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Older adults who live in disadvantaged communities are less likely to attend cardiac rehabilitation after common heart procedures, a Michigan Medicine-led study finds.

Living near major roadways correlates with a higher incidence of dementia and alterations in brain structure, largely due to traffic-related air pollution, according to a study conducted in China and the UK. The research, recently published in Health Data Science, sheds new light on the public health implications of traffic-related pollution and dementia, a growing concern worldwide.

The promise of human organotypic tissues for tissue development, disease modeling, and drug testing is widely recognized, but limitations around cell density, vascular structure, and scale must be solved before that potential is realized.

In a new case report, researchers at UCLA Health describe promising results using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in the management of post-stroke cerebellar ataxia, a debilitating condition marked by impaired coordination and balance.

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

FOOTBALL Association of Zambia (FAZ) president Andrew Kamanga says it is not enough that after 59 years of independence Zambia only won the Africa Cup of Nations once after competing in three finals in 1974, 1994 and 2012.

Kamanga expressed disappointment that after almost 60 years of the country’s independence, the Chipolopolo boys have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup.

The FAZ chief is comforted by the fact that the senior women’s national team attained FIFA World Cup qualification credentials alongside the Under-20 boys which competed at three World Cup championships (1999, 2007 and 2017) while the U-17 women competed at the 2014 World Cup. 

Kamanga said at 59 years, Zambia should be gunning to better the records and matching up with the new attained age.

All hope is however not lost for the FAZ president who believes that the Zambia national team can qualify for the 2026 World Cup which will be co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico.

“We are in a better place now that the 2026 World Cup will be hosted by the United States of America where our closest chase in 1994 almost led us to after losing an entire national team,” Kamanga said.

“Our confidence is derived from the fact that we have a generation of players that seem to have a hunger to achieve something special for the motherland,” he said.

Kamanga has called on the corporate world to join forces with FAZ to ensure that the independence spirit through sports is re-energised.

Kamanga said FAZ remain obliged to espouse the spirit of independence by joining the football communities through the independence tournaments which happen at different levels around the country.

He noted that as the country is marching to the 60th independence anniversary milestone next year, it would be a great idea to replicate the Independence Cup tournament.

“As Zambia hits the 59 years, we need to renew our commitment to matching up our football achievements to how old Zambia is,” Kamanga said.

Meanwhile, Kamanga has reaffirmed the association’s commitment to keep knocking on the doors of various corporates to ensure that the dream of revolutionising the sponsorship of the Zambian game is actualised.

Kamanga hailed the Zambian Premier League that sealed a K10 million annual sponsorship deal with Betway. 

Kamanga said there are many more opportunities for transport, hospitality, insurance, telecommunications, banking, and security that corporates can utilise in the Zambian game.

Health professionals have long praised the benefits of insoluble fiber for bowel regularity and overall health. New research from the University of Minnesota suggests even more reasons we should be prioritizing fiber in our regular diets.

Muscle fitness is a crucial component of health-related fitness, playing a fundamental role in the maintenance of overall well-being and the preservation of regular physical mobility in individuals. The assessment of physical fitness and muscular function can be done through tests such as vertical jump (VJ) and sit-and-reach (SR) assessments.

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

THE World Bank has urged African countries, including Zambia, to publicly avail binding legal procedures, the amount involved and contractual terms of the loans when incurring new borrowing.

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a smartphone attachment that could enable people to screen for a variety of neurological conditions, such as Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury, at low cost—and do so accurately regardless of their skin tone.

A study in Nature Cardiovascular Research by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis explores a new, noninvasive imaging technique that helps scientists visualize immune cells in the human heart.