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Older adults who begin using opioid painkillers after a dementia diagnosis have a significantly greater risk of death—about 11-fold within the first two weeks, according to new research.

Eating breakfast after 9 a.m. is associated with a 59% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to risk in people who eat breakfast before 8 a.m. This is the main conclusion of a study in which ISGlobal, an institution supported by “la Caixa” Foundation, took par. The study followed more than 100,000 participants in a French cohort. The results show that we can reduce the risk of diabetes not only by changing what we eat, but also when we eat it.

People with type 2 diabetes could soon have access to convenient once-a-week insulin shots that could replace the daily injections now required.

By DORICAH SAKALA

EDUCATION Minister Douglas Siyakalima says President Hakainde Hichilema’s call to ensure that no child sits on the floor by the end of 2023 following the free education policy is guaranteed.

Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are vastly underrepresented in genetic research on dementia. Of the 45,000 participants in U.S. Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers, for example, just 17 are from this cohort.

…Sports PS Chileshe says Bruce Mwape could not have been at the World Cup if he was guilty

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

MINISTER of Sports Youth and Arts Permanent Secretary Kangwa Chileshe said Copper Queens coach Bruce Mwape would not have gone to the World Cup if Government, FAZ and all the investigative wings tasked to investigate his sexual allegation case had found him guilty.

Lewy body disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s disease. A research group from Lund University has now shown that the disease can be detected before symptoms appear, using a spinal fluid test.

Can elderly people really learn how to use new technologies and adapt themselves in learning new tools? The answer, according to researcher Dr. Amir Jahanian Najafabadi and colleagues at Constructor University in Bremen, is yes. Two studies, recently published in the journal Experimental Brain Research on June 12, 2023, point to findings indicating that elderly individuals are just as capable as their younger counterparts to master new tools and technologies.

Although many people still die from severe burns, the underlying physiology behind burns is not well understood. In an article published in iScience, researchers from Osaka University identified key proteins associated with mortality in people with life-threatening burns.

Relatives are a great resource in today’s health care system. In Norway, relatives’ efforts add up to approximately the same number of person-years as provided by the public municipal health and care services.