People keep diaries for all sorts of reasons—to record events, work through difficult situations, or manage stress and trauma. The ongoing COVID inquiry shows diaries also have important political and historic significance. The UK’s former chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance’s diaries have been a key source of evidence, exposing the chaos within government at the time.
For children with achondroplasia, vosoritide is associated with a gain in the change in height Z score from baseline and a mild adverse event profile, according to a study published in the January issue of The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.
With 1.2 million deaths in the 2020, or 23% of the total number of deaths, cancer is the second biggest killer in the European Union. The figure is all the more tragic given 40% of these cancers could be prevented through early detection and lifestyle change such as not smoking or regular exercise.
It may not take as strict a diet as thought to keep type 1 diabetes under control: New Swedish research shows that a moderate low-carb diet still helped people with type 1 diabetes stick to blood-sugar targets.
By ROGERS KALERO
KITWE Mayor Mpasa Mwaya has said the local authority has made tremendous strides in fulfilling Government’s desire in the implementation of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) and therefore remains committed in ensuring that all projects were done and completed on time.
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By NATION REPORTER
ZAMBIA must target GDP growth of between seven to 12 percent to remove most poor people out of abject poverty, Zambia’s former ambassador to Germany Anthony Mukwita has said.
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By NATION REPORTER
THE Judicial Complaints Commission (JCC) has informed Raphael Nakacinda that it shall deal with his complaint against the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Gilbert Phiri who has been accused of gross unethical conduct and incompetence.
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By LUCY PHIRI
PATRIOTIC Front (PF) member and businessman Francis Muchemwa has asked the Lusaka Magistrate Court to grant him access to his seized properties by the Anti-corruption commission (ACC) to facilitate the preparation of his defence.
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For older adults, exposure to a low thyrotropin (TSH) level from either endogenous or exogenous thyrotoxicosis is associated with an increased risk for incident cognitive disorder, according to a study recently published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
By GIVEN MHONE
THE country will be on its knees of the UPND will be given another mandate, National Democratic Congress party president Saboi Imboela has said.
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