Cardiovascular disease: Getting to the heart of the matter

The one-size-fits-all approach to how we treat heart disease could be a thing of the past. Professor Stephen Nicholls spoke with the Lens team about the findings of a new co-authored study published in The Lancet which looks at how new therapies will target the disease differently, offering patients a more personalised approach.

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The burden of stroke—banning smoking under 25 years could save millions of lives every year

Professor Amanda Thrift

Stroke costs Australia more than $600 million a year and, globally, the burden of stroke is enormous:10.3 million new strokes a year, with most deaths occurring in low-to middle-income families.

The mental health of refugees and asylum seekers on Manus Island

Professor Suresh Sundram

Professor Suresh Sundram published in The Lancet.

On October 31, 2017, the Governments of Australia and Papua New Guinea ended support for the Manus Island Regional Processing Centre, an Australian immigration detention facility on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea.  Instead, currently incomplete and substandard facilities without adequate service provision have been hastily constructed to accommodate people. 379 refugees and asylum seekers refused to leave the centre stating fears for their security.  The physical and mental health of these people is precarious.

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Professor Sundram is from the Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University and Unit Head, Adult Psychiatry at Monash Medical Centre.

Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

Amanda Thrift et al. published in The Lancet.

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Resurrection of evidence for vertebroplasty?

Ronil Chandra et al. published in The Lancet.

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Factors affecting outcomes in patients reaching end-stage kidney disease worldwide: differences in access to renal replacement therapy, modality use, and haemodialysis practices

Peter Kerr et al. published in The Lancet.

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