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A UC Davis Health study that looked at acute bone loss in mice who had COVID-19 showed that SARS‐CoV‐2 infection can cause significant changes in bone structure. The study, published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research, is the first to suggest that people with COVID‐19 may experience long‐term orthopedic issues, such as decreased bone mass, increased fracture risk and other musculoskeletal complications.

ONE of the ways in which the country can maintain a stable and affordable price for mealie meal is by ensuring that more maize is harvested in the country.

Restoring and improving gut health may be key to slowing HIV progression to AIDS, according to a new study by University of Pittsburgh infectious diseases scientists published today in the journal JCI Insight.

A lot has been written and said about the gut microbiome—the community of bacteria, viruses, fungi and archaea that lives in our intestines. But the gut is not the only place that has a microbiome. The mouth, nose, skin, lungs and genitals have microbiomes of their own. And they all play an important role in our health.

Aging experts at Trinity College Dublin and the University of Limerick have shown associations of vitamin D status with C-reactive protein (CRP, a measure of inflammation) in older adults. The study has recently been published in the journal PLOS ONE.

As artificial intelligence expands across more professions, robot preachers and AI programs offer new means of sharing religious beliefs, but they may undermine credibility and reduce donations for religious groups that rely on them, according to research published by the American Psychological Association in in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.

The cerebellum, a region at the back of the brain under the cerebral cortex, has been found to support movement and muscle control, as well as memory, learning and other mental functions. Some neuroscience studies have hypothesized that the cerebellum refines the movements of humans and other mammals via associative learning, yet this has yet to be established with certainty.

Findings from a new study suggest that taking a probiotic could help prevent the decline in memory and thinking that can accompany aging. This research may pave the way for new, non-invasive treatments that leverage the gut microbiome to mitigate cognitive decline in the aging population.

…Copper Queens still have a chance says Barbra Banda

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

BARBRA Banda says the Copper Queens still have a chance to progress to the knockout stage of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup despite having launched their campaign with a humiliating defeat.

For nearly every disease, age is a major risk factor, and cancer is no exception. Between the ages of 25 and 65, an individual’s risk of developing cancer skyrockets by 4,000%. A new study explores a “fingerprint” in cells associated with cancer and aging to better understand if researchers can predict who is at risk before cancer develops.