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Patients with a dysfunctional aortic heart valve who received a new, prosthetic valve through a minimally invasive procedure had similar outcomes at five years as those who underwent open-heart surgery, a new study shows.

Bacterial diversity in the gut plays an important role in human health. The crucial question, however, is where are the sources of this diversity?

…dismisses media reports suggesting that it confiscated a wheelchair from a physically challenged street vendor

By NATION REPORTER

THE Lusaka City Council (LCC) has dismissed reports that it confiscated a wheelchair that Mr. Daniel Mwamba, a physically challenged street vendor uses for his mobility to trade in plastic bags. 

Researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) and University Health Network (UHN) have demonstrated that by analyzing patients’ blood samples, they are able to detect cancer earlier in individuals with Li-Fraumeni syndrome, an inherited condition with an almost 100% life-time risk of developing cancer.

A team of environmental and molecular biologists at the Weizmann Institute of Science, working with a colleague from the Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital and another with The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, all in Israel, has conducted a census of the immune cells that reside in the human body. The group describes their endeavor in a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

By NATION REPORTER

THE Africa’s Democratic and Economic Development Organisation (ADEDO) has alleged the new dawn government had failed to unite the country due to its style of leadership.

Mount Sinai researchers have discovered a link between certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and an increased risk for thyroid cancer, according to a study published in eBioMedicine today.

Endogenous cannabinoids, or endocannabinoids for short, are lipid-based neurotransmitters known to support various physiological processes. Recent studies have hinted at the role of these neurotransmitters in so-called fear extinction, the process through which fear towards a particular stimulus diminishes after repeated and safe exposure to this stimulus.

By NATION REPORTER

I AM not bothered with the decision the central committee made, it has not affected me in anyway, suspended Patriotic Front (PF) national chairperson Davies Chama has said.

Cow’s milk allergy is the most common type of food allergy in children—it’s also the weirdest.