Even cells experience peer pressure. Scientists have long studied the ins and outs of cancer cells to learn more about the disease, but they’re increasingly finding that noncancerous cells near the cancer cells exert a powerful influence over a tumor’s trajectory.
For those with kidney failure, the wait for a new kidney can take years. There just are not enough organs from deceased donors to fill the need. Fortunately, a person can live a healthy life with just one kidney, making living-donor kidney transplants an alternative to deceased-donor transplants. This means a healthy kidney is removed from a donor and placed into a patient whose kidneys are not working properly.
Cerebellar rhythm loss due to climbing fiber regression is a shared pathophysiology of motor deficits across cerebellar ataxias. Cerebellar ataxias are a group of genetic and non-genetic disorders that currently have no effective treatment. Despite their different causes, all forms of ataxia share a common set of motor impairments—specifically, a loss of motor rhythm and precision.
A simple rule change for youth soccer dramatically reduced concussion risk among athletes, a new study says.
From 1990 to 2023, there was a decrease in the number of births and, in general, total fertility rates (GFRs and TFRs), according to the National Vital Statistics Reports.
People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and arthritis have a higher risk of death than people with arthritis who do not have COPD, according to a new study. The study is published in the January 2025 issue of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation.
There’s a woeful lack of training for LGBTQ+-affirming care among primary care practices in the United States, a new study suggests.
A job interview can make anyone anxious. For people with autism, an interview can be extra stressful. They might avoid eye contact or rush when they speak. They could miss social cues or fidget to cope with discomfort from noise or lights. And research has shown that an interview often evaluates a candidate more on their social skills than their abilities for the job.
A month after being released from prison over hate speech, Francis Kapwepwe, popularly known as “Why Me,” is in trouble again. Mr Kapwepwe has been reported to the police for allegedly publishing hate speech against President Hakainde Hichilema and the people of Southern Province on social media. In a Facebook and TikTok post, he can […]
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AFTER spending almost two years behind bars on accusations that she caused the death of her husband by allegedly pouring boiling water on him, a 50-year-old woman from the Copperbelt has walked free. Iness Kunda was alleged to have poured boiling water on her 79-year-old husband, John Mumba’s, private parts after a quarrel over the […]
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