The Lancet Digest, March 5th – 11th 2009
The Editorials in this week’s Lancet are on International Women’s Day – celebrated on March 8th – awareness of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome and whether websites should be responsible for their content.
The Articles are on treating knee replacement patients with apixaban versus enoxaparin, vaginal brachytherapy versus pelvic external beam radiotherapy for patients with endometrial cancer, treating herpes simplex with aciclovir to reduce HIV-1 progression and reviewing the clinical features that children with serious infections present with. These are accompanied by Comments on apixaban preventing venous thromboembolism after knee replacement, radiotherapy for endometrial cancer, treating HIV-1 with HIV-2 drugs and diagnosing serious infections in children.
The World Report is on the funding shortfall of the GAVI Alliance, increasing the number of medical schools in the USA and reports of female genital mutilation in Iraqi Kurdistan. Also of interest is a Perspective on preventing maternal transmission of HIV in Malawi and the launch of an essay competition for young researchers.