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Injured limbs need rest. They are often kept in a sling or cast to immobilize them as a way to promote healing. But that can mean smaller and weaker muscles several weeks later. It takes a long time to rehabilitate these muscles and muscle strength and function may not be fully restored for some people.

Although the past decade has witnessed substantial scientific progress with the advent of cardioprotective pharmacological agents, most have failed to protect against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in diabetic hearts. This article investigates the role of stimulator of interferon genes (STING) in I/R injury in diabetic mice and further exploring the underlying mechanisms.

A patient of mine, once a marathon runner, now gets tired just walking around the block. She developed COVID-19 during the 2020 Christmas holiday and saw me during the summer of 2021. Previously, her primary care doctor had recommended a graded exercise program. But exercise exhausted her. After months of waiting, she finally had an appointment at our post-COVID-19 clinic at the University of Virginia.

By RUTH YAMBAYAMBA

The resignation of our Chair Dolika Banda is a very bad sign for ZCCM-IH and the country’s mining interests, The ZCCM-IH minority shareholder have said.

Minority shareholders spokesperson Thierry Charles said, shareholders have been impressed with the professionalism and competence of Ms Banda.

COVID-19, the disease resulting from SARS-CoV-2 infection, is associated with highly variable clinical outcomes that range from asymptomatic disease to death. For those with milder infections, COVID-19 can produce respiratory infection symptoms (cough, congestion, fever) and sensory phenotypes such as headache and loss of sense of smell.

A new University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study reveals more about changes that happen to cancer cells when they metastasize and identifies a promising target for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer.

More than ever before, people with epilepsy are living normal lives. The key is to get treatment, typically a medication, for seizures—the unpredictable disruptions in the brain’s electrical system that are the hallmark symptom of epilepsy. But treatment is more difficult for people with refractory epilepsy—a subtype of the condition in which medication doesn’t work well or at all. For years, their only option was to undergo an invasive operation, and many were told they weren’t eligible for surgery and would have to live with the seizures.

An article published in the journal Microorganisms shows that melatonin, despite its antioxidant effects and role in regulating sleep cycles, can worsen inflammation of the intestine and impair the action of gut microbiota. This community of bacteria and other microbes is important to health, helping control digestion and benefiting the immune system. An imbalance of unhealthy and healthy microbes in the intestines may contribute to weight gain, high blood sugar, above-normal cholesterol and other disorders.

A recent study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä (Finland) examined the health of adolescents before and after the pandemic. The findings highlight that promoting good teacher–student relationships and a positive home environment, developing stronger health literacy skills among young people, and encouraging parents to monitor their child’s activities should be taken into account in measures to promote post-pandemic recovery. In addition, more attention should be paid to girls and lonely adolescents, as well as those rating their health as poor, as they may be more prone to mental health problems.

A new study finds that sleep problems can increase someone’s risk of stroke. Sleep problems can include too little sleep (less than five hours), too much sleep (more than nine hours), poor quality, difficulty getting to sleep or staying asleep, prolonged napping, and snoring and breathing cessation.