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The powerful opioid fentanyl has been found in everything from methamphetamine and cocaine to marijuana and fake Adderall pills. Nearly 6,000 Californians died from fentanyl overdoses in 2021 alone. Cruelly, about 1 in every 25 of those deaths was a child 19 or younger, according to the latest data from the California Overdose Surveillance Dashboard.

A recent study found new ways to identify mismatches between donors and recipients in kidney transplantation.

A new study carried out at the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, found that an individually tailored exercise program improves motor function, muscle strength and joint mobility in children and young adults with cerebral palsy. Positive changes in physical functioning can improve mobility and functioning in everyday life.

Dementia, which includes Alzheimer’s disease, currently affects around 1.8 million people in Germany. The exact cause has not yet been clarified, but genetic factors play a significant role in the development of the disease. Most previous analyses aimed at the identification of novel Alzheimer’s genes used, a “case-control design.”

By ROGERS KALERO

ZAMBIA Institute of Certified Accountants (ZICA) has said there is need to have a controlled audit of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) to ensure accountability and transparency of public funds in order to gain and hold public confidence among stakeholders.

Every year, over 15,500 Australians are diagnosed with bowel cancer, and it is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the country. Over 1,700 (one in 10) of those diagnosed are young Australians aged under 50, and this incidence is increasing.

Across Africa about 2 million premature deaths each year are caused by the effects of diabetes and hypertension.

Researchers at Harvard Medical School have discovered that a molecule made by Streptococcus pyogenes—the bacterium that causes strep throat and other infections—could help explain several long-standing medical mysteries, such as why strep sometimes leads to serious immune complications, including rheumatic fever; how the immune system’s recognition of the molecule may contribute to diseases like lupus; why one of the first cancer immunotherapies showed promise more than 100 years ago; and how current immune therapies for cancer could be more effective.

Drinking coffee and tea at midlife may be associated with a reduced likelihood of physical frailty in late life. A Singapore study has shown that adults, who consumed higher intake of caffeine via the drinking of coffee or tea, had significantly better physical function at late life.

Griffith researchers have developed a diagnostic tool to streamline the custom fitting of bionic prosthetic limbs which usually involve an arduous process of trial and error.