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Exactly how Alzheimer’s disease develops is not well understood, but an imbalance of iron in the brain might just play a role. Martina Huber of the Leiden Institute of Physics studied iron storage in the brain and managed to combine two techniques to gain more insight. “To achieve this, we had to bring together expertise from different fields and I am proud that we succeeded,” Huber says.

Research led by the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Illinois, found that home-based walking exercise regimens outperformed supervised treadmill physical therapy in patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease.

Low levels of commonly used biocides, such as disinfectants and antiseptics, may increase antibiotic tolerance in Acinetobacter baumannii, a multi-drug resistant, hospital-acquired pathogen that causes serious wound, bloodstream and lung infections. This bacterium is known to cause infections in the blood, urinary tract and lungs (pneumonia), or in wounds in other parts of the body.

Locally run large language models (LLMs) may be a feasible option for extracting data from text-based radiology reports while preserving patient privacy, according to a new study from the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (NIH CC) published in Radiology. LLMs are deep-learning models trained to understand and generate text in a human-like way.

The use of cardioprotective antidiabetic drugs, including GLP-1 agonists like Ozempic, is on the rise. While these medications can help protect against cardiovascular disease (CVD), a new study published in BMJ Medicine finds uptake is lower among patients with CVD.

Every day, we store memories, some of which we are able to recall later. But while we do so, do we keep on storing? Yes, because we cannot afford to stop memory formation while we are retrieving prior ones. Imagine, for instance, that you are navigating the city while recalling last night’s events to a friend tagging along. Your brain must memorize aspects of the route even while you are in the story, so that you can find your way back later or reach your next destination.

Virtual reality (VR) can be used to modify patients’ experience of pain. However, the current understanding of what type of VR content is the best for pain relief and the neurobiological mechanisms underlying VR analgesia remain unclear.

By ROGERS KALERO

THE Patriotic Front (PF) has bragged that it has remained a united and strong political formation despite having lost power to the UPND after the 2021 general elections, which saw President Hakainde Hichilema ascend to the presidency with a landslide victory.

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

ISRAELI’S Ambassador to Zambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, Ofra Farhi, has condemned the killing of over 300 Israelis following an attack in Gaza by Hamas.

A 2-year-old girl is the second person in Cambodia to die of bird flu this week, and the third this year, the country’s Health Ministry has announced.