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The projected cost of caring for millions of individuals who have Alzheimer’s disease (AD) worldwide will exceed a $1 trillion in a few years. In addition to the enormous health burden, patients and their caregivers experience financial, physical and psychological strain. A theory regarding repeated drug failure in AD is that patients undergoing experimental therapies are selected too late in the disease process. Therefore, it is important to identify patients at a high risk of progression to AD in early stages of the disease.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has affirmed its recommendation and advocacy for breastfeeding, stating, “Research has shown that breastfeeding is linked to decreased rates of lower respiratory tract infections, severe diarrhea, ear infections and obesity. Breastfeeding is associated with lower risk of sudden infant death syndrome, as well as other protective effects.”

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

GREEN Economy and Environment Minister, Collins Nzovu, has sounded a warning that Government will not hesitate to shut down mining companies not following the set regulations, especially repeated offenders.

After HCA Healthcare announced this month that the personal identification data of roughly 11 million HCA patients in 20 states had been exposed in a breach, people may be justifiably concerned that their own medical data and identities could be stolen.

A pattern of symptoms in veterans has emerged in a University of Otago study that researchers say should be taken seriously by health professionals.

New Zealand needs to lower the screening age for colorectal cancer if it wants to reverse the dramatic increase of people aged under 50 being diagnosed and dying from the disease, University of Otago researchers say.

Patient-reported outcome (PRO) data are collected in oncology trials to determine patients’ perspectives of cancer treatment—unfortunately often too briefly, for example only up to the point when an X-ray shows tumor growth and treatment is discontinued. As a result, it is not possible, for example, to reliably assess the impact on patients’ lives of disease progression seen on X-rays or the long-term side effects of cancer treatment.

Researchers have developed a pair of modules that gives a boost to the use of artificial neural networks to identify potentially cancerous growths in colonoscopy imagery, traditionally plagued by image noise resulting from the colonoscopy insertion and rotation process itself.

Covered in menacing needlelike spines, the prickly pear cactus demands to be treated with care. In return, it will reward you with a juicy neon fruit and fleshy green pads that have nourished people for millennia.

By ANDREW MUKOMA

THE World Bank has commended the United Party for National Development government (UPND) for providing a conducive business environment for the private sector to flourish.