Ben Burwood
@benburwood.bsky.social
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Senior Editor at The Lancet Obstetric, Gynaecology, and Women's Health, views are my own
"Placing women at the heart of vaccination strategies is crucial to achieving the Immunization Agenda 2030 targets and Sustainable Development Goal 5." Latest Editorial for
@lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social
is live now:
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Women at the centre of vaccination success
April 24–30, 2026, marked WHO's World Immunization Week (WIW), centred on the theme that “for every generation, vaccines work”. Despite historic victories, strong and wide-reaching vaccination program...
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanogw/article/PIIS3050-5038(26)00124-X/fulltext
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Today is the day! I'm here in Berlin for
#ESMOBREAST2026
and very excited to learn more about the updates in breast cancer care and, of course, rate all of the coffees provided by the exhibitors. Please do reach out if you'd like to learn more about
@lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social
18 days ago
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Just over a week to go until
#ESMOBreast2026
in Berlin! Please do reach out if you are interested in hearing more about
@lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social
27 days ago
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According to findings in an SRMA
#Paracetamol
or
#Tylenol
during
#pregnancy
is not associated with
#ADH
,
#ASD
, or intellectual disability. I was very pleased to discuss the study with Prof Asma Khalil in the latest
@lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social
podcast
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Asma Khalil on Paracetamol During Pregnancy and the risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and Intellectual Disability
Podcast Episode · The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health · 18 March · 31m
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/asma-khalil-on-paracetamol-during-pregnancy-and-the/id1838944981?i=1000756044781
2 months ago
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Special bonus episode of the
@lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social
podcast episode to celebrate
#internationalwomensday
is now live in your feeds. Find it in iTunes, Spotify, and all other podcast sites
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The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health
Medicine Podcast · Monthly · Editors at The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health, in conversation with the journal’s authors, researchers, policymakers, economists, politicians, and others...
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-lancet-obstetrics-gynaecology-womens-health/id1838944981
3 months ago
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"Heavy menstrual bleeding is common, consequential, and treatable. The failure to adequately address this debilitating symptom reflects not a lack of clinical solutions but a lack of urgency." Read our latest Editorial on HMB here:
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Heavy menstrual bleeding: an overlooked global burden
Heavy menstrual bleeding is defined by the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as “excessive menstrual blood loss which interferes with the woman's physical, emotional, social,...
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanogw/article/PIIS3050-5038(26)00024-5/fulltext
3 months ago
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A really interesting chat about acute heavy menstrual bleeding and the impact of emergency treatment. I'd recommend listening, but I'm biased
add a skeleton here at some point
5 months ago
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reposted by
Ben Burwood
The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health
9 months ago
NEW! Researchers at the University of Oxford have assessed the use of large-language models in women's health. They used validated question–answer pairs (obtained from the RCOG) to compare semantic entropy and perplexity for detecting inaccurate answers
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Measuring large language model uncertainty in women's health using semantic entropy and perplexity: a comparative study
Semantic entropy offers a robust and scalable method to identify uncertain or potentially misleading outputs from LLMs. Semantic entropy could support safer artificial intelligence-assisted clinical d...
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanogw/article/PIIS3050-5038(25)00005-6/fulltext
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Very interesting first day at
#BGCS2025
, representing
@lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social
, and great to be there with colleagues from
@eclinicalmed.bsky.social
and
@thelancetoncol.bsky.social
. We'd love to chat with you about your work and our journals! Looking forward to day 2.
11 months ago
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Very pleased to be back at
#ESHRE2025
representing
@lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social
. Please do reach out if interested, I'd love to chat about your work and our journal
11 months ago
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Very excited to be heading to the Women's Health Summit on June 20th next week. If you're attending and would like to discuss your work or
@lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social
, please don't hesitate to reach out. Learn more about our scope and global reach & impact here:
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12 months ago
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reposted by
Ben Burwood
The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health
about 1 year ago
We’re dedicated to publishing original research, evidence-based reviews, and insightful features on
#womenshealth
and
#obgyn
, throughout the entire life course—from adolescence to menopause and beyond. Explore our aims and scope and submit your manuscript today! Find out more ➡️
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In some personal news, I'm very pleased to say that today marks day 1 of my new role as a Senior Editor at The Lancet
#Obstetrics
,
#Gynaecolgy
, and
#Women'sHealth
. Super excited to be joining the team and I'm looking forward to highlighting the key advances across the fields
about 1 year ago
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Very excited to say that the latest episode of the eClinicalMedicine podcast is now live. In this episode, we look back on 2024 and ahead to 2025 discussing a range of highlights including
#HIV
,
#AI
,
#obesity
, and the impact of politics on health care:
www.buzzsprout.com/1845316/epis...
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The eCM team on 2024 and 2025 - eClinicalMedicine in conversation with
The eClinicalMedicine team come together to discuss 2024 and 2025 in an editorial round table. Ben Burwood is joined by Hannah Linne and Rachel Kerslake to discuss obesity, AI, recessive dystrophic ep...
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1845316/episodes/16489495
over 1 year ago
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Latest issue of eClinicalMedicine is live, featuring an editorial on
#GLP-1
receptor agonists:
www.thelancet.com/issue/S2589-...
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eClinicalMedicine, December 2024, Volume 78
New general medicine open access journal, published by The Lancet, influencing clinical practice and health policy.
https://www.thelancet.com/issue/S2589-5370(24)X0012-7
over 1 year ago
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