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Despite its unusual choice of protagonist—obsessive stalker and serial killer Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley)—Netflix’s “You” is entering its fourth season, with audiences around the world streaming the many crimes he commits in the name of “love.”

The sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship is the cornerstone of the health care profession. This protected space is steeped in tradition—the Hippocratic oath, medical ethics, professional codes of conduct and legislation. But all of these are poised for disruption by digitization, emerging technologies and “artificial” intelligence (AI).

Around 55 million people worldwide suffer from dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease. Recently, the actor Bruce Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, or FTD, a rare type of dementia that typically affects people ages 45 to 64. In contrast to Alzheimer’s, in which the major initial symptom is memory loss, FTD typically involves changes in behavior.

New research from the University of Missouri School of Medicine has established a link between irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and mental health challenges, such as anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation. The research highlights the need for health professionals to evaluate and treat associated psychiatric co-morbidities in IBS patients to improve their overall health and quality of life.

Mistletoe extract has been widely used to support cancer therapy and improve quality of life, but there has been a lack of clinical trials and data to support its use. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center completed what is believed to be the first phase I trial of intravenous Helixor M in the U.S. aimed at determining dosing for subsequent clinical trials and to evaluate safety.

When a person experiences a happy or sad mood, which brain cells are active?

By NATION REPORTER

THE Patriotic Front (PF) says it shall vigorously pursue all the avenues within its legal charter to ensure that schemes by turncoats and sponsored subversives to disintegrate the opposition political party are thwarted.

And the former ruling party has cautioned Miles Sampa that he is on a contemptuously thin line by reporting the former ruling party to the Registrar of Societies on a matter he has taken to the courts of law. 

Raphael Nakacinda, the PF information and publicity chairperson said it was not the first time that Mr Sampa had attempted to cause confusion in the former ruling party as he had been on such a mission before.

Mr Nakacinda recalled that soon after the death of president Michael Sata, Mr Sampa created such a succession hullabaloo that left him politically fractured after he was rejected by the general membership of the party.

In 2014, Mr Sampa went on a mission to take over the presidency of the PF on grounds that he was the nephew of late president Sata and after losing his bid, he went to form his political party which did not last more than two months.

Mr Sampa was to resign from the PF to join the UPND and campaigned for the party for the 2014 presidential election which was to be won by former President Edgar Lungu.

He was to leave the UPND and rejoined the PF to contest the mayoral seat in Lusaka under the former ruling party for which he won and was later adopted to contest the Matero Parliamentary seat.

“Mr Sampa’s desperate actions are walking him straight into the teeth of contempt. The matter for which he has written to the Registrar of Societies is in court and yet to be resolved. So the issue he has taken to the Registrar of Societies is dean upon delivery because it is common knowledge that the Registrar is in possession of the minutes of the PF 2021 elective general conference from which the current leadership of the party was elected,” Mr Nakacinda said.

He explained that Mr Sampas actions and schemes were but an attempt to nullify and declare the legitimate leadership and the 2021 elective general conference a null and void.

Mr Nakacinda however said the desperation Mr Sampa was exhibiting in trying to cause confusion in the PF was based on the fact that the disgruntled Matero lawmaker did not have the grounds upon which he could compel the former ruling party to hold a general conference after the 2021 convention.

“It is common knowledge that the Registrar of Societies is in possession of the minutes of the of the PF elective general conference in 2021. So Mr Sampa’s attempts to nullify the PF leadership and declare the 2021 convention a nullity is unattainable. A person standing on firm ground would not be as desperate as Mr Sampa has become,” Mr Nakacinda said.   

Meanwhile, the PF presidential candidate Dr Chitalu Chilufya advised the general membership of the former ruling party to work towards preserving the party, which was the supreme institution above personal interests.

He said the PF was there strongest opposition political party and they should work together to ensure that the internal democratic process were concluded smoothly without any disturbance so that the party could rise again.

“We will not allow the party to disintegrate because of an individuals or people’s selfish interest,” Dr Chilufya said.

Dr. Chilufya said the leadership of the former ruling party would preserve the party collectively because PF had strong democratic structures which would sure that the party rises above petty politics.

Cancer biologists are yet to understand the mechanisms and cellular hierarchy leading to the developmental arrest in rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS)—a group of pediatric cancers, which remain enigmatic.

By NATION REPORTER

ACTIONAID Zambia has called for accountability and transparency in disposing off of the illegally harvested Mukula tree logs in Luapula Province and other parts of the country.

Actionaid interim country director Musonda Kabinga said the Mukula tree has for a long time been exploited at an alarming rate and illegally harvested and exported allegedly by some Zambians.

Mr Kabinga said the illegal harvesting was apparently rampant and done by politically exposed individuals and financial elites who gripped power over the Mukula trade despite the existence of regulations such as Forestry Act No of 2015.

“While Actionaid Zambia is impressed with the stringent measures employed by the government through the Ministry of Green Environment in curbing the illegal harvesting and trade of the Mukula Tree, we need transparency,” Mr Kabinga said.

He said ActionAid also commended the efforts that were being made by the Zambia National Service (ZNS) and department of forestry in confiscating all the Mukula logs that were illegally harvested in Luapula.

Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York have identified which parts of the immune system go awry and contribute to autoimmune diseases in individuals with Down syndrome. The findings published in the February 22 online issue of Nature.