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A common type of diabetes medication could help cancer patients make a better long-term recovery, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

The study of structural racism—the laws, policies, practices and norms that create unequal access to resources and opportunities, particularly in health care—has matured into a robust field since its founding in the 1990s. Researchers have moved beyond commentaries and opinion pieces to data-driven research that measures its real-world impact.

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) clinicians—highly skilled clinicians who are typically the first on the scene at medical emergencies—are known to experience significant stress related to work performed in hazardous conditions. As a result, their rates of post-traumatic stress disorder are comparable to those among combat veterans, and their suicide rates are more than double those of other professions.

IN a suspected attempted suicide, a 33-year-old woman of Ndola and her two sons, aged 5, and 10, are battling for their lives in hospital, after their mother allegedly drunk an unknown poisonous substance she also shared with the little ones. The motive for the suspected attempted suicide has not yet been established by the […]

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FORMER diplomat Emmanuel Mwamba’s sureties were yesterday detained and only released after paying K10, 000 each. Because of their continued failure to ensure that Mr Mwamba appears on court, Lusaka magistrate Amy Masoja-Chilangwa ordered the sureties to forfeit the K10,000 the signed up for as sureties. Boniface Chibeka and another Boniface Mwansa were yesterday at […]

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A one-year, two-month-old baby of Ndola has drowned in a dish full of water. The baby, Shadrick Ngosa, is believed to have drowned while playing outside the house under the care of his 17-year-old older brother while the other went to buy the Zambia National Service mealie meal. Copperbelt Province police commanding officer Peacewell Mweemba […]

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FOUR people have died in Lusaka due to flooding, Vice President Mutale Nalumango has announced. And Mrs Nalumango said more than 600 households across the country have been affected by the floods. Responding to an urgent matter raised in Parliament yesterday by Kanyama Member of Parliament Monty Chinkuli, Mrs Nalumango expressed sympathy for the affected […]

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Kidney transplant recipients with type 2 diabetes treated with a new class of anti-obesity drugs were less likely to experience organ failure and survived longer, a new study shows. Not only is obesity a known risk factor for diabetes, but it also increases risk of postsurgical complications, such as inflammation, organ rejection, and early death.

By 2050, there will be 25.2 million people living with Parkinson’s disease worldwide (a 112% increase from 2021), largely due to population aging, suggests a modeling study published by The BMJ.

A study reveals that bacterial vaginosis (BV), a condition affecting nearly a third of women worldwide and causing infertility, premature births and newborn deaths, is in fact a sexually transmitted infection (STI), paving the way for a revolution in how it is treated.