The Lancet is a journal published in 1823 by Elsevier Publishing Company, partly in collaboration with the Reed Elsevier Group.It was founded in 1823 by Thomas Wakley, who named the journal after the scalpel "Lancet" (Lancet), which also means "Lancet" in English. He named the journal after the surgical knife "Lancet", which also means "pointed dome window" in English, symbolizing the journal's ambition to be a "bright window illuminating the medical profession". to let in light".
In October 2013, The Lancet, the world's leading medical journal in the UK, supported the claim that the late President of the Palestinian National Authority, Arafat, died of polonium poisoning, and published a report of an investigation by Swiss scientists confirming that Arafat died of polonium 210, a radioactive element.
Basic introduction Chinese name ：The Lancet Foreign name ：The Lancet Language ：English Category ：Medicine Organizer ：Elsevier (Elsevier) Publishing Company Founding date ：1823 Publication cycle ：Weekly + half-yearly special issue Introduction, impact impact, representative articles, journal family, data fabrication, Introduction 2005 editor-in-chief for Richard Horton (Richard Horton). Richard Horton). The Lancet has always been known for its outspokenness on important medical issues, such as criticizing the World Health Organization, refusing to make the efficacy of homeopathy an official treatment option, publishing statistics on civilian casualties of the 2003 U.S.-Iraq war, and disapproving of the Reed Elsevier group's involvement with the armaments industry. The Lancet has been a major contributor to the US-Iraq war. Impact Impact The Lancet has a high impact factor around the world, so much so that it has a significant readership to support it. This issue contains original research articles, review articles ("panels" and "commentaries"), editorials, book reviews, short research articles, as well as other regular in-issue articles such as special issue messages and case reports. The Lancet is considered a "core" general medical journal; other journals of this nature include the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and the British Medical Journal. The Lancet was, however, heavily criticized for a 1988 article in which the authors raised the possibility of a link between the MMR vaccine, autism, and some vaccination controversies (the Vaine controversy). In 2004, The Lancet published a partial retraction of the controversial article. Dr. Horton also publicly stated that the article was "fatally flawed" because one of the authors had a serious interest rate conflict that he had not presented to the Lancet. When the journal published an estimate of the number of civilian deaths in Iraq - 100,000 - just two days before the November 2004 US presidential election, it drew accusations of political maneuvering. Representative article New superbug The Lancet's online edition announced the discovery of a new superbug capable of attacking the body's internal systems, even with the most powerful antibiotics available. Originally, such a super killer is scary enough, but for Indians than this "super bacteria" is more scary is its name: "New Delhi Metallozyme 1". Its report has received attention, and in India, it is a stone that has stirred up a thousand waves. India's deputy health minister Rao said the Lancet published the article, "shocked", that the article "does not have any scientific". India's famous cardiologist Trihan that the "superbug" named "New Delhi", is such a terrible source of disease directly to India, will be India's booming "medical tourism "The Lancet article argues that The Lancet article argues that because the 37 superbug carriers had previously traveled to India or Pakistan to receive medical treatment, the source of the bacteria is considered to be India, and the article concludes by "suggesting" that patients in the United Kingdom should carefully consider traveling to hospitals in South Asia. In addition to the name "New Delhi", this "advice" is also very annoying to the Indian people. According to the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) estimates that 1.1 million foreigners come to India every year for "medical tourism", mainly from Western countries, because India's medical technology is more advanced and cheaper. For example, a heart bypass surgery in India costs only $6,500, compared to $30,000 to $50,000 in the United States. As the Lancet article points the finger at India's "medical tourism" as the "goose that lays golden eggs", some Indian MPs today explicitly accused the incident of being "a conspiracy by multinational companies. A statement issued by India's Health Ministry argued that the incident was "a conspiracy by multinational companies". India's Ministry of Health issued a statement that the project is funded by the European Union and Wellcome, Pfizer, two major pharmaceutical companies, it is clear that there is a "conflict of interest", reflecting the fear that India has taken the Western hospitals, "rice bowls". It is worth mentioning that the Lancet article*** has 31 participating researchers, including the first author, Dr. Coomaraswamy of the University of Madras, India, and eight Indians. Kumaraswamy tried to "distance himself" from the Lancet, saying that the journal had "edited the article in a way that he did not agree with" and, in particular, suggested that people "should not go to India for surgical treatment ". He did not explain why the superbug was named "New Delhi". Superbugs have attracted attention because of their resistance to drugs, and there has been a lot of reflection on why they develop and how they can be prevented. According to reports, Corriganon, head of the infectious diseases department at Australia's Canberra Hospital, said the hospital has admitted three people with superbug infections, and all three have traveled to India before. "But only one of them received surgical treatment in India and the other apparently acquired the infection through general transmission," Corriganon said. He argued that the medical community still knew very little about superbug infections, and that it was "just the tip of the iceberg". Support for Arafat's Death by Poisoning On October 13, 2013, The Lancet, the world's leading British medical journal, supported the claim that Arafat, the late president of the Palestinian National Authority, died from polonium poisoning. The Lancet published a report of an investigation by Swiss scientists confirming that Arafat died of poisoning by the radioactive element polonium 210. According to the report, "traces of Arafat's blood, urine, and saliva were found to contain highly radioactive substances." Arafat died in 2004 after being diagnosed with a blood disorder. Journal family The Lancet has spawned several affiliated professional journals, all of which began with the name Lancet, such as Lancet Neurology (neurology), Lancet Oncology (oncology), and Lancet Infectious Diseases (infectious diseases). All of these Lancet-affiliated specialty journals have established a significant reputation as medical journals, even though most of them began with only review articles. Falsification of data In January 2006, it was revealed that an article in the October 2005 issue of The Lancet, co-authored by cancer researcher Jon Sudbø and 13 other co-authors***, contained data that had been falsified. The article was titled "Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the risk of oral cancer: a nested case-control study" (Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the risk of oral cancer: a nested case-control study). Within a week of the scandal surfacing, the high-impact factor New England Journal of Medicine published an editorial expressing concern about another article published in its journal with a similar research title.