By SHARON ZULU
NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) president, Saboi Imboela has challenged Government to settle the three months’ salary arrears owed to Lusaka City Council (LCC) workers.
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THE bar and restaurant in Woodlands which was recently dragged to court over alleged noise and odour nuisance has wondered why the retired Judge who sued it did not take legal action against other bars which are more closer to his house. Champs Bar and Restaurant which operates from Lewanika Mall, has also refuted assertions […]
An article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) highlights a case of lead toxicity from Ayurvedic medicines in a young woman, and the complexity in diagnosing the rare condition.
There is a need to better deliver information on medical nutrition therapy for patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Findings of a new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior show digital health serves as an additional health service resource, which increases the health care provider’s abilities to collect current visual and objective data, thereby decreasing patient and caregiver burden and medical expenses.
Skin, the largest organ of the human body, is home to a vast array of bacteria, fungi, and viruses—microorganisms that compose the skin microbiota. Among other things, these microbial populations, which are organized in complex community structures, protect against pathogens.
Amid widely differing capacities of available menstrual hygiene products, a menstrual disc—similar in shape to a diaphragm—may be best for dealing with heavy monthly blood flow as well as indicating excessive blood loss, suggests research published online in the journal BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health.
Several diseases are caused by viruses, bacteria, or even parasites. Sometimes, these microorganisms cannot infect humans (or other animals) by themselves, so they rely on other organisms—called vectors—to carry them around and transmit the disease from one host to another.
A high level of troponin—a protein normally used to exclude the possibility of a heart attack in patients with chest pain—may signal a heightened risk of death from any cause within the next couple of years, even in the absence of known or suspected cardiovascular disease, suggests research published online in the journal Heart.
Curbing levels of harmful air pollution could help reduce antibiotic resistance, according to the first in-depth global analysis of possible links between the two, published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal.
Exposure to relatively high levels of air pollution is linked to increased use of community mental health services by people with dementia, finds a large long term study focusing on a large area of London with heavy traffic and published in BMJ Mental Health.
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