No matter where you live in the United States, or where you get your health insurance, you probably know people who have Medicaid coverage for their health care.
Must-know facts for women about heart, kidney and metabolic health
Millions of women may be unknowingly living with risk factors for heart, kidney and metabolic disease—interconnected conditions that together drive the risk of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death among women, according to experts with the American Heart Association, a global force changing the future of health for all.
Measles outbreak that began in Texas nears 800 cases across three states
Texas’ measles outbreak that began in Gaines County in January has now expanded to 709 cases, officials said on May 9.
Double lung transplant saves mother of twins
The timing of Cornelia Tischmacher’s pneumonia couldn’t have been worse—eight months after the Berlin mom gave birth to twins.
Judge reverses Amos Chanda’s one-year jail term.
THE Lusaka High Court has acquitted former State House press aide Amos Chanda in a case where he was sentenced to one year imprisonment for stealing and burning court evidence. Judge Situmbeko Chocho ruled that the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court erred in both law and fact, and grossly misdirected itself when it relied on discredited and […]
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‘We can win next AfCON and WAfCON if…’ states Mweemba
FOOTBALL Association of Zambia (FAZ) president Keith Mweemba says Chipolopolo and the Copper Queens can win this year’s Africa Cup of Nations (AfCON) and the next Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAfCON) respectively if they play their cards right. Mweemba who was voted into office at the weekend after defeating Andrew Kamanga made his first […]
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Trump says will sign order aimed at cutting US drug prices
President Donald Trump unveiled plans Sunday for a new policy on pharmaceuticals he claimed would reduce US prescription drug prices by between 30% and 80%.
Late abortions are rare. The US just lost a clinic that offered the procedure for over 50 years
To fellow travelers, Hannah Brehm likely looked like she was taking a belated babymoon well into her third trimester.
Paul ‘Ironman’ Mwanza, beats Muzala to the sportsman of the year award.
IRONMAN Paul Mwanza has been crowned the 2024 sportsman of the year, seeing off competition from 2024 Olympic Games bronze medalist Muzala Samukonga and boxer Patrick Chinyemba. On Sunday night, the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Arts staged the Zambia Annual Sports Awards (ZASA) at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre where different sports personalities, teams […]
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Opioid prescribing standards changed practices in British Columbia, but with caveats
In an effort to curb misuse of opioids and prevent overdose deaths, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia released a legally enforceable practice standard, “Safe Prescribing of Drugs with Potential for Misuse/Diversion,” in 2016. This document limited the prescribing of opioids for chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) with specific prescribing practices that clinicians were obligated to follow.