Lancet (655 bytes)
1: A '''lancet''' is a medical instrument, similar to a [[scalpe...
3: ...buried in sand in warm, tropical waters and reach the size of five centimeters.
6: ...''[[The Lancet]]''''' is a [[medical journal]] in the [[United Kingdom]].
9: In [[gothic architecture]], a '''lancet''' is an acutely pointed [[arch]].

The Lancet (603 bytes)
1: ...from the surgical instrument called a [[lancet]]. The present editor-in-chief is [[Richard Horton]].
3: ...''''', '''''The Lancet Oncology''''' and '''''The Lancet Infectious Diseases'''''.
8: * [[Style guide]] - link to The Lancet's formatting guide
11: *[http://www.thelancet.com/ The Lancet]

Blood lancet (278 bytes)
1: ...e, and are used in the treatment of [[diabetes]]. They are also called '''lances'''.

Lancet study (245 bytes)
1: ...e Lancet]] in (date) estimating the casualties of the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|2003 invasion]] and subse...

Richard Horton (120 bytes)
1: ...ichard Horton''' is the present editor of ''[[The Lancet]]'', a [[Britain]]-based [[medical journal]].

Pendred syndrome (1016 bytes)
3: ...use [[enlarged vestibular aqueduct syndrome]], another congenital cause of deafness.
5: ...actice|general practicioner]] who first described the syndrome in 1896.
8: ...ndred V. ''Deaf-mutism and goitre.'' [[The Lancet|Lancet]] 1896;II:532.

William McBride (413 bytes)
1: ...ct]]s in children of patients who were prescribed the drug. He was later stripped of his medical licens...

Harold Percival Himsworth (1485 bytes)
4: He was the son of Joseph Arnold Himsworth of [[Huddersfield]...
7: ... [[1936]] paper in [[The Lancet]], distinguishing the two main types of diabetes.
9: ...ary of the [[Medical Research Council]] (MRC) for the very long period of [[1949]]-[[1968]].
11: ...[1953]], would be appointed Honorary Physician to the Queen.
13: His archives are being held by the [[Wellcome Institute]], London[http://www.wellcom...

Rosuvastatin (2701 bytes)
1: ...roved cholesterol reduction compared to rivals in the class.
3: ...e [[pharmaceutical company]] [[AstraZeneca]] with the brand name '''Crestor'''.
5: ... the editorial "flawed and incorrect" and slammed the journal for making "such an outrageous critique o...
7: ...myolysis]] (a severe undesired side effect) than other statins.
9: ...y there are no published studies showing which of the two drugs is more effective.

Grethe Rask (1934 bytes)
1: ...[1977]]), a [[Danish]] physician and surgeon, was the first non-African known to have died from [[AIDS]...
3: ...icable diseases), wrote in a 1983 letter to [[The Lancet]] that “while working as a surgeon under primitiv...
5: ...on, which in retrospect, would come to be seen as the first case of AIDS recorded outside of [[Africa]]...
7: == Further Reading ==
9: Shilts, Randy, ''And The Band Played On,'' St. Martin's Press, 1987

Anesthesia awareness (2387 bytes)
1: ...[[muscle relaxant]]s but not enough [[general anesthetic]] or [[analgesic]] to prevent [[consciousness]...
3: ...he experience is often extremely traumatizing for the patient who
4: ... unable to communicate his or her distress due to the muscle relaxants.
6: ...thetic vaporiser|vaporiser]]s with [[volatile anesthetic]].
8: ...per year. The effects usually extend further than the event itself. Many victims experience [[posttrau...

Gamgee Tissue (837 bytes)
3: ...tion of infection of surgical wounds. It is still the basis for many modern surgical dressings. Its nam...
5: ...e]]) in [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s book ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.
8: ...ated surgical dressings'', J. S. Gamgee, in [[The Lancet]], [[London]], [[24 January]], [[1880]]

Pikaia (893 bytes)
1: ...resembles a living chordate commonly known as the lancet.
3: ...acilens'' in the [[chordate]]s, making it perhaps the oldest known ancestor of modern [[vertebrate]]s.
5: ... fin. ''Pikaia'' may have filtered particles from the water as it swam along. Only 60 specimens have be...

Glucosamine (1190 bytes)
1: ...e * NACL) forms should be avoided as up to 30% of the actual glucosamine is replaced with cheap and ine...
3: ...ealth]] is, as of 2004, conducting a study to see the effects of [[chondroitin]] and glucosamine on [[o...
9: For further information on The Lancet study see this summary of reasearch info on [http...

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (2433 bytes)
1: ...s (the most common type of [[white blood cell]]). They are detected as a [[blood test]] in a number of ...
4: There are two types, depending on the pattern of staining on [[light microscopy]]:
6: ...rome]], [[microscopic polyangiitis]] and various other diseases
9: ...ls (Falk ''et al'' 1990), causing inflammation of the blood vessel wall ([[vasculitis]]).
12: ...ture on perinuclear vs. cytoplasmic patterns, and the antigens MPO and PR3 were discovered in 1988 and ...

Antiphonitis (1035 bytes)
3: ...e Herbarium and Esentepe, situated with a view of the sea.
5: ... and some, including the Christ in the dome, from the [[15th century|15th]]. It is very isolated.
8: ...lls and pillars;<br>inset: interior of dome, note lancet windows for scale''</small>

Archer Roulette (990 bytes)
3: ... 1]] [[1847]], was referred to the departments of the [[post office]] and after receiving final approv...
5: ...ate and had to be separated by cutting or tearing the stamps apart.
7: ...ple and piercing the paper with a series of cuts. The vertical pair shown is from Plate 70.

Metoprolol (1321 bytes)
1: ...r]] drug used in treatment of several diseases of the
2: ...opressor''' by [[Novartis]], and '''Toprol''' (in the USA) and '''Seleken''' (elsewhere) by [[AstraZene...
20: In the [[United States]] and most other countries, this medication is available only by ...
23: ...n Trial in Congestive Heart Failure (MERIT-HF)]'' Lancet. 1999 Jun 12;353(9169):2001-7

Publication bias (1252 bytes)
1: ...ies. The problem is particularly significant when the research is sponsored by entities that may have a...
3: ...research was registered in a public database from the start. [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/09...

Frank Pantridge (3193 bytes)
1: ... and [[paramedic]] services with the invention of the portable [[defibrillator]].
3: ...rved much of his captivity as a slave labourer on the [[Burma Railway]].
5: ...Queen's University, and then won a scholarship to the [[University of Michigan]], where he studied unde...
7: ...st cardiology unit whose work became known around the world.
9: ...ted to hospital. This led to his introduction of the mobile coronary care unit (MCCU), an ambulance wi...

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