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About a quarter of 16-year-olds with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have yet to receive a formal diagnosis, according to research from Rutgers.

…Warriors, Nkwazi draw as Blades bask in first win

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

KITWE giants Nkana FC have maintained bottom position on the MTN/FAZ Super League table after failing to beat fellow strugglers Trident FC in a Week-6 fixture played yesterday at Woodlands Stadium in Lusaka.

Nkana were looking for their first win of the season after four defeats and one draw in the first five games.

Despite having created numerous chances in the match against Trident, who are also winless, the Kitwe outfit led by Ian Bakala couldn’t find their scoring boots as Trident held on to pick their third draw of the season.

“The boys played well despite not getting a win. We could have won the game in the first half just that the players seem to be under pressure because we are yet to win and we just have to work extra hard so that we can have a winning mentality,” Bakala said in an interview after the final whistle.

Nkana will meet “Mighty” Mufulira Wanderers in the next fixture and Bakala is confident the match will present “Kalampa” the needed turning point.

“We are going to Mufulira to get a victory though we have been struggling,” Bakala said.

After six games played so far, Nkana have only scored one goal in six games and have two points collected from two stalemates.

Meanwhile, Konkola Blades picked their first win of the season after shocking Kansanshi Dynamos 1-0 at Nchanga Stadium in Chingola.

Chanda Mushili’s 57th minute goal handed Blades the three points which propelled them to 13th on the Super League table with six points.

At the Godfrey “Ucar” Chitalu Stadium in Kabwe, Mwamba Mutombo’s equaliser rescued Kabwe Warriors from a home loss as they held Nkwazi to a 1-1 stalemate.

After a goalless first half, Isaac Ngoma had given Nkwazi the lead eight minutes before the hour mark. 

However, Mutombo’s equaliser eight minutes later ensured that Warriors remained unbeaten in the last five games and sit on sixth position on the log with nine points, on par with seventh-placed Nkwazi who are now winless in the last four games having picked three draws and one defeat.

Joint injections to relieve the symptoms of hand osteoarthritis are no better than placebo, while the effectiveness of topical creams and gels is uncertain, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published in the open access journal RMD Open.

Cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and strokes are the most common cause of death worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), they account for about 18 million deaths each year. The causes of cardiovascular disease are diverse and complex. International studies suggest that socioeconomic status (SES), among other factors, may have an impact on cardiovascular health. SES is defined by the educational attainment, employment status as well as income.

There is a growing understanding of the role lifestyle choices play in preventing and slowing the progression of cognitive decline. While we await new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and other age-related dementias, emerging research can offer some advice for keeping our brains healthy and sharp.

De Quervain’s tenosynovitis (pronounced da-KWUHR-vanes teena-sine-ah-VITE-us) is a complicated name for a condition that’s been referred to as “mother’s thumb,” “mommy wrist” and “gamer’s thumb”—all associated with repetitive use of the hands and wrist. It is a condition that causes extreme pain in the wrist and thumb area. While the exact cause is not known, Dr. Sanjeev Kakar, a Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon, says that there are specific treatment options that can help.

By MILLENNIUM REPORTER

PROGRAMME Against Malnutrition (PAM) has called for the actualsation of the national nutrition programme for Zambia to implement serious programmes aimed at dealing with issues of malnutrition.

Some people may be physically unable to use the current evidential breath analysis machines, relied upon by police to gather proof of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, new research published in the Medico-Legal Journal from the University of Sheffield indicates.

In order to accurately assess the efficacy of novel therapies for brain tumors it is necessary to have reliable criteria to determine response or progression. Response assessment in brain tumors is difficult because of the irregular shapes of the tumors and the fact that many therapies used to treat these tumors can also produce imaging changes that resemble tumor growth.

Minutes matter when a patient may have had a stroke, but being far from a physician with advanced training in neurology no longer needs to be a barrier to rapid diagnosis and intervention.