement for children with chronic and catastrophic diseases, especially cancers and sickle cell disease, and ensure they are no longer left behind.

NCDs affect more than 2 billion children and adolescents each year.

In a new letter, authors call for a shift from generalised #NCD strategies to specific, child-centred commitments backed by:
➡️ Global frameworks
➡️ Measurable targets
➡️ Long-term investment

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Figure: Global age-specific cancer (A) incidence and (B) mortality in 2023 for all sexes combined. Results are presented by 5-year age group. Left panels present age-specific incidence and mortality rates. Right panels present age-specific new case and death proportions. Copyright: 2025 Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved.

Cancer deaths expected to rise to over 18 million in 2050—an increase of nearly 75% from 2024, study forecasts.

Explore the data ▶️ tinyurl.com/5n7dfnws @ihmeuw.bsky.social #NCDs

Cover of The Lancet's Sept 27, 2025 issue. Quote on cover reads: "[...]a substantial body of biological, clinical, public health, and pharmacoeconomics data now allows communities to address the Alzheimer's conundrum [...]. The honest and lively debate among experts will continue."

🧠 Alzheimer’s disease (AD) care is entering a new era.

In our latest issue, a new Lancet Series highlights crucial next steps in diagnosis, treatment, & prevention of AD globally.

Read this & more: tinyurl.com/259664bs

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“Experts call for public health approach to suicide prevention, with social factors addressed in addition to clinical treatment services”.

On #WorldSuicidePreventionDay, explore a 6-paper Series in @thelancetph.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/ycy9yue6 #WSPD

Daily steps and health outcomes in adults: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis Although 10 000 steps per day can still be a viable target for those who are more active, 7000 steps per day is associated with clinically meaningful improvements in health outcomes and might be a mor...

How many steps a day do we need for good health?
Clue: maybe less than you think :-)
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Supporting medical science in the USA The pursuit of rigorous medical science is not compatible with capitulation to government demands aimed at weaponising and eroding science. On April 14, Edwin R Martin Jr, the Trump-appointed interim ...

Editorial of The Lancet today: "The pursuit of rigorous medical science is not compatible with capitulation to government demands aimed at weaponising and eroding science"

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Our new study on outcomes among people accessing #SaferOpioidSupply is out in @thelancetph.bsky.social. This study builds on work published previously across the country reinforcing the real-world benefits of #SOS and highlighting important comparisons with methadone. 🧵

Trends in alcohol-specific deaths in England, 2001–22: an observational study Alcohol-specific deaths in England remain high and increased after the COVID-19 pandemic. Policies should aim to reduce rates of alcohol consumption at the population level. Substantial investment is ...

We've got a new paper out today in @thelancetph.bsky.social, led by @melissaoldham.bsky.social, looking at the sharp increase in alcohol-specific deaths in England since the start of the pandemic and digging into which groups in the population have been worst affected
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Public health in Germany: structures, dynamics, and ways forward Despite Germany's robust economy, comprehensive social welfare system, and the country ranking third among Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries in terms of per-capita healt...

In our April issue,

you can read a summary of the state of public health in Germany from Pr Zeeb and colleagues

📖 Public health in Germany: structures, dynamics, and ways forward
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Public health under Trump 2.0: the first 50 days Jan 20, 2025, US President Donald Trump took charge of the Oval Office and began by signing an array of executive orders spanning from withdrawal from WHO and the Paris Climate Agreement to freezing t...

NEW editorial on what public health means under Trump 2.0

At The Lancet Public Health, it still means to stand for the communities we serve, to report, document, support researchers and practitioners, and advocate for better health for ALL.

Read #openaccess www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Adverse childhood experiences in firstborns and mental health risk and health-care use in siblings: a population-based birth cohort study of half a million children in England ACEs in firstborns during the first 1000 days were associated with increased mental health problems and health-care needs in multiple children in the same family. The findings highlight the importance...

Feb 2025: Our study in @thelancetph.bsky.social funded by @nihr.bsky.social finds children are nearly three-quarters more likely to develop mental health problems by the age of 18 if the firstborn child in their family experienced adversity in their first 1000 days www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Global, regional, and national burden of epilepsy, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 Although the global trends in idiopathic epilepsy deaths and DALY rates have improved in the preceding decades, in 2021 there were almost 52 million people with active epilepsy (24 million from idiopa...

Globally, between 1990 and 2021, there was a substantial increase not only in prevalent cases of all types of epilepsy, but also an increase in the age-standardised prevalence of secondary and combined epilepsy.

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📢Our March issue is out!

Read our editorial on #obesity environments, interesting global burden disease studies of #epilepsy #suicide
and more... all #Openaccess

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