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Good cardiorespiratory fitness when young is associated with up to a 40% lower risk of developing 9 specific cancers later on—at least in men—suggests a large long term study published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Recreational drug use may be a factor in a significant proportion of admissions to cardiac intensive care, with various substances detected in 1 in 10 such patients, suggest the findings of a multicentre French study published online in the journal Heart.

Young vapers are at risk of bronchitic symptoms and shortness of breath, even if they, or others around them, smoke cigarettes or cannabis, suggests research published online in the journal Thorax.

Another day, another slew of social media posts promoting dangerous activities in the name of health.

The Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) formally recommend mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) and other integrative therapies to manage anxiety and depression symptoms in adults living with cancer. The guideline, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, reviews the effectiveness of integrative therapies such as yoga, relaxation, hypnosis, acupuncture, and music therapy in treating anxiety and depression symptoms during and after cancer treatment.

Influenza infection (flu) is a major cause of death around the world, especially during years of flu pandemics. People who die of the flu often have a secondary lung infection with Staphylococcus aureus (staph) bacteria that starts a few days after flu infection begins. In new research, a team from Mount Sinai studied how the flu paves the way for staph infection in the lungs. Using mouse models, the researchers found that healthy lungs secrete liquid into their air sacs that prevents a staph infection. The flu blocks this liquid secretion by inhibiting a protein called CFTR, making it possible for staph that are inhaled into the air sacs to stick to the air sac walls, initiate infection, and damage the lungs. Treatment with a CFTR-activating drug, such as ivacaftor, restores liquid secretion in air sacs of the flu-infected lungs and restores the air sacs’ natural protection against staph infection.

When uterine descent requires surgery, various procedures exist. A randomized clinical trial of the two most common uterus-sparing procedures in 26 Dutch hospitals has now been published in JAMA. The results show that a hundred-year-old method shows better results after surgery than a more recently developed method. This is a relevant finding because both in the Netherlands and worldwide more women undergo the more recent method. There is also a group of patients who benefit more from the newer procedure.

Scientists have found a potential new drug target for untreatable fatty liver disease in humans, according to a study published today in eLife.

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

NAPSA Stars coach Perry Mutapa says the Pensioners have set long-and-short term targets to achieve as the new football season takes off on Saturday. 

The Pensioners, who finished last season on fifth position says finish among the top four is one of the long-term targets the club has set. 

Speaking during a virtual meeting with the media yesterday, Mutapa, who was flanked by his midfielder Dickson Chapa and defenders Keagan Zulu and David Odhiambo said the Pensioners will also fight to compete and qualify for the ABSA Cup. 

The Pensioners will kick off the new season by taking on Ndola giants Zesco United. 

‘It will be a tough one, as you can see a lot of teams have beefed up their squads so it will not be easy. But as Napsa Stars, we have our short- and long-term goals.

“With our short-term goals, we want to qualify for ABSA if we can do better in the first half of the season. In the long term, if we can do better than last season. That will be good for us,” Mutapa said.

“I have talked about the short-term goals which are to qualifying for ABSA, this season we have very big games in the first seven games, but all the teams this season will be tough, and the most important thing is looking back to how we have prepared.

He said Napsa Stars learnt some lessons last season which they plan to use as the new season kicks off. 

Meanwhile, the players are also anticipating a tough season. 

“Teams have recruited and it will be tough, but we are also up to the task and hopefully we’ll do better than last season as a team,” Odhiambo said. 

Chapa said; “The first games are the ones to give us an identity as a team. You know to be the best, you need to beat the best so as a team we just have to enjoy these games, do well and they will give us an identity.” 

The scramble is on in South Florida to get children vaccinated for the new school year.