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The U.S. Food & Drug Administration has approved Akeega (niraparib and abiraterone acetate) for the treatment of BRCA-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Menopause can cause more symptoms than hot flushes alone. And some of your symptoms and reactions might be due to the menopause, even if you are still having periods. Research shows that keeping track of those symptoms can help to alleviate them.

It’s often claimed that if you’re trying to lose weight, one of the things you should do each day is drink plenty of water—with some internet advice even suggesting this should be as much as a gallon (about 4.5 liters). The claim is that water helps burn calories and reduce appetite, which in turn leads to weight loss.

By NATION REPORTER 

NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) President Saboi has said that they used to mobilise callers to spread propaganda for the United Party for National Development (UPND) when they were in opposition.

Ms Imboela said she and UPND Media Director Ruth Dante were in charge of organising individuals that would be used to call on radio stations to promote UPND propaganda.

She said that they used to drill the callers by engaging them in seminars where they would be coached on how to conduct themselves on radio shows.

“What we used to do as UPND was trying to create a narrative that we are a very strong party on the ground and we used to engage people to call on radio stations,” she said.

Ms Imboela, featuring on Hot FM Radio Programme said the UPND needed to stop this outdated move of sponsoring callers and concentrate on delivering what they promised Zambians.

She was reacting to one of the UPND sponsored callers known as Mr Proud who castigated her for being bitter after being left out of the party’s adoption process.

But Ms Imboela said Mr Proud was one of the people that were part of the propaganda meeting which was held at MCK in Chilanga.

“We called Mr Proud and I was one of the facilitators and now he wants to come out as if he knows the structures of the UPND when he was just a puppet,” Ms Imboela said.

Meanwhile, Ms Imboela said the Gold scam at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport was unfortunate because there was no coordination between the ministers of Mine, Home Affairs and even the Drug Enforcement Commission.

Ms Imboela said what they were trying to do was damage control and that they would even sacrifice certain individuals to clean Government image. She said there was too much to the Gold gate scandal than what met the eyes of Zambians.

“There is too much to this story and there was too much secrecy in the name of protecting the integrity of the people being investigated,” she said.

Ms Imboela said that it was important for government to ensure that it made it easy for Zambians to benefit from minerals rather than what was going on in the country at the moment were only those close to the powers that be were benefitting.

“It will be very difficult to see a rich person in Zambia because there is too much illegality going on,” she said.

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IT is wrong for Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu to ask the public not to make any comments on the ongoing saga involving the botched gold bullion scandal transaction and seizure of a private jet at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport.

Mr Mwiimbu ought to realise that the incident has captured the public’s imagination as to what could have happened.

But Mr Mwiimbu should not take away the public’s right to comment on the incident which is in the public domain.  

Why does he want to gag the public from commenting on the incident?  This will only raise suspicions that Government is trying to hide something.

We can only interpret his statement as a veiled attempt to curtail the public’s freedom of speech which does not augur well for a government that has promised to run a transparent administration.

Moreover, Mr Mwiimbu’s warning to politicians not to use the incident to scandalise and demonise President Hakainde Hichilema and State House staff appears to be pre-emptying investigations. 

In his statement, the minister said President Hichilema and State House staff should be left out of the gold scandal in which the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) seized US$5, 697, 700 from a private jet, pistols, seven magazines, 126 rounds of ammunition and 602 suspected pieces of gold, which has since turned into a combination of copper, zinc and tin.

“Let the investigative wings investigate the matter and the truth will be known by the public at an appropriate time. 

We also want to appeal to the nation and those individuals who are fond of making malicious allegations without verifying the truth that in due course, appropriate action will be taken.” 

“This is not a threat. We as government have stated on several platforms that we shall ensure that the rule of law obtains,” Mr Mwiimbu said. 

However, as Green Party President Peter Sinkamba has pointed out, the incident has already been mishandled by the government itself.

Mr Sinkamba has questioned why the Minister of Mines and Minerals Development, Mr Paul Kabuswe addressed the nation to clarify that it was not gold but a combination of copper, zinc and tin that was seized. 

He said it was weird for the minister to update the nation through the press on the matter and not leaving it for relevant institutions to do so.

He said the gesture showed that the case was not handled well by the investigative wings.

Mr Sinkamba wondered what made the minister to address the nation and not the DEC that first informed the nation about the matter.

“The briefing was supposed to come from DEC as they were supposed to update us on the findings after the investigations.

If the ministry discovered that the mineral was not gold, it was supposed to give the findings back to DEC so that they could update the nation since they were the ones handling the case unlike allowing a politician to speak,” he said.

That would have been a professional way of handling the incident and remove insinuations of covering up, but in the meantime, let people speak for it is their right to do so.

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Lead exposure has long been a known health risk, especially for young children. Research has found that even at low levels, chronic exposure to lead can cause damage to the brain and other organs and cause problems with cognitive and motor skills. In response, public health officials have determined that there is no safe exposure level and have made great efforts to eliminate lead-based paint and lead pipes in homes and phase out the use of leaded gasoline.

Engineered stone has become a popular alternative to natural stone and synthetic countertops throughout the U.S. However, workers who cut, polish, and install engineered stone countertops have developed severe silicosis, a progressive, irreversible, and preventable chronic lung disease caused by inhaling crystalline silica.

A new method to assess the status of immune responses to specific antigens in detail by analysis using the B cell receptor (BCR) repertoire has been developed by a research group, consisting of Assistant Professor Yohei Funakoshi, Associate Professor Kimikazu Yakushijin, Professor Hironobu Minami (Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine), Associate Professor Goh Ohji (Kobe University Hospital), and Researcher Takaji Matsutani (Repertoire Genesis Inc.).

The World Health Organization and US health authorities said Friday they are closely monitoring a new variant of COVID-19, although the potential impact of BA.2.86 is currently unknown.

At the outset of the COVID pandemic, men appeared to suffer higher rates of severe illness and death, leading researchers to suspect a link between androgen receptors—which bind to hormones like testosterone—and SARS-CoV-2 viral infection.