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Smog shrouds Chile's capital Santiago, June 22, 2015.

Climate change poses a massive health risk, but fighting it will be good for everyone

Environment

A new report in the British medical journal The Lancet says climate change poses a potentially catastrophic risk to human health. But it also says fighting climate change can bring big health benefits.

Study Points to 10 Key Nutrition Interventions that Could Save the Lives of Children

Environment

Study: People Living Longer, But Not Necessarily Healthier

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The World

Prioritizing Cancer

Health & Medicine

“Sloth Map”: Inactivity Study Tracks Global Patterns & Risks

Geo Quiz

Study of Studies Finds Retractions in Drug Literature Often Indicative of Misconduct

In January 2003, The Lancet – one of the world’s oldest and most respected medical journals – published an article championing the combination of two drugs (ACE inhibitors and ARBs) in treating certain types of kidney disease. More than 100,000 patients were prescribed these two drugs in combination. But then an investigation concluded that the […]

Banned Pesticide Dieldrin: Still with us Today

Steve Curwood talks with John Brock who is a section chief at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. Dr. Brock co- authored a study published in the current issue of the British medical journal “The Lancet” which links the banned pesticide Dieldrin to a doubling in breast cancer for women exposed to the compound.

The World

New superbug coming soon

Environment

Scientists have found a superbug that is resistant to most antibiotics. The BBC’s Johnny Hogg reports on the difference between this new but and MRSA and what makes it so dangerous

The World

Malaria deaths vastly under-counted

Global Politics

Malaria deaths are being vastly under-counted in India and perhaps throughout much of the world, says a new report in the British medical journal, Lancet. The World’s Health and Science Editor David Baron tells anchor Lisa Mullins why.