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A study presented at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s (SNIS) 20th Annual Meeting noted that mechanical thrombectomy, a standard treatment for adults with a large vessel occlusion, a type of severe ischemic stroke, is also safe and effective for treating children. The results are also published in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery.

BY NATION REPORTER 

THE student leadership at the Levy Mwanawasa Medical University in Lusaka has petitioned President Hakainde Hichilema to come to their aid and consider them for student loans and accommodation facilities at the institution.

A research scientist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham was named Wednesday to succeed Dr. Anthony Fauci as the nation’s top infectious disease expert. Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo will become director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the fall. She will oversee the agency’s $6.3 billion budget, its research and its response to infectious disease outbreaks.

THE Court of Appeal has dismissed an application in which Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) wanted it to reverse a court order preventing the mine from exporting minerals extracted over a mining tenement allegedly belonging to Kalymnos Processing Limited. Court of Appeal Judge Petronella Ngulube said she cannot entertain KCM’s application to set aside her June […]

More than 100 medical journals across the world issued a rare joint call on Thursday for urgent action to eliminate nuclear weapons, warning that the threat of nuclear catastrophe was “great and growing”.

A 37-YEAR-OLD general worker of Monze has been taken to court to explain why he allegedly swindled six people out of over K2o0, 000 by pretending that he would find them jobs which he actually never had. The accused is kelvin Hamapa has been slapped with six counts of obtaining money by false presences. In […]

A 38-YEAR-OLD woman of Lusaka has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her brother-in-law to death. Catherine Sampa of Chawama Township is believed to have stabbed her brother-in-law in the neck, leaving him with a deep cut. The motive behind why Sampa stabbed her brother-in-law is yet to be established. Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga who confirmed […]

…the mining union says miners are losing hope and confidence in government’s commitment to revamping the mining sector

By ROGERS KALERO

IT is regrettable that Government has once again failed to announce the new owners of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) and Mopani Copper Mines (KCM) despite assuring miners and other stakeholders that the new owners of the two giant mines would be unveiled by end of last month,” the Mine workers Union of Zambia (MUZ) has said.

Significant stroke risk factor disparities exist between Black adults and non-Black adults who have had a stroke. However, after one-year of intensive medical intervention, some of the risk factors that increase the risk of stroke were reduced in the Black adults, according to research published today in Stroke.

Chronic inflammation of the middle ear can cause several problems and complications that can affect a person’s hearing and balance. One such problem is the formation of a cholesteatoma, which is an abnormal collection of cells in the ear that can cause bone erosion if left untreated. In turn, this can cause symptoms such as hearing loss, dizziness, facial paralysis, and even a brain infection.