Welcome to Intentional Change, the podcast dedicated to helping business owners and leaders navigate the complexities of growth, technology, and change with intentionality and purpose. Hosted by Shawn FitzGerald and Joshua McNary, this show dives deep into the strategies, tools, and mindsets that empower businesses to scale, adapt, and thrive in an ever-evolving landscape. Each episode offers a blend of thought-provoking discussions and expert guest interviews, delivering actionable insights ...
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Jessamy Bagenal, Chloe Wilson, and Callum Davidson—editors at The Lancet—and Gavin Cleaver, The Lancet Group’s Audio Producer, in conversation with the journal’s authors, explore their latest research and its impact on people’s health, healthcare, and health policy. A monthly audio companion to the journal, this podcast covers topics that advance the field of medical research, from exploring treatments to examining drug trials, public health outbreaks to surgical techniques, and more.
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Presented at ASH: the EPCORE FL-1 study on epcoritamab in follicular lymphoma
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13:03Franck Morschhauser joins Ben Abbott of The Lancet to discuss the phase 3 EPCORE FL-1 study on epcoritamab, lenalidomide, and rituximab for relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma, which is being presented at ASH 2025. Click here to read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)02360-8/fulltext Continu…
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Presented at ESMO: the HARMONi-6 study on a bispecific antibody therapy for squamous NSCLC
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20:43Shun Lu joins Ben Abbott of The Lancet to discuss the phase 3 HARMONi-6 trial of ivonescimab plus chemotherapy as first-line treatment in advanced squamous non-small-cell lung cancer, which is being presented at ESMO 2025. Click here to read the full article Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ …
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Presented at ESMO: the POTOMAC study on immunotherapy in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer
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22:09Neal Shore joins Ben Abbott of The Lancet to discuss the phase 3 POTOMAC trial of durvalumab plus BCG in BCG-naïve, high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, which is being presented at ESMO 2025. Click here to read the full article Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/…
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People, Process, and Vision: Unpacking EOS With Michelle Owens
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44:06Host Joshua McNary chat with Michelle Owens, certified EOS implementer, business coach, facilitator, and founding partner of Slingshot25. Michelle brings decades of hands-on leadership experience, a passion for development, and a reputation for asking tough questions with care. She helps entrepreneurial teams get unstuck and achieve real traction u…
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Beyond Assumptions: Asking Better Questions in Business
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54:42In this episode of Intentional Change, Shawn FitzGerald sits down with Vada Grantham, CEO of Revelations Research Solutions, to explore the power of asking better questions and listening to customers with intention. Vada shares how market research goes far beyond surveys—it’s about uncovering insights that reveal why people buy, what truly matters …
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Unlocking Potential: The Many Ways SBDCs Help Entrepreneurs Succeed
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40:02What if the greatest opportunity for your business is already within reach—but hidden in plain sight? In this episode of Intentional Change, Shawn FitzGerald digs deep with Mitchell Kearns, Technology & Commercialization Director at Iowa’s SBDC. Together, they discuss how the Iowa Small Business Development Center (SBDC) supports entrepreneurs as t…
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Vision Without Alignment: Why Great Businesses Still Spin Their Wheels
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27:03Too many businesses run like high-performance sports cars with no clear destination—powerful, fast, but ultimately going nowhere. In this episode of Intentional Change, Shawn FitzGerald sit down with Rob Taylor, EOS Implementer and founder of Taylor Management Solutions, to explore why vision matters, how to align leadership teams, and what it take…
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Creating Meaningful Change: Lessons from Lindsay Leahy’s Take It All Apart
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43:44In this episode of Intentional Change, host Joshua McNary and co-host Shawn FitzGerald sit down with Lindsay Leahy, an executive coach, USA Today bestselling author, and founder of The Restoration Project. Often called a “business therapist” by her clients, Lindsay has a unique gift for guiding leaders through complexity and helping them rediscover…
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Burn the Boat: A Bold Approach to Business Acquisitions with Dr. Brett Vowles
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42:52Thinking about buying a business instead of building one from scratch? In this episode of Intentional Change, chiropractor and acquisition strategist Dr. Brett Vowles breaks down why most acquisitions fail—and how to avoid the biggest mistakes. He reveals the simple but powerful framework he uses to assess every opportunity: Plan, People, and Proce…
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Stephen Chan on the Lancet Commission on addressing the global hepatocellular carcinoma burden
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20:41With the global burden of liver cancer growing, The Lancet has commissioned an international panel of experts to identify strategies to strengthen the prevention, surveillance, diagnosis, and treatment of liver cancer. Stephen Chan joins Ben Abbott of The Lancet to discuss the key messages of the Commission, which is published today on World Hepati…
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Rebecca Fitzgerald on biomarker risk stratification with capsule sponge in the surveillance of Barrett's oesophagus
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27:15Early detection of oesophageal adenocarcinoma improves outcomes. Patients with the precursor lesion, Barrett's oesophagus, are recommended to undergo regular endoscopic surveillance, a process that can be burdensome for patients and health services. Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald's team have developed a tool that may be able to improve Barrett's surv…
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Expansive Impact: Resilience, Presence, & Purpose in Leadership with Sarah Young
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43:17In this episode of Intentional Change, host Joshua McNary is joined by Sarah Young, author of Expansive Impact and founder of Zing Collaborative. Together, they dive into what it truly means to lead with compassion, courage, and clarity in everyday moments—whether you’re steering a growing business, scaling a team, or simply striving to show up mor…
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Just Do It: Starting With An Exit Plan with Christy Jones
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40:00Too many business owners avoid the hardest question until it’s too late: What’s your exit strategy? In this powerful episode of Intentional Change, host Shawn FitzGerald and co-host Joshua McNary talk with Christy Jones, founder of Clarity Business Coaching, about her remarkable journey from growing up in a family-owned auto body shop to building a…
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Self-Leadership for Business: Next Action Thinking & Trusting the Process of Growth with Brad Farris
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37:55In this episode of Intentional Change podcast, hosts Joshua McNary and Shawn FitzGerald are joined by Brad Farris of Anchor Advisors, a seasoned executive leadership coach known for helping founders break through the common growth ceilings in their businesses. They dig into practical approaches to leadership, including how to avoid the trap of over…
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Vania Wisdom, Senior Executive Editor at The Lancet and the journal's Oncology Ambassador, and Katherine Gourd, Acting Deputy Editor at The Lancet Oncology, join Leon Terner to share some of their experiences, impressions and highlights from this year's American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference. If you haven't already, be sure to list…
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Presented at ASCO: the first RCT of CAR T-cell therapy in solid tumours
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14:45Changsong Qi joins Chloe Wilson and Ben Abbott of The Lancet to discuss their recently published phase 2 randomised controlled trial investigating Claudin-18 isoform 2-specific CAR T-cell therapy for previously treated advanced gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction cancer. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…
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Fearless Sharing and Building Deeper Trust: Leadership Lessons with Steve Vaught
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34:54In this episode, host Shawn FitzGerald chats with leadership facilitator Steve Vaught to explore how meaningful relationships, safe spaces, and intentional communication create lasting impact in leadership. Steve shares why he regularly sends curated articles to peers—not as a strategy, but as a way to show care, spark conversation, and deepen conn…
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Vania Wisdom, Senior Executive Editor at The Lancet and the journal's Oncology Ambassador, joins Gavin Cleaver to discuss what's being published at this year's American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting, what she's excited to see at the conference, and why ASCO is so important to the field. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us …
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The Practice of Leading Leaders: Building Ownership, Feedback, and Future Leadership with Mike Wagner
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31:20In this episode, host Shawn FitzGerald chats with Mike Wagner of White Rabbit Group to dive deep into the messy human side of leadership. Mike unpacks what leadership really means—and why it’s more about practice than position. He also walks through the four foundational habits every leader needs, how to build trust through regular feedback, and wh…
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Networking Without the Yuck: Danny Beyer Talks Creating Real Value in Every Connection
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32:25Networking often gets a bad rap, conjuring images of sales pitches, shallow transactions, and overwhelming social pressure. But as Danny Beyer —a financial advisor, mayor, author, and seasoned networker—shares, it doesn’t have to be that way. From busting the myth that networking is just about collecting business cards, to building authentic relati…
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Aligning Communication Tactics with Business Goals: Shawn FitzGerald on Intentional Change
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41:46Welcome to another episode of Intentional Change, the podcast dedicated to guiding business owners and leaders through the challenges of growth, technology, and change with purpose and clarity. In this episode, we dive deep into the world of business communication with Shawn FitzGerald, a communication solutions consultant at Level Up Media Interac…
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Making Technology Your Ally: Joshua McNary Discusses Intentional Strategy in Business
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48:29Welcome to the inaugural episode of "Intentional Change," hosted by Shawn FitzGerald. In this episode, we dive deep into the convoluted world of business technology with our guest, Joshua McNary, a seasoned business technologist. If you're a business owner who's feeling overwhelmed by the rapid evolution of tech tools or struggling to see the retur…
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Francis Couturaud on treatment of venous thromboembolism
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28:30Francis Couturaud joins Chloe Wilson of The Lancet to discuss the RENOVE trial, which looks at assessing the efficacy and safety of reduced-dose versus full-dose direct oral anticoagulants in patients in whom extended anticoagulation has been indicated. Read the full paper: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02842-3/…
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Shawn St Peter on appendicectomy versus antibiotics for acute uncomplicated appendicitis in children
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16:01This week, we discuss treatment approaches for uncomplicated appendicitis in children following the publication of a trial in our January 18th issue. Lead author Shawn St Peter, general paediatric surgeon and surgeon-in-chief at Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, spoke with Callam Davidson about the motivation behind the study, key findings, a…
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Michael Heneka on passive anti-amyloid β immunotherapy in Alzheimer’s disease
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21:35Michael Heneka joins Chloe Wilson and Bea Gomez Perez-Nievas of The Lancet to discuss a therapeutics paper discussing the opportunities and challenges of passive anti-amyloid β immunotherapy in Alzheimer's disease. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01883-X/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast…
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Nusrat Husain, Farah Lunat, and Fehmida Motala on postnatal depression in British south Asian women (the ROSHNI-2 trial)
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48:44ROSHNI-2 was a multicentre, randomised controlled trial that investigated the efficacy of a culturally adapted, cognitive behavioural therapy-based intervention for postnatal depression in British south Asian women. Joining us to share their expertise and perspectives are chief investigator Professor Nusrat Husain, trial manager Farah Lunat, and se…
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Rasha Al-Lamee and Shayna Chotai on ESC 2024 highlights
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40:18Rasha Al-Lamee and Shayna Chotai join Chloe Wilson of The Lancet to discuss ESC Congress 2024 highlights. The papers featured on this podcast are: 1) https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01733-1/fulltext 2) https://www.nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1056/NEJMoa2409134 3) https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-…
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Dr Oriol Mitjà and Dr Hypolite Muhindo Mavoko on mpox
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26:26On August 14th, the World Health Organisation declared a public health emergency of international concern in relation to mpox. This was motivated, in part, by the emergence of a concerning new strain of mpox, clade 1b, which has spread rapidly across Central Africa. Joining me this week to discuss important clinical aspects of the current mpox outb…
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Natasha Pocovi on the prevention of low back pain recurrence
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23:50Natasha Pocovi joins Chloe Wilson of The Lancet to discuss a trial investigating a walking and education intervention for the prevention of low back pain recurrence in Australia (WalkBack). Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00755-4?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancet Continue this conv…
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Prasad Kulkarni on a vaccine against typhoid and paratyphoid
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18:06Prasad Kulkarni joins Callam Davidson of The Lancet to discuss the safety and immunogenicity of a bivalent conjugate vaccine against typhoid and paratyphoid, following the publication of a phase 1 trial. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00249-6/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_la…
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Patricia Campbell and Frans Rutten on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
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40:03Patricia Campbell and Frans Rutten join Chloe Wilson for an educationally-focused podcast, discussing the key messages for clinical practice on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Read the full Seminar: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)02756-3/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lancet Continu…
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Lene Seidler on umbilical cord management at preterm birth
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14:49Lene Seidler joins Callam Davidson of The Lancet to discuss umbilical cord clamping strategies at preterm birth following the publication of two systemic review and meta-analyses with individual participant data. Read the full articles: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)02468-6/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_…
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Emily Chew on the future of treatments for geographic atrophy
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18:26Emily Chew joins Chloe Wilson of The Lancet to discuss the future of treatments for geographic atrophy following the publication of two randomised controlled trials of new drug treatments. Read the full article here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)01583-0/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lancet Conti…
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Simon Kyle on a new effective treatment for insomnia
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11:04Simon Kyle joins Gavin Cleaver of The Lancet to discuss his paper on sleep restriction therapy as a new effective treatment for insomnia. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)00683-9/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lancet Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... h…
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Verna Vanderpuye and Isabelle Soerjomataram on International Women's Day and cancer
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12:56On this International Women's Day, Lancet editors and the co-chairs of the Women and Cancer Commission discuss the burden of women’s cancer on society and reflect on the questions the Commission is trying to answer. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https:…
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Nick James discusses the key messages of the recent report from the STAMPEDE trial platform and the success of this platform in advancing the treatment of prostate cancer Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https:…
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Jie Qiao (in Chinese) on reproductive health in China
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16:37《柳叶刀》亚洲执行主编王辉对话《柳叶刀中国女性生殖、孕产妇、新生儿、儿童和青少年健康重大报告》共同主席乔杰院士。 Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv…
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Jie Qiao (in English) on reproductive health in China
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16:40Helena Wang discusses The Lancet Commission on women's reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) in China with author Professor Jie Qiao. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://lin…
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Siobhan Quenby & Arri Coomarasamy on miscarriage
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18:27Siobhan Quenby & Arri Coomarasamy discuss the key findings from The Lancet's new Series on miscarriage. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettv…
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On the 50th anniversary of the Inverse Care Law, Professor Sir Muir Gray joins Gavin Cleaver to discuss the continuing importance of the ICL, and notions of value and quality in health care. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetm…
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The Lancet's new Commission, Public Policy and Health in the Trump Era, looks back at the effects of the last four years on the health of the USA. One of the authors of the Commission, Mary Bassett (Harvard University) joins us to talk about the Commission findings and wider issues facing the USA. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us tod…
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Richard Horton on the Oxford vaccine phase 3 trial
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11:32Editor-in-chief of The Lancet, Richard Horton, discusses the results of the Oxford vaccine's phase 3 trial. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancet…
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Renee Salas, leader of the Lancet Countdown policy brief in the US, discusses the climate problems facing the US, the issues of the last four years, and the reasons to be optimistic about the future. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/t…
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Universal health coverage (UHC) is a vital facet of healthcare across the world, and a new Global Burden of Disease paper seeks to measure its spread. The Lancet spoke with author Rafael Lozano and linked Comment author Margaret Kruk about efforts to analyse and measure UHC. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelan…
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The Lancet Editor-in-Chief Richard Horton explains the current status of the Oxford and China COVID-19 vaccines, including an overview of current progress and the next steps for both. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicalj…
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The new Global Burden of Disease paper forecasts major alterations in worldwide population over the next few decades. We ask Kathleen O’Reilly, of LSHTM, how models are made and how you account for a changing world, and we speak with paper author Stein Emil Vollset of IHME about the implications of his predictions. Continue this conversation on soc…
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Professor Rosanna Peeling discusses the implications of seroprevalence results from recent COVID-19 antibody studies. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com…
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The Asia Executive Editor of The Lancet, Helena Hui Wang, chats with Bin Cao about clinical course and risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljour…
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柳叶刀亚洲执行主编王辉跟曹彬教授关于2019冠状病毒感染住院患者临床发病过程和死亡危险因素的讨论 Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancet https://youtube.com/thelancettvBy The Lancet
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Richard Horton, Sarah Dalglish, and Grace Gatera
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16:25Richard Horton, Sarah Dalglish, and Grace Gatera talk about the future for children alive today, alongside findings from the new Commission. Continue this conversation on social! Follow us today at... https://thelancet.bsky.social/ https://instagram.com/thelancetgroup https://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournal https://linkedIn.com/company/the-lan…
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