Publication: Lancet

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Iodine deficiency in pregnancy

As a component of thyroid hormones, iodine is essential for fetal brain development. Although the UK has long been considered iodine replete, increasing evidence suggests that it might now be mildly iodine deficient. We assessed whether mild iodine deficiency ... [Published Lancet - May 22 2013]

Entities: Iodine Deficiency, Iodine, Pregnancy, creatinine, thyroid Hormone

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

[Case Report] Neurological presentation of schistosomiasis

In June, 2012, a 25-year-old woman presented to our clinic with a 3-month history of excruciating lower back pain radiating to both legs and lower limb weakness. She had been healthy until March, 2012, when she experienced recurrent episodes of right ... [Published Lancet - May 17 2013]

Entities: case report, Stiffness, Back Pain

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

[Comment] Maternal health: a missed opportunity for development

Millennium Development Goal 5 sets the ambitious goal of a 75% reduction in maternal mortality worldwide by 2015. Although some progress has been made, the risks from childbearing remain unacceptably high: an estimated 287 000 maternal deaths occurred ... [Published Lancet - May 17 2013]

Entities: Mortality

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

European Union

[Correspondence] EU Clinical Trials Regulation

The upcoming debate on the proposal for European regulation on clinical trials will have to unravel many knots. In addition to removing any reference to Ethics Committees, the proposal, released by the EU Commission, established ground for a single scientific ... [Published Lancet - May 17 2013]

Entities: Clinical trials, European Union, Glenis Willmott, Ethical, European Commission

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

[Comment] Participatory women's groups: ready for prime time?

Conventional thinking behind global efforts to prevent the deaths of mothers and children younger than 5 years starts with the identification of an intervention with a clear biological pathway for reducing morbidity and mortality, such as a drug, vaccine, ... [Published Lancet - May 17 2013]

Entities: Interference, Micronutrient, Morbidity, Mortality, Vaccine

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

[Correspondence] Supplemental parenteral nutrition in critically ill patients – Authors' reply

Our study1 focused on nosocomial infections post intervention (day 9 until day 28), because our hypothesis was that time and energy were required to achieve a metabolic effect with an observable clinical effect. 5-day intervention was chosen because a ... [Published Lancet - May 17 2013]

Entities: Nutrition, Patient, infections

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

[Comment] Maternal health in Malaysia: progress and potential

The third Women Deliver conference, on May 28–30, 2013, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, marks a new chapter for maternal health in Malaysia and worldwide. We have witnessed national maternal mortality rates in Malaysia decrease from 540 per 100 000 livebirths ... [Published Lancet - May 17 2013]

Entities: Malaysia, Mortality, Kuala Lumpur

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

[Correspondence] Maternal health post-2015 – Authors' reply

A note of appreciation to Jim Campbell and colleagues for recognising the error in the manifesto1 published as a result of the Global Maternal Health Conference held on Jan 15—17, 2013, in Arusha, Tanzania. The Maternal Health Task Force, Management and ... [Published Lancet - May 17 2013]

Entities: Jim Campbell, Arusha, The Lancet, Neonatal

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

[Obituary] Harry Keen

Leader in diabetic medicine. He was born in London, UK, on Sept 3, 1925, and died in Watford, UK, on April 5, 2013, aged 87 years. Few specialists in diabetes have combined clinical careers with a research programme as diverse as that of Harry Keen, Professor ... [Published Lancet - May 17 2013]

Entities: Diabetes, John Yudkin, NHS, Insulin

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

[Correspondence] Analyses confirm effect of women's groups on maternal and newborn deaths

In their insightful Comment1 on our meta-analysis2 testing the impact of participatory women's groups on maternal and neonatal mortality, Betty Kirkwood and Rajiv Bahl suggest that including stratified results from the MaiMwana trial might have led to ... [Published Lancet - May 17 2013]

Entities: Mortality, Pregnancy, Neonatal

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

[Perspectives] Susheela Singh and Jacqueline Darroch: turning research into advocacy for reproductive health

The importance of family planning was always obvious to Susheela Singh. As a young girl growing up in Guyana in South America, she had to share the family's resources with nine siblings. Such family sizes weren't unusual for Guyana in the 1950s, but this ... [Published Lancet - May 17 2013]

Entities: Guttmacher Institute, Contraceptive, Reproductive Health, Abortion, The Lancet

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

[Correspondence] Road traffic injuries in Iraq

Road traffic injuries are an emerging public health priority for Iraq that will need to be addressed. Although reliable data on the incidence of road traffic injuries in Iraq are lacking, it is an important public health issue, and information can be ... [Published Lancet - May 17 2013]

Entities: Iraq, Mortality, Public Health, Vehicle Safety, data collection

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