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By MICHAEL MYOBA

ZAMBIAN champions Green Buffaloes dream to defend the 2023 CAF Women’s Champions League| COSAFA qualifiers suffered a major blow following a humiliating 3-1 defeat to Mamelodi Sundown’s in the semifinal fixture played at Sugar Ray Zulu Stadium in Durban South Africa. 

Brain surgeons need steady hands as well as cool heads. Now they’re getting a helping hand from researchers in Europe to fight a fatal type of brain cancer called glioblastoma.

When Apple’s latest software updates drop this month, users will have access to mental health and wellness features unlike anything currently available in a smartphone. With the Apple Watch and iOS health app, Apple has long striven to cement itself in the health-care tech space. But the new features go beyond the standard heart rate, sleep, calorie and fitness trackers that have become universal in smart tech.

Knee pain is a common problem. Global estimates suggest more than one in five people over the age of 40 have a form of chronic knee pain. This is something that can have a big impact on people’s lives, affecting not only how active they are, but also their emotional well-being.

For approximately 80% of the world’s population, the first stop after catching a cold or breaking a bone isn’t the hospital—maybe because there isn’t one nearby, or they can’t afford it. Instead, the first step is consulting traditional medicine, which cultures around the world have been using for thousands of years.

By NATION REPORTER 

LEADER of Opposition in Parliament Brian Mundubile says the opposition is ready to have an economic indaba with President Hakainde Hichilema to find solutions to the economic challenges the country is facing.

In a recent article published in the journal Psychoradiology, researchers from Northwestern Polytechnical University have unveiled “Attention-CensNet” (A-CensNet), a fusion model that predicts cognitive scores by amalgamating movie-watching functional magnetic resonance imaging (mfMRI) and eye-tracking data.

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is the primary site of non-shivering thermogenesis (NST), which protects mammals from hypothermia. NST is significantly increased in response to cold exposure and dissipating energy to produce heat. To replenish intracellular energy stores, cold-activated BAT requires sharply increased uptake of glucose and fatty acids as fuel supplies to sustain high levels of mitochondria respiration.

Psychostimulant drugs like methamphetamine (METH) and cocaine (COC) affect the brain and nervous system by boosting alertness, attention, and energy levels of the individual. However, their persistent use results in drug addiction, compromising the life of the individual and burdening the health care, social, and legal systems as a consequence.

In many neurodegenerative disorders, abnormal proteins progressively aggregate and propagate in the brain. But what comes first, aggregation or propagation? Researchers from Japan share some new insights about the mechanism involved in Parkinson’s disease.