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Ultrasound is used to diagnose many diseases in the abdominal cavity. A new study conducted at the University of Leipzig Medical Center and supported by the Helmholtz Institute for Metabolism, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG) shows that obesity affects the quality of ultrasound scans of the liver and kidneys. It also shows that the use of high-performance ultrasound probes can improve the anatomical depiction in these patients. The findings have been published in the journal Scientific Reports.

Blood management programs that reduced or avoided transfusions saved a health system millions of dollars annually, with a return on investment of more than $7 for every dollar spent, while achieving the same or better outcomes, suggests research presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2023 annual meeting.

About 12,000 Black and Hispanic patients who died after surgery the past two decades may have lived if there were no racial and ethnic disparities among Americans having surgery, suggests a study of more than 1.5 million inpatient procedures presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2023 annual meeting.

Narcissistic personality traits are related to poorer response to psychotherapeutic treatment. This is the result of a German multi-site study with more than 2,000 participants receiving inpatient and outpatient psychotherapy. The findings of the research team at Jena University Hospital and University of Münster, now published in the journal The Lancet Psychiatry, can contribute to further individualization of psychotherapy.

By comparing the dreams of Western and non-Western populations, a study by the UNIGE and the University of Toronto shows that dreams can have a variable emotional function.

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

ZAMBIA Under 20 national women’s team coach Charles Haalubono has attributed the failure to qualify to the next qualifying round of the 2024 Under-20 World Cup to missed chances created in the game against Congo DR.

The Under-20 team was eliminated from the race to qualify for the U-20 FIFA Women’s World Cup after failing to beat Congo DR who progressed to the third qualifying round after a 2-2 aggregate stalemate.

Congo DR who held Zambia to a goalless draw in Saturday’s second round second leg fixture progressed to the next qualifying round on the away-goal rule thanks to the two goals scored in the first leg played a week ago at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka.

Haalubono expressed disappointment but noted that the team had learnt a lot from the failure to progress to the next knock out stage.

He noted the need for the young Copper Queens to improve on their scoring abilities.

 “We missed a lot of chances like what happened in Zambia we had a lot of chances and we wasted them,” Haalubono said. 

“Dr Congo, I think they are good, they were able to take their chances which they had and that has made a difference and let me take this opportunity to congratulate them for progressing to the next round.

“We have learnt a lot of lessons. We have to work on our players to be mentally strong whatever opportunity you have you use it to the maximum.

Meanwhile, Under-20 striker Mary Mbewe said it was unfortunate that the team failed to qualify.

Mbewe, who was making her debut at under-20 level said the World Cup qualifiers presented her some lessons which she would use to develop her football career.

And midfielder Lubasi Pumulo has apologised for the team’s failure to beat Congo DR in the two-legged fixtures.

Pumulu said being eliminated by Congo DR was painful for the Young Copper Queens after they dominated the two games played in Lusaka and Congo DR respectively. 

She noted that failure to win the home fixture which ended 2-2 cost Zambia a spot in the next qualifying round for the 2024 World Cup which will be hosted in Columbia. 

Patients with long COVID—the long-term symptoms like brain fog, fatigue, or memory loss in the months or years following COVID-19—can exhibit a reduction in circulating levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin, according to new research published today in Cell.

Injuries of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), located in the knee, are typically thought to be caused by acute traumatic events, such as sudden twists. Led by Penn State researchers, new work analyzing an animal model of ACLs suggests that such injuries can also occur as a result of chronic overuse, specifically due to a reduced ability to repair microtraumas associated with overuse. Importantly, the team said, females also are less able to heal from these microtraumas than males, which may explain why females are 2 to 8 times more likely to tear their ACL ligaments than males.

The brains of people who reduce their drinking, as well as of people who quit drinking entirely, have greater volume in certain regions than people who drink more heavily, according to a new study of adults treated for alcohol use disorder. The regional brain volumes of people who resume drinking at low-risk levels (no more than approximately three drinks per day for males, 1.5 drinks per day for females) of alcohol are more similar to the brains of those who remain abstinent than they are to those who drink at higher risk levels (average of five or more drinks per day).

“Bad” cholesterol isn’t the only culprit linked with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a trio of recent University of Alberta studies—including landmark global research—showing that a different kind of cholesterol is also a strong risk factor for people worldwide.