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Patients with severe COVID-19 requiring mechanical ventilation are 16 times more likely to develop ventricular tachycardia within six months compared to their peers without severe infection, according to research presented at EHRA 2023, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Risks of other heart rhythm disorders were also elevated.

Researchers at DZNE and the University Hospital Bonn, together with the Berlin-based company PeakProfiling GmbH, have developed a computer-assisted method that recognizes the severity of speech disturbances resulting from ataxia, a brain disease, with great accuracy. They report on this in npj Digital Medicine. In the long term, the new methodology, which leverages artificial intelligence, could be used in science as well as in clinical routine.

Vestibular schwannomas related to neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) are difficult to manage and are sometimes treated with a noninvasive option, stereotactic radiosurgery. A retrospective study conducted by an international, multicenter team found that stereotactic radiosurgery is effective for patients with these tumors while preserving serviceable hearing and not causing radiation-related tumor development or malignant transformation.

A previous suicide attempt remains the strongest predictor of future death by suicide, but researchers have discovered that peer support following an attempt can have a remarkable impact on reducing risk.

Physical activity has numerous health benefits. Often, someone’s physical environment or the way someone perceives their surroundings can impact their decision to engage in physical activity. Scientists refer to a person’s functional relationship with and feelings or emotions towards a place as “place attachment.”

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center presented promising findings from multiple clinical trials today at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2023.

Legal experts are warning that a rise in ‘informal family creation’ is creating a lawless ‘wild west’ that puts vulnerable parents and children at risk.

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

THE Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) says it remains committed to realizing the World Cup dreams of the Zambia national team that perished in the Gabon Disaster of 1993.

On April 27 1993, eighteen Zambia national soccer team players along with 12 others perished when a Zambia Air Force plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Gabon five minutes after takeoff from Gabonese capital Libreville.

Speaking as Zambia prepares to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Gabon disaster which claimed an entire national team off the coast of Gabon, FAZ president Andrew Kamanga said FAZ takes stock of the promise that the golden generation of Zambian players held for Mother Zambia.

With the Previous generation having delivered the 2012 AFCON which was won in Gabon, Kamanga also challenged the current generation to actualize the hopes and dreams of the team that perished while traveling to Dakar for a USA 1994 FIFA World Cup fixture.

 “Every time our game hits a low point, we always look to that moment which saw the country dust itself up to reach the Africa Cup of Nations final in less than a year after the Gabon disaster. In reflecting on the 30 years of the tragedy, we have been liaising with government through the Ministry of Youth Sport and Arts to ensure that this event befits the memory of these heroes,” Kamanga said.

He said the association will in due course announce the lined-up activities for the event once the consultations with government are done.

Meanwhile, Kamanga said the Copper Queens FIFA World Cup preparations are in high gear with yet another momentous international friendly match against second placed Germany.

He said the friendly game against Germany will be another addition to the already confirmed June fixture against Northern Ireland.

Kamanga is hopeful that the Copper Queens were able to pick lessons from the two defeats recorded in the back-to-back international friendly matches against South Korea.

“Having played South Korea in the just ended FIFA window, we expect that the technical bench and squad have picked some lessons from the Seoul experience. We expect that as we draw closer to the tournament, the squad would have aligned themselves to the high level competition expected at the FIFA World Cup,” Kamanga said.

He said the FAZ technical committee will be reviewing the Korea assignment with the coaches and ensure that the team performs better in subsequent matches.

Kamanga confirmed that the FAZ technical committee will also be re-enforcing the technical bench as part of sealing loopholes ahead of the world cup.

Infections with superbugs that are resistant to most drugs have presented a “huge challenge” in treating the devastating injuries of people wounded in the war in Ukraine, doctors in Germany said on Tuesday.

British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline on Tuesday announced the purchase of Canadian chronic cough treatment specialist Bellus for US$2 billion.